The 1896–97 season of Scottish football was the 24th season of competitive football in Scotland and the seventh season of the Scottish Football League.
League competitions Scottish Division One
Hearts were champions of the Scottish Division One.
Scottish Division Two
Partick Thistle won the Scottish Division Two. Both Linthouse and Port Glasgow Athletic had four points deducted.
Other honours Cup honours National
CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up Scottish Cup Rangers 5 – 1 Dumbarton Scottish Qualifying CupKilmarnock4 – 1Motherwell Scottish Junior Cup Strathclyde 2 – 0 Dunfermline Juniors
County
CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upAberdeenshire CupOrion5 – 2Victoria UnitedAyrshire CupKilmarnock Athletic3 – 0Kilmarnock Border Cup Selkirk 1 – 0 Vale of LeithenDumbartonshire CupVale of Leven3 – 2DumbartonEast of Scotland ShieldSt Bernard's3 – 2CowdenbeathFife CupDunfermline Athletic3 – 2ClackmannanForfarshire CupArbroath5 – 2Forfar AthleticGlasgow CupRangers2 – 1CelticLanarkshire CupAirdrie1 – 0Wishaw ThistleLinlithgowshire CupArmadale Volunteers3 – 0Broxburn Shamrock North of Scotland Cup Inverness Caledonian 2 – 1 ClachnacuddinPerthshire CupVale of Atholl4 – 1DunblaneRenfrewshire CupSt Mirren1 – 0Port Glasgow AthleticSouthern Counties Cup6th GRV 8 – 0St Cuthbert WanderersStirlingshire CupEast Stirlingshire4 – 1Stenhousemuir
Non-league honours Highland League
Other Senior Leagues DivisionWinner Ayrshire Combination Ayr Border League Selkirk Central League Cowdenbeath Midland League Clackmannan Northern League Orion Scottish Alliance Third Lanark 'A' Scottish Combination Hearts 'A'
Scotland national team
DateVenueOpponentsCompetitionScotland scorer(s)20 March 1897Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (A)2–2BHCJohn Ritchie, John Walker27 March 1897Ibrox Park, Glasgow5–1BHCJohn McPherson (2), Neil Gibson, Robert McColl, Alex King3 April 1897Crystal Palace, London2–1BHCTom Hyslop, James Millar
Scotland were winners of the 1897 British Home Championship.
Key: (H) = Home match (A) = Away match BHC = British Home Championship
Other national teams Scottish League XI DateVenueOpponentsScotland scorer(s) 30 January Solitude, Belfast (A) Irish League XI2–0 Alex King (2)24 AprilIbrox Park, Glasgow (H) Football League XI3–0 Tommy Low, John McPherson (2)
See also 1896–97 Rangers F.C. season
Notes
References
External links Scottish Football Historical Archive