The 1908–09 season was the 36th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 19th season of the Scottish Football League.
League competitions Scottish League Division One
Champions: Celtic
Scottish League Division Two
Other honours Cup honours National
CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up Scottish Cup Cup withheld by SFAScottish Qualifying CupVale of Leven5 – 2Brechin CityScottish Consolation CupWishaw Thistle2 – 1Arbroath Scottish Junior Cup Kilwinning Rangers 1 – 0 Strathclyde
County
CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upAberdeenshire CupAberdeen4 – 0Buckie ThistleAyrshire CupHurlford1 – 0Ayr Border Cup Berwick Rangers 2 – 1 SelkirkDumbartonshire CupRenton1 – 0DumbartonEast of Scotland ShieldHibernian2 – 0HeartsFife CupRaith Rovers3 – 0East FifeForfarshire CupDundee2 – 0 Brechin CityGlasgow CupThird Lanark4 – 0CelticLanarkshire CupAirdrie2 – 0HamiltonLinlithgowshire CupBo'ness2 – 1 Bathgate North of Scotland Cup Inverness Citadel 2 – 0 ClachnacuddinPerthshire CupSt Johnstone5 – 2DunblaneRenfrewshire CupPort Glasgow Athletic2 – 1MortonSouthern Counties CupDalbeattie Star2 – 1Nithsdale WanderersStirlingshire CupAlloa2 – 1Falkirk
Non-league honours Highland League
Other Senior Leagues DivisionWinner Banffshire League Buckie Thistle Border Senior League Berwick Rangers Midland League Falkirk 'A' Northern League Dundee 'A' Perthshire League Crieff Morrisonians Scottish Combination Galston Scottish Union Falkirk 'A'
Edinburgh Exhibition
An invitational football tournament was held at the Exhibition Sports Grounds, Saughton, Edinburgh in August 1908, as part of the Scottish National Exhibition event being held there during that summer. There was a tournament for junior teams from the Lothians held in association with the exhibition.
CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up Edinburgh Exhibition Cup Rangers 1 – 1 Dundee Ed. Junior Exhibition Cup Newtongrange Star 2 – 0 Arniston Rangers
Scotland national team
DateVenueOpponentsCompetitionScotland scorer(s)1 March 1909Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (A)2–3BHCBobby Walker, Harry Paul 15 March 1909Ibrox Park, Glasgow (H)5–0BHCJimmy McMenemy (2), Sandy Thomson, Sandy MacFarlane, Harry Paul 3 April 1909Crystal Palace, London (A)0–2BHC
Key: (H) = Home match (A) = Away match BHC = British Home Championship
Other national teams Scottish League XI
DateVenueOpponentsScotland scorer(s) 10 February 1909 Belfast (A) Irish League XI2–1 Jimmy Quinn (2)27 February 1909Celtic Park, Glasgow (H) Football League XI3–1 Jimmy Quinn (2), Harold Paul
Notes
See also
Edinburgh Exhibition Cup 1908–09 Aberdeen F.C. season 1908–09 Celtic F.C. season 1908–09 Dumbarton F.C. season 1908–09 Dundee F.C. season 1908–09 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season 1908–09 Hibernian F.C. season 1908–09 Rangers F.C. season
References
External links Scottish Football Historical Archive