The 1925–26 season was the 53rd season of competitive football in Scotland and the 36th season of the Scottish Football League.
League competitions Scottish League Division One
Champions: Celtic Relegated: Raith Rovers, Clydebank
Scottish League Division Two
Promoted: Dunfermline Athletic, Clyde Relegated: Broxburn United
Scottish League Division Three
Elected to Division Two: Forfar Athletic
Since multiple clubs were unable to complete their fixtures due to financial difficulties, the championship was withheld. Consequently, the Third Division was dissolved, not being re-established until the 1946–47 season.
Eight of the 16 clubs that competed in the unfinished season are now defunct; of the remainder, Forfar Athletic and Montrose play in the league as of 2025, with Brechin City, Leith Athletic, Mid-Annandale, Peebles Rovers, Royal Albert and Vale of Leven playing in lower levels.
Other honours
National CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upScottish Cup St Mirren 2 – 0 CelticScottish Qualifying CupLeith Athletic3 – 1Solway Star Scottish Junior Cup Strathclyde 2 – 0 Bridgeton Waverley Scottish Amateur Cup Murrayfield Amateurs7 – 0Leith AmateursQueen's Park Shield St Andrews University
County CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upAberdeenshire CupAberdeen7 – 2PeterheadAyrshire CupAyr United4 – 1BeithDumbartonshire CupHelensburgh3 – 1DumbartonEast of Scotland ShieldHibernian2 – 1HeartsFife CupCowdenbeath4 – 1Lochgelly UnitedForfarshire CupDundee4 – 2ArbroathGlasgow CupClyde2 – 1CelticLinlithgowshire CupBo'ness3 – 1BathgateNorth of Scotland Cup Caledonian3 – 2 Inverness ThistlePerthshire CupSt Johnstone6 – 1Vale of AthollRenfrewshire CupSt Mirren6 – 1ArthurlieSouthern Counties CupStranraer 1 – 0St Cuthbert WanderersStirlingshire CupFalkirk2 – 1Stenhousemuir
Non-league honours Highland League
East of Scotland League
Scotland national team
DateVenueOpponentsCompetitionScotland scorer(s)31 October 1925Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)3–0BHCJohn Duncan, Adam McLean, William Clunas 27 February 1926Ibrox Park, Glasgow (H)4–0BHCHughie Gallacher (3), Andy Cunningham 17 April 1926Old Trafford, Manchester (A)1–0BHCAlex Jackson
Scotland was winner of the 1925–26 British Home Championship.
Key: (H) = Home match (A) = Away match BHC = British Home Championship
Other national teams Scottish League XI
DateVenueOpponentsScotland scorer(s) 11 November 1925 Solitude, Belfast (H) Irish League XI7–3 13 March 1926Celtic Park, Glasgow (H) Football League XI0–2
Notes
References
External links Scottish Football Historical Archive