1887–88 in Scottish football

Football in Scotland
Season1887–88
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1887–88 in Scottish football
Scottish Cup winners
Renton
Junior Cup winners
Wishaw Thistle
Scotland national team
1888 BHC

The 1887–88 season was the 15th season of competitive football in Scotland. This season saw two further additions to the list of regional competitions with the inaugural playing of the Glasgow Cup and the Aberdeenshire Cup.

Honours

Cup honours

National

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Cup Renton 6 – 1 Cambuslang
Scottish Junior Cup Wishaw Thistle 3 – 1[a] Maryhill

County

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Aberdeen 7 – 1 Aberdeen Rangers
Ayrshire Cup Kilbirnie 4 – 3 Hurlford
Buteshire Cup Bute Rangers 7 – 2 Millport Victoria
Dumbartonshire Cup Vale of Leven 2 – 1 Renton
East of Scotland Shield Mossend Swifts 1 – 0 Hibernian
Fife Cup Lassodie 6 – 1[a] Burntisland Thistle
Forfarshire Cup Arbroath 10 – 2 Dundee Strathmore
Glasgow Cup Cambuslang 3 – 1 Rangers
Lanarkshire Cup Airdrie 2 – 0 Motherwell
Linlithgowshire Cup Bo'ness 4 – 3 Erin Rovers
Perthshire Cup Dunblane 7 – 3 Fair City Athletic
Renfrewshire Cup St Mirren 4 – 1[a] Abercorn
Stirlingshire Cup East Stirlingshire 9 – 0 Falkirk

Scotland national team

Main articles: 1887–88 British Home Championship and Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results
Date Venue Opponents Score[b]
10 March 1888 Easter Road, Edinburgh  Wales 5 – 1
17 March 1888 Hampden Park, Glasgow  England 0 – 5
24 March 1888 Cliftonville Cricket Ground, Belfast  Ireland 10 – 2
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 England (C) 3 3 0 0 15 2 +13 6
 Scotland 3 2 0 1 15 8 +7 4
 Wales 3 1 0 2 13 10 +3 2
 Ireland 3 0 0 3 3 26 −23 0
Source: [1][2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.
(C) Champions

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Replay needed.
  2. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.

References

  1. ^ Reyes, Macario; Morrison, Neil (1 October 1999). "British Home Championship 1884–1899". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  2. ^ "British Championships 1888". Scotland Football Stats. Retrieved 6 October 2022.