1912–13 in Scottish football

1912–13 in Scottish football
1912–13 in Scottish football
Division One champions
	Rangers
Division Two champions
	Ayr United
Scottish Cup winners
	Falkirk
Junior Cup winners
	Inverkeithing United
Scotland national team
	1913 BHC

The 1912–13 season was the 40th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 23rd season of the Scottish Football League.

League competitions

Scottish League Division One

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers (C)	34	24	5	5	76	41	+35	53
2	Celtic	34	22	5	7	53	28	+25	49
=3	Heart of Midlothian	34	17	7	10	71	43	+28	41
=3	Airdrieonians	34	15	11	8	64	46	+18	41
5	Falkirk	34	14	12	8	56	38	+18	40
=6	Hibernian	34	16	5	13	63	54	+9	37
=6	Motherwell	34	12	13	9	47	39	+8	37
=6	Aberdeen	34	14	9	11	47	40	+7	37
9	Clyde	34	13	9	12	41	44	−3	35
10	Hamilton Academical	34	12	8	14	44	47	−3	32
11	Kilmarnock	34	10	11	13	37	54	−17	31
12	St Mirren	34	10	10	14	50	60	−10	30
=13	Dundee	34	8	13	13	33	46	−13	29
=13	Morton	34	11	7	16	50	59	−9	29
15	Third Lanark	34	8	12	14	31	41	−10	28
16	Raith Rovers	34	8	10	16	46	60	−14	26
17	Partick Thistle	34	10	4	20	40	55	−15	24
18	Queen's Park	34	5	3	26	34	88	−54	13

Source: "1912-1913 Division 1 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
(C) Champions

Champions: Rangers

Scottish League Division Two

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ayr United (C, P)	26	13	8	5	45	19	+26	34	Promoted to the 1913–14 Scottish Division One
2	Dunfermline Athletic	26	13	7	6	45	27	+18	33
3	East Stirlingshire	26	12	8	6	43	27	+16	32
4	Abercorn	26	12	7	7	33	31	+2	31
5	Cowdenbeath	26	12	6	8	36	27	+9	30
6	Dumbarton (P)	26	12	5	9	38	30	+8	29	Promoted to the 1913–14 Scottish Division One
7	St Bernard's	26	12	3	11	36	34	+2	27
8	Johnstone	26	9	6	11	31	43	−12	24
9	Albion Rovers	26	10	3	13	38	40	−2	23
10	Dundee Hibernian	26	6	10	10	34	43	−9	22
11	St Johnstone	26	7	7	12	29	38	−9	21
11	Vale of Leven	26	8	5	13	28	44	−16	21
13	Arthurlie	26	7	5	14	37	49	−12	19
14	Leith Athletic	26	5	8	13	26	47	−21	18

Source: statto.com
Rules for classification: Teams finish equal if level on points. Points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Other honours

Cup honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup	Falkirk	2 – 0	Rovers
Scottish Qualifying Cup	Abercorn	4 – 1^[a]	Arbroath
Scottish Consolation Cup	Galston	2 – 0^[a]	Stenhousemuir
Scottish Junior Cup	Inverkeithing United	1 – 0	Dunipace
Scottish Amateur Cup	Leith Amateurs	1 – 0	Ardrossan Academy Former Pupils

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Aberdeen	4 – 0	Fraserburgh
Ayrshire Cup	Galston	2 – 1^[a]	Ayr United
Dumbartonshire Cup	Dumbarton Harp	1 – 0^[a]	Renton
East of Scotland Shield	Hibernian	3 – 2	St Bernard's
Fife Cup	Kirkcaldy United	5 – 2	East Fife
Forfarshire Cup	Dundee	7 – 0	Montrose
Glasgow Cup	Rangers	3 – 1	Celtic
Lanarkshire Cup	Airdrie	5 – 1	Dykehead
Linlithgowshire Cup	Armadale	2 – 1	Broxburn
Perthshire Cup	Dunblane	3 – 0	Breadalbane
Renfrewshire Cup	Morton	4 – 3^[b]	St Mirren
Southern Counties Cup	Solway Star	1 – 0^[c]	Dumfries
Stirlingshire Cup	Alloa Athletic	5 – 0^[d]	King's Park

Non-league honours

Highland League

Top Three
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aberdeen 'A'	16	13	3	0	53	18	+35	29
2	Buckie Thistle	16	9	1	6	20	19	+1	19
3	Inverness Caledonian	16	8	1	7	34	36	−2	17

Source: RSSSF

Other Senior Leagues

Division	Winner
Banffshire League	unfinished
Border Senior League	unfinished
Central League	Alloa Athletic
Eastern League
Northern League	Brechin City
Perthshire League	unfinished
Scottish Union	Dykehead

Scotland national team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
3 March 1913	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (A)	Wales	0–0	BHC
15 March 1913	Dalymount Park, Dublin (A)	Ireland	2–1	BHC	Willie Reid, Alex Bennett
5 April 1913	Stamford Bridge, London (A)	England	0–1	BHC

Key:

(H) = Home match
(A) = Away match
BHC = British Home Championship

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England (C)	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	4
Wales	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
Scotland	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
Ireland	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	2

Source: ^[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

Other national teams

Scottish League XI

Date	Venue	Opponents^[3]^[4]^[5]	Score^[e]
14 October 1912	London (A)	Southern League XI	0–1
6 November 1912	Solitude, Belfast (A)	Irish League XI	3–1
1 March 1913	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Football League XI	4–1

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Replay needed.
^ Aggregate over two legs.
^ Third replay needed.
^ Second replay needed
^ Scottish League XI's score is shown first.

References

^ Scotland's score is shown first.
^ "British Championship 1913". EU-Football. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
^ "SFL XI v The Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
^ "SFL XI v Irish Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
^ "SFL XI v Southern League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.