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1901–02 in Scottish football

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{{Infobox football country season

| country = Scotland

| season = 1901–02

| prevseason = 1900–01

| nextseason = 1902–03

| flagicon = yes

}}

{{infobox|bodyclass=football

| headerstyle = background:#BFD7FF

| above = 1901–02 in Scottish football

| image = 200px

| header1 = Division One champions

| data2 = Rangers

| header3 = Division Two champions

| data4 = Port Glasgow Athletic

| header5 = Scottish Cup winners

| data6 = Hibernian

| header7 = Junior Cup winners

| data8 = Rutherglen Glencairn

| header9 = Scotland national team

| data10 = 1902 BHC

}}

The 1901–02 season the 29th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 12th season of the Scottish Football League.

League competitions

=Scottish League Division One=

{{main|1901–02 Scottish Division One}}

{{:1901–02 Scottish Division One}}

=Scottish League Division Two=

{{main|1901–02 Scottish Division Two}}

{{:1901–02 Scottish Division Two}}

Other honours

= Cup honours =

== National==

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
width=160|Competition

!width=135|Winner

!width=80|Score

!width=135|Runner-up

align=left| Scottish Cup

| Hibernian

| 2 – 1

| Celtic

align=left| Scottish Qualifying Cup

|Stenhousemuir

|2 – 1

|Motherwell

align=left| Scottish Junior Cup

| Rutherglen Glencairn

|1 – 0

| Maryhill

==County==

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
width=160|Competition

!width=135|Winner

!width=80|Score

!width=135|Runner-up

align=left|Aberdeenshire Cup

|Aberdeen

|1 – 0

|Victoria United

align=left|Ayrshire Cup

|Ayr Parkhouse

|1 – 0

|Galston

align=left| [http://sfha.org.uk/bordercup.htm Border Cup]

| Vale of Leithen

| 1 – 0

| Selkirk

align=left|Dumbartonshire Cup

|Vale of Leven

|3 – 1{{ efn | Play off needed. }}

| Camelon

align=left|East of Scotland Shield

|Hearts

|2 – 1

|Hibernian

align=left|Fife Cup

|Cowdenbeath

|2 – 1

|Hearts of Beith

align=left|Forfarshire Cup

|Dundee Wanderers

|3 – 2

|Arbroath

align=left|Glasgow Cup

|Rangers

|2 – 2

|Celtic

align=left|Lanarkshire Cup

|Hamilton

|3 – 0

|Albion Rovers

align=left|Linlithgowshire Cup

|Bo'ness

|3 – 1{{ efn | name = replay | Replay needed. }}

|Broxburn

align=left| North of Scotland Cup

| Inverness Caledonian

|3 – 1{{ efn | name = replay }}

| Inverness Citadel

align=left|Perthshire Cup

|St Johnstone

|4 – 1

|Vale of Atholl

align=left|Renfrewshire Cup

|Morton

|4 – 1{{efn | Aggregate over two legs. }}

|St Mirren

align=left|[http://sfha.org.uk/southerncountiescup.htm Southern Counties Cup]

|Dumfries

| 3 – 0

|Maxwelltown Volunteers

align=left|Stirlingshire Cup

|Stenhousemuir

|1 – 0

|Camelon

= Non-league honours =

Highland League

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|winpoints=2

|title=Top Three

|team1=ICA|name_ICA=Inverness Caledonian

|team2=ITH|name_ITH=Inverness Thistle

|team3=CLA|name_CLA=Clachnacuddin

|win_ICA=4|draw_ICA=1|loss_ICA=1|gf_ICA=16|ga_ICA=6

|win_ITH=2|draw_ITH=1|loss_ITH=3|gf_ITH=10|ga_ITH=13

|win_CLA=1|draw_CLA=3|loss_CLA=2|gf_CLA=9|ga_CLA=8

|update=complete|source=[http://sfha.org.uk/highlandleagueresults.htm SFHA]

}}

Other Senior Leagues

class="wikitable"
width=230|Division

!width=150|Winner

[http://sfha.org.uk/banffshireleague.htm Banffshire & District League]

| Keith Strathisla

Central Combination

| Stenhousemuir

Northern League

| Raith Rovers

[http://sfha.org.uk/perthshireleague.htm Perthshire League]

| Stanley

[http://sfha.org.uk/scottishcomb.htm Scottish Combination]

| Albion Rovers

Glasgow Exhibition

Held to coincide with the Glasgow International Exhibition (1901), this early season competition was won by Rangers, beating Celtic in the final.{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.nf/glasg-exh-cup.htm|title=Glasgow Exhibition Cup 1902|publisher=Scottish Football Historical Archive|access-date=13 October 2018}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
width=160|Competition

!width=135|Winner

!width=80|Score

!width=135|Runner-up

align=left| Exhibition Cup

| Rangers

| 3 – 1

| Celtic

align=left| Junior Exhibition Cup{{ cite web | url = https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/19011007/030/0003 | title = GLENCAIRN'S BRILLIANT VICTORY | newspaper = Scottish Referee | date = 7 October 1901 | access-date = 31 August 2022 | url-access=subscription | via = British Newspaper Archive }}

| Rutherglen Glencairn

| 2 – 1

| Maryhill

British League Cup

Held at the end of the season to raise funds for survivors and widows of the 1902 Ibrox disaster, Rangers offered the International Exhibition Cup trophy for the winners of the competition – Celtic were the victors, overcoming Rangers in the final.{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.co.nf/british-league-cup.htm|title=British League Cup 1902|publisher=Scottish Football Historical Archive|access-date=13 October 2018}}

Scotland national team

{{main|Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results}}

class="wikitable"

!Date

!Venue

!Opponents

!{{nowrap|Score {{ efn | Scotland's score is shown first. }}}}

!Competition

!Scotland scorer(s)

bgcolor=#ddffdd

|1 March 1902

|Grosvenor Park, Belfast (A)

|{{fb|IRE}}

|align=center|5–1

|BHC

|Robert Hamilton (3), Bobby Walker, Albert Buick

bgcolor=#ddffdd

|15 March 1902

|Cappielow Park, Greenock (H)

|{{fb|WAL}}

|align=center|5–1

|BHC

|John Robertson, Albert Buick, Bobby Walker, Alex Smith, John Campbell

bgcolor=#ffffdd

|3 May 1902

|Villa Park, Birmingham (A)

|{{fb|ENG}}

|align=center|2–2

|BHC

|Bobby Templeton, Ronald Orr

Scotland were winners of the 1902 British Home Championship, but endured the deaths of 25 supporters at the Ibrox disaster on 5 April 1902.

Key:

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

{{:1901–02 British Home Championship}}

Other national teams

= Scottish League XI =

class="wikitable"

!Date

!Venue

!Opponents{{ cite web | url = https://www.londonhearts.com/sfl/tea/englishfootballleague.html | title= SFL XI v The Football League XI Record | publisher = London Hearts Supporters Club | access-date = 3 October 2022 }}{{ cite web | url = https://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/tea/irishleague.html | title= SFL XI v Irish Football League XI Record | publisher = London Hearts Supporters Club | access-date = 3 October 2022 }}

!{{nowrap|Score{{ efn | Scottish League XI's score is shown first. }} }}

!Scotland scorer(s)

bgcolor=#ddffdd

| 15 February 1902

|Dens Park, Dundee (H)

|{{flagicon|NIR}} Irish League XI

|align=center|3–0

| William Maxwell (2), John McPherson

bgcolor=#ffdddd

| 8 March 1902

|St James' Park, Newcastle (A)

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Football League XI

|align=center|3–6

| John Campbell (3)

Notes

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References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20141129035238/http://www.scottish-football-historical-archive.com/ Scottish Football Historical Archive]

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