1913–14 in Scottish football

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{{Infobox football country season

| country = Scotland

| season = 1913–14

| prevseason = 1912–13

| nextseason = 1914–15

| flagicon = yes

}}

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| headerstyle = background:#BFD7FF

| above = 1913–14 in Scottish football

| image = 200px

| header1 = Division One champions

| data2 = Celtic

| header3 = Division Two champions

| data4 = Cowdenbeath

| header5 = Scottish Cup winners

| data6 = Celtic

| header7 = Junior Cup winners

| data8 = Larkhall Thistle

| header9 = Scotland national team

| data10 = 1914 BHC

}}

The 1913–14 season was the 41st season of competitive football in Scotland and the 24th season of the Scottish Football League. 1913–14 saw an increase from 18 teams to 20 teams in Division one while the number of teams in Division two was decreased back to 12 from 14.

League competitions

= Scottish League Division One =

{{main|1913–14 Scottish Division One}}

{{:1913–14 Scottish Division One}}

Champions: Celtic

= Scottish League Division Two =

{{main|1913–14 Scottish Division Two}}

{{:1913–14 Scottish Division Two}}

Other honours

= Cup honours =

==National==

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width=160|Competition

!width=135|Winner

!width=80|Score

!width=135|Runner-up

align=left| Scottish Cup

| Celtic

| 4 – 1{{efn | name = replay | Replay needed. }}

| Hinernian

align=left|Scottish Qualifying Cup

|Albion Rovers

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

|Dundee Hibs

align=left|[http://sfha.org.uk/scottishcups.htm Scottish Consolation Cup]

|St Johnstone

|2 – 1{{efn | name = replay }}

|St Bernard's

align=left| Scottish Junior Cup

| Larkhall Thistle

| 1 – 0{{efn | name = second }}

| Ashfield

align=left| Scottish Amateur Cup

| Cameronians

| 2 – 0

| Albert Road School

==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

|3 – 0

|Buckie Thistle

align=left|Ayrshire Cup

|Galston

|3 – 2

|Stevenston United

align=left|Dumbartonshire Cup

|Renton

|1 – 0{{efn | name = replay }}

|Dumbarton

align=left|East of Scotland Shield

|Hearts

|1 – 0

|Hibernian

align=left|Fife Cup

|Dunfermline Athletic

|4 – 1

|Lochgelly United

align=left|Forfarshire Cup

|Arbroath

|2 – 1{{efn | name = replay }}

|Dundee Hibs

align=left|Glasgow Cup

|Rangers

|3 – 0

|Third Lanark

align=left|Lanarkshire Cup

|Airdrie

|3 – 1

|Royal Albert

align=left|Linlithgowshire Cup

|Broxburn

|2 – 1

|Armadale

align=left|Perthshire Cup

|St Johnstone

|4 – 0

|Morrisonians

align=left|Renfrewshire Cup

|Morton

|5 – 11{{efn | Aggregate over two legs.}}

|St Mirren

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

|Nithsdale Wanderers

|4 – 3

|Whithorn

align=left|Stirlingshire Cup

|East Stirling

|2 – 1

|Falkirk

= Non-league honours =

Highland League

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|title=Top Three

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|win_ABE=11|draw_ABE=1|loss_ABE=4|gf_ABE=43|ga_ABE=28

|win_ELG=8|draw_ELG=2|loss_ELG=6|gf_ELG=30|ga_ELG=23

|col_C=green1|text_C=

|result1=C

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Other Senior Leagues

class="wikitable"
width=230|Division

!width=150|Winner

Central League

| Armadale

Eastern League

|

Northern League

| unfinished

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

| Tulloch

Scottish Union

| Queen's Park Victoria XI{{ efn | The Victoria XI were the fourth XI of Queen's Park. }}{{ cite web | url = https://queensparkfc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/QP1018ProjectReport.pdf | title = QUEEN'S PARK AND THE GREAT WAR 1914 TO 1918 | publisher = Queen's Park FC | access-date = 24 July 2023}}

Scotland national team

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

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!Date

!Venue

!Opponents

!{{nowrap|ScoreScotland's score is shown first.}}

!Competition

!Scotland scorer(s)

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|28 February 1914

|Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)

|{{fb|WAL}}

|align=center|0–0

|BHC

|

bgcolor=#ffffdd

|14 March 1914

|Windsor Park, Belfast (A)

|{{fb|IRE}}

|align=center|1–1

|BHC

|Joe Donnachie

bgcolor=#ddffdd

|4 April 1914

|Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)

|{{fb|ENG}}

|align=center|3–1

|BHC

|Charles Thomson, Jimmy McMenemy, Willie Reid

Key:

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

{{:1913–14 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 }}{{ cite web | url = https://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/tea/southernleague.html | title= SFL XI v Southern 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)

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|13 October 1913

|Cathkin Park, Glasgow (H)

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Southern League XI

|align=center|5–0

|

bgcolor=#ddffdd

| 5 November 1913

| Windsor Park, Belfast (A)

|{{flagicon|NIR}} Irish League XI

|align=center|2–1

|

bgcolor=#ddffdd

|21 March 1914

|Turf Moor, Burnley (A)

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Football League XI

|align=center|3–2

|

See also

Notes

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References

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