1897–98 Scottish Division One

5th season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Division One 1897–98 Celtic4th title 90 414 Robert Hamilton(18 goals) 1896-97 1898-99 The 1897–98 Scottish Division One season was won by Celtic by four points over nearest rival Rangers. League table main WDL 5 QR 2 CEL Celtic RAN Rangers HIB Hibernian HOM Heart of Midlothian STM St Mirren THI 5 Third Lanark DND Dundee PAR Partick Thistle SBE St Bernard's CLY Clyde 15 3 0 56 13 C 13 3 2 71 15 10 2 6 47 29 8 4 6 54 33 8 2 8 30 36 8 2 8 37 38 5 3 10 29 36 6 1 11 34 64 4 1 13 35 67 1 3 14 21 83 green1 Champions C Dundee and Partick Thistle finished level on points but Dundee won a play-off match to determine ranking positions.1897-98, Partick Thistle - The Early Years DND complete statto.com Teams finish equal if level on points. Points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss Results main FBR grey CEL CLY DND HOM HIB PAR RAN STB STM THI Celtic 6–1 2–1 3–2 4–1 3–1 0–0 5–1 3–0 4–0 Clyde 1–9 1–5 2–2 2–4 2–3 1–8 4–2 2–3 1–1 Dundee 1–2 6–0 1–6 1–1 5–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 4–2 Heart of Midlothian 0–0 8–1 2–0 3–2 6–2 2–2 5–1 2–4 2–3 Hibernian 1–2 5–0 2–0 1–1 4–2 0–5 6–1 3–1 6–0 Partick Thistle 3–6 1–1 3–1 3–2 0–3 1–5 5–3 1–0 5–2 Rangers 0–4 7–0 5–0 2–0 1–0 6–1 8–1 9–0 0–0 St Bernard's 0–2 3–1 4–1 1–5 3–2 9–1 2–4 1–2 1–3 St Mirren 0–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 2–3 1–0 1–5 7–2 0–1 Third Lanark 0–1 6–1 3–0 2–5 1–3 5–2 0–3 6–0 2–0 complete References https://archive.today/20130421051129/http://scottishfootballarchive.co.uk/league-tables/1897-98-division-one Scottish Football Archive Category:1897–88 Scottish Football League Category:Scottish Division One seasons