1890–91 in Scottish football

none November 2021 Scotland 1890–91 1889–90 1891–92 yes football background:#BFD7FF 1890–91 in Scottish football 200px Scottish Football League champions Dumbarton / Rangers Scottish Cup winners Hearts Scottish League Charity Cup winners Dumbarton Junior Cup winners Vale of Clyde Scotland national team 1891 BHC 1890–91 in Scottish football was the 18th season of competitive football in Scotland. This season saw the introduction of the Scottish Football League with ten teams competing. League competitions Scottish Football League 1890–91 Scottish Football League Dumbarton and Rangers were declared joint champions after drawing a play-off game 2–2 at Cathkin Park, Glasgow on 21 May 1891. Renton started the season as members of the Scottish Football League, but were expelled for professionalism (the game was still officially amateur at this stage). Also, Celtic, Third Lanark and Cowlairs were all docked four points for fielding ineligible players. Other honours Cup honours National CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up Scottish Cuphttps://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scotcuphistfull.html RSSSF Scottish cup 1890–91 26 June 2011 Hearts 1 – 0 Dumbarton SFL Charity Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20221001171602/https://sfha.org.uk/sflcharity.htm 1 October 2022 Dumbarton 3 – 0 Celtic Scottish Junior Cup Vale of Clyde 2 – 0 Chryston Athletic County CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upAberdeenshire CupOrion4 – 1CaledonianAyrshire CupKilmarnock7 – 1HurlfordBorder Cup Selkirk4 – 3 Hawick RangersButeshire Cup Bute Rangers6 – 1 St Blane'sDumbartonshire Cuphttps://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1891/1891021414.htm Special Notes on Football and Other Sports. Dumbarton v. Vale of Leven. The Glasgow Herald 16 February 1891 11 London Hearts Supporters Club websiteDumbarton4 – 1Vale of LevenEast of Scotland ShieldHearts3 – 0ArmadaleFife CupCowdenbeath2 –1LassodieForfarshire CupDundee Our Boys6 – 2Dundee East EndGlasgow CupCeltic4 – 03rd LRVLanarkshire CupAirdrie2 – 1Albion RoversLinlithgowshire CupArmadale2 – 0Bo'ness North of Scotland Cup Camerons 4 – 2 Inverness UnionPerthshire CupDunblane4 – 2 Replay neededSt JohnstoneRenfrewshire CupSt Mirren4 – 0Port Glasgow AthleticStirlingshire CupEast Stirlingshire4 – 1Grangemouth Edinburgh Exhibition Edinburgh Exhibition Cup#Earlier editions The Edinburgh Exhibition Contest was held to coincide with the 112th International Exhibition held at Meggetland, Edinburgh. http://sfha.org.uk/oneofftourns.htm Special 'One Off' Tournaments Scottish Football Historical Archive 9 July 2020 7 October 2022 Rather than a one-off tournament, a series of nine games were arranged. The Edinburgh Evening Dispatch newspaper awarded silver cups to the winners of each match. All matches were played at the exhibition's sports grounds at Meggetland. Scotland national team 1890–91 British Home Championship Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results DateVenueOpponentsScore Scotland's score is shown first. CompetitionScotland scorer(s)21 MarchThe Racecourse, Wrexham (A)WAL4–3BHCBob Boyd (2), James Logan, Robert Buchanan28 MarchCeltic Park, Glasgow (H)IRE2–1BHCJames Low, Tom Waddell4 AprilEwood Park, Blackburn (A)ENG1–2BHCFrank Watt Key: (H) = Home match (A) = Away match BHC = British Home Championship See also 1890–91 Rangers F.C. season Notes References 1890 Category:Football in Scotland by season