1904–05 Scottish Division One

12th season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Division One 1904–05 Celtic5th title 182 583 Robert HamiltonJimmy Quinn(19 goals each) 1903–04 1905–06 The 1904–05 Scottish Division One season was won by Celtic. Celtic and Rangers had finished the league campaign level on 41 points, and a play-off at Hampden Park (doubling up as a fixture in the minor Glasgow Football League) was arranged to decide the championship. An English-based referee was drafted in to officiate at the match due to increasing tensions between the two groups of supporters and controversies in recent matches between the sides. Celtic won 2–1, with Jimmy McMenemy and Davie Hamilton scoring the decisive goals.Brown Alan Scotland 1904/05 https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scot1905.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 9 October 2017 22 March 2002Murphy Alex Another championship nailbiter thanks to mighty Quinn http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1905-05-06%3A+Celtic+2-1+Rangers%2C+League+Division+1%2C+Championship+Play-off 9 October 2017 The Times (hosted at The Celtic Wiki) 19 May 2005 9 January 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200109171523/http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/1905-05-06:+Celtic+2-1+Rangers,+League+Division+1,+Championship+Play-off deadHannan Martin 1905: The last time Scotland drafted in a foreign referee http://www.scotsman.com/sport/1905-the-last-time-scotland-drafted-in-a-foreign-referee-1-1370563 9 October 2017 The Scotsman 27 November 2010 The 'Old firm' clubs (a term recently employed for the growing commercial draw of the frequent fixtures between them) had already been involved in two other unusual matches during that season: The pivotal New Year's Day fixture at Ibrox had to be abandoned in the second half – the unexpectedly large crowd in attendance (estimated at 70,000) was cleared from the pitch to allow play to start, but spectators continued to spill on at regular intervals, with the contemporary report noting that "the game assumed a farcical order" as a result.Rangers V Celtic, 2 January 1905 (newspaper scan via The Celtic Wiki) the match was eventually played to a conclusion on 18 February 1905, with Celtic winning 4–1.Notes On Sport. Rangers Routed at Ibrox..., The Glasgow Herald, 20 February 1905 The Scottish Cup semi-final between the clubs, played at Celtic Park on 25 March, was abandoned on 80 minutes with Rangers two goals ahead when supporters invaded the field and confronted the referee after Celtic striker Jimmy Quinn had been sent off for violent conduct.Football. Scottish Cup–Semi-Final Ties., The Glasgow Herald, 26 March 1905 The opponent he was accused of kicking, Alex Craig, offered a statement exonerating Quinn but the Scottish Football Association imposed a one-month banThe Quinn Affair, The Glasgow Herald, 30 March 1905, via The Celtic Wiki – however, Celtic had already completed all their league fixtures, and by the time of the play-off Quinn had served the ban and took part in the match. League table main WDL 5 QR 2 CEL =1 Celtic RAN =1 Rangers THI Third Lanark AIR Airdrieonians HIB Hibernian PAR Partick Thistle HOM Heart of Midlothian DND Dundee KIL Kilmarnock STM St Mirren PGA Port Glasgow Athletic QPA Queen's Park GMO Morton MOT Motherwell 18 5 3 68 31 C 19 3 4 83 28 14 7 5 60 28 11 5 10 38 45 9 8 9 39 39 12 2 12 36 56 11 3 12 46 44 10 5 11 38 32 9 5 12 29 45 9 4 13 33 36 8 5 13 30 51 6 8 12 28 45 7 4 15 27 50 6 2 18 28 53 green1 Champions C complete SPFL Archive Results main FBR grey AIR CEL DND HOM HIB KIL MOR MOT PAR PGA QPA RAN STM THI Airdrieonians 1–3 2–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 3–2 3–2 3–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–1 Celtic 2–3 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 5–2 4–2 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 Dundee 0–1 2–1 2–0 4–1 3–0 6–1 0–0 0–1 4–0 3–0 0–3 2–0 0–0 Heart of Midlothian 6–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 4–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–5 3–1 4–1 Hibernian 3–2 2–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 Kilmarnock 1–0 0–3 2–1 3–2 2–1 1–0 0–2 3–2 1–1 2–1 0–4 1–0 0–0 Morton 2–0 0–1 5–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–3 0–0 Motherwell 1–0 2–6 0–2 0–4 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 3–2 0–1 Partick Thistle 0–3 0–5 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–4 0–1 3–2 Port Glasgow Athletic 1–3 1–4 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 6–1 4–2 0–3 0–2 1–1 Queen's Park 1–1 2–3 0–1 2–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–4 2–0 0–4 2–1 0–1 Rangers 4–1 1–4 2–1 1–1 4–0 6–2 5–0 3–2 8–1 5–1 5–0 2–3 3–1 St Mirren 0–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–2 Third Lanark 6–0 1–2 2–2 7–1 4–1 3–1 5–0 4–3 6–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 complete Championship play-off 6 May 1905 15:00 Celtic 2–1 Rangers McMenemy Hamilton Robertson Hampden Park, Glasgow ENG Frederick Kirkham 30,000 Teams Celtic: GK Davey AdamsRB Hugh WatsonLB Willie OrrRH Alec McNairCH Willie LoneyLHJimmy HayOR Alec BennettIR Jimmy McMenemyCF Jimmy QuinnIL Peter SomersOL Davie HamiltonRangers: GK Tom SinclairRB Alex FraserLB Alex CraigRH Adam GourlayCH James StarkLHJohn MayOR John RobertsonIR Finlay SpeedieCF Robert McCollIL Charles DonaghyOL Alex Smith See also 1890–91 Scottish Football League#Championship play-off References Category:1904–05 Scottish Football League Category:Scottish Division One seasons Scottish