The season of 1897–98 in Scottish football was the 25th season of competitive football in Scotland and the eighth season of the Scottish Football League.
League competitions Scottish Division One
Celtic are champions of the Scottish Division One.
Scottish Division Two
Kilmarnock won the Scottish Division Two but were not promoted.
Other honours Cup honours National
CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up Scottish Cup Rangers 2 – 0 Kilmarnock Scottish Qualifying CupPort Glasgow Athletic4 – 1East Stirlingshire Scottish Junior Cup Dalziel Rovers 2 – 1 Parkhead
County
CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upAberdeenshire CupAberdeen3 – 2OrionAyrshire CupKilmarnock9 – 3Galston Border Cup Peebles Rovers 4 – 3 KelsoDumbartonshire CupDumbarton3 – 2Vale of LevenEast of Scotland ShieldHearts2 – 0Leith AthleticFife CupRaith Rovers3 – 1Alloa AthleticForfarshire CupDundee Wanderers7 – 5ArbroathGlasgow CupRangers4 – 0Queen's ParkLanarkshire CupAirdrie3 – 2MotherwellLinlithgowshire CupBo'ness3 – 0Armadale Volunteers North of Scotland Cup Clachnacuddin 12 – 1 Inverness Citadel Perthshire CupFair City Athletic3 – 2Rob RoyRenfrewshire CupSt Mirren2 – 0Port Glasgow AthleticSouthern Counties CupDumfries 2 – 1Dumfries HibsStirlingshire CupCamelon6 – 5Falkirk
Non-league honours
Highland League
Other Senior Leagues DivisionWinner Border League Selkirk Central League unfinished Central Combination East Stirlingshire Northern League Victoria United Perthshire League Scone Scottish Combination Rangers 'A' Southern Counties League unfinished
Scotland national team
DateVenueOpponentsCompetitionScotland scorer(s)19 MarchFir Park, Motherwell (H)5–2BHCJames Gillespie (3), James McKee (2)26 MarchSolitude Ground, Belfast (A)3–0BHCThomas Robertson, Robert Smyth McColl, William Stewart2 AprilCeltic Park, Glasgow (H)1–3BHCJames Millar
Key: (A) = Away match (H) = Home match BHC = British Home Championship
Other national teams Scottish League XI DateVenueOpponentsScotland scorer(s)29 January Carolina Port, Dundee (H) Irish League XI5–0 Hugh Morgan, Bernard Breslin, Robert Hamilton (2), James Gillespie9 AprilVilla Park, Birmingham (A) Football League XI2–1 Robert Hamilton (2)
See also 1897–98 Rangers F.C. season
Notes
References
External links Scottish Football Historical Archive