1895–96 Scottish Division One

3rd season of top-tier football league in Scotland Football league season

Scottish Division One
Season	1895–96
Champions	Celtic 3rd title
Relegated	Dumbarton
Matches played	90
Goals scored	469 (5.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	Allan Martin (19 goals)
← 1894–95 1896–97 →

The 1895–96 Scottish Division One season was won by Celtic by four points over nearest rival Rangers.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic (C)	18	15	0	3	64	25	+39	30	Champions
2	Rangers	18	11	4	3	57	39	+18	26
3	Hibernian	18	11	2	5	58	39	+19	24
4	Heart of Midlothian	18	11	0	7	68	36	+32	22
5	Dundee	18	7	2	9	33	42	−9	16
6	St Bernard's	18	7	1	10	36	53	−17	15
6	Third Lanark	18	7	1	10	47	51	−4	15
8	St Mirren	18	5	3	10	31	51	−20	13
9	Clyde	18	4	3	11	39	59	−20	11
10	Dumbarton (R)	18	4	0	14	36	74	−38	8	Relegated to the 1896–97 Scottish Division Two

Source: "1895-1896 Division 1 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
Rules for classification: Teams finish equal if level on points. Points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	CEL	CLY	DUM	DND	HOM	HIB	RAN	STB	STM	THI
Celtic		3–0	3–0	11–0	0–5	3–1	6–2	2–1	4–0	7–0
Clyde	1–5		5–1	0–1	1–2	0–3	2–2	5–0	1–3	2–7
Dumbarton	2–3	5–4		1–2	2–9	1–3	3–5	4–3	4–2	2–4
Dundee	1–2	1–2	4–1		5–0	2–0	1–3	4–1	1–1	2–0
Heart of Midlothian	1–4	9–1	7–0	2–0		4–3	1–2	6–0	5–1	3–0
Hibernian	4–2	4–3	7–2	3–1	3–2		1–1	2–3	5–1	2–5
Rangers	2–4	4–4	3–1	3–1	7–2	4–0		2–0	3–3	0–4
St Bernard's	3–0	1–4	4–3	4–2	0–5	2–5	3–4		4–3	4–1
St Mirren	1–3	2–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–3	1–7	1–3		3–2
Third Lanark	1–2	6–2	5–2	3–4	5–4	2–7	2–3	0–0	0–2

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

v t e Top division football seasons in Scotland
Football League	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93
Division One	1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15
Football League	1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21
Division One / A	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75
Premier Division	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98
Premier League	1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
Premiership	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Winners	List of champions Winning managers

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Domestic leagues	Belgium Denmark England Netherlands Ireland Scotland
Domestic cups	England Ireland Scotland Sweden '96 Wales

v t e 1895–96 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Celtic Clyde Dumbarton Dundee Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Rangers St Bernard's St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Abercorn Airdrieonians Kilmarnock Leith Athletic Linthouse Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Port Glasgow Athletic Renton
Other teams	Queen's Park

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