1903–04 Scottish Division One

11th season of top-tier football league in Scotland

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Football league season

Scottish Division One
Season	1903–04
Champions	Third Lanark 1st title
Matches played	182
Goals scored	620 (3.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Robert Hamilton (28 goals)
← 1902–03 1904–05 →

The 1903–04 Scottish Division One season was won by Third Lanark by four points over nearest rival Heart of Midlothian. The top division of Scottish football expanded from 12 to 14 teams, and Airdrieonians and Motherwell joined the division having finished first and second in Division Two the previous season.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Third Lanark (C)	26	20	3	3	61	26	+35	43	Champions
2	Heart of Midlothian	26	18	3	5	63	35	+28	39
=3	Celtic	26	18	2	6	68	27	+41	38
=3	Rangers	26	16	6	4	80	33	+47	38
5	Dundee	26	13	2	11	54	45	+9	28
=6	St Mirren	26	11	5	10	45	38	+7	27
=6	Partick Thistle	26	10	7	9	46	41	+5	27
8	Queen's Park	26	6	9	11	28	47	−19	21
9	Port Glasgow Athletic	26	8	4	14	32	49	−17	20
10	Hibernian	26	7	5	14	29	40	−11	19
=11	Morton	26	7	4	15	32	53	−21	18
=11	Airdrieonians	26	7	4	15	32	62	−30	18
13	Motherwell	26	6	3	17	26	61	−35	15
14	Kilmarnock	26	4	5	17	24	63	−39	13

Source: nozdrul.plus.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	AIR	CEL	DND	HOM	HIB	KIL	MOR	MOT	PAR	PGA	QPA	RAN	STM	THI
Airdrieonians		4–3	2–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–3	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–3	3–1	0–4
Celtic	3–0		4–2	4–0	1–0	6–1	5–1	6–0	2–1	4–1	3–0	2–2	3–1	1–3
Dundee	4–3	2–1		2–1	1–2	4–0	6–0	7–1	3–0	3–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	0–1
Heart of Midlothian	5–0	2–1	4–2		2–0	2–1	1–0	5–0	4–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	5–1	4–1
Hibernian	4–0	0–2	0–1	2–4		2–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	4–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–2
Kilmarnock	0–2	1–6	1–2	2–3	0–0		1–1	2–1	1–3	0–4	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–2
Morton	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	4–2		2–3	1–3	0–1	2–1	0–5	1–0	1–2
Motherwell	1–2	1–2	1–3	0–4	1–0	2–0	0–0		2–0	1–0	2–4	2–5	1–0	0–2
Partick Thistle	3–0	0–4	6–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–1	2–2		1–0	2–0	1–4	1–1	2–2
Port Glasgow Athletic	2–2	2–3	1–0	1–1	3–1	4–1	2–0	4–3	1–2		2–1	1–1	0–1	0–1
Queen's Park	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0		2–3	0–0	2–8
Rangers	5–0	0–0	6–1	5–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	8–1	5–0		2–2	4–3
St Mirren	5–2	0–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–2	0–0	1–0	5–1	3–1	5–4		1–2
Third Lanark	1–1	3–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	3–2	1–2	3–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	4–2

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

References

Scottish Football Archive

v t e Top division football seasons in Scotland
Football League	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93
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v t e 1903–04 in Scottish football
« 1902–03 1904–05 »
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	Airdrieonians Celtic Dundee Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Port Glasgow Athletic Queen's Park Rangers St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Abercorn Albion Rovers Arthurlie Ayr Ayr Parkhouse Clyde East Stirlingshire Falkirk Hamilton Academical Leith Athletic Raith Rovers St Bernard's
Other teams	Aberdeen

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