1908–09 Scottish Division One

16th season of top-tier football league in Scotland Football league season

Scottish Division One
Season	1908–09
Champions	Celtic
← 1907–08 1909–10 →

The 1908–09 Scottish Division One season was won by Celtic by one point over nearest rival Dundee.

The end of the season was complicated by a high number of fixtures which still had to be played before the end of April 1909 due to postponements caused by replays in the Glasgow Cup the previous autumn, a situation made worse by the Scottish Cup final which also had to be replayed. Celtic, who were involved in both those finals, had to play their last eight league matches over a twelve-day period, winning five of these and drawing two to pull ahead of Dundee, who only played once in the same period.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic (C)	34	23	5	6	71	24	+47	51
2	Dundee	34	22	6	6	70	32	+38	50
3	Clyde	34	21	6	7	61	37	+24	48
4	Rangers	34	19	7	8	91	38	+53	45
5	Airdrieonians	34	16	9	9	67	46	+21	41
6	Hibernian	34	16	7	11	40	32	+8	39
7	St Mirren	34	15	6	13	53	45	+8	36
8	Aberdeen	34	15	6	13	61	53	+8	36
9	Kilmarnock	34	13	7	14	47	61	−14	33
10	Falkirk	34	13	7	14	58	56	+2	33
11	Heart of Midlothian	34	12	8	14	54	49	+5	32
12	Third Lanark	34	11	10	13	56	49	+7	32
13	Motherwell	34	11	6	17	47	73	−26	28
14	Port Glasgow Athletic	34	10	8	16	39	52	−13	28
15	Queen's Park	34	6	13	15	42	65	−23	25
16	Hamilton Academical	34	6	12	16	42	72	−30	24
17	Morton	34	8	7	19	39	90	−51	23
18	Partick Thistle	34	2	4	28	38	102	−64	8

Source: "1908-1909 Division 1 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
(C) Champions

Results

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

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

References

‘Parkhead erupted as it had never done so before,’ David Potter’s 7 Magnificently Random Celtic Stories, The Celtic Star, 23 October 2019
Celtic results for season 1908/1909, FitbaStats
Dundee results for season 1908/1909, FitbaStats

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v t e 1908–09 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
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Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Clyde Dundee Falkirk Hamilton Academical 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 Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Leith Athletic Raith Rovers St Bernard's Vale of Leven

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