1898–99 Scottish Division One

Scottish Division One
Season	1898–99
Champions	Rangers; 2nd title
Relegated	Partick Thistle
Matches played	90
Goals scored	402 (4.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Robert Hamilton; (25 goals)
	← 1897–98 1899–1900 →

The 1898–99 Scottish Division One season was won by Rangers by ten points over nearest rival Heart of Midlothian. Rangers won all 18 of their league matches.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C)	18	18	0	0	79	18	+61	36	Champions
2	Heart of Midlothian	18	12	2	4	56	30	+26	26
3	Celtic	18	11	2	5	51	33	+18	24
4	Hibernian	18	10	3	5	42	43	−1	23
5	St Mirren	18	8	4	6	46	32	+14	20
6	Third Lanark	18	7	3	8	33	38	−5	17
7	Clyde	18	4	4	10	23	48	−25	12
7	St Bernard's	18	4	4	10	30	37	−7	12
9	Partick Thistle (R)	18	2	2	14	19	58	−39	6	Relegated to the 1899–1900 Scottish Division Two
10	Dundee	18	1	2	15	23	65	−42	4

Source: statto.com
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	DND	HOM	HIB	PAR	RAN	STB	STM	THI
Celtic		9–2	4–1	3–2	1–2	4–0	0–4	1–0	4–1	2–1
Clyde	0–0		1–0	3–3	2–2	3–1	0–3	1–2	0–1	2–3
Dundee	1–4	1–3		2–5	2–4	5–1	1–2	1–1	1–7	1–3
Heart of Midlothian	2–2	4–0	6–3		4–0	5–1	2–3	3–1	4–2	2–1
Hibernian	2–1	2–1	5–0	1–5		1–1	3–4	4–3	4–3	1–1
Partick Thistle	3–8	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–4		0–5	0–3	1–4	1–3
Rangers	4–1	8–0	7–0	3–1	10–1	6–2		5–2	3–2	4–1
St Bernard's	2–3	4–1	2–2	1–3	1–3	2–3	0–2		0–0	4–2
St Mirren	4–0	2–2	5–1	2–3	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–1		4–1
Third Lanark	2–4	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–4	1–0	2–3	1–1	2–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

^ Stuart Spencer (16 January 2019). "The Season of 1898-99". Scottish Football Museum. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
^ The beginning of glory Archived 2020-12-29 at the Wayback Machine, Rangers FC
^ Rangers Team, 1898-99 (Mitchell Library, Glasgow Collection), The Glasgow Story
^ The first great Rangers team whose 'perfect season' remains unique in British football 122 years on, Matthew Lindsay, Glasgow Times, 7 January 2021

Scottish Football Archive

[1] Stuart Spencer (16 January 2019). "The Season of 1898-99". Scottish Football Museum. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

[2] The beginning of glory Archived 2020-12-29 at the Wayback Machine, Rangers FC

[3] Rangers Team, 1898-99 (Mitchell Library, Glasgow Collection), The Glasgow Story

[4] The first great Rangers team whose 'perfect season' remains unique in British football 122 years on, Matthew Lindsay, Glasgow Times, 7 January 2021

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Club seasons
Division One	Celtic Clyde Dundee Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Partick Thistle Rangers St Bernard's St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Abercorn Airdrieonians Ayr Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Leith Athletic Linthouse Morton Motherwell Port Glasgow Athletic
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