Scottish Division One 1902/03

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scottish Division One 1902/03
master Hibernian Edinburgh
Cup winners Glasgow Rangers
Teams 12
Games 132
Gates 429  (ø 3.25 per game)
Top scorer ScotlandScotland David Reid
(Hibernian Edinburgh)
← Division One 1901/02

The Scottish Football League Division One was played for the tenth time in 1902/03 . It was also the 13th edition of the highest soccer division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. It began on August 16, 1902 and ended on April 4, 1903. In the 1902/03 season, 12 clubs competed against each other in a total of 22 matchdays. Each team played once at home and away against every other team. The 2-point rule applied . In the event of a tie, the clubs (with the same number of points) were placed tied. The championship won for the first time in the club's history Hibernian Edinburgh . Since the league was increased to fourteen teams for the following season, there was no relegated team this season. The top scorer was David Reid from Hibernian Edinburgh with 14 goals .

statistics

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Hibernian Edinburgh (P)  22nd  16  5  1 048:180 +30 37: 70
 2. Dundee FC  22nd  13  5  4th 031:120 +19 31:13
 3. Glasgow Rangers (M)  22nd  12  5  5 056:240 +32 29:15
 4th Heart of Midlothian  22nd  11  6th  5 046:270 +19 28:16
 5. Celtic Glasgow  22nd  8th  10  4th 036:300  +6 26:18
 6th FC St. Mirren  22nd  7th  8th  7th 039:400  −1 22:22
 7th Third Lanark  22nd  8th  5  9 034:270  +7 21:23
 8th. Partick Thistle (N)  22nd  6th  7th  9 034:500 −16 19:25
 9. FC Kilmarnock  22nd  6th  4th  12 024:430 −19 16:28
10. FC Queen's Park  22nd  5  5  12 033:480 −15 15:29
11. Port Glasgow Athletic (N)  22nd  3  5  14th 026:490 −23 11:33
12. Greenock Morton  22nd  2  5  15th 022:550 −33 09:35
Legend
1902/03 season
  • Scottish master
    • At the end of the 1901/02 season
    (M) - Champion of the previous year
    (P) - Cup winner of the previous year
    (N) - New entry from Division Two

    Election procedure

    The regulations of the Scottish Football League stipulated that at the end of the season, the two worst-placed teams had to stand for re-election. Voting took place at the annual general meeting of the Scottish Football League, at which new admissions were also decided. This electoral system determined the promotion and relegation between Division One and Division Two until 1922 .

    society # Be right Result division
    Greenock Morton automatically re-elected Division One
    Port Glasgow Athletic automatically re-elected Division One
    Motherwell FC 11 recorded Division Two
    Airdrieonians FC 8th recorded Division Two
    Aberdeen FC 5 not included no league

    See also

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ Scottish Football League & Scottish Premier League Top goalscorers per division. (No longer available online.) Scottish-football-historical-archive.com, archived from the original on September 27, 2012 ; accessed on April 17, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / scottish-football-historical-archive.com