Scottish Division One 1915/16

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Scottish Division One 1915/16
master Celtic Glasgow
Cup winners not carried out
Teams 20th
Games 379
Gates 1,177  (ø 3.11 per game)
Top scorer ScotlandScotland Jimmy McColl
(Celtic Glasgow)
← Division One 1914/15

The Scottish Football League Division One was played for the 23rd time in 1915/16 . It was also the 26th edition of the highest soccer division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. It began on August 21, 1915 and ended on April 29, 1916. In the 1915/16 season, 20 clubs competed against each other in a total of 38 game days. 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 13th time in the club's history Celtic Glasgow . The top scorer was Jimmy McColl from Celtic Glasgow with 34 goals . While the Scottish FA Cup and the Scottish Football League Division Two were interrupted from this season due to the outbreak of World War I, the league leadership decided to continue the championship in Division One.

statistics

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Celtic Glasgow (M)  38  32  3  3 116: 320 +84 67: 90
 2. Glasgow Rangers  38  25th  6th  7th 087:390 +48 56:20
 3. Morton 1  37  22nd  7th  8th 086:350 +51 51:23
 4th Ayr United  38  20th  8th  10 072:450 +27 48:28
 5. Partick Thistle  38  19th  8th  11 065:410 +24 46:30
 5. Heart of Midlothian 1st  37  20th  6th  11 066:450 +21 46:28
 7th Hamilton Academical  38  19th  3  16 068:760  −8 41:35
 8th. Dundee FC  38  18th  4th  16 056:490  +7 40:36
 9. Dumbarton FC  38  13  11  14th 054:640 −10 37:39
10. FC Kilmarnock  38  12  11  15th 046:490  −3 35:41
11. Aberdeen FC  38  11  12  15th 051:640 −13 34:42
12. FC Falkirk  38  12  7th  19th 045:610 −16 31:45
13. FC St. Mirren  38  13  4th  21st 050:670 −17 30:46
13. Motherwell FC  38  11  8th  19th 055:820 −27 30:46
13. Airdrieonians FC  38  11  8th  19th 044:740 −30 30:46
16. Third Lanark  38  9  11  18th 040:560 −16 29:47
16. Clyde FC  38  11  7th  20th 049:710 −22 29:47
18th FC Queen's Park  38  11  6th  21st 053: 100 −47 28:48
19th Hibernian Edinburgh  38  9  7th  22nd 044:710 −27 25:51
20th Raith Rovers  38  9  5  24 030:650 −35 23:53
1The game Morton - Heart of Midlothian did not take place.
Legend
1915/16 season
Scottish master
At the end of the 1914/15 season
(M) Champion of the previous year

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Web links

Individual evidence

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