Scottish Division One 1917/18
| Scottish Division One 1917/18 | |
| master | Glasgow Rangers |
| Cup winners | not carried out |
| Teams | 18th |
| Games | 306 |
| Gates | 928 (ø 3.03 per game) |
| Top scorer |
 Hughie Ferguson(Motherwell FC) |
| ← Division One 1916/17 | |
The Scottish Football League Division One was played for the 25th time in 1917/18 . It was also the 28th edition of the top soccer division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. It began on August 18, 1917 and ended on April 20, 1918. In the 1917/18 season, 18 clubs competed against each other in a total of 34 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 9th time in the club's history, the Glasgow Rangers . The top scorer was Hughie Ferguson of Motherwell FC with 35 goals .
statistics
Closing table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Glasgow Rangers | 34 | 25th | 6th | 3 | 66:24 | +42 | 56:12 |
| 2. | Celtic Glasgow (M) | 34 | 24 | 7th | 3 | 66:26 | +40 | 55:13 |
| 3. | FC Kilmarnock | 34 | 19th | 5 | 10 | 69:41 | +28 | 43:25 |
| Morton | 34 | 17th | 9 | 8th | 53:42 | +11 | 43:25 | |
| 5. | Motherwell FC | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 70:51 | +19 | 41:27 |
| 6th | Partick Thistle | 34 | 14th | 12 | 8th | 51:37 | +14 | 40:28 |
| 7th | FC Queen's Park | 34 | 14th | 6th | 14th | 64:63 | +1 | 34:34 |
| Dumbarton FC | 34 | 13 | 8th | 13 | 48:49 | −1 | 34:34 | |
| 9. | FC Clydebank (N) | 34 | 14th | 5 | 15th | 55:56 | −1 | 33:35 |
| 10. | Heart of Midlothian | 34 | 14th | 4th | 16 | 41:58 | −17 | 32:36 |
| 11. | FC St. Mirren | 34 | 11 | 7th | 16 | 42:50 | −8 | 29:39 |
| 12. | Hamilton Academical | 34 | 11 | 6th | 17th | 52:63 | −11 | 28:40 |
| 13. | Third Lanark | 34 | 10 | 7th | 17th | 56:62 | −6 | 27:41 |
| FC Falkirk | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 38:58 | −20 | 27:41 | |
| 15th | Airdrieonians FC | 32 | 10 | 6th | 16 | 46:58 | −12 | 26:38 |
| 16. | Hibernian Edinburgh | 34 | 8th | 9 | 17th | 42:57 | −15 | 25:43 |
| 17th | Clyde FC | 34 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 37:72 | −35 | 20:48 |
| 18th | Ayr United | 34 | 5 | 9 | 20th | 32:61 | −29 | 19:49 |
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| 1917/18 season | |
| Scottish master | |
| At the end of the 1916/17 season | |
| (M) | Champion of the previous year |
See also
Web links
- Scottish Division One 1917/18 at Statto.com
- Scottish Division One 1917/18 in the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation database
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 4, 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.
