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1890–91 in Scottish football

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1890–91 in Scottish football was the 18th season of competitive football in Scotland. This season saw the introduction of the Scottish Football League with ten teams competing.

League competitions

Scottish Football League

Main article: 1890–91 Scottish Football League

Dumbarton and Rangers were declared joint champions after drawing a play-off game 2–2 at Cathkin Park, Glasgow on 21 May 1891. Renton started the season as members of the Scottish Football League, but were expelled for professionalism (the game was still officially amateur at this stage). Also, Celtic, Third Lanark and Cowlairs were all docked four points for fielding ineligible players.

Other honours

Cup honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
[Scottish Cup](1890-91-scottish-cup)	Hearts	[1 – 0](1891-scottish-cup-final)	Dumbarton
SFL [Charity Cup](https://sfha.org.uk/sflcharity.htm)	Dumbarton	3 – 0	Celtic
Scottish Junior Cup	Vale of Clyde	2 – 0	Chryston Athletic

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Orion	4 – 1	Caledonian
Ayrshire Cup	Kilmarnock	7 – 1	Hurlford
[Border Cup](http://sfha.org.uk/bordercup.htm)	Selkirk	4 – 3	Hawick Rangers
[Buteshire Cup](http://sfha.org.uk/butecup.htm)	Bute Rangers	6 – 1	St Blane's
Dumbartonshire Cup	Dumbarton	4 – 1	Vale of Leven
East of Scotland Shield	Hearts	3 – 0	Armadale
Fife Cup	Cowdenbeath	2 –1	Lassodie
Forfarshire Cup	Dundee Our Boys	6 – 2	Dundee East End
Glasgow Cup	Celtic	4 – 0	3rd LRV
Lanarkshire Cup	Airdrie	2 – 1	Albion Rovers
[Linlithgowshire Cup](http://sfha.org.uk/linlithgowshirecup.htm)	Armadale	2 – 0	Bo'ness
North of Scotland Cup	Camerons	4 – 2	Inverness Union
[Perthshire Cup](http://sfha.org.uk/perthshirecup.htm)	Dunblane	4 – 2	St Johnstone
Renfrewshire Cup	St Mirren	4 – 0	Port Glasgow Athletic
Stirlingshire Cup	East Stirlingshire	4 – 1	Grangemouth

Edinburgh Exhibition

Main article: Edinburgh Exhibition Cup#Earlier editions

The Edinburgh Exhibition Contest was held to coincide with the 112th International Exhibition held at Meggetland, Edinburgh.

Rather than a one-off tournament, a series of nine games were arranged. The Edinburgh Evening Dispatch newspaper awarded silver cups to the winners of each match.

All matches were played at the exhibition's sports grounds at Meggetland.

Scotland national team

Main article: 1890–91 British Home Championship, Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

Date	Venue	Score	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
21 March	The Racecourse, Wrexham (A)	4–3	BHC	Bob Boyd (2), James Logan, Robert Buchanan
28 March	Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)	2–1	BHC	James Low, Tom Waddell
4 April	Ewood Park, Blackburn (A)	1–2	BHC	Frank Watt

Key:

(H) = Home match
(A) = Away match
BHC = British Home Championship

Notes

References

"RSSSF Scottish cup 1890–91".
(16 February 1891). "Special Notes on Football and Other Sports. Dumbarton v. Vale of Leven.". [[The Glasgow Herald]].
(9 July 2020). "Special 'One Off' Tournaments".

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