Glasgow & West of Scotland Football League
1898-1907
See also
Glasgow & District Midweek League
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In the late 1890s, the Scottish League fixture list ran to only 18 games. Because of this several clubs banded together to form supplementary competitions. One of these was the Glasgow & West of Scotland League. Formed in April 1898, its original line-up consisted of St Mirren (the first champions),
In 1902-03, Motherwell and Airdrieonians replaced St Mirren and Partick Thistle, both of whom left to join another supplementary competition, the Inter City League. At the end of that season, the former both finished top with 13 points but it was Motherwell who triumphed on goal average. Airdrieonians left after this season, being replaced by Hamilton Academical – the last change in the league’s membership until it disbanded in 1906.
The steady expansion of the Scottish League after 1902 made it increasingly difficult for clubs to fulfil their fixtures, with the result that many games either had to be held over until the following season or double up as Scottish League matches with points counting towards both competitions.
The final blow for the league eventually fell after the Scottish League’s AGM on 23 May 1906. Hamilton Academical and
The accompanying results grids were researched and compiled by Stuart Robertson ©, with some final tables supplied by Stewart Davidson.
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Champions
1898-99 St Mirren
1899-00 Morton &
1900-01 Morton
1901-02 Port
1902-03 Motherwell
1903-04
1904-05
1905-06
Shield
1906-07 Clyde
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Membership
Abercorn
Airdrieonians
Ayr
Linthouse
Morton
Motherwell
Partick Thistle
Port
St Mirren
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Seasons
1898-99
1902-03
1898-99
1898-99
1899-1906
1903-1906
1898-1906
1898-99
1898-1906
1902-1906
1899-1902
1898-1906
1898-1902
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Glasgow and West of Scotland League – 1898-99
Results:
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Abercorn
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Ayr
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Ayr Parkhouse
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Linthouse
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Morton
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Port Glasgow Athletic
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St. Mirren
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Abercorn
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X
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May 15
4-1
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May 8
5-0
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May 13
2-6
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Mar 4
2-3
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Sep 17
0-6
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Ayr
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Apr 29
3-3
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X
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May 3
2-3
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May 9
0-3
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May 5
3-2
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Jan 3
2-3
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Ayr
Parkhouse
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Feb 18
2-0
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May 7
0-3
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X
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Mar 4
5-3
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Apr 15
2-2
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Apr 26
4-2
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May 15
1-4
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Linthouse
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Jan 14
2-1
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May 5
2-1
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X
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Mar 11
1-2
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Feb 18
0-1
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May 1
3-5
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Morton
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Apr 26
9-2
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Mar 18
2-0
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Apr 22
2-1
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Feb 25
9-3 %
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X
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Nov12
2-2
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May 7
1-1
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Port Glasgow
Athletic
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Apr 15
0-0
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May 13
9-3
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Apr 29
12-2
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Apr 22
3-1
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May 15
3-1
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X
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Jan 21
3-3
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St. Mirren
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Sep 17
3-0
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Feb 25
5-2
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May 13
3-2
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Jan 7
1-1
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X
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Notes:
May 10 – Morton 3 Ayr 1, May 13 – Morton 6 Abercorn 2,
% also noted as 9-1 and 3-3.
Kilmarnock withdrew from this league without playing a game.
Table based on available results
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1898-99
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P
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W
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D
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L
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F
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A
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Pts
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Morton
St Mirren
Port Glasgow Athletic
Ayr Parkhouse
Abercorn
Ayr
Linthouse
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12
10
11
12
11
9
9
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7
7
6
3
2
2
2
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4
3
3
2
2
1
0
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1
0
2
7
6
6
7
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40
34
40
23
19
17
17
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18
15
21
42
35
29
30
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18
17
15
8
6
5
4
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Kilmarnock withdrew from this league without playing a game.
Results:
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Clyde
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Kilmarnock
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Morton
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Partick Thistle
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Port Glasgow Athletic
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St. Mirren
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Clyde
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X
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Apr 28
1-2
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Feb 24
2-2
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Mar 17
0-4
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May 7
4-1
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Oct 28
3-1
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Kilmarnock
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Mar 31
2-1
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X
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May 5
1-0
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Apr 7
4-2
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4-0
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Apr 21
1-1
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Morton
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Nov11
3-0
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May 12
3-1
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X
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Apr 14
3-0
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Dec 30
3-1
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Feb 3
1-0
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Partick
Thistle
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Apr 21
3-0
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Mar 3
1-4
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May 9
2-1
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X
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Nov18
4-0
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Dec 23
4-1
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Port Glasgow
Athletic
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Apr 7
3-0
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Apr 14
3-1
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Dec 30
1-3
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May 5
3-2
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X
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Mar 24
4-2
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St. Mirren
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Apr 14
5-0
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Mar 10
2-1
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May 1
2-1
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Jan 6
4-3
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May 12
5-1
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X
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Notes:
Clyde 1 Morton 2 on Jan 6 ???
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1899-1900
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P
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W
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D
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L
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F
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A
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Pts
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1
2
3
4
5
6
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Morton
Kilmarnock
St Mirren
Port Glasgow Athletic
Clyde
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10
10
10
10
10
10
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6
6
5
5
4
2
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1
1
1
0
0
1
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3
3
4
5
6
7
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20
21
23
26
17
12
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12
14
19
20
28
26
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13
13
11
10
8
5
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Glasgow and West of Scotland League – 1900-01
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Clyde
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Kilmarnock
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Morton
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Partick Thistle
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Port Glasgow Athletic
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St. Mirren
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Clyde
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X
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Mar 23
2-0
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May 11
0-1
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Apr 20
3-0
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Mar 9
4-1
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May 14
2-5
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Kilmarnock
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May 4
5-3
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X
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Feb 23
4-1
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Mar 9
1-0
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Jan 5
1-1
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Apr 20
2-2
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Morton
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May 1
4-1
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Apr 6
1-0
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X
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Apr 13
1-0
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Apr 15
2-3
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7-1
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Partick
Thistle
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Mar 2
2-3
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Feb 16
2-0
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Mar 23
3-3
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X
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Apr 6
1-0
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Apr 30
0-2
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Port Glasgow
Athletic
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Apr 27
2-0
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Mar 2
2-1
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May 15
4-2
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Feb 23
2-1
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X
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Apr 13
4-4
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St. Mirren
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May 7
1-3
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Apr 13
1-3
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Dec 31
6-1
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Mar 16
1-0
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0-0
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X
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St. Mirren 4 Partick Thistle 1 on May 11 – both games already played.
Port Glasgow Athletic 3 Morton 3 on Sep 8 – both games played later.
Morton v St. Mirren on Sep 29 – also noted as 7-1 for Morton.
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1900-01
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P
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W
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D
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L
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F
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A
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Pts
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1
2
3
4
5
6
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Morton
St Mirren
Port
Partick Thistle
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10
10
10
10
10
10
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5
4
5
4
4
2
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2
3
1
3
2
1
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3
3
4
3
4
7
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23
25
21
20
20
10
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22
13
19
19
18
19
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12
11
11
11
10
5
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Glasgow and West of Scotland League – 1901-02
Results:
Clyde
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Kilmarnock
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Morton
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Partick Thistle
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Port Glasgow Athletic
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St. Mirren
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Clyde
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X
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Apr 12
0-0
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Apr 26
1-3
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Apr 19
1-2
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May 12
2-1
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Kilmarnock
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Apr 5
3-1
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X
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Jan 4
1-2
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Apr 19
2-1
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Apr 26
1-3
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Mar 8
4-1
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Morton
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May 13
1-3
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X
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May 10
0-1
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Jan 1
1-2
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Feb 22
2-3
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Partick Thistle
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Mar 29
3-2
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Mar 1
4-1
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Mar 15
2-1
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X
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May 13
1-0
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Mar 31
2-1
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Port Glasgow Athletic
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May 3
4-0
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Mar 22
6-4
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Dec 21
2-2
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Apr 12
5-3
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X
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Apr 5
4-2
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St. Mirren
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2-2
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May 10
1-2
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Mar 1
3-1
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May 8
2-0
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Apr 21
2-1
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X
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Notes:
Port Glasgow 2 Clyde 0 on Mar 8 – was game abandoned?
Kilmarnock v Partick Thistle on Apr 19 – also noted as 1-0.
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1901-02
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P
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W
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D
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L
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F
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A
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Pts
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1
2
3
4
5
6
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Port
Kilmarnock
St Mirren
Morton
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10
10
10
10
10
10
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7
7
5
4
3
1
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1
0
1
1
2
1
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2
3
4
5
5
8
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29
20
21
18
15
11
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17
15
20
20
19
23
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15
14
11
9
8
3
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Glasgow and West of Scotland League – 1902-03
Results:
Airdrieonians
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Clyde
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Kilmarnock
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Morton
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Motherwell
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Port Glasgow Athletic
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Airdrieonians
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X
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Apr 25
4-1
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Apr 4
5-3
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May 6
0-0
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Apr 18
2-1
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Clyde
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May 9
5-0
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X
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Mar 28
0-2
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Apr 11
0-1
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May 2
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Kilmarnock
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Mar 21
1-1
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Feb 21
0-2
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X
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Jan 1
0-1
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Apr 25
2-5
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Aug 19
4-2 |
Morton
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Feb 21
3-1
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Jan 31
3-1
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Apr 18
3-2
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X
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May 4
2-3
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May 11
0-2
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Motherwell
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May 2
2-1
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19 Aug
0-0
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May 9
2-0
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X
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Port Glasgow Athletic
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Apr 11
1-1
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Apr 4
5-0
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Mar 14
2-1
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Jan 24
3-2
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X
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Notes:
Morton 0 Kilmarnock 3 - Feb 28 - game stopped after 75 minutes due to storm.
Kilmarnock 2 Clyde 0 - Mar 7 - game void – should have been played at Shawfield Stadium, Glasgow.
Port Glasgow Athletic v Clyde on Apr was also noted as 2-0.
Airdrieonians v Morton on Apr 29 was abandoned after 82 minutes due to darkness with Airdrieonians
leading 2-0.
19 Aug 1903 Motherwell v Clyde 0-0 played in 1903-04 season
19 Aug 1903 Kilmarnock v PGA played in 1903-04 season
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1902-03
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P
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W
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D
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L
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F
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A
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Pts
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1
2
3
4
5
6
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Morton
Motherwell
Clyde
Port
Kilmarnock
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9
7
10
8
9
10
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5
4
5
4
3
2
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1
2
0
1
3
1
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3
1
5
3
3
7
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15
12
18
14
15
15
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12
6
13
14
17
23
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11
10
10
9
9
5
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Motherwell were eventual champions
Glasgow and West of Scotland League – 1903-04
Results:
Clyde
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Hamilton Academical
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Kilmarnock
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Morton
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Motherwell
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Port Glasgow Athletic
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Clyde
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X
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Apr 2
2-1
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May 3
2-0
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Apr 4
0-1
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May 7
3-0
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Hamilton Academical
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May14
6-1
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X
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May 11
1-2
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Apr 9
2-0
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Kilmarnock
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Apr 9
1-1
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Aug 23
2-2
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X
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May 9
1-1
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Mar19
0-0
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May 7
1-0
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Morton
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Apr 26
0-0
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May14
2-0
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X
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Feb13
7-1
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May11
1-2
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Motherwell
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Apr 16
2-1
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Feb 20
2-6
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Apr 30
1-0
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X
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May 7
0-1
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Port Glasgow Athletic
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Apr 30
4-1
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Mar12
1-0
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Apr 16
0-1
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Feb27
2-2
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Apr 23
1-0
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X
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Clyde 2 Hamilton Academical 1 Apr 2 – stopped due to the weather
Motherwell 2 Port Glasgow Athletic 2 May 14 ??
23 Aug 1904 Kilmarnock v Hamilton played in 1904-05 season
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1903-04
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P
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W
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D
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L
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F
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A
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Pts
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1
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Port Glasgow Athletic
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8
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5
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1
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2
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11
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6
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11
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2
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Morton
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7
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3
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3
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1
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14
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6
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9
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3
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Kilmarnock
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10
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3
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4
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3
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8
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10
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10
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4
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Hamilton Academical
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5
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3
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0
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2
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15
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5
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6
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5
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Clyde
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8
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2
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2
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4
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9
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15
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6
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6
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Motherwell
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9
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2
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1
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6
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6
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21
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5
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Glasgow and West of Scotland League –1904-05
Results:
Clyde
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Hamilton Academical
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Kil,marnock
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Morton
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Motherwell
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Port Glasgow Athletic
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Clyde
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X
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Apr 1
2-2
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Apr 15
1-0
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May 13
1-0
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Apr 29
2-1
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Hamilton Academical
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Apr 22
1-3
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X
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Mar 18
0-6
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Mar 25
3-1
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Apr 8
5-1
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Kilmarnock
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Mar 25
0-0
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Mar 4
1-4
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X
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May 1
1-2 |
Apr 24
4-1
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Apr 22
1-1
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Morton
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Mar 18
2-3
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May 10
3-2
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X
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May 6
3-1
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Motherwell
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Feb 25
2-2
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Oct 22
1-1
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X
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Port Glasgow Athletic
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Apr 15
1-2
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Apr 1
3-3
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Feb 25
2-2
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X
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Notes:
Hamilton Academicals v Clyde on Apr 22 also noted as 1-2.
Kilmarnock 4 Port Glasgow Athletic 2 on Aug 19 noted as Glasgow and West of Scotland League game.
Airdrieonians(?) v Morton on Aug 28 was noted as Glasgow and West of Scotland League game but was
abandoned.
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1904-05
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P
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W
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D
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L
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F
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A
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Pts
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1
2
3
4
5
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Clyde
Hamilton Academical
Morton
Kilmarnock
Port Glasgow Athletic
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8
8
8
8
8
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6
4
3
1
0
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2
2
2
3
3
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0
2
3
4
5
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15
19
15
14
10
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6
16
15
14
22
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14
10
8
5
3
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Motherwell retired
Glasgow and West of Scotland League – 1905-06
Results:
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Clyde
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Hamilton Academical
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Kilmarnock
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Morton
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Motherwell
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Port Glasgow A.
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Clyde
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X
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May 5
4-2
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Aug 22
1-0
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Aug 20
1-0 **
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Hamilton Academical
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May12
2-0
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X
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Apr 30
0-0
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Aug 20
4-2 **
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Apr 21
1-0
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Kilmarnock
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Apr 21
4-0
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Aug 22
3-1 **
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X
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Aug 17
1-1
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May 5
1-0
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Morton
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X
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Apr 9
1-3
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Motherwell
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Mar 31
2-0
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Aug 15
0-4 **
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X
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Port Glasgow A.
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X
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Notes:
During the latter seasons of the competition some fixtures doubled up with Scottish League fixtures and
the points counted towards both competitions.
** played in season 1906/07
Scottish League fixtures that doubled up as Glasgow and West of Scotland League games:
Kilmarnock 3 Port Glasgow Athletic 2 on Apr 28 (counted for four points)
Morton 3 Kilmarnock 0 on Apr 7
Port Glasgow Athletic 1 Motherwell 2 on Apr 7
1905-06
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Kilmarnock
Clyde
Morton
Motherwell
Port
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Glasgow and West of Scotland Shield 1906-07
1st round
2 January 1907 Port
29 April 1907 Motherwell 1 Port
1 April 1907 Clyde 3
8 May 1907
9 May 1907
Final (1st leg) at Douglas Park
12 May 1907
Final (2nd leg) at Shawfield Stadium
14 May 1907 Clyde 3
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