Scottish Football
Combination
1896-1911
See also Scottish Combination
overview |
The first
version of the Scottish Combination was formed in 1896, its founder members
being East Stirlingshire, Falkirk and Stenhousemuir (all ex-Midland League),
Heart of Midlothian 'A' and Rangers 'A' (both ex-Scottish Reserve League),
Hamilton Academical, Royal Albert, Third Lanark ‘A’ and Wishaw Thistle (all
ex-Scottish Alliance), Celtic 'A' and Queen's Park Strollers. Reserve sides
won the first four championships but none after 1900 when it was clubs
entering their first teams that triumphed. The second season saw the departure of Hamilton
Academical when they were elected to
replace Renton after they resigned after four games in the Scottish
League. Also East Stirlingshire, Falkirk and Stenhousemuir all helped form
the Central Combination. The other absentee was Celtic ‘A’. Interestingly,
this was to be the only season that the Glasgow club’s reserve side would
enter a non-League competition. Besides Hamilton Academical, the Combination has supplied
a number of clubs to the Scottish League, namely Arthurlie 1901 Albion Rovers 1903 Vale of Leven 1905 Ayr Parkhouse 1906 Dumbarton 1906 The formation of the Scottish Union in 1906 hit the
Combination hard with the loss of five clubs. One of the replacements,
Johnstone, tied with Galston for the title, but a play-off wasn’t arranged
and so the Championship was shared. From here on the league diminished in
status while its centre of gravity shifted south-west. In 1909 it appeared
that the league would fold, but after some perseverance seven clubs were mustered
and what was to be itslast full season, Nithsdale Wanderers and Girvan shared
the title. One last season was attempted
but, although some games were played, the competition wasn’t completed
and the league subsequently folded. |
Champions
1896-97 Heart of Midlothian 'A' 1897-98 Rangers 'A' 1898-99 Rangers 'A' 1899-00 Queen's Park Strollers 1900-01 Arthurlie 1901-02 Albion Rovers 1902-03 Albion Rovers 1903-04 Royal Albert |
1904-05 Beith 1905-06 Dumbarton 1906-07 Galston / Johnstone 1907-08 Galston 1908-09 Galston 1909-10 Nithsdale Wanderers / Girvan 1910-11 incomplete |
Membership
Albion Rovers Alloa Annbank Arthurlie Ayr Parkhouse Bathgate Beith Broxburn Athletic Camelon Celtic 'A' Cowdenbeath 'A' Dumbarton Dumfries Dykehead East Stirlingshire 5th King’s Own Scottish Borderers Falkirk Galston Girvan Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian 'A' Hurlford Johnstone Kilbarchan Lanemark Lanark Maxwelltown Volunteers Maybole Morton 'A' Nithsdale Wanderers Queen's Park Strollers Queen's Park Victoria XI Rangers 'A' Renton Royal Albert St Mirren 'A' Stenhousemuir Third Lanark ‘A’ Thornliebank Vale of Leven Wishaw Thistle Wishaw United |
Seasons
1897-1903 1903-1906 1909-10 1897-1901 1904-1906 1905-06 1903-1909 1906-1908 1903-1905*** 1896-97 1906-07 1905-06 1906-1911 1905-1909 1896-97 1908-1910 1896-97 1904-1909 1908-1911 1896-97, 1897-98 (resigned)* 1896-97, 1898-99 1906-1911 1898-1905, 1906-1908 1899-1904 1907-1911 1902-03** 1907-08 1906-1911 1903-1905 1909-1911 1896-1902, 1903-1909 1909-1911 1896-1899 1902-1906 1896-1906 1899-1904 1896-97, 1905-06 1897-1903 1897-1901, 1902-1906^ 1902-1905 1896-1900 1900-1903**** |
Came from
Central Combination Scottish League Eastern League Midland League Midland League Scottish Alliance Scottish Reserve League Scottish Reserve League Scottish Alliance Midland League Northern League Scottish Alliance Scottish Alliance |
Left for
Scottish League Scottish Union Scottish League Scottish League Scottish Union Scottish Union Midland League Scottish League Scottish Union Central Combination Central Combination Scottish Union Scottish League Scottish Union Scottish Union Scottish Union Scottish Union Central Combination Scottish Union Scottish League |
Notes:
*Hamilton Academicals resigned during 1897-98 to take over Renton’s
fixtures in the Scottish League Second Division.
**Lanark resigned during 1902-03.
***Camelon resigned during 1904-05
****Wishaw United resigned during 1902-03
^ Thornliebank expelled during 1905-06
Maxwelltown Volunteers were replaced by 5th King’s Own Scottish
Borderers in 1908 when the Volunteer regiments were disbanded.
1896-97
|
Heart of Midlothian ‘A’
Celtic ‘A’ East Stirlingshire Falkirk Hamilton Academical Queen’s Park Strollers Rangers ‘A’ Royal Albert Stenhousemuir Wishaw Thistle |
1896-97 |
Celtic |
East
Stirlingshire |
Falkirk |
Hamilton A. |
Hearts |
Queen's Park |
Rangers |
Royal Albert |
Stenhousemuir |
Wishaw Thistle |
Celtic
‘A’ |
|
|
Mar-20 |
|
Jan-09 |
|
|
|
|
Aug-29 |
|
|
1-3 |
|
0-3 |
|
|
|
|
7-0 |
|
East
Sirlingshire |
Feb-20 |
|
Apr-17 |
Jan-30 |
|
Sep-19 |
Sep-12 |
Nov-28 |
Aug-15 |
Nov-14 |
3-1 |
|
2-2 |
2-4 |
|
3-1 |
5-2 |
2-3 |
1-3 |
2-1 |
|
Falkirk |
Aug-22 |
Apr-17 |
|
|
May-08 |
|
|
Jan-16 |
Apr-03 |
Feb-13 |
0-5 |
2-2 |
|
|
0-3 |
|
|
6-3 |
4-3 |
4-1 |
|
Hamilton
A. |
Sep-05 |
Dec-12 |
Apr-10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aug-15 |
0-1 |
3-1 |
2-4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5-3 |
|
Hearts
‘A’ |
Nov-14 |
|
Dec-26 |
Dec-05 |
|
Sep-12 |
Jan-16 |
Aug-15 |
Jan-02 |
Feb-06 |
4-3 |
|
6-2 |
4-3 |
|
5-2 |
1-0 |
2-0 |
4-1 |
6-2 |
|
Queen's
Park Strollers |
Apr-27 |
Jan-09 |
|
|
Mar-13 |
|
|
|
|
Dec-12 |
2-0 |
3-1 |
|
|
2-5 |
|
|
|
|
3-1 |
|
Rangers
‘A’ |
|
|
May-03 |
|
Sep-26 |
|
|
|
Jan-09 |
Mar-13 |
|
|
5-0 |
|
3-4 |
|
|
|
3-3 |
8-2 |
|
Royal
Albert |
Nov-07 |
Aug-22 |
Mar-27 |
Oct-31 |
Apr-10 |
Oct-10 |
Sep-19 |
|
Apr-17 |
Oct-03 |
1-1 |
3-0 |
6-1 |
2-0 |
1-6 |
4-0 |
4-3 |
|
2-1 |
2-3 |
|
Stenhousemuir |
Oct-17 |
|
May-15 |
|
Oct-03 |
|
|
Oct-24 |
|
Sep-19 |
0-2 |
|
1-1 |
|
0-4* |
|
|
4-2 |
|
4-2 |
|
Wishaw
This. |
Oct-10 |
Oct-24 |
Mar-06 |
Jan-16 |
Nov-07 |
Sep-05 |
Feb-20 |
Apr-24 |
Aug-22 |
|
4-5 |
6-2 |
4-1 |
1-4 |
1-3 |
1-3 |
3-0 |
3-2 |
2-4 |
|
Stenhousemuir
v Hearts ‘A’ on Oct 3 was played at Tynecastle
|
1897-98 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
Rangers ‘A’
Queen’s Park Strollers Third Lanark ‘A’ Albion Rovers Arthurlie Royal Albert Thornliebank Wishaw Thistle |
14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 |
11 7 4 5 2 4 4 2 |
1 5 6 3 8 4 4 3 |
2 2 4 6 4 6 6 9 |
57 44 27 26 35 23 28 22 |
20 28 30 43 34 29 39 43 |
23 19 14 13 12 12 12 7 |
Hamilton Academical resigned after being elected to the Scottish League
mid-season
|
1898-99 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
Rangers ‘A’
Arthurlie Heart of Midlothian ‘A’ Queen’s Park Strollers Third Lanark ‘A’ Royal Albert Wishaw Thistle Johnstone Thornliebank Albion Rovers |
18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 |
13 10 8 8 6 9 7 6 4 4 |
2 3 5 5 6 0 2 1 5 2 |
3 5 5 5 6 9 9 11 9 12 |
58 56 51 34 37 48 47 37 31 32 |
20 30 43 35 39 54 60 46 53 41 |
28 23 21 21 18 18 16 13 13 10 |
|
1899-00 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
Johnstone Queen’s Park Strollers Arthurlie Third Lanark ‘A’ Kilbarchan Royal Albert Thornliebank Albion Rovers St Mirren ‘A’ Wishaw Thistle |
18 17 18 18 18 16 17 17 15 15 |
10 10 8 8 7 6 6 5 5 3 |
5 1 4 3 3 5 3 3 1 5 |
3 6 6 7 8 5 8 9 9 7 |
64 57 44 49 38 47 39 22 33 33 |
37 40 40 60 31 41 51 32 48 35 |
25 21 20 19 17 17 15 11 11 11 |
|
1900-01 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
Arthurlie Queen’s Park Strollers Royal Albert Johnstone St Mirren ‘A’ Albion Rovers Wishaw United Third Lanark ’A’ Kilbarchan Thornliebank |
18 18 16 17 18 18 16 18 14 13 |
14 10 9 7 7 7 6 5 4 1 |
1 4 4 4 4 3 3 0 1 2 |
3 4 3 6 7 8 7 13 9 10 |
46 47 34 41 42 36 35 24 30 10 |
19 30 19 34 50 42 41 42 38 34 |
29 24 22 18 18 17 15 10 9 4 |
Standings as
of 17 May 1901
|
1901-02 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
Albion
Rovers Johnstone Wishaw
United St
Mirren ‘A’ Third
Lanark ‘A’ Kilbarchan Queen’s
Park Strollers Royal
Albert |
13 14 13 14 12 13 12 14 |
10 9 7 6 5 4 4 3 |
2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 |
1 4 5 7 6 7 7 10 |
41 40 35 35 25 29 19 18 |
9 28 19 35 38 32 30 44 |
22 19 15 13 11 10 9 7 |
Standings as
of 9 May 1904 – NOTE includes result of Wishaw United v St Mirren ‘A’ played on
16 May 1902
|
1902-03 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
Albion
Rovers Renton Royal
Albert Kilbarchan Third
Lanark ‘A’ St
Mirren ‘A’ Johnstone Thornliebank Lanark Vale
of Leven |
17 16 18 18 16 18 14 16 16 16 |
12 12 8 6 5 5 6 6 4 2 |
3 2 6 4 5 5 2 1 2 4 |
2 2 4 8 6 8 6 9 10 10 |
55 54 34 25 26 19 31 31 15 14 |
18 16 29 42 27 29 36 37 38 30 |
27 26 22 16 15 15 14 13 10 8 |
Standings as
of 24 April 1903
Lanark
replaced Wishaw United who resigned
|
1903-04 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 |
Royal Albert
Renton Vale of Leven Alloa Queen’s Park Strollers Beith Morton ‘A’ Camelon Johnstone St Mirren ‘A’ Thornliebank Kilbarchan |
21 21 22 19 22 20 22 18 19 20 16 18 |
13 11 12 11 8 10 7 6 7 5 4 3 |
4 4 2 1 6 1 4 5 3 6 5 3 |
4 6 8 7 8 9 11 7 9 9 7 12 |
51 34 49 28 46 42 33 35 24 22 29 20 |
31 26 36 24 40 34 44 39 21 33 38 47 |
30 26 26 23 22 21 18 17 17 16 13 9 |
1904-05 |
|
Beith
Alloa Ayr Parkhouse Galston Johnstone Morton ‘A’ Queen’s Park Strollers Renton Royal Albert Thornliebank Vale of Leven Camelon resigned |
|
1905-06 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 |
Dumbarton Stenhousemuir Alloa Bathgate Royal Albert Dykehead Beith Ayr Parkhouse Queen’s Park Strollers Galston Renton |
19 20 18 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |
15 13 11 9 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 |
1 2 2 1 5 5 3 2 5 4 4 |
3 5 5 9 8 8 10 11 10 11 11 |
62 41 38 28 36 33 29 28 42 34 30 |
23 25 24 42 34 33 42 48 49 36 44 |
31 28 24 19 19 19 17 16 15 14 14 |
Thornliebank were expelled during the season
1906-07 |
1907-08 |
Galston Johnstone Beith Broxburn Athletic Cowdenbeath ‘A’ Dumfries Dykehead Hurlford Kilbarchan Maybole Queen’s Park Strollers Play-off for the title not played |
Galston
Beith Broxburn Athletic Dumfries Dykehead Hurlford Johnstone Lanemark Maxwelltown Volunteers Maybole Queen’s Park Strollers |
1908-09 |
1909-10 |
1910-11 unfinished |
Galston
Beith Dumfries Dykehead 5th KOSB Girvan Hurlford Lanemark Maybole Queen’s Park Strollers |
Girvan
Nithsdale Wanderers
Annbank Dumfries 5th KOSB Hurlford Lanemark Maybole Queen’s Park Victoria XI Play-off for the title not played |
Dumfries 5th KOSB Girvan Hurlford Lanemark Maybole Nithsdale
Wanderers Queen’s Park Victoria XI |