1888–89 in Scottish football

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1888–89 in Scottish football

Scottish Cup winners
Third Lanark
Junior Cup winners
Burnbank Swifts
Scotland national team
1889 BHC

The 1888–89 season was the 16th season of competitive football in Scotland.

## Honours

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### Cup honours

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#### National

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Competition  | Winner  | Score  | Runner-up

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Scottish Cup | Third Lanark | 2 – 1 | Celtic
Scottish Junior Cup | Burnbank Swifts | 4 – 1  | West Benhar Violet

#### County

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Competition  | Winner  | Score  | Runner-up

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Aberdeenshire Cup | Aberdeen | 4 – 3  | Orion
Ayrshire Cup | Hurlford | 2 – 0  | Ayr
Buteshire Cup | Bute Rangers | 3 – 1[a] | Bute Thistle
Dumbartonshire Cup | Dumbarton | 6 – 2  | Dumbarton Athletic
East of Scotland Shield | Hearts | 5 – 2  | Leith Athletic
Fife Cup | Cowdenbeath | 4 –2  | Lassodie
Forfarshire Cup | Arbroath | 2 – 1  | Dundee East End
Glasgow Cup | Queen's Park | 8 – 0  | Partick Thistle
Lanarkshire Cup | Royal Albert | 2 – 1[a] | Uddingston
Linlithgowshire Cup | Bo'ness | 1 – 0  | Armadale
North of Scotland Cup | Crown | 3 – 1  | Inverness Rovers
Perthshire Cup | Dunblane | 6 – 5  | Fair City Athletic
Renfrewshire Cup | Abercorn | 3 – 2  | St Mirren
Stirlingshire Cup | East Stirlingshire | 7 – 0  | Slamannan

## Glasgow Exhibition Cup

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The tournament was held to coincide with the International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry. Held during the early season, the one-off competition was held at the Exhibition Grounds.[1]

Competition  | Winner  | Score  | Runner-up

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Glasgow Exhibition Cup | Cowlairs | 2 – 0 | Celtic

## Scotland national team

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Main articles: 1888–89 British Home Championship and Scotland national football team 1872–1914 results

Date  | Venue  | Opponents  | Score[b]

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9 March 1889  | Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow |  Ireland | 7 – 0
13 April 1889  | Kennington Oval, London |  England | 3 – 2
15 April 1889  | Racecourse Ground, Wrexham |  Wales | 0 – 0
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Scotland | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 10  | 2  | +8  | 5
England | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 12  | 5  | +7  | 4
Wales | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 5  | −1  | 3
Ireland | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 2  | 16  | −14  | 0

Source: [2][3]
Rules for classification: 1) points. The points system worked as follows: 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.

## Notes

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1. ^ a b Replay needed.
2. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.

## References

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1. ^ "Special 'One Off' Tournaments". Scottish Football Historical Archive. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
2. ^ Reyes, Macario; Morrison, Neil (1 October 1999). "British Home Championship 1884–1899". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
3. ^ "British Championships 1889". Scotland Football Stats. Retrieved 6 October 2022.

## External links

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* Scottish Football Historical Archive
* Scottish Junior Football Association

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Domestic cups|

* Scottish Cup
* Final
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Related to national team|

* Results
* British Home Championship

Other|

* Canadian tour

Club seasons

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*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[D]: Drawn
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points