1904–05 Scottish Division One

Scottish Division One
Season	1904–05
Champions	Celtic
	← 1903–04 1905–06 →

The 1904–05 Scottish Division One season was won by Celtic. They and Rangers had finished the league campaign level on 41 points, and a play-off at Hampden Park (doubling up as a fixture in the minor Glasgow Football League) was arranged to decide the championship. An English-based referee was drafted in to officiate at the match due to increasing tensions between the two groups of supporters and controversies in recent matches between the sides. Celtic won 2–1, with Jimmy McMenemy and Davie Hamilton scoring the decisive goals.[1][2][3]

The 'Old firm' clubs (a term recently employed for the growing commercial draw of the frequent fixtures between them) had already been involved in another unusual match during that season when the pivotal New Year's Day fixture at Ibrox had to be abandoned in the second half; the unexpectedly large crowd in attendance (estimated at 70,000) was cleared from the pitch to allow play to start, but spectators continued to spill on at regular intervals, with the contemporary report noting that "the game assumed a farcical order" as a result.[4] It was eventually played to a conclusion on 18 February 1905.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
=1	Celtic	26	18	5	3	68	31	+37	41
=1	Rangers	26	19	3	4	83	28	+55	41
3	Third Lanark	26	14	7	5	60	28	+32	35
4	Airdrieonians	26	11	5	10	38	45	−7	27
5	Hibernian	26	9	8	9	39	39	0	26
6	Partick Thistle	26	12	2	12	36	56	−20	26
7	Hearts	26	11	3	12	46	44	+2	25
8	Dundee	26	10	5	11	38	32	+6	25
9	Kilmarnock	26	9	5	12	29	45	−16	23
10	St Mirren	26	9	4	13	33	36	−3	22
11	Port Glasgow Athletic	26	8	5	13	30	51	−21	21
12	Queen's Park	26	6	8	12	28	45	−17	20
13	Morton	26	7	4	15	27	50	−23	18
14	Motherwell	26	6	2	18	28	53	−25	14

Source: SPFL Archive

Championship Play-off

6 May 1905

15:00

Celtic	2 - 1	Rangers
McMenemy Hamilton		Robertson

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Frederick Kirkham (ENG)

References

Brown, Alan (22 March 2002). "Scotland 1904/05". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
Murphy, Alex (19 May 2005). "Another championship nailbiter thanks to mighty Quinn". The Times (hosted at The Celtic Wiki). Retrieved 9 October 2017.
Hannan, Martin (27 November 2010). "1905: The last time Scotland drafted in a foreign referee". The Scotsman. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
Rangers V Celtic, 2 January 1905 (scan via The Celtic Wiki)

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[1] Brown, Alan (22 March 2002). "Scotland 1904/05". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 October 2017.

[2] Murphy, Alex (19 May 2005). "Another championship nailbiter thanks to mighty Quinn". The Times (hosted at The Celtic Wiki). Retrieved 9 October 2017.

[3] Hannan, Martin (27 November 2010). "1905: The last time Scotland drafted in a foreign referee". The Scotsman. Retrieved 9 October 2017.

[4] Rangers V Celtic, 2 January 1905 (scan via The Celtic Wiki)

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