Soccer Trivia

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Scottish League

Queens Park the oldest Scottish Club founded were founded in 1867.

Aberdeen Football Club, known as the Dons, was formed in 1903 when the original club amalgamated with Victoria United and Orion.

Two brothers, Peter and Moses McNeil with the help of two friends, Peter Campbell and William McBeath, founded Rangers Football Club in 1872. The original name for the club was Argyle and possibly relates to the large numbers of Highlanders who moved to Glasgow during the Victorian era. The club moved to Ibrox in 1887.

The full name of Hearts is Heart of Midlothian. The club was named after a dance hall on the Royal Mile. Hearts was founded in 1884.

Dundee Football Club was formed in 1893 with the amalgamation of tow Dundee teams, Our Boys and East End.

The Irish community in Dundee formed a club called Dundee Hibernian in 1909, three years after the Dundee Harps folded. They changed their name to Dundee United in 1923

Motherwell Football Club was formed in 1886 with the amalgamation of the towns two top amateur sides, Alpha and Glencairn.

Neither Brechin or Berwick Rangers have ever provided a player capped by an international side.

 Celtic’s record defeat came in April 1937 at the hands of Motherwell who put eight past the League Champions.

 Willie Miller is Aberdeen’s most faithful servant, playing in 556 games between 1973 and 1990.

Rangers’ Alan Morton won a record nine Scottish Championship medals between 1921 and 1931.

The youngest player to appear in a Scottish League fixture was goalkeeper Ronnie Simpson, who was only 15 when he made his debut for Queens Park. 

Vale of Leven managed to play the entire 1891-92 season (22 games) without winning any of them.

Of the 11 clubs who formed the original Scottish League only five are still League teams – Rangers, Celtic, Dumbarton, Hearts and St Mirren.

In 1886 Rangers reached the English FA Cup semi-finals, success which prompted the Scottish FA to ban its members from playing in the competition.

In 1925-26 the Scottish Third Division was abandoned in mid-season because half the clubs could not afford to continue playing.

In June 1981 Stranraer became the last Scottish League club to install floodlights.   

Archie Gemmill of St Mirren was the first substitute to come on in a Scottish first-class match, on August 13 1966 in a League Cup tie against Clyde when he replaced Jim Clunie after 23 minutes. 

The first official substitute in a Scottish League match was Paul Conn for Queen's Park v. Albion Rovers in a Division 2 match on 24th August 1966. Previously, on 20th January 1917, a player called Morgan came on for the injured Morrison of Partick Thistle after 5 minutes v. Rangers at Firhill, but this was an isolated case and the Scottish League did not authorisze substitutes until 1966 .

First British club to enter the European cup was Hibs in 1955.

Celtic built the first press box at a British ground at Celtic Park in 1894.   

Dundee hold the record for the least number of goals conceded in a Scottish League season, letting in only 12 goals in 1902-3.

Joe Baker of Hibs became the first player at a Scottish club to represent England.  He scored in his debut as England beat Northern Ireland 2-1 on 18 November 1959.   

The first floodlight League came in Scotland was on 7 March at Ibrox, when Rangers beat Queen of the South 8-0.  

In 1964 Greenock Morton clinched promotion as early as 29 February in a season when they won 67 points out of 72 and scored 135 goals.

Celtic hold the record for the longest unbeaten run in Scottish League football. Between November 1915 and April 1917 they played 62 matches without defeat.

Jim Dyet of Scottish club King’s Park enjoyed a dream debut when he played against Forfar Athletic in 1930 – he scored eight goals.