The 1896–97 season of Scottish football was the 24th season of competitive football in Scotland and the seventh season of the Scottish Football League.
League competitions
Scottish Division One
Hearts were champions of the Scottish Division One.
Scottish Division Two
Partick Thistle won the Scottish Division Two. Both Linthouse and Port Glasgow Athletic had four points deducted.
Other honours
Cup honours
National
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!width=160|Competition
!width=135|Winner
!width=80|Score
!width=135|Runner-up
|-
|align=left| Scottish Cup
| Rangers
| 5 – 1
| Dumbarton
|-
|align=left| Scottish Qualifying Cup
|Kilmarnock
|4 – 1
|Motherwell
|-
|align=left| Scottish Junior Cup
| Strathclyde
| 2 – 0
| Dunfermline Juniors
|}
County
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!width=160|Competition
!width=135|Winner
!width=80|Score
!width=135|Runner-up
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|align=left|Aberdeenshire Cup
|Orion
|5 – 2
|Victoria United
|-
|align=left|Ayrshire Cup
|Kilmarnock Athletic
|3 – 0
|Kilmarnock
|-
|align=left| Border Cup
| Selkirk
| 1 – 0
| Vale of Leithen
|-
|align=left|Dumbartonshire Cup
|Vale of Leven
|3 – 2
|Dumbarton
|-
|align=left|East of Scotland Shield
|St Bernard's
|3 – 2
|Cowdenbeath
|-
|align=left|Fife Cup
|Dunfermline Athletic
|3 – 2
|Clackmannan
|-
|align=left|Forfarshire Cup
|Arbroath
|5 – 2
|Forfar Athletic
|-
|align=left|Glasgow Cup
|Rangers
|2 – 1
|Celtic
|-
|align=left|Lanarkshire Cup
|Airdrie
|1 – 0
|Wishaw Thistle
|-
|align=left|Linlithgowshire Cup
|Armadale Volunteers
|3 – 0
|Broxburn Shamrock
|-
|align=left| North of Scotland Cup
| Inverness Caledonian
| 2 – 1
| Clachnacuddin
|-
|align=left|Perthshire Cup
|Vale of Atholl
|4 – 1
|Dunblane
|-
|align=left|Renfrewshire Cup
|St Mirren
|1 – 0
|Port Glasgow Athletic
|-
|align=left|Southern Counties Cup
|6th GRV
| 8 – 0
|St Cuthbert Wanderers
|-
|align=left|Stirlingshire Cup
|East Stirlingshire
|4 – 1
|Stenhousemuir
|}
Non-league honours
Highland League
Other Senior Leagues
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!width=230|Division
! colspan= "2" width=180|Winner
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| Ayrshire Combination
| Ayr
|
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| Border League
| Selkirk
|
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| Central League
| Cowdenbeath
| rowspan= "2"|
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| Midland League
| Clackmannan
|-
| Northern League
| Orion
|
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| Scottish Alliance
| Third Lanark 'A'
|
|-
| Scottish Combination
| Hearts 'A'
|
|}
Scotland national team
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!Date
!Venue
!Opponents
!
!Competition
!Scotland scorer(s)
|-bgcolor=#ffffdd
|20 March 1897
|Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (A)
|
|align=center|2–2
||BHC
|John Ritchie, John Walker
|-bgcolor=#ddffdd
|27 March 1897
|Ibrox Park, Glasgow
|
|align=center|5–1
||BHC
|John McPherson (2), Neil Gibson, Robert McColl, Alex King
|-bgcolor=#ddffdd
|3 April 1897
|Crystal Palace, London
|
|align=center|2–1
||BHC
|Tom Hyslop, James Millar
|}
Scotland were winners of the 1897 British Home Championship.
Key:
- (H) = Home match
- (A) = Away match
- BHC = British Home Championship
Other national teams
Scottish League XI
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!Date
!Venue
!Opponents
!
!Scotland scorer(s)
|-bgcolor=#ddffdd
| 30 January
| Solitude, Belfast (A)
| Irish League XI
|align=center|2–0
| Alex King (2)
|-bgcolor=#ddffdd
|24 April
|Ibrox Park, Glasgow (H)
| Football League XI
|align=center|3–0
| Tommy Low, John McPherson (2)
|}
See also
- 1896–97 Rangers F.C. season
Notes
References
External links
- Scottish Football Historical Archive