Central Football Combination
1897-1904
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See also |
Formed
in 1897, this league was set-up by members of the recently defunct Midland
League, with clubs from the Central League and Scottish Combination. In 1898, St Johnstone and Fair City Athletic left for the Perth City
League and they were replaced by Alloa and Clackmannan. Although East Stirlingshire were runners-up in 1899, they left and weren’t replaced.
By 1903, the league was struggling after it had lost six of its strongest
clubs including the Champions and runners-up to other bodies. East
Stirlingshire and St Johnstone (who also played in
the Northern League) rejoined, along with newly formed East Fife and Hearts
of Beath. To try and maintain some quality, Celtic
‘A’ and West Calder were also approached, but they declined to compete. The
Combination’s last season was not completed, and it disbanded soon after.
Although Falkirk were the only Combination club to be elected to the Scottish
League whilst still members (1902), nine others later gained admission to the
national competition. |
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Champions 1897-98
East Stirlingshire 1898-99
Stenhousemuir 1899-00
Falkirk 1900-01
Stenhousemuir 1901-02
Stenhousemuir 1902-03
Alloa 1903-04
unfinished |
Membership
Alloa Athletic Bathgate Bo'ness Broxburn Camelon Clackmannan Dunblane Dunipace East Fife East
Stirlingshire Fair City
Athletic Falkirk Hearts of Beath Kilsyth Wanderers King's
Park St Johnstone Stenhousemuir |
Seasons
1898-1903 1902-03 1901-1903 1902-03 1897-1903 1898-1901 1897-1904 1899-1901 1903-04 1897-1899, 1903-04 1897-98 1897-1902 1903-04 1897-1900 1897-1904 1897-98, 1903-04 1897-1903 |
Came from
Central
League Midland
League Midland
League Scottish
Combination Central
League Scottish
Combination Midland
League Midland
League Central
League Scottish
Combination |
Left for
Scottish
Combination Midland
League Midland
League Midland
League Scottish
Combination Eastern
League Perth City
League Scottish
League Perth City
League Northern
League |
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1897-98 |
Cam |
Dun |
ES |
FC |
Falk |
Kil |
KP |
StJ |
Sten |
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Camelon |
X |
16 Apr 5-2 |
2 Apr 2-2 |
12 Mar 8-1 |
22 Jan 4-1 |
12 Feb 2-0 |
4 Dec 6-0 |
26 Mar 7-0 |
9 Apr 1-1 |
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Dunblane |
5 Feb 4-4 |
X |
29 Jan 2-2 |
23 Apr 3-2 |
6 Nov 1-2 |
20 Nov 3-3 |
19 Feb 1-1 |
2 Oct 10-0 |
8 Jan 1-9 |
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East Stirlingshire |
11 Dec 5-2 |
19 Mar 5-0 |
X |
4 Dec 6-1 |
23 Apr 3-2 |
12 Mar 3-0 |
15 Jan 7-3 |
4 Sep 5-4 |
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Fair City Athletic |
18 Dec 2-1 |
18 Sep 6-0 |
11 Apr 1-6 |
X |
4 Sep 0-2 |
23 Oct 4-2 |
8 Jan 4-1 |
31 Oct 3-1 |
2 Apr 1-2 |
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Falkirk |
19 Feb 1-2 |
18 Dec 2-1 |
26 Mar 0-4 |
9 Apr 2-2 |
X |
5 Feb 7-0 |
12 Mar 3-3 |
8 Jan 5-2 |
18 Sep 0-3 |
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Kilsyth Wanderers |
18 Sep 4-0 |
5 Mar 1-0 |
16 Apr 1-3 |
30 Apr 2-1 |
2 Apr |
X |
6 Nov 2-1 |
19 Feb 8-1 |
26 Feb 1-3 |
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King’s Park |
19 Mar 1-3 |
11 Dec 5-5 |
26 Feb 1-8 |
2 Oct 3-1 |
16 Apr 3-2 |
9 Apr 5-0 |
X |
18 Sep 8-3 |
5 Feb 4-3 |
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St Johnstone |
6 Nov 5-2 |
27 Nov 4-2 |
25 Dec 2-3 |
29 Jan 2-1 |
19 Mar 4-0 |
4 Dec 1-1 |
30 Apr 1-4 |
X |
12 Feb 2-6 |
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Stenhousemuir |
23 Apr 7-3 |
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5 Mar 2-3 |
6 Nov 3-1 |
30 Apr 6-1 |
19 Mar 7-0 |
22 Jan 1-1 |
16 Apr 6-1 |
X |
23 Oct King’s Park v Dunblane
1-1 replay ordered
5 Feb Fair City v East Stirlingshire 2-5 replay
ordered
12 Feb East
Stirlingshire v Falkirk 1-2 (abandoned
after 70 mins)
26
Mar King’s Park v Fair City 2-2
Kilsyth awarded both points for the unplayed match against Falkirk due to 2 Apr (AGM 19 May)
19
May AGM held in Stirling. East Stirlingshire were ordered to pay the 3 pounds withheld from Stenhousemuir. Fair City, St Johnstone
and Dunblane all had to apply for re-election with Bo’ness, Dunipace, Clackmannan and Alloa Athletic. Alloa, Dunblane and Clackmannan were elected and the two Perth sides dropped
out.
Office
elections were
TWR
Johnson was re-elected President
P
Huston (Stenhousemuir) Vice President
M
McIntyre (Falkirk) Treasurer
John
We..ne (Church Street, Alloa)
Secretary
Mr Dun (King’s Park) and Mr
Young (Kilsyth) Auditors
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1897-98 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |
East Stirlingshire Stenhousemuir Camelon Falkirk King’s Park Kilsyth Wanderers Fair City Athletic Dunblane St Johnstone |
16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 |
14 11 7 6 5 5 5 2 4 |
2 2 3 3 5 3 2 5 1 |
0 3 6 7 6 8 9 9 11 |
73 64 51 31 44 26 32 37 33 |
24 29 37 38 51 41 43 56 72 |
30 24 17 15 15 13 12 9 9 |
**Alternative Table**
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1897-98 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |
East
Stirlingshire Stenhousemuir Camelon King’s
Park Falkirk Kilsyth
Wanderers Fair
City Athletic Dunblane St Johnstone |
16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 |
14 11 7 5 6 6 5 2 4 |
2 2 3 5 2 2 2 5 1 |
0 3 6 6 8 8 9 9 11 |
72 64 51 45 31 26 33 37 33 |
24 29 38 51 39 41 43 56 7 |
30 24 17 15 15 14 12 9 9 |
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1898-99 |
Allo |
Cam |
Clack |
Dun |
ES |
Falk |
Kil |
KP |
Sten |
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Alloa Athletic |
X |
6 May 1-1 |
24 Dec 3-2 |
12 May 4-2 |
7 Jan 2-2 |
5 Nov 3-3 |
15 Oct 1-2 |
27 Aug 1-4 |
14 Jan 1-5 |
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Camelon |
25 Feb 6-2 |
X |
29 Apr 1-2 |
1 Oct 6-0 |
22 Oct 3-3 |
4 Mar 3-0 |
18 Mar 5-2 |
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Clackmannan |
11 Mar 1-2 |
13 May 3-1 |
X |
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4 Mar 3-1 |
4 Feb 1-1 |
15 Apr 4-2 |
3 Sep 3-3 |
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Dunblane |
3 Sep 3-2 |
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26 Nov 0-2 |
X |
11 Mar 0-3 |
14 Jan 0-6 |
1 Apr 1-1 |
5 Nov 3-5 |
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East Stirlingshire |
8 Oct 5-0 |
1 Apr 3-2 |
27 Aug 4-0 |
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X |
15 Apr 4-2 |
8 May 4-2 |
8 Apr 1-1 |
18 Mar 2-2 |
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Falkirk |
1 Apr 1-2 |
3 Sep 4-1 |
18 Feb 4-1 |
18 Mar 1-2 |
31Dec 1-3 |
X |
10 Dec 3-1 |
29 Apr 5-3 |
6 May 5-9 |
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Kilsyth Wanderers |
11 Feb 2-2 |
22 Apr 1-0 |
22 Oct 3-3 |
24 Dec 5-1 |
6 May 3-1 |
1 Oct 2-0 |
X |
27 Sep 7-1 |
3 Sep 2-3 |
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King’s Park |
17 Dec 3-1 |
15 Apr 1-2 |
18 Mar 1-3 |
4 Mar 4-0 |
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8 Oct 3-2 |
18 Feb 1-2 |
X |
25 Feb 2-3 |
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Stenhousemuir |
22 Oct 3-2 |
8 Oct 2-0 |
21 Jan 7-1 |
17 Sep 5-0 |
13 May 4-2 |
27 Aug 0-6 |
8 Apr 5-2 |
3 Dec 2-1 |
X |
20
Sep King’s Park v Kilsyth 3-3 (CC?)
1
Oct Clackmannan v Stenhousemuir
2-2 unfinished due to crowd encroachment
12 Nov East Stirlingshire v Falkirk 2-3 (replayed?)
3
Dec Clackmannan v Falkirk 1-2 stopped after 75 mins
10 Dec Alloa v Stenhousemuir 3-5 stopped after 80 mins
due to darkness
25 Feb Clackmannan v Kilsyth Wanderers 2-1 played as a
friendly as the referee failed to appear
8
Apr Clackmannan v Dunblane ppd due to Dunblane arriving
shorthanded
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1898-99 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |
Stenhousemuir East Stirlingshire Kilsyth Wanderers Clackmannan Camelon Falkirk King’s Park Alloa Athletic Dunblane |
16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 |
14 9 7 7 7 6 5 4 2 |
1 4 3 3 2 2 2 4 2 |
1 3 6 6 7 8 9 8 12 |
57 41 39 31 37 44 33 29 12 |
31 25 35 35 28 38 42 45 44 |
29 22 17 17 16 14 12 12 6 |
Dunblane were unable to complete their fixtures so scratched their last 4
matches, against Stenhousemuir, East Stirlingshire, Clackmannan & Camelon.
**Alternative Table**
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1898-99 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |
Stenhousemuir East
Stirlingshire Kilsyth
Wanderers Clackmannan Camelon Falkirk King’s
Park Alloa Athletic Dunblane |
16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 |
14 9 7 7 7 6 5 4 2 |
1 4 3 3 2 2 2 4 1 |
1 3 6 6 7 8 9 8 13 |
56 41 39 31 40 44 33 29 12 |
31 25 35 36 25 36 40 47 44 |
29 22 17 17 16 14 12 12 5 |
Dunblane were unable to complete their fixtures so scratched their last 4
matches, against Stenhousemuir, East Stirlingshire, Clackmannan & Camelon.
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1899-00 |
All |
Cam |
Clack |
Dunb |
Duni |
Fal |
Kil |
KP |
Sten |
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Alloa Athletic |
3 Mar 3-1 |
14 Apr 3-3 |
5 May 3-2 |
7 Oct 4-1 |
28 Oct 2-3 |
24 Feb 5-2 |
2 Dec 4-0 |
31 Mar 0-5 |
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Camelon |
7 Apr 3-0 |
16 Dec 3-1 |
2 Dec 3-1 |
4 Nov 2-2 |
2 Sep 0-0 |
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18 Nov 4-2 |
13
Jan 2-0 |
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Clackmannan |
17 Mar 0-3 |
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23 Dec 0-1 |
7 Apr 3-3 |
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Dunblane |
30 Sep 7-1 |
5 May 4-3 |
28 Apr 3-1 |
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12 May 1-2 |
2 Sep 5-2 |
25 Nov 5-1 |
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Dunipace |
4 Nov 1-3 |
30 Sep 2-2 |
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21 Apr 2-4 |
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Falkirk |
10 Mar 3-3 |
17 Mar 3-3 |
2 Dec 2-3 |
27 Jan 5-1 |
28 Apr 5-0 |
18 Nov 1-1 |
7 Oct 3-1 |
26 Aug 3-0 |
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Kilsyth Wanderers |
14 Oct 4-1 |
10 Mar 2-1 |
16
Sep 3-2 |
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4
Nov 3-0 |
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King’s Park |
2 Sep 2-4 |
17 Feb 2-3 |
14 Oct 1-1 |
27 Jan 0-2 |
31 Mar 0-2 |
3
Mar 0-2 |
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Stenhousemuir |
9 Dec 4-1 |
10 Mar 1-2 |
4 Nov 3-2 |
6 Jan 3-0 |
28
Oct 3-0 |
17 Feb 5-4 |
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17 Mar 3-0 |
19 Aug Stenhousemuir v Camelon 2-1 (not
official?)
26 Aug Alloa v Clackmannan 2-1 (not official?)
2 Dec Stenhousemuir v Kilsyth 3-0 (stopped due to darkness as the game had started 30 mins
late
3
Mar Clackmannan v Stenhousemuir
1-3 (friendly played as the referee didn’t turn up, stopped after 60 mins due to ill feeling amongst the players
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1899-1900 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |
Falkirk Camelon Alloa Athletic Stenhousemuir Dunblane Kilsyth Wanderers Clackmannan Dunipace King’s Park |
16 14 16 13 13 9 13 14 14 |
10 8 8 8 6 5 3 2 1 |
4 3 2 0 1 1 4 3 2 |
2 3 6 5 6 3 6 10 11 |
45 34 40 36 34 20 23 24 14 |
25 21 41 23 29 17 30 46 35 |
24 19 18 16 13 11 10 7 4 |
Kilsyth Wanderers withdrew
and the fixtures were left unfinished. However Falkirk were
declared champions as they couldn’t be caught.
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1900-01 |
All |
Bo’ |
Cam |
Clack |
Dunb |
Fal |
KP |
Sten |
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Alloa Athletic |
3 Nov 1-1 |
9 Mar 1-1 |
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24 Nov 4-3 |
25 Aug 0-7 |
16 Feb 1-2 |
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Bo’ness |
13
Apr 2-1 |
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25 Aug 0-3 |
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Camelon |
1 Dec 8-1 |
23 Mar 3-1 |
20 Oct 14-1 |
23 Feb 5-6 |
9 Mar 3-1 |
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Clackmannan |
1 Sep 5-1 |
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6
Apr 3-2 |
13
Apr 0-5 |
20 Apr 1-3 |
2 Mar 0-0 |
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Dunblane |
15 Dec 6-1 |
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6 Oct 4-0 |
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12 Jan 3-1 |
24 Nov 4-2 |
13
Apr 6-1 |
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Falkirk |
4 May 5-0 |
3 Nov 3-3 |
15
Sep 4-4 |
13 Oct 3-2 |
2 Mar 2-2 |
16 Feb 6-1 |
11 May 4-1 |
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King’s Park |
23 Feb 2-0 |
6
Apr 2-1 |
12 Jan 4-1 |
15
Sep 2-2 |
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Stenhousemuir |
16
Mar 9-0 |
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9 Mar 6-2 |
10 Nov Alloa v Falkirk 3-3
stopped due to darkness
13 Apr Clackmannan
v Falkirk at Falkirk
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1900-01 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
Stenhousemuir Falkirk King’s Park Camelon Dunblane Alloa Athletic Clackmannan |
12 12 12 12 12 12 12 |
8 7 7 5 5 2 2 |
2 1 1 3 1 2 2 |
2 4 4 4 6 8 8 |
41 43 32 46 31 13 15 |
17 26 23 26 43 51 35 |
18 15 15 13 11 6 6 |
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1901-02 |
All |
Bo’ |
Cam |
Dunb |
Fal |
KP |
Sten |
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Alloa Athletic |
X |
15 Mar 3-2 |
19 Oct 3-0 |
15 Feb 0-2 |
5 Apr 0-1 |
9 Nov 0-1 |
31 Aug 4-3 |
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Bo’ness |
22 Feb 3-1 |
X |
12 May 3-2 |
19 Apr 4-0 |
24 Aug 3-1 |
2 Nov 4-2 |
26 Apr 2-2 |
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Camelon |
2 Nov 5-1 |
X |
15 Mar 2-1 |
31 Aug 0-1 |
23 Nov 3-0 |
3 May 1-1 |
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Dunblane |
14 Sep 2-1 |
7 Dec 1-2 |
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X |
1 Mar 4-5 |
22 Mar 3-1 |
24 Aug 1-5 |
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Falkirk |
12 Apr 2-3 |
9 Nov 2-2 |
2 Nov 6-1 |
X |
12 Oct 3-2 |
22 Feb 2-2 |
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King’s Park |
31 Aug 1-0 |
28 Sep 1-0 |
X |
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Stenhousemuir |
8 Feb 3-2 |
17 Aug 2-1 |
29 Mar 2-1 |
10 Sep 4-1 |
X |
10 Nov Alloa v Dunblane 2-2 declared a friendly?
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1901-02 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
Stenhousemuir Falkirk Bo’ness Camelon King’s Park Dunblane Alloa Athletic |
12 12 12 12 12 12 12 |
8 7 7 6 4 3 2 |
3 2 1 2 1 0 1 |
1 3 4 4 7 9 9 |
31 29 29 24 15 16 17 |
20 22 21 17 23 20 27 |
19 16 15 14 9 6 5 |
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1902-03 |
All |
Bath |
Bo’n |
Brox |
Came |
Dunb |
KP |
Sten |
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Alloa Athletic |
X |
1 Jan 3-1 |
25 Oct 2-1 |
20 Sep 5-3 |
29 Nov 6-2 |
15Nov 4-1 |
23 Aug 1-1 |
11 Oct 1-0 |
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Bathgate |
16 Aug 4-3 |
X |
15 Nov 3-2 |
21 Feb 1-0 |
3 Jan 1-0 |
29 Nov 4-1 |
25 Apr 1-1 |
2 May 1-3 |
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Bo’ness |
6 Dec 2-0 |
13 Dec 2-2 |
X |
14 Feb 3-2 |
16 Aug 1-2 |
24 Jan 3-0 |
4 Oct 1-2 |
25 Apr 4-2 |
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Broxburn |
18 Apr 1-1 |
17 Apr 1-4 |
23 Aug 3-1 |
X |
4 Apr 2-0 |
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29 Nov 7-2 |
16 Aug 2-0 |
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Camelon |
2 May 1-0 |
30 Aug 4-4 |
27 Dec 5-1 |
6 Dec 4-1 |
X |
13 Dec 3-0 |
11 Oct 3-1 |
1 Nov 3-2 |
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Dunblane |
4 Oct 0-5 |
13 Sep 0-1 |
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X |
6 Dec 0-4 |
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King’s Park |
8 Nov 0-2 |
22 Nov 4-1 |
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27 Sep 1-3 |
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X |
30 Aug 1-1 |
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Stenhousemuir |
11 Apr 2-5 |
6 Dec 0-0 |
31 Jan 3-2 |
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23 Aug 2-0 |
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18 Apr 4-1 |
X |
29 Nov Bathgate v Dunblane
4-1 stopped after 70 mins darkness
17 Apr Broxburn v Bathgate at Bathgate
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1902-03 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
Alloa Athletic Camelon Bathgate Stenhousemuir King’s Park Broxburn Bo’ness Dunblane |
14 14 14 13 14 11 11 12 |
9 9 6 7 6 5 4 1 |
2 1 3 1 3 1 1 0 |
3 4 5 5 5 5 9 11 |
40 32 27 30 25 26 25 8 |
19 22 27 19 29 24 33 40 |
20 19 15 15 15 11 9 2 |
Broxburn were awarded 4 points after Dunblane
failed to fulfil their fixtures with them
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1903-04
unfinished |
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Dunblane East
Fife East
Stirlingshire Hearts
of Beath King’s
Park St
Johnstone |
Source for final tables: John Meffen
and Stewart Davidson