Football records in Scotland

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Football in Scotland is a popular professional sport. Founded in 1873, Scotland has the second oldest national football association in the world. The national cup competition, the Scottish Cup, was started in the 1873-74 season. Its trophy is the oldest national sporting trophy in the world. A Scottish football league system was first instituted in 1890, with the creation of the Scottish Football League. A second national cup competition, the Scottish League Cup, was created in the 1946-47 season. This page details the team and individual records set in these competitions.

Video Football records in Scotland

League competitions

Team records

Titles

• Most top-flight league titles: 54, Rangers
• Most consecutive league titles: 9, (joint record)
  • Celtic (1965-1974)
  • Rangers (1989-1997)

Top-flight appearances

• Most appearances: 121 completed seasons, Celtic (1890-present)

Largest victories

• Largest top flight home win: 11-0, Celtic v Dundee, 26 October 1895
• Largest top flight away win: 1-11, Airdrieonians v Hibernian, 24 October 1959

Streaks

• Longest top flight unbeaten run: 62 games, Celtic (20 November 1915 - 21 April 1917)
  • Longest top flight unbeaten run (games in all competitions): 69 games (56 in the league), Celtic (15 May 2016 - 13 December 2017)
• Most consecutive top flight wins: 25, Celtic (2003-04)
• Unbeaten league season:
  • Celtic P18 W15 D3 L0, 1897-98
  • Rangers P18 W18 D0 L0, 1898-99
  • Celtic P38 W34 D4 L0, 2016-17

Attendances

• Highest attendance: 118,567 - Rangers v Celtic at Ibrox Park, 2 January 1939

Individual

Goals

• Most top flight goals in a career: 410, Jimmy McGrory (Celtic 397, Clydebank 13)
• Most top flight goals in a season: 52, Willie MacFadyen (Motherwell, 1931-32)
• Most top flight goals in a game: 8, Jimmy McGrory (Celtic 9 Dunfermline Athletic 0, 14 January 1928)
• Most top flight hat-tricks: 48, Jimmy McGrory

Appearances

• Most top flight appearances: 626, Bob Ferrier (Motherwell)
• Most consecutive appearances with a goal scored: 14, Evelyn Morrison (Falkirk, 1928-29)

Goalkeepers

• Longest period of time without conceding a goal: 1,215 minutes, Fraser Forster (Celtic, 2013-14)

Titles

• Most league title wins by a manager 18, Bill Struth (Rangers)
• Most league title wins by a player 13, Sandy Archibald (Rangers)

Maps Football records in Scotland

Scottish Cup

Team records

• Most final wins: 38, Celtic
• Most consecutive wins: 3, joint record:
  • Queen's Park (1874, 1875, 1876)
  • Vale of Leven (1877, 1878, 1879)
  • Queen's Park (1880, 1881, 1882)
  • Rangers (1934, 1935, 1936)
  • Rangers (1948, 1949, 1950)
  • Rangers (1962, 1963, 1964)
  • Aberdeen (1982, 1983, 1984)
• Most appearances: 57, Celtic (includes cancelled 1909 fixture)
• Most consecutive appearances: 8, Rangers (1976-1983)
• Most appearances without winning: 2, Hamilton Academical (1911, 1935)
• Most final losses: 18, Celtic (excludes cancelled 1909 fixture)
• Most common pairing in the final: 15, Celtic v Rangers (7 wins each, 1909 was withheld)

Attendances

• Highest attendance: 146,433, Celtic v Aberdeen at Hampden Park, 24 April 1937 (1937 Scottish Cup Final)

Individual

• Most cup final wins by manager: 14, Willie Maley (Celtic)
• Most cup final wins by player 8, Bobby Lennox (Celtic)
• Most overall goals: Jimmy McGrory 77 goals (Celtic 74, Clydebank 3)

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Scottish League Cup

Team records

• Most final wins: 27, Rangers
• Most consecutive wins: 5, Celtic (1966-1970)
• Most appearances: 34, Rangers
• Most consecutive appearances: 14, Celtic (1965-1978)
• Most appearances without winning: 3, Dunfermline Athletic
• Most final losses: 15, Celtic
• Most common pairing in the final: 12, Celtic v Rangers (8 Rangers wins, 4 Celtic wins)

Attendances

• Highest attendance: 107,609, Celtic v Rangers at Hampden Park, 25 October 1965 (1965 Scottish League Cup Final)

Individual

• Most cup final wins by manager: 6, Scot Symon (East Fife and Rangers), Jock Stein (Celtic) and Walter Smith (Rangers)
• Most overall goals: Joe Harper 74 goals (Aberdeen 51, Hibernian 16, Morton 7)

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Transfers

Record transfer fees paid

Record transfer fees received

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Most successful clubs by titles

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References

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External links

• "League Records". Statto.com. Retrieved 24 August 2012. 

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