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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.

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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: 117 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)
  • 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
    • 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, 1928–1929)
    • Goalkeepers
  • Longest period of time without conceding a goal: 1,215 minutes, Fraser Forster (Celtic, 2013–2014)
    • Titles
  • Most league title wins by a manager 18, Bill Struth (Rangers).
  • Most league title wins by a player 12, Alec McNair (Celtic); David Meiklejohn (Rangers).

    • Team records

  • Most final wins: 36, 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: 54, Celtic (excludes 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)

    • 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 overall goals: Joe Harper 74 goals (Aberdeen 51, Hibernian 16, Morton 7)

    • References

    Football records in Scotland Wikipedia
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