Football records in Scotland
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Football in Scotland is a popular professional sport. Founded in 1873,[1] 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.[2] 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.
Contents
League competitions
Team records
- Titles
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- Top-flight appearances
- Largest victories
- Largest top flight home win: 11–0, Celtic v Dundee, 26 October 1895[5]
- Largest top flight away win: 1–11, Airdrieonians v Hibernian, 24 October 1959[5]
- Streaks
- Longest top flight unbeaten run: 62 games, Celtic (20 November 1915 – 21 April 1917)[6][7]
- Most consecutive top flight wins: 25, Celtic (2003–04)
- Unbeaten league season:
- 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)[8]
- Most top flight goals in a season: 52, Willie MacFadyen (Motherwell, 1931–32)[9]
- 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)[10]
- 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)[11]
- Titles
- Most league title wins by a manager 18, Bill Struth (Rangers).
- Most league title wins by a player 12, David Meiklejohn (Rangers).
Scottish Cup
Team records
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- Most final wins: 36, Celtic[12][13]
- Most consecutive wins: 3, joint record:
- Most appearances: 54, Celtic (excludes cancelled 1909 fixture)[12]
- Most consecutive appearances: 8, Rangers (1976–1983)[13]
- Most appearances without winning: 2, Hamilton Academical (1911, 1935)[12]
- Most final losses: 18, Celtic (excludes cancelled 1909 fixture)[12]
- Most common pairing in the final: 15, Celtic v Rangers (7 wins each, 1909 was withheld)[13]
- 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 from 70 appearances. (74/67) (Celtic) (3/3) (Clydebank)
Scottish League Cup
Team records
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- Most final wins: 27, Rangers[14]
- Most consecutive wins: 5, Celtic (1966–1970)[14]
- Most appearances: 34, Rangers[14]
- Most consecutive appearances: 14, Celtic (1965–1978)[13]
- Most appearances without winning: 3, Dunfermline Athletic[14]
- Most final losses: 15, Celtic[14]
- Most common pairing in the final: 12, Celtic v Rangers (8 Rangers wins, 4 Celtic wins)[13]
- 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 (51) (Aberdeen), (16) (Hibernian), (7) (Morton)
Transfers
Record transfer fees paid
| # | Player | From | To | Fee | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tore André Flo |
 Chelsea |
 Rangers |
£12,500,000 | 23 November 2000 | [15] |
| 2 |  Shota Arveladze |
 AFC Ajax |
Rangers |
£8,500,000 | 2001 | [16] |
| 3 |  Neil Lennon |
Leicester City |
Celtic |
£6,500,000 | 8 December 2000 | |
| Michael Ball |
Everton |
Rangers |
£6,500,000[17] | 20 August 2001 | [18] | |
| 5 | Chris Sutton |
Chelsea |
Celtic |
£6,000,000 | 11 July 2000 | |
 John Hartson |
Coventry City |
Celtic |
£6,000,000 | 2 August 2001 | ||
| 7 |  Mikel Arteta |
Barcelona |
Rangers |
£5,800,000 | 29 June 2002 | |
| 8 |  Eyal Berkovic |
West Ham |
Celtic |
£5,750,000 | 8 July 1999 | |
| 9 |  Andrei Kanchelskis |
 Fiorentina |
Rangers |
£5,500,000 | 15 July 1998 | |
| 10 | Lorenzo Amoruso |
Fiorentina |
Rangers |
£5,000,000 | 29 May 1997 | |
| Arthur Numan |
PSV Eindhoven |
Rangers |
£5,000,000 | 18 May 1998 | ||
| Giovanni van Bronckhorst |
Feyenoord |
Rangers |
£5,000,000 | 6 July 1998 |
Record transfer fees received
| # | Player | From | To | Fee | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virgil van Dijk |
Celtic |
Southampton |
£13,000,000 | 1 September 2015 | [19] |
| 2 |  Victor Wanyama |
Celtic |
Southampton |
£12,500,000 | 11 July 2013 | |
| 3 | Fraser Forster |
Celtic |
Southampton |
£10,000,000 | 9 August 2014 | |
| 4 |  Aiden McGeady |
Celtic |
Spartak Moscow |
£9,500,000 | 1 August 2010 | |
| 5 | Craig Gordon |
Hearts |
Sunderland |
£9,000,000 | 8 August 2007 | |
| 6 | Alan Hutton |
Rangers |
Tottenham Hotspur |
£9,000,000 | 30 January 2008 | [20] |
| 7 | Giovanni van Bronckhorst |
Rangers |
Arsenal |
£8,500,000 | 20 June 2001 | [21] |
| 8 |  Jean-Alain Boumsong |
Rangers |
Newcastle United |
£8,000,000 | 1 January 2005 | [22] |
| 9 |  Stilian Petrov |
Celtic |
Aston Villa |
£8,000,000 | 30 August 2006 | |
| 10 | Carlos Cuéllar |
Rangers |
Aston Villa |
£7,800,000 | 12 August 2008 | [23] |
Most successful clubs by titles
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| Team | Domestic | European | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League titles | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Cup Winner's Cup | Europa League | Super Cup | ||
| Rangers | 54 | 33 | 27 | - | 1 | - | - | 115 |
| Celtic | 47 | 36 | 15 | 1 | - | - | - | 99 |
| Aberdeen | 4 | 7 | 6 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 19 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 4 | 8 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 16 |
| Hibernian | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Queen's Park | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Kilmarnock | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Dundee United | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Dundee | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Motherwell | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| St Mirren | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| East Fife | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Dumbarton | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Third Lanark | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Clyde | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Falkirk | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Partick Thistle | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| St Johnstone | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Greenock Morton | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Airdrieonians | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| St Bernard's | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Raith Rovers | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Livingston | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Ross County | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
References
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- ↑ Conflicting reports as to how much Rangers actually paid, £4m up front with a further £2.5m in installments
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- ↑ "Arsenal sign Van Bronckhorst" BBC Sport. 20 June 2001.
- ↑ "Magpies complete Boumsong signing" BBC Sport. 2 January 2005.
- ↑ "Cuellar seals £7.8m move to Villa" BBC Sport. 12 August 2008.
External links
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