Glasgow & WOS League

Glasgow & West of Scotland League

previously called the Western League (1898-99)

including the Glasgow & West of Scotland Shield

Page created: 16 August 2020

Updated: 23 April 2024

In the late 1890s, the Scottish League fixture list ran to only 18 games. Because of this several clubs banded together to form supplementary competitions. One of these was the Glasgow & West of Scotland League. Formed in April 1898 as the Western League, its original line-up consisted of St Mirren (the first champions), Ayr, Kilmarnock, Morton, Port-Glasgow Athletic, Abercorn, Linthouse as well as a non-League member, Ayr Parkhouse. The latter three all left at the end of the season, and were replace by Clyde. 1899-1900 saw the new name being adopted and also the only time the title was shared, when Morton and Kilmarnock finished equal on points. Morton won it outright the following season, but they had to fight to get it with only two points separating the top five clubs.

In 1902-03, Motherwell and Airdrieonians replaced St Mirren and Partick Thistle, both of whom left to join another supplementary competition, the Inter-City League. At the end of that season, the former both finished top with 13 points but it was Motherwell who triumphed on goal average. Airdrieonians left after this season, being replaced by Hamilton Academical the last change in the league's membership until it disbanded in 1906.

The steady expansion of the Scottish League after 1902 made it increasingly difficult for clubs to fulfil their fixtures, with the result that many games either had to be held over until the following season or double up as Scottish League matches with points counting towards both competitions.

The final blow for the league eventually fell after the Scottish League's AGM on 23 May 1906. Hamilton Academical and Clyde were both elected into an expanded 18-club First Division. With all six member clubs in the top flight, this would have made it near impossible to fit in ten extra fixtures on top of a heavy League and Cup programme and the league was disbanded in September 1906. In January 1907, a tournament was held to decide which club would retain the championship shield, Clyde triumphing.

Winners

Western League

1898-99 St Mirren

Glasgow & West of Scotland League

1899-00 Morton / Kilmarnock

1900-01 Morton

1901-02 Port-Glasgow Athletic

1902-03 Motherwell

1903-04 Hamilton Academical

1904-05 Clyde

1905-06 Kilmarnock

Glasgow & West of Scotland Shield

1906-07 Clyde

1898-99 Western League

Aberc

Ayr

AyrP

Lint

Mort

PGA

StM

Abercorn

15 May

4-1

8 May

5-0

2 May

2-2

13 May

2-6

4 Mar

2-3

12 May

0-6

Ayr

29 Apr

3-3

3 May

2-3

N/P

10 May

0-3

6 May

3-2

3 Jan

2-3

Ayr Parkhouse

18 Feb

2-0

8 May

0-3

4 Mar

5-3

15 Apr

2-2

26 Apr

4-2

15 May

1-4

Linthouse

14 Jan

2-1

N/P

6 May

2-1

11 Mar

1-2

18 Feb

0-1

1 May

3-5

Morton

26 Apr

9-2

18 Mar

2-0

22 Apr

2-1

25 Feb

9-3

12 Nov

2-2

7 May

1-1

Port-Glasgow Athletic

15 Apr

0-0

13 May

9-3

29 Apr

12-2

22 Apr

3-1

15 May

3-1

21 Jan

3-3

St Mirren

17 Sep

3-0

11 May

6-0

25 Feb

5-2

13 May

3-2

7 Jan

1-1

3 May

2-2

Kilmarnock withdrew without playing a game

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
St Mirren	12	8	4	0	42	17	20
Morton	12	7	4	1	40	18	18
Port-Glasgow Athletic	12	6	4	2	42	23	16
Ayr Parkhouse	12	4	1	7	23	42	9
Abercorn	12	2	3	7	21	37	7
Ayr	10	2	1	7	17	35	5
Linthouse	10	2	1	7	19	32	5
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1899-1900 Glasgow & West of Scotland League

Clyde

Kilm

Mort

PGA

StM

Clyde

28 Apr

1-2

24 Feb

2-2

17 Mar

0-4

7 May

4-1

28 Oct

3-1

Kilmarnock

31 Mar

2-1

5 May

1-0

7 Apr

4-2

10 May

4-0

21 Apr

1-1

Morton

11 Nov

3-0

12 May

3-1

14 Apr

3-0

15 May

2-1

3 Feb

1-0

Partick Thistle

21 Apr

3-0

3 Mar

1-4

9 May

2-1

18 Nov

4-0

23 Dec

4-1

Port-Glasgow Athletic

7 Apr

3-0

14 Apr

3-1

30 Dec

1-3

5 May

3-2

24 Mar

4-2

St Mirren

14 Apr

5-0

10 Mar

2-1

1 May

2-1

6 Jan

4-3

12 May

5-1

28 Oct Clyde v St Mirren 3-1 was played at Love Street, Paisley

6 Jan Clyde v Morton 1-2 was replayed

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Morton	10	6	1	3	19	10	13
Kilmarnock	10	6	1	3	21	14	13
St Mirren	10	5	1	4	23	19	11
Partick Thistle	10	5	0	5	25	20	10
Port-Glasgow Athletic	10	4	0	6	17	27	8
Clyde	10	2	1	7	11	26	5
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1900-01 Glasgow & West of Scotland League

Clyde

Kilm

Mort

PGA

StM

Clyde

23 Mar

2-0

11 May

0-1

20 Apr

3-0

9 Mar

4-1

14 May

2-2

Kilmarnock

4 May

5-3

23 Feb

4-1

9 Mar

1-0

5 Jan

1-1

20 Apr

2-2

Morton

1 May

4-1

6 Apr

1-0

13 Apr

1-0

15 May

2-4

29 Sep

6-1

Partick Thistle

2 Mar

2-3

16 Feb

2-0

23 Mar

3-3

6 Apr

1-0

30 Apr

0-2

Port-Glasgow Athletic

27 Apr

2-0

2 Mar

2-1

8 Sep

3-3

23 Feb

2-1

13 Apr

4-4

St. Mirren

7 May

1-3

15 Apr

1-3

31 Dec

6-1

11 May

4-1

23 Apr

2-1

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Morton	10	5	2	3	23	22	12
St Mirren	10	4	3	3	25	23	11
Clyde	10	5	1	4	21	18	11
Port-Glasgow Athletic	10	4	3	3	20	19	11
Kilmarnock	10	4	2	4	17	15	10
Partick Thistle	10	2	1	7	10	19	5
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1901-02 Glasgow & West of Scotland League

Clyde

Kilm

Mort

PGA

StM

Clyde

12 Apr

0-0

6 May

3-1

26 Apr

1-3

19 Apr

1-2

12 May

2-1

Kilmarnock

5 Apr

3-1

4 Jan

1-2

19 Apr

2-1

26 Apr

1-3

8 Mar

4-1

Morton

30 Apr

0-3

13 May

1-3

10 May

0-1

1 Jan

1-2

22 Feb

2-3

Partick Thistle

29 Mar

3-2

1 Mar

4-1

15 Mar

2-1

12 May

1-0

31 Mar

2-1

Port-Glasgow Athletic

3 May

4-0

22 Mar

6-4

21 Dec

2-2

12 Apr

5-3

5 Apr

4-2

St. Mirren

29 Apr

2-2

10 May

1-2

1 Mar

3-1

8 May

2-0

21 Apr

2-1

8 Mar Port Glasgow v Clyde 2-0 abandoned after 70 mins as the ground was a quagmire due to heavy rain

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Port-Glasgow Athletic	10	7	1	2	29	17	15
Partick Thistle	10	7	0	3	20	15	14
Kilmarnock	10	5	1	4	21	20	11
St Mirren	10	4	1	5	18	20	9
Clyde	10	3	2	5	15	19	8
Morton	10	1	1	8	11	23	3
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1902-03 Glasgow & West of Scotland League

Aird

Clyde

Kilm

Mort

Moth

PGA

Airdrieonians

25 Apr

4-1

4 Apr

5-3

7 Nov 03

1-3

6 May

0-0

18 Apr

2-1

Clyde

9 May

5-0

28 Mar

0-2

11 Apr

0-1

14 May

1-0

2 May

4-1

Kilmarnock

21 Mar

1-1

21 Feb

0-2

1 Jan

0-1

25 Apr

2-5

19 Aug 03

4-2

Morton

21 Feb

3-1

31 Jan

3-1

18 Apr

3-2

4 May

2-3

11 May

0-2

Motherwell

2 May

2-1

19 Aug 03

0-0

9 May

2-0

13 May

0-0

31 Oct 03

1-0

Port-Glasgow Athletic

11 Apr

1-1

4 Apr

2-0

14 Mar

2-1

24 Jan

3-2

10 Oct 03

4-3

28 Feb Morton v Kilmarnock 0-3 stopped after 75 minutes due to storm.

7 Mar Kilmarnock v Clyde 2-0 was declared void as it should have been played at Shawfield Stadium, Glasgow.

29 Apr Airdrieonians v Morton 2-0 was abandoned after 82 minutes due to darkness

The following were all held over until 1903-04 season

19 Aug 1903 Motherwell v Clyde 0-0

19 Aug 1903 Kilmarnock v Port-Glasgow 4-2

26 Aug 1903 Airdrieonians v Morton 0-0 stopped after 77 mins due to darkness

7 Nov 1903 Airdrieonians v Morton 1-3 (also a Scottish League match)

31 Aug 1903 Port-Glasgow v Motherwell 5-1 stopped a few mins before time due to darkness

10 Oct 1903 Port-Glasgow v Motherwell 4-3 (also a Scottish League match)

31 Oct 1903 Motherwell v Port-Glasgow 1-0 (also a Scottish League match)

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Motherwell	10	5	3	2	16	10	13
Morton	10	6	1	3	18	13	13
Port-Glasgow Athletic	10	5	1	4	18	18	11
Clyde	10	4	1	5	14	13	9
Airdrieonians	10	3	3	4	16	20	9
Kilmarnock	10	2	1	7	15	23	5
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1903-04 Glasgow & West of Scotland League

Clyde

Ham

Kilm

Mort

Moth

PGA

Clyde

15 Aug

0-1

3 May

2-0

4 Apr

0-1

7 May

3-0

23 Aug

2-0

Hamilton Academical

14 May

6-1

11 May

1-2

30 Aug

2-0

9 Apr

2-0

30 Apr

1-3

Kilmarnock

9 Apr

1-1

23 Aug

2-2

9 May

1-1

19 Mar

0-0

7 May

1-0

Morton

26 Apr

0-0

5 May

2-3

14 May

2-0

13 Feb

7-1

11 May

1-2

Motherwell

16 Apr

2-1

20 Feb

2-6

30 Apr

1-0

15 Aug

1-0

14 May

2-2

Port-Glasgow Athletic

30 Apr

4-1

12 Mar

1-0

16 Apr

0-1

27 Feb

2-2

23 Apr

1-0

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Hamilton Academical	10	6	1	3	24	13	13

Port-Glasgow Athletic	10	5	2	3	15	11	12

Kilmarnock	10	3	4	3	8	10	10
Morton	10	3	3	4	16	12	9
Clyde	10	3	2	5	11	15	8
Motherwell	10	3	2	5	9	22	8
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1904-05 Glasgow & West of Scotland League

	Clyde	Ham	Kilm	Mort	PGA	Moth
Clyde		1 Apr 2-2	15 Apr 1-0	13 May 1-0	29 Apr 2-1
Hamilton Academical	22 Apr 1-2		18 Mar 0-6	25 Mar 3-1	8 Apr 5-1
Kilmarnock	25 Mar 0-0	4 Mar 1-4		1 May 1-2	22 Apr 3-1	24 Apr 4-1
Morton	18 Mar 2-3	10 Apr 2-2	10 May 3-2		6 May 3-1
Port-Glasgow Athletic	8 May 0-4	15 Apr 1-2	1 Apr 3-3	25 Feb 2-2
Motherwell			25 Feb 2-2	22 Oct 1-1

Motherwell withdrew and their record expunged

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Clyde	8	6	2	0	15	6	14
Hamilton Academical	8	4	2	2	19	16	10
Morton	8	3	2	3	15	15	8
Kilmarnock	8	1	3	4	16	14	5
Port-Glasgow Athletic	8	0	3	5	10	24	3
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1905-06 Glasgow & West of Scotland League

Clyde

Ham

Kilm

Mort

Moth

PGA

Clyde

5 May

4-2

22 Aug

1-0

2 Jan

4-3

28 Apr

3-2

20 Aug 06

1-0

Hamilton Academical

12 May

2-0

30 Apr

0-0

20 Aug 06

4-2

21 Apr

1-0

24 Aug

4-2

Kilmarnock

21 Apr

4-0

22 Aug 06

3-1

17 Aug

1-1

5 May

1-0

28 Apr

3-2

Morton

23 Apr

3-0

9 May

1-1

7 May

3-3

23 Aug

3-0

9 Apr

1-3

Motherwell

31 Mar

2-0

3 Jan

4-1

15 Aug 06

0-4

2 May

3-0

9 May

0-1

Port-Glasgow Athletic

17 Aug

4-3

27 Aug 06

0-1

N/P

15 Aug 06

2-2

7 Apr

1-2

28 Apr Clyde v Motherwell was played at Motherwell

Scottish League fixtures that doubled up as Glasgow and West of Scotland League games:

7 Apr Port-Glasgow Athletic v Motherwell 1-2

28 Apr Kilmarnock v Port-Glasgow 3-2 also counted for four points

The following matches were played during 1906-07 season

15 Aug 1906 Motherwell v Kilmarnock

16 Aug 1906 Port-Glasgow v Morton

20 Aug 1906 Hamilton v Morton

20 Aug 1906 Clyde v Port-Glasgow

22 Aug 1906 Kilmarnock v Hamilton

27 Aug 1906 Port-Glasgow v Hamilton

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Kilmarnock	9	5	3	1	19	8	15
Hamilton Academical	10	5	2	3	17	16	12
Clyde	10	5	0	5	16	22	10
Morton	10	2	4	4	19	21	8
Motherwell	10	4	0	6	13	15	8
Port-Glasgow Athletic	9	3	1	5	15	17	7
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Kilmarnock v Port-Glasgow was for double points

1906-07 Glasgow & West of Scotland Shield

First round

2 Jan Port-Glasgow Athletic v Motherwell 0-0

29 Apr Motherwell v Port-Glasgow Athletic 1-0

1 Apr Clyde v Kilmarnock 3-0

Semi-final

8 May Clyde v Motherwell 2-1

9 May Hamilton Academical v Morton 3-2

Final - 2 legs

12 May Hamilton Academical v Clyde 2-0

14 May Clyde v Hamilton Academical 3-0