Lanarkshire League

Lanarkshire League

Page created: 23 August 2020

Updated: 26 March 2024

An earlier attempt at a county league was taken in 1893 when on 4 July six Scottish Federation members from Lanarkshire met at the Brandon Hotel in Motherwell; Carfin Shamrock, Wishaw Thistle, Hamilton Academical, Albion Rovers, Royal Albert and Motherwell. The next day, Motherwell intimated that they would need to withdraw if their application to join the Scottish League was successful. The opinion was that the league couldn't be viable without them and with Motherwell being elected to the Scottish League on 10 July 1893, the Lanarkshire League concept was abandoned.

The Lanarkshire League was formed on 1 October 1898 at the Brandon Restaurant in Motherwell with Mr Griffiths of Motherwell as President. With the exception of Carfin Emmet, the clubs were also members of either the Scottish League or Scottish Combination.

Winners

1898-99 Motherwell

1899-00 unfinished

1900-01 Albion Rovers

1898-99 Lanarkshire League

Aird

Ham

Mwll

Albion Rovers

6 May

0-2

8 Apr

2-5

15 Apr

1-2

13 May

4-0

Airdrieonians

1 Apr

5-1

29 Apr

4-1

11 Mar

4-0

8 Apr

3-1

Hamilton Academical

18 Mar

3-0

15 Apr

2-5

4 Mar

0-2

25 Jan

2-2

Motherwell

2 May

1-2

13 May

2-1

11 Feb

3-2

10 May

4-0

Royal Albert

29 Apr

0-3

4 Mar

2-0

11 Mar

2-2

6 May

0-1

18 Feb Airdrieonians v Hamilton Academicals 9-1 was declared a friendly

at half time when thick fog rolled in

6 May Albion Rovers v Airdrieonians was played at Airdrie

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Motherwell	8	6	0	2	15	10	12
Airdrieonians	8	6	0	2	24	9	12
Hamilton Academicals	8	2	2	4	17	20	6
Albion Rovers	8	3	0	5	13	18	6
Royal Albert	8	1	2	5	7	19	4
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Decider at Fir Park, Motherwell

5 May 1900 Motherwell v Airdrieonians 3-2

1899-1900 Lanarkshire League

	AR	Carf	RA	Wish	WishT
Albion Rovers		31 Mar 3-0	13 Jan 2-1	5 May 2-0	17 Feb 3-0
Carfin Emmet	14 Apr 1-3		N/P	1-0	10 May 7-1
Royal Albert	21 Apr 2-1	15 May		10 Mar	31 Mar N/P
Wishaw	10 May 2-1	3 Mar 2-4	12 May		27 Jan 1-5
Wishaw Thistle	28 Apr 1-1	17 Mar N/P	31 Mar 0-3	21 Apr N/P

20 Jan Wishaw v Carfin 2-4 declared a friendly

20 Jan Albion Rovers v Wishaw Thistle 1-1 finished in semi darkness and was replayed

3 Feb Carfin v Wishaw 0-0 was played as a friendly

At the start of May 1900, Wishaw and Wishaw Thistle amalgamated as Wishaw United and it is probable the remaining fixtures were unplayed

Royal Albert were awarded 2 points after Carfin failed to appear on 28 Apr and from Wishaw Thistle for the unplayed match on 11 May.

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Albion Rovers	8	5	1	2	16	7	11
Royal Albert	3	2	0	1	6	3	8
Carfin Emmet	5	3	0	2	13	9	6
Wishaw Thistle	5	1	1	3	7	15	3
Wishaw	5	1	0	4	5	13	2
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Competition unfinished

1900-01 Lanarkshire League

Aird

Ham

Mwll

Wish

Albion Rovers

6 Apr

2-1

29 Mar 02

2-2

27 Apr

2-0

26 Apr

3-1

Airdrieonians

16 Mar

1-1

27 Apr

4-1

23 Mar

2-0

23 Feb

4-1

Hamilton Academical

10 May 02

3-1

14 May

2-2

15 Aug 01

2-4

16 Feb

3-0

Motherwell

11 May

1-1

13 Apr

4-0

2 Mar

3-3

6 Apr

5-1

Wishaw United

N/P

20 Apr

0-1

9 Mar

2-4

4 May

3-5

Hamilton v Motherwell (15 Aug 1901) and both games against Albion Rovers (29 Mar 1902 and 10 May 1902) were played during the 1901-02 season

1 Mar Wishaw v Albion 0-6, the Lanarkshire Cup semi-final, was intended to count as a league match but Wishaw refused

26 Apr Albion v Wishaw 3-1 counted as four points and also as a Scottish Combination match

Albion Rovers have been noted as being champions during 1901-02, however this actually refers to the 1900-01 competition which over-spilled into the subsequent season.

Pts

Albion Rovers

Motherwell

Airdrieonians

Hamilton Academical

Wishaw United

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