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1897-98 in Scottish football was the eighth season of the Scottish Football League.

Scottish Division One

Celtic are champions of the Scottish Division One.

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	18	15	3	0	56	13	43	33
2	Rangers	18	13	3	2	71	15	56	29
3	Hibernian	18	10	2	6	48	28	20	22
4	Hearts	18	8	4	6	54	33	21	20
5	Third Lanark	18	8	2	8	37	38	-1	18
=	St. Mirren	18	8	2	8	30	36	-6	18
7	Dundee	18	5	3	10	29	36	-7	13
=	Partick Thistle	18	6	1	11	34	64	-30	13
=	St Bernard's	18	4	1	13	35	67	-32	13
10	Clyde	18	1	3	14	20	84	-64	5

Scottish Division Two

Kilmarnock won the Scottish Division Two but were not promoted.

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kilmarnock	18	14	1	3	64	29	35	29
2	Port Glasgow Athletic	18	12	1	5	66	35	31	25
3	Morton	18	9	4	5	47	38	9	22
4	Leith Atheltic	18	9	2	7	39	38	1	20
5	Linthouse	18	6	4	8	37	39	-2	16
=	Ayr	18	7	2	9	36	42	-6	16
=	Abercorn	18	6	4	8	33	41	-8	16
8	Airdrie	18	6	2	10	44	56	-12	14
9	Hamilton Academical	18	5	2	11	28	51	-23	12
10	Motherwell	18	3	4	11	31	56	-25	10

Scottish Cup

Rangers were winners of the Scottish cup after a 2-0 win over Kilmarnock.

Scottish Junior Cup

Dalziel Rovers were winners of the Scottish Junior Cup after a 2-1 win over Parkhead.

Scotland national team

Date	Venue	Score¹	Competition	Scotland scorers
March 19	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	5–2	BHC	James Gillespie (3), James McKie (2)
March 26	Solitude Ground, Belfast (A)	3–0	BHC	Thomas Robertson, Robert Smith McColl, William Stewart
April 2	Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)	1–3	BHC	James Millar

¹ Scotland's score shown first. Key:

(A) = Away match
(H) = Home match
BHC = British Home Championship

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