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Northern League and Scottish Qualifying Cup.

1899/1900.

A 4th place finish, but for the first time Arbroath made it to the final of the Qualifying Cup.

    Qualifying Cup
1 bye      
2 Scone h 8-2  
  P W L D F A Pts 3 Dunblane a 4-4 at Blackburn Park
1 Wanderers 14 9 5 0 42 32 18 replay " h 2-2  
2 Victoria Utd. 14 7 4 3 37 31 17 " " n 2-1 at Starks Park, Kirkcaldy
3  Aberdeen 14 7 5 2 36 30 16 4 Forfar Ath. a 3-0  
4 Arbroath 14 6 5 3 40 32 15 5 Orion a 5-3 at Cattofield, Aberdeen
  s/f Raith Rvs. h 3-1  
final  Galston n 2-5 at Hampden Park

The Arbroath side who contested the final in 1899 was- 

 Ritchie, Thomson, Clark, McGlashan, Cargill, H. Brown, Connell, Middleton, J. Brown, Sinclair, Leuchars. Scorers for Arbroath were Middleton, and Clark (pen).

1900/01.

Arbroath improved their league position with a 3rd place finish, but after the previous seasons achievements in reaching the final, to go out in the 1st round must have been a big disappointment.

Final Table    
  P W L D F A Pts
1 Orion 18 15 3 2 47 22 28 Qualifying Cup
2 Dundee 'A' 18 12 2 4 61 16 24 1 Lochee Utd. a 2-3 at St Margarets Park
3 Arbroath 18 10 4 4 54 41 21  

1901/02.

Arbroath FC 1901-02

A poor league finish in 8th, but another semi in the Qualifying Cup, would have been of some consolation.

    Qualifying Cup
1 Dundee Wanderers h 3-1  
2 Lochee Utd. a 5-1  
* P W L D F A Pts 3 Dunblane h 8-2  
8 Arbroath 21 9 10 2 44 41 20 4 Inverness Caledonian a 0-0  
  5 Forfar Ath. a 4-1  
s/f Stenhousemuir a 1-1  
replay " h 1-1  
" " n 4-5 at Recreation Ground, Perth

* With 12 teams in the league, Arbroath should have played 22 matches, but there is no record of the missing match.

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