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Beginnings
Northern League and Scottish Qualifying Cup.
1891/92.
Arbroath opened their league campaign, which would see them finish 5th, with a 4-4 draw against Harp (Dundee) at Gayfield.
Northern League.
P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts. | ||
1 | East End * | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 24 | 19 |
2 | Our Boys | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 56 | 39 | 19 |
3 | Montrose | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 49 | 45 | 14 |
4 | Harp | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 43 | 53 | 13 |
5 | Arbroath | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 44 | 12 |
6 | Aberdeen | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 39 | 61 | 12 |
7 | Forfar Ath. | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 47 | 10 |
8 | St Johnstone * | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 41 | 9 |
* = two points deducted for playing ineligible players.
1892/93.
This season saw the league increased to 10 teams, and also the new Qualifying Cup. The league competition was particularly successful for Arbroath, as they won the title by a point from East End of Dundee.
Top of table | Qualifying Cup | ||||||||||||
P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | 1 | Brechin City | h | 15-0 | |||
1 | Arbroath | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 70 | 40 | 29 | 2 | Our Boys (Blairgowrie) | a | 5-2 | |
2 | East End | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 61 | 31 | 28 | 3 | Strathmore Athletic (Dundee) | a | 16-0 | |
3 | Montrose | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 80 | 48 | 22 | 4 | Campsie (Lennoxtown) | a | 3-6 |
1893/94
The league reverted to 8 teams for this season, and with table in March as follows
Table on March 24 | ||||||||||||||
P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||||||||
1 | Arbroath | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 32 | 18 | Qualifying Cup | |||||
2 | Forfar | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 43 | 14 | 1 | Arbroath Wanderers | h | 7-1 | ||
3 | Montrose | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 2 | Our Boys (Blairgowrie) | ? | w/o | no record of match | |
4 | Victoria Utd. | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 41 | 8 | 3 | Strathmore | a | 2-3 | at Carolina Port | |
5 | Strathmore | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 7 | replay | Strathmore | a | 3-3 | due to protest | |
6 | Johnstone Wanderers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 5 | replay | Strathmore | h | 3-0 | ||
7 | St Johnstone | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 26 | 4 | ||||||
8 | Aberdeen | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 4 |
and with no further record for the season, some disagreement appears to have taken place, which left the league unfinished.
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