The Scottish Football League (SFL) was a league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs, mostly from Scotland. From its foundation in 1890 until the breakaway
Scottish Premier League (SPL) was formed in 1998, the SFL represented the top level of
football in Scotland
Association football ( sco, fitbaa, gd, ball-coise) is one of the national sports of Scotland and the most popular sport in the country. There is a long tradition of "football" games in Orkney, Lewis and southern Scotland, especially the Sc ...
. After 1998, the SFL represented levels 2 to 4 of the
Scottish football league system
The Scottish football league system is a series of generally connected leagues for Scottish football clubs.
The Scottish system is more complicated than many other national league systems, consisting of several completely separate systems or 'gr ...
. In June 2013, the SFL merged with the SPL to form the
Scottish Professional Football League. The SFL was played out in a wide variety of stadiums, ranging from the stadiums of Glasgow giants
Celtic and
Rangers to the intimate surroundings of
Cliftonhill
Cliftonhill Stadium, commonly known as Cliftonhill and currently 'The Reigart Stadium' for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish Professional Football League te ...
and
Dumbarton Football Stadium
The Dumbarton Football Stadium, commonly known as The Rock, and currently named The moreroom.com Stadium for sponsorship purposes is a stadium in Dumbarton, Scotland, used mostly for football matches; it is the home ground of Dumbarton Footba ...
, with capacities of just over 2000.
Founding Members, 1890–1891
Stadiums marked in bold are the stadiums used during the inaugural season of the
Scottish Football League.
New members, 1891–1900
New members, 1901–1910
New members, 1911–1920
New members, 1921–1930
New members, 1931–2010
See also
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List of football stadiums in Scotland
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List of Scottish Premier League stadiums
The Scottish Premier League (SPL) was the highest level of the Scottish football league system between 1998 and 2013. During this period matches were played at 19 football stadiums. The inaugural round of SPL matches took place on the weekend of 1 ...
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List of Scottish Professional Football League stadiums
In Scotland there is one national association football league, the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). The SPFL was formed in 2013 by the merger of the Scottish Premier League and the Scottish Football League. The SPFL consists of 42 clu ...
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Scottish football attendance records
This article lists Scottish football attendance records under the categories listed below. The highest ever attendance for a UEFA competition match was in the 1969–70 European Cup semi-final at Hampden Park, Scotland's national stadium. A recor ...
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Scottish stadium moves
References
*http://www.scottishfootballleague.com
*http://www.footballgroundguide.com/scotland
*http://www.myfootygrounds.co.uk/ScottishGrounds.asp
*https://web.archive.org/web/20091222081409/http://scottish-football-historical-archive.com/
*http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk Aerial views of many Scottish stadiums
*http://www.oldmapsonline.org Includes outlines of most Scottish stadiums on historical maps
*Crampsey, Robert A., The First 100 Years (The Official Centenary History of the Scottish Football League)
External links
Scottish Football stadium facts, figures, photos, and more at Scottish Football Ground GuideScottish stadium information at myfootygrounds.co.uk
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