This document lists all clubs which have appeared in the Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League and shows the periods they have spent in each division. The divisions are designated using Roman numerals as follows
Divisions i Scottish League Div 1/'A' Div 1890-1975, Premier Division 1975-98, Scottish Premier League from 1998 ii Scottish League Div 2/'B' Div 1893-1975, Div 1 from 1975 iii Scottish League Div 3 1923-26, 'C' Div 1946-55, Div 2 from 1975 iv Scottish League Div 3 from 1994 r indicates a club which resigned during a season x indicates a club which was expelled during the season
For each club the club name is followed by the date the club joined the league or the period(s) of league membership and any previous names of the club during league membership (these are cross-referenced in the text). This is followed by the list of divisions the club has played in and the period(s) spent in each division. To the right of the division number is shown the total number of seasons spent in the division with the longest consecutive period given in square brackets. The total number of seasons spent in the League is given to the left of the highest division played in.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N P Q R S T V
Aberdeen (1904) 91 i 90 [89] 1905- * ii 1 [1] 1904-05 Abercorn (1890-1915) 25 i 4 [3] 1890-93, 1896-97 ii 21 [18] 1893-96, 1898-1915 Airdrieonians (1894-2002, defunct 2002) 101 i 60 [33] 1903-36, 1947-48, 1950-54, 1955-65, 1966-73, 1974-75, 1980-82, 1991-93 ii 41 [10] 1894-1903, 1936-47, 1948-50, 1954-55, 1965-66, 1973-74, 1975-80, 1982-91, 1993-2002 Airdrie United (2003) (Clydebank taken over and moved to Airdrie, 2002) 2 ii 2 [2] 2002- Albion Rovers (1903-15, 1919) 90 i 9 [4] 1919-23, 1934-37, 1938-39*, 1948-49 ii 53 [26] 1903-15, 1923-34, 1937-38, 1946-48, 1949-75, 1989-90 iii 18 [14] 1975-89, 1990-94 iv 10 [10] 1994- Alloa Athletic (1921) 76 i 1 [1] 1922-23 ii 53 [29] 1921-22, 1923-39*, 1946-75, 1977-78, 1982-84, 1985-86 1989-90, 2000-01, 2002-03 iii 18 [4] 1975-77, 1978-82, 1984-85, 1986-89, 1990-94, 1998-2000, 2001-2002, 2003- iv 4 [4] 1994-98 Arbroath (1921) 76 i 9 [4] 1935-39*, 1959-60, 1968-69, 1972-75 ii 45 [14] 1921-35, 1946-59, 1960-68, 1969-72, 1975-80, 2001-03 iii 18 [14] 1980-94, 1998-2001, 2003- iv 4 [4] 1994-98 Armadale (1921-32x) (expelled from league Nov 1932, record expunged) 10 ii 10 [10] 1921-32x Arthurlie (1901-15, 1923-29) (resigned from league Apr 1929, record stood) 20 ii 19 [14] 1901-15, 1924-29 iii 1 [1] 1923-24 Ayr (1897-1910) (see also Ayr United) 13 ii 13 [13] 1897-1910 Ayr Parkhouse (1903-04, 1906-10) (see also Ayr United) 5 ii 5 [4] 1903-04, 1906-10 Ayr United (1910) (merger in 1910 of Ayr and Ayr Parkhouse) 87 i 35 [12] 1913-25, 1928-36, 1937-39*, 1956-57, 1959-61, 1966-67, 1969-78 ii 48 [10] 1910-13, 1925-28, 1936-37, 1946-56, 1957-59, 1961-66, 1967-69, 1978-86, 1988-95, 1997- iii 4 [2] 1986-88, 1995-97 Bathgate (1921-29) (resigned from league Mar 1929, record expunged) 7 ii 7 [7] 1921-29r Beith (1923-26) 3 iii 3 [3] 1923-26 Berwick Rangers (1951) 53 ii 22 [20] 1955-75, 1979-81 iii 28 [16] 1951-55, 1975-79, 1981-97, 2000- iv 3 [3] 1997-2000 Bo'ness (1921-32x) (expelled from league Nov 1932, record expunged) 10 i 1 [1] 1927-28 ii 9 [6] 1921-27, 1928-32x Brechin City (1923-26, 1929) 71 ii 38 [21] 1929-39, 1954-75, 1983-87, 1990-91, 1993-94, 2003- iii 28 [8] 1923-26, 1946-54, 1975-83, 1987-90, 1991-93, 1994-95, 1996-98, 2002-03 iv 5 [4] 1995-96, 1998-2002 Broxburn United (1921-26) 5 ii 5 [5] 1921-26 Caledonian Thistle - see Inverness Caledonian Thistle Cambuslang (1890-92) 2 i 2 [2] 1890-92 Celtic (1890) 107 i 107 [107] 1890- Clackmannan (1921-22, 1923-26) 4 ii 1 [1] 1921-22 iii 3 [3] 1923-26 Clyde (1891) 106 i 63 [18] 1891-93, 1894-1900, 1906-24, 1926-51, 1952-56, 1957-61, 1962-63, 1964-72, 1973-75 ii 31 [9] 1893-94, 1900-06, 1924-26, 1951-52, 1956-57, 1961-62, 1963-64, 1972-73, 1975-76, 1978-80, 1982-91, 1993-94, 2000- iii 12 [6] 1976-78, 1980-82, 1991-93, 1994-2000 Clydebank (1) (1914-31) 15 i 7 [5] 1917-22, 1923-24, 1925-26 ii 8 [5] 1914-15, 1922-23, 1924-25, 1926-31 Clydebank (2) (1966-2002) (taken over and relocated to Airdrie in 2002 - see Airdrie United) 35 i 3 [2] 1977-78, 1985-87 ii 29 [10] 1966-75, 1976-77, 1978-85, 1987-97, 1998-2000 iii 4 [3] 1975-76, 1997-98, 2000-02 Cowdenbeath (1905) 86 i 11 [10] 1924-34, 1970-71 ii 47 [24] 1905-24, 1934-39*, 1946-70, 1971-75, 1992-93 iii 20 [17] 1975-92, 1993-94, 2001-03 iv 8 [7] 1994-2001, 2003- Cowlairs (1890, 1893-95) 3 i 1 [1] 1890-91 ii 2 [2] 1893-95 Dumbarton (1890-97, 1906) 98 i 19 [9] 1890-96, 1913-22, 1972-75, 1984-85 ii 65 [25] 1896-97, 1906-13, 1922-54, 1955-72, 1975-84, 1985-88, 1992-94, 1995-96 iii 9 [4] 1954-55, 1988-92, 1994-95, 1996-97, 2002- iv 5 [5] 1997-2002 Dumbarton Harp (1923-25r) (resigned from league February 1925, record expunged) 1 iii 1 [1] 1923-25r Dundee (1893) 102 i 90 [43] 1893-38*, 1947-76, 1979-80, 1981-90, 1992-94, 1998- ii 12 [4] 1938-47, 1976-79, 1980-81, 1990-92, 1994-98 Dundee Hibernian - see Dundee United *Dundee United (1910-22, 1923) (Dundee Hibernian to 1923) 79 i 46 [35] 1925-27, 1929-30, 1931-32, 1960-95, 1996- ii 33 [21] 1910-22, 1923-25, 1927-29, 1930-31, 1932-60, 1995-96 Dundee Wanderers (1894-95) 1 ii 1 [1] 1894-95 Dunfermline Athletic (1912) 79 i 33 [14] 1926-28, 1934-37, 1955-57, 1958-72, 1973-75, 1987-88, 1989-92, 1996-99, 2000- ii 39 [11] 1912-26, 1928-34, 1937-55, 1957-58, 1972-73, 1975-76, 1979-83, 1986-87, 1988-89, 1992-96, 1999-2000 iii 6 [3] 1976-79, 1983-86 Dykehead (1923-26) 3 iii 3 [3] 1923-26 East Fife (1921) 76 i 14 [10] 1930-31, 1948-58, 1971-74 ii 41 [13] 1921-30, 1931-48, 1958-71, 1974-78, 1984-88, 1996-97 iii 17 [8] 1978-84, 1988-96, 1997-99, 2003- iv 4 [4] 1999-2003 East Stirling/Clydebank - see East Stirlingshire East Stirlingshire (1900) (known as East Stirling/Clydebank in 1964-65 season) 91 i 2 [2] 1932-33, 1963-64 ii 53 [17] 1900-23, 1924-32, 1933-39, 1948-49, 1955-63, 1964-75, 1980-82 iii 26 [12] 1923-24, 1946-48, 1949-55, 1975-80, 1982-94 iv 10 [10] 1994- Edinburgh City (1931-49) 11 ii 8 [8] 1931-39 iii 3 [3] 1946-49 Elgin City (2000) 4 iv 4 [4] 2000- Falkirk (1902) 95 i 63 [30] 1905-35, 1936-51, 1952-59, 1961-69, 1970-74, 1986-88, 1991-93, 1994-96 ii 29 [8] 1902-05, 1935-36, 1951-52, 1959-61, 1969-70, 1974-77, 1980-86, 1988-91, 1993-94, 1996- iii 3 [3] 1977-80 Forfar Athletic (1921) 76 ii 51 [26] 1921-25, 1926-39, 1949-75, 1984-92 iii 22 [9] 1925-26, 1946-49, 1975-84, 1992-94, 1995-96, 1997-99, 2000- iv 3 [1] 1994-95, 1996-97, 1999-2000 Galston (1923-26) (resigned from league Jan 1926) 2 iii 2 [2] 1923-26r Greenock Morton (See Morton) Gretna (2002) 2 iv 2 [2] 2002- Hamilton Academical (1897) (known as Hamilton Academicals to 1966) 100 i 38 [34] 1906-47, 1953-54, 1965-66, 1986-87, 1988-89 ii 56 [20] 1897-1906, 1947-53, 1954-65, 1966-86, 1987-88, 1989-96, 1997-99 iii 5 [3] 1996-97, 1999-2000, 2001- iv 1 [1] 2000-01 Heart Of Midlothian (1890) 107 i 103 [80] 1890-1977, 1978-79, 1980-81, 1983- ii 4 [2] 1977-78, 1979-80, 1981-83 Helensburgh (1923-26) 3 iii 3 [3] 1923-26 Hibernian (1893) 104 i 98 [40] 1895-1931, 1933-80, 1981-98, 1999- ii 6 [2] 1893-95, 1931-33, 1980-81, 1998-99 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (1994) (Caledonian Thistle until 1996) 10 ii 5 [5] 1999- iii 2 [2] 1997-99 iv 3 [3] 1994-97 Johnstone (1911-26) 9 ii 8 [8] 1911-25 iii 1 [1] 1925-26 Kilmarnock (1895) 102 i 75 [41] 1899-47, 1954-73, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1979-81, 1982-83, 1993- ii 25 [7] 1895-99, 1947-54, 1973-74, 1975-76, 1977-79, 1981-82, 1983-89, 1990-93 iii 1 [1] 1989-90 King's Park (1921-39) 18 ii 18 [18] 1921-39 Leith Athletic (1891-1915, 1924-26, 1927-53) 45 i 6 [4] 1891-95, 1930-32 ii 31 [20] 1895-1915, 1927-30, 1932-39*, 1947-48 iii 8 [5] 1924-26, 1946-47, 1948-53 Linthouse (1895-1900) 5 ii 5 [5] 1895-1900 Livingston (1974) (Meadowbank Thistle until 1995) 30 i 3 [3] 2001- ii 10 [6] 1983-85, 1987-93, 1999-2001 iii 16 [9] 1974-83, 1985-87, 1993-95, 1996-99 iv 1 [1] 1995-96 Lochgelly United (1914-26) 6 ii 4 [4] 1914-24 iii 2 [2] 1924-26 Meadowbank Thistle - see Livingston Mid-Annandale (1923-26) 3 iii 3 [3] 1923-26 Montrose (1923-26, 1929) 71 ii 37 [24] 1929-39, 1955-79, 1985-87, 1991-92 iii 25 [9] 1923-26, 1946-55, 1979-85, 1987-91, 1992-94, 1995-96 iv 9 [8] 1994-95, 1996- Morton (1893) (known as Greenock Morton to 1993-2000) 104 i 54 [27] 1900-27, 1929-33, 1937-38, 1946-49, 1950-52, 1964-66, 1967-75, 1978-83, 1984-85, 1987-88 ii 46 [12] 1893-1900, 1927-29, 1933-37, 1938-39*, 1949-50, 1952-64, 1966-67, 1975-78, 1983-84, 1985-87, 1988-94, 1995-2001 iii 3 [1] 1994-95, 2001-2002, 2003- iv 1 [1] 2002-03 Motherwell (1893) 104 i 88 [43] 1903-1953, 1954-68, 1969-79, 1982-84, 1985- ii 16 [10] 1893-1903, 1953-54, 1968-69, 1979-82, 1984-85 Nithsdale Wanderers (1923-27) 4 ii 2 [2] 1925-27 iii 2 [2] 1923-25 Northern (1893-94) 1 ii 1 [1] 1893-94 Partick Thistle (1893) 104 i 80 [61] 1897-99, 1900-1901, 1902-70, 1971-75, 1976-82, 1992-96, 2002- ii 21 [10] 1893-97, 1899-1900, 1901-02, 1970-71, 1975-76, 1982-92, 1996-98, 2001-2002 iii 3 [3] 1998-2001 Peebles Rovers (1923-26) 3 iii 3 [3] 1923-26 Peterhead (2000) 4 iv 4 [4] 2000- Port Glasgow Athletic (1893-1911) 18 i 8 [8] 1902-10 ii 10 [9] 1893-1902, 1910-11 Queen's Park (1900) 97 i 42 [22] 1900-22, 1923-39*, 1946-48, 1956-58 ii 28 [17] 1922-23, 1948-56, 1958-75, 1981-83 iii 18 [11] 1975-81, 1983-94, 2000-01 iv 9 [6] 1994-2000, 2001- Queen Of The South (1923) 74 i 20 [10] 1933-50, 1951-59, 1962-64 ii 33 [15] 1925-33, 1950-51, 1959-62, 1964-79, 1981-82, 1986-89, 2002- iii 21 [13] 1923-25, 1979-81, 1982-86, 1989-2002 Raith Rovers (1902) 93 i 36 [14] 1910-26*, 1927-29, 1938-39, 1949-62, 1967-70, 1993-94, 1995-97 ii 51 [8] 1902-10, 1926-27, 1929-38, 1946-49, 1962-67, 1970-75, 1976-77, 1978-84, 1987-93, 1994-95, 1997-2002, 2003- iii 6 [3] 1975-76, 1977-78, 1984-87, 2002-03 Rangers (1890) 107 i 107 [107] 1890- Renton (1890x, 1891-97r) (expelled from league Oct 1890, resigned from league Oct 1897) 6 i 3 [3] 1890x, 1891-94, ii 3 [3] 1894-97r Ross County (1994) 10 ii 4 [4] 2000- iii 1 [1] 1999-2000 iv 5 [5] 1994-99 Royal Albert (1923-26) 3 iii 3 [3] 1923-26 St.Bernard's (1893-1939) 40 i 7 [7] 1893-1900 ii 33 [33] 1900-39 St.Johnstone (1911) 80 i 38 [13] 1924-30, 1932-39*, 1960-62, 1963-76, 1983-84, 1990-94, 1997-2002 ii 39 [14] 1911-24, 1930-32, 1946-60, 1962-63, 1976-83, 1984-85, 1988-90, 1994-97, 2002- iii 3 [3] 1985-88 St.Mirren (1890) 107 i 88 [45] 1890-1935, 1936-67, 1968-71, 1977-92, 2000-01 ii 19 [8] 1935-36, 1967-68, 1971-77, 1992-2000, 2001- Solway Star (1923-26) 3 iii 3 [3] 1923-26 Stenhousemuir (1921) 76 ii 47 [47] 1921-75 iii 28 [23] 1975-98, 1999- iv 1 [1] 1998-99 Stirling Albion (1946) 58 i 11 [3] 1949-50, 1951-52, 1953-56, 1958-60, 1961-62, 1965-68 ii 26 [7] 1947-49, 1950-51, 1952-53, 1956-58, 1960-61, 1962-65, 1968-75, 1977-81, 1991-94, 1996-98 iii 18 [10] 1946-47, 1975-77, 1981-91, 1994-96, 1998-2001 iv 3 [3] 2001- Stranraer (1949) 55 ii 22 [20] 1955-75, 1994-95, 1998-99 iii 32 [19] 1949-55, 1975-94, 1995-98, 1999-2003 iv 1 [1] 2003- Third Lanark (1890-1967) (defunct 1967) 70 i 58 [35] 1890-1925, 1928-29, 1931-34, 1935-53, 1957-65 ii 12 [4] 1925-28, 1929-31, 1934-35, 1953-57, 1965-67 Thistle (1893-94) 1 i 1 [1] 1893-94 Vale Of Leven (1890-92, 1905-26) 17 i 2 [2] 1890-92 ii 13 [13] 1905-24 iii 2 [2] 1924-26
Division One continued throughout WWI but Division Two was suspended in 1915 and didn't resume until 1921. Aberdeen, Dundee and Raith Rovers did not compete between 1917 and 1919 due to war-time travelling difficulties although they did retain full membership of Division One
Both divisions were suspended during WWII. After the war clubs were placed in Divisions A and B according to their 1939-40 status except that Queen's Park and Morton were placed in Division A and St. Johnstone, Ayr United, Albion Rovers, Arbroath, Cowdenbeath and Alloa Athletic were placed in Division B. Former Division Two clubs Brechin City, East Stirlingshire, Forfar Athletic and Montrose were placed in Division C along with new club Stirling Albion, the now defunct Edinburgh City and Leith Athletic, and Dundee Res, Dundee Utd Res and St. Johnstone Res.
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