Scottish Football League - Intro

Scottish Football League is a league of football teams in Scotland. Scottish Football League was created in the 1890 to afford the increasing number of football clubs in the country. Scottish Football League was highly successful, and in 1893 a Second Division was created by the inclusion of a number of clubs previously in the Scottish Football Alliance. Scottish Football League introduced a Third Division in 1923 and The Western Football League was used as its backbone. Only three years before it collapsed under heavy financial losses from 1926 until 1946, Scottish Football League returned to two divisions.

In 1955 there were 18 clubs in Division A and 19 in Division B. In 1956 the divisions were renamed Division 1 and Division 2. In 1975 the next change of format happened and structure split Scottish Football League into three divisions; Premier, First, and Second Divisions. Scottish Football League comprises of the Scottish First Division, Scottish Second Division and Scottish Third Division. The Scottish First Division, the second tier of Scottish football, is now the top tier of the Scottish Football League.This three divisional structure included 38 clubs continued until 1994. After a couple of decades, Scottish Football again reorganised with four divisions of 10 clubs.



In 1998, the Premier Division clubs crack from the league to form the Scottish Premier League (SPL). Scottish Football League was the symbol of the top level of football in Scotland, before the break-away of SPL. Scottish Football League is the organising body of the Scottish League XI. Scottish League XI has played international matches against other leagues. Scottish League XI last played in 1990 in a match against Scotland to mark the centenary of the Scottish Football League.

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