Highest Defeat before Stirling 20-0 Selkirk

[HibeeJibee]

Stirling 20-0 Selkirk was played in December 1984... Does anyone know the last time a club lost by 21 goals in a Scottish Senior game, or the last time 21 goals were scored in a Scottish Senior game? I.e. "it was the biggest loss/highest scoring game since [inset match here]"? Cheers.

[Sat31March1928]

Ones I have in my database are

F Sat 03 Sep 1881 Hibernian 22 Black Watch Highlanders 1
Edinburgh FA Shield Sat 10 Jan 1885 Hibernian 20 Emmet 0
Scottish Cup Sat 12 Sep 1885 Dundee Harp 35 Aberdeen Rovers 0
Scottish Cup Sat 12 Sep 1885 Arbroath 36 Bon Accord 0
Scottish Cup Sat 11 Sep 1886 Arbroath 20 Orion 0
FA Cup Sat 15 Oct 1887 Preston North End 26 Hyde 0
Scottish Cup Sat 07 Sep 1889 Cowlairs 21 Victoria 1
Scottish Cup Sat 19 Oct 1889 Northern 22 Carfin Shamrock 1
Scottish Cup Sat 08 Dec 1984 Stirling Albion 20 Selkirk 0

[Sat31March1928]

15 goal margins I have are

FA Cup Sat 31 Oct 1874 Wanderers 16 Farningham 0
FA Cup Wed 10 Nov 1875 Royal Engineers 15 High Wycombe 0
Scottish Cup Sat 09 Nov 1878 Vale of Leven 15 Jamestown 0
Scottish Cup Sat 23 Oct 1880 Beith (1) 17 5th KRV (Dumfries) 2
FA Cup Sat 13 Nov 1880 Clapham Rovers 15 Finchley 0
FA Cup Sat 05 Mar 1881 Darwen 15 Romford (1) 0
F Sat 03 Sep 1881 Hibernian 22 Black Watch Highlanders 1
Scottish Cup Sat 07 Jan 1882 Queens Park 15 Shotts 0
Scottish Cup Sat 30 Sep 1882 Vale of Leven 16 Milngavie Thistle 0
FA Cup Sat 01 Dec 1883 Queens Park 15 Manchester 0
Scottish Cup Sat 04 Oct 1884 Yoker 17 Tayavalla 0
Edinburgh FA Shield Sat 10 Jan 1885 Hibernian 20 Emmet 0

Some day 12th September 1885

Scottish Cup Sat 12 Sep 1885 Dundee Harp 35 Aberdeen Rovers 0
Scottish Cup Sat 12 Sep 1885 Arbroath 36 Bon Accord 0
Scottish Cup Sat 12 Sep 1885 Queens Park 16 St Peters 0
Scottish Cup Sat 12 Sep 1885 Kirkintilloch Athletic 0 Renton 15

FA Cup Sat 24 Oct 1885 Notts County 15 Rotherham Town 0
F Sat 24 Apr 1886 Dundee Harp 16 Sheffield Caledonians 1
Scottish Cup Sat 11 Sep 1886 Arbroath 20 Orion 0
Scottish Cup Sat 03 Sep 1887 Arbroath 18 Orion 0
Scottish Cup Sat 24 Sep 1887 Redding Athletic 0 Camelon 17
FA Cup Sat 15 Oct 1887 Preston North End 26 Hyde 0
Scottish Cup Sat 01 Sep 1888 Dumbarton Athletic 15 Dumbarton Union 0
Scottish Cup Sat 01 Sep 1888 Cowlairs 18 Temperance Athletic 2
Scottish Cup Sat 01 Sep 1888 Kelvinside Athletic 16 Govan Athletic 0
Scottish Cup Sat 07 Sep 1889 Cowlairs 21 Victoria 1
Scottish Cup Sat 07 Sep 1889 Ayr FC 16 Beith 0
Scottish Cup Sat 19 Oct 1889 Northern 22 Carfin Shamrock 1
FA Cup Sat 27 Jan 1894 Preston North End 18 Reading 0
Scottish Cup Sat 17 Jan 1931 Partick Thistle 16 Royal Albert 0
Scottish Cup Sat 13 Feb 1937 Heart of Midlothian 15 Kings Park 0
Scottish Cup Sat 30 Jan 1960 St Mirren 15 Glasgow University 0
Scottish Cup Sat 08 Dec 1984 Stirling Albion 20 Selkirk 0
Oceania Cup Mon 28 Sep 1998 Australia 16 Cook Islands 0
Oceania Cup Mon 19 Jun 2000 Australia 17 Cook Islands 0

[Alan McCabe]

The last 21-goal game I have prior to this was a Scottish Cup Prelimenary Round 1 match on 5 September 1891 when Johnstone trounced Greenock Abstainers 20-1.
Perhaps Greenock abstained from defending?

[ScottishFA]

Oceania Cup Mon 28 Sep 1998 Australia 16 Cook Islands 0
Oceania Cup Mon 19 Jun 2000 Australia 17 Cook Islands 0

And to top that, there were also:
Mon 9 Apr 2001 Australia 22, Tonga 0
Wed 11 Apr 2001 Australia 32, American Samoa 0

Both World Cup Qualifiers in the same week!

[LEATHERSTOCKING]

Can`t find Carfin Shamrock losing to Northern 22-1 in a Scottish Cup tie. They DID beat Northern 4-2 in a 3rd Round tie in 1889-90 after a protested game for which admittedly I don`t have a score(could it have been 2-1 not 22-1 to Northern?). I have Renton beating Kirkintilloch 16-0 not 15-0 & Cowalirs beating Victoria 21-0 not 21-1. The side that Vale of Leven beat 16-0 was Milngavie not Milngavie Thistle.

[John Meffen]

[quote="Sat31March1928"]Scottish Cup Sat 24 Sep 1887 Redding Athletic 0 Camelon 17[/b]

The British Senior away record victory.....I think.....

the game was actually played in Laurieston though

[John Meffen]

Sorry I always forget to edit my html properly. just getting old & lazy

[Scottish]

The Northern - Carfin Shamrock match in 1889 WAS 2-1 in a game which was ended early because of fans fighting on the pitch. The referee and several Northern players were injured.

For 15-goal margins there was also Glasgow Perthshire 2 Wishaw Thistle 17 in the firs preliminary round of the Scottish Cup on Sep 3rd 1892. Stevenston Thistle beat Girvan 16-0 in the second round and Arbroath won 16-0 away at Strathmore Athletic in the third round.

[MadMac]

The Northern - Carfin Shamrock match in 1889 WAS 2-1 in a game which was ended early because of fans fighting on the pitch. The referee and several Northern players were injured.

Bloody casuals

Who were 'Northern' anyway?

[Scottish]

They were a Glasgow club, Springburn IIRC (I'm away at the moment and don't have access to all my records). They were briefly Scottish League members in the 1890s.

[bonxie]

All of the record books and internet sites listing big wins have the Northern v Carfin Shamrock game as 22-1. Is this just a case of the plagarism of an error over 100 years? Or could Nothern have been awarded 20 goals if Carfin were at fault for the pitch invasion?

[Scottish]

All of the record books and internet sites listing big wins have the Northern v Carfin Shamrock game as 22-1. Is this just a case of the plagarism of an error over 100 years?

Yes. Many internet sites simply cut and paste from elsewhere. So if there is an error in the original source it will be repeated. In any case not ALL sites or books give the incorrect score. John Byrne's 'Scottish Cup 1873-1986' has the correct score of 2-1 as does Soccerbase (which I think took its figures from Byrne's book). All contemporary reports give 2-1.

Or could Nothern have been awarded 20 goals if Carfin were at fault for the pitch invasion?

No, because the SFA ordered the match to be replayed at Ibrox with Carfin Shamrock emerging victorious. In any case the usual procedure if not ordering a replay was to award the tie. The number of goals in such cases was immaterial.