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On 13/02/2021 at 15:15, TxRover said:

A wee bit early for fans of any side to take any smug solace in potato holding by disliked rivals, eh? I well suspect there will be some quite interesting twists and turns in this journey.

Thumbs up, Craig!

It may be early, but knowing what I know of modern day Hearts versus what I just learned about ancient Hearts,  I'll take a lot of convincing that they are not in fact the most tragic club in the history of the Scottish game.

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Many of you will be aware of the Hot Potato thread which has been running on the forum for a few years, where basically the biggest loser on the opening day gets awarded the "potato", and then keeps i

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Potato 3 (1896-1922) When hot potato number 3 came into existence in August 1896, nobody could possibly have expected that it would survive for over a quarter of a century. At 26 years, this was

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Potato 1 (1890-1892) Saturday 16th August 1890 was a momentous day in the history of Scottish football. The Scottish Cup had been the only show in town since 1873, but it was time for the introdu

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  • This works very strictly on days, not matchdays, so if the opening game of the season is on the Friday night whoever loses that will get the potato, even if someone loses more heavily on the Saturday (or Sunday). This is slightly different to how @deej runs the season-by-season ones, mainly because this is much easier to programme.

I love that there is an implication of programming on my part, and not the fact that I just check the scores and then ramble on a bit about Motherwell being shit

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I love that there is an implication of programming on my part, and not the fact that I just check the scores and then ramble on a bit about Motherwell being shit

There are more threads that you could contribute to on the same basis.

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Potato 3 (1896-1922)

When hot potato number 3 came into existence in August 1896, nobody could possibly have expected that it would survive for over a quarter of a century. At 26 years, this was by some distance the longest-running potato (the next longest was 11 years) - it was constested for across 788 matches and changed hands 264 times before reaching its eventual final resting place with a club which was formed 18 years after the potato came into existence. Clearly it is not practical to give a full run through of the entire path which the potato took, so I'll just highlight some key moments below, with full details in the spoilers.

It started on 15th August 1896, when Dundee were thumped 5-0 at home by Heart of Midlothian to become the first holders of the potato. The Dees would hold this potato on 14 different occasions before it went out of existence. Their first defence was successful, as they passed it to Hibernian for their first spell with the potato, though it would only last one week. A few months later (after earning it back) Dundee would also give Rangers their first taste of the potato, again only for a single week. Partick Thistle were promoted for the first time in 1897, and picked up the potato for the first time within the first month.

In November 1898, Clyde took posession of the potato, and would hold on to it for over a year - suffering a run of 18 consecutive defeats before finally recording a win over St Mirren. Amazingly the Bully Wee didn't finish bottom in 1898/99 - they had picked up four wins and four draws before their losing streak kicked off and that was enough to keep them in 7th. Greenock Morton took hold of the potato for the first time in 1900, and Kilmarnock also had their first taste of it a few weeks later. Queen's Park won so many trophies in the early days of Scottish football, but didn't join the Scottish league until 1900, perhaps fearing the potato. They were quite right too, they would get it for the first time in 1901, the first of 23 occasions where they would hold this potato (more than anyone else).

In December 1901, Hibernian would pass the potato on to Kilmarnock, and amazingly it didn't leave the west of the country until February 1904. It was passed between Killie, Queen's Park, Third Lanark, Morton, St Mirren, Celtic and new boys Port Glasgow Athletic, Airdrie and Motherwell, before eventually Well gave it back to Hibs in 1904. In amongst that, Morton finished bottom in 1902/03 whilst holding the potato, but they and the potato were saved by league expansion. The same would happen with Queen's Park in 1905/06, while Partick Thistle were saved by a lack of promotion and relegation in 1908/09 despite having a 16 game run with the potato consisting of 14 defeats and 2 draws.

The 1900s decade would see the potato make its first visits to Falkirk, Aberdeen and Hamilton, while the 1910s saw Raith Rovers, Ayr United and Clydebank landed with the potato for the first time. 1921/22 would see Albion Rovers take the potato for the first time. That season would also be the one where the potato was finally relegated and taken out of circulation. Clydebank were in the relegation zone for most of the season and held the potato for 8 matches from October to November and another 5 from February to March, but when they defeated Airdrie in March it looked like the potato had a chance of surviving the drop even if they didn't. However, on the very last day of the season they travelled to Easter Road to take on potato holders Hibernian, and were thumped 6-0 to ensure that a third potato would find its permanent resting place in what is modern day West Dunbartonshire.

 

Potato 3's journey

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club start_date games
Dundee 1896-08-15 1
Hibernian 1896-08-22 1
Clyde 1896-08-29 2
St Mirren 1896-09-12 1
Abercorn 1896-09-19 5
St Mirren 1896-10-24 1
St Bernard's 1896-10-31 2
Dundee 1896-11-14 1
Rangers 1896-11-28 1
Clyde 1896-12-05 2
Third Lanark 1896-12-19 2
St Mirren 1897-09-04 1
Partick Thistle 1897-09-11 1
Dundee 1897-09-25 1
Third Lanark 1897-10-02 2
St Bernard's 1897-10-23 4
Partick Thistle 1897-12-04 3
Third Lanark 1898-01-01 1
Dundee 1898-01-29 1
Rangers 1898-02-12 1
St Bernard's 1898-03-19 2
Partick Thistle 1898-09-10 5
St Bernard's 1898-10-22 4
Clyde 1898-11-19 18
St Mirren 1899-11-25 5
Partick Thistle 1900-08-25 4
Third Lanark 1900-09-29 1
Dundee 1900-10-06 1
Greenock Morton 1900-10-13 2
Heart of Midlothian 1900-10-27 2
Kilmarnock 1900-11-10 7
Third Lanark 1901-01-01 1
Queen's Park 1901-08-24 1
St Mirren 1901-08-31 2
Dundee 1901-09-14 1
Hibernian 1901-09-21 1
Rangers 1901-09-23 3
Hibernian 1901-10-19 4
Kilmarnock 1901-11-16 5
Queen's Park 1902-03-15 2
Third Lanark 1902-08-23 2
Port Glasgow Athletic 1902-09-06 3
Greenock Morton 1902-09-27 5
Port Glasgow Athletic 1902-11-08 1
St Mirren 1902-11-15 4
Celtic 1902-12-13 5
Greenock Morton 1903-03-14 3
Kilmarnock 1903-08-22 7
Airdrieonians [1878] 1903-10-10 6
Kilmarnock 1903-11-28 5
Motherwell 1904-01-09 2
Hibernian 1904-01-30 8
St Mirren 1904-09-03 3
Greenock Morton 1904-09-24 2
Motherwell 1904-10-08 2
Airdrieonians [1878] 1904-10-29 1
Dundee 1904-11-05 1
Heart of Midlothian 1904-11-12 1
Port Glasgow Athletic 1904-11-19 3
Heart of Midlothian 1904-12-24 1
Motherwell 1904-12-31 1
St Mirren 1905-01-02 1
Greenock Morton 1905-01-07 4
Heart of Midlothian 1905-02-18 1
Dundee 1905-02-25 2
Queen's Park 1905-04-01 2
Falkirk 1905-08-26 4
Motherwell 1905-09-23 2
Queen's Park 1905-10-07 11
Kilmarnock 1905-12-23 1
Aberdeen 1905-12-30 8
Celtic 1906-03-03 1
Queen's Park 1906-03-10 5
Motherwell 1906-08-25 5
Aberdeen 1906-09-29 4
Kilmarnock 1906-10-27 10
St Mirren 1907-01-01 1
Third Lanark 1907-01-05 7
Clyde 1907-03-09 3
Motherwell 1907-03-30 2
Port Glasgow Athletic 1907-04-13 7
Hamilton Academical 1907-09-14 4
Partick Thistle 1907-10-26 5
Third Lanark 1907-12-07 5
Hamilton Academical 1908-01-01 1
Greenock Morton 1908-01-04 2
Clyde 1908-01-18 8
Motherwell 1908-03-28 3
Queen's Park 1908-04-25 1
Heart of Midlothian 1908-04-29 4
Queen's Park 1908-09-05 5
Greenock Morton 1908-10-17 11
Hibernian 1909-01-02 1
Kilmarnock 1909-01-09 4
Partick Thistle 1909-02-27 16
Airdrieonians [1878] 1909-10-16 1
Greenock Morton 1909-10-23 2
Hamilton Academical 1909-11-06 1
Aberdeen 1909-11-13 1
Greenock Morton 1909-11-20 7
St Mirren 1910-01-08 2
Celtic 1910-01-29 1
Third Lanark 1910-03-16 5
Queen's Park 1910-04-06 3
Partick Thistle 1910-04-16 2
Motherwell 1910-08-27 1
Heart of Midlothian 1910-09-03 3
Greenock Morton 1910-09-24 1
Queen's Park 1910-10-08 4
Raith Rovers 1910-11-05 9
Dundee 1911-01-07 1
St Mirren 1911-01-14 3
Hibernian 1911-02-11 1
Dundee 1911-02-18 2
Queen's Park 1911-04-01 3
Heart of Midlothian 1911-04-29 1
Clyde 1911-08-19 3
Airdrieonians [1878] 1911-09-09 7
Falkirk 1911-10-28 3
Greenock Morton 1911-11-18 1
Airdrieonians [1878] 1911-11-25 1
Partick Thistle 1911-12-02 1
Aberdeen 1911-12-09 1
Dundee 1911-12-16 1
Hamilton Academical 1911-12-23 4
Kilmarnock 1912-01-13 5
Greenock Morton 1912-03-16 3
Airdrieonians [1878] 1912-04-13 1
Aberdeen 1912-04-20 2
Raith Rovers 1912-08-17 3
Hibernian 1912-09-07 3
Queen's Park 1912-10-05 7
Third Lanark 1912-11-23 3
Queen's Park 1912-12-14 2
Greenock Morton 1912-12-28 1
Airdrieonians [1878] 1913-01-01 1
Queen's Park 1913-01-04 12
Clyde 1913-04-26 1
Hibernian 1913-04-29 2
Aberdeen 1913-08-23 6
St Mirren 1913-09-27 1
Motherwell 1913-10-04 5
Kilmarnock 1913-11-08 4
Aberdeen 1913-12-06 4
Dundee 1914-01-01 5
Partick Thistle 1914-01-31 1
Dumbarton 1914-02-14 12
Airdrieonians [1878] 1914-04-18 1
Hibernian 1914-04-25 1
Motherwell 1914-04-28 3
Hibernian 1914-08-29 1
Airdrieonians [1878] 1914-09-05 1
Hamilton Academical 1914-09-12 3
Clyde 1914-10-03 1
Queen's Park 1914-10-17 7
Kilmarnock 1914-12-05 3
Airdrieonians [1878] 1914-12-26 3
Rangers 1915-01-04 2
Greenock Morton 1915-01-16 2
Third Lanark 1915-01-30 5
Queen's Park 1915-03-06 1
Aberdeen 1915-03-13 1
Airdrieonians [1878] 1915-03-20 7
Third Lanark 1915-09-04 5
Raith Rovers 1915-10-09 11
Clyde 1915-12-25 1
Falkirk 1916-01-01 2
Airdrieonians [1878] 1916-01-08 3
Dumbarton 1916-01-29 3
Falkirk 1916-02-19 3
Partick Thistle 1916-03-11 1
Hibernian 1916-03-18 4
Heart of Midlothian 1916-04-17 2
Dundee 1916-04-29 5
Hibernian 1916-09-16 2
Kilmarnock 1916-09-23 1
Motherwell 1916-09-30 3
Queen's Park 1916-10-21 8
Hibernian 1916-12-23 3
St Mirren 1917-01-06 1
Kilmarnock 1917-01-13 2
Aberdeen 1917-01-27 1
Rangers 1917-02-03 1
Ayr United 1917-02-10 4
Falkirk 1917-03-10 2
Heart of Midlothian 1917-03-24 1
Greenock Morton 1917-03-31 1
Dumbarton 1917-04-14 3
Falkirk 1917-08-18 3
Kilmarnock 1917-09-08 1
St Mirren 1917-09-15 1
Dumbarton 1917-09-22 2
Hibernian 1917-10-06 1
Queen's Park 1917-10-13 5
Partick Thistle 1917-11-17 1
Clyde 1917-11-24 1
Heart of Midlothian 1917-12-01 1
Kilmarnock 1917-12-08 1
Clyde 1917-12-15 1
St Mirren 1917-12-22 2
Kilmarnock 1918-01-01 1
Hibernian 1918-01-05 1
Clyde 1918-01-12 6
Falkirk 1918-03-02 1
Rangers 1918-03-09 1
Hamilton Academical 1918-03-16 1
Dumbarton 1918-03-23 2
Heart of Midlothian 1918-04-13 7
Dumbarton 1918-09-21 8
Hibernian 1918-11-23 1
Clyde 1918-11-30 11
Third Lanark 1919-02-01 1
Kilmarnock 1919-02-08 3
Dumbarton 1919-03-08 2
Hamilton Academical 1919-03-29 1
Kilmarnock 1919-04-05 1
Clyde 1919-08-16 1
Greenock Morton 1919-08-19 1
Falkirk 1919-08-23 2
Queen's Park 1919-08-30 5
Falkirk 1919-09-29 2
Clydebank [1914] 1919-10-11 4
Aberdeen 1919-11-08 1
Kilmarnock 1919-11-15 1
Heart of Midlothian 1919-11-22 2
Partick Thistle 1919-12-06 1
Motherwell 1919-12-13 1
Clydebank [1914] 1919-12-20 1
Raith Rovers 1919-12-27 3
Queen's Park 1920-01-10 2
Third Lanark 1920-01-31 3
Airdrieonians [1878] 1920-03-13 2
Hibernian 1920-03-27 7
Queen's Park 1920-04-24 1
Airdrieonians [1878] 1920-05-01 2
Queen's Park 1920-08-21 1
St Mirren 1920-08-28 9
Clyde 1920-10-09 3
Aberdeen 1920-10-30 3
St Mirren 1920-11-20 3
Dumbarton 1920-12-11 1
Kilmarnock 1920-12-18 1
Falkirk 1920-12-25 2
Heart of Midlothian 1921-01-03 1
Partick Thistle 1921-01-08 4
Greenock Morton 1921-02-12 1
St Mirren 1921-02-19 5
Clydebank [1914] 1921-03-26 1
Queen's Park 1921-04-02 5
Clyde 1921-04-26 1
Dundee 1921-04-30 3
Third Lanark 1921-08-27 2
Clydebank [1914] 1921-09-24 8
Airdrieonians [1878] 1921-11-19 1
Kilmarnock 1921-11-26 1
Queen's Park 1921-12-03 4
Motherwell 1921-12-31 1
Hamilton Academical 1922-01-02 2
Albion Rovers 1922-01-07 4
Clydebank [1914] 1922-02-18 5
Airdrieonians [1878] 1922-03-18 4
Motherwell 1922-04-08 1
Aberdeen 1922-04-12 2
Hibernian 1922-04-22 1
Clydebank [1914] 1922-04-29 1

 

Total number of matches with Potato 3:

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team games
Queen's Park 97
Kilmarnock 64
Clyde 63
Greenock Morton 49
St Mirren 46
Third Lanark 45
Partick Thistle 45
Hibernian 43
Airdrieonians [1878] 42
Aberdeen 34
Dumbarton 33
Motherwell 32
Heart of Midlothian 27
Raith Rovers 26
Dundee 26
Falkirk 24
Clydebank [1914] 20
Hamilton Academical 17
Port Glasgow Athletic 14
St Bernard's 12
Rangers 9
Celtic 7
Abercorn 5
Ayr United 4
Albion Rovers 4

 

Full set of results for Potato 3:

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date holders opponents venue score
1896-08-15 Dundee Heart of Midlothian H 0-5
1896-08-22 Dundee Hibernian H 3-0
1896-08-29 Hibernian Clyde A 7-0
1896-09-05 Clyde St Bernard's A 1-4
1896-09-12 Clyde St Mirren H 3-1
1896-09-19 St Mirren Abercorn H 4-2
1896-09-26 Abercorn Rangers H 2-9
1896-10-03 Abercorn Clyde A 2-6
1896-10-10 Abercorn St Bernard's H 2-3
1896-10-17 Abercorn Dundee A 0-3
1896-10-24 Abercorn St Mirren H 3-2
1896-10-31 St Mirren St Bernard's A 2-0
1896-11-07 St Bernard's Heart of Midlothian A 1-3
1896-11-14 St Bernard's Dundee H 2-1
1896-11-28 Dundee Rangers H 3-2
1896-12-05 Rangers Clyde A 7-2
1896-12-12 Clyde Celtic A 1-4
1896-12-19 Clyde Third Lanark H 3-2
1897-02-20 Third Lanark St Mirren H 1-3
1897-09-04 Third Lanark St Mirren H 2-0
1897-09-11 St Mirren Partick Thistle H 1-0
1897-09-25 Partick Thistle Dundee H 3-1
1897-10-02 Dundee Third Lanark H 4-2
1897-10-09 Third Lanark Celtic H 0-1
1897-10-23 Third Lanark St Bernard's A 3-1
1897-10-30 St Bernard's St Mirren H 1-2
1897-11-06 St Bernard's Partick Thistle A 3-5
1897-11-20 St Bernard's Heart of Midlothian H 1-5
1897-12-04 St Bernard's Partick Thistle H 9-1
1897-12-11 Partick Thistle Celtic H 3-6
1897-12-25 Partick Thistle Heart of Midlothian A 2-6
1898-01-01 Partick Thistle Third Lanark H 5-2
1898-01-29 Third Lanark Dundee H 3-0
1898-02-12 Dundee Rangers H 2-1
1898-03-19 Rangers St Bernard's H 8-1
1898-09-03 St Bernard's Dundee A 1-1
1898-09-10 St Bernard's Partick Thistle A 3-0
1898-09-24 Partick Thistle St Mirren H 1-4
1898-10-01 Partick Thistle Dundee A 1-5
1898-10-08 Partick Thistle Clyde H 0-1
1898-10-15 Partick Thistle Heart of Midlothian A 1-5
1898-10-22 Partick Thistle St Bernard's A 3-2
1898-10-29 St Bernard's Celtic H 2-3
1898-11-05 St Bernard's Heart of Midlothian A 1-3
1898-11-12 St Bernard's Hibernian H 1-3
1898-11-19 St Bernard's Clyde A 2-1
1898-11-26 Clyde Rangers A 0-8
1898-12-03 Clyde St Mirren H 0-1
1898-12-10 Clyde St Bernard's A 1-4
1898-12-17 Clyde Hibernian A 1-2
1898-12-24 Clyde Third Lanark H 2-3
1899-01-07 Clyde Rangers H 0-3
1899-08-19 Clyde Celtic A 2-3
1899-08-26 Clyde Rangers H 2-6
1899-09-02 Clyde Dundee A 1-3
1899-09-09 Clyde Third Lanark A 0-5
1899-09-23 Clyde Celtic H 0-5
1899-09-30 Clyde St Mirren A 0-3
1899-10-07 Clyde Kilmarnock A 1-3
1899-10-14 Clyde Rangers A 0-7
1899-10-21 Clyde Heart of Midlothian H 1-2
1899-11-04 Clyde Hibernian H 3-4
1899-11-18 Clyde St Bernard's A 2-3
1899-11-25 Clyde St Mirren H 3-1
1899-12-02 St Mirren Rangers H 1-3
1899-12-09 St Mirren Celtic A 1-3
1899-12-16 St Mirren Rangers A 1-4
1899-12-30 St Mirren St Bernard's A 3-3
1900-08-25 St Mirren Partick Thistle H 5-2
1900-09-08 Partick Thistle Rangers H 1-2
1900-09-22 Partick Thistle Kilmarnock A 1-2
1900-09-24 Partick Thistle Hibernian H 0-1
1900-09-29 Partick Thistle Third Lanark H 3-1
1900-10-06 Third Lanark Dundee H 2-1
1900-10-13 Dundee Greenock Morton H 5-2
1900-10-20 Greenock Morton Kilmarnock A 1-4
1900-10-27 Greenock Morton Heart of Midlothian A 2-1
1900-11-03 Heart of Midlothian Third Lanark H 0-0
1900-11-10 Heart of Midlothian Kilmarnock A 3-1
1900-11-24 Kilmarnock Hibernian A 2-2
1900-12-01 Kilmarnock Rangers H 1-2
1900-12-08 Kilmarnock Heart of Midlothian A 0-7
1900-12-15 Kilmarnock Queen's Park A 5-5
1900-12-22 Kilmarnock St Mirren H 2-2
1900-12-29 Kilmarnock Greenock Morton A 2-3
1901-01-01 Kilmarnock Third Lanark H 2-1
1901-08-24 Third Lanark Queen's Park H 4-3
1901-08-31 Queen's Park St Mirren H 3-0
1901-09-07 St Mirren Celtic H 2-3
1901-09-14 St Mirren Dundee A 2-1
1901-09-21 Dundee Hibernian H 1-0
1901-09-23 Hibernian Rangers A 2-0
1901-09-28 Rangers Third Lanark A 2-2
1901-10-05 Rangers Celtic H 2-2
1901-10-19 Rangers Hibernian A 3-2
1901-10-26 Hibernian Greenock Morton H 1-2
1901-11-02 Hibernian St Mirren A 1-1
1901-11-09 Hibernian Queen's Park A 0-2
1901-11-16 Hibernian Kilmarnock H 5-0
1901-12-07 Kilmarnock Third Lanark H 1-2
1901-12-21 Kilmarnock St Mirren A 1-1
1901-12-28 Kilmarnock Celtic A 2-4
1902-01-18 Kilmarnock Queen's Park H 1-1
1902-03-15 Kilmarnock Queen's Park A 1-0
1902-08-16 Queen's Park Dundee A 0-2
1902-08-23 Queen's Park Third Lanark H 2-1
1902-08-30 Third Lanark Celtic H 1-2
1902-09-06 Third Lanark Port Glasgow Athletic H 5-1
1902-09-13 Port Glasgow Athletic Dundee A 1-2
1902-09-20 Port Glasgow Athletic Partick Thistle H 0-3
1902-09-27 Port Glasgow Athletic Greenock Morton H 3-0
1902-10-04 Greenock Morton Partick Thistle H 3-3
1902-10-11 Greenock Morton Rangers H 0-4
1902-10-18 Greenock Morton Hibernian A 1-3
1902-11-01 Greenock Morton St Mirren A 1-1
1902-11-08 Greenock Morton Port Glasgow Athletic H 4-3
1902-11-15 Port Glasgow Athletic St Mirren H 3-2
1902-11-22 St Mirren Rangers H 0-1
1902-11-29 St Mirren Hibernian H 1-1
1902-12-06 St Mirren Third Lanark A 0-6
1902-12-13 St Mirren Celtic H 3-1
1902-12-20 Celtic Greenock Morton H 1-1
1903-01-01 Celtic Rangers A 3-3
1903-01-02 Celtic Hibernian H 0-4
1903-03-07 Celtic Port Glasgow Athletic A 1-1
1903-03-14 Celtic Greenock Morton A 2-0
1903-03-28 Greenock Morton Third Lanark A 2-2
1903-08-15 Greenock Morton Dundee A 0-6
1903-08-22 Greenock Morton Kilmarnock H 4-2
1903-08-29 Kilmarnock Partick Thistle H 1-3
1903-09-05 Kilmarnock Dundee A 0-4
1903-09-12 Kilmarnock Hibernian H 0-0
1903-09-19 Kilmarnock Greenock Morton H 1-1
1903-09-26 Kilmarnock Heart of Midlothian A 1-2
1903-10-03 Kilmarnock Port Glasgow Athletic H 0-4
1903-10-10 Kilmarnock Airdrieonians [1878] A 2-1
1903-10-17 Airdrieonians [1878] Port Glasgow Athletic A 2-2
1903-10-24 Airdrieonians [1878] Queen's Park H 0-1
1903-10-31 Airdrieonians [1878] St Mirren A 2-5
1903-11-07 Airdrieonians [1878] Greenock Morton H 1-3
1903-11-14 Airdrieonians [1878] Dundee A 3-4
1903-11-28 Airdrieonians [1878] Kilmarnock A 2-0
1903-12-05 Kilmarnock Rangers H 2-2
1903-12-12 Kilmarnock Port Glasgow Athletic A 1-4
1903-12-19 Kilmarnock St Mirren A 0-3
1903-12-26 Kilmarnock Queen's Park A 1-1
1904-01-09 Kilmarnock Motherwell H 2-1
1904-01-16 Motherwell Celtic A 0-6
1904-01-30 Motherwell Hibernian H 1-0
1904-02-13 Hibernian Queen's Park A 1-3
1904-02-20 Hibernian Heart of Midlothian H 2-4
1904-02-27 Hibernian Partick Thistle H 2-2
1904-03-12 Hibernian Kilmarnock H 2-2
1904-04-30 Hibernian Third Lanark A 0-2
1904-08-20 Hibernian Queen's Park H 1-1
1904-08-27 Hibernian Rangers A 0-4
1904-09-03 Hibernian St Mirren H 2-0
1904-09-10 St Mirren Port Glasgow Athletic H 1-2
1904-09-17 St Mirren Celtic H 2-3
1904-09-24 St Mirren Greenock Morton H 1-0
1904-10-01 Greenock Morton Third Lanark H 0-0
1904-10-08 Greenock Morton Motherwell A 3-0
1904-10-15 Motherwell Hibernian A 0-2
1904-10-29 Motherwell Airdrieonians [1878] H 1-0
1904-11-05 Airdrieonians [1878] Dundee H 2-0
1904-11-12 Dundee Heart of Midlothian H 2-0
1904-11-19 Heart of Midlothian Port Glasgow Athletic H 2-0
1904-12-03 Port Glasgow Athletic St Mirren H 0-2
1904-12-10 Port Glasgow Athletic Queen's Park A 0-2
1904-12-24 Port Glasgow Athletic Heart of Midlothian H 3-0
1904-12-31 Heart of Midlothian Motherwell H 4-1
1905-01-02 Motherwell St Mirren A 2-1
1905-01-07 St Mirren Greenock Morton A 3-1
1905-01-14 Greenock Morton Hibernian A 0-4
1905-01-21 Greenock Morton Third Lanark A 0-5
1905-02-04 Greenock Morton Celtic A 2-5
1905-02-18 Greenock Morton Heart of Midlothian H 1-0
1905-02-25 Heart of Midlothian Dundee H 3-1
1905-03-25 Dundee Port Glasgow Athletic A 0-1
1905-04-01 Dundee Queen's Park H 3-0
1905-08-19 Queen's Park Greenock Morton H 2-3
1905-08-26 Queen's Park Falkirk A 5-3
1905-09-02 Falkirk Partick Thistle A 0-2
1905-09-09 Falkirk Aberdeen H 1-1
1905-09-16 Falkirk Celtic H 0-5
1905-09-23 Falkirk Motherwell A 3-2
1905-09-30 Motherwell Kilmarnock A 0-1
1905-10-07 Motherwell Queen's Park H 4-2
1905-10-14 Queen's Park Celtic A 1-5
1905-10-21 Queen's Park Airdrieonians [1878] H 1-3
1905-10-28 Queen's Park Third Lanark A 3-6
1905-11-04 Queen's Park Rangers H 1-2
1905-11-11 Queen's Park Kilmarnock A 0-7
1905-11-18 Queen's Park Hibernian A 0-4
1905-11-25 Queen's Park Partick Thistle H 1-2
1905-12-02 Queen's Park Rangers A 1-3
1905-12-09 Queen's Park Third Lanark H 0-5
1905-12-16 Queen's Park Partick Thistle A 1-2
1905-12-23 Queen's Park Kilmarnock H 4-1
1905-12-30 Kilmarnock Aberdeen H 2-1
1906-01-02 Aberdeen Hibernian A 0-1
1906-01-06 Aberdeen Dundee H 1-2
1906-01-13 Aberdeen Motherwell A 3-3
1906-01-20 Aberdeen Queen's Park A 0-3
1906-02-03 Aberdeen Greenock Morton A 2-2
1906-02-17 Aberdeen Airdrieonians [1878] H 1-2
1906-02-24 Aberdeen Motherwell H 2-2
1906-03-03 Aberdeen Celtic H 1-0
1906-03-10 Celtic Queen's Park A 6-0
1906-03-17 Queen's Park Hibernian H 2-2
1906-03-24 Queen's Park Airdrieonians [1878] A 1-4
1906-03-31 Queen's Park Dundee H 0-0
1906-08-18 Queen's Park Greenock Morton A 0-3
1906-08-25 Queen's Park Motherwell H 2-1
1906-09-01 Motherwell Airdrieonians [1878] H 1-1
1906-09-08 Motherwell Falkirk A 1-2
1906-09-15 Motherwell Partick Thistle A 2-3
1906-09-22 Motherwell St Mirren H 1-2
1906-09-29 Motherwell Aberdeen H 3-2
1906-10-06 Aberdeen Falkirk H 0-0
1906-10-13 Aberdeen Celtic A 1-2
1906-10-20 Aberdeen Partick Thistle H 0-0
1906-10-27 Aberdeen Kilmarnock A 3-1
1906-11-03 Kilmarnock Dundee A 2-4
1906-11-10 Kilmarnock Motherwell A 0-3
1906-11-17 Kilmarnock Heart of Midlothian H 2-2
1906-11-24 Kilmarnock Falkirk H 1-4
1906-12-01 Kilmarnock Hibernian H 1-3
1906-12-08 Kilmarnock Third Lanark A 1-2
1906-12-15 Kilmarnock Greenock Morton A 2-2
1906-12-22 Kilmarnock Airdrieonians [1878] A 0-1
1906-12-29 Kilmarnock Celtic H 2-2
1907-01-01 Kilmarnock St Mirren H 1-0
1907-01-05 St Mirren Third Lanark A 3-2
1907-01-12 Third Lanark Kilmarnock A 3-3
1907-01-19 Third Lanark Queen's Park H 2-2
1907-02-02 Third Lanark Rangers A 0-0
1907-02-16 Third Lanark Airdrieonians [1878] H 2-2
1907-02-23 Third Lanark Partick Thistle A 0-1
1907-03-02 Third Lanark Dundee A 1-2
1907-03-09 Third Lanark Clyde A 2-1
1907-03-16 Clyde Queen's Park H 2-2
1907-03-23 Clyde Rangers A 0-4
1907-03-30 Clyde Motherwell H 1-0
1907-04-06 Motherwell Heart of Midlothian A 1-1
1907-04-13 Motherwell Port Glasgow Athletic H 1-0
1907-04-27 Port Glasgow Athletic Kilmarnock A 1-2
1907-05-04 Port Glasgow Athletic Celtic H 1-1
1907-08-17 Port Glasgow Athletic Rangers H 1-6
1907-08-24 Port Glasgow Athletic Motherwell A 0-6
1907-08-31 Port Glasgow Athletic Hibernian H 1-3
1907-09-07 Port Glasgow Athletic Third Lanark A 2-3
1907-09-14 Port Glasgow Athletic Hamilton Academical H 1-0
1907-09-28 Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian A 3-4
1907-10-12 Hamilton Academical Queen's Park H 2-2
1907-10-19 Hamilton Academical St Mirren A 2-2
1907-10-26 Hamilton Academical Partick Thistle H 4-1
1907-11-02 Partick Thistle Heart of Midlothian H 1-1
1907-11-09 Partick Thistle Hibernian A 0-6
1907-11-16 Partick Thistle Rangers H 1-2
1907-11-23 Partick Thistle Queen's Park A 0-0
1907-12-07 Partick Thistle Third Lanark H 2-0
1907-12-14 Third Lanark Aberdeen H 1-1
1907-12-21 Third Lanark Motherwell A 1-2
1907-12-25 Third Lanark Dundee H 1-1
1907-12-28 Third Lanark Queen's Park H 1-4
1908-01-01 Third Lanark Hamilton Academical A 1-0
1908-01-04 Hamilton Academical Greenock Morton H 1-0
1908-01-11 Greenock Morton Hibernian H 0-3
1908-01-18 Greenock Morton Clyde A 2-1
1908-02-01 Clyde St Mirren H 1-4
1908-02-08 Clyde Airdrieonians [1878] H 0-3
1908-02-15 Clyde Falkirk H 1-2
1908-02-29 Clyde Queen's Park A 1-4
1908-03-07 Clyde Greenock Morton A 1-1
1908-03-14 Clyde Rangers H 0-2
1908-03-21 Clyde Hibernian A 1-2
1908-03-28 Clyde Motherwell H 2-0
1908-04-04 Motherwell Rangers H 1-2
1908-04-18 Motherwell Partick Thistle A 0-2
1908-04-25 Motherwell Queen's Park A 2-1
1908-04-29 Queen's Park Heart of Midlothian H 6-3
1908-08-15 Heart of Midlothian Dundee A 1-2
1908-08-22 Heart of Midlothian Clyde H 1-1
1908-08-29 Heart of Midlothian St Mirren A 0-2
1908-09-05 Heart of Midlothian Queen's Park H 3-0
1908-09-26 Queen's Park Dundee A 1-7
1908-09-28 Queen's Park Aberdeen A 1-1
1908-10-03 Queen's Park Motherwell H 0-1
1908-10-10 Queen's Park St Mirren A 1-1
1908-10-17 Queen's Park Greenock Morton A 2-0
1908-10-24 Greenock Morton Hibernian A 1-4
1908-10-31 Greenock Morton Falkirk H 1-1
1908-11-07 Greenock Morton Rangers A 0-8
1908-11-14 Greenock Morton Clyde H 2-4
1908-11-21 Greenock Morton Partick Thistle A 1-5
1908-11-28 Greenock Morton Port Glasgow Athletic H 1-2
1908-12-05 Greenock Morton Heart of Midlothian A 0-5
1908-12-12 Greenock Morton Kilmarnock A 1-2
1908-12-19 Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical A 1-3
1908-12-26 Greenock Morton Third Lanark H 1-1
1909-01-02 Greenock Morton Hibernian H 1-0
1909-01-09 Hibernian Kilmarnock H 2-1
1909-02-06 Kilmarnock Greenock Morton A 1-1
1909-02-13 Kilmarnock Airdrieonians [1878] A 1-1
1909-02-20 Kilmarnock Heart of Midlothian H 2-5
1909-02-27 Kilmarnock Partick Thistle A 1-0
1909-03-13 Partick Thistle Hamilton Academical A 2-4
1909-03-20 Partick Thistle Port Glasgow Athletic H 1-3
1909-03-27 Partick Thistle Hamilton Academical H 2-4
1909-03-29 Partick Thistle Celtic H 0-1
1909-04-03 Partick Thistle Airdrieonians [1878] A 0-4
1909-04-08 Partick Thistle Queen's Park H 1-2
1909-04-10 Partick Thistle Hibernian H 1-5
1909-04-24 Partick Thistle Clyde A 0-2
1909-04-28 Partick Thistle Heart of Midlothian A 0-1
1909-08-16 Partick Thistle Greenock Morton A 1-2
1909-08-25 Partick Thistle Greenock Morton H 0-1
1909-08-28 Partick Thistle Motherwell A 2-2
1909-09-25 Partick Thistle St Mirren A 2-3
1909-09-27 Partick Thistle Clyde A 0-5
1909-10-02 Partick Thistle Clyde H 1-1
1909-10-16 Partick Thistle Airdrieonians [1878] A 3-1
1909-10-23 Airdrieonians [1878] Greenock Morton A 1-0
1909-10-30 Greenock Morton Queen's Park A 2-5
1909-11-06 Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical H 2-0
1909-11-13 Hamilton Academical Aberdeen H 1-0
1909-11-20 Aberdeen Greenock Morton A 1-0
1909-12-04 Greenock Morton Rangers H 1-4
1909-12-11 Greenock Morton Kilmarnock A 0-2
1909-12-18 Greenock Morton Heart of Midlothian H 3-3
1909-12-25 Greenock Morton Motherwell A 0-5
1910-01-01 Greenock Morton Port Glasgow Athletic A 1-1
1910-01-03 Greenock Morton Hibernian A 1-2
1910-01-08 Greenock Morton St Mirren A 2-0
1910-01-15 St Mirren Partick Thistle A 2-3
1910-01-29 St Mirren Celtic H 2-1
1910-03-16 Celtic Third Lanark H 2-0
1910-03-19 Third Lanark Clyde A 1-2
1910-03-26 Third Lanark Motherwell H 0-2
1910-03-28 Third Lanark Rangers A 0-1
1910-04-02 Third Lanark Heart of Midlothian A 2-2
1910-04-06 Third Lanark Queen's Park H 4-0
1910-04-09 Queen's Park Kilmarnock H 1-1
1910-04-13 Queen's Park Airdrieonians [1878] H 2-4
1910-04-16 Queen's Park Partick Thistle A 2-0
1910-08-20 Partick Thistle Greenock Morton A 1-1
1910-08-27 Partick Thistle Motherwell H 2-1
1910-09-03 Motherwell Heart of Midlothian H 3-2
1910-09-17 Heart of Midlothian Kilmarnock A 1-3
1910-09-19 Heart of Midlothian Rangers H 1-4
1910-09-24 Heart of Midlothian Greenock Morton H 2-0
1910-10-08 Greenock Morton Queen's Park H 4-1
1910-10-15 Queen's Park Hibernian A 0-1
1910-10-22 Queen's Park Partick Thistle H 0-3
1910-10-29 Queen's Park Third Lanark A 1-2
1910-11-05 Queen's Park Raith Rovers H 2-1
1910-11-12 Raith Rovers Motherwell H 0-1
1910-11-19 Raith Rovers Falkirk A 0-0
1910-11-26 Raith Rovers Aberdeen H 0-1
1910-12-03 Raith Rovers Partick Thistle A 0-3
1910-12-10 Raith Rovers Kilmarnock H 1-1
1910-12-17 Raith Rovers Hamilton Academical A 1-3
1910-12-24 Raith Rovers Falkirk H 2-2
1910-12-31 Raith Rovers Celtic A 0-5
1911-01-07 Raith Rovers Dundee H 2-1
1911-01-14 Dundee St Mirren H 5-1
1911-01-21 St Mirren Heart of Midlothian A 0-0
1911-02-04 St Mirren Queen's Park A 0-2
1911-02-11 St Mirren Hibernian H 2-0
1911-02-18 Hibernian Dundee H 4-1
1911-03-25 Dundee St Mirren A 0-1
1911-04-01 Dundee Queen's Park A 2-1
1911-04-08 Queen's Park Raith Rovers A 1-1
1911-04-22 Queen's Park Aberdeen H 2-4
1911-04-29 Queen's Park Heart of Midlothian H 2-0
1911-08-19 Heart of Midlothian Clyde H 1-0
1911-08-26 Clyde Rangers H 0-2
1911-09-02 Clyde Celtic A 2-3
1911-09-09 Clyde Airdrieonians [1878] A 1-0
1911-09-16 Airdrieonians [1878] St Mirren A 1-1
1911-09-23 Airdrieonians [1878] Hamilton Academical H 1-1
1911-09-30 Airdrieonians [1878] Dundee A 1-1
1911-10-07 Airdrieonians [1878] Third Lanark H 1-1
1911-10-14 Airdrieonians [1878] Rangers H 2-2
1911-10-21 Airdrieonians [1878] Hibernian A 1-2
1911-10-28 Airdrieonians [1878] Falkirk H 2-1
1911-11-04 Falkirk Celtic H 1-1
1911-11-11 Falkirk Hibernian A 0-5
1911-11-18 Falkirk Greenock Morton H 2-1
1911-11-25 Greenock Morton Airdrieonians [1878] A 1-0
1911-12-02 Airdrieonians [1878] Partick Thistle A 2-1
1911-12-09 Partick Thistle Aberdeen H 3-1
1911-12-16 Aberdeen Dundee H 2-1
1911-12-23 Dundee Hamilton Academical H 2-0
1911-12-30 Hamilton Academical Partick Thistle H 0-3
1912-01-01 Hamilton Academical Clyde H 0-0
1912-01-06 Hamilton Academical Aberdeen A 0-2
1912-01-13 Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock H 4-0
1912-01-20 Kilmarnock Hibernian H 1-2
1912-02-03 Kilmarnock Queen's Park A 0-1
1912-03-02 Kilmarnock Partick Thistle A 1-3
1912-03-09 Kilmarnock Motherwell H 1-1
1912-03-16 Kilmarnock Greenock Morton H 1-0
1912-03-23 Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical A 1-3
1912-04-06 Greenock Morton Aberdeen A 1-1
1912-04-13 Greenock Morton Airdrieonians [1878] H 1-0
1912-04-20 Airdrieonians [1878] Aberdeen H 3-0
1912-04-27 Aberdeen Kilmarnock A 0-3
1912-08-17 Aberdeen Raith Rovers H 2-0
1912-08-24 Raith Rovers Falkirk H 0-1
1912-08-31 Raith Rovers Clyde A 0-1
1912-09-07 Raith Rovers Hibernian H 4-2
1912-09-21 Hibernian St Mirren H 1-1
1912-09-28 Hibernian Heart of Midlothian A 0-1
1912-10-05 Hibernian Queen's Park H 3-0
1912-10-12 Queen's Park Raith Rovers A 0-5
1912-10-19 Queen's Park Clyde A 0-3
1912-10-26 Queen's Park Motherwell H 1-1
1912-11-02 Queen's Park Kilmarnock A 1-2
1912-11-09 Queen's Park Rangers H 2-3
1912-11-16 Queen's Park Celtic H 0-1
1912-11-23 Queen's Park Third Lanark A 1-0
1912-11-30 Third Lanark Greenock Morton A 0-4
1912-12-07 Third Lanark Falkirk H 1-1
1912-12-14 Third Lanark Queen's Park A 2-0
1912-12-21 Queen's Park Partick Thistle A 0-1
1912-12-28 Queen's Park Greenock Morton H 3-0
1913-01-01 Greenock Morton Airdrieonians [1878] H 2-0
1913-01-04 Airdrieonians [1878] Queen's Park H 4-3
1913-01-11 Queen's Park Celtic A 0-1
1913-01-18 Queen's Park Dundee H 1-3
1913-01-25 Queen's Park Aberdeen H 0-1
1913-02-01 Queen's Park Partick Thistle H 0-0
1913-02-15 Queen's Park Heart of Midlothian H 1-6
1913-03-01 Queen's Park Falkirk A 1-3
1913-03-15 Queen's Park St Mirren A 0-5
1913-03-22 Queen's Park Kilmarnock H 1-1
1913-03-29 Queen's Park Hamilton Academical A 1-2
1913-04-05 Queen's Park Rangers A 0-4
1913-04-12 Queen's Park Hibernian H 3-5
1913-04-26 Queen's Park Clyde H 3-0
1913-04-29 Clyde Hibernian H 2-0
1913-08-16 Hibernian Third Lanark A 1-2
1913-08-23 Hibernian Aberdeen H 1-0
1913-08-30 Aberdeen Airdrieonians [1878] H 0-0
1913-09-06 Aberdeen Rangers A 1-5
1913-09-13 Aberdeen Falkirk H 0-0
1913-09-20 Aberdeen Motherwell A 2-3
1913-09-22 Aberdeen Rangers H 0-0
1913-09-27 Aberdeen St Mirren H 2-1
1913-10-04 St Mirren Motherwell H 4-0
1913-10-11 Motherwell Airdrieonians [1878] H 0-1
1913-10-18 Motherwell Ayr United A 0-4
1913-10-25 Motherwell Hibernian H 2-3
1913-11-01 Motherwell Greenock Morton A 1-3
1913-11-08 Motherwell Kilmarnock H 4-0
1913-11-15 Kilmarnock Falkirk H 2-3
1913-11-22 Kilmarnock Partick Thistle A 2-4
1913-11-29 Kilmarnock Dundee H 0-0
1913-12-06 Kilmarnock Aberdeen A 2-1
1913-12-13 Aberdeen Clyde A 0-1
1913-12-20 Aberdeen Dumbarton H 2-3
1913-12-27 Aberdeen Queen's Park A 2-2
1914-01-01 Aberdeen Dundee A 1-0
1914-01-03 Dundee Hibernian H 2-2
1914-01-10 Dundee Greenock Morton A 0-3
1914-01-17 Dundee Celtic H 0-1
1914-01-24 Dundee Heart of Midlothian A 0-3
1914-01-31 Dundee Partick Thistle H 4-1
1914-02-14 Partick Thistle Dumbarton H 2-1
1914-02-21 Dumbarton Clyde H 1-3
1914-02-28 Dumbarton Motherwell A 3-4
1914-03-07 Dumbarton Dundee H 2-3
1914-03-14 Dumbarton Rangers H 0-3
1914-03-21 Dumbarton Greenock Morton A 1-3
1914-03-28 Dumbarton Greenock Morton H 2-6
1914-03-31 Dumbarton Queen's Park A 0-3
1914-04-04 Dumbarton Heart of Midlothian A 1-5
1914-04-06 Dumbarton Raith Rovers H 2-2
1914-04-11 Dumbarton Hamilton Academical A 1-3
1914-04-15 Dumbarton Hibernian A 1-1
1914-04-18 Dumbarton Airdrieonians [1878] H 1-0
1914-04-25 Airdrieonians [1878] Hibernian H 4-3
1914-04-28 Hibernian Motherwell H 2-0
1914-08-15 Motherwell Raith Rovers H 1-2
1914-08-22 Motherwell Celtic A 0-1
1914-08-29 Motherwell Hibernian H 3-0
1914-09-05 Hibernian Airdrieonians [1878] H 1-0
1914-09-12 Airdrieonians [1878] Hamilton Academical H 3-2
1914-09-19 Hamilton Academical Greenock Morton H 1-1
1914-09-26 Hamilton Academical Falkirk A 0-2
1914-10-03 Hamilton Academical Clyde H 3-2
1914-10-17 Clyde Queen's Park A 1-0
1914-10-24 Queen's Park Heart of Midlothian A 2-2
1914-10-31 Queen's Park Hamilton Academical H 0-2
1914-11-07 Queen's Park Rangers A 1-4
1914-11-14 Queen's Park Hibernian H 0-2
1914-11-21 Queen's Park Motherwell A 0-1
1914-11-28 Queen's Park Ayr United H 1-1
1914-12-05 Queen's Park Kilmarnock H 1-0
1914-12-12 Kilmarnock Rangers H 0-1
1914-12-19 Kilmarnock Aberdeen A 0-3
1914-12-26 Kilmarnock Airdrieonians [1878] H 2-1
1915-01-01 Airdrieonians [1878] Greenock Morton H 0-0
1915-01-02 Airdrieonians [1878] Motherwell A 2-4
1915-01-04 Airdrieonians [1878] Rangers A 5-0
1915-01-09 Rangers Clyde H 1-2
1915-01-16 Rangers Greenock Morton A 1-0
1915-01-23 Greenock Morton Dundee A 1-1
1915-01-30 Greenock Morton Third Lanark H 4-2
1915-02-06 Third Lanark Clyde H 1-1
1915-02-13 Third Lanark Airdrieonians [1878] H 0-2
1915-02-20 Third Lanark Hamilton Academical A 2-4
1915-02-27 Third Lanark Aberdeen H 0-1
1915-03-06 Third Lanark Queen's Park A 2-1
1915-03-13 Queen's Park Aberdeen H 3-1
1915-03-20 Aberdeen Airdrieonians [1878] H 3-0
1915-03-27 Airdrieonians [1878] Partick Thistle H 0-0
1915-04-03 Airdrieonians [1878] Celtic A 0-3
1915-04-10 Airdrieonians [1878] Raith Rovers H 3-3
1915-04-17 Airdrieonians [1878] Ayr United H 1-2
1915-08-21 Airdrieonians [1878] Raith Rovers A 1-1
1915-08-28 Airdrieonians [1878] Celtic H 0-5
1915-09-04 Airdrieonians [1878] Third Lanark A 1-0
1915-09-11 Third Lanark Aberdeen A 1-1
1915-09-18 Third Lanark St Mirren A 0-1
1915-09-27 Third Lanark Partick Thistle H 0-0
1915-10-02 Third Lanark Clyde A 2-2
1915-10-09 Third Lanark Raith Rovers A 1-0
1915-10-16 Raith Rovers Falkirk A 0-0
1915-10-23 Raith Rovers Rangers H 1-3
1915-10-30 Raith Rovers Greenock Morton A 0-4
1915-11-06 Raith Rovers Kilmarnock H 1-1
1915-11-13 Raith Rovers Aberdeen A 1-2
1915-11-20 Raith Rovers Partick Thistle A 0-2
1915-11-27 Raith Rovers Celtic H 0-2
1915-12-04 Raith Rovers Dumbarton A 0-1
1915-12-11 Raith Rovers Heart of Midlothian H 1-2
1915-12-18 Raith Rovers Dundee A 0-3
1915-12-25 Raith Rovers Clyde H 2-0
1916-01-01 Clyde Falkirk A 2-1
1916-01-03 Falkirk Greenock Morton H 0-0
1916-01-08 Falkirk Airdrieonians [1878] A 3-2
1916-01-15 Airdrieonians [1878] Hamilton Academical H 1-1
1916-01-22 Airdrieonians [1878] Hibernian A 0-3
1916-01-29 Airdrieonians [1878] Dumbarton H 2-1
1916-02-05 Dumbarton Heart of Midlothian H 1-1
1916-02-12 Dumbarton Celtic A 0-6
1916-02-19 Dumbarton Falkirk A 2-1
1916-02-26 Falkirk Aberdeen A 0-2
1916-03-04 Falkirk Dundee A 3-3
1916-03-11 Falkirk Partick Thistle H 1-0
1916-03-18 Partick Thistle Hibernian H 4-1
1916-04-01 Hibernian St Mirren A 1-3
1916-04-08 Hibernian Dumbarton A 1-2
1916-04-15 Hibernian Aberdeen H 0-0
1916-04-17 Hibernian Heart of Midlothian A 3-1
1916-04-22 Heart of Midlothian Celtic A 0-0
1916-04-29 Heart of Midlothian Dundee H 1-0
1916-08-19 Dundee Rangers A 0-3
1916-08-26 Dundee Clyde H 0-1
1916-09-02 Dundee Motherwell A 2-4
1916-09-09 Dundee Aberdeen H 1-1
1916-09-16 Dundee Hibernian A 2-1
1916-09-18 Hibernian Heart of Midlothian A 1-2
1916-09-23 Hibernian Kilmarnock A 3-1
1916-09-30 Kilmarnock Motherwell A 1-0
1916-10-07 Motherwell Hamilton Academical H 2-2
1916-10-14 Motherwell Rangers A 1-2
1916-10-21 Motherwell Queen's Park H 4-1
1916-10-28 Queen's Park Falkirk H 1-1
1916-11-04 Queen's Park Clyde A 1-1
1916-11-11 Queen's Park Celtic H 1-3
1916-11-25 Queen's Park Heart of Midlothian A 0-2
1916-12-02 Queen's Park Kilmarnock H 0-1
1916-12-09 Queen's Park Greenock Morton H 3-4
1916-12-16 Queen's Park Raith Rovers A 0-2
1916-12-23 Queen's Park Hibernian H 4-1
1916-12-30 Hibernian Greenock Morton H 2-4
1917-01-02 Hibernian Dundee A 1-3
1917-01-06 Hibernian St Mirren H 2-1
1917-01-13 St Mirren Kilmarnock H 2-1
1917-01-20 Kilmarnock Hibernian A 1-2
1917-01-27 Kilmarnock Aberdeen H 7-0
1917-02-03 Aberdeen Rangers H 3-1
1917-02-10 Rangers Ayr United H 1-0
1917-02-17 Ayr United Clyde H 1-1
1917-02-24 Ayr United Dumbarton A 1-3
1917-03-03 Ayr United Greenock Morton H 0-3
1917-03-10 Ayr United Falkirk A 2-1
1917-03-17 Falkirk Rangers H 0-2
1917-03-24 Falkirk Heart of Midlothian H 2-1
1917-03-31 Heart of Midlothian Greenock Morton H 4-1
1917-04-14 Greenock Morton Dumbarton H 3-1
1917-04-21 Dumbarton Airdrieonians [1878] H 1-1
1917-04-28 Dumbarton St Mirren A 0-0
1917-08-18 Dumbarton Falkirk H 4-1
1917-08-25 Falkirk Celtic H 1-3
1917-09-01 Falkirk Clydebank [1914] A 1-1
1917-09-08 Falkirk Kilmarnock H 1-0
1917-09-15 Kilmarnock St Mirren H 5-1
1917-09-22 St Mirren Dumbarton H 2-1
1917-09-29 Dumbarton Rangers H 2-4
1917-10-06 Dumbarton Hibernian A 3-0
1917-10-13 Hibernian Queen's Park H 4-2
1917-10-20 Queen's Park Motherwell H 2-2
1917-10-27 Queen's Park Celtic A 0-3
1917-11-03 Queen's Park St Mirren H 1-1
1917-11-10 Queen's Park Greenock Morton A 1-2
1917-11-17 Queen's Park Partick Thistle H 2-0
1917-11-24 Partick Thistle Clyde H 3-0
1917-12-01 Clyde Heart of Midlothian H 3-0
1917-12-08 Heart of Midlothian Kilmarnock H 3-0
1917-12-15 Kilmarnock Clyde A 2-1
1917-12-22 Clyde St Mirren A 1-0
1917-12-29 St Mirren Rangers A 0-2
1918-01-01 St Mirren Kilmarnock H 2-0
1918-01-05 Kilmarnock Hibernian H 3-1
1918-01-12 Hibernian Clyde H 2-0
1918-01-26 Clyde Dumbarton A 1-3
1918-02-02 Clyde Motherwell H 0-2
1918-02-09 Clyde Queen's Park A 2-4
1918-02-16 Clyde Rangers H 0-3
1918-02-23 Clyde Kilmarnock A 0-4
1918-03-02 Clyde Falkirk H 1-0
1918-03-09 Falkirk Rangers H 2-0
1918-03-16 Rangers Hamilton Academical H 4-2
1918-03-23 Hamilton Academical Dumbarton A 2-1
1918-04-06 Dumbarton Partick Thistle H 1-1
1918-04-13 Dumbarton Heart of Midlothian A 2-1
1918-04-20 Heart of Midlothian St Mirren A 2-3
1918-08-17 Heart of Midlothian Greenock Morton A 0-2
1918-08-24 Heart of Midlothian Rangers H 1-4
1918-08-31 Heart of Midlothian Airdrieonians [1878] A 0-1
1918-09-07 Heart of Midlothian Motherwell H 0-0
1918-09-14 Heart of Midlothian St Mirren H 0-0
1918-09-21 Heart of Midlothian Dumbarton A 2-1
1918-09-28 Dumbarton Kilmarnock A 0-0
1918-10-05 Dumbarton Queen's Park H 0-0
1918-10-12 Dumbarton Rangers A 0-3
1918-10-19 Dumbarton Airdrieonians [1878] A 1-1
1918-10-26 Dumbarton Celtic H 0-5
1918-11-02 Dumbarton Falkirk H 1-2
1918-11-09 Dumbarton Hamilton Academical H 1-2
1918-11-23 Dumbarton Hibernian H 4-0
1918-11-30 Hibernian Clyde H 3-1
1918-12-07 Clyde St Mirren H 1-1
1918-12-14 Clyde Motherwell A 2-3
1918-12-21 Clyde Queen's Park H 0-1
1918-12-28 Clyde Greenock Morton A 0-3
1919-01-01 Clyde Falkirk H 2-4
1919-01-02 Clyde Celtic A 0-2
1919-01-04 Clyde Partick Thistle H 1-1
1919-01-11 Clyde Queen's Park A 1-3
1919-01-18 Clyde Hamilton Academical H 0-1
1919-01-25 Clyde Kilmarnock A 3-5
1919-02-01 Clyde Third Lanark A 4-1
1919-02-08 Third Lanark Kilmarnock A 1-0
1919-02-15 Kilmarnock Partick Thistle A 0-4
1919-02-22 Kilmarnock Heart of Midlothian H 2-2
1919-03-08 Kilmarnock Dumbarton A 1-0
1919-03-22 Dumbarton St Mirren A 0-2
1919-03-29 Dumbarton Hamilton Academical A 3-0
1919-04-05 Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock H 2-0
1919-08-16 Kilmarnock Clyde H 2-1
1919-08-19 Clyde Greenock Morton H 4-2
1919-08-23 Greenock Morton Falkirk H 3-0
1919-08-27 Falkirk Motherwell H 1-2
1919-08-30 Falkirk Queen's Park H 2-0
1919-09-02 Queen's Park St Mirren A 1-3
1919-09-06 Queen's Park Motherwell H 1-1
1919-09-13 Queen's Park Third Lanark A 1-1
1919-09-27 Queen's Park Partick Thistle A 0-2
1919-09-29 Queen's Park Falkirk H 2-0
1919-10-04 Falkirk Clyde H 1-1
1919-10-11 Falkirk Clydebank [1914] H 1-0
1919-10-18 Clydebank [1914] Third Lanark H 0-0
1919-10-25 Clydebank [1914] Partick Thistle A 2-3
1919-11-01 Clydebank [1914] Dundee H 3-3
1919-11-08 Clydebank [1914] Aberdeen H 3-0
1919-11-15 Aberdeen Kilmarnock H 1-0
1919-11-22 Kilmarnock Heart of Midlothian H 2-1
1919-11-29 Heart of Midlothian Dumbarton A 0-2
1919-12-06 Heart of Midlothian Partick Thistle H 3-1
1919-12-13 Partick Thistle Motherwell H 2-1
1919-12-20 Motherwell Clydebank [1914] H 3-2
1919-12-27 Clydebank [1914] Raith Rovers H 4-1
1920-01-01 Raith Rovers Falkirk H 0-0
1920-01-03 Raith Rovers Celtic H 0-3
1920-01-10 Raith Rovers Queen's Park A 2-1
1920-01-17 Queen's Park Clydebank [1914] A 1-1
1920-01-31 Queen's Park Third Lanark H 2-0
1920-02-14 Third Lanark Kilmarnock A 0-1
1920-02-28 Third Lanark Clydebank [1914] H 1-2
1920-03-13 Third Lanark Airdrieonians [1878] A 2-1
1920-03-20 Airdrieonians [1878] Greenock Morton H 0-0
1920-03-27 Airdrieonians [1878] Hibernian A 4-1
1920-04-03 Hibernian Third Lanark H 1-2
1920-04-10 Hibernian Greenock Morton A 1-1
1920-04-14 Hibernian Partick Thistle A 0-1
1920-04-17 Hibernian Raith Rovers A 0-1
1920-04-19 Hibernian Celtic H 1-2
1920-04-21 Hibernian Rangers H 1-1
1920-04-24 Hibernian Queen's Park H 3-2
1920-05-01 Queen's Park Airdrieonians [1878] H 1-0
1920-08-17 Airdrieonians [1878] Rangers A 1-4
1920-08-21 Airdrieonians [1878] Queen's Park A 3-1
1920-08-28 Queen's Park St Mirren A 2-1
1920-09-04 St Mirren Partick Thistle A 1-5
1920-09-07 St Mirren Kilmarnock H 1-2
1920-09-11 St Mirren Dundee H 0-1
1920-09-15 St Mirren Falkirk A 0-4
1920-09-18 St Mirren Hamilton Academical A 0-3
1920-09-21 St Mirren Motherwell H 1-2
1920-09-25 St Mirren Greenock Morton H 2-2
1920-10-02 St Mirren Rangers A 0-2
1920-10-09 St Mirren Clyde H 3-2
1920-10-16 Clyde Falkirk H 1-1
1920-10-23 Clyde Third Lanark A 0-3
1920-10-30 Clyde Aberdeen H 2-0
1920-11-06 Aberdeen Third Lanark H 0-1
1920-11-13 Aberdeen Heart of Midlothian A 0-0
1920-11-20 Aberdeen St Mirren H 3-1
1920-11-27 St Mirren Falkirk H 2-3
1920-12-04 St Mirren Third Lanark A 1-2
1920-12-11 St Mirren Dumbarton H 4-1
1920-12-18 Dumbarton Kilmarnock H 1-0
1920-12-25 Kilmarnock Falkirk H 2-0
1921-01-01 Falkirk Raith Rovers H 2-2
1921-01-03 Falkirk Heart of Midlothian A 2-0
1921-01-08 Heart of Midlothian Partick Thistle H 1-0
1921-01-15 Partick Thistle Airdrieonians [1878] H 0-0
1921-01-22 Partick Thistle Heart of Midlothian H 0-0
1921-01-29 Partick Thistle Albion Rovers H 0-0
1921-02-12 Partick Thistle Greenock Morton H 4-0
1921-02-19 Greenock Morton St Mirren H 1-0
1921-02-22 St Mirren Albion Rovers H 1-2
1921-02-26 St Mirren Hibernian H 0-2
1921-03-12 St Mirren Clyde A 1-3
1921-03-19 St Mirren Ayr United H 1-4
1921-03-26 St Mirren Clydebank [1914] A 4-3
1921-04-02 Clydebank [1914] Queen's Park H 2-0
1921-04-08 Queen's Park Greenock Morton A 3-4
1921-04-16 Queen's Park Kilmarnock H 1-2
1921-04-20 Queen's Park Motherwell A 1-2
1921-04-23 Queen's Park Heart of Midlothian A 0-4
1921-04-26 Queen's Park Clyde H 1-0
1921-04-30 Clyde Dundee H 5-2
1921-08-17 Dundee Airdrieonians [1878] H 1-1
1921-08-20 Dundee Falkirk A 0-1
1921-08-27 Dundee Third Lanark H 2-0
1921-09-10 Third Lanark Dumbarton A 3-3
1921-09-24 Third Lanark Clydebank [1914] H 4-1
1921-10-01 Clydebank [1914] Hamilton Academical H 1-1
1921-10-08 Clydebank [1914] Falkirk A 1-3
1921-10-15 Clydebank [1914] Hibernian H 0-2
1921-10-22 Clydebank [1914] Clyde A 1-2
1921-10-29 Clydebank [1914] Dundee H 0-3
1921-11-05 Clydebank [1914] St Mirren A 1-4
1921-11-12 Clydebank [1914] Partick Thistle H 1-3
1921-11-19 Clydebank [1914] Airdrieonians [1878] A 3-2
1921-11-26 Airdrieonians [1878] Kilmarnock H 2-0
1921-12-03 Kilmarnock Queen's Park H 2-0
1921-12-10 Queen's Park Heart of Midlothian H 1-1
1921-12-17 Queen's Park Hibernian H 1-3
1921-12-24 Queen's Park Partick Thistle A 0-1
1921-12-31 Queen's Park Motherwell H 2-1
1922-01-02 Motherwell Hamilton Academical H 2-1
1922-01-03 Hamilton Academical Dumbarton H 1-1
1922-01-07 Hamilton Academical Albion Rovers H 5-3
1922-01-14 Albion Rovers Third Lanark A 2-2
1922-01-21 Albion Rovers Clyde H 1-1
1922-02-04 Albion Rovers Ayr United A 1-2
1922-02-18 Albion Rovers Clydebank [1914] A 3-0
1922-02-21 Clydebank [1914] Rangers A 1-6
1922-03-01 Clydebank [1914] Clyde H 1-2
1922-03-04 Clydebank [1914] Hamilton Academical A 1-3
1922-03-11 Clydebank [1914] Heart of Midlothian A 0-3
1922-03-18 Clydebank [1914] Airdrieonians [1878] H 2-0
1922-03-25 Airdrieonians [1878] Third Lanark H 0-1
1922-04-01 Airdrieonians [1878] St Mirren A 0-1
1922-04-04 Airdrieonians [1878] Partick Thistle A 1-1
1922-04-08 Airdrieonians [1878] Motherwell H 2-0
1922-04-12 Motherwell Aberdeen H 3-0
1922-04-19 Aberdeen Third Lanark A 0-2
1922-04-22 Aberdeen Hibernian A 1-0
1922-04-29 Hibernian Clydebank [1914] H 6-0

 

Final resting places of all potatoes:

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Potato 1 - Vale of Leven
Potato 2 - Dumbarton
Potato 3 - Clydebank [1914]

 

Total number of matches with all potatoes:

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team games
Queen's Park 97
Clyde 78
Kilmarnock 64
St Mirren 55
Third Lanark 50
Greenock Morton 49
Partick Thistle 45
Hibernian 43
Airdrieonians [1878] 42
Dumbarton 41
Heart of Midlothian 35
Aberdeen 34
Motherwell 32
Dundee 31
Raith Rovers 26
Vale of Leven 25
Falkirk 24
St Bernard's 23
Clydebank [1914] 20
Abercorn 19
Hamilton Academical 17
Port Glasgow Athletic 14
Renton 13
Rangers 9
Leith Athletic [1887] 9
Celtic 9
Ayr United 4
Albion Rovers 4

 

Total number of spells in possession of all potatoes:

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team times
Queen's Park 23
St Mirren 22
Clyde 22
Kilmarnock 20
Hibernian 18
Greenock Morton 17
Third Lanark 16
Dundee 16
Airdrieonians [1878] 16
Heart of Midlothian 15
Motherwell 14
Partick Thistle 13
Aberdeen 12
Dumbarton 11
Falkirk 10
St Bernard's 8
Hamilton Academical 8
Rangers 6
Clydebank [1914] 6
Leith Athletic [1887] 5
Raith Rovers 4
Port Glasgow Athletic 4
Celtic 4
Abercorn 4
Vale of Leven 2
Renton 2
Ayr United 1
Albion Rovers 1

 

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Just a note on the fact I've used "Clydebank [1914]" - this is because there are three different Clydebank teams who have played in the Scottish league, and the 1914 is the year this one was formed.

Did the first one actually play in the league? I didn't think they made it in

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Sorry, my mistake, they're in my database because they played in the Scottish Cup.

Still quite impressive, having three different versions, four now since the latest incarnation are senior as well although still to make it into the spfl.

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Potato 4 (1922-1930)

Potato 4 wouldn't quite last the 26 years that its predecessor did, but it still had a fairly impressive 8 year stint, changing hands 109 times and spending time in possession of 26 different clubs. Again, we'll have to just pick out some of the highlights of this potato's movements, with the full set of matches in the spoilers.

Newly promoted Alloa Athletic would immediately be thrown in at the deep end - they lost 2-0 to Rangers in one of only two matches on the first day of the season to take ownership of the potato. They managed to offload it in their fourth match with a win against St Mirren, and wouldn't as much as compete for it again before being relegated at the end of the season. Even 1922/23 champions Rangers weren't immune from the potato - they had two separate spells with it in the second half of the season, one for two matches and the other for three. 1923/24 didn't see a lot of movement of the potato - Hibs, Killie, Dundee and Partick Thistle all had spells of five or more games with it. It eventually looked like Clyde were going to take it down with them, only for them to defeat Rangers on the penultimate weekend to ensure the champions would ultimately carry it into the following campaign.

The highlight of 1924/25 was the potato heading to Perth for the first time - St Johnstone achieved a respectable mid-table finish in their first season in the top flight, but still had a few weeks with the potato in the spring. The most potatoed team up to the start of this one, Queen's Park, had managed to avoid Potato 4 in its first three years, but they made up for that in 1925/26, with a 10 match stint in the middle of the season which they finally shook off by thumping Hamilton 6-2. St Johnstone looked in danger of taking it down with them, but they beat Falkirk 2-0 with in the final weeks of the season to save both the potato and themselves from relegation.

Cowdenbeath were into their third season in the top flight before the potato finally made its way to central Fife in 1926/27, following a loss to Queen's Park - even then it was only for a week before they sent it off to Falkirk. Aberdeen had an abysmal end to that campaign, holding the potato for 11 matches before beating Motherwell on the final day. Dunfermline Athletic had a wretched 1927/28 - they held the potato for 10 matches at the start of the season, and although they didn't see it again they were ultimately relegated. 1927/28 was also the only season in the top flight for Bo'ness - they marked it with a single 5 match spell holding the potato. In the first the potato stayed in Glasgow with lengthy spells at Clyde (twice) and Queen's Park - though like most residents of the city at that time it did take a short one-week break in Ayr. It then bounced about from Aberdeen to Ayr to Hibs to Celtic to Falkirk before being given to Hibs on the final day.

1929/30 was a classic hot potato season, with the potato visiting a huge chunk of the league and never hanging around too long in one place. 13 of the 20 teams in the league held the potato at some point and it changed hands 17 times, including 7 times in a row right before the end of the season in a dramatic potato run-in. Ayr United had held the potato for most of January and February, but thumped Aberdeen 5-1 to get rid of it. The Dons then sent it back to Ayrshire with a 4-3 win over Kilmarnock, only for Killie to trounce Airdrie 7-1 the following week. Airdrie didn't want anything to do with it, and beat Dundee 3-2, but the Dees immediately defeated Cowdenbeath 3-0. The Blue Brazil then beat Falkirk by the same scoreline, before the Bairns handed to already relegated Dundee United on the penultimate day of the season with a 5-2 win. This was the first time the Terrors had ever held the potato, despite having spent almost three whole seasons in the league by this point. They would have a chance to offload it against Hibs on the final day, but they could only draw 2-2 and therefore took the potato down with them.


Potato 4's journey

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club start_date games
Alloa Athletic 1922-08-15 3
St Mirren 1922-09-09 1
Hibernian 1922-09-16 1
Celtic 1922-09-18 1
Dundee 1922-09-23 2
Third Lanark 1922-10-02 1
Clyde 1922-10-07 3
Ayr United 1922-10-21 1
Greenock Morton 1922-10-28 1
Raith Rovers 1922-11-04 1
Third Lanark 1922-11-11 7
Dundee 1922-12-25 1
Albion Rovers 1922-12-30 3
Clyde 1923-01-06 2
Airdrieonians [1878] 1923-02-03 2
Rangers 1923-02-10 2
Clyde 1923-03-03 1
Kilmarnock 1923-03-10 1
Albion Rovers 1923-03-17 1
Rangers 1923-03-31 3
Kilmarnock 1923-04-21 4
Hibernian 1923-09-01 6
Raith Rovers 1923-10-06 1
Third Lanark 1923-10-13 1
Aberdeen 1923-10-20 1
Motherwell 1923-10-27 1
Heart of Midlothian 1923-11-03 1
Kilmarnock 1923-11-10 6
Heart of Midlothian 1923-12-22 1
Dundee 1923-12-29 5
Kilmarnock 1924-01-19 1
Partick Thistle 1924-02-02 6
Dundee 1924-03-22 2
Clyde 1924-04-05 1
Rangers 1924-04-18 2
Raith Rovers 1924-08-16 3
Falkirk 1924-09-06 1
Heart of Midlothian 1924-09-13 2
Airdrieonians [1878] 1924-09-20 1
Rangers 1924-09-27 1
Heart of Midlothian 1924-09-29 3
Hibernian 1924-10-18 1
Dundee 1924-10-25 5
Raith Rovers 1924-11-29 7
Dundee 1925-01-05 2
Falkirk 1925-01-17 4
St Johnstone 1925-02-25 6
Heart of Midlothian 1925-04-11 1
Dundee 1925-04-18 2
Greenock Morton 1925-08-15 6
Aberdeen 1925-09-26 3
Hibernian 1925-10-10 3
Falkirk 1925-10-31 1
Greenock Morton 1925-11-07 1
Queen's Park 1925-11-14 10
Hamilton Academical 1926-01-16 6
Partick Thistle 1926-03-06 2
St Johnstone 1926-03-20 4
Falkirk 1926-04-10 6
Dunfermline Athletic 1926-09-04 2
Hibernian 1926-09-18 1
Celtic 1926-09-25 3
Aberdeen 1926-10-23 1
Dundee 1926-10-30 1
Hibernian 1926-11-06 2
Queen's Park 1926-11-20 1
Cowdenbeath 1926-11-27 1
Falkirk 1926-12-04 1
Queen's Park 1926-12-11 2
St Johnstone 1927-01-01 5
Hamilton Academical 1927-02-09 1
Aberdeen 1927-02-12 11
Motherwell 1927-04-30 1
Dunfermline Athletic 1927-08-13 9
Cowdenbeath 1927-10-15 1
Partick Thistle 1927-10-22 2
Aberdeen 1927-11-05 3
St Mirren 1927-11-26 3
Bo'ness 1927-12-17 5
Hibernian 1928-01-14 8
Rangers 1928-03-17 1
Falkirk 1928-03-26 8
Hamilton Academical 1928-09-01 1
Clyde 1928-09-08 5
Ayr United 1928-10-13 1
Queen's Park 1928-10-20 8
Clyde 1928-12-15 8
Aberdeen 1929-02-09 3
Ayr United 1929-03-09 2
Hibernian 1929-03-30 2
Celtic 1929-04-13 2
Falkirk 1929-04-20 1
Hibernian 1929-04-27 1
Airdrieonians [1878] 1929-08-10 1
St Johnstone 1929-08-17 3
Queen's Park 1929-09-07 1
Hibernian 1929-09-14 4
Partick Thistle 1929-10-12 2
Clyde 1929-10-26 1
Dundee 1929-11-02 2
Airdrieonians [1878] 1929-11-16 5
Hibernian 1929-12-21 5
Ayr United 1930-01-11 5
Aberdeen 1930-03-01 1
Kilmarnock 1930-03-08 1
Airdrieonians [1878] 1930-03-15 1
Dundee 1930-03-22 1
Cowdenbeath 1930-03-29 1
Falkirk 1930-04-05 1
Dundee United 1930-04-12 2

 

Total number of matches with Potato 4:

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team games
Hibernian 34
Falkirk 23
Dundee 23
Aberdeen 23
Queen's Park 22
Clyde 21
St Johnstone 18
Kilmarnock 13
Raith Rovers 12
Partick Thistle 12
Dunfermline Athletic 11
Airdrieonians [1878] 10
Third Lanark 9
Rangers 9
Ayr United 9
Heart of Midlothian 8
Hamilton Academical 8
Greenock Morton 8
Celtic 6
Bo'ness 5
St Mirren 4
Albion Rovers 4
Cowdenbeath 3
Alloa Athletic 3
Motherwell 2
Dundee United 2

 

Full set of results for Potato 4:

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date holders opponents venue score
1922-08-15 Alloa Athletic Rangers A 0-2
1922-08-19 Alloa Athletic Celtic H 2-3
1922-08-26 Alloa Athletic Falkirk A 0-0
1922-09-09 Alloa Athletic St Mirren A 1-0
1922-09-16 St Mirren Hibernian A 3-0
1922-09-18 Hibernian Celtic H 1-0
1922-09-23 Celtic Dundee A 1-0
1922-09-30 Dundee Albion Rovers A 0-0
1922-10-02 Dundee Third Lanark H 2-0
1922-10-07 Third Lanark Clyde H 3-0
1922-10-11 Clyde Greenock Morton A 0-1
1922-10-14 Clyde Raith Rovers A 0-1
1922-10-21 Clyde Ayr United H 1-0
1922-10-28 Ayr United Greenock Morton H 1-0
1922-11-04 Greenock Morton Raith Rovers H 4-0
1922-11-11 Raith Rovers Third Lanark H 1-0
1922-11-18 Third Lanark Falkirk H 1-1
1922-11-25 Third Lanark Celtic A 0-3
1922-12-02 Third Lanark Kilmarnock H 1-2
1922-12-13 Third Lanark Airdrieonians [1878] A 0-1
1922-12-16 Third Lanark Greenock Morton H 1-1
1922-12-23 Third Lanark Hamilton Academical A 1-3
1922-12-25 Third Lanark Dundee H 2-0
1922-12-30 Dundee Albion Rovers H 4-0
1923-01-01 Albion Rovers Airdrieonians [1878] H 1-2
1923-01-02 Albion Rovers Third Lanark A 2-2
1923-01-06 Albion Rovers Clyde H 3-0
1923-01-20 Clyde Raith Rovers H 0-0
1923-02-03 Clyde Airdrieonians [1878] H 2-0
1923-02-07 Airdrieonians [1878] Partick Thistle H 3-3
1923-02-10 Airdrieonians [1878] Rangers H 1-0
1923-02-24 Rangers Greenock Morton A 1-1
1923-03-03 Rangers Clyde H 2-1
1923-03-10 Clyde Kilmarnock H 2-0
1923-03-17 Kilmarnock Albion Rovers H 7-0
1923-03-31 Albion Rovers Rangers H 2-1
1923-04-02 Rangers St Mirren H 1-1
1923-04-07 Rangers Hibernian A 0-2
1923-04-21 Rangers Kilmarnock H 1-0
1923-04-28 Kilmarnock Falkirk A 0-0
1923-08-18 Kilmarnock Queen's Park H 1-4
1923-08-25 Kilmarnock Ayr United A 0-0
1923-09-01 Kilmarnock Hibernian H 2-1
1923-09-08 Hibernian Heart of Midlothian H 1-1
1923-09-15 Hibernian Airdrieonians [1878] A 1-1
1923-09-17 Hibernian Celtic H 0-0
1923-09-22 Hibernian Motherwell H 2-4
1923-09-29 Hibernian Queen's Park A 1-1
1923-10-06 Hibernian Raith Rovers H 4-0
1923-10-13 Raith Rovers Third Lanark H 6-1
1923-10-20 Third Lanark Aberdeen H 2-1
1923-10-27 Aberdeen Motherwell H 3-1
1923-11-03 Motherwell Heart of Midlothian H 3-2
1923-11-10 Heart of Midlothian Kilmarnock H 4-1
1923-11-17 Kilmarnock Raith Rovers H 1-2
1923-11-24 Kilmarnock Third Lanark A 1-2
1923-12-01 Kilmarnock Airdrieonians [1878] A 2-2
1923-12-08 Kilmarnock Celtic H 1-1
1923-12-15 Kilmarnock Partick Thistle A 2-2
1923-12-22 Kilmarnock Heart of Midlothian H 2-1
1923-12-29 Heart of Midlothian Dundee H 1-0
1924-01-01 Dundee Aberdeen H 1-1
1924-01-02 Dundee Falkirk A 1-4
1924-01-05 Dundee Raith Rovers H 1-1
1924-01-12 Dundee Rangers A 1-1
1924-01-19 Dundee Kilmarnock H 4-2
1924-02-02 Kilmarnock Partick Thistle H 3-1
1924-02-12 Partick Thistle St Mirren H 1-2
1924-02-16 Partick Thistle Ayr United A 1-1
1924-03-01 Partick Thistle Celtic H 1-1
1924-03-05 Partick Thistle Hamilton Academical A 1-3
1924-03-15 Partick Thistle Airdrieonians [1878] A 1-1
1924-03-22 Partick Thistle Dundee H 5-2
1924-03-29 Dundee St Mirren H 1-1
1924-04-05 Dundee Clyde H 3-1
1924-04-18 Clyde Rangers H 3-1
1924-04-26 Rangers Airdrieonians [1878] A 0-0
1924-08-16 Rangers Raith Rovers H 3-0
1924-08-23 Raith Rovers Queen's Park H 1-1
1924-08-30 Raith Rovers Hamilton Academical A 0-1
1924-09-06 Raith Rovers Falkirk H 2-0
1924-09-13 Falkirk Heart of Midlothian H 2-1
1924-09-15 Heart of Midlothian Rangers H 1-2
1924-09-20 Heart of Midlothian Airdrieonians [1878] H 2-0
1924-09-27 Airdrieonians [1878] Rangers H 1-0
1924-09-29 Rangers Heart of Midlothian H 4-1
1924-10-04 Heart of Midlothian Motherwell H 2-2
1924-10-11 Heart of Midlothian Celtic A 0-1
1924-10-18 Heart of Midlothian Hibernian H 2-0
1924-10-25 Hibernian Dundee H 4-2
1924-11-01 Dundee Third Lanark H 1-2
1924-11-08 Dundee Ayr United A 0-1
1924-11-15 Dundee Cowdenbeath H 1-1
1924-11-22 Dundee Hamilton Academical A 1-4
1924-11-29 Dundee Raith Rovers H 2-0
1924-12-06 Raith Rovers Aberdeen H 2-2
1924-12-13 Raith Rovers Motherwell A 1-2
1924-12-20 Raith Rovers Kilmarnock A 0-3
1924-12-27 Raith Rovers Celtic H 2-2
1925-01-01 Raith Rovers Cowdenbeath A 1-1
1925-01-03 Raith Rovers Hamilton Academical H 0-1
1925-01-05 Raith Rovers Dundee H 4-3
1925-01-10 Dundee Kilmarnock A 1-4
1925-01-17 Dundee Falkirk H 1-0
1925-01-31 Falkirk Raith Rovers H 1-1
1925-02-11 Falkirk Cowdenbeath A 0-1
1925-02-18 Falkirk Rangers H 1-1
1925-02-25 Falkirk St Johnstone H 2-0
1925-02-28 St Johnstone St Mirren H 2-2
1925-03-07 St Johnstone Partick Thistle H 1-1
1925-03-21 St Johnstone Ayr United H 2-2
1925-03-28 St Johnstone Dundee A 0-2
1925-04-04 St Johnstone Greenock Morton A 1-1
1925-04-11 St Johnstone Heart of Midlothian H 4-3
1925-04-18 Heart of Midlothian Dundee H 1-0
1925-04-22 Dundee Airdrieonians [1878] A 1-1
1925-08-15 Dundee Greenock Morton H 3-0
1925-08-22 Greenock Morton Partick Thistle H 1-1
1925-08-29 Greenock Morton Rangers A 1-4
1925-09-05 Greenock Morton Heart of Midlothian H 1-1
1925-09-12 Greenock Morton Kilmarnock A 0-2
1925-09-19 Greenock Morton Motherwell H 1-1
1925-09-26 Greenock Morton Aberdeen A 2-1
1925-09-28 Aberdeen St Mirren H 1-2
1925-10-03 Aberdeen Falkirk A 1-2
1925-10-10 Aberdeen Hibernian H 5-0
1925-10-17 Hibernian Heart of Midlothian H 0-0
1925-10-24 Hibernian Queen's Park A 0-2
1925-10-31 Hibernian Falkirk H 3-1
1925-11-07 Falkirk Greenock Morton H 2-0
1925-11-14 Greenock Morton Queen's Park H 2-0
1925-11-24 Queen's Park Airdrieonians [1878] H 1-5
1925-11-28 Queen's Park Clydebank [1914] A 0-3
1925-12-05 Queen's Park Dundee H 1-3
1925-12-12 Queen's Park Falkirk A 1-1
1925-12-23 Queen's Park Cowdenbeath A 3-7
1925-12-26 Queen's Park Motherwell H 0-3
1926-01-02 Queen's Park Celtic H 1-4
1926-01-04 Queen's Park Aberdeen A 1-3
1926-01-09 Queen's Park Heart of Midlothian A 2-4
1926-01-16 Queen's Park Hamilton Academical H 6-2
1926-01-30 Hamilton Academical Aberdeen H 1-1
1926-02-10 Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian A 0-4
1926-02-13 Hamilton Academical Dundee H 0-0
1926-02-24 Hamilton Academical Greenock Morton H 2-5
1926-02-27 Hamilton Academical Cowdenbeath A 0-4
1926-03-06 Hamilton Academical Partick Thistle H 2-1
1926-03-13 Partick Thistle St Johnstone A 2-2
1926-03-20 Partick Thistle St Johnstone H 3-1
1926-03-23 St Johnstone Celtic A 1-4
1926-03-27 St Johnstone Hamilton Academical H 1-1
1926-04-03 St Johnstone St Mirren A 1-3
1926-04-10 St Johnstone Falkirk H 2-1
1926-04-17 Falkirk Hibernian H 1-1
1926-04-24 Falkirk Clydebank [1914] H 2-2
1926-08-14 Falkirk Partick Thistle H 1-1
1926-08-21 Falkirk St Mirren A 0-3
1926-08-28 Falkirk Motherwell H 1-1
1926-09-04 Falkirk Dunfermline Athletic A 1-0
1926-09-11 Dunfermline Athletic Queen's Park A 1-4
1926-09-18 Dunfermline Athletic Hibernian H 4-2
1926-09-25 Hibernian Celtic H 3-2
1926-10-02 Celtic Dundee H 0-0
1926-10-16 Celtic St Mirren A 1-3
1926-10-23 Celtic Aberdeen H 6-2
1926-10-30 Aberdeen Dundee H 2-1
1926-11-06 Dundee Hibernian H 3-0
1926-11-13 Hibernian Rangers H 2-2
1926-11-20 Hibernian Queen's Park H 2-0
1926-11-27 Queen's Park Cowdenbeath H 3-1
1926-12-04 Cowdenbeath Falkirk H 3-2
1926-12-11 Falkirk Queen's Park H 6-0
1926-12-25 Queen's Park Motherwell A 1-2
1927-01-01 Queen's Park St Johnstone H 5-2
1927-01-03 St Johnstone Clyde H 1-3
1927-01-08 St Johnstone Rangers A 2-4
1927-01-15 St Johnstone Kilmarnock H 3-3
1927-01-29 St Johnstone Falkirk A 0-4
1927-02-09 St Johnstone Hamilton Academical H 3-2
1927-02-12 Hamilton Academical Aberdeen H 2-0
1927-02-16 Aberdeen Rangers H 2-2
1927-02-26 Aberdeen St Johnstone A 1-1
1927-03-09 Aberdeen Celtic H 0-0
1927-03-12 Aberdeen Clyde A 1-5
1927-03-19 Aberdeen Partick Thistle A 0-4
1927-03-26 Aberdeen Dundee United H 2-2
1927-04-02 Aberdeen Heart of Midlothian A 2-2
1927-04-09 Aberdeen St Mirren A 3-6
1927-04-16 Aberdeen Airdrieonians [1878] H 1-1
1927-04-23 Aberdeen Dunfermline Athletic A 0-1
1927-04-30 Aberdeen Motherwell H 2-0
1927-08-13 Motherwell Dunfermline Athletic H 4-0
1927-08-20 Dunfermline Athletic Airdrieonians [1878] H 1-4
1927-08-27 Dunfermline Athletic Partick Thistle A 1-2
1927-09-03 Dunfermline Athletic St Mirren H 1-2
1927-09-10 Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian A 0-6
1927-09-17 Dunfermline Athletic Celtic H 1-1
1927-09-24 Dunfermline Athletic Bo'ness A 2-4
1927-10-01 Dunfermline Athletic St Johnstone H 2-3
1927-10-08 Dunfermline Athletic Aberdeen A 1-2
1927-10-15 Dunfermline Athletic Cowdenbeath H 3-2
1927-10-22 Cowdenbeath Partick Thistle H 2-1
1927-10-29 Partick Thistle Heart of Midlothian H 1-3
1927-11-05 Partick Thistle Aberdeen H 7-0
1927-11-12 Aberdeen Bo'ness H 0-1
1927-11-19 Aberdeen Heart of Midlothian A 0-3
1927-11-26 Aberdeen St Mirren A 1-0
1927-12-03 St Mirren Partick Thistle A 2-6
1927-12-10 St Mirren Motherwell A 0-4
1927-12-17 St Mirren Bo'ness H 5-0
1927-12-24 Bo'ness Falkirk A 2-3
1928-01-02 Bo'ness Raith Rovers H 1-1
1928-01-03 Bo'ness Dundee A 2-3
1928-01-07 Bo'ness Hamilton Academical A 0-7
1928-01-14 Bo'ness Hibernian H 2-1
1928-01-28 Hibernian St Johnstone H 2-2
1928-02-08 Hibernian Partick Thistle A 0-3
1928-02-11 Hibernian St Mirren H 1-1
1928-02-25 Hibernian Clyde H 0-1
1928-02-29 Hibernian Hamilton Academical A 1-4
1928-03-07 Hibernian Cowdenbeath A 1-3
1928-03-10 Hibernian Dundee A 1-4
1928-03-17 Hibernian Rangers H 2-1
1928-03-26 Rangers Falkirk H 4-0
1928-03-31 Falkirk Hibernian H 2-2
1928-04-07 Falkirk Dunfermline Athletic A 0-1
1928-04-14 Falkirk Queen's Park H 1-2
1928-04-21 Falkirk Hamilton Academical H 1-2
1928-08-11 Falkirk Clyde A 1-2
1928-08-18 Falkirk St Johnstone A 1-3
1928-08-25 Falkirk Partick Thistle H 0-0
1928-09-01 Falkirk Hamilton Academical H 4-2
1928-09-08 Hamilton Academical Clyde H 2-0
1928-09-15 Clyde Hibernian H 0-1
1928-09-22 Clyde Aberdeen A 1-3
1928-09-29 Clyde Kilmarnock H 1-1
1928-10-06 Clyde St Mirren A 0-1
1928-10-13 Clyde Ayr United H 1-0
1928-10-20 Ayr United Queen's Park H 4-2
1928-10-27 Queen's Park Celtic H 4-4
1928-11-03 Queen's Park Partick Thistle A 2-2
1928-11-10 Queen's Park Kilmarnock A 4-7
1928-11-17 Queen's Park Falkirk H 1-3
1928-11-24 Queen's Park Hamilton Academical A 3-3
1928-12-01 Queen's Park Dundee H 2-4
1928-12-08 Queen's Park Third Lanark A 1-3
1928-12-15 Queen's Park Clyde H 2-1
1928-12-22 Clyde Cowdenbeath H 2-3
1928-12-25 Clyde Queen's Park H 2-2
1928-12-29 Clyde Falkirk A 1-2
1929-01-01 Clyde Partick Thistle H 0-4
1929-01-02 Clyde St Johnstone A 0-5
1929-01-05 Clyde Heart of Midlothian A 0-4
1929-01-12 Clyde Motherwell H 1-1
1929-02-09 Clyde Aberdeen H 2-1
1929-02-20 Aberdeen Raith Rovers A 2-2
1929-02-23 Aberdeen Motherwell H 1-1
1929-03-09 Aberdeen Ayr United H 2-1
1929-03-16 Ayr United Partick Thistle H 1-3
1929-03-30 Ayr United Hibernian H 4-1
1929-04-06 Hibernian Airdrieonians [1878] H 1-1
1929-04-13 Hibernian Celtic A 4-1
1929-04-17 Celtic Queen's Park H 1-2
1929-04-20 Celtic Falkirk H 3-0
1929-04-27 Falkirk Hibernian H 2-1
1929-08-10 Hibernian Airdrieonians [1878] H 3-1
1929-08-17 Airdrieonians [1878] St Johnstone H 5-1
1929-08-24 St Johnstone Rangers H 0-1
1929-08-31 St Johnstone Cowdenbeath A 1-2
1929-09-07 St Johnstone Queen's Park H 4-0
1929-09-14 Queen's Park Hibernian H 2-0
1929-09-21 Hibernian Clyde H 1-1
1929-09-28 Hibernian Greenock Morton A 2-3
1929-10-05 Hibernian Motherwell A 0-3
1929-10-12 Hibernian Partick Thistle H 3-0
1929-10-19 Partick Thistle Rangers H 0-1
1929-10-26 Partick Thistle Clyde A 3-2
1929-11-02 Clyde Dundee A 1-0
1929-11-09 Dundee Greenock Morton A 1-2
1929-11-16 Dundee Airdrieonians [1878] H 3-0
1929-11-23 Airdrieonians [1878] Greenock Morton H 2-2
1929-11-30 Airdrieonians [1878] Queen's Park H 1-2
1929-12-07 Airdrieonians [1878] Heart of Midlothian A 0-1
1929-12-14 Airdrieonians [1878] Rangers A 0-2
1929-12-21 Airdrieonians [1878] Hibernian H 3-0
1929-12-28 Hibernian Rangers H 0-2
1930-01-01 Hibernian Heart of Midlothian A 1-1
1930-01-02 Hibernian Dundee H 0-1
1930-01-04 Hibernian Hamilton Academical A 2-3
1930-01-11 Hibernian Ayr United H 1-0
1930-01-25 Ayr United Kilmarnock H 1-1
1930-02-08 Ayr United Falkirk H 0-0
1930-02-18 Ayr United Celtic A 0-4
1930-02-22 Ayr United Cowdenbeath A 1-7
1930-03-01 Ayr United Aberdeen H 5-1
1930-03-08 Aberdeen Kilmarnock H 4-3
1930-03-15 Kilmarnock Airdrieonians [1878] H 7-1
1930-03-22 Airdrieonians [1878] Dundee H 3-2
1930-03-29 Dundee Cowdenbeath H 3-0
1930-04-05 Cowdenbeath Falkirk H 3-0
1930-04-12 Falkirk Dundee United H 5-2
1930-04-19 Dundee United Hibernian H 2-2

 

Final resting places of all potatoes:

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Potato 1 - Vale of Leven
Potato 2 - Dumbarton
Potato 3 - Clydebank [1914]
Potato 4 - Dundee United

 

Total number of matches with all potatoes:

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team games
Queen's Park 119
Clyde 99
Kilmarnock 77
Hibernian 77
Third Lanark 59
St Mirren 59
Partick Thistle 57
Greenock Morton 57
Aberdeen 57
Dundee 54
Airdrieonians [1878] 52
Falkirk 47
Heart of Midlothian 43
Dumbarton 41
Raith Rovers 38
Motherwell 34
Vale of Leven 25
Hamilton Academical 25
St Bernard's 23
Clydebank [1914] 20
Abercorn 19
St Johnstone 18
Rangers 18
Celtic 15
Port Glasgow Athletic 14
Renton 13
Ayr United 13
Dunfermline Athletic 11
Leith Athletic [1887] 9
Albion Rovers 8
Bo'ness 5
Cowdenbeath 3
Alloa Athletic 3
Dundee United 2

 

Total number of spells in possession of all potatoes:

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team times
Hibernian 29
Clyde 29
Queen's Park 28
Dundee 26
Kilmarnock 25
St Mirren 24
Airdrieonians [1878] 21
Heart of Midlothian 20
Greenock Morton 20
Third Lanark 19
Aberdeen 19
Falkirk 18
Partick Thistle 17
Motherwell 16
Rangers 11
Hamilton Academical 11
Dumbarton 11
St Bernard's 8
Raith Rovers 8
Celtic 7
Clydebank [1914] 6
Leith Athletic [1887] 5
Ayr United 5
St Johnstone 4
Port Glasgow Athletic 4
Abercorn 4
Cowdenbeath 3
Albion Rovers 3
Vale of Leven 2
Renton 2
Dunfermline Athletic 2
Dundee United 1
Bo'ness 1
Alloa Athletic 1

 

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Potato 5 (1930-1937)

Our 5th potato would have another decent run of things, staying active for 7 years and changing hands 86 times. It would visit a total of 28 different clubs, including four newcomers, and would have its final resting place in yet another new location.

The new potato kicked off its journey in Edinburgh, with Heart of Midlothian suffering a 4-0 home defeat to Hamilton Academical on the opening day of the 1930/31 season. It stayed with them for a couple more weeks before they passed it on to newly promoted East Fife, who took the potato to Methil for the first time. The Fifers endured a difficult debut season in the top flight - they held the potato for 17 of the next 20 weeks courtesy of a run of 5 matches, a brief break and then a run of 12 more. With a nice nod to symmetry, they eventually offloaded the potato to Hearts in January and wouldn't see it again before finishing bottom and being relegated.

In 1931/32, the potato spent more weeks with Dundee United than any other club, but crucially they offloaded it for the final time in January before eventually being relegated. 1932/33 was East Stirlingshire's first season (of two) in the top flight - they went on to finish rock bottom, but they didn't see the potato until March, when they lost to local rivals Falkirk. It looked like they might take it down with them, but the potato was spared when they defeated Third Lanark two matches later. Queen of the South made their top flight debut in 1933/34, but they would only play one potato match (winning 5-2 against Airdrie) on their way to finishing fourth, and they wouldn't see the potato until March of the following year. The potato had a lucky escape at the end of the 1933/34 season, with Third Lanark going into the final day holding it and in a relegation spot - they beat Partick Thistle to save the potato, but it wasn't enough to save themselves.

The following year, Falkirk and St Mirren would eventually be relegated - both of them had lengthy spells with the potato, but didn't see it after January and thus kept it in circulation for another year. Arbroath made it to the top flight for the first time in 1935/36, and received the potato within the first month after losing to Albion Rovers, but they would get rid of it to Clyde the following week, and despite a four-week spell with the potato later in the season they would go on to a comfortable mid-table finish. The potato would finally meet its fate in 1936/37 - having spent time with 13 of the 20 clubs in the league, it would eventually be thrust into the hands of relegation-threatened Dunfermline Athletic with three matches to go, courtesy of a 4-3 defeat to Celtic. The Pars had two chances to save themselves and the potato - in the first they suffered a humbling 6-0 defeat to Motherwell, which sealed their relegation. All was not lost for the potato though, with a final day match with Arbroath - the Pars led 1-0 after an hour, but conceded an equaliser with 20 minutes to go to ensure that the potato perished.

 

Potato 5's journey:

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club start_date games
Heart of Midlothian 1930-08-09 2
East Fife 1930-08-23 5
Ayr United 1930-09-27 1
Aberdeen 1930-10-04 2
East Fife 1930-10-18 12
Heart of Midlothian 1931-01-03 1
Aberdeen 1931-01-05 3
Ayr United 1931-02-07 6
Leith Athletic [1887] 1931-03-21 3
Dundee 1931-04-18 4
Greenock Morton 1931-08-15 3
Dundee United 1931-08-26 6
St Mirren 1931-09-19 1
Hamilton Academical 1931-09-26 3
Leith Athletic [1887] 1931-10-17 2
Kilmarnock 1931-10-31 5
Dundee United 1931-12-12 2
Celtic 1931-12-26 2
Queen's Park 1932-01-02 3
Cowdenbeath 1932-02-06 2
Third Lanark 1932-02-27 3
St Mirren 1932-03-26 2
Airdrieonians [1878] 1932-04-02 3
Rangers 1932-04-25 1
Hamilton Academical 1932-04-27 1
Dundee 1932-08-13 4
Clyde 1932-09-03 1
Partick Thistle 1932-09-10 3
Falkirk 1932-10-01 1
Ayr United 1932-10-08 3
Cowdenbeath 1932-10-29 1
Airdrieonians [1878] 1932-11-05 5
Ayr United 1932-12-10 10
Falkirk 1933-02-25 1
East Stirlingshire 1933-03-04 2
Third Lanark 1933-03-18 2
Cowdenbeath 1933-04-22 6
Clyde 1933-09-02 6
Airdrieonians [1878] 1933-10-07 3
Dundee 1933-10-28 3
St Mirren 1933-11-18 3
Partick Thistle 1933-12-09 3
Clyde 1934-01-01 1
Third Lanark 1934-01-02 5
Airdrieonians [1878] 1934-03-10 3
Hibernian 1934-03-31 3
Third Lanark 1934-04-21 1
Partick Thistle 1934-04-28 1
Aberdeen 1934-08-11 1
Falkirk 1934-08-18 7
St Johnstone 1934-09-22 1
Motherwell 1934-09-29 3
Dundee 1934-10-20 1
Falkirk 1934-10-27 1
Dunfermline Athletic 1934-11-03 2
St Mirren 1934-11-17 7
Kilmarnock 1935-01-01 7
Queen's Park 1935-02-23 2
Queen of the South 1935-03-09 5
Albion Rovers 1935-04-20 5
Arbroath 1935-08-17 1
Clyde 1935-08-24 6
Partick Thistle 1935-09-21 1
Albion Rovers 1935-09-28 3
Queen of the South 1935-10-19 10
Dunfermline Athletic 1935-12-28 3
Heart of Midlothian 1936-01-04 1
Arbroath 1936-01-11 4
Aberdeen 1936-02-29 1
Kilmarnock 1936-03-14 7
Clyde 1936-04-29 3
Arbroath 1936-08-18 2
Hamilton Academical 1936-08-29 5
Third Lanark 1936-09-26 2
St Johnstone 1936-10-03 1
Hibernian 1936-10-10 4
Motherwell 1936-11-07 1
Dundee 1936-11-14 2
Third Lanark 1936-11-28 3
Albion Rovers 1936-12-19 4
Queen of the South 1937-01-04 2
Dundee 1937-01-16 3
Celtic 1937-02-20 2
St Mirren 1937-03-20 1
Third Lanark 1937-03-27 2
Celtic 1937-04-06 1
Dunfermline Athletic 1937-04-10 3

 

Total number of matches with Potato 5:

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team games
Ayr United 20
Kilmarnock 19
Third Lanark 18
Queen of the South 17
East Fife 17
Dundee 17
Clyde 17
St Mirren 14
Airdrieonians [1878] 14
Albion Rovers 12
Falkirk 10
Hamilton Academical 9
Cowdenbeath 9
Partick Thistle 8
Dunfermline Athletic 8
Dundee United 8
Hibernian 7
Arbroath 7
Aberdeen 7
Queen's Park 5
Leith Athletic [1887] 5
Celtic 5
Motherwell 4
Heart of Midlothian 4
Greenock Morton 3
St Johnstone 2
East Stirlingshire 2
Rangers 1



Full set of results for Potato 5:

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date holders opponents venue score
1930-08-09 Heart of Midlothian Hamilton Academical H 0-4
1930-08-16 Heart of Midlothian Rangers A 1-4
1930-08-23 Heart of Midlothian East Fife H 6-1
1930-08-30 East Fife Celtic H 2-6
1930-09-06 East Fife Partick Thistle A 0-8
1930-09-13 East Fife Airdrieonians [1878] H 1-5
1930-09-20 East Fife Cowdenbeath A 1-2
1930-09-27 East Fife Ayr United H 4-1
1930-10-04 Ayr United Aberdeen H 2-1
1930-10-11 Aberdeen St Mirren H 0-0
1930-10-18 Aberdeen East Fife A 3-1
1930-10-25 East Fife Hibernian A 1-2
1930-11-01 East Fife Clyde H 1-4
1930-11-08 East Fife Greenock Morton H 2-3
1930-11-15 East Fife Kilmarnock A 1-5
1930-11-22 East Fife Hamilton Academical A 1-4
1930-11-29 East Fife Falkirk H 4-4
1930-12-06 East Fife Queen's Park A 1-5
1930-12-13 East Fife Rangers A 0-4
1930-12-20 East Fife Motherwell H 1-1
1930-12-27 East Fife Dundee A 0-2
1931-01-01 East Fife Cowdenbeath H 0-0
1931-01-03 East Fife Heart of Midlothian H 1-0
1931-01-05 Heart of Midlothian Aberdeen H 3-2
1931-01-10 Aberdeen Airdrieonians [1878] A 0-2
1931-01-24 Aberdeen Celtic H 1-1
1931-02-07 Aberdeen Ayr United H 3-1
1931-02-18 Ayr United Rangers H 2-2
1931-02-21 Ayr United Partick Thistle H 1-1
1931-02-28 Ayr United Heart of Midlothian A 0-9
1931-03-07 Ayr United Airdrieonians [1878] H 0-0
1931-03-18 Ayr United Dundee A 2-5
1931-03-21 Ayr United Leith Athletic [1887] H 2-0
1931-04-04 Leith Athletic [1887] Cowdenbeath H 2-2
1931-04-11 Leith Athletic [1887] Partick Thistle A 0-2
1931-04-18 Leith Athletic [1887] Dundee H 3-1
1931-04-22 Dundee Celtic H 0-0
1931-04-25 Dundee Partick Thistle A 1-4
1931-08-08 Dundee Rangers A 1-4
1931-08-15 Dundee Greenock Morton H 2-1
1931-08-18 Greenock Morton Rangers A 3-7
1931-08-22 Greenock Morton Heart of Midlothian H 1-2
1931-08-26 Greenock Morton Dundee United H 4-2
1931-08-29 Dundee United Airdrieonians [1878] A 2-4
1931-08-31 Dundee United Clyde A 1-4
1931-09-05 Dundee United Cowdenbeath H 0-0
1931-09-09 Dundee United Kilmarnock H 0-0
1931-09-12 Dundee United Dundee A 1-1
1931-09-19 Dundee United St Mirren H 1-0
1931-09-26 St Mirren Hamilton Academical H 1-0
1931-10-03 Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian H 1-4
1931-10-10 Hamilton Academical Cowdenbeath A 0-1
1931-10-17 Hamilton Academical Leith Athletic [1887] A 4-1
1931-10-24 Leith Athletic [1887] Dundee United A 0-0
1931-10-31 Leith Athletic [1887] Kilmarnock H 3-1
1931-11-14 Kilmarnock Aberdeen A 1-1
1931-11-21 Kilmarnock Hamilton Academical H 1-1
1931-11-28 Kilmarnock Queen's Park A 0-2
1931-12-05 Kilmarnock Greenock Morton A 1-3
1931-12-12 Kilmarnock Dundee United H 8-0
1931-12-19 Dundee United Heart of Midlothian A 0-5
1931-12-26 Dundee United Celtic H 1-0
1932-01-01 Celtic Rangers H 1-2
1932-01-02 Celtic Queen's Park A 3-0
1932-01-09 Queen's Park Third Lanark A 1-2
1932-01-23 Queen's Park Dundee H 0-1
1932-02-06 Queen's Park Cowdenbeath H 2-1
1932-02-20 Cowdenbeath Hamilton Academical A 1-1
1932-02-27 Cowdenbeath Third Lanark H 2-0
1932-03-12 Third Lanark Airdrieonians [1878] A 2-2
1932-03-19 Third Lanark Heart of Midlothian H 3-4
1932-03-26 Third Lanark St Mirren H 4-0
1932-03-28 St Mirren Celtic A 0-1
1932-04-02 St Mirren Airdrieonians [1878] H 2-1
1932-04-09 Airdrieonians [1878] Celtic H 1-1
1932-04-23 Airdrieonians [1878] Cowdenbeath A 0-1
1932-04-25 Airdrieonians [1878] Rangers H 3-0
1932-04-27 Rangers Hamilton Academical H 1-0
1932-08-13 Hamilton Academical Dundee A 5-1
1932-08-20 Dundee Queen's Park A 0-2
1932-08-24 Dundee Motherwell H 0-3
1932-08-27 Dundee St Johnstone H 0-0
1932-09-03 Dundee Clyde A 3-0
1932-09-10 Clyde Partick Thistle A 3-2
1932-09-17 Partick Thistle Rangers A 0-3
1932-09-24 Partick Thistle Aberdeen H 1-2
1932-10-01 Partick Thistle Falkirk A 2-1
1932-10-08 Falkirk Ayr United A 1-0
1932-10-15 Ayr United St Johnstone A 0-4
1932-10-22 Ayr United Partick Thistle A 0-7
1932-10-29 Ayr United Cowdenbeath H 3-2
1932-11-05 Cowdenbeath Airdrieonians [1878] H 6-1
1932-11-12 Airdrieonians [1878] Partick Thistle H 0-1
1932-11-19 Airdrieonians [1878] Motherwell H 1-4
1932-11-26 Airdrieonians [1878] East Stirlingshire A 0-1
1932-12-03 Airdrieonians [1878] Celtic H 0-3
1932-12-10 Airdrieonians [1878] Ayr United H 3-2
1932-12-17 Ayr United Celtic H 0-1
1932-12-24 Ayr United Queen's Park A 1-4
1932-12-31 Ayr United Rangers H 3-3
1933-01-03 Ayr United Kilmarnock H 2-3
1933-01-07 Ayr United Aberdeen A 0-5
1933-01-14 Ayr United Heart of Midlothian H 1-1
1933-01-28 Ayr United Clyde A 0-2
1933-02-11 Ayr United Hamilton Academical H 0-1
1933-02-18 Ayr United Greenock Morton A 1-1
1933-02-25 Ayr United Falkirk A 2-1
1933-03-04 Falkirk East Stirlingshire A 2-1
1933-03-11 East Stirlingshire St Mirren A 0-3
1933-03-18 East Stirlingshire Third Lanark H 2-0
1933-03-25 Third Lanark Ayr United A 0-1
1933-04-22 Third Lanark Cowdenbeath H 3-1
1933-04-29 Cowdenbeath Motherwell H 1-4
1933-08-12 Cowdenbeath Kilmarnock A 1-4
1933-08-19 Cowdenbeath Queen's Park H 0-2
1933-08-23 Cowdenbeath Hibernian H 2-4
1933-08-26 Cowdenbeath Rangers A 1-3
1933-09-02 Cowdenbeath Clyde H 5-1
1933-09-09 Clyde Partick Thistle H 3-3
1933-09-13 Clyde St Johnstone A 0-1
1933-09-16 Clyde Hibernian A 0-3
1933-09-23 Clyde St Mirren H 0-0
1933-09-30 Clyde Third Lanark A 3-3
1933-10-07 Clyde Airdrieonians [1878] H 4-2
1933-10-14 Airdrieonians [1878] Queen of the South H 2-5
1933-10-21 Airdrieonians [1878] Third Lanark A 1-3
1933-10-28 Airdrieonians [1878] Dundee H 2-1
1933-11-04 Dundee Motherwell H 2-3
1933-11-11 Dundee Third Lanark A 1-4
1933-11-18 Dundee St Mirren A 3-0
1933-11-25 St Mirren Motherwell A 0-1
1933-12-02 St Mirren Cowdenbeath H 0-0
1933-12-09 St Mirren Partick Thistle H 2-0
1933-12-23 Partick Thistle Hamilton Academical H 1-2
1933-12-30 Partick Thistle Kilmarnock A 0-2
1934-01-01 Partick Thistle Clyde H 2-0
1934-01-02 Clyde Third Lanark H 4-2
1934-01-06 Third Lanark Heart of Midlothian H 1-1
1934-01-13 Third Lanark Aberdeen A 0-3
1934-01-27 Third Lanark Hamilton Academical H 1-1
1934-02-24 Third Lanark St Johnstone H 1-4
1934-03-10 Third Lanark Airdrieonians [1878] A 2-1
1934-03-17 Airdrieonians [1878] Dundee A 0-4
1934-03-24 Airdrieonians [1878] Motherwell H 3-6
1934-03-31 Airdrieonians [1878] Hibernian A 2-0
1934-04-07 Hibernian Ayr United A 1-4
1934-04-14 Hibernian Clyde A 0-1
1934-04-21 Hibernian Third Lanark H 3-1
1934-04-28 Third Lanark Partick Thistle H 3-1
1934-08-11 Partick Thistle Aberdeen H 2-1
1934-08-18 Aberdeen Falkirk H 1-0
1934-08-22 Falkirk Airdrieonians [1878] H 2-4
1934-08-25 Falkirk Hamilton Academical H 1-2
1934-09-01 Falkirk Clyde A 0-3
1934-09-08 Falkirk Queen's Park H 1-1
1934-09-11 Falkirk St Mirren A 1-2
1934-09-15 Falkirk Kilmarnock A 1-4
1934-09-22 Falkirk St Johnstone H 3-0
1934-09-29 St Johnstone Motherwell H 2-1
1934-10-06 Motherwell Clyde H 1-1
1934-10-13 Motherwell Heart of Midlothian A 1-2
1934-10-20 Motherwell Dundee H 5-3
1934-10-27 Dundee Falkirk H 1-0
1934-11-03 Falkirk Dunfermline Athletic H 2-0
1934-11-10 Dunfermline Athletic Partick Thistle A 1-7
1934-11-17 Dunfermline Athletic St Mirren H 3-2
1934-11-24 St Mirren Partick Thistle A 1-2
1934-12-01 St Mirren Celtic H 2-4
1934-12-08 St Mirren Hibernian H 1-2
1934-12-15 St Mirren Falkirk A 1-1
1934-12-22 St Mirren St Johnstone A 0-4
1934-12-29 St Mirren Queen's Park H 2-3
1935-01-01 St Mirren Kilmarnock A 4-1
1935-01-02 Kilmarnock Ayr United A 1-2
1935-01-05 Kilmarnock Airdrieonians [1878] H 0-0
1935-01-12 Kilmarnock Falkirk A 2-5
1935-01-19 Kilmarnock Motherwell H 3-3
1935-02-02 Kilmarnock Partick Thistle A 2-4
1935-02-16 Kilmarnock Dunfermline Athletic H 1-3
1935-02-23 Kilmarnock Queen's Park A 4-1
1935-03-02 Queen's Park Partick Thistle A 2-2
1935-03-09 Queen's Park Queen of the South H 2-1
1935-03-16 Queen of the South Rangers A 0-5
1935-03-23 Queen of the South Heart of Midlothian A 2-4
1935-03-30 Queen of the South Kilmarnock H 0-1
1935-04-13 Queen of the South Hamilton Academical A 1-1
1935-04-20 Queen of the South Albion Rovers H 1-0
1935-04-24 Albion Rovers Rangers A 2-2
1935-04-27 Albion Rovers Kilmarnock A 1-2
1935-08-10 Albion Rovers Dunfermline Athletic H 1-3
1935-08-14 Albion Rovers Rangers H 1-2
1935-08-17 Albion Rovers Arbroath A 2-1
1935-08-24 Arbroath Clyde A 3-1
1935-08-28 Clyde Aberdeen A 1-3
1935-08-31 Clyde Third Lanark A 0-3
1935-09-07 Clyde Motherwell H 1-2
1935-09-14 Clyde Dundee A 3-4
1935-09-17 Clyde Queen's Park A 1-4
1935-09-21 Clyde Partick Thistle H 1-0
1935-09-28 Partick Thistle Albion Rovers H 5-3
1935-10-05 Albion Rovers Dundee H 1-1
1935-10-12 Albion Rovers Hibernian A 0-3
1935-10-19 Albion Rovers Queen of the South H 2-0
1935-10-26 Queen of the South Hamilton Academical H 1-2
1935-11-02 Queen of the South Aberdeen A 3-4
1935-11-09 Queen of the South Rangers H 0-2
1935-11-16 Queen of the South St Johnstone A 1-3
1935-11-23 Queen of the South Queen's Park A 1-1
1935-11-30 Queen of the South Clyde H 2-2
1935-12-07 Queen of the South Kilmarnock A 2-4
1935-12-14 Queen of the South Heart of Midlothian A 0-2
1935-12-21 Queen of the South Hibernian A 0-3
1935-12-28 Queen of the South Dunfermline Athletic H 3-1
1936-01-01 Dunfermline Athletic St Johnstone H 2-6
1936-01-02 Dunfermline Athletic Aberdeen A 3-3
1936-01-04 Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian H 2-0
1936-01-11 Heart of Midlothian Arbroath A 3-1
1936-02-01 Arbroath Queen's Park A 0-0
1936-02-08 Arbroath Hamilton Academical A 2-2
1936-02-15 Arbroath St Johnstone H 2-2
1936-02-29 Arbroath Aberdeen A 2-1
1936-03-14 Aberdeen Kilmarnock H 2-1
1936-03-21 Kilmarnock Albion Rovers H 2-2
1936-04-01 Kilmarnock Heart of Midlothian A 2-4
1936-04-04 Kilmarnock Motherwell A 2-3
1936-04-08 Kilmarnock Hibernian H 0-1
1936-04-11 Kilmarnock Queen's Park A 0-1
1936-04-25 Kilmarnock Rangers H 0-3
1936-04-29 Kilmarnock Clyde H 2-0
1936-08-08 Clyde Arbroath A 1-2
1936-08-15 Clyde Celtic H 1-1
1936-08-18 Clyde Arbroath H 4-2
1936-08-22 Arbroath Heart of Midlothian H 0-3
1936-08-29 Arbroath Hamilton Academical A 4-1
1936-09-05 Hamilton Academical Hibernian A 4-5
1936-09-09 Hamilton Academical Dunfermline Athletic A 2-4
1936-09-12 Hamilton Academical Celtic H 1-2
1936-09-19 Hamilton Academical Motherwell A 2-5
1936-09-26 Hamilton Academical Third Lanark H 3-1
1936-09-29 Third Lanark Queen's Park H 1-2
1936-10-03 Third Lanark St Johnstone H 2-0
1936-10-10 St Johnstone Hibernian H 3-1
1936-10-17 Hibernian St Mirren H 0-0
1936-10-24 Hibernian Celtic A 1-5
1936-10-31 Hibernian Third Lanark H 0-1
1936-11-07 Hibernian Motherwell A 4-3
1936-11-14 Motherwell Dundee H 2-1
1936-11-21 Dundee Falkirk A 0-5
1936-11-28 Dundee Third Lanark H 3-2
1936-12-05 Third Lanark Arbroath A 1-4
1936-12-12 Third Lanark Falkirk H 2-3
1936-12-19 Third Lanark Albion Rovers A 4-0
1936-12-26 Albion Rovers Celtic A 0-4
1937-01-01 Albion Rovers Falkirk H 1-4
1937-01-02 Albion Rovers Motherwell A 1-9
1937-01-04 Albion Rovers Queen of the South H 4-0
1937-01-09 Queen of the South Motherwell H 0-2
1937-01-16 Queen of the South Dundee A 3-1
1937-01-23 Dundee Hamilton Academical A 1-5
1937-02-06 Dundee Queen's Park H 2-2
1937-02-20 Dundee Celtic A 2-1
1937-03-06 Celtic Hibernian A 2-2
1937-03-20 Celtic St Mirren A 2-1
1937-03-27 St Mirren Third Lanark H 2-1
1937-03-29 Third Lanark Hibernian H 1-1
1937-04-06 Third Lanark Celtic H 4-2
1937-04-10 Celtic Dunfermline Athletic A 4-3
1937-04-14 Dunfermline Athletic Motherwell A 0-6
1937-04-24 Dunfermline Athletic Arbroath A 1-1

 

Final resting places of all potatoes:

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Potato 1 - Vale of Leven
Potato 2 - Dumbarton
Potato 3 - Clydebank [1914]
Potato 4 - Dundee United
Potato 5 - Dunfermline Athletic

 

Total number of matches with all potatoes:

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team games
Queen's Park 124
Clyde 116
Kilmarnock 96
Hibernian 84
Third Lanark 77
St Mirren 73
Dundee 71
Airdrieonians [1878] 66
Partick Thistle 65
Aberdeen 64
Greenock Morton 60
Falkirk 57
Heart of Midlothian 47
Dumbarton 41
Raith Rovers 38
Motherwell 38
Hamilton Academical 34
Ayr United 33
Vale of Leven 25
St Bernard's 23
St Johnstone 20
Clydebank [1914] 20
Celtic 20
Albion Rovers 20
Rangers 19
Dunfermline Athletic 19
Abercorn 19
Queen of the South 17
East Fife 17
Port Glasgow Athletic 14
Leith Athletic [1887] 14
Renton 13
Cowdenbeath 12
Dundee United 10
Arbroath 7
Bo'ness 5
Alloa Athletic 3
East Stirlingshire 2

 

Total number of spells in possession of all potatoes:

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team times
Clyde 34
Dundee 32
Hibernian 31
Queen's Park 30
St Mirren 29
Kilmarnock 28
Third Lanark 26
Airdrieonians [1878] 25
Heart of Midlothian 23
Aberdeen 23
Falkirk 22
Partick Thistle 21
Greenock Morton 21
Motherwell 18
Hamilton Academical 14
Rangers 12
Dumbarton 11
Celtic 10
Ayr United 9
St Bernard's 8
Raith Rovers 8
Leith Athletic [1887] 7
St Johnstone 6
Cowdenbeath 6
Clydebank [1914] 6
Albion Rovers 6
Dunfermline Athletic 5
Port Glasgow Athletic 4
Abercorn 4
Queen of the South 3
Dundee United 3
Arbroath 3
Vale of Leven 2
Renton 2
East Fife 2
East Stirlingshire 1
Bo'ness 1
Alloa Athletic 1

 

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Potato 6 (1937-1938)

After several consecutive long-running potatoes, potato number 6 was more a case of fast food, lasting just a single season. It was still an exciting time for the potato, which visited 10 different clubs. It would be one of several very short-lived potatoes in the era either side of World War II. You will therefore be delighted to hear that I can do a full run through of this potato rather than just focusing on highlights.

The opening day of the 1937/38 season saw the potato heading to Paisley after St Mirren lost 4-0 at Aberdeen at Pittodrie. Saints would keep it for one more game before giving it to Aberdeen in the return fixture in Paisley 10 days later. The Dons didn't hang around, beating Partick Thistle 3-1 the following week, then the Jags had two consecutive draws before beating Kilmarnock 3-1 in Glasgow. Killie held it for a couple of weeks before a win at Dundee, who immediately sent it to Third Lanark, who gave it to Hibernian a couple of weeks later. After a draw with Motherwell, Hibs defeated Ayr United, who embarked on a seven game stint with the potato before eventually sending it even further south to Dumfries with a 1-0 victory over Queen of the South on New Year's Day 1938.

The Doonhamers lost 3-2 to St Johnstone, but the following week they were able to hand it off to the other Saints with a 1-0 win over St Mirren. Saints drew with Rangers and lost to Arbroath before sending the Potato along the Clyde Riviera with an emphatic 7-0 victory over Greenock Morton. It was a wretched season for the Ton - the newly promoted side only won 6 matches across the entire season, and finished rock bottom. Unfortunately for the potato, none of those 6 wins would come in the final 10 matches of the season, and therefore they would take the potato back to Division Two with them. The potato would have gone down no matter what happened on the final day; Clyde won 3-1 at Cappielow to ensure they were one of SIX sides who finished a point ahead of Dundee in the final relegation spot - had they lost they would have gone down and taken the potato with them.


Potato 6's journey:

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club start_date games
St Mirren 1937-08-14 2
Aberdeen 1937-08-24 1
Partick Thistle 1937-08-28 3
Kilmarnock 1937-09-15 3
Dundee 1937-10-02 1
Third Lanark 1937-10-04 2
Hibernian 1937-10-23 2
Ayr United 1937-11-06 7
Queen of the South 1938-01-01 2
St Mirren 1938-01-08 3
Greenock Morton 1938-02-05 11


Total number of matches with Potato 6:

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team games
Greenock Morton 11
Ayr United 7
St Mirren 5
Partick Thistle 3
Kilmarnock 3
Third Lanark 2
Queen of the South 2
Hibernian 2
Dundee 1
Aberdeen 1


Full set of results for Potato 6:

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date holders opponents venue score
1937-08-14 St Mirren Aberdeen A 0-4
1937-08-21 St Mirren Heart of Midlothian H 1-1
1937-08-24 St Mirren Aberdeen H 2-1
1937-08-28 Aberdeen Partick Thistle H 3-1
1937-09-04 Partick Thistle Arbroath H 0-0
1937-09-11 Partick Thistle Clyde A 1-1
1937-09-15 Partick Thistle Kilmarnock A 3-1
1937-09-18 Kilmarnock St Johnstone A 2-6
1937-09-25 Kilmarnock Motherwell H 0-2
1937-10-02 Kilmarnock Dundee A 2-1
1937-10-04 Dundee Third Lanark H 2-1
1937-10-09 Third Lanark Kilmarnock A 2-4
1937-10-23 Third Lanark Hibernian H 1-0
1937-10-30 Hibernian Motherwell H 1-1
1937-11-06 Hibernian Ayr United H 3-0
1937-11-13 Ayr United Partick Thistle A 2-6
1937-11-20 Ayr United Celtic H 1-1
1937-11-27 Ayr United Motherwell H 3-3
1937-12-11 Ayr United Falkirk H 2-3
1937-12-25 Ayr United Arbroath H 0-1
1937-12-31 Ayr United Clyde A 0-0
1938-01-01 Ayr United Queen of the South H 1-0
1938-01-03 Queen of the South St Johnstone H 2-3
1938-01-08 Queen of the South St Mirren H 1-0
1938-01-15 St Mirren Rangers H 1-1
1938-01-29 St Mirren Arbroath A 1-2
1938-02-05 St Mirren Greenock Morton H 7-0
1938-02-19 Greenock Morton Aberdeen A 1-4
1938-02-26 Greenock Morton Arbroath A 2-2
1938-03-16 Greenock Morton Clyde A 1-7
1938-03-19 Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical A 0-5
1938-03-26 Greenock Morton Rangers H 2-3
1938-04-02 Greenock Morton Queen of the South H 2-5
1938-04-13 Greenock Morton Heart of Midlothian H 1-2
1938-04-20 Greenock Morton Queen's Park H 1-2
1938-04-29 Greenock Morton Kilmarnock A 0-3
1938-04-30 Greenock Morton Clyde H 1-3


Final resting places of all potatoes:

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Potato 1 - Vale of Leven
Potato 2 - Dumbarton
Potato 3 - Clydebank [1914]
Potato 4 - Dundee United
Potato 5 - Dunfermline Athletic
Potato 6 - Greenock Morton


Total number of matches with all potatoes:

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team games
Queen's Park 124
Clyde 116
Kilmarnock 99
Hibernian 86
Third Lanark 79
St Mirren 78
Dundee 72
Greenock Morton 71
Partick Thistle 68
Airdrieonians [1878] 66
Aberdeen 65
Falkirk 57
Heart of Midlothian 47
Dumbarton 41
Ayr United 40
Raith Rovers 38
Motherwell 38
Hamilton Academical 34
Vale of Leven 25
St Bernard's 23
St Johnstone 20
Clydebank [1914] 20
Celtic 20
Albion Rovers 20
Rangers 19
Queen of the South 19
Dunfermline Athletic 19
Abercorn 19
East Fife 17
Port Glasgow Athletic 14
Leith Athletic [1887] 14
Renton 13
Cowdenbeath 12
Dundee United 10
Arbroath 7
Bo'ness 5
Alloa Athletic 3
East Stirlingshire 2


Total number of spells in possession of all potatoes:

Spoiler
team times
Clyde 34
Dundee 33
Hibernian 32
St Mirren 31
Queen's Park 30
Kilmarnock 29
Third Lanark 27
Airdrieonians [1878] 25
Aberdeen 24
Heart of Midlothian 23
Partick Thistle 22
Greenock Morton 22
Falkirk 22
Motherwell 18
Hamilton Academical 14
Rangers 12
Dumbarton 11
Celtic 10
Ayr United 10
St Bernard's 8
Raith Rovers 8
Leith Athletic [1887] 7
St Johnstone 6
Cowdenbeath 6
Clydebank [1914] 6
Albion Rovers 6
Dunfermline Athletic 5
Queen of the South 4
Port Glasgow Athletic 4
Abercorn 4
Dundee United 3
Arbroath 3
Vale of Leven 2
Renton 2
East Fife 2
East Stirlingshire 1
Bo'ness 1
Alloa Athletic 1

 

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