Scottish Football League

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The Scottish Football League was the historic organizing body responsible for running Scotland’s national football league system below the top tier before it was replaced by the Scottish Professional Football League.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf football league system
sports governing body
associatedCupCompetition Scottish Challenge Cup
Scottish League Cup
competitionFormat round-robin
competitionStatus defunct
competitionType men's football
country Scotland
dissolved 2013
founded 1890
governanceModel club-based voting
governedBy Scottish Football Association
governedCompetitionType league competitions
governedLevel fourth tier
second tier
third tier
headquartersLocation Glasgow
historicalSignificance oldest national football league in Scotland
initialNumberOfClubs 11
language English
legacy foundation of modern Scottish league structure
lowerDivisionName First Division
Second Division
Third Division
memberType professional clubs
semi-professional clubs
mergedInto Scottish Professional Football League
notableChange creation of Scottish Premier League in 1998
introduction of Premier Division in 1975
organisedBy member clubs
promotionSystem promotion and relegation
reasonForReplacement league system reorganisation
region United Kingdom
replacedBy Scottish Professional Football League
role administering league rules
distributing league revenues
organising league fixtures
scope national league system
seasonStructure annual
shortName SFL
sport association football
tierCoverage below top tier of Scottish football
topDivisionName Scottish Premier Division
Scottish Premier League
typeOfOrganization league association

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cowdenbeath F.C. association Scottish Football League
this entity surface form: SPFL (historically)
this entity surface form: Scottish First Division
East Stirlingshire F.C. formerLeague Scottish Football League
Partick Thistle F.C. formerLeague Scottish Football League
Raith Rovers F.C. formerLeague Scottish Football League
St Mirren F.C. formerLeague Scottish Football League
Scottish Challenge Cup formerOrganiser Scottish Football League
Ramsdens Cup formerlyOrganisedBy Scottish Football League
Scottish League Cup formerlyOrganisedBy Scottish Football League
Scottish Premier Division governingBody Scottish Football League
Hamilton Academical F.C. hasWon Scottish Football League
this entity surface form: Scottish First Division
Queen’s Park F.C. historicalLeague Scottish Football League
Stevie Crawford league Scottish Football League
Stephen leagueParticipatedInAsPlayer Scottish Football League
subject surface form: Stephen Nicol
Scottish Premier Division organizer Scottish Football League
this entity surface form: Scottish football league system
Scottish Premier Division relegationTo Scottish Football League
this entity surface form: Scottish Football League First Division
Scottish Premier League relegationTo Scottish Football League
this entity surface form: Scottish First Division
SPL relegationTo Scottish Football League
subject surface form: Scottish Premier League
this entity surface form: Scottish First Division
Scottish Professional Football League replaced Scottish Football League
Kenny Dalglish wonCompetitionAsPlayer Scottish Football League
this entity surface form: Scottish League Championship