Football Records in Scotland - wikipedia Football Records in Scotland Football in Scotland is a popular professional sport. Founded in 1873, Scotland has the second oldest national football association in the world. The national cup competition, the Scottish Cup, was started in the 1873 -- 74 season. Its trophy is the oldest national sporting trophy in the world. A Scottish football league system was first instituted in 1890, with the creation of the Scottish Football League. A second national cup competition, the Scottish League Cup, was created in the 1946 -- 47 season. This page details the team and individual records set in these competitions. Contents 1 League competitions 1.1 Team records 1.2 Individual 2 Scottish Cup 2.1 Team records 2.2 Individual 3 Scottish League Cup 3.1 Team records 4 Transfers 4.1 Record transfer fees paid 4.2 Record transfer fees received 5 Most successful clubs by titles 6 References 7 External links League competitions Team Records Titles Main article : List of Scottish football champions Most top - flight league titles : 54, Rangers Most consecutive league titles : 9, ( joint record ) Celtic ( 1965 -- 1974 ) Rangers ( 1989 -- 1997 ) Top - flight appearances Most appearances : 118 seasons, Celtic ( 1890 -- present ) Largest victories Largest top flight home win : 11 -- 0, Celtic v Dundee, 26 October 1895 Largest top flight away win : 1 -- 11, Airdrieonians v Hibernian, 24 October 1959 Streaks Longest top flight unbeaten run : 62 games, Celtic ( 20 November 1915 -- 21 April 1917 ) Most consecutive top flight wins : 25, Celtic ( 2003 -- 04 ) Unbeaten league season : Celtic P18 W15 D3 L0, 1897 -- 98 Rangers P18 W18 D0 L0, 1898 -- 99 Celtic P38 W34 D4 L0, 2016 -- 17 Attendances Highest attendance : 118,567 - Rangers v Celtic at Ibrox Park, 2 January 1939 Individual Goals Most top flight goals in a career : 410, Jimmy McGrory ( Celtic 397, Clydebank 13 ) Most top flight goals in a season : 52, Willie MacFadyen ( Motherwell, 1931 -- 32 ) Most top flight goals in a game : 8, Jimmy McGrory ( Celtic 9 Dunfermline Athletic 0, 14 January 1928 ) Most top flight hat - tricks : 48, Jimmy McGrory Appearances Most top flight appearances : 626, Bob Ferrier ( Motherwell ) Most consecutive appearances with a goal scored : 14, Evelyn Morrison ( Falkirk, 1928 -- 29 ) Goalkeepers Longest period of time without conceding a goal : 1,215 minutes, Fraser Forster ( Celtic, 2013 -- 14 ) Titles Most league title wins by a manager 18, Bill Struth ( Rangers ) Most league title wins by a player 13, Sandy Archibald ( Rangers ) Scottish Cup Team Records Main article : List of Scottish Cup finals Most final wins : 37, Celtic Most consecutive wins : 3, joint record : Queen 's Park ( 1874, 1875, 1876 ) Vale of Leven ( 1877, 1878, 1879 ) Queen 's Park ( 1880, 1881, 1882 ) Rangers ( 1934, 1935, 1936 ) Rangers ( 1948, 1949, 1950 ) Rangers ( 1962, 1963, 1964 ) Aberdeen ( 1982, 1983, 1984 ) Most appearances : 56, Celtic ( includes cancelled 1909 fixture ) Most consecutive appearances : 8, Rangers ( 1976 -- 1983 ) Most appearances without winning : 2, Hamilton Academical ( 1911, 1935 ) Most final losses : 18, Celtic ( excludes cancelled 1909 fixture ) Most common pairing in the final : 15, Celtic v Rangers ( 7 wins each, 1909 was withheld ) Attendances Highest attendance : 146,433, Celtic v Aberdeen at Hampden Park, 24 April 1937 ( 1937 Scottish Cup Final ) Individual Most cup final wins by manager : 14, Willie Maley ( Celtic ) Most cup final wins by player 8, Bobby Lennox ( Celtic ) Most overall goals : Jimmy McGrory 77 goals ( Celtic 74, Clydebank 3 ) Scottish League Cup Team records Main article : List of Scottish League Cup finals Most final wins : 27, Rangers Most consecutive wins : 5, Celtic ( 1966 -- 1970 ) Most appearances : 34, Rangers Most consecutive appearances : 14, Celtic ( 1965 -- 1978 ) Most appearances without winning : 3, Dunfermline Athletic Most final losses : 15, Celtic Most common pairing in the final : 12, Celtic v Rangers ( 8 Rangers wins, 4 Celtic wins ) Attendances Highest attendance : 107,609, Celtic v Rangers at Hampden Park, 25 October 1965 ( 1965 Scottish League Cup Final ) Individual Most overall goals : Joe Harper 74 goals ( Aberdeen 51, Hibernian 16, Morton 7 ) Transfers Record transfer fees paid Rank Player From To Fee Date Notes Tore André Flo Chelsea Rangers £ 12,500,000 23 November 2000 Shota Arveladze AFC Ajax Rangers £ 8,500,000 Michael Ball Everton Rangers £ 6,500,000 20 August 2001 Chris Sutton Chelsea Celtic £ 6,000,000 11 July 2000 John Hartson Coventry City Celtic £ 6,000,000 2 August 2001 6 Mikel Arteta Barcelona Rangers £ 5,800,000 29 June 2002 7 Eyal Berkovic West Ham Celtic £ 5,750,000 8 July 1999 Neil Lennon Leicester City Celtic £ 5,750,000 8 December 2000 9 Andrei Kanchelskis Fiorentina Rangers £ 5,500,000 15 July 1998 10 Lorenzo Amoruso Fiorentina Rangers £ 5,000,000 29 May 1997 Arthur Numan PSV Eindhoven Rangers £ 5,000,000 18 May 1998 Giovanni van Bronckhorst Feyenoord Rangers £ 5,000,000 6 July 1998 Record transfer fees received Rank Player From To Fee Date Notes Victor Wanyama Celtic Southampton £ 12,500,000 11 July 2013 Virgil van Dijk Celtic Southampton £ 11,500,000 1 September 2015 Fraser Forster Celtic Southampton £ 10,000,000 9 August 2014 Aiden McGeady Celtic Spartak Moscow £ 9,500,000 1 August 2010 5 Craig Gordon Hearts Sunderland £ 9,000,000 8 August 2007 6 Alan Hutton Rangers Tottenham Hotspur £ 9,000,000 30 January 2008 7 Giovanni van Bronckhorst Rangers Arsenal £ 8,500,000 20 June 2001 8 Jean - Alain Boumsong Rangers Newcastle United £ 8,000,000 1 January 2005 9 Carlos Cuéllar Rangers Aston Villa £ 7,800,000 12 August 2008 10 Barry Ferguson Rangers Blackburn Rovers £ 7,500,000 29 August 2003 Most successful clubs by titles Main article : List of football clubs in Scotland by major honours won Team Domestic European Total League titles Scottish Cup League Cup Champions League Cup Winner 's Cup Europa League Super Cup Rangers 54 33 27 - - - 115 Celtic 48 37 16 - - - 102 Aberdeen 7 6 - - 19 Heart of Midlothian 8 - - - - 16 Hibernian - - - - 10 Queen 's Park - 10 - - - - - 10 Kilmarnock - - - - 5 Dundee United - - - - 5 Dundee - - - - 5 Motherwell - - - - St Mirren - - - - - East Fife - - - - - Dumbarton - - - - - Third Lanark - - - - - Clyde - - - - - - Falkirk - - - - - - Dunfermline Athletic - - - - - - Partick Thistle - - - - - Inverness Caledonian Thistle - - - - - - St Johnstone - - - - - - Greenock Morton - - - - - - Airdrieonians - - - - - - St Bernard 's - - - - - - Raith Rovers - 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Jump up ^ Walker, Mark ( 13 May 2015 ). `` Former Rangers striker 's agent claims club paid four times publicised fee ''. The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Jump up ^ Conflicting reports as to how much Rangers actually paid, £ 4m up front with a further £ 2.5 m in installments Jump up ^ `` Ball makes Rangers move ''. BBC Sport. 17 August 2011. Jump up ^ `` O'Neill secures Sutton ''. BBC Sport. 11 July 2000. Retrieved 6 August 2013. Jump up ^ `` Celtic sign trio on deadline day ''. BBC Sport. 2 August 2001. Retrieved 6 August 2013. Jump up ^ Staniforth, Tommy ( 8 December 1999 ). `` Football : Berkovic commits to Celtic ''. The Independent. Retrieved 14 January 2016. Jump up ^ Ley, John ( 7 December 2000 ). `` Lennon realises dream to join his idols Celtic ''. Retrieved 15 November 2013. Jump up ^ `` Victor Wanyama completes £ 12.5 m move to Southampton from Celtic ''. The Guardian. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2015. 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Question: who has scored the most goals in scottish football
Answer: Jimmy McGrory