Scottish Premier Reserve League

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Scottish Premier Reserve League
Sport	Football
Founded	1998
No. of teams	12
Country(ies)	Scotland
Most recent champion(s)	Celtic F.C. Reserves

The Scottish Premier Reserve League is the top reserve team league for Scottish football teams. The competition started at the same time as the inauguration of the Scottish Premier League in the 1998-99 season and was initially an under-21 league, with a quota of 5 players over the age limit allowed per team, per match.

The inaugural competition was won by St Johnstone, who won 17 of their 27 matches, losing on only 5 occasions, most notably 5-0 to Dundee United on 6 May 1999.

[edit] Past winners

Season	Winner
1998–99	St Johnstone Reserves
1999–00	Hearts Reserves
2000–01	Rangers Reserves
2001–02	Celtic Reserves
2002–03	Celtic Reserves
2003–04	Celtic Reserves
2004–05	Celtic Reserves
2005–06	Celtic Reserves
2006–07	Celtic Reserves
2007–08	Celtic Reserves

[edit] Stadiums

Some of the clubs participating have opted to use alternate stadiums for their reserve team matches.

Aberdeen F.C. - Glebe Park, Brechin
Celtic F.C. - Shyberry Excelsior, Airdrie.
Dundee United - Station Park, Forfar
Hearts - Forthbank Stadium, Stirling.
Hibernian - Almondvale, Livingston (Also known to use Meadowbank Stadium).
Rangers - Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld.
Motherwell F.C. - Hannah Park (home of Shotts Bon Accord).

Falkirk F.C., Inverness Caledonian Thistle, St. Mirren and Kilmarnock will play their reserve games at their normal home stadiums. Gretna F.C. are playing their home games at Fir Park as their own stadium Raydale Park does not meet SPL requirements. Their reserve fixtures are still hosted at Raydale.