1948-49 in Scottish football

Season 1948-1949 was the 52nd season of Scottish League football. Rangers became the first team to win the Scottish domestic treble.

[edit] Scottish League Division A

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
1	Rangers	30	20	6	4	63	32	31	46
2	Dundee	30	20	5	5	71	48	23	45
3	Hibernian	30	17	5	8	75	52	23	39
4	East Fife	30	16	3	11	64	46	18	35
5	Falkirk	30	12	8	10	70	54	16	32
6	Celtic	30	12	7	11	48	40	8	31
7	Third Lanark	30	13	5	12	56	52	4	31
8	Hearts	30	12	6	12	64	54	10	30
9	St Mirren	30	13	4	13	51	47	4	30
10	Queen of the South	30	11	8	11	47	53	-6	30
11	Partick Thistle	30	9	9	12	50	63	-13	27
12	Motherwell	30	10	5	15	44	49	-5	25
13	Aberdeen	30	7	11	12	39	48	-9	25
14	Clyde	30	9	6	15	50	67	-17	24
15	Greenock Morton	30	7	8	15	39	51	-12	22
16	Albion Rovers	30	3	2	25	30	105	-75	8

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Greenock Morton, Albion Rovers

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
1	Raith Rovers	30	20	2	8	80	44	36	42
2	Stirling Albion	30	20	2	8	71	47	24	42
3	Airdrie	30	16	9	5	76	42	34	41
4	Dunfermline Athletic	30	16	9	5	80	58	22	41
5	Queens Park	30	14	7	9	66	49	17	35
6	St Johnstone	30	14	4	12	58	51	7	32
7	Arbroath	30	12	8	10	62	56	6	32
8	Dundee United	30	10	7	13	60	67	-7	27
9	Ayr United	30	10	7	13	51	70	-19	27
10	Hamilton Academical	30	9	8	13	48	57	-9	26
11	Kilmarnock	30	9	7	14	58	61	-3	25
12	Stenhousemuir	30	8	8	14	50	54	4	24
13	Cowdenbeath	30	9	5	16	53	58	-5	23
14	Alloa Athletic	30	10	3	17	42	85	-43	23
15	Dumbarton	30	8	6	16	52	79	-27	22
16	East Stirling	30	6	6	18	38	67	-29	18

Champions: Raith Rovers, Stirling Albion
Relegated: East Stirlingshire

Competition	Winner
Scottish Cup	Rangers
Scottish League Cup	Rangers

Note that scores are written Scotland first

Scotland were winners of the 1949 British Home Championship.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scotland scorers
October 23, 1948	Ninian Park, Cardiff	Wales	3-1	BHC	Willie Waddell (2), Lawrie Reilly
November 17, 1948	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Northern Ireland	3-2	BHC	Willie Houliston (2), Jimmy Mason
April 9, 1949	Wembley Stadium, London	England	3-1	BHC	Jimmy Mason, Billy Steel, Lawrie Reilly
April 27, 1949	Hampden Park, Glasgow	France	2-0	F	Billy Steel (2)