1928-29 in Scottish football
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Season 1928-1929 was the 39th season of Scottish league football.
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[edit] Scottish League Division One
Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | Points |
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1 | Rangers | 38 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 107 | 32 | 75 | 67 |
2 | Celtic | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 67 | 44 | 23 | 51 |
3 | Motherwell | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 85 | 66 | 19 | 50 |
4 | Hearts | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 91 | 57 | 34 | 47 |
5 | Queens Park | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 100 | 69 | 31 | 43 |
6 | Partick Thistle | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 91 | 70 | 21 | 41 |
7 | Aberdeen | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 81 | 68 | 13 | 40 |
8 | St Mirren | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 78 | 75 | 3 | 40 |
9 | St Johnstone | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 57 | 70 | -13 | 38 |
10 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 79 | 74 | 5 | 36 |
11 | Falkirk | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 68 | 86 | -18 | 36 |
12 | Hamilton Acad | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 58 | 83 | -25 | 35 |
13 | Cowdenbeath | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 55 | 69 | -14 | 33 |
14 | Hibernian | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 54 | 62 | -8 | 32 |
15 | Airdrie | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 56 | 65 | -9 | 31 |
16 | Ayr United | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 65 | 84 | -19 | 31 |
17 | Clyde | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 47 | 71 | -24 | 30 |
18 | Dundee | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 29 |
19 | Third Lanark | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 71 | 102 | -31 | 26 |
20 | Raith Rovers | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 52 | 105 | -53 | 24 |
Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Third Lanark, Raith Rovers
[edit] Scottish League Division Two
Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dundee United | 36 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 99 | 55 | 44 | 51 |
2 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 85 | 49 | 36 | 50 |
3 | Arbroath | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 90 | 60 | 30 | 47 |
4 | Albion Rovers | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 95 | 67 | 28 | 44 |
5 | Leith Athletic | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 78 | 56 | 22 | 43 |
6 | St Bernard's | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 77 | 55 | 22 | 41 |
7 | Forfar Athletic | 36 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 69 | 75 | -6 | 38 |
8 | East Fife | 36 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 88 | 77 | 11 | 36 |
9 | Queen of the South | 36 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 86 | 79 | 7 | 36 |
10 | Bo'ness | 36 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 35 |
11 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 66 | 72 | -6 | 33 |
12 | East Stirling | 36 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 71 | 75 | -4 | 32 |
13 | Alloa Athletic | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 64 | 77 | -13 | 31 |
14 | Dumbarton | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 59 | 78 | -19 | 31 |
15 | King's Park | 36 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 60 | 84 | -24 | 29 |
16 | Clydebank | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 70 | 85 | -15 | 27 |
17 | Arthurlie | 36 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 51 | 73 | -22 | 25 |
18 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 51 | 90 | -39 | 24 |
19 | Armadale | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 47 | 99 | -52 | 23 |
20 | Bathgate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NOTE: Arthurlie resigned - fixtures stand
Bathgate resigned - fixtures expunged
Promoted: Dundee United, Greenock Morton
[edit] Scottish Cup
Kilmarnock were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 2-0 win over last years winners Rangers.
[edit] Scotland national team
Note that scores are written Scotland first
Scotland were winners of the 1929 British Home Championship. 1929 also saw Scotland complete against non-British teams for the first time.
Date | Venue | Opponents | Score | Competition | Scotland scorers |
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October 27, 1928 | Ibrox Park, Glasgow | Wales | 4-2 | BHC | Hughie Gallacher (3), James Dunn |
February 23, 1929 | Windsor Park, Belfast | Northern Ireland | 7-3 | BHC | Hughie Gallacher (4), Alex Jackson (2), Alex James |
April 13, 1929 | Hampden Park, Glasgow | England | 1-0 | BHC | Alec Cheyne |
May 26, 1929 | Brann Stadium, Bergen | Norway | 7-3 | F | Alec Cheyne (3), James Nisbet (2), Robert Rankin, Thomas Craig |
June 1, 1929 | Grunewald Stadium, Berlin | Germany | 1-1 | F | William Imrie |
June 4, 1929 | Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam | Netherlands | 2-0 | F | James Fleming, Robert Rankin(pen) |
Key: BHC = British Home Championship qualifiers, F = Friendly; scores are written Scotland first