1929-30 in Scottish football

Season 1929-1930 was the 40th season of Scottish league football.

[edit] Scottish League Division One

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
1	Rangers	38	28	4	6	94	32	62	60
2	Motherwell	38	25	5	8	104	48	56	55
3	Aberdeen	38	23	7	8	85	61	24	53
4	Celtic	38	22	5	11	88	46	42	49
5	St Mirren	38	18	5	15	73	56	17	41
6	Partick Thistle	38	16	9	13	72	61	11	41
7	Falkirk	38	16	9	13	62	64	-2	41
8	Kilmarnock	38	15	9	14	77	73	4	39
9	Ayr United	38	16	6	16	70	92	-22	38
10	Hearts	38	14	9	15	69	69	0	37
11	Clyde	38	13	11	14	64	69	-5	37
12	Airdrie	38	16	4	18	60	66	-6	36
13	Hamilton Acad	38	14	7	17	76	81	-5	35
14	Dundee	38	14	6	18	51	58	-7	34
15	Queens Park	38	15	4	19	67	80	-13	34
16	Cowdenbeath	38	13	7	18	64	74	-10	33
17	Hibernian	38	9	11	18	45	62	-17	29
18	Greenock Morton	38	10	7	21	67	95	-28	27
19	Dundee United	38	7	8	23	56	109	-53	22
20	St Johnstone	38	6	7	25	48	96	-48	19

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Dundee United, St Johnstone

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
1	Leith Athletic	38	23	11	4	92	42	50	57
2	East Fife	38	26	5	7	114	58	56	57
3	Albion Rovers	38	24	6	8	101	60	41	54
4	Third Lanark	38	23	6	9	92	53	39	52
5	Raith Rovers	38	18	8	12	94	67	27	44
6	King's Park	38	17	8	13	109	80	29	42
7	Queen of the South	38	18	6	14	65	63	2	42
8	Forfar Athletic	38	18	5	15	98	95	3	41
9	Arbroath	38	16	7	15	83	87	-4	39
10	Dunfermline Athletic	38	16	6	16	99	85	14	38
11	Montrose	38	14	10	14	79	87	-8	38
12	East Stirling	38	16	4	18	83	75	8	36
13	Bo'ness	38	15	4	19	67	95	-28	34
14	St Bernard's	38	13	6	19	65	65	0	32
15	Armadale	38	13	5	20	56	91	-35	31
16	Dumbarton	38	14	2	22	77	95	-18	30
17	Stenhousemuir	38	11	5	22	75	108	-33	27
18	Clydebank	38	7	10	21	66	92	-26	24
19	Alloa Athletic	38	9	6	23	55	104	-49	24
20	Brechin City	38	7	4	27	57	125	-68	18

Promoted: Leith Athletic, East Fife

Division One champions Rangers were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 2-1 replay win over Partick Thistle.

Note that scores are written Scotland first

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scotland scorers
October 26, 1929	Ninian Park, Cardiff	Wales	4-2	BHC	Hughie Gallacher (2), Alex James, Jimmy Gibson
February 22, 1930	Celtic Park, Glasgow	Northern Ireland	3-1	BHC	Hughie Gallacher (2), George Stevenson
April 5, 1930	Wembley Stadium, London	England	2-5	BHC	James Fleming (2)
May 18, 1930	Stade de Colombes Paris	France	2-0	F	Hughie Gallacher (2)

Key: BHC = British Home Championship qualifiers, F = Friendly; scores are written Scotland first

Football in Scotland

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