1937-38 in Scottish football

Season 1937-1938 was the 48th season of Scottish league football.

[edit] Scottish League Division One

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
1	Celtic	38	27	7	4	114	42	72	61
2	Hearts	38	26	6	6	90	50	40	58
3	Rangers	38	18	3	7	75	49	26	49
4	Falkirk	38	19	9	10	82	52	30	47
5	Motherwell	38	17	10	11	78	69	9	44
6	Aberdeen	38	15	9	14	74	59	15	39
7	Partick Thistle	38	15	9	14	68	70	-2	39
8	St Johnstone	38	16	7	15	78	81	-3	39
9	Third Lanark	38	11	13	14	68	73	-5	35
10	Hibernian	38	11	13	14	57	65	-8	35
11	Arbroath	38	11	13	14	58	79	-21	35
12	Queens Park	38	11	12	15	59	74	-15	34
13	Hamilton Academical	38	13	7	18	81	76	5	33
14	St Mirren	38	14	5	19	58	66	-8	33
15	Clyde	38	10	13	15	68	78	-10	33
16	Queen of the South	38	11	11	16	58	71	-13	33
17	Ayr	38	9	15	14	66	85	-19	33
18	Kilmarnock	38	12	9	17	65	91	-26	33
19	Dundee	38	13	6	19	70	74	-4	32
20	Morton	38	6	3	29	64	127	-63	15

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Dundee, Morton

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
1	Raith Rovers	34	27	5	2	142	54	88	59
2	Albion Rovers	34	20	8	6	97	50	47	48
3	Airdrie	34	21	5	8	100	53	47	47
4	St Bernard's	34	20	5	9	75	49	26	45
5	Cowdenbeath	34	17	9	8	115	71	44	43
6	East Fife	34	19	5	10	94	61	33	43
7	Dumbarton	34	17	5	12	85	66	19	39
8	Stenhousemuir	34	17	5	12	87	78	9	39
9	Dunfermline Athletic	34	17	5	12	82	76	6	39
10	Leith Athletic	34	16	5	13	71	56	15	37
11	Alloa Athletic	34	11	4	19	78	106	-28	26
12	King's Park	34	11	4	19	64	96	-32	26
13	East Stirling	34	9	7	18	55	95	-40	25
14	Dundee United	34	9	5	20	69	104	-35	23
15	Forfar Athletic	34	8	6	20	67	100	-33	22
16	Montrose	34	7	8	19	56	88	-32	22
17	Edinburgh City	34	7	3	24	77	125	-48	17
18	Brechin City	34	5	2	27	53	139	-86	12

Promoted: Raith Rovers, Albion Rovers

East Fife were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 4-2 extra time win in a replay against Kilmarnock.

Note that scores are written Scotland first

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scotland scorers
October 30, 1937	Ninian Park, Cardiff	Wales	1-2	BHC	Alex Massie
November 10, 1937	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen	Northern Ireland	1-1	BHC	James Smith
December 8, 1937	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Czechoslovakia	5-0	F	David McCulloch(2), Andrew Black, Peter Buchanan, David Kinnear
April 9, 1938	Wembley Stadium, London	England	1-0	BHC	Thomas Walker
May 21, 1938	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam	Netherlands	3-1	F	Andrew Black, Francis Murphy, Thomas Walker

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

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