1923-24 in Scottish football

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The 1923–24 season was the 34th season of competitive football in Scotland. A Third Division was introduced adding to Division One and Division Two.

1 Scottish League Division One
2 Scottish League Division Two
3 Scottish League Division Three
4 Scottish Cup
5 Scotland national team
6 Notes and references

[edit] Scottish League Division One

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	38	25	9	4	72	29	43	59
2	Airdrieonians	38	20	10	8	72	46	26	50
3	Celtic	38	17	12	9	56	33	23	46
4	Raith Rovers	38	18	17	13	56	38	18	43
5	Dundee	38	15	13	10	70	57	13	43
6	St. Mirren	38	15	12	11	53	45	8	42
7	Hibernian	38	15	11	12	66	52	14	41
8	Partick Thistle	38	15	9	14	58	55	3	39
9	Hearts	38	14	10	14	61	50	11	38
10	Motherwell	38	15	7	16	58	63	-5	37
11	Greenock Morton	38	16	5	17	48	54	-6	37
12	Hamilton Academical	38	15	6	17	52	57	-5	36
13	Aberdeen	38	13	10	15	37	41	-4	36
14	Ayr United	38	12	10	16	38	60	-22	34
15	Falkirk	38	13	6	19	46	53	-7	32
16	Kilmarnock	38	12	8	18	48	65	-17	32
17	Queen's Park	38	11	9	18	43	60	-17	31
18	Third Lanark	38	11	8	19	54	78	-24	30
19	Clyde	38	10	9	19	40	70	-30	29
20	Clydebank	38	10	5	23	42	71	-29	25

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Clyde, Clydebank

[edit] Scottish League Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	St. Johnstone	38	22	12	4	79	31	48	56
2	Cowdenbeath	38	23	9	6	78	33	45	55
3	Bathgate	38	16	12	10	58	49	9	44
4	Stenhousemuir	38	16	11	11	58	45	13	43
5	Albion Rovers	38	15	12	11	67	53	14	42
6	King's Park	38	16	10	12	67	57	10	42
7	Dunfermline Athletic	38	14	11	13	52	46	6	39
8	Johnstone	38	16	7	15	60	56	4	39
9	Dundee United	38	12	15	11	41	41	0	39
10	Dumbarton	38	17	5	16	55	56	-1	39
11	Armadale	38	16	6	16	56	63	-7	38
12	East Fife	38	14	9	15	54	47	7	37
13	Bo'ness	38	13	11	14	45	53	-8	37
14	Forfar Athletic	38	14	7	17	42	67	-25	35
15	Broxburn United	38	13	8	17	50	56	-6	34
16	Alloa Athletic	38	14	6	18	44	53	-9	34
17	Arbroath	38	12	8	18	49	51	-2	32
18	St. Bernard's	38	11	10	17	49	54	-5	32
19	Vale of Leven	38	11	9	18	41	67	-26	31
20	Lochgelly United	38	4	4	30	21	86	-65	12

Promoted: St. Johnstone, Cowdenbeath
Relegated: Vale of Leven, Lochgelly United

[edit] Scottish League Division Three

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Arthurlie	30	21	5	4	59	24	35	47
2	East Stirlingshire	30	17	8	5	63	36	27	42
3	Queen of the South	30	14	10	6	64	31	33	38
4	Montrose	30	15	6	9	60	48	12	36
5	Dykehead	30	16	1	13	55	41	14	33
6	Nithsdale Wanderers	30	13	7	10	42	35	7	33
7	Beith	30	14	4	12	49	41	8	32
8	Mid-Annandale	30	13	5	12	59	48	11	31
9	Royal Albert	30	12	4	14	44	53	-9	28
10	Dumbarton Harp	30	10	8	12	40	51	-11	28
11	Solway Star	30	9	9	12	42	48	-6	27
12	Clackmannan	30	10	7	13	37	54	-17	27
13	Galston	30	11	3	16	53	70	-17	25
14	Peebles Rovers	30	7	8	15	43	56	-13	22
15	Helensburgh	30	5	7	18	46	72	-16	17
16	Brechin City	30	4	6	20	28	76	-48	14

Promoted: Arthurlie, East Stirlingshire

[edit] Scottish Cup

Main article: Scottish Cup 1923-24

Airdrieonians were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 2–0 win over last season's finalists Hibernian.

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
February 16, 1924	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	0–2	BHC
March 1, 1924	Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)	Ireland	2–0	BHC	Andrew Cunningham, David Morris
April 12, 1924	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	1–1	BHC	William Cowan