1928-29 in Scottish football

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The 1928–29 season was the 39th season of competitive football in Scotland.

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[edit] Scottish League Division One

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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 Queen's 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 Academical 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 Airdrieonians 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

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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 Stirlingshire 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

Main article: Scottish Cup 1928-29

Kilmarnock were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 2–0 win over last years winners Rangers.

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

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[1] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
October 27, 1928 Ibrox Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Wales Wales 4–2 BHC Hughie Gallacher (3), James Dunn
February 23, 1929 Windsor Park, Belfast (A) Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 7–3 BHC Hughie Gallacher (4), Alex Jackson (2), Alex James
April 13, 1929 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of England England 1–0 BHC Alec Cheyne
May 26, 1929 Brann Stadium, Bergen (A) Flag of Norway Norway 7–3 F Alec Cheyne (3), James Nisbet (2), Robert Rankin, Thomas Craig
June 1, 1929 Grunewald Stadium, Berlin (A) Flag of Germany Germany 1–1 F William Imrie
June 4, 1929 Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam (A) Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 2–0 F James Fleming, Robert Rankin (pen.)

Key: BHC = British Home Championship qualifiers, F = Friendly

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.

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