1946-47 in Scottish football

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The 1946–47 season was the 50th season of competitive football in Scotland, and the first since the 1938–39 season.

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[edit] Scottish League Division A

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rangers 30 21 4 5 76 26 50 46
2 Hibernian 30 19 6 5 69 33 36 44
3 Aberdeen 30 16 7 7 58 41 17 39
4 Hearts 30 16 6 8 52 43 9 38
5 Partick Thistle 30 16 3 11 74 59 15 35
6 Greenock Morton 30 12 10 8 58 45 13 34
7 Celtic 30 13 6 11 53 55 -2 32
8 Motherwell 30 12 5 13 58 54 4 29
9 Third Lanark 30 11 6 13 56 64 -8 28
10 Clyde 30 9 9 12 55 65 -10 27
11 Falkirk 30 8 10 12 62 61 1 26
12 Queen of the South 30 9 8 13 44 69 -25 26
13 Queen's Park 30 8 6 16 47 60 -13 22
14 St. Mirren 30 9 4 17 47 65 -18 22
15 Kilmarnock 30 6 9 15 44 66 -22 21
16 Hamilton Academical 30 2 7 21 38 85 -47 11

Champions: Rangers

[edit] Scottish League Division B

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Dundee 26 21 3 2 113 30 83 45
2 Airdrieonians 26 19 4 3 78 38 40 42
3 East Fife 26 12 7 7 58 39 19 31
4 Albion Rovers 26 10 7 9 50 54 -4 27
5 Alloa Athletic 26 11 5 10 51 57 -6 27
6 Raith Rovers 26 10 6 10 45 52 -7 26
7 Stenhousemuir 26 8 7 11 43 53 -10 23
8 Dunfermline Athletic 26 10 3 13 50 72 -22 23
9 St. Johnstone 26 9 4 13 45 47 -2 22
10 Dundee United 26 9 4 13 53 60 -7 22
11 Ayr United 26 9 2 15 56 73 -17 20
12 Arbroath 26 7 6 13 42 63 -21 20
13 Dumbarton 26 7 4 15 41 54 -13 18
14 Cowdenbeath 26 6 6 14 44 77 -33 18

[edit] Scottish League Division C

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Stirling Albion 18 13 4 1 76 66 22 30
2 Dundee 'A' [1] 18 12 2 4 60 37 23 26
3 Leith Athletic 18 11 3 4 57 33 24 25
4 East Stirlingshire 18 10 2 6 54 40 14 22
5 St. Johnstone 'A' 18 8 5 5 52 37 15 21
6 Forfar Athletic 18 6 2 10 32 46 -14 14
7 Montrose 18 5 2 11 39 53 -14 12
8 Brechin City 18 4 4 10 42 60 -18 12
9 Dundee United 'A' 18 3 3 12 42 77 -35 9
10 Edinburgh City 18 3 3 12 36 75 -39 9

[edit] Cup honours

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1946-47 Aberdeen 2 – 1 Hibernian
League Cup Rangers 4 – 0 Aberdeen
Junior Cup Shawfield 2 – 1 (rep.) Bo'ness United

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures
Date Venue Opponents Score[2] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
October 19, 1946 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (A) Flag of Wales Wales 1–3 BHC Willie Waddell (pen.)
November 27, 1946 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 0–0 BHC
April 12, 1947 Wembley Stadium, London (A) Flag of England England 1–1 BHC Andy McLaren
May 18, 1947 Heysel Stadium, Brussels (A) Flag of Belgium Belgium 1–2 F Billy Steel
May 24, 1947 Stade Municipal, Luxembourg (A) Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 6–0 F Andy McLaren (2), Bobby Flavell (2), Billy Steel (2)

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

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ 'A' teams were not eligible for promotion from C Division.
  2. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.

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