1947-48 in Scottish football

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The 1947–48 season was the 51st season of competitive football in Scotland.

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[edit] Scottish League Division A

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Hibernian 30 22 4 4 86 27 59 48
2 Rangers 30 21 4 5 64 28 36 46
3 Partick Thistle 30 16 4 10 61 42 19 36
4 Dundee 30 15 3 12 67 51 16 33
5 St. Mirren 30 13 5 12 54 58 -4 31
6 Clyde 30 12 7 11 52 57 -5 31
7 Falkirk 30 10 10 10 55 48 7 30
8 Motherwell 30 13 3 14 45 47 -2 29
9 Hearts 30 10 8 12 37 42 -5 28
10 Aberdeen 30 10 7 13 45 45 0 27
11 Third Lanark 30 10 6 14 56 73 -17 26
12 Celtic 30 10 5 15 41 56 -15 25
13 Queen of the South 30 10 5 15 49 74 -25 25
14 Greenock Morton 30 9 6 15 47 43 4 24
15 Airdrieonians 30 7 7 16 40 78 -38 21
16 Queen's Park 30 9 2 19 45 75 -30 20

Champions: Hiberian
Relegated: Airdrie, Queen's Park

[edit] Scottish League Division B

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 East Fife 30 25 3 2 103 36 67 53
2 Albion Rovers 30 19 4 7 58 49 9 42
3 Hamilton Academical 30 17 6 7 75 45 30 40
4 Raith Rovers 30 14 6 10 83 66 17 34
5 Cowdenbeath 30 12 8 10 56 53 3 32
6 Kilmarnock 30 13 4 13 72 62 10 30
7 Dunfermline Athletic 30 13 3 14 72 71 1 29
8 Stirling Albion 30 11 6 13 65 66 -1 28
9 St. Johnstone 30 11 5 14 69 63 6 27
10 Ayr United 30 9 9 12 59 61 -2 27
11 Alloa Athletic 30 10 6 14 56 77 -21 26
12 Dumbarton 30 9 7 14 66 79 -13 25
13 Arbroath 30 10 3 17 55 62 -7 23
14 Stenhousemuir 30 6 11 13 53 83 -30 23
15 Dundee United 30 10 2 18 58 88 -30 22
16 Leith Athletic 30 6 7 17 45 84 -39 19

Champions: East Fife, Albion Rovers
Relegated: Leith Athletic

[edit] Scottish League Division C

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 East Stirlingshire 22 18 3 1 72 26 46 39
2 East Fife 'A' 22 12 2 4 60 37 23 35
3 Forfar Athletic 22 14 4 4 67 37 30 32
4 Kilmarnock 'A' 22 10 3 9 52 41 11 23
5 St. Johnstone 'A' 22 9 4 9 44 51 -7 22
6 Dundee United 'A' 22 9 2 11 55 57 -2 20
7 Montrose 22 7 5 10 42 69 -17 19
8 Arbroath 'A' 22 7 4 11 45 57 -12 18
9 Leith Athletic 'A' 22 7 3 12 44 60 -16 17
10 Brechin City 22 6 4 12 43 54 -11 16
11 Edinburgh City 22 6 3 13 51 58 -8 15
12 Raith Rovers 'A' 22 3 2 17 36 67 -31 8

Champions: East Stirlingshire

[edit] Cup honours

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1947–48 Rangers 1 – 0 (rep.) Grenock Morton
League Cup East Fife 4 – 1 (rep.) Falkirk
Junior Cup Bo'ness United 2 – 1 Irvine Meadow

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures
Date Venue Opponents Score[1] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
October 4, 1947 Windsor Park, Belfast (A) Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 0–2 BHC
November 12, 1947 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Wales Wales 1–2 BHC Andy McLaren
April 10, 1948 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of England England 0–2 BHC
April 28, 1948 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Belgium Belgium 2–0 F Bobby Combe, David Duncan
May 17, 1948 Wankdorf Stadium, Berne (A) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 1–2 F Leslie Johnston
May 23, 1948 Stade de Colombes, Paris (A) Flag of France France 0–3 F

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

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.

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