1948-49 in Scottish football

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The 1948–49 season was the 52nd season of competitive football in Scotland. Rangers became the first team to win the Scottish domestic treble. Scottish League Division C was disbanded, it was 26 years before a three league league setup was used again.

Contents 1 Scottish League Division A 2 Scottish League Division B 3 Cup honours 4 Scotland national team 5 Notes and references

[edit] Scottish League Division A

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	30	20	6	4	63	32	31	46
2	Dundee	30	20	5	5	71	48	23	45
3	Hibernian	30	17	5	8	75	52	23	39
4	East Fife	30	16	3	11	64	46	18	35
5	Falkirk	30	12	8	10	70	54	16	32
6	Celtic	30	12	7	11	48	40	8	31
7	Third Lanark	30	13	5	12	56	52	4	31
8	Hearts	30	12	6	12	64	54	10	30
9	St. Mirren	30	13	4	13	51	47	4	30
10	Queen of the South	30	11	8	11	47	53	-6	30
11	Partick Thistle	30	9	9	12	50	63	-13	27
12	Motherwell	30	10	5	15	44	49	-5	25
13	Aberdeen	30	7	11	12	39	48	-9	25
14	Clyde	30	9	6	15	50	67	-17	24
15	Greenock Morton	30	7	8	15	39	51	-12	22
16	Albion Rovers	30	3	2	25	30	105	-75	8

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Greenock Morton, Albion Rovers

[edit] Scottish League Division B

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Raith Rovers	30	20	2	8	80	44	36	42
2	Stirling Albion	30	20	2	8	71	47	24	42
3	Airdrieonians	30	16	9	5	76	42	34	41
4	Dunfermline Athletic	30	16	9	5	80	58	22	41
5	Queen's Park	30	14	7	9	66	49	17	35
6	St. Johnstone	30	14	4	12	58	51	7	32
7	Arbroath	30	12	8	10	62	56	6	32
8	Dundee United	30	10	7	13	60	67	-7	27
9	Ayr United	30	10	7	13	51	70	-19	27
10	Hamilton Academical	30	9	8	13	48	57	-9	26
11	Kilmarnock	30	9	7	14	58	61	-3	25
12	Stenhousemuir	30	8	8	14	50	54	4	24
13	Cowdenbeath	30	9	5	16	53	58	-5	23
14	Alloa Athletic	30	10	3	17	42	85	-43	23
15	Dumbarton	30	8	6	16	52	79	-27	22
16	East Stirlingshire	30	6	6	18	38	67	-29	18

Champions: Raith Rovers, Stirling Albion
Relegated: East Stirlingshire

[edit] Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1948–49	Rangers	4 – 1	Clyde
League Cup	Rangers	2 – 0	Raith Rovers
Junior Cup	Auchinleck Talbot	3 – 2	Petershill

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

Scotland were winners of the 1949 British Home Championship.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[1]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
October 23, 1948	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	3–1	BHC	Willie Waddell (2), Lawrie Reilly
November 17, 1948	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	3–2	BHC	Willie Houliston (2), Jimmy Mason
April 9, 1949	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	3–1	BHC	Jimmy Mason, Billy Steel, Lawrie Reilly
April 27, 1949	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	France	2–0	F	Billy Steel (2)

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

[edit] Notes and references

Seasons in Scottish football v • d • e
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Cup Competitions in Scottish Football
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