1938–39 in Scottish football

1938–39 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Rangers
Division Two champions
Cowdenbeath
Scottish Cup winners
Clyde
Junior Cup winners
Rutherglen Glencairn
Scotland national team
1939 BHC

The 1938–39 season was the 49th season of competitive football in Scotland. Due to the World War II the league was not officially competed for again until the 1946–47 season. ^[1]

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

Scottish League Division One

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	38	25	9	4	112	55	57	59
2	Celtic	38	20	8	10	99	53	46	48
3	Aberdeen	38	20	6	12	91	61	30	46
4	Heart of Midlothian	38	20	5	13	98	70	28	45
5	Falkirk	38	19	7	12	73	63	10	45
6	Queen of the South	38	17	9	12	70	64	6	43
7	Hamilton Academical	38	18	5	15	67	71	−4	41
8	St. Johnstone	38	17	6	15	85	83	2	40
9	Clyde	38	17	5	16	78	70	8	39
10	Kilmarnock	38	15	9	14	73	86	−13	39
11	Partick Thistle	38	17	4	17	74	87	−13	38
12	Motherwell	38	16	5	17	82	86	−4	37
13	Hibernian	38	14	7	17	68	69	−1	35
14	Ayr United	38	13	9	16	76	83	−7	35
15	Third Lanark	38	12	8	18	80	96	−16	32
16	Albion Rovers	38	12	6	20	65	90	−25	30
17	Arbroath	38	11	8	19	54	75	−21	30
18	St. Mirren	38	11	7	20	57	80	−23	29
19	Queen's Park	38	11	5	22	57	83	−26	27
20	Raith Rovers	38	10	2	26	65	99	−34	22

Champions: Rangers

Scottish League Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cowdenbeath	34	28	4	2	120	45	75	60
2	Alloa Athletic	34	22	4	8	91	46	45	48
3	East Fife	34	21	6	7	99	61	38	48
4	Airdrieonians	34	21	5	8	85	57	28	47
5	Dunfermline Athletic	34	18	5	11	99	78	21	41
6	Dundee	34	15	7	12	99	63	36	37
7	St Bernard's	34	15	6	17	39	39	0	36
8	Stenhousemuir	34	15	5	14	74	69	5	35
9	Dundee United	34	15	3	16	78	69	9	33
10	Brechin City	34	11	9	14	82	106	−24	31
11	Dumbarton	34	9	12	13	68	76	−8	30
12	Morton	34	11	6	17	74	88	−14	28
13	King's Park	34	12	2	20	87	92	−5	26
14	Montrose	34	10	5	19	82	96	−14	25
15	Forfar Athletic	34	11	3	20	74	138	−64	25
16	Leith Athletic	34	10	4	20	57	83	−26	24
17	East Stirlingshire	34	9	4	21	89	130	−41	22
18	Edinburgh City	34	6	4	24	58	119	−61	16

Scottish Cup

Clyde were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 4–0 win over Motherwell.

Scotland national team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[2]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
8 October 1938	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Northern Ireland	2–0	BHC	Jimmy Delaney, Tommy Walker
9 November 1938	Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh (H)	Wales	3–2	BHC	Tommy Walker (2), Torrance Gillick
7 December 1938	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H)	Hungary	3–1	Friendly	Tommy Walker (pen.), Andy Black, Torrance Gillick
15 April 1939	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	1–2	BHC	James Dougall

Scotland were joint winners of the 1939 British Home Championship with England and Wales

Key:

• (H) = Home match
• (A) = Away match
• BHC = British Home Championship

Notes and references

Seasons in Scottish football 1933–34 | 1934–35 | 1935–36 | 1936–37 | 1937–38 | 1938–39 | 1939–40 | 1940–41 | 1941–42 | 1942–43 | 1943–44