1949–50 in Scottish football

1949–50 in Scottish football
Division A champions
Rangers
Division B champions
Morton
Division C (North & East) champions
Hibernian 'A'
Division C (South & West) champions
Clyde 'A'
Scottish Cup winners
Rangers
League Cup winners
East Fife
Junior Cup winners
Blantyre Victoria
Scotland national team
1950 BHC

The 1949–50 season was the 53rd season of competitive football in Scotland. ^[1]

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

Scottish League Division A

Rangers won the league with a 2–2 draw in their last match, away to Third Lanark, a game in which Rangers took a 2–0 lead before Thirds fought back to 2–2. Another goal for Third Lanark would have handed the title to Hibernian.

A few days previously, Rangers had drawn 0–0 with Hibs at Ibrox before a crowd of 101,000, the largest crowd to watch a League match in Britain since the war, a record that still stands. Had Hibs won this match they would have become champions.

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	30	22	6	2	58	26	32	50
2	Hibernian	30	22	5	3	86	34	52	49
3	Heart of Midlothian	30	20	3	7	86	40	46	43
4	East Fife	30	15	7	8	58	43	15	37
5	Celtic	30	14	7	9	51	50	1	35
6	Dundee	30	12	7	11	49	46	3	31
7	Partick Thistle	30	13	3	14	55	45	10	29
8	Aberdeen	30	11	4	15	48	56	−8	26
9	Raith Rovers	30	9	8	13	45	54	−9	26
10	Motherwell	30	10	5	15	53	58	−5	25
11	St. Mirren	30	8	9	13	42	49	−7	25
12	Third Lanark	30	11	3	16	44	62	−18	25
13	Clyde	30	10	4	16	56	73	−17	24
14	Falkirk	30	7	10	13	48	72	−24	24
15	Queen of the South	30	5	6	19	31	63	−32	16
16	Stirling Albion	30	6	3	21	38	77	−39	15

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Queen Of the South, Stirling Albion

Scottish League Division B

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Morton	30	20	7	3	77	33	44	47
2	Airdrieonians	30	19	6	5	79	40	39	44
3	Dunfermline Athletic	30	16	4	10	71	57	14	36
4	St. Johnstone	30	15	6	9	64	56	8	36
5	Cowdenbeath	30	16	3	11	63	56	7	35
6	Hamilton Academical	30	14	6	10	57	44	13	34
7	Dundee United	30	14	5	11	74	56	18	33
8	Kilmarnock	30	14	5	11	50	43	7	33
9	Queen's Park	30	12	7	11	63	59	4	31
10	Forfar Athletic	30	11	8	11	53	56	−3	30
11	Albion Rovers	30	10	7	13	49	61	−12	27
12	Stenhousemuir	30	8	8	14	54	72	−18	24
13	Ayr United	30	8	6	16	53	80	−27	22
14	Arbroath	30	5	9	16	47	69	−22	19
15	Dumbarton	30	6	4	20	39	62	−23	16
16	Alloa Athletic	30	5	3	22	47	96	−49	13

Promoted: Morton, Airdrie

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1949–50	Rangers	3 – 0	East Fife
League Cup	East Fife	3 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic
Junior Cup	Blantyre Victoria	3 – 0	Cumnock Juniors

Scotland national team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[2]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
1 October 1949	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Northern Ireland	8–2	BHC	Henry Morris (3), Willie Waddell (2), Billy Steel, Lawrie Reilly, Jimmy Mason
9 November 1949	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	2–0	BHC	John McPhail, Alec Linwood
15 April 1950	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	0–1	BHC
26 April 1950	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Switzerland	3–1	Friendly	Willie Bauld, Robert Campbell, Allan Brown
21 May 1950	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon (A)	Portugal	2–2	Friendly	Willie Bauld, Allan Brown
27 May 1950	Stade de Colombes, Paris (A)	France	1–0	Friendly	Allan Brown

Key:

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

Notes and references

Seasons in Scottish football 1944–45 | 1945–46 | 1946–47 | 1947–48 | 1948–49 | 1949–50 | 1950–51 | 1951–52 | 1952–53 | 1953–54 | 1954–55