1924–25 in Scottish football

1924–25 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Rangers
Division Two champions
Dundee United
Division Three champions
Nithsdale Wanderers
Scottish Cup winners
Celtic
Junior Cup winners
Saltcoats Victoria
Scotland national team
1925 BHC

The 1924–25 season was the 52nd season of competitive football in Scotland and the 35th season of the Scottish Football League. ^[1]

Scottish League Division One

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	38	25	10	3	76	26	50	60
2	Airdrieonians	38	25	7	6	85	31	54	57
3	Hibernian	38	22	8	8	78	43	35	52
4	Celtic	38	18	8	12	77	44	33	44
5	Cowdenbeath	38	16	10	12	76	65	11	42
6	St. Mirren	38	18	5	15	66	63	3	41
7	Partick Thistle	38	14	10	14	60	61	−1	38
8	Dundee	38	14	8	16	47	54	−7	36
9	Raith Rovers	38	14	8	16	53	61	−8	36
10	Heart of Midlothian	38	12	11	15	64	68	−4	35
11	St. Johnstone	38	12	11	15	57	72	−15	35
12	Kilmarnock	38	12	9	17	53	64	−11	33
13	Hamilton Academical	38	15	3	20	50	63	−13	33
14	Morton	38	12	9	17	46	69	−23	33
15	Aberdeen	38	11	10	17	46	56	−10	32
16	Falkirk	38	12	8	18	44	54	−10	32
17	Queen's Park	38	11	9	18	50	72	−22	31
18	Motherwell	38	10	10	18	54	63	−9	30
19	Ayr United	38	11	8	19	43	65	−22	30
20	Third Lanark	38	11	8	19	53	84	−31	30

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Ayr United, Third Lanark

Scottish League Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dundee United	38	20	10	8	58	44	14	50
2	Clydebank	38	20	8	10	65	42	23	48
3	Clyde	38	20	7	11	72	39	33	47
4	Alloa Athletic	38	17	11	10	57	41	16	45
5	Arbroath	38	16	10	12	47	46	1	42
6	Bo'ness	38	16	9	13	71	48	23	41
7	Broxburn United	38	16	9	13	48	54	−6	41
8	Dumbarton	38	15	10	13	45	44	1	40
9	East Fife	38	17	5	16	66	58	8	39
10	King's Park	38	15	8	15	54	46	8	38
11	Stenhousemuir	38	15	7	16	51	58	−7	37
12	Arthurlie	38	14	8	16	56	60	−4	36
13	Dunfermline Athletic	38	14	7	17	62	57	5	35
14	Albion Rovers	38	15	5	18	58	64	−6	35
15	Armadale	38	15	5	18	55	62	−7	35
16	Bathgate	38	12	10	16	58	74	−16	34
17	St Bernard's	38	14	4	20	52	71	−19	32
18	East Stirlingshire	38	11	8	19	58	72	−14	30
19	Johnstone	38	12	4	22	53	85	−32	28
20	Forfar Athletic	38	10	7	21	46	67	−21	27

Promoted: Dundee United, Clydebank
Relegated: Johnstone, Forfar Athletic

Scottish League Division Three

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nithsdale Wanderers	30	18	7	5	81	40	41	43
2	Queen of the South	30	17	6	7	67	32	35	40
3	Solway Star	30	15	10	5	41	28	13	40
4	Vale of Leven	30	17	4	9	61	43	18	38
5	Lochgelly United	30	15	4	11	59	41	18	34
6	Leith Athletic	30	13	5	12	48	42	6	31
7	Helensburgh	30	12	7	11	68	60	8	31
8	Peebles Rovers	30	12	7	11	64	57	7	31
9	Royal Albert	30	9	8	13	48	61	−13	26
10	Clackmannan	30	10	6	14	35	48	−13	26
11	Galston	30	10	6	14	39	70	−31	26
12	Dykehead	29	7	11	11	30	47	−17	25
13	Beith	30	9	6	15	62	74	−12	24
14	Brechin City	29	9	4	16	51	61	−10	24
15	Mid-Annandale	30	7	7	16	47	70	−23	21
16	Montrose	30	8	4	18	39	66	−27	20

Promoted: Nithsdale Wanderers, Queen of the South

NOTE: Leith replace Dumbarton Harp who withdrew, fixtures expunged, Brechin awarded 2pts when Dykehead failed to play return match.

Scottish Cup

Celtic were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 2–1 win over Dundee.

Other Honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup	Royal Albert	3 – 1	Clachnacuddin

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Aberdeen	2 – 1 *	Peterhead
Ayrshire Cup	Galston	4 – 1	Kilmarnock
Dumbartonshire Cup	Helensburgh	1 – 0	Dumbarton
East of Scotland Shield	Hibernian	3 – 1	Leith Athletic
Fife Cup	Raith Rovers	1 – 0	East Fife
Forfarshire Cup	Dundee	1 – 0	Arbroath
Glasgow Cup	Rangers	4 – 1	Celtic
Lanarkshire Cup	Airdrie	2 – 1	Albion Rovers
Linlithgowshire Cup	Bo'ness	4 – 1	Armadale
Perthshire Cup	Dunkeld & Birnam	3 – 2	Breadalbane
Renfrewshire Cup	St Mirren	2 – 1 *	Johnstone
Southern Counties Cup	Dalbeattie Star
Stirlingshire Cup	Alloa Athletic	1 – 0	East Stirling

. * aggregate over two legs

Highland League

Top Three

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aberdeen 'A'	20	16	3	1	57	11	46	35
2	Inverness Caledonian	20	12	3	5	41	18	23	27
3	Elgin City	20	10	4	6	48	30	18	24

Junior Cup

Saltcoats Victoria were winners of the Junior Cup after a 2–1 win over St Anthony's in the final.

Scotland national team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[2]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
14 February 1925	Tynecastle, Edinburgh (H)	Wales	3–1	BHC	Hugh Gallacher (2), David Meiklejohn
28 February 1925	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Northern Ireland	3–0	BHC	David Meiklejohn, Hugh Gallacher, James Dunn
4 April 1925	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	2–0	BHC	Hugh Gallacher (2)

Scotland were winners of the 1925 British Home Championship.

Key:

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

Notes and references

External links

• Scottish Football Historical Archive

Seasons in Scottish football 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30