1935–36 in Scottish football

1935–36 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Celtic
Division Two champions
Falkirk
Scottish Cup winners
Rangers
Junior Cup winners
Benburb
Scotland national team
1936 BHC

The 1935–36 season was the 63rd season of competitive football in Scotland and the 46th season of the Scottish Football League.

Scottish League Division One

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Celtic 38 32 2 4 115 33 82 66
2 Rangers 38 27 7 4 110 43 67 61
3 Aberdeen 38 26 9 3 96 50 46 61
4 Motherwell 38 18 12 8 77 58 19 48
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 20 7 11 88 55 33 47
6 Hamilton Academical 38 15 7 16 77 74 3 37
7 St. Johnstone 38 15 7 16 70 81 −11 37
8 Kilmarnock 38 14 7 17 69 64 5 35
9 Third Lanark 38 15 5 18 63 65 −2 35
10 Partick Thistle 38 12 10 16 64 72 −8 34
11 Arbroath 38 11 11 16 46 69 −23 33
12 Dundee 38 11 10 17 67 80 −13 32
13 Queen's Park 38 11 10 17 58 75 −17 32
14 Dunfermline Athletic 38 12 8 18 67 92 −25 32
15 Queen of the South 38 11 9 18 54 72 −18 31
16 Albion Rovers 38 13 4 21 69 92 −23 30
17 Hibernian 38 11 7 20 56 82 −26 29
18 Clyde 38 10 8 20 63 84 −21 28
19 Airdrieonians 38 9 9 20 68 91 −23 27
20 Ayr United 38 11 3 24 53 98 −45 25

Source for table:[1]

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Airdrie, Ayr United

Scottish League Division Two

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Falkirk 34 28 3 3 132 34 98 59
2 St. Mirren 34 25 2 7 114 41 73 52
3 Morton 34 21 6 7 117 60 57 48
4 Alloa Athletic 34 19 6 9 65 51 14 44
5 St Bernard's 34 18 4 12 106 78 28 40
6 East Fife 34 16 6 12 86 79 7 38
7 Dundee United 34 16 5 13 108 81 27 37
8 East Stirlingshire 34 13 8 13 70 75 −5 34
9 Leith Athletic 34 15 3 16 67 77 −10 33
10 Cowdenbeath 34 13 5 16 76 77 −1 31
11 Stenhousemuir 34 13 3 18 59 78 −19 29
12 Montrose 34 13 3 18 58 82 −24 29
13 Forfar Athletic 34 10 7 17 60 81 −21 27
14 King's Park 34 11 5 18 55 109 −54 27
15 Edinburgh City 34 8 9 17 57 83 −26 25
16 Brechin City 34 8 6 20 57 96 −39 22
17 Raith Rovers 34 9 3 22 60 96 −36 21
18 Dumbarton 34 5 6 23 52 121 −69 16

Source for table:[1]

Promoted: Falkirk, St. Mirren

Scottish Cup

Rangers were winners of the Scottish Cup for the third time in four years after a 1–0 final win over Third Lanark.

Other Honours

National

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup - North Elgin City 4 – 2 Blairgowrie
Scottish Qualifying Cup - South Galston 4 – 0 Bo'ness

County

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Keith 3 – 1 * Peterhead
Ayrshire Cup Ayr United 3 – 2 # Kilmarnock
Dumbartonshire Cup Dumbarton 1 – 0 Vale Ocaba
East of Scotland Shield Hearts 3 – 1 # St Bernards
Fife Cup Raith Rovers 3 – 0 East Fife
Forfarshire Cup Arbroath 1 – 0 Montrose
Glasgow Cup Rangers 2 – 0 Celtic
Lanarkshire Cup Airdrie 5 – 1 * Hamilton
Perthshire Cup Blairgowrie 2 – 1 * Fair City Athletic
Renfrewshire Cup St Mirren 3 – 0 Morton
Southern Counties Cup Queen of the South 4 – 2 Creetown
Stirlingshire Cup East Stirlingshire 2 – 1 * Alloa Athletic


Highland League

Top Three

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Inverness Thistle 22 18 1 3 79 32 47 37
2 Peterhead 22 14 1 7 68 50 18 29
3 Forres Mechanics 22 13 2 7 62 47 15 28

Junior Cup

Benburb were winners of the Junior Cup after a 1–0 win over Yoker Athletic in the final replay.

Scotland national team

Date Venue Opponents Score[2] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
5 October 1935 Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)  Wales 1–1 BHC Douglas Duncan
13 November 1935 Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh (H)  Northern Ireland 2–1 BHC Thomas Walker, Douglas Duncan
4 April 1936 Wembley Stadium, London (A)  England 1–1 BHC Thomas Walker (pen.)

Scotland were winners of the 1936 British Home Championship.

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Scottish Football League Championship Tables - Season 1935/36". Scottish Football League. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  2. ↑ Scotland's score is shown first.

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