1937–38 in Scottish football

1937–38 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Celtic
Division Two champions
Raith Rovers
Scottish Cup winners
East Fife
Junior Cup winners
Cambuslang Rangers
Scotland national team
1938 BHC

The 1937–38 season was the 48th season of competitive football in Scotland. [1]

Scottish League Division One

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Celtic 38 27 7 4 114 42 72 61
2 Heart of Midlothian 38 26 6 6 90 50 40 58
3 Rangers 38 18 13 7 75 49 26 49
4 Falkirk 38 19 9 10 82 52 30 47
5 Motherwell 38 17 10 11 78 69 9 44
6 Aberdeen 38 15 9 14 74 59 15 39
7 Partick Thistle 38 15 9 14 68 70 −2 39
8 St. Johnstone 38 16 7 15 78 81 −3 39
9 Third Lanark 38 11 13 14 68 73 −5 35
10 Hibernian 38 11 13 14 57 65 −8 35
11 Arbroath 38 11 13 14 58 79 −21 35
12 Queen's Park 38 11 12 15 59 74 −15 34
13 Hamilton Academical 38 13 7 18 81 76 5 33
14 St. Mirren 38 14 5 19 58 66 −8 33
15 Clyde 38 10 13 15 68 78 −10 33
16 Queen of the South 38 11 11 16 58 71 −13 33
17 Ayr United 38 9 15 14 66 85 −19 33
18 Kilmarnock 38 12 9 17 65 91 −26 33
19 Dundee 38 13 6 19 70 74 −4 32
20 Morton 38 6 3 29 64 127 −63 15

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Dundee, Morton

Scottish League Division Two

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Raith Rovers 34 27 5 2 142 54 88 59
2 Albion Rovers 34 20 8 6 97 50 47 48
3 Airdrieonians 34 21 5 8 100 53 47 47
4 St Bernard's 34 20 5 9 75 49 26 45
5 Cowdenbeath 34 17 9 8 115 71 44 43
6 East Fife 34 19 5 10 94 61 33 43
7 Dumbarton 34 17 5 12 85 66 19 39
8 Stenhousemuir 34 17 5 12 87 78 9 39
9 Dunfermline Athletic 34 17 5 12 82 76 6 39
10 Leith Athletic 34 16 5 13 71 56 15 37
11 Alloa Athletic 34 11 4 19 78 106 −28 26
12 King's Park 34 11 4 19 64 96 −32 26
13 East Stirlingshire 34 9 7 18 55 95 −40 25
14 Dundee United 34 9 5 20 69 104 −35 23
15 Forfar Athletic 34 8 6 20 67 100 −33 22
16 Montrose 34 7 8 19 56 88 −32 22
17 Edinburgh City 34 7 3 24 77 125 −48 17
18 Brechin City 34 5 2 27 53 139 −86 12

Promoted: Raith Rovers, Albion Rovers

Scottish Cup

East Fife were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 4–2 extra time win in a replay against Kilmarnock.

Scotland national team

Date Venue Opponents Score[2] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
30 October 1937 Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)  Wales 1–2 BHC Alex Massie
10 November 1937 Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen (H)  Northern Ireland 1–1 BHC James Smith
8 December 1937 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  Czechoslovakia 5–0 Friendly David McCulloch(2), Andrew Black, Peter Buchanan, David Kinnear
9 April 1938 Wembley Stadium, London (A)  England 1–0 BHC Thomas Walker
21 May 1938 Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam (A)  Netherlands 3–1 Friendly Andrew Black, Francis Murphy, Thomas Walker

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1930-1939/193738/
  2. ↑ Scotland's score is shown first.