1938–39 in Scottish football

The 1938–39 season was the 66th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 49th season of the Scottish Football League. Due to the World War II the league was not officially competed for again until the 1946–47 season. [1]

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

Scottish League Division One
Main article: 1938–39 Scottish Division One
Pos 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[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 1] 38 13 9 16 76 83 −7 35
15 Third Lanark 38 12 8 18 80 96 −16 32
16 Albion Rovers[lower-alpha 1] 38 12 6 20 65 90 −25 30
17 Arbroath[lower-alpha 1] 38 11 8 19 54 75 −21 30
18 St Mirren 38 11 7 20 57 80 −23 29
19 Queen's Park[lower-alpha 2] 38 11 5 22 57 83 −26 27
20 Raith Rovers[lower-alpha 3] 38 10 2 26 65 99 −34 22
Source: RSSSF
  1. Team remained in Division One for the abandoned 1939–40 season, but was not included in Division A when the official competitions resumed in 1946–47.
  2. Team was relegated to Division Two for the abandoned 1939–40 season, but were included in Division A when the official competitions resumed in 1946–47.
  3. Team relegated to Division Two in 1939–40 and was also in Division B in 1946–47.

Champions: Rangers

Scottish League Division Two
Main article: 1938–39 Scottish Division Two
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Cowdenbeath[lower-alpha 1] 34 28 4 2 120 45 +75 60
2 Alloa Athletic[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2] 38 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[lower-alpha 3] 34 11 9 14 82 106 −24 31
11 Dumbarton 34 9 12 13 68 76 −8 30
12 Morton[lower-alpha 4] 34 11 6 17 74 88 −14 28
13 King's Park[lower-alpha 2] 34 12 2 20 87 92 −5 26
14 Montrose[lower-alpha 3] 34 10 5 19 82 96 −14 25
15 Forfar Athletic[lower-alpha 3] 34 11 3 20 74 138 −64 25
16 Leith Athletic[lower-alpha 3] 34 10 4 20 57 83 −26 24
17 East Stirlingshire[lower-alpha 3] 34 9 4 21 89 130 −41 22
18 Edinburgh City 34 6 4 24 58 119 −61 16
Source: "1938-1939 Division 2 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  1. Team was promoted to Division One for the abandoned 1939–40 season, but was not included in Division A when the official competitions resumed in 1946–47.
  2. Team did not return to the league when official competitions resumed in 1946–47.
  3. Team was included in Division C in 1946–47.
  4. Team was included in Division A in 1946–47.

Scottish Cup
Main article: 1938–39 Scottish Cup

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

Other Honours

National
Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup - North Clachnacuddin 5 – 3 Babcock & Wilcox
Scottish Qualifying Cup - South Penicuik Athletic 5 – 3 St Cuthbert Wanderers

County
Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Buckie Thistle 7 – 6 * Peterhead
Ayrshire Cup Ayr United 5 – 3 * Kilmarnock
East of Scotland Shield Hibernian 3 – 1 Hearts
Fife Cup Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 1[2] Raith Rovers
Forfarshire Cup Arbroath 2 – 0 Dundee United
Glasgow Cup Celtic 3 – 0 Clyde
Lanarkshire Cup Hamilton 5 – 1 Airdrie
Perthshire Cup Blairgowrie 10 – 6 * Breadalbane
Renfrewshire Cup Morton 2 – 1[3] St Mirren
Southern Counties Cup Stranraer 8 – 5 Solway Star
  • * - aggregate over two legs

Highland League
Top Three
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Clachnacuddin 26 18 3 5 88 46 +42 39
2 Buckie Thistle 26 17 2 7 82 47 +35 36
3 Elgin City 26 14 3 9 75 57 +18 31
Source:

Junior Cup

Rutherglen Glencairn were winners of the Junior Cup after a 1–0 win over Shawfield in the final.

Scotland national team
Main article: Scotland national football team 1920–39 results
Date Venue Opponents Score[4] 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
  1. "1938/39 - the Scottish Football League". Archived from the original on 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
  2. replay - won on toss of coin
  3. second replay
  4. Scotland's score is shown first.
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