1938–39 Scottish Division One

The 1938–39 Scottish Division One was the last season of competitive football in Scotland before World War II. The league championship was won by Rangers by eleven points over nearest rival Celtic.[1]

Scottish Division One
Season1938–39
ChampionsRangers

League table

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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[a] 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[a] 38 13 9 16 76 83 −7 35
15 Third Lanark 38 12 8 18 80 96 −16 32
16 Albion Rovers[a] 38 12 6 20 65 90 −25 30
17 Arbroath[a] 38 11 8 19 54 75 −21 30
18 St Mirren 38 11 7 20 57 80 −23 29
19 Queen's Park[b] 38 11 5 22 57 83 −26 27
20 Raith Rovers[c] 38 10 2 26 65 99 −34 22
Source: RSSSF[dead link]
  1. ^ a b c d 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.

Results

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Home \ Away ABE ALB ARB AYR CEL CLY FAL HAM HOM HIB KIL MOT PAR QOS QPA RAI RAN STJ STM THI
Aberdeen 2–1 4–0 5–2 3–1 1–2 4–1 5–0 4–3 6–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 4–3 2–1 6–3 2–0 3–0 3–2 6–1
Albion Rovers 1–0 3–2 3–3 1–8 3–0 0–3 5–0 0–1 0–1 6–1 3–4 3–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 2–7 2–3 2–1 2–4
Arbroath 0–2 3–2 3–0 0–2 3–0 1–2 4–1 1–1 2–4 4–1 2–0 4–0 1–1 3–1 0–4 3–3 3–1 2–1 0–5
Ayr United 3–3 1–1 4–1 1–4 2–4 3–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 2–2 6–1 3–0 2–3 2–0 2–1 3–4 0–0 2–3 3–3
Celtic 1–2 4–1 2–0 3–3 3–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 5–4 9–1 1–3 3–1 5–1 0–1 6–1 6–2 1–1 3–2 6–1
Clyde 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–4 2–4 4–3 2–6 3–0 5–1 4–0 4–1 1–1 2–3 2–3 1–1 3–1 2–0 4–1
Falkirk 1–3 4–3 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–2 4–0 0–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 2–5 2–1 1–0 6–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 4–0
Hamilton Academical 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–3 4–1 4–1 3–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 3–1 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 4–3
Heart of Midlothian 5–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–5 2–0 6–2 2–3 0–1 2–1 4–0 5–0 1–2 8–3 2–1 1–3 8–2 5–2 4–2
Hibernian 5–0 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 4–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–3 3–1 2–1 1–1 5–2 6–1 1–1
Kilmarnock 0–3 4–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–4 1–1 2–2 4–1 0–1 1–3 4–2 1–1 3–0 4–2 3–1 1–0 3–2 5–2
Motherwell 2–2 3–1 4–0 1–2 2–3 3–2 1–3 2–3 4–2 3–2 5–2 4–3 8–5 2–0 2–4 0–5 3–1 2–1 5–1
Partick Thistle 2–1 1–3 3–1 2–3 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 4–0 4–3 4–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–4 1–4 3–0 4–1
Queen of the South 1–1 3–3 2–0 6–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 4–3 0–0 3–2 4–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2
Queen's Park 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–2 4–2 1–1 1–2 4–1 3–2 1–5 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–3 2–3 0–0 1–4
Raith Rovers 3–2 1–1 1–3 3–1 4–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–3 0–1 2–4 1–3 4–5 0–2 5–6 1–3 2–2
Rangers 5–2 5–0 4–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 5–2 2–2 2–2 4–1 4–1 1–0 4–0 4–2 3–0 5–1
St Johnstone 1–0 4–0 4–3 0–1 1–1 3–2 6–3 0–2 1–7 2–1 1–3 2–1 7–0 3–0 4–1 1–2 3–3 6–2 4–0
St Mirren 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–4 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–4 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–5 4–0 3–2
Third Lanark 1–1 4–0 3–0 3–2 0–2 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–4 2–0 3–3 3–1 2–4 0–1 5–1 5–0 1–2 1–3 3–3
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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  1. ^ "Rangers supporters campaign for World War Two titles to be recognised by SFA and SPFL". Daily Record. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2022.