1938–39 Scottish Division One

Scottish Division One
Season	1938–39
Champions	Rangers
	← 1937–38 1946–47 →

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]

League table

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]}

^ ^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.
^ 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.
^ Team relegated to Division Two in 1939–40 and was also in Division B in 1946–47.

Results

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

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

Scottish Football Archive

[remaindown-2] 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.

[3] 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.

[4] Team relegated to Division Two in 1939–40 and was also in Division B in 1946–47.

[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.

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