1930–31 in Scottish football

Division One champions
Rangers
Division Two champions
Third Lanark
Scottish Cup winners
Celtic
Junior Cup winners
Denny Hibs
Scotland national team
1931 BHC

The 1930–31 season was the 58th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 41st season of the Scottish Football League.[1]

## Scottish League Division One

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Main article: 1930–31 Scottish Division One

Pos | Team

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1  | Rangers | 38  | 27  | 6  | 5  | 96  | 29  | +67  | 60
2  | Celtic | 38  | 24  | 10  | 4  | 101  | 34  | +67  | 58
3  | Motherwell | 38  | 24  | 8  | 6  | 102  | 42  | +60  | 56
4  | Partick Thistle | 38  | 24  | 5  | 9  | 76  | 43  | +33  | 53
5  | Heart of Midlothian | 38  | 19  | 6  | 13  | 90  | 63  | +27  | 44
6  | Aberdeen | 38  | 17  | 7  | 14  | 79  | 63  | +16  | 41
7  | Cowdenbeath | 38  | 17  | 7  | 14  | 58  | 65  | −7  | 41
8  | Dundee | 38  | 17  | 5  | 16  | 65  | 63  | +2  | 39
9  | Airdrieonians | 38  | 17  | 5  | 16  | 59  | 66  | −7  | 39
10  | Hamilton Academical | 38  | 16  | 5  | 17  | 59  | 57  | +2  | 37
11  | Kilmarnock | 38  | 15  | 5  | 18  | 59  | 60  | −1  | 35
12  | Clyde | 38  | 15  | 4  | 19  | 60  | 87  | −27  | 34
13  | Queen's Park | 38  | 13  | 7  | 18  | 71  | 72  | −1  | 33
14  | Falkirk | 38  | 14  | 4  | 20  | 77  | 87  | −10  | 32
15  | St Mirren | 38  | 11  | 8  | 19  | 49  | 72  | −23  | 30
16  | Morton | 38  | 11  | 7  | 20  | 58  | 83  | −25  | 29
17  | Leith Athletic | 38  | 8  | 11  | 19  | 51  | 85  | −34  | 27
18  | Ayr United | 38  | 8  | 11  | 19  | 53  | 92  | −39  | 27
19  | Hibernian | 38  | 9  | 7  | 22  | 49  | 81  | −32  | 25
20  | East Fife | 38  | 8  | 4  | 26  | 45  | 113  | −68  | 20

Source: "1930-1931 Division 1 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Hibernian, East Fife

## Scottish League Division Two

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Main article: 1930–31 Scottish Division Two

Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation

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1  | Third Lanark | 38  | 27  | 7  | 4  | 107  | 42  | +65  | 61  | Promotion to the 1931–32 First Division
2  | Dundee United | 38  | 21  | 8  | 9  | 93  | 54  | +39  | 50
3  | Dunfermline Athletic | 38  | 20  | 7  | 11  | 83  | 50  | +33  | 47  |
4  | Raith Rovers | 38  | 20  | 6  | 12  | 93  | 72  | +21  | 46
5  | St Johnstone | 38  | 19  | 6  | 13  | 76  | 61  | +15  | 44
6  | Queen of the South | 38  | 18  | 6  | 14  | 83  | 66  | +17  | 42
7  | East Stirlingshire | 38  | 17  | 7  | 14  | 85  | 74  | +11  | 41
8  | Montrose | 38  | 19  | 3  | 16  | 75  | 90  | −15  | 41
9  | Albion Rovers | 38  | 14  | 11  | 13  | 83  | 84  | −1  | 39
10  | Dumbarton | 38  | 15  | 8  | 15  | 73  | 72  | +1  | 38
11  | St Bernard's | 38  | 14  | 9  | 15  | 85  | 66  | +19  | 37
12  | Forfar Athletic | 38  | 15  | 6  | 17  | 80  | 84  | −4  | 36
13  | Alloa Athletic | 38  | 15  | 5  | 18  | 65  | 87  | −22  | 35
14  | King's Park | 38  | 14  | 6  | 18  | 78  | 70  | +8  | 34
15  | Arbroath | 38  | 15  | 4  | 19  | 83  | 94  | −11  | 34
16  | Brechin City | 38  | 13  | 7  | 18  | 52  | 84  | −32  | 33
17  | Stenhousemuir | 38  | 12  | 6  | 20  | 75  | 101  | −26  | 30
18  | Armadale | 38  | 13  | 2  | 23  | 74  | 99  | −25  | 28
19  | Clydebank | 38  | 10  | 2  | 26  | 61  | 108  | −47  | 22
20  | Bo'ness | 38  | 9  | 4  | 25  | 54  | 100  | −46  | 22

Source: [citation needed]

Promoted: Third Lanark, Dundee United

## Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1930–31 Scottish Cup

Celtic were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 4–2 replay win over Motherwell.

## Other honours

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### National

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Competition  | Winner  | Score  | Runner-up

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Scottish Qualifying Cup | Bathgate | 1–0[2] | Dalbeattie Star

### County

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Competition  | Winner  | Score  | Runner-up

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Aberdeenshire Cup | Aberdeen | 7–1 *  | Peterhead
Ayrshire Cup | Kilmarnock | 5–1  | Beith
Dumbartonshire Cup  | Dumbarton | 5–0  | Clydebank
East of Scotland Shield | Hearts | 5–4  | Hibernian
Fife Cup  | East Fife | 2–2[3] | Raith Rovers
Forfarshire Cup | Forfar Athletic | 2–1  | Dundee
Glasgow Cup | Celtic | 2–1  | Rangers
Lanarkshire Cup | Airdrie | 6–2 *  | Albion Rovers
Perthshire Cup  | St Johnstone | 4–2  | Vale of Atholl
Renfrewshire Cup  | Morton | 5–4 *  | St Mirren
Southern Counties Cup  | Dalbeattie Star | 1–0  | Stranraer
Stirlingshire Cup | Falkirk | 2–0  | Stenhousemuir

* – aggregate over two legs

### Highland League

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Top Three  Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  | Inverness Caledonian | 22  | 12  | 8  | 2  | 62  | 36  | +26  | 32
2  | Buckie Thistle | 22  | 15  | 1  | 6  | 55  | 33  | +22  | 31
3  | Forres Mechanics | 22  | 10  | 6  | 6  | 55  | 53  | +2  | 26

Source: [citation needed]

## Junior Cup

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Denny Hibs were winners of the Junior Cup after a 1–0 win over Burnbank Athletic in the final.[4]

## Scotland national team

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Main article: Scotland national football team 1920–39 results

Date  | Venue  | Opponents  | Score[5] | Competition  | Scotland scorer(s)

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25 October 1930  | Ibrox Park, Glasgow (H)  |  Wales | 1–1  | BHC | Barney Battles, Jr.
21 February 1931  | Windsor Park, Belfast (A)  |  Ireland | 0–0  | BHC |
28 March 1931  | Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  |  England | 2–0  | BHC | George Stevenson, Jimmy McGrory
16 May 1931  | Hohe Warte Stadium Vienna (A)  |  Austria | 0–5  | Friendly |
20 May 1931  | Stadio Nazionale PNF Rome (A)  |  Italy | 0–3  | Friendly |
24 May 1931  | Stade des Charmilles Geneva (A)  |  Switzerland | 3–2  | Friendly | Jimmy Easson, William Boyd, Andrew Love

Scotland were joint winners with England of the 1930–31 British Home Championship.

Key:

* (H) = Home match
* (A) = Away match
* BHC = British Home Championship

## References

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1. ^ "1930/31 - the Scottish Football League". Archived from the original on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
2. ^ replay
3. ^ won on corners
4. ^ Protest | Row That Rocked the Juniors, Evening Times, 17 June 1961
5. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.

## External links

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* Scottish Football Historical Archive

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Domestic leagues|

* Football League
* Division One
* Division Two
* Highland League

Domestic cups|

* Scottish Cup (Final)
* Junior Cup

Related to national team|

* Results
* British Home Championship

Club seasons

Division One|

* Aberdeen
* Airdrieonians
* Ayr United
* Cowdenbeath
* Celtic
* Clyde
* Dundee
* East Fife
* Falkirk
* Hamilton Academical
* Heart of Midlothian
* Hibernian
* Kilmarnock
* Leith Athletic
* Morton
* Motherwell
* Partick Thistle
* Queen's Park
* Rangers
* St. Mirren

Division Two|

* Albion Rovers
* Alloa Athletic
* Arbroath
* Armadale
* Bo'ness
* Brechin City
* Clydebank
* Dumbarton
* Dundee United
* Dunfermline Athletic
* East Stirlingshire
* Forfar Athletic
* King's Park
* Montrose
* Raith Rovers
* Queen of the South
* St Bernard's
* St. Johnstone
* Stenhousemuir
* Third Lanark

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*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points