1949–50 in Scottish football

77th season of competitive Scottish football

1949–50 in Scottish football

Division A champions
Rangers
Division B champions
Morton
Division C (North & East) champions
Hibernian 'A'
Division C (South & West) champions
Clyde 'A'
Scottish Cup winners
Rangers
League Cup winners
East Fife
Junior Cup winners
Blantyre Victoria
Scotland national team
1950 BHC

The 1949–50 season was the 77th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 53rd season of the Scottish Football League.[1]

## Scottish League Division A

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Main article: 1949–50 Scottish Division A

Rangers won the league with a 2–2 draw in their last match, away to Third Lanark, a game in which Rangers took a 2–0 lead before Thirds fought back to 2–2. Another goal for Third Lanark would have handed the title to Hibernian.

A few days previously, Rangers had drawn 0–0 with Hibs at Ibrox before a crowd of 101,000, the largest crowd to watch a League match in Britain since the war, a record that still stands. Had Hibs won this match they would have become champions.

Pos | Team

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1  | Rangers | 30  | 22  | 6  | 2  | 58  | 26  | +32  | 50
2  | Hibernian | 30  | 22  | 5  | 3  | 86  | 34  | +52  | 49
3  | Hearts | 30  | 20  | 3  | 7  | 86  | 40  | +46  | 43
4  | East Fife | 30  | 15  | 7  | 8  | 58  | 43  | +15  | 37
5  | Celtic | 30  | 14  | 7  | 9  | 51  | 50  | +1  | 35
6  | Dundee | 30  | 12  | 7  | 11  | 49  | 46  | +3  | 31
7  | Partick Thistle | 30  | 13  | 3  | 14  | 55  | 45  | +10  | 29
8  | Aberdeen | 30  | 11  | 4  | 15  | 48  | 56  | −8  | 26
9  | Raith Rovers | 30  | 9  | 8  | 13  | 45  | 54  | −9  | 26
10  | Motherwell | 30  | 10  | 5  | 15  | 53  | 58  | −5  | 25
11  | St Mirren | 30  | 8  | 9  | 13  | 42  | 49  | −7  | 25
12  | Third Lanark | 30  | 11  | 3  | 16  | 44  | 62  | −18  | 25
13  | Clyde | 30  | 10  | 4  | 16  | 56  | 73  | −17  | 24
14  | Falkirk | 30  | 7  | 10  | 13  | 48  | 72  | −24  | 24
15  | Queen of the South | 30  | 5  | 6  | 19  | 31  | 63  | −32  | 16
16  | Stirling Albion | 30  | 6  | 3  | 21  | 38  | 77  | −39  | 15

Source: RSSSF[dead link]

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Queen Of the South, Stirling Albion

## Scottish League Division B

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Main article: 1949–50 Scottish Division B

Pos | Team

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

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1  | Morton | 30  | 20  | 7  | 3  | 77  | 33  | +44  | 47  | Promotion to the 1950–51 Division A
2  | Airdrieonians | 30  | 19  | 6  | 5  | 79  | 40  | +39  | 44
3  | Dunfermline Athletic | 30  | 16  | 4  | 10  | 71  | 57  | +14  | 36  |
4  | St Johnstone | 30  | 15  | 6  | 9  | 64  | 56  | +8  | 36
5  | Cowdenbeath | 30  | 16  | 3  | 11  | 63  | 56  | +7  | 35
6  | Hamilton Academical | 30  | 14  | 6  | 10  | 57  | 44  | +13  | 34
7  | Dundee United | 30  | 14  | 5  | 11  | 74  | 56  | +18  | 33
8  | Kilmarnock | 30  | 14  | 5  | 11  | 50  | 43  | +7  | 33
9  | Queen's Park | 30  | 12  | 7  | 11  | 63  | 59  | +4  | 31
10  | Forfar Athletic | 30  | 11  | 8  | 11  | 53  | 56  | −3  | 30
11  | Albion Rovers | 30  | 10  | 7  | 13  | 49  | 61  | −12  | 27
12  | Stenhousemuir | 30  | 8  | 8  | 14  | 54  | 72  | −18  | 24
13  | Ayr United | 30  | 8  | 6  | 16  | 53  | 80  | −27  | 22
14  | Arbroath | 30  | 5  | 9  | 16  | 47  | 69  | −22  | 19
15  | Dumbarton | 30  | 6  | 4  | 20  | 39  | 62  | −23  | 16
16  | Alloa Athletic | 30  | 5  | 3  | 22  | 47  | 96  | −49  | 13

Source: "1949-1950 Division B - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-04-29.

Promoted: Morton, Airdrie

## Scottish League Division C

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Section[2][3] | Winner  | Runner-up

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South-West  | Clyde 'A' | Rangers 'A'
South-East  | Hibernian 'A' | Hearts 'A'

## Cup honours

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Competition  | Winner  | Score  | Runner-up

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Scottish Cup | Rangers | 3 – 0  | East Fife
League Cup | East Fife | 3 – 0  | Dunfermline Athletic
Junior Cup | Blantyre Victoria | 3 – 0  | Cumnock Juniors

## Other Honours

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### National

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Competition  | Winner  | Score  | Runner-up

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Scottish Qualifying Cup \- North  | Inverness Caledonian | 8 – 1 *  | Peterhead
Scottish Qualifying Cup \- South  | Brechin City | 12 – 2 *  | Duns

### County

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Competition  | Winner  | Score  | Runner-up

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Aberdeenshire Cup | Peterhead | 4 – 3 *  | Deveronvale
Ayrshire Cup | Ayr United | 3 – 1 *  | Kilmarnock
East of Scotland Shield | Hearts | 5 – 2  | Leith Athletic
Fife Cup | East Fife | 4 – 3 *  | Cowdenbeath
Forfarshire Cup | Dundee | 3 – 2  | Brechin City
Glasgow Cup | Rangers | 2 – 1 †  | Clyde
Lanarkshire Cup | Motherwell | 4 – 0  | Albion Rovers
Renfrewshire Cup | St Mirren | 3 – 2  | Morton
Stirlingshire Cup | Falkirk | 3 – 0  | Alloa Athletic

* * - aggregate over two legs
* † - replay

### Highland League

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

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1  | Peterhead | 30  | 21  | 4  | 5  | 85  | 42  | +43  | 46
2  | Inverness Caledonian | 30  | 19  | 2  | 9  | 88  | 45  | +43  | 40
3  | Deveronvale | 30  | 18  | 4  | 8  | 90  | 48  | +42  | 40

Source: [citation needed]

## Scotland national team

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Main article: Scotland national football team 1940–59 results

Date  | Venue  | Opponents  | Score[4] | Competition  | Scotland scorer(s)

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1 October 1949  | Windsor Park, Belfast (A)  |  Northern Ireland | 8–2  | BHC | Henry Morris (3), Willie Waddell (2), Billy Steel, Lawrie Reilly, Jimmy Mason
9 November 1949  | Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  |  Wales | 2–0  | BHC | John McPhail, Alec Linwood
15 April 1950  | Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  |  England | 0–1  | BHC |
26 April 1950  | Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  |  Switzerland | 3–1  | Friendly | Willie Bauld, Robert Campbell, Allan Brown
21 May 1950  | Estádio Nacional, Lisbon (A)  |  Portugal | 2–2  | Friendly | Willie Bauld, Allan Brown
27 May 1950  | Stade de Colombes, Paris (A)  |  France | 1–0  | Friendly | Allan Brown

Key:

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

## Notes and references

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1. ^ "1949/50 - the Scottish Football League". Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
2. ^ Scottish Football League C Division, dates results & final tables 1949-50, Scottish Football Historical Archive
3. ^ Scotland - Final Tables Third Level 1924-2004, RSSSF
4. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.

## External links

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* Scottish Football Historical Archive

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* Arbroath
* Ayr United
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* Dumbarton
* Dundee United
* Dunfermline Athletic
* Forfar Athletic
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*[GF]: Goals for
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*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points