Scottish Division One 1921/22
| Scottish Division One 1921/22 | |
| master | Celtic Glasgow |
| Cup winners | Morton |
| Relegated |
Dumbarton FC Queen's Park FC Clydebank |
| Teams | 22nd |
| Games | 462 |
| Gates | 1,238 (ø 2.68 per game) |
| Top scorer |
 Duncan Walker(FC St. Mirren) |
| ← Division One 1920/21 | |
The Scottish Football League Division One was played for the 29th time in 1921/22 . It was also the 32nd edition of the highest soccer division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. It began on August 15, 1921 and ended on April 29, 1922. In the 1921/22 season, 22 clubs competed against each other in a total of 42 match days. Each team played once at home and away against every other team. The 2-point rule applied . In the event of a tie, the goal quotient counted for the first time since the league was founded .
The championship won for the 16th time in the club's history Celtic Glasgow . The FC Dumbarton , FC Queen's Park and FC Clydebank got into the end of the season Division Two from. These were the first teams to automatically relegate, replacing the old system of general meeting voting. The top scorer was Duncan Walker from FC St. Mirren with 45 goals .
statistics
Closing table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Celtic Glasgow | 42 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 83:20 | 4.15 | 67:17 |
| 2. | Glasgow Rangers (M) | 42 | 28 | 10 | 4th | 83:26 | 3.19 | 66:18 |
| 3. | Raith Rovers | 42 | 19th | 13 | 10 | 66:43 | 1.53 | 51:33 |
| 4th | Dundee FC | 42 | 19th | 11 | 12 | 57:40 | 1.43 | 49:35 |
| 5. | FC Falkirk | 42 | 16 | 17th | 9 | 48:38 | 1.26 | 49:35 |
| 6th | Partick Thistle (P) | 42 | 20th | 8th | 14th | 57:53 | 1.08 | 48:36 |
| 7th | Hibernian Edinburgh | 42 | 16 | 14th | 12 | 55:44 | 1.25 | 46:38 |
| 8th. | FC St. Mirren | 42 | 17th | 12 | 13 | 71:61 | 1.16 | 46:38 |
| 9. | Third Lanark | 42 | 17th | 12 | 13 | 58:52 | 1.12 | 46:38 |
| 10. | Clyde FC | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14th | 60:51 | 1.18 | 44:40 |
| 11. | Albion Rovers | 42 | 17th | 10 | 15th | 55:51 | 1.08 | 44:40 |
| 12. | Morton | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 58:57 | 1.02 | 42:42 |
| 13. | Motherwell FC | 42 | 16 | 7th | 19th | 63:58 | 1.09 | 39:45 |
| 14th | Ayr United | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17th | 55:63 | 0.87 | 38:46 |
| 15th | Aberdeen FC | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20th | 48:54 | 0.89 | 35:49 |
| 16. | Airdrieonians FC | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19th | 46:56 | 0.82 | 35:49 |
| 17th | FC Kilmarnock | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20th | 56:83 | 0.67 | 35:49 |
| 18th | Hamilton Academical | 42 | 9 | 16 | 17th | 51:62 | 0.82 | 34:50 |
| 19th | Heart of Midlothian | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21st | 50:60 | 0.83 | 32:52 |
| 20th | Dumbarton FC | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22nd | 46:81 | 0.57 | 30:54 |
| 21st | FC Queen's Park | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 38:82 | 0.46 | 28:56 |
| 22nd | Clydebank FC | 42 | 6th | 8th | 28 | 34: 103 | 0.33 | 20:64 |
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| 1921/22 season | |
| Scottish master | |
| Relegated to Division Two | |
| At the end of the season 1920/21 | |
| (M) | Champion of the previous year |
| (P) | Cup winner of the previous year |
See also
Web links
- Scottish Division One 1921/22 at Statto.com
- Scottish Division One 1921/22 in the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scottish Football League & Scottish Premier League Top goalscorers per division. (No longer available online.) Scottish-football-historical-archive.com, archived from the original on September 27, 2012 ; accessed on April 4, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
