Scottish Division One 1927/28
| Scottish Division One 1927/28 | |
| master | Glasgow Rangers |
| Cup winners | Glasgow Rangers |
| Relegated |
FC Bo'ness Dunfermline Athletic |
| Teams | 20th |
| Games | 380 |
| Gates | 1,420 (ø 3.74 per game) |
| Top scorer |
 Jimmy McGrory(Celtic Glasgow) |
| ← Division One 1926/27 | |
The Scottish Football League Division One was played for the 35th time in 1927/28 . It was also the 38th edition of the top soccer division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. It began on August 13, 1927 and ended on April 28, 1928. In the 1927/28 season, 20 clubs competed against each other in a total of 38 matchdays. 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 .
The championship won for the 16th time in their club history, the Glasgow Rangers . The FC Bo'ness and Dunfermline Athletic got into the end of the season Division Two from. The top scorer was Jimmy McGrory from Celtic Glasgow with 47 goals .
statistics
Closing table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Glasgow Rangers (M) | 38 | 26th | 8th | 4th | 109: 36 | 3.03 | 60:16 |
| 2. | Celtic Glasgow (P) | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6th | 93:39 | 2.38 | 55:21 |
| 3. | Motherwell FC | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6th | 92:46 | 2.00 | 55:21 |
| 4th | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 20th | 7th | 11 | 89:50 | 1.78 | 47:29 |
| 5. | FC St. Mirren | 38 | 18th | 8th | 12 | 77:76 | 1.01 | 44:32 |
| 6th | Partick Thistle | 38 | 18th | 7th | 13 | 85:67 | 1.27 | 43:33 |
| 7th | Aberdeen FC | 38 | 19th | 5 | 14th | 71:61 | 1.16 | 43:33 |
| 8th. | FC Kilmarnock | 38 | 15th | 10 | 13 | 68:78 | 0.87 | 40:36 |
| 9. | Cowdenbeath FC | 38 | 16 | 7th | 15th | 66:68 | 0.97 | 39:37 |
| 10. | FC Falkirk | 38 | 16 | 5 | 17th | 76:69 | 1.10 | 37:39 |
| 11. | St. Johnstone FC | 38 | 14th | 8th | 16 | 66:67 | 0.99 | 36:40 |
| 12. | Hibernian Edinburgh | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 73:75 | 0.97 | 35:41 |
| 13. | Airdrieonians FC | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15th | 59:69 | 0.86 | 35:41 |
| 14th | Dundee FC | 38 | 14th | 7th | 17th | 65:80 | 0.81 | 35:41 |
| 15th | Clyde FC | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17th | 46:72 | 0.64 | 31:45 |
| 16. | FC Queen's Park | 38 | 12 | 6th | 20th | 69:80 | 0.86 | 30:46 |
| 17th | Raith Rovers (N) | 38 | 11 | 7th | 20th | 60:89 | 0.67 | 29:47 |
| 18th | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 11 | 6th | 21st | 67:86 | 0.78 | 28:48 |
| 19th | FC Bo'ness (N) | 38 | 9 | 8th | 21st | 48:86 | 0.56 | 26:50 |
| 20th | Dunfermline Athletic | 38 | 4th | 4th | 30th | 41: 126 | 0.33 | 12:64 |
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| 1927/28 season | |
| Scottish master | |
| Relegated to Division Two | |
| At the end of the 1926/27 season | |
| (M) | Champion of the previous year |
| (P) | Cup winner of the previous year |
| (N) | Promoted from Division Two |
See also
Web links
- Scottish Division One 1927/28 at Statto.com
- Scottish Division One 1927/28 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.
