Scottish Division One 1936/37
| Scottish Division One 1936/37 | |
| master | Glasgow Rangers |
| Cup winners | Celtic Glasgow |
| Relegated |
Dunfermline Athletic Albion Rovers |
| Teams | 20th |
| Games | 380 |
| Gates | 1,450 (ø 3.82 per game) |
| Top scorer |
 David Wilson(Hamilton Academical) |
| ← Division One 1935/36 | |
The Scottish Football League Division One was played for the 44th time in 1936/37 . It was also the 47th edition of the highest soccer division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. It began on August 8, 1936 and ended on April 30, 1937. In the 1936/37 season, 20 clubs competed against each other in a total of 38 game 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 .
The championship was won by the Glasgow Rangers for the 23rd time in their club history . Dunfermline Athletic and the Albion Rovers relegated to Division Two at the end of the season . The top scorer was David Wilson of Hamilton Academical with 34 goals .
statistics
Closing table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Glasgow Rangers (P) | 38 | 26th | 9 | 3 | 88:32 | 2.75 | 61:15 |
| 2. | Aberdeen FC | 38 | 23 | 8th | 7th | 89:44 | 2.02 | 54:22 |
| 3. | Celtic Glasgow (M) | 38 | 22nd | 8th | 8th | 89:58 | 1.53 | 52:24 |
| 4th | Motherwell FC | 38 | 22nd | 7th | 9 | 96:54 | 1.78 | 51:25 |
| 5. | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 99:60 | 1.65 | 51:25 |
| 6th | Third Lanark | 38 | 20th | 6th | 12 | 79:61 | 1.30 | 46:30 |
| 7th | FC Falkirk (N) | 38 | 19th | 6th | 13 | 98:66 | 1.48 | 44:32 |
| 8th. | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 18th | 5 | 15th | 91:96 | 0.95 | 41:35 |
| 9. | Dundee FC | 38 | 12 | 15th | 11 | 58:69 | 0.84 | 39:37 |
| 10. | Clyde FC | 38 | 16 | 6th | 16 | 59:70 | 0.84 | 38:38 |
| 11. | FC Kilmarnock | 38 | 14th | 9 | 15th | 60:70 | 0.86 | 37:39 |
| 12. | St. Johnstone FC | 38 | 14th | 8th | 16 | 74:68 | 1.09 | 36:40 |
| 13. | Partick Thistle | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15th | 73:68 | 1.07 | 34:42 |
| 14th | FC Arbroath | 38 | 13 | 5 | 20th | 57:84 | 0.68 | 31:45 |
| 15th | FC Queen's Park | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17th | 51:77 | 0.66 | 30:46 |
| 16. | FC St. Mirren (N) | 38 | 11 | 7th | 20th | 68:81 | 0.84 | 29:47 |
| 17th | Hibernian Edinburgh | 38 | 6th | 13 | 19th | 54:83 | 0.65 | 25:51 |
| 18th | Queen of the South | 38 | 8th | 8th | 22nd | 49:95 | 0.52 | 24:52 |
| 19th | Dunfermline Athletic | 38 | 5 | 11 | 22nd | 65:98 | 0.66 | 21:55 |
| 20th | Albion Rovers | 38 | 5 | 6th | 27 | 53: 116 | 0.46 | 16:60 |
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| 1936/37 season | |
| Scottish master | |
| Relegated to Division Two | |
| At the end of the 1935/36 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 1936/37 at Statto.com
- Scottish Division One 1936/37 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.
