Scottish Division One 1938/39
| Scottish Division One 1938/39 | |
| master | Glasgow Rangers |
| Cup winners | Clyde FC |
| Relegated |
St. Johnstone FC Ayr United Albion Rovers Arbroath FC Raith Rovers |
| Teams | 20th |
| Games | 380 |
| Gates | 1,523 (ø 4.01 per game) |
| Top scorer |
 Alex Venters(Glasgow Rangers) |
| ← Division One 1937/38 | |
The Scottish Football League Division One was played for the 46th time in 1938/39 and at the same time the last full season before the outbreak of World War II , which resulted in an interruption of the official game operations until the resumption in the 1946/47 season . It was also the 49th edition of the top soccer division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. It began on August 13, 1938 and ended on April 29, 1939. In the 1938/39 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 won for the 24th time in their club history, the Glasgow Rangers . The top scorer with 35 goals was Alex Venters of the Glasgow Rangers.
statistics
Closing table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Glasgow Rangers | 38 | 25th | 9 | 4th | 112: 55 | 2.04 | 59:17 |
| 2. | Celtic Glasgow (M) | 38 | 20th | 8th | 10 | 99:53 | 1.87 | 48:28 |
| 3. | Aberdeen FC | 38 | 20th | 6th | 12 | 91:61 | 1.49 | 46:30 |
| 4th | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 20th | 5 | 13 | 98:70 | 1.40 | 45:31 |
| 5. | FC Falkirk | 38 | 19th | 7th | 12 | 73:63 | 1.16 | 45:31 |
| 6th | Queen of the South | 38 | 17th | 9 | 12 | 70:64 | 1.09 | 43:33 |
| 7th | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 18th | 5 | 15th | 67:71 | 0.94 | 41:35 |
| 8th. | St. Johnstone FC | 38 | 17th | 6th | 15th | 85:83 | 1.02 | 40:36 |
| 9. | Clyde FC | 38 | 17th | 5 | 16 | 78:70 | 1.11 | 39:37 |
| 10. | FC Kilmarnock | 38 | 15th | 9 | 14th | 73:86 | 0.85 | 39:37 |
| 11. | Partick Thistle | 38 | 17th | 4th | 17th | 74:87 | 0.85 | 38:38 |
| 12. | Motherwell FC | 38 | 16 | 5 | 17th | 82:86 | 0.95 | 37:39 |
| 13. | Hibernian Edinburgh | 38 | 14th | 7th | 17th | 68:69 | 0.99 | 35:41 |
| 14th | Ayr United | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 76:83 | 0.92 | 35:41 |
| 15th | Third Lanark | 38 | 12 | 8th | 18th | 80:96 | 0.83 | 32:44 |
| 16. | Albion Rovers (N) | 38 | 12 | 6th | 20th | 65:90 | 0.72 | 30:46 |
| 17th | FC Arbroath | 38 | 11 | 8th | 19th | 54:75 | 0.72 | 30:46 |
| 18th | FC St. Mirren | 38 | 11 | 7th | 20th | 57:80 | 0.71 | 29:47 |
| 19th | FC Queen's Park | 38 | 11 | 5 | 22nd | 57:83 | 0.69 | 27:49 |
| 20th | Raith Rovers (N) | 38 | 10 | 2 | 26th | 65:99 | 0.66 | 22:54 |
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| 1938/39 season | |
| Scottish master | |
| Relegated to Division Two | |
| At the end of the 1937/38 season | |
| (M) | Champion of the previous year |
| (N) | Promoted from Division Two |
See also
Web links
- Scottish Division One 1938/39 at Statto.com
- Scottish Division One 1938/39 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.
