Scottish Division One 1946/47
| Scottish Division One 1946/47 | |
| master | Glasgow Rangers |
| Cup winners | Aberdeen FC |
| Relegated |
Kilmarnock FC Hamilton Academical |
| Teams | 16 |
| Games | 240 |
| Gates | 891 (ø 3.71 per game) |
| Top scorer |
 Bobby Mitchell(Third Lanark) |
| ← Division One 1938/39 | |
The Scottish Football League Division One was played for the 47th time in 1946/47 . It was also the 50th edition of the highest soccer division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. It began on August 10, 1946 and ended on May 17, 1947. In the 1946/47 season, 16 clubs competed against each other in a total of 30 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 25th time in their club history . The FC Kilmarnock and Hamilton Academical got into the end of the season Division Two from. The top scorer was Bobby Mitchell of Third Lanark with 22 goals .
The season was the first after World War II ended in 1945.
statistics
Closing table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Glasgow Rangers (M) | 30th | 21st | 4th | 5 | 76:26 | 2.92 | 46:14 |
| 2. | Hibernian Edinburgh | 30th | 19th | 6th | 5 | 69:33 | 2.09 | 44:16 |
| 3. | Aberdeen FC | 30th | 16 | 7th | 7th | 58:41 | 1.41 | 39:21 |
| 4th | Heart of Midlothian | 30th | 16 | 6th | 8th | 52:43 | 1.21 | 38:22 |
| 5. | Partick Thistle | 30th | 16 | 3 | 11 | 74:59 | 1.25 | 35:25 |
| 6th | Morton (N) | 30th | 12 | 10 | 8th | 58:45 | 1.29 | 34:26 |
| 7th | Celtic Glasgow | 30th | 13 | 6th | 11 | 53:55 | 0.96 | 32:28 |
| 8th. | Motherwell FC | 30th | 12 | 5 | 13 | 58:54 | 1.07 | 29:31 |
| 9. | Third Lanark | 30th | 11 | 6th | 13 | 56:64 | 0.88 | 28:32 |
| 10. | Clyde FC (P) | 30th | 9 | 9 | 12 | 55:65 | 0.85 | 27:33 |
| 11. | FC Falkirk | 30th | 8th | 10 | 12 | 62:61 | 1.02 | 26:34 |
| 12. | Queen of the South | 30th | 9 | 8th | 13 | 44:69 | 0.64 | 26:34 |
| 13. | FC Queen's Park | 30th | 8th | 6th | 16 | 47:60 | 0.78 | 22:38 |
| 14th | FC St. Mirren | 30th | 9 | 4th | 17th | 47:65 | 0.72 | 22:38 |
| 15th | FC Kilmarnock | 30th | 6th | 9 | 15th | 44:66 | 0.67 | 21:39 |
| 16. | Hamilton Academical | 30th | 2 | 7th | 21st | 38:85 | 0.45 | 11:49 |
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| 1946/47 season | |
| Scottish master | |
| Relegated to Division Two | |
| At the end of the 1938/39 season | |
| (M) | Masters from last season |
| (P) | Cup winner from last season |
| (N) | Promoted from Division Two |
See also
Web links
- Scottish Division One 1946/47 at Statto.com
- Scottish Division One 1947/47 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.
