Scottish Division One 1950/51

Scottish Division One 1950/51
master	Hibernian Edinburgh
Cup winners	Celtic Glasgow
Relegated	FC Clyde FC Falkirk
Teams	16
Games	240
Gates	831  (ø 3.46 per game)
Top scorer	Lawrie Reilly (Hibernian Edinburgh)
← Division One 1949/50 Division One 1951/52 →
Division Two 1950/51 ↓

The Scottish Football League Division One was played for the 51st time in 1950/51 . It was also the 54th edition of the highest soccer division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. It began on September 9, 1950 and ended on May 8, 1951. In the 1950/51 season, 16 clubs competed against each other in a total of 30 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 .

The championship won for the third time in the club's history Hibernian Edinburgh . The FC Clyde and Falkirk got into the end of the season Division Two from. The top scorer was Lawrie Reilly of Hibernian Edinburgh with 22 goals .

statistics

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Hibernian Edinburgh	30th	22nd	4th	4th	078:260	3.00	48:12
2.	Glasgow Rangers (M, P)	30th	17th	4th	9	064:370	1.73	38:22
3.	Dundee FC	30th	15th	8th	7th	047:300	1.57	38:22
4th	Heart of Midlothian	30th	16	5	9	072:450	1.60	37:23
5.	Aberdeen FC	30th	15th	5	10	061:500	1.22	35:25
6th	Partick Thistle	30th	13	7th	10	057:480	1.19	33:27
7th	Celtic Glasgow	30th	12	5	13	048:460	1.04	29:31
8th.	Raith Rovers	30th	13	2	15th	052:520	1.00	28:32
9.	Motherwell FC	30th	11	6th	13	058:650	0.89	28:32
10.	East Fife FC (L)	30th	10	8th	12	048:660	0.73	28:32
11.	FC St. Mirren	30th	9	7th	14th	035:510	0.69	25:35
12.	Morton (N)	30th	10	4th	16	047:590	0.80	24:36
13.	Third Lanark	30th	11	2	17th	040:510	0.78	24:36
14th	Airdrieonians FC (N)	30th	10	4th	16	052:670	0.78	24:36
15th	Clyde FC	30th	8th	7th	15th	037:570	0.65	23:37
16.	FC Falkirk	30th	7th	4th	19th	035:810	0.43	18:42

Legend
1950/51 season
	Scottish master
	Relegated to Division Two
At the end of the 1949/50 season
(M)	Champion of the previous year
(P)	Cup winner of the previous year
(L)	League cup winner of the previous year
(N)	Promoted from Division Two

See also

• Old Firm
• Edinburgh Derby
• List of top scorer in the Scottish Football League

Web links

• Scottish Division One 1950/51 at Statto.com
• Scottish Division One 1950/51 in the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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.