Scottish Division Two 1938/39

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Scottish Division Two 1938/39
master Cowdenbeath FC
Climbers Greenock Morton
Relegated Brechin City
FC Montrose
Forfar Athletic
Leith Athletic
FC East Stirlingshire
Edinburgh City
Teams 18th
Games 306
Gates 1495  (ø 4.89 per game)
← Division Two 1937/38
^ Division One 1938/39

The Scottish Football League Division Two was played for the 40th time in 1938/39 . After the introduction of Division One , it was also the 40th edition of the men's second highest football division in the Scottish Football League under the name Division Two . In the 1938/39 season, 18 clubs competed against each other in a total of 34 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 . Cowdenbeath FC won the championship . As a promoted Greenock Morton played from 1946 in Division One. A restructuring of the league at the end of the season was carried out by the Scottish Football Association only in 1946 due to the war.

The season was the last before the beginning of the Second World War in September 1939. The game operations of Division Two were interrupted until the end of the war in 1945, and from 1946 on again.

statistics

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Cowdenbeath FC  34  28  4th  2 120: 450 2.67 60: 80
 2. Alloa Athletic  34  22nd  4th  8th 091:460 1.98 48:20
 3. East Fife FC (P)  34  21st  6th  7th 099:610 1.62 48:20
 4th Airdrieonians FC  34  21st  5  8th 085:570 1.49 47:21
 5. Dunfermline Athletic  34  18th  5  11 099:780 1.27 41:27
 6th Dundee FC (A)  34  15th  7th  12 099:630 1.57 37:31
 7th FC St. Bernard’s 1  34  15th  6th  13 079:790 1.00 36:32
 8th. FC Stenhousemuir  34  15th  5  14th 074:690 1.07 35:33
 9. Dundee United  34  15th  3  16 078:690 1.13 33:35
10. Brechin City  34  11  9  14th 082: 106 0.77 31:37
11. Dumbarton FC  34  9  12  13 068:760 0.89 30:38
12. Greenock Morton (A)  34  11  6th  17th 074:880 0.84 28:40
13. FC King's Park 2  34  12  2  20th 087:920 0.95 26:42
14th Montrose FC  34  10  5  19th 082:960 0.85 25:43
15th Forfar Athletic  34  11  3  20th 074: 138 0.54 25:43
16. Leith Athletic  34  10  4th  20th 057:830 0.69 24:44
17th East Stirlingshire FC  34  9  4th  21st 089: 130 0.68 22:46
18th Edinburgh City  34  6th  4th  24 058: 119 0.49 16:52

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal quotient

1The FC St. Bernard's was disbanded 1,943th
2The FC King's Park was closed in 1940 because of domestic Forth Bank Park by the air force was destroyed.
Legend
1938/39 season
Promoted to Division One
Association was dissolved during the war
Relegated to Division Three
At the end of the 1937/38 season
(A) Relegated from Division One
(P) Cup winner of the previous year

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