Scottish Division Two 1947/48

Scottish Division Two 1947/48
master	East Fife FC
Climbers	East Fife FC Albion Rovers
Relegated	Leith Athletic
Teams	16
Games	240
Gates	1045  (ø 4.35 per game)
Top scorer	Henry Morris (East Fife FC)
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The Scottish Football League Division Two was played for the 42nd time in 1947/48 . After the introduction of Division One , it was also the 42nd edition of the men's second-highest soccer division in the Scottish Football League under the name Division Two . In the 1947/48 season, 16 clubs competed against each other in a total of 30 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 . The championship won the FC East Fife , who secured promotion to Division One together with the runner-up Albion Rovers . The top scorer with 39 goals was Henry Morris of East Fife FC.

statistics

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	East Fife FC	30th	25th	3	2	103: 360	2.86	53: 70
2.	Albion Rovers	30th	19th	4th	7th	058:490	1.18	42:18
3.	Hamilton Academical (A)	30th	17th	6th	7th	075:450	1.67	40:20
4th	Raith Rovers	30th	14th	6th	10	083:660	1.26	34:26
5.	Cowdenbeath FC	30th	12	8th	10	056:530	1.06	32:28
6th	FC Kilmarnock (A)	30th	13	4th	13	072:620	1.16	30:30
7th	Dunfermline Athletic	30th	13	3	14th	072:710	1.01	29:31
8th.	Stirling Albion (N)	30th	11	6th	13	065:660	0.98	28:32
9.	St. Johnstone FC	30th	11	5	14th	069:630	1.10	27:33
10.	Ayr United	30th	9	9	12	059:610	0.97	27:33
11.	Dumbarton FC	30th	9	7th	14th	066:790	0.84	25:35
12.	Alloa Athletic	30th	10	6th	14th	056:770	0.73	26:34
13.	FC Arbroath	30th	10	3	17th	055:620	0.89	23:37
14th	FC Stenhousemuir	30th	6th	11	13	053:830	0.64	23:37
15th	Dundee United	30th	10	2	18th	058:880	0.66	22:38
16.	Leith Athletic (N)	30th	6th	7th	17th	045:840	0.54	19:41

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal quotient

Legend
1947/48 season
	Promoted to Division One
	Relegated to Division Three
At the end of the 1946/47 season
(A)	Relegated from Division One
(N)	Promoted from Division Three

Web link

• Scottish Division Two 1947/48 at Statto.com

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 March 15, 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.