Scottish Division Two 1948/49

Scottish Division Two 1948/49
master	Raith Rovers
Climbers	Raith Rovers Stirling Albion
Relegated	East Stirlingshire FC
Teams	16
Games	240
Gates	945  (ø 3.94 per game)
Top scorer	Willie Penman (Raith Rovers)
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The Scottish Football League Division Two was played for the 43rd time in 1948/49 . After the introduction of Division One , it was also the 43rd edition of the men's second-highest soccer division in the Scottish Football League under the name Division Two . In the 1948/49 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 the Raith Rovers , who secured promotion to Division One together with the runner-up Stirling Albion . The top scorer with 35 goals was Willie Penman of the Raith Rovers.

statistics

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Raith Rovers	30th	20th	2	8th	080:440	1.82	42:18
2.	Stirling Albion	30th	20th	2	8th	071:470	1.51	42:18
3.	Airdrieonians FC (A)	30th	16	9	5	076:420	1.81	41:19
4th	Dunfermline Athletic	30th	16	9	5	080:580	1.38	41:19
5.	FC Queen's Park (A)	30th	14th	7th	9	066:490	1.35	35:25
6th	St. Johnstone FC	30th	14th	4th	12	058:510	1.14	32:28
7th	FC Arbroath	30th	12	8th	10	062:560	1.11	32:28
8th.	Dundee United	30th	10	7th	13	060:670	0.90	27:33
9.	Ayr United	30th	10	7th	13	051:700	0.73	27:33
10.	Hamilton Academical	30th	9	8th	13	048:570	0.84	26:34
11.	FC Kilmarnock	30th	9	7th	14th	058:610	0.95	25:35
12.	FC Stenhousemuir	30th	8th	8th	14th	050:540	0.93	24:36
13.	Cowdenbeath FC	30th	9	5	16	053:580	0.91	23:37
14th	Alloa Athletic	30th	10	3	17th	042:850	0.49	23:37
15th	Dumbarton FC	30th	8th	6th	16	052:790	0.66	22:38
16.	East Stirlingshire FC (N)	30th	6th	6th	18th	038:670	0.57	18:42

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal quotient

Legend
1948/49 season
	Promoted to Division One
	Relegated to Division C (amateur league)
At the end of the 1947/48 season
(A)	Relegated from Division One
(N)	Promoted from Division Three

Web link

• Scottish Division Two 1948/49 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 17, 2015 (English). 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.