1926–27 in Scottish football

1926–27 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Rangers
Division Two champions
Bo'ness
Scottish Cup winners
Celtic
Junior Cup winners
Rutherglen Glencairn
Scotland national team
1927 BHC

The 1926–27 season was the 54th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 37th season of the Scottish Football League. ^[1]

Scottish League Division One

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	38	23	10	5	85	41	44	56
2	Motherwell	38	23	5	10	81	52	29	51
3	Celtic	38	21	7	10	101	55	46	49
4	Airdrieonians	38	18	9	11	97	64	33	45
5	Dundee	38	17	9	12	77	51	26	43
6	Falkirk	38	16	12	10	77	60	17	42
7	Cowdenbeath	38	18	6	14	74	60	14	42
8	Aberdeen	38	13	14	11	73	72	1	40
9	Hibernian	38	16	7	15	62	71	−9	39
10	St Mirren	38	16	5	17	78	76	2	37
11	Partick Thistle	38	15	6	17	89	74	15	36
12	Queen's Park	38	15	6	17	74	84	−10	36
13	Heart of Midlothian	38	12	11	15	65	64	1	35
14	St Johnstone	38	13	9	16	55	69	−14	35
15	Hamilton Academical	38	13	9	16	60	85	−25	35
16	Kilmarnock	38	12	8	18	54	71	−17	32
17	Clyde	38	10	9	19	54	85	−31	29
18	Dunfermline Athletic	38	10	8	20	53	85	−32	28
19	Morton	38	12	4	22	56	101	−45	28
20	Dundee United	38	7	8	23	56	101	–45	22

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Greenock Morton, Dundee United

Scottish League Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bo'ness	38	23	10	5	86	41	45	56
2	Raith Rovers	38	21	7	10	92	52	40	49
3	Clydebank	38	18	9	11	94	75	19	45
4	Third Lanark	38	17	10	11	67	48	19	44
5	East Stirlingshire	38	18	8	12	93	75	18	44
6	East Fife	38	19	3	16	103	91	12	41
7	Arthurlie	38	18	5	15	90	83	7	41
8	Ayr United	38	13	15	10	67	68	−1	41
9	Forfar Athletic	38	15	7	16	66	79	−13	37
10	Stenhousemuir	38	12	12	14	69	76	−7	36
11	Queen of the South	38	16	4	18	72	80	−8	36
12	King's Park	38	13	9	16	76	75	1	35
13	St Bernard's	38	14	6	18	70	77	−7	34
14	Alloa Athletic	38	12	10	16	70	77	−7	34
15	Armadale	38	12	10	16	70	78	−8	34
16	Albion Rovers	38	11	11	16	74	87	−13	33
17	Bathgate	38	13	7	18	76	98	−22	33
18	Dumbarton	38	13	6	19	69	84	−15	32
19	Arbroath	38	13	6	19	64	83	−19	32
20	Nithsdale Wanderers	38	7	9	22	59	100	−41	23

Promoted: Bo'ness United, Raith Rovers
Relegated: Nithsdale Wanderers

Scottish Cup

Last years runners-up Celtic were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 3–1 final win over East Fife.

Other Honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup	Mid Annandale	4 – 1	Brechin City

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Aberdeen	8 – 1 *	Fraserburgh
Ayrshire Cup	Beith
Dumbartonshire Cup	Helensburgh	6 – 0	Dumbarton
East of Scotland Shield	Hearts	5 – 1	Hibernian
Fife Cup	Dunfermline Athletic	6 – 2	Lochgelly United
Forfarshire Cup	Brechin City	4 – 3 *	Montrose
Glasgow Cup	Celtic	1 – 0	Rangers
Lanarkshire Cup	Motherwell	2 – 0[2]	Albion Rovers
Perthshire Cup	St Johnstone	6 – 2	Breadalbane
Renfrewshire Cup	St Mirren	8 – 1 *	Arthurlie
Southern Counties Cup	Stranraer	3 – 2	Thornhill
Stirlingshire Cup	Falkirk	3 – 1	Bo'ness

. * aggregate over two legs

Highland League

Top Three

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Buckie Thistle	18	13	1	4	50	35	15	27
2	Clachnacuddin	18	12	2	4	57	26	31	26
3	Inverness Caledonian	18	11	3	4	42	36	6	25

Junior Cup

Rutherglen Glencairn were winners of the Junior Cup after a 2–1 win over Cambuslang Rangers in the final.

Scotland national team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[3]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
30 October 1926	Ibrox Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	3–0	BHC	Alex Jackson (2), Hughie Gallacher
26 February 1927	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Ireland	2–0	BHC	Alan Morton (2)
2 April 1927	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	1–2	BHC	Alan Morton

Scotland were joint winners with England in the 1926–27 British Home Championship.

Key:

• (H) = Home match
• (A) = Away match
• BHC = British Home Championship

Notes and references

1. http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1920-1929/192627/
2. replay
3. Scotland's score is shown first.

External links

• Scottish Football Historical Archive