1946–47 in Scottish football

1946–47 in Scottish football

Division A champions
Rangers
Division B champions
Dundee
Division C champions
Stirling Albion
Scottish Cup winners
Aberdeen
League Cup winners
Rangers
Division C League Cup winners
Stirling Albion
Junior Cup winners
Shawfield
Scotland national team
1947 BHC

The 1946–47 season was the 74th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 50th season of the Scottish Football League. ^[1]

Scottish League Division A

Main article: 1946–47 Scottish First Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	30	21	4	5	76	26	50	46
2	Hibernian	30	19	6	5	69	33	36	44
3	Aberdeen	30	16	7	7	58	41	17	39
4	Heart of Midlothian	30	16	6	8	52	43	9	38
5	Partick Thistle	30	16	3	11	74	59	15	35
6	Morton	30	12	10	8	58	45	13	34
7	Celtic	30	13	6	11	53	55	−2	32
8	Motherwell	30	12	5	13	58	54	4	29
9	Third Lanark	30	11	6	13	56	64	−8	28
10	Clyde	30	9	9	12	55	65	−10	27
11	Falkirk	30	8	10	12	62	61	1	26
12	Queen of the South	30	9	8	13	44	69	−25	26
13	Queen's Park	30	8	6	16	47	60	−13	22
14	St Mirren	30	9	4	17	47	65	−18	22
15	Kilmarnock	30	6	9	15	44	66	−22	21
16	Hamilton Academical	30	2	7	21	38	85	−47	11

Champions: Rangers

Scottish League Division B

Main article: 1946–47 Scottish Second Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dundee	26	21	3	2	113	30	83	45
2	Airdrieonians	26	19	4	3	78	38	40	42
3	East Fife	26	12	7	7	58	39	19	31
4	Albion Rovers	26	10	7	9	50	54	−4	27
5	Alloa Athletic	26	11	5	10	51	57	−6	27
6	Raith Rovers	26	10	6	10	45	52	−7	26
7	Stenhousemuir	26	8	7	11	43	53	−10	23
8	Dunfermline Athletic	26	10	3	13	50	72	−22	23
9	St Johnstone	26	9	4	13	45	47	−2	22
10	Dundee United	26	9	4	13	53	60	−7	22
11	Ayr United	26	9	2	15	56	73	−17	20
12	Arbroath	26	7	6	13	42	63	−21	20
13	Dumbarton	26	7	4	15	41	54	−13	18
14	Cowdenbeath	26	6	6	14	44	77	−33	18

Scottish League Division C

Main article: 1946–47 Scottish Third Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Stirling Albion	18	13	4	1	76	66	22	30
2	Dundee 'A'^[2]	18	12	2	4	60	37	23	26
3	Leith Athletic	18	11	3	4	57	33	24	25
4	East Stirlingshire	18	10	2	6	54	40	14	22
5	St Johnstone 'A'	18	8	5	5	52	37	15	21
6	Forfar Athletic	18	6	2	10	32	46	−14	14
7	Montrose	18	5	2	11	39	53	−14	12
8	Brechin City	18	4	4	10	42	60	−18	12
9	Dundee United 'A'	18	3	3	12	42	77	−35	9
10	Edinburgh City	18	3	3	12	36	75	−39	9

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1946–47	Aberdeen	2 – 1	Hibernian
Scottish League Cup 1946–47	Rangers	4 – 0	Aberdeen
Junior Cup	Shawfield	2 – 1 (rep.)	Bo'ness United

Other Honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
B Division Supplementary Cup	East Fife	7 – 3 *	Raith Rovers
Scottish Qualifying Cup - North	Clachnacuddin	3 – 0	Inverness Caledonian
Scottish Qualifying Cup - South	Berwick Rangers	3 – 2	Stranraer
Scottish Qualifying Cup - Midlands	Montrose	3 – 0 <<dagger>>	East Stirling

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Peterhead	6 – 2 *	Huntly
Ayrshire Cup	Kilmarnock	4 – 2	Ayr United
East of Scotland Shield	Hibernian	2 – 1	Hearts
Forfarshire Cup	Dundee	5 – 0	Dundee United
Glasgow Cup	Clyde	2 – 1	Third Lanark
Perthshire Cup	Breadalbane
Renfrewshire Cup	St Mirren	3 – 1	Morton
Southern Counties Cup	Dalbeattie Star

* - aggregate over two legs

Highland League

Top Three

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Peterhead	30	22	5	3	89	38	51	49
2	Huntly	30	22	3	5	111	68	43	47
3	Clachnacuddin	30	21	4	5	100	41	59	46

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1940–59 results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[3]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
19 October 1946	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (A)	Wales	1–3	BHC	Willie Waddell (pen.)
27 November 1946	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	0–0	BHC
12 April 1947	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	1–1	BHC	Andy McLaren
18 May 1947	Heysel Stadium, Brussels (A)	Belgium	1–2	Friendly	Billy Steel
24 May 1947	Stade Municipal, Luxembourg (A)	Luxembourg	6–0	Friendly	Andy McLaren (2), Bobby Flavell (2), Billy Steel (2)

Key:

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

Notes and references

↑ http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1940-1949/194142/
↑ 'A' teams were not eligible for promotion from C Division.
↑ Scotland's score is shown first.

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

1946–47 in Scottish football

« 1945–46 1947–48 »

Domestic leagues	Football League First Division Second Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup

Related to national team	Results British Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Clyde Dundee Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Queen of the South Queen's Park St. Mirren Third Lanark

Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Leith Athletic Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Raith Rovers St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion

Seasons in Scottish football

1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52

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