History of Motherwell FC (1886–1945)

This article charts the history of Motherwell F.C. from their foundation in 1886 to the end of the Second World War.

1886-1887

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Scottish Cup

First Qualifying Round

September 11, 1886
Cambuslang 6-1 Motherwell

1887-1888

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Scottish Cup

First Qualifying Round

September 3, 1887
Drumpellier 2-3 Motherwell

September 10, 1887
Motherwell 2-0 Drumpellier

Second Qualifying Round

September 24, 1887
Carfin Shamrock 3-1 Motherwell

1888-1889

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Scottish Cup

First Qualifying Round

Replay

Second Qualifying Round

Third Qualifying Round

October 13, 1888
Motherwell 2-6 Dumbarton

1889-90

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Scottish Cup

First Qualifying Round

September 7, 1889
Airdriehill 5-6 Motherwell

Second Qualifying Round

September 28, 1889
Carfin Shamrock 6-2 Motherwell

1890-91

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Scottish Cup

First Qualifying Round

1891-92

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Scottish Football Federation

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA PTS
1 Arthurlie 22 16 3 3 107 38 35
2 Albion Rovers 22 15 1 6 88 51 31
3 Hurlford 22 11 4 7 58 51 26
4 Falkirk 21 11 3 7 61 49 25
5 Wishaw Thistle 22 10 4 8 69 71 24
6 Pollokshaws 22 10 2 10 73 58 22
7 Royal Albert 22 10 1 11 70 54 21
8 Kilmarnock Athletic 22 7 3 12 51 67 17
9 Clydebank 22 7 3 12 46 87 17
10 Glasgow Wanderers 22 7 2 13 44 88 16
11 Burnbank Swifts 21 4 6 11 49 80 14
12 Motherwell 22 4 6 12 58 80 14

Scottish Cup

First Qualifying Round

September 5, 1891
Motherwell 1-4 Cowdenbeath

1892-93

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Scottish Football Federation

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA PTS
1 Royal Albert 18 11 5 2 66 36 27
2 Motherwell 18 11 3 4 77 46 25
3 Arthurlie 18 10 3 5 55 36 23
4 Neilston 18 10 3 5 40 28 23
5 Albion Rovers 18 8 3 7 66 52 19
6 Wishaw Thistle 18 8 1 9 55 39 17
7 East Stirlingshire 18 6 3 9 49 68 15
8 Falkirk 18 6 3 9 46 66 15
9 Pollokshaws 18 7 1 10 58 52 14
10 Clydebank 18 0 1 17 18 107 1

Scottish Cup

First Qualifying Round

November 26, 1892
Motherwell 9-2 Campsie

Replay - The game was replayed after Campsie complained about the dimensions of the pitch.

December 17, 1892
Motherwell 6-4 Campsie

Second Qualifying Round

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Express Cup winners
Airdrie Charity Cup winners

1893-94

Manager: Committee

Scottish Second Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Hibernian 18 13 3 2 83 29 54 29
2 Cowlairs 18 13 1 4 72 32 40 27
3 Clyde 18 11 2 5 51 36 15 24
4 Motherwell 18 11 1 6 61 44 17 23
5 Partick Thistle 18 7 5 6 32 35 -3 19
6 Port Glasgow Athletic* 18 9 2 7 51 52 -1 13
7 Abercorn 18 5 2 11 41 59 -18 12
8 Greenock Morton 18 4 1 13 36 62 -26 9
9 Northern 18 3 3 12 29 66 -37 9
10 Thistle 18 2 3 13 30 72 -42 7

1894-95

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Scottish Second Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Hibernian 18 14 2 2 92 28 64 30
2 Motherwell 18 10 2 6 56 39 17 22
3 Port Glasgow Athletic 18 8 4 6 62 56 6 20
4 Renton 17 10 0 7 46 44 2 20
5 Greenock Morton 18 9 1 8 59 63 -4 19
6 Airdrieonians 18 8 2 8 68 45 23 18
7 Partick Thistle 18 8 2 8 51 59 -188 18
8 Abercorn 18 7 3 8 48 66 -18 17
9 Dundee Wanderers 17 3 1 13 44 86 -42 9
10 Cowlairs 18 2 3 13 37 77 -40 7

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1895-96

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Scottish Second Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Abercorn 18 12 3 3 55 31 24 27
2 Leith Athletic 18 11 1 6 55 37 18 23
3 Renton 18 9 3 6 40 28 12 21
4 Kilmarnock 18 10 1 7 45 45 0 21
5 Airdrieonians 18 7 4 7 48 44 4 18
6 Partick Thistle 18 8 2 8 44 54 -10 18
7 Port Glasgow Athletic 18 6 4 8 40 41 -1 16
8 Motherwell 18 5 3 10 31 47 -16 13
9 Greenock Morton 18 4 4 10 32 40 -8 12
10 Linthouse 18 5 1 12 25 48 -23 11

1896-97

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Scottish Second Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Partick Thistle 18 14 3 1 61 28 33 31
2 Leith Athletic 18 13 1 4 54 28 26 27
3 Kilmarnock 18 10 1 7 44 33 11 21
= Airdrieonians 18 10 1 7 48 39 9 21
5 Greenock Morton 18 7 2 9 38 40 -2 16
6 Renton 18 6 2 10 34 40 -6 14
= Linthouse* 18 8 2 8 44 52 -188 14
8 Port Glasgow Athletic* 18 4 5 9 39 50 -11 13
= Motherwell 18 6 1 11 40 55 -15 13
10 Dumbarton 18 2 2 14 27 64 -37 6

1897-98

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Scottish Second Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Kilmarnock 18 14 1 3 64 29 35 29
2 Port Glasgow Athletic 18 12 1 5 66 35 31 25
3 Greenock Morton 18 9 4 5 47 38 9 22
4 Leith Athletic 18 9 2 7 39 38 1 20
5 Linthouse 18 6 4 8 37 39 -2 16
= Ayr 18 7 2 9 36 42 -6 16
= Abercorn 18 6 4 8 33 41 -188 16
8 Airdrieonians 18 6 2 10 44 56 -12 14
9 Hamilton Academical 18 5 2 11 28 51 -23 12
10 Motherwell 18 3 4 11 31 56 -25 10

1898-99

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Scottish Second Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Kilmarnock 18 14 4 0 73 24 49 32
2 Leith Athletic 18 12 3 3 63 38 25 27
3 Port Glasgow Athletic 18 12 1 5 75 51 24 25
4 Motherwell 18 7 6 5 41 40 1 20
5 Hamilton Academical 18 7 1 10 48 58 -10 15
= Airdrieonians 18 6 3 9 35 46 -11 15
7 Greenock Morton 18 6 1 11 36 41 -5 13
8 Ayr 18 5 3 10 35 51 -16 13
9 Linthouse 18 5 1 12 29 62 -33 11
10 Abercorn 18 4 1 13 41 65 -24 9

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1899-00

Manager: Committee

Scottish Second Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Partick Thistle 18 14 1 3 56 26 30 29
2 Greenock Morton 18 14 0 4 66 25 41 28
3 Port Glasgow Athletic 18 10 0 8 50 41 21 20
4 Motherwell 18 9 1 8 38 36 2 19
= Leith Athletic 18 9 1 8 32 37 -5 19
6 Abercorn 18 7 2 9 46 39 7 16
7 Hamilton Academical 18 7 1 10 33 46 -13 15
8 Ayr 18 6 2 10 39 48 -9 14
9 Airdrieonians 18 4 3 11 27 49 -22 11
10 Linthouse 18 2 5 11 28 68 -40 9

1900-01

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Scottish Second Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 St Bernard's 18 11 4 3 42 26 16 26
2 Airdrieonians 18 11 1 6 43 32 11 23
3 Abercorn 18 9 3 6 37 33 4 21
4 Clyde 18 9 2 7 43 35 8 20
5 Port Glasgow Athletic 18 9 1 8 45 44 1 19
6 Ayr 18 9 0 9 32 34 -2 18
7 East Stirlingshire 18 7 4 7 35 39 -4 18
8 Leith Athletic 18 5 3 10 23 33 -10 13
9 Hamilton Academical 18 4 4 10 44 51 -7 12
10 Motherwell 18 4 3 11 26 42 -16 11

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1901-02

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Scottish Second Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Port Glasgow Athletic 22 14 4 4 71 31 40 32
2 Partick Thistle 22 14 3 5 55 26 29 31
3 Motherwell 22 12 2 8 50 44 6 26
4 Airdrieonians 22 10 5 7 40 32 8 25
5 Hamilton Academical 22 11 3 8 45 40 5 25
6 St Bernard's 22 10 2 10 30 30 0 22
7 Leith Athletic 22 9 3 10 34 38 -4 21
8 Ayr 22 8 5 9 27 33 -6 21
9 East Stirlingshire 22 8 3 11 36 46 -10 19
10 Arthurlie 22 6 5 11 32 42 -10 17
11 Abercorn 22 4 5 13 27 57 -30 13
12 Clyde 22 5 3 14 22 50 -28 13

1902-03

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Scottish Second Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Airdrieonians 22 15 5 2 43 19 24 35
2 Motherwell 22 12 4 6 44 35 9 28
=3 Ayr 22 12 3 7 34 24 10 27
=3 Leith Athletic 22 11 5 6 43 41 2 27
5 St Bernard's 22 12 2 8 45 32 13 26
=6 Hamilton Academical 22 11 1 10 44 35 9 23
=6 Falkirk 22 8 7 7 39 37 2 23
8 East Stirlingshire 22 9 3 10 46 41 5 21
9 Arthurlie 22 6 8 8 34 46 -12 20
10 Abercorn 22 5 2 15 35 58 -23 12
=11 Raith Rovers 22 3 5 14 34 55 -21 11
=11 Clyde 22 2 7 13 22 40 -18 11

1903-04

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Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Third Lanark 26 20 3 3 61 26 35 43
2 Heart of Midlothian 26 18 3 5 62 34 28 39
=3 Glasgow Celtic 26 18 2 6 68 27 41 38
=3 Glasgow Rangers 26 16 6 4 80 33 47 38
5 Dundee 26 13 2 11 54 45 9 28
=6 St Mirren 26 11 5 10 45 38 7 27
=6 Partick Thistle 26 10 7 9 46 41 5 27
8 Queen's Park 26 6 9 11 28 47 -19 21
9 Port Glasgow Athletic 26 8 4 14 32 49 -17 20
10 Hibernian 26 7 5 14 29 40 -11 19
=11 Greenock Morton 26 7 4 15 32 53 -21 18
=11 Airdrieonians 26 7 4 15 32 62 -30 18
13 Motherwell 26 6 3 17 26 61 -35 15
14 Kilmarnock 26 4 5 17 24 63 -39 13

1904-05

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Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Celtic 26 18 5 3 68 31 37 41
2 Glasgow Rangers 26 19 3 4 83 28 55 41
3 Third Lanark 26 14 7 5 60 28 32 35
4 Airdrieonians 26 11 5 10 38 45 -7 27
5 Hibernian 26 9 8 9 39 39 0 26
6 Partick Thistle 26 12 2 12 36 56 -20 26
7 Heart of Midlothian 26 11 3 12 46 44 2 25
8 Dundee 26 10 5 11 38 32 6 25
9 Kilmarnock 26 9 5 12 29 45 -16 23
10 St Mirren 26 9 4 13 33 36 -3 22
11 Port Glasgow Athletic 26 8 5 13 30 51 -21 21
12 Queen's Park 26 6 8 12 28 45 -17 20
13 Greenock Morton 26 7 4 15 27 50 -23 18
14 Motherwell 26 6 2 18 28 53 -25 14

1905-06

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Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Celtic 30 24 1 5 76 19 57 49
2 Heart of Midlothian 30 18 7 5 64 27 37 43
3 Airdrieonians 30 15 8 7 53 31 22 38
4 Glasgow Rangers 30 15 7 8 58 48 10 37
5 Partick Thistle 30 15 6 9 44 40 4 36
6 Third Lanark 30 16 2 12 62 38 24 34
7 Dundee 30 11 12 7 40 33 7 34
8 St Mirren 30 13 5 12 41 37 4 31
9 Greenock Morton 30 10 6 14 35 54 -19 26
10 Motherwell 30 9 8 13 50 64 -14 26
11 Hibernian 30 10 5 15 35 40 -5 25
12 Aberdeen 30 8 8 14 37 49 -12 24
13 Falkirk 30 9 5 16 53 69 -16 23
14 Kilmarnock 30 8 4 18 46 68 -22 20
15 Port Glasgow Athletic 30 6 8 16 38 68 -30 20
16 Queen's Park 30 5 4 21 41 88 -47 14

1906-07

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Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Celtic 34 23 9 2 80 30 50 55
2 Dundee 34 18 12 4 53 26 27 48
3 Glasgow Rangers 34 19 7 8 69 33 36 45
4 Airdrieonians 34 19 7 8 69 33 36 45
5 Falkirk 34 17 7 10 73 58 15 41
6 Third Lanark 34 15 9 10 57 48 9 39
7 St Mirren 34 12 13 9 50 44 6 37
8 Clyde 34 15 6 13 47 52 -5 36
9 Heart of Midlothian 34 11 13 10 46 43 3 35
10 Motherwell 34 12 9 13 45 48 -3 33
11 Hibernian 34 10 10 14 40 49 -9 30
12 Aberdeen 34 10 10 14 48 55 -7 30
13 Greenock Morton 34 11 6 17 41 50 -9 28
14 Partick Thistle 34 9 8 17 40 60 -20 26
15 Queen's Park 34 9 6 19 51 66 -15 24
16 Port Glasgow Athletic 34 7 7 20 30 67 -37 21
17 Kilmarnock 34 8 5 21 40 72 -32 21
18 Hamilton Academical 34 8 5 21 40 64 -24 21

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1907-08

Manager: Committee

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Celtic 34 24 7 3 86 27 59 55
2 Falkirk 34 22 7 5 103 42 61 51
3 Glasgow Rangers 34 21 8 5 74 40 34 50
4 Dundee 34 20 8 5 74 40 34 50
5 Hibernian 34 17 8 9 55 42 13 42
6 Airdrieonians 34 18 5 11 58 41 17 41
7 St Mirren 34 13 10 11 50 59 -9 36
8 Aberdeen 34 13 9 12 45 44 1 35
9 Third Lanark 34 13 7 14 45 50 -5 33
10 Motherwell 34 12 7 15 61 53 12 31
11 Heart of Midlothian 34 11 6 17 50 62 -12 28
12 Hamilton Academical 34 10 8 16 55 65 -10 28
13 Greenock Morton 34 9 9 16 43 66 -23 27
14 Partick Thistle 34 8 9 17 43 69 -26 27
15 Kilmarnock 34 6 13 15 38 61 -23 25
16 Queen's Park 34 7 8 19 54 84 -30 22
17 Clyde 34 5 8 21 38 75 -37 18
18 Port Glasgow Athletic 34 5 7 22 39 98 -59 17

1908-09

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Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Celtic 34 23 5 6 71 24 47 51
2 Dundee 34 22 6 6 70 32 38 50
3 Clyde 34 21 6 7 61 37 24 48
4 Glasgow Rangers 34 19 7 8 91 38 53 45
5 Airdrieonians 34 16 9 9 67 46 21 41
6 Hibernian 34 16 7 11 40 32 8 39
7 St Mirren 34 15 6 13 53 45 8 36
8 Aberdeen 34 15 6 13 61 53 8 36
9 Kilmarnock 34 13 7 14 47 61 -14 33
10 Falkirk 34 13 7 14 58 56 2 33
11 Heart of Midlothian 34 12 8 14 54 49 5 32
12 Third Lanark 34 11 10 13 56 49 7 32
13 Motherwell 34 11 6 17 47 73 -26 28
14 Port Glasgow Athletic 34 10 8 16 39 52 -13 28
15 Queen's Park 34 6 13 15 42 65 -23 25
16 Hamilton Academical 34 6 12 16 42 72 -30 24
17 Greenock Morton 34 8 7 19 39 90 -51 23
18 Partick Thistle 34 2 4 28 38 102 -64 8

1909-10

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Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Celtic 34 24 6 4 63 22 41 54
2 Falkirk 34 22 8 4 71 28 43 52
3 Glasgow Rangers 34 20 6 8 70 35 35 46
4 Aberdeen 34 16 8 10 44 29 15 40
5 Clyde 34 14 9 11 47 40 7 37
6 Dundee 34 14 8 12 52 44 8 36
7 Third Lanark 34 13 8 13 62 44 18 34
8 Hibernian 34 14 6 14 33 40 -7 34
9 Airdrieonians 34 12 9 13 46 57 -11 33
10 Motherwell 34 12 8 14 59 60 -1 32
11 Kilmarnock 34 12 8 41 53 59 -6 32
12 Heart of Midlothian 34 12 7 15 59 50 9 31
13 St Mirren 34 13 5 16 48 58 -10 31
14 Queen's Park 34 12 6 16 54 74 -20 30
15 Hamilton Academical 34 11 6 17 50 67 -17 28
16 Partick Thistle 34 8 10 16 45 59 -14 26
17 Greenock Morton 34 11 3 20 38 60 -22 25
18 Port Glasgow Athletic 34 3 5 26 25 93 -68 11

1910-11

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Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Rangers 34 23 6 5 90 34 56 52
2 Aberdeen 34 19 10 5 53 28 25 48
3 Falkirk 34 17 10 7 65 42 23 44
4 Partick Thistle 34 17 8 9 50 41 9 42
5 Glasgow Celtic 34 15 11 8 48 18 30 41
6 Dundee 34 18 5 11 54 42 12 41
7 Third Lanark 34 16 7 11 59 53 6 39
8 Clyde 34 14 11 9 45 36 9 39
9 Hibernian 34 15 6 13 44 48 -4 36
10 Kilmarnock 34 12 10 12 42 45 -3 34
11 Airdrieonians 34 12 9 13 49 53 -4 33
12 St Mirren 34 12 7 15 46 57 -11 31
13 Greenock Morton 34 9 11 14 49 51 -2 29
14 Heart of Midlothian 34 8 8 18 42 59 -17 24
15 Raith Rovers 34 7 10 17 36 55 -19 24
16 Hamilton Academical 34 8 5 21 31 60 -29 21
17 Motherwell 34 8 4 22 37 66 -29 20
18 Queen's Park 34 5 4 25 28 80 -52 14

1911-12

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter, appointed April, 1911.

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Rangers 34 24 3 7 86 34 52 51
2 Glasgow Celtic 34 17 11 6 58 33 25 45
3 Clyde 34 19 4 11 56 32 24 42
4 Heart of Midlothian 34 16 8 10 54 40 14 40
5 Partick Thistle 34 16 8 10 47 40 7 40
6 Greenock Morton 34 14 9 11 44 44 0 37
7 Falkirk 34 15 6 13 46 33 13 36
8 Dundee 34 13 9 12 52 41 11 35
9 Aberdeen 34 14 7 13 44 44 0 35
10 Airdrieonians 34 12 8 14 40 41 -1 32
11 Third Lanark 34 12 7 15 40 57 -17 31
12 Hamilton Academical 34 11 8 15 32 44 -12 30
13 Hibernian 34 12 5 17 44 47 -3 29
14 Motherwell 34 11 5 18 34 44 -10 27
15 Raith Rovers 34 9 9 16 39 59 -20 27
16 Kilmarnock 34 11 4 19 38 60 -22 26
17 Queen's Park 34 8 9 17 29 53 -24 25
18 St Mirren 34 7 10 17 32 59 -27 24

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1912-13

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Rangers 34 24 5 5 76 41 35 53
2 Glasgow Celtic 34 22 5 7 53 28 25 49
=3 Heart of Midlothian 34 17 7 10 71 43 28 41
=3 Airdrieonians 34 15 11 8 64 46 18 41
5 Falkirk 34 14 12 8 56 38 18 40
=6 Hibernian 34 16 5 13 63 54 9 37
=6 Motherwell 34 12 13 9 47 39 8 37
=6 Aberdeen 34 14 9 11 47 40 7 37
9 Clyde 34 13 9 12 41 44 -3 35
10 Hamilton Academical 34 12 8 14 44 47 -3 32
11 Kilmarnock 34 10 11 13 37 54 -17 31
12 St Mirren 34 10 10 14 50 60 -10 30
=13 Dundee 34 8 13 13 33 46 -13 29
=13 Greenock Morton 34 11 7 16 50 59 -9 29
15 Third Lanark 34 8 12 14 31 41 -10 28
16 Raith Rovers 34 8 10 16 46 60 -14 26
17 Partick Thistle 34 10 4 20 40 55 -15 24
18 Queen's Park 34 5 3 26 34 88 -54 18

1913-14

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Celtic 38 30 5 3 81 14 67 65
2 Glasgow Rangers 38 27 5 6 79 31 48 59
3 Heart of Midlothian 38 23 8 7 70 29 41 54
4 Greenock Morton 38 26 2 10 76 51 25 54
5 Falkirk 38 22 9 7 69 51 18 49
6 Airdrieonians 38 18 12 8 72 43 29 48
7 Dundee 38 19 5 14 64 53 11 43
8 Third Lanark 38 13 10 15 42 51 -9 36
9 Clyde 38 11 11 16 44 44 0 33
10 Ayr United 38 13 7 18 56 72 -16 33
11 Raith Rovers 38 13 6 19 56 57 -1 32
12 Kilmarnock 38 11 9 18 48 68 -20 31
13 Hibernian 38 12 6 20 58 75 -17 30
14 Aberdeen 38 10 10 18 38 55 -17 30
15 Partick Thistle 38 10 9 19 37 51 -14 29
16 Queen's Park 38 10 9 19 52 84 -32 29
17 Motherwell 38 11 6 21 46 65 -19 28
18 Hamilton Academical 38 11 6 21 49 66 -17 28
19 Dumbarton 38 10 7 21 45 87 -42 27
20 St Mirren 38 8 6 24 38 73 -36 22

1914-15

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Celtic 38 30 5 3 91 25 76 65
2 Heart of Midlothian 38 27 7 4 83 32 51 61
3 Glasgow Rangers 38 23 4 11 74 47 27 50
4 Greenock Morton 38 18 12 8 74 48 26 48
5 Ayr United 38 20 8 10 55 40 15 48
6 Falkirk 38 16 7 15 48 48 0 39
7 Partick Thistle 38 15 8 15 56 58 -2 38
8 Hamilton Academical 38 16 6 16 60 55 5 38
9 St Mirren 38 14 8 16 56 65 -9 36
10 Hibernian 38 12 11 15 59 66 -7 35
11 Airdrieonians 38 14 7 17 54 60 -6 35
12 Dumbarton 38 13 8 17 51 66 -15 34
13 Kilmarnock 38 15 4 19 55 59 -4 34
14 Dundee 38 12 9 17 43 61 -18 33
15 Aberdeen 38 11 11 16 39 52 -13 33
16 Third Lanark 38 10 12 16 51 57 -6 32
17 Clyde 38 12 6 20 44 59 -15 30
18 Motherwell 38 10 10 18 49 66 -17 30
19 Raith Rovers 38 9 10 19 53 68 -15 28
20 Queen's Park 38 4 5 29 27 90 -63 13

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Express Cup winners

1915-16

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Celtic 38 32 3 3 116 32 84 67
2 Glasgow Rangers 38 25 6 7 87 39 48 56
3 Greenock Morton 37 22 7 8 86 35 51 51
4 Ayr United 38 20 8 10 72 45 27 48
5 Heart of Midlothian 37 20 6 11 66 45 19 46
6 Partick Thistle 38 19 8 11 65 41 24 46
7 Hamilton Academical 38 19 3 16 68 76 -8 41
8 Dundee 38 18 4 16 56 49 7 40
9 Dumbarton 38 13 11 14 54 64 -10 37
10 Kilmarnock 38 12 11 15 46 49 -3 35
11 Aberdeen 38 11 12 15 51 64 -13 34
12 Falkirk 38 12 9 17 45 61 -16 33
13 St Mirren 38 13 4 21 50 67 -17 30
14 Motherwell 38 11 8 19 55 82 -27 30
15 Airdrieonians 38 11 8 19 44 74 -30 30
16 Third Lanark 38 9 11 18 40 56 -16 29
17 Clyde 38 11 7 20 49 71 -22 29
18 Queen's Park 38 11 6 21 53 100 -47 28
19 Hibernian 38 9 7 22 44 71 -27 25
20 Raith Rovers 38 9 5 24 30 65 -35 23

1916-17

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Celtic 38 27 10 1 79 17 62 64
2 Greenock Morton 38 24 6 8 72 39 33 54
3 Glasgow Rangers 38 24 5 9 68 32 36 53
4 Airdrieonians 38 21 8 9 71 38 20 50
5 Third Lanark 38 19 11 8 53 37 16 49
6 Kilmarnock 38 18 7 13 69 46 23 43
7 St Mirren 38 15 10 13 49 43 6 40
8 Motherwell 38 16 6 16 57 59 -2 38
=9 Dumbarton 38 12 11 15 56 73 -17 35
=9 Partick Thistle 38 14 7 17 44 43 -1 35
=9 Hamilton Academical 38 13 9 16 54 73 -19 35
=12 Clyde 38 10 14 14 41 53 -12 34
=12 Falkirk 38 12 10 16 58 57 1 34
14 Heart of Midlothian 38 14 4 20 44 59 -15 32
15 Ayr United 38 12 7 19 47 59 -12 31
=16 Dundee 38 13 4 21 58 71 -13 30
=16 Hibernian 38 10 10 18 57 72 -15 30
18 Queen's Park 38 11 7 20 56 81 -25 29
19 Raith Rovers 38 8 7 23 42 91 -49 23
20 Aberdeen 38 7 7 24 36 68 -32 21

1917-18

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Rangers 34 25 6 3 66 24 42 56
2 Glasgow Celtic 34 24 7 3 66 26 40 55
=3 Greenock Morton 34 17 9 8 53 42 11 43
=3 Kilmarnock 34 19 5 10 69 41 28 43
5 Motherwell 34 16 9 9 70 51 19 41
6 Partick Thistle 34 14 12 8 51 37 14 40
=7 Dumbarton 34 13 8 13 48 49 -1 34
=7 Queen's Park 34 14 6 14 64 63 1 34
9 Clydebank 34 14 5 15 55 56 -1 33
10 Heart of Midlothian 34 14 4 16 41 58 -17 32
11 St Mirren 34 11 7 16 42 50 -8 29
12 Hamilton Academical 34 11 6 17 52 63 -11 28
=13 Third Lanark 34 10 7 17 56 62 -6 27
=13 Falkirk 34 9 9 16 38 58 -20 27
15 Airdrieonians 34 10 6 18 46 58 -12 26
16 Hibernian 34 8 9 17 42 57 -15 25
17 Clyde 34 9 2 23 37 72 -35 20
18 Ayr United 34 5 9 20 32 61 -29 19

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Charity Cup winners
Motherwell Charity Cup winners

1918-19

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Celtic 34 26 6 2 71 22 49 58
2 Glasgow Rangers 34 26 5 3 86 16 70 57
3 Greenock Morton 34 18 11 5 76 40 36 47
4 Partick Thistle 34 17 7 10 62 43 19 41
=5 Motherwell 34 14 10 10 51 40 11 38
=5 Ayr United 34 15 8 11 62 53 9 38
7 Heart of Midlothian 34 14 9 11 59 52 7 37
8 Kilmarnock 34 14 7 13 61 59 2 35
9 Queen's Park 34 15 5 14 59 57 -2 35
=10 St Mirren 34 10 12 12 43 55 -8 32
=10 Clydebank 34 12 8 14 54 65 -11 32
12 Third Lanark 34 11 9 14 60 62 -2 31
13 Airdrieonians 34 9 11 14 45 54 -9 29
14 Hamilton Academical 34 11 5 18 49 75 -26 27
15 Dumbarton 34 7 8 19 31 58 -27 22
=16 Clyde 34 7 6 21 45 75 -30 20
=16 Falkirk 34 6 8 20 46 73 -27 20
18 Hibernian 34 5 3 26 30 91 -61 13

1919-20

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Rangers 42 31 9 2 106 25 81 71
2 Glasgow Celtic 42 29 10 3 89 31 58 68
3 Motherwell 42 23 11 8 74 53 21 57
4 Dundee 42 22 6 14 79 65 14 50
5 Clydebank 42 20 8 14 79 65 14 48
6 Greenock Morton 42 16 13 13 71 48 23 45
7 Airdrieonians 42 17 10 15 57 43 14 44
8 Third Lanark 42 16 11 15 56 62 -6 43
9 Kilmarnock 42 20 3 19 59 73 -14 43
10 Ayr United 42 15 10 17 72 69 3 40
11 Dumbarton 42 13 13 16 57 65 -8 39
12 St Mirren 42 15 8 19 63 81 -18 38
13 Partick Thistle 42 13 12 17 51 62 -11 38
14 Queen's Park 42 14 10 18 67 73 -6 38
15 Heart of Midlothian 42 14 9 19 57 72 -15 37
16 Clyde 42 14 9 19 64 71 -7 37
17 Aberdeen 42 11 13 18 46 64 -18 35
18 Hibernian 42 13 7 22 60 79 -19 33
19 Raith Rovers 42 11 10 21 61 83 -22 32
20 Falkirk 42 10 11 21 45 74 -29 31
21 Hamilton Academical 42 11 7 24 56 86 -30 29
22 Albion Rovers 42 10 8 24 43 77 -34 28

1920-21

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Rangers 42 35 6 1 91 24 67 76
2 Glasgow Celtic 42 30 8 6 86 35 51 66
3 Heart of Midlothian 42 20 10 12 74 49 25 50
4 Dundee 42 19 11 12 54 48 6 49
5 Motherwell 42 19 10 13 75 51 24 48
6 Partick Thistle 42 17 12 13 53 39 14 46
7 Clyde 42 21 3 18 63 62 1 45
8 Third Lanark 42 19 6 17 74 61 13 44
9 Greenock Morton 42 15 14 13 66 58 8 44
10 Airdrieonians 42 17 9 16 71 64 7 43
11 Kilmarnock 42 17 8 17 62 68 -6 42
12 Aberdeen 42 14 14 14 53 54 -1 42
13 Hibernian 42 16 9 17 58 57 1 41
14 Hamilton Academical 42 14 12 16 44 57 -13 40
15 Ayr United 42 14 12 16 62 69 -7 40
16 Raith Rovers 42 16 5 21 54 58 -4 37
17 Falkirk 42 11 12 19 54 72 -18 34
18 Albion Rovers 42 11 12 19 57 68 -11 34
19 Queen's Park 42 11 11 20 45 80 -35 33
20 Clydebank 42 7 14 21 47 72 -25 28
21 Dumbarton 42 10 4 28 41 89 -48 24
22 St Mirren 42 7 4 31 43 92 -49 18

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Express Cup winners

1921-22

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Celtic 42 27 13 2 83 20 63 67
2 Glasgow Rangers 42 28 10 4 83 26 57 66
3 Raith Rovers 42 19 13 10 66 43 23 51
4 Dundee 42 19 11 12 57 40 17 49
5 Falkirk 42 16 17 9 48 38 10 49
6 Partick Thistle 42 20 8 14 57 53 4 48
7 Hibernian 42 16 14 12 55 44 11 46
8 St Mirren 42 17 12 13 71 61 10 46
9 Third Lanark 42 17 12 13 58 52 6 46
10 Clyde 42 16 12 14 60 51 9 44
11 Albion Rovers 42 17 10 15 55 51 4 44
12 Greenock Morton 42 16 10 16 58 57 1 42
13 Motherwell 42 16 7 19 63 58 5 39
14 Ayr United 42 13 12 17 55 63 -8 38
15 Aberdeen 42 13 9 20 48 54 -6 35
16 Airdrieonians 42 12 11 19 46 56 -10 35
17 Kilmarnock 42 13 9 20 56 83 -27 35
18 Hamilton Academical 42 9 16 17 51 62 -11 34
19 Heart of Midlothian 42 11 10 21 50 60 -10 32
20 Dumbarton 42 10 10 22 46 81 -35 30
21 Queen's Park 42 9 10 23 38 82 -44 28
22 Clydebank 42 6 8 28 34 103 -69 20

1922-23

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Rangers 38 23 9 6 67 29 38 55
2 Airdrieonians 38 20 10 8 58 38 20 50
3 Glasgow Celtic 38 19 8 11 52 39 13 46
4 Falkirk 38 14 17 7 44 32 12 45
5 Aberdeen 38 15 12 11 46 34 12 42
6 St Mirren 38 15 12 11 54 44 10 42
7 Dundee 38 17 7 14 51 45 6 41
8 Hibernian 38 17 7 14 45 40 5 41
9 Raith Rovers 38 13 13 12 31 43 -12 39
10 Ayr United 38 13 12 13 43 44 -1 38
11 Partick Thistle 38 14 9 15 51 48 3 37
12 Heart of Midlothian 38 11 15 12 51 50 1 37
13 Motherwell 38 13 10 15 59 60 -1 36
14 Greenock Morton 38 12 11 15 44 47 -3 35
15 Kilmarnock 38 14 7 17 57 66 -9 35
16 Clyde 38 12 9 17 36 44 -8 33
17 Third Lanark 38 11 8 19 40 59 -19 30
18 Hamilton Academical 38 11 7 20 43 59 -16 29
19 Albion Rovers 38 8 10 20 38 64 -26 26
20 Alloa Athletic 38 6 11 21 27 52 -25 23

1923-24

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Rangers 38 25 9 4 72 29 43 59
2 Airdrieonians 38 20 10 8 72 46 26 50
3 Glasgow Celtic 38 17 12 9 56 33 23 46
4 Raith Rovers 38 18 17 13 56 38 18 43
5 Dundee 38 15 13 10 70 57 13 43
6 St Mirren 38 15 12 11 53 45 8 42
7 Hibernian 38 15 11 12 66 52 14 41
8 Partick Thistle 38 15 9 14 58 55 3 39
9 Heart of Midlothian 38 14 10 14 61 50 11 38
10 Motherwell 38 15 7 16 58 63 -5 37
11 Greenock Morton 38 16 5 17 48 54 -6 37
12 Hamilton Academical 38 15 6 17 52 57 -5 36
13 Aberdeen 38 13 10 15 37 41 -4 36
14 Ayr United 38 12 10 16 38 60 -22 34
15 Falkirk 38 13 6 19 46 53 -7 32
16 Kilmarnock 38 12 8 18 48 65 -17 32
17 Queen's Park 38 11 9 18 43 60 -17 31
18 Third Lanark 38 11 8 19 54 78 -24 30
19 Clyde 38 10 9 19 40 70 -30 29
20 Clydebank 38 10 5 23 42 71 -29 25

1924-25

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Rangers 38 25 10 3 76 26 50 60
2 Airdrieonians 38 25 7 6 85 31 54 57
3 Hibernian 38 22 8 8 78 43 35 52
4 Glasgow Celtic 38 18 8 12 77 44 33 44
5 Cowdenbeath 38 16 10 12 76 65 11 42
6 St Mirren 38 18 5 15 66 63 3 41
7 Partick Thistle 38 14 10 14 60 61 -1 38
8 Dundee 38 14 8 16 47 54 -7 36
9 Raith Rovers 38 14 8 16 53 61 -8 36
10 Heart of Midlothian 38 12 11 15 64 68 -4 35
11 St Johnstone 38 12 11 15 57 72 -15 35
12 Kilmarnock 38 12 9 17 53 64 -11 33
13 Hamilton academical 38 15 3 20 50 63 -13 33
14 Greenock Morton 38 12 9 17 46 69 -23 33
15 Aberdeen 38 11 10 17 46 56 -10 32
16 Falkirk 38 12 8 18 44 54 -10 32
17 Queen's Park 38 11 9 18 50 72 -22 31
18 Motherwell 38 10 10 18 54 63 -9 30
19 Ayr United 38 11 8 19 43 65 -22 30
20 Third Lanark 38 11 8 19 53 84 -31 30

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Express Cup winners

1925-26

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Celtic 38 25 8 5 97 40 57 58
2 Airdrieonians 38 23 4 11 95 54 41 50
3 Heart of Midlothian 38 21 8 9 87 56 31 50
4 St Mirren 38 20 7 11 63 52 9 47
5 Motherwell 38 19 8 11 67 46 21 46
6 Glasgow Rangers 38 19 6 13 79 55 24 44
7 Cowdenbeath 38 18 6 14 87 68 19 42
8 Falkirk 38 14 14 10 61 57 4 42
9 Kilmarnock 38 17 7 14 79 77 2 41
10 Dundee 38 14 9 15 47 59 -12 37
11 Aberdeen 38 13 10 15 49 54 -5 36
12 Hamilton Academical 38 13 9 16 68 79 -11 35
13 Queen's Park 38 15 4 19 70 81 -11 34
14 Partick Thistle 38 10 13 15 64 73 -9 31
15 Greenock Morton 38 12 7 19 57 84 -27 31
16 Hibernian 38 12 6 20 72 77 -5 30
17 Dundee United 38 11 6 21 52 74 -22 28
18 St Johnstone 38 9 10 19 43 78 -35 28
19 Raith Rovers 38 11 4 23 46 81 -35 26
20 Clydebank 38 7 8 23 55 92 -37 22

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Express Cup winners

1926-27

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Rangers 38 23 10 5 85 41 44 56
2 Motherwell 38 23 5 10 81 52 29 51
3 Glasgow 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 Greenock Morton 38 12 4 22 56 101 -45 28
20 Dundee United 38 7 8 23 56 101 -45 22

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1927-28

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Rangers 38 26 8 4 109 36 73 60
2 Glasgow Celtic 38 23 9 6 93 39 54 55
3 Motherwell 38 23 9 6 92 46 46 55
4 Heart of Midlothian 38 20 7 11 89 50 39 47
5 St Mirren 38 18 8 12 77 76 1 44
6 Partick Thistle 38 18 7 13 85 67 18 43
7 Aberdeen 38 19 5 14 71 61 10 43
8 Kilmarnock 38 15 10 13 68 78 -10 40
9 Cowdenbeath 38 16 7 15 66 68 -2 39
10 Falkirk 38 16 5 17 76 69 7 37
11 St Johnstone 38 14 8 16 66 67 -1 36
12 Hibernian 38 13 9 16 73 75 -2 35
13 Airdrieonians 38 12 11 15 59 69 -10 35
14 Dundee 38 14 7 17 65 80 -15 35
15 Clyde 38 10 11 17 46 72 -26 31
16 Queen's Park 38 12 6 20 69 80 -11 30
17 Raith Rovers 38 11 7 20 60 89 -29 29
18 Hamilton Academical 38 11 6 21 67 86 -19 28
19 Bo'ness 38 9 8 21 48 86 -38 26
20 Dunfermline Athletic 38 4 4 30 41 126 -85 12

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1928-29

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Rangers 38 30 7 1 107 32 75 67
2 Glasgow Celtic 38 22 7 9 67 44 23 51
3 Motherwell 38 20 10 8 85 66 19 50
4 Heart of Midlothian 38 19 9 10 91 57 34 47
5 Queen's Park 38 18 7 13 100 69 31 43
6 Partick Thistle 38 17 7 14 91 70 21 41
7 Aberdeen 38 16 8 14 81 68 13 40
8 St Mirren 38 16 8 14 78 75 3 40
9 St Johnstone 38 14 10 14 57 70 -13 38
10 Kilmarnock 38 14 8 16 79 74 5 36
11 Falkirk 38 14 8 16 68 86 -18 36
12 Hamilton Academical 38 13 9 16 58 83 -25 35
13 Cowdenbeath 38 14 5 19 55 69 -14 33
14 Hibernian 38 13 6 19 54 62 -8 32
15 Airdrieonians 38 12 7 19 56 65 -9 31
16 Ayr United 38 12 7 19 65 84 -19 31
17 Clyde 38 12 6 20 47 71 -24 30
18 Dundee 38 9 11 18 59 59 0 29
19 Third Lanark 38 10 6 22 71 102 -31 26
20 Raith Rovers 38 9 6 23 52 105 -53 24

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1929-30

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Rangers 38 28 4 6 94 32 62 60
2 Motherwell 38 25 5 8 104 48 56 55
3 Aberdeen 38 23 7 8 85 61 24 53
4 Glasgow Celtic 38 22 5 11 88 46 42 49
5 St Mirren 38 18 5 15 73 56 17 41
6 Partick Thistle 38 16 9 13 72 61 11 41
7 Falkirk 38 16 9 13 62 64 -2 41
8 Kilmarnock 38 15 9 14 77 73 4 39
9 Ayr United 38 16 6 16 70 92 -22 38
10 Heart of Midlothian 38 14 9 15 69 69 0 37
11 Clyde 38 13 11 14 64 69 -5 37
12 Airdrieonians 38 16 4 18 60 66 -6 36
13 Hamilton Academical 38 14 7 17 76 81 -5 35
14 Dundee 38 14 6 18 51 58 -7 34
15 Queen's Park 38 15 4 19 67 80 -13 34
16 Cowdenbeath 38 13 7 18 64 74 -10 33
17 Hibernian 38 9 11 18 45 62 -17 29
18 Greenock Morton 38 10 7 21 67 95 -28 27
19 Dundee United 38 7 8 23 56 109 -53 22
20 St Johnstone 38 6 7 25 48 96 -48 19

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1930-31

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Rangers 38 27 6 5 96 29 67 60
2 Glasgow Celtic 38 24 10 4 101 34 67 58
3 Motherwell 38 24 8 6 102 42 60 56
4 Partick Thistle 38 24 5 9 76 43 33 53
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 19 6 13 90 63 27 44
6 Aberdeen 38 17 7 14 79 63 16 41
7 Cowdenbeath 38 17 7 14 58 65 -7 41
8 Dundee 38 17 5 16 65 63 2 39
9 Airdrieonians 38 17 5 16 59 66 -7 39
10 Hamilton Academical 38 16 5 17 59 57 2 37
11 Kilmarnock 38 15 5 18 59 60 -1 35
12 Clyde 38 15 4 19 60 87 -27 34
13 Queen's Park 38 13 7 18 71 72 -1 33
14 Falkirk 38 14 4 20 77 87 -10 32
15 St Mirren 38 11 8 19 49 72 -23 30
16 Greenock Morton 38 11 7 20 58 83 -25 29
17 Leith Athletic 38 8 11 19 51 85 -34 27
18 Ayr United 38 8 11 19 53 92 -39 27
19 Hibernian 38 9 7 22 49 81 -32 25
20 East Fife 38 8 4 26 45 113 -68 20

1931-32

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Motherwell 38 30 6 2 119 31 88 66
2 Glasgow Rangers 38 28 5 5 118 42 76 61
3 Glasgow Celtic 38 20 8 10 94 50 44 48
4 Third Lanark 38 21 4 13 92 81 11 46
5 St Mirren 38 20 4 14 77 56 21 44
6 Partick Thistle 38 19 4 15 58 59 -1 42
7 Aberdeen 38 16 9 13 57 49 8 41
8 Heart of Midlothian 38 17 5 16 63 61 2 39
9 Kilmarnock 38 16 7 15 68 70 -2 39
10 Hamilton Academical 38 16 6 16 84 65 19 38
11 Dundee 38 14 10 14 61 72 -11 38
12 Cowdenbeath 38 15 8 15 66 78 -12 38
13 Clyde 38 13 9 16 58 70 -12 35
14 Airdrieonians 38 13 6 19 74 81 -7 32
15 Greenock Morton 38 12 7 19 78 87 -9 31
16 Queen's Park 38 13 5 20 59 79 -20 31
17 Ayr United 38 11 7 20 70 90 -20 29
18 Falkirk 38 11 5 22 70 76 -6 27
19 Dundee United 38 6 7 25 40 118 -78 19
20 Leith Athletic 38 6 4 28 46 137 -91 16

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1932-33

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Rangers 38 26 10 2 113 43 70 62
2 Motherwell 38 27 5 6 114 53 61 59
3 Heart of Midlothian 38 21 8 9 84 51 33 50
4 Glasgow Celtic 38 20 8 10 75 44 31 48
5 St Johnstone 38 17 10 11 70 55 15 44
6 Aberdeen 38 18 6 14 85 58 27 42
7 St Mirren 38 18 6 14 73 60 13 42
8 Hamilton Academical 38 18 6 14 90 78 12 42
9 Queen's Park 38 17 7 14 78 79 -1 41
10 Partick Thistle 38 17 6 15 75 55 20 40
11 Falkirk 38 15 6 17 70 70 0 36
12 Clyde 38 15 5 18 69 75 -6 35
13 Third Lanark 38 14 7 17 70 80 -10 35
14 Kilmarnock 38 13 9 16 72 86 -14 35
15 Dundee 38 12 9 17 60 77 -17 33
16 Ayr United 38 13 4 21 62 95 -33 30
17 Cowdenbeath 38 10 5 23 65 111 -46 25
18 Airdrieonians 38 10 3 25 55 102 -47 23
19 Greenock Morton 38 6 9 23 49 97 -48 21
20 East Stirlingshire 38 7 3 28 55 115 -60 17

1933-34

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Rangers 38 30 6 2 118 41 77 66
2 Motherwell 38 29 4 5 97 45 52 62
3 Glasgow Celtic 38 18 11 9 78 53 25 47
4 Queen of the South 38 21 3 14 75 48 27 45
5 Aberdeen 38 18 8 12 90 57 33 44
6 Heart of Midlothian 38 17 10 11 86 59 27 44
7 Kilmarnock 38 17 9 12 73 64 9 43
8 Ayr United 38 16 10 12 87 92 -5 42
9 St Johnstone 38 17 6 15 74 53 21 40
10 Falkirk 38 16 6 16 73 68 5 38
11 Hamilton Academical 38 15 8 15 65 79 -14 38
12 Dundee 38 15 6 17 68 64 4 36
13 Partick Thistle 38 14 5 19 73 78 -5 33
14 Clyde 38 10 11 17 56 70 -14 31
15 Queen's Park 38 13 5 20 65 85 -20 31
16 Hibernian 38 12 3 23 51 69 -18 27
17 St Mirren 38 9 9 20 46 75 -29 27
18 Airdrieonians 38 10 6 22 59 103 -44 26
19 Third Lanark 38 8 9 21 62 103 -41 25
20 Cowdenbeath 38 5 5 28 58 118 -60 15

1934-35

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Rangers 38 25 5 8 96 46 50 55
2 Glasgow Celtic 38 24 4 10 92 45 47 52
3 Heart of Midlothian 38 20 10 8 87 51 36 50
4 Hamilton Academical 38 19 10 9 87 67 20 48
5 St Johnstone 38 18 10 10 66 46 20 46
6 Aberdeen 38 17 10 11 68 54 14 44
7 Motherwell 38 15 10 13 83 64 19 40
8 Dundee 38 16 8 14 63 63 0 40
9 Kilmarnock 38 16 6 16 76 68 8 38
10 Clyde 38 14 10 14 71 69 2 38
11 Hibernian 38 14 8 16 59 70 -11 36
12 Queen's Park 38 13 10 15 61 80 -19 36
13 Partick Thistle 38 15 5 18 61 68 -7 35
14 Airdrieonians 38 13 7 18 64 72 -8 33
15 Dunfermline Athletic 38 13 5 20 56 96 -40 31
16 Albion Rovers 38 10 9 19 62 77 -15 29
17 Queen of the South 38 11 7 20 52 72 -20 29
18 Ayr United 38 12 5 21 61 112 -51 29
19 St Mirren 38 11 5 22 49 70 -21 27
20 Falkirk 38 9 6 23 58 82 -24 24

1935-36

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Celtic 38 32 2 4 115 33 82 66
2 Glasgow Rangers 38 27 7 4 110 43 67 61
3 Aberdeen 38 26 9 3 96 50 46 61
4 Motherwell 38 18 12 8 77 58 19 48
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 20 7 11 88 55 33 47
6 Hamilton Academical 38 15 7 16 77 74 3 37
7 St Johnstone 38 15 7 16 70 81 -11 37
8 Kilmarnock 38 14 7 17 69 64 5 35
9 Third Lanark 38 15 5 18 63 65 -2 35
10 Partick Thistle 38 12 10 16 64 72 -8 34
11 Arbroath 38 11 11 16 46 69 -23 33
12 Dundee 38 11 10 17 67 80 -13 32
13 Queen's Park 38 11 10 17 58 75 -17 32
14 Dunfermline Athletic 38 12 8 18 67 92 -25 32
15 Queen of the South 38 11 9 18 54 72 -18 31
16 Albion Rovers 38 13 4 21 69 92 -23 30
17 Hibernian 38 11 7 20 56 82 -26 29
18 Clyde 38 10 8 20 63 84 -21 28
19 Airdrieonians 38 9 9 20 68 91 -23 27
20 Ayr United 38 11 3 24 53 98 -45 25

1936-37

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Rangers 38 26 9 3 88 32 56 61
2 Aberdeen 38 23 8 7 89 44 45 54
3 Glasgow Celtic 38 22 8 8 89 58 31 52
4 Motherwell 38 22 7 9 96 54 42 51
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 24 3 11 99 60 39 51
6 Third Lanark 38 20 6 12 79 61 18 46
7 Falkirk 38 19 6 13 98 66 32 44
8 Hamilton Academical 38 18 5 15 91 96 -5 41
9 Dundee 38 12 15 11 58 69 -11 39
10 Clyde 38 16 6 16 59 70 -11 38
11 Kilmarnock 38 14 9 15 60 70 -10 37
12 St Johnstone 38 14 8 16 74 68 6 36
13 Partick Thistle 38 11 12 15 73 68 5 34
14 Arbroath 38 13 5 20 57 84 -27 31
15 Queen's Park 38 9 12 17 51 77 -26 30
16 St Mirren 38 11 7 20 68 81 -13 29
17 Hibernian 38 6 13 19 54 83 -29 25
18 Queen of the South 38 8 8 22 49 95 -46 24
19 Dunfermline Athletic 38 5 11 22 65 98 -33 21
20 Albion Rovers 38 5 6 27 53 116 -63 16

1937-38

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Celtic 38 27 7 4 114 42 72 61
2 Heart of Midlothian 38 26 6 6 90 50 40 58
3 Glasgow Rangers 38 18 13 7 75 49 26 49
4 Falkirk 38 19 9 10 82 52 30 47
5 Motherwell 38 17 10 11 78 69 9 44
6 Aberdeen 38 15 9 14 74 59 15 39
7 Partick Thistle 38 15 9 14 68 70 -2 39
8 St Johnstone 38 16 7 15 78 81 -3 39
9 Third Lanark 38 11 13 14 68 73 -5 35
10 Hibernian 38 11 13 14 57 65 -8 35
11 Arbroath 38 11 13 14 58 79 -21 35
12 Queen's Park 38 11 12 15 59 74 -15 34
13 Hamilton Academical 38 13 7 18 81 76 5 33
14 St Mirren 38 14 5 19 58 66 -8 33
15 Clyde 38 10 13 15 68 78 -10 33
16 Queen of the South 38 11 11 16 58 71 -13 33
17 Ayr United 38 9 15 14 66 85 -19 33
18 Kilmarnock 38 12 9 17 65 91 -26 33
19 Dundee 38 13 6 19 70 74 -4 32
20 Greenock Morton 38 6 3 29 64 127 -63 15

1938-39

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Rangers 38 25 9 4 112 55 57 59
2 Glasgow Celtic 38 20 8 10 99 53 46 48
3 Aberdeen 38 20 6 12 91 61 30 46
4 Hearts of Midlothian 38 20 5 13 98 70 28 45
5 Falkirk 38 19 7 12 73 63 10 45
6 Queen of the South 38 17 9 12 70 64 6 43
7 Hamilton Academical 38 18 5 15 67 71 -4 41
8 St Johnstone 38 17 6 15 85 83 2 40
9 Clyde 38 17 5 16 78 70 8 39
10 Kilmarnock 38 15 9 14 73 86 -13 39
11 Partick Thistle 38 17 4 17 74 87 -13 38
12 Motherwell 38 16 5 17 82 86 -4 37
13 Hibernian 38 14 7 17 68 69 -1 35
14 Ayr United 38 13 9 16 76 83 -7 35
15 Third Lanark 38 12 8 18 80 96 -16 32
16 Albion Rovers 38 12 6 20 65 90 -25 30
17 Arbroath 38 11 8 19 54 75 -21 30
18 St Mirren 38 11 7 20 57 80 -23 29
19 Queen's Park 38 11 5 22 57 83 -26 27
20 Raith Rovers 38 10 2 26 65 99 -34 22

1939-40

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Glasgow Rangers 5 4 1 0 14 3 11 9
2 Falkirk 5 4 0 1 20 10 10 8
3 Heart of Midlothian 5 2 2 1 14 9 5 6
4 Aberdeen 5 3 0 2 9 9 0 6
5 Partick Thistle 5 2 2 1 7 7 0 6
6 Glasgow Celtic 5 3 0 2 7 8 -1 6
7 Albion Rovers 5 2 1 2 12 7 5 5
8 Motherwell 5 2 1 2 14 12 2 5
9 Third Lanark 5 2 1 2 9 8 1 5
10 Kilmarnock 5 2 1 2 10 9 1 5
11 Queen of the South 5 2 1 2 10 9 1 5
12 St Mirren 5 1 3 1 8 8 0 5
13 Hamilton Academical 5 2 1 2 7 11 -4 5
14 Arbroath 5 2 0 3 9 9 0 4
15 St Johnstone 5 2 0 3 7 8 -1 4
16 Hibernian 5 2 0 3 11 13 -2 4
17 Alloa Athletic 5 2 0 3 8 13 -5 4
18 Ayr United 5 2 0 3 10 17 -7 4
19 Clyde 5 1 0 4 10 14 -4 2
20 Cowdenbeath 5 1 0 4 6 18 -12 2

League was suspended on September 2, 1939, amid the gathering clouds of war. Britain declared war the following day.

Scottish Cup

Suspended due to the outbreak of World War II, Scottish War Emergency Cup replaced it; Motherwell reached the Semi-finals.

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1940-41

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Summer Cup

First Round

Dumbarton win 5-2 on aggregate

1941-42

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Summer Cup

First Round

Motherwell win 4-3 on aggregate

Second Round

Motherwell win 4-2 on aggregate

Semi-final

1942-43

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Summer Cup

First Round

Glasgow Celtic win 5-4 on aggregate

1943-44

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Summer Cup

First Round

Motherwell win 9-2 on aggregate

Second Round

Motherwell win 7-2 on aggregate

Semi-final

July 1, 1944
Motherwell 3-1 Falkirk

Final

1944-1945

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

External links

Publications

Graham Barnstaple and Keith Brown (2004). "'Well Again! The Official History of Motherwell Football Club 1886-2004". Yore Publications. ISBN 978-0-9547830-2-0
Alex Smith (2003). "Motherwell: Champions of Scotland 1931-32". Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-73-2

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