1927–28 in Scottish football

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1927–28 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Rangers
Division Two champions
Ayr United
Scottish Cup winners
Rangers
Junior Cup winners
Maryhill Hibs
Scotland national team
1928 BHC

The 1927–28 season was the 38th season of competitive football in Scotland.

Contents 1 Scottish League Division One 2 Scottish League Division two 3 Scottish Cup 4 Scotland national team 5 Notes and references

[edit] Scottish League Division One

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	38	26	8	4	109	36	73	60
2	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

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Boness United, Dunfermline Athletic

[edit] Scottish League Division two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ayr United	38	24	6	8	117	60	57	54
2	Third Lanark	38	18	9	11	101	66	35	45
3	King's Park	38	16	12	10	84	68	16	44
4	East Fife	38	18	7	13	87	73	14	43
5	Forfar Athletic	38	18	7	13	83	73	10	43
6	Dundee United	38	17	9	12	81	73	8	43
7	Arthurlie	38	18	4	16	85	90	−5	40
8	Albion Rovers	38	17	4	17	79	69	10	38
9	East Stirlingshire	38	14	10	14	84	76	8	38
10	Arbroath	38	16	4	18	84	86	−2	36
11	Dumbarton	38	16	4	18	66	72	−6	36
12	Queen of the South	38	15	6	17	92	106	−14	36
13	Leith Athletic	38	13	9	16	76	71	5	35
14	Clydebank	38	16	3	19	78	80	−2	35
15	Alloa Athletic	38	12	11	15	72	76	−4	35
16	Stenhousemuir	38	15	5	18	75	82	−7	35
17	St Bernard's	38	15	5	18	75	103	−28	35
18	Morton	38	13	8	17	65	82	−17	34
19	Bathgate	38	10	11	17	62	81	−19	31
20	Armadale	38	8	8	22	53	112	−69	24

Promoted: Ayr United, Third Lanark

[edit] Scottish Cup

Rangers were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 4–0 win over last years winners Celtic.

[edit] Scotland national team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[1]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
29 October 1927	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (A)	Wales	2–2	BHC	Hugh Gallacher, John Hutton (pen.)
25 February 1928	Firhill, Glasgow (H)	Ireland	0–1	BHC
31 March 1928	Wembley, London (A)	England	5–1	BHC	Alex Jackson (3), Alex James (2)

Key:

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

[edit] Notes and references

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