1948–49 in Scottish football

1948–49 in Scottish football
Division A champions
Rangers
Division B champions
Raith Rovers
Division C champions
Forfar Athletic
Scottish Cup winners
Rangers
League Cup winners
Rangers
Division C Supplementary League (A) winners
Brechin City
Division C Supplementary League (B) winners
Leith Athletic
Junior Cup winners
Auchinleck Talbot
Scotland national team
1949 BHC

The 1948–49 season was the 52nd season of competitive football in Scotland. Rangers became the first team to win the Scottish domestic treble. Scottish League Division "C" was disbanded. It would be 26 years before a 3 league set-up would be in place again.

Scottish League Division A

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	30	20	6	4	63	32	31	46
2	Dundee	30	20	5	5	71	48	23	45
3	Hibernian	30	17	5	8	75	52	23	39
4	East Fife	30	16	3	11	64	46	18	35
5	Falkirk	30	12	8	10	70	54	16	32
6	Celtic	30	12	7	11	48	40	8	31
7	Third Lanark	30	13	5	12	56	52	4	31
8	Heart of Midlothian	30	12	6	12	64	54	10	30
9	St. Mirren	30	13	4	13	51	47	4	30
10	Queen of the South	30	11	8	11	47	53	−6	30
11	Partick Thistle	30	9	9	12	50	63	−13	27
12	Motherwell	30	10	5	15	44	49	−5	25
13	Aberdeen	30	7	11	12	39	48	−9	25
14	Clyde	30	9	6	15	50	67	−17	24
15	Morton	30	7	8	15	39	51	−12	22
16	Albion Rovers	30	3	2	25	30	105	−75	8

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Greenock Morton, Albion Rovers

Scottish League Division B

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Raith Rovers	30	20	2	8	80	44	36	42
2	Stirling Albion	30	20	2	8	71	47	24	42
3	Airdrieonians	30	16	9	5	76	42	34	41
4	Dunfermline Athletic	30	16	9	5	80	58	22	41
5	Queen's Park	30	14	7	9	66	49	17	35
6	St. Johnstone	30	14	4	12	58	51	7	32
7	Arbroath	30	12	8	10	62	56	6	32
8	Dundee United	30	10	7	13	60	67	−7	27
9	Ayr United	30	10	7	13	51	70	−19	27
10	Hamilton Academical	30	9	8	13	48	57	−9	26
11	Kilmarnock	30	9	7	14	58	61	−3	25
12	Stenhousemuir	30	8	8	14	50	54	4	24
13	Cowdenbeath	30	9	5	16	53	58	−5	23
14	Alloa Athletic	30	10	3	17	42	85	−43	23
15	Dumbarton	30	8	6	16	52	79	−27	22
16	East Stirlingshire	30	6	6	18	38	67	−29	18

Champions: Raith Rovers, Stirling Albion
Relegated: East Stirlingshire

Scottish League Division C

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Forfar Athletic	22	17	1	1	80	37	43	35
2	Leith Athletic	22	15	3	4	76	29	47	33
3	Brechin City	22	13	4	5	67	40	27	30
4	Montrose	22	10	5	7	59	50	9	25
5	Queen's Park II	22	9	6	7	52	52	0	24
6	Airdrieonians II	22	9	4	9	66	66	0	22
7	St. Johnstone II	22	9	4	9	42	44	−2	22
8	Dundee United II	22	10	2	10	58	67	−9	22
9	Raith Rovers II	22	6	7	9	56	60	−4	19
10	Kilmarnock II	22	5	3	14	41	54	−13	13
11	Dunfermline Athletic II	22	4	3	15	43	84	−41	11
12	Edinburgh City	22	2	4	16	28	85	−57	8

Source: RSSSF

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1948–49	Rangers	4 – 1	Clyde
League Cup 1948–49	Rangers	2 – 0	Raith Rovers
Junior Cup	Auchinleck Talbot	3 – 2	Petershill

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
23 October 1948	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	3–1	BHC	Willie Waddell (2), Lawrie Reilly
17 November 1948	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	3–2	BHC	Billy Houliston (2), Jimmy Mason
9 April 1949	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	3–1	BHC	Jimmy Mason, Billy Steel, Lawrie Reilly
27 April 1949	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	France	2–0	Friendly	Billy Steel (2)

Scotland were winners of the 1949 British Home Championship.

Key:

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