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1919–20 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Rangers
Scottish Cup winners
Kilmarnock
Junior Cup winners
Parkhead
Scotland national team
1920 BHC

The 1919–20 season was the 47th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 30th season of the Scottish Football League. The number of teams in the Scottish League was increased from 18 to 22. Those clubs who were asked to retire for geographical reasons at the end of the 1916–17 season — Aberdeen, Dundee and Raith Rovers — returned, while Albion Rovers were elected.

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1919–20 Scottish First Division
P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rangers 42 31 9 2 106 25 81 71
2 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 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

Champions: Rangers

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1919–20 Scottish Cup

Kilmarnock were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 3–2 final win over Albion Rovers.

Other Honours

National

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup Bathgate 2 – 0 Cowdenbeath

County

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Aberdeen 2 – 1[1] Buckie Thistle
Ayrshire Cup Stevenston United 1 – 0 Galston
Dumbartonshire Cup Clydebank
East of Scotland Shield Hearts 3 – 1 * Hibernian
Fife Cup Dunfermline Athletic 3 – 1 Cowdenbeath
Forfarshire Cup Dundee Hibs 1 – 0 Dundee
Glasgow Cup Celtic 1 – 0 Partick Thistle
Lanarkshire Cup Hamilton 2 – 1 Albion Rovers
Linlithgowshire Cup Bathgate Armadale
Perthshire Cup Blairgowrie 3 – 2 Morrisonians
Renfrewshire Cup Morton 2 – 0 St Mirren
Southern Counties Cup Nithsdale Wanderers 2 – 0 St Cuthbert Wanderers
Stirlingshire Cup Falkirk 3 – 1 * East Stirling

. *replay

Highland League

Top Three

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Buckie Thistle 18 14 3 1 52 22 30 31
2 Clachnacuddin 18 14 1 3 59 25 24 29
3 Inverness Caledonian 18 11 2 5 52 30 22 24

Junior Cup

Parkhead were winners of the Junior Cup after a 2–0 win over Cambusland Rangers in the final.

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1920–39 results
Date Venue Opponents Score[2] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
26 February 1920 Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)  Wales 1–1 BHC Tommy Cairns
13 March 1920 Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)  Ireland 3–0 BHC Andrew Wilson, Alan Morton, Andy Cunningham
10 April 1920 Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield (A)  England 4–5 BHC Tom Miller (2), Alex Donaldson, Andrew Wilson

Key:

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

See also

1919–20 Aberdeen F.C. season

Notes and references

  1. ^ second replay
  2. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.
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