1948–49 Scottish Division C

Scottish Third Division

Season	1948–49
Champions	Stirling Albion
Promoted	Stirling Albion Leith Athletic
← 1947–48

The 1948-49 Scottish Third Division was won by Forfar Athletic who were promoted to the Second Division. Edinburgh City finished bottom. It was the third and final season of the short-lived single Scottish Division C and featured seven reserve teams.

Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Forfar Athletic	22	17	1	4	80	37	43	35	Promotion to the 1949–50 Second Division
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

Future

The competition was restructured for the 1949–50 season when the number of reserve sides was significantly expanded and the Division divided into two sections, the South-East (soon renamed the North-East) and South-West. Promotion became rarer as the reserve sides of the bigger clubs such as Rangers and Aberdeen came to dominate, Brechin City's victory in the North-East section in the 1953–54 season was the sole promotion managed in the new format before its final season. The competition completed its final season in 1954–55 when Aberdeen II won the North-East section and Partick Thistle II the South-West. Three non-reserve sides, Montrose, East Stirlingshire and Berwick Rangers remained in the North-East section with two, Dumbarton and Stranraer in the South-West. All five were admitted to full membership of the Scottish Football League.