1948–49 Scottish Division B

Scottish Second Division
Season	1948–49
Champions	Celtic
Promoted	Celtic Stirling Albion
← 1947–48 1949–50 →

The 1948–49 Scottish Second Division was won by Celtic in their first and only season in the second tier , who along with second placed Stirling Albion, were promoted to the First Division. East Stirlingshire finished bottom.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Celtic	30	20	2	8	80	44	+36	42	Promotion to the 1949–50 First Division
2	Stirling Albion	30	20	2	8	71	47	+24	42	Promotion to the 1949–50 First Division
3	Airdrieonians	30	16	9	5	76	42	+34	41
4	Dunfermline Athletic	30	16	9	5	80	58	+22	41
5	Raith Rovers	30	14	7	9	0	49	−49	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	Relegated to the 1949–50 Third Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References

Scottish Football Archive

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Club seasons
Division A	Aberdeen Albion Rovers Celtic Clyde Dundee East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Queen of the South St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division B	Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Stirlingshire Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Queen's Park Raith Rovers St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion