Scotland 1946/47


Final Table

 1.  Rangers		30  21   4   5  76-26   46
 2.  Hibernian		30  19   6   5  69-33   44
 3.  Aberdeen		30  16   7   7  58-41   39
 4.  Heart of Mid.      30  16   6   8  52-43   38
 5.  Partick Thistle    30  16   3  11  74-59   35
 6.  Morton             30  12  10   8  58-45   34
 7.  Celtic             30  13   6  11  53-55   32
 8.  Motherwell         30  12   5  13  58-54   29
 9.  Third Lanark       30  11   6  13  56-64   28
10.  Clyde              30   9   9  12  55-65   27
11.  Falkirk	      	30   8  10  12  62-61   26
12.  Queen of the S.	30   9   8  13  44-69   26
13.  Queen's Park	30   8   6  16  47-60   22
14.  St Mirren		30   9   4  17  47-65   22
15.  Kilmarnock		30   6   9  15  44-66   21
16.  Hamilton A.	30   2   7  21  38-85   11

Relegated:  Hamilton Academical / Kilmarnock
Promoted:   Dundee / Airdrieonians



[Aug 22]
Celtic		1-2	Morton
Falkirk		3-3	Heart of Mid.
Hibernian	9-1	Queen of the S.
Kilmarnock	2-2	Queen's Park
Motherwell	2-4	Rangers
Partick Thistle	4-1	Hamilton A.
St Mirren	1-3	Clyde
Third Lanark	0-3	Aberdeen

[Aug 14]
Aberdeen	1-0	Kilmarnock
Clyde		2-2	Celtic
Hamilton A.	1-4	Falkirk
Heart of Mid.	1-4	Partick Thistle
Morton		3-1	Motherwell
Queen of the S.	4-1	Third Lanark
Queen's Park	3-2	St Mirren
Rangers		1-2	Hibernian

[Aug 17]
Aberdeen	6-2	Celtic
Clyde		4-0	Falkirk
Hamilton A.	1-4	St Mirren
Heart of Mid.	4-1	Third Lanark
Morton		3-4	Partick Thistle
Queen of the S.	1-6	Motherwell
Queen's Park	0-1	Hibernian
Rangers		3-2	Kilmarnock

[Aug 20]
St Mirren	1-2	Queen of the S.

[Aug 21]
Celtic		2-3	Heart of Mid.
Falkirk		0-5	Rangers
Hibernian	1-0	Clyde
Kilmarnock	1-1	Hamilton A.
Motherwell	2-2	Aberdeen
Partick Thistle	4-0	Queen's Park
Third Lanark	1-4	Morton

[Aug 24]
Falkirk		2-3	Queen of the S.
Hibernian	3-2	Hamilton A.
Motherwell	0-2	Heart of Mid.
Kilmarnock	2-3	Morton
St Mirren	4-2	Aberdeen

[Aug 28]
Aberdeen	2-1	Hibernian
Clyde		3-3	Kilmarnock
Hamilton A.	2-2	Celtic
Heart of Mid.	2-2	St Mirren
Morton		3-3	Falkirk
Queen of the S.	0-0	Partick Thistle
Queen's Park	1-1	Motherwell
Rangers		8-1	Third Lanark

[Aug 31]
Clyde		0-2	Aberdeen
Heart of Mid.	1-1	Queen of the S.
Kilmarnock	2-1	Falkirk
Morton		5-1	Hamilton A.
Motherwell	2-1	Hibernian
Rangers		2-0	Queen's Park
St Mirren	0-1	Celtic
Third Lanark	4-1	Partick Thistle

[Sep 4]
Aberdeen	1-0	Rangers
Celtic		1-4	Third Lanark
Falkirk		5-2	Motherwell
Hamilton A.	3-1	Heart of Mid.
Hibernian	6-0	Kilmarnock
Partick Thistle	3-0	St Mirren
Queen of the S.	2-2	Morton
Queen's Park	1-3	Clyde

[Sep 7]
Celtic		2-3	Rangers
Falkirk		2-0	Aberdeen
Hibernian	0-1	Heart of Mid.
Kilmarnock	1-3	Queen of the S.
Motherwell	4-0	Hamilton A.
Partick Thistle	1-3	Clyde
St Mirren	1-1	Morton
Third Lanark	3-4	Queen's Park

[Sep 14]
Aberdeen	2-2	Partick Thistle
Clyde		3-1	Motherwell
Hamilton A.	2-2	Third Lanark
Heart of Mid.	2-0	Kilmarnock
Morton		0-2	Hibernian
Queen of the S.	3-1	Celtic
Queen's Park	0-1	Falkirk
Rangers		4-0	St Mirren

[Sep 30]
Partick Thistle	3-2	Rangers

[Nov 2]
Aberdeen	0-0	Queen of the S.
Clyde		2-1	Hamilton A.
Falkirk		1-4	Celtic
Hibernian	4-1	Third Lanark
Kilmarnock	3-1	Partick Thistle
Motherwell	4-2	St Mirren
Queen's Park	2-2	Heart of Mid.
Rangers		2-1	Morton

[Nov 9]
Celtic		4-1	Hibernian
Hamilton A.	0-6	Rangers
Heart of Mid.	2-1	Clyde
Morton		0-0	Aberdeen
Partick Thistle	0-2	Motherwell
Queen of the S.	1-4	Queen's Park
St Mirren	3-1	Kilmarnock
Third Lanark	4-2	Falkirk

[Nov 16]
Aberdeen	3-1	Queen's Park
Clyde		2-4	Rangers
Hibernian	2-2	Falkirk
Morton		0-1	Heart of Mid.
Motherwell	2-1	Kilmarnock
Partick Thistle	4-1	Celtic
Queen of the S.	2-3	Hamilton A.
Third Lanark	5-1	St Mirren

[Nov 23]
Aberdeen	2-1	Heart of Mid.
Clyde		2-1	Morton
Falkirk		2-3	St Mirren
Hibernian	5-1	Partick Thistle
Kilmarnock	0-2	Third Lanark
Motherwell	1-2	Celtic
Queen's Park	3-1	Hamilton A.
Rangers		2-1	Queen of the S.

[Nov 30]
Celtic		4-2	Kilmarnock
Hamilton A.	2-5	Aberdeen
Heart of Mid.	0-3	Rangers
Morton		5-4	Queen's Park
Partick Thistle	4-1	Falkirk
Queen of the S.	2-0	Clyde
St Mirren	0-1	Hibernian
Third Lanark	2-1	Motherwell

[Dec 7]
Aberdeen	1-0	Third Lanark
Clyde		2-2	St Mirren
Hamilton A.	1-3	Partick Thistle
Heart of Mid.	1-1	Falkirk
Morton		2-1	Celtic
Queen of the S.	1-3	Hibernian
Queen's Park	0-1	Kilmarnock
Rangers		2-1	Motherwell

[Dec 14]
Celtic		3-3	Clyde
Falkirk		6-0	Hamilton A.
Hibernian	1-1	Rangers
Kilmarnock	2-1	Aberdeen
Motherwell	0-1	Morton
Partick Thistle	1-2	Heart of Mid.
St Mirren	3-2	Queen's Park
Third Lanark	1-1	Queen of the S.

[Dec 21]
Aberdeen	3-1	Motherwell
Clyde		2-2	Hibernian
Hamilton A.	2-2	Kilmarnock
Heart of Mid.	2-1	Celtic
Queen of the S.	3-2	St Mirren
Morton		2-0	Third Lanark
Queen's Park	2-6	Partick Thistle
Rangers		2-1	Falkirk

[Dec 25]
Celtic		1-0	Queen's Park
Third Lanark	5-3	Clyde

[Dec 28]
Celtic		2-1	Hamilton A.
Falkirk		1-1	Morton
Hibernian	1-1	Aberdeen
Kilmarnock	2-2	Clyde
Motherwell	1-0	Queen's Park
Partick Thistle	1-2	Queen of the S.
St Mirren	1-0	Heart of Mid.
Third Lanark	1-1	Rangers

[Jan 1]
Aberdeen	0-4	Falkirk
Clyde		2-4	Partick Thistle
Hamilton A.	2-2	Motherwell
Heart of Mid.	2-3	Hibernian
Morton		4-0	St Mirren
Queen of the S.	1-1	Kilmarnock
Queen's Park	0-0	Third Lanark
Rangers		1-1	Celtic

[Jan 2]
Celtic		1-5	Aberdeen
Falkirk		1-2	Clyde
Hibernian	3-1	Queen's Park
Kilmarnock	0-2	Rangers
Motherwell	5-1	Queen of the S.
Partick Thistle	3-1	Morton
St Mirren	1-0	Hamilton A.
Third Lanark	4-1	Heart of Mid.

[Jan 4]
Celtic		2-0	Queen of the S.
Falkirk		3-1	Queen's Park
Hibernian	1-1	Morton
Kilmarnock	0-0	Heart of Mid.
Motherwell	3-3	Clyde
Partick Thistle	4-0	Aberdeen
St Mirren	1-0	Rangers

[Jan 11]
Clyde		0-3	Third Lanark
Hamilton A.	0-0	Hibernian
Heart of Mid.	2-1	Motherwell
Queen of the S.	2-2	Falkirk
Queen's Park	1-3	Celtic
Rangers		4-0	Partick Thistle

[Jan 18]
Clyde		2-5	Queen's Park
Heart of Mid.	4-3	Hamilton A.
Kilmarnock	3-5	Hibernian
Morton		4-1	Queen of the S.
Motherwell	2-0	Falkirk
Rangers		1-0	Aberdeen
St Mirren	1-4	Partick Thistle
Third Lanark	0-0	Celtic

[Feb 1]
Aberdeen	2-1	Clyde
Falkirk		3-3	Kilmarnock
Hamilton A.	2-2	Morton
Hibernian	1-2	Motherwell
Queen of the S.	0-1	Heart of Mid.
Queen's Park	0-0	Rangers

[Feb 8]
Clyde		0-2	Heart of Mid.
Morton		0-0	Kilmarnock
Queen of the S.	0-2	Rangers

[Feb 15]
Hamilton A.	1-2	Clyde
Morton		0-1	Rangers

[Feb 22]
Celtic		2-1	St Mirren

[Mar 8]
Clyde		1-1	Queen of the S.
Partick Thistle	3-1	Third Lanark

[Mar 15]
Morton		2-2	Clyde
Third Lanark	1-4	Kilmarnock

[Mar 22]
Celtic		2-0	Partick Thistle
Hamilton A.	2-3	Queen of the S.
Kilmarnock	2-0	Motherwell
St Mirren	2-4	Third Lanark

[Mar 29]
Falkirk		2-2	Third Lanark
Heart of Mid.	1-3	Queen's Park
Kilmarnock	1-2	Celtic
Rangers		5-0	Clyde

[Apr 5]
Heart of Mid.	2-0	Morton
Kilmarnock	1-5	St Mirren

[Apr 7]
Third Lanark	2-1	Hamilton A.
Rangers		1-2	Heart of Mid.

[Apr 12]
Hibernian	2-0	Celtic
Partick Thistle	5-2	Kilmarnock
Queen's Park	4-1	Queen of the S.
Rangers		4-1	Hamilton A.
St Mirren	1-1	Falkirk

[Apr 19]
Falkirk		6-1	Partick Thistle
Hamilton A.	1-2	Queen's Park
Motherwell	2-1	Third Lanark

[Apr 21]
St Mirren	1-2	Motherwell

[Apr 26]
Celtic		0-0	Falkirk
Hibernian	1-0	St Mirren
Motherwell	3-3	Partick Thistle
Queen's Park	0-0	Aberdeen

[Apr 28]
Queen of the S.	1-5	Aberdeen

[May 3]
Aberdeen	4-2	St Mirren
Celtic		3-2	Motherwell
Partick Thistle	0-2	Hibernian
Queen's Park	2-3	Morton

[May 5]
Aberdeen	2-2	Morton

[May 10]
Third Lanark	0-2	Hibernian

[May 14]
Aberdeen	3-0	Hamilton A.

[May 17]
Falkirk		2-3	Hibernian
Heart of Mid.	4-0	Aberdeen


Final Table

 1.  Rangers		30  21   4   5  76-26   46
 2.  Hibernian		30  19   6   5  69-33   44
 3.  Aberdeen		30  16   7   7  58-41   39
 4.  Heart of Mid.      30  16   6   8  52-43   38
 5.  Partick Thistle    30  16   3  11  74-59   35
 6.  Morton             30  12  10   8  58-45   34
 7.  Celtic             30  13   6  11  53-55   32
 8.  Motherwell         30  12   5  13  58-54   29
 9.  Third Lanark       30  11   6  13  56-64   28
10.  Clyde              30   9   9  12  55-65   27
11.  Falkirk	      	30   8  10  12  62-61   26
12.  Queen of the S.	30   9   8  13  44-69   26
13.  Queen's Park	30   8   6  16  47-60   22
14.  St Mirren		30   9   4  17  47-65   22
15.  Kilmarnock		30   6   9  15  44-66   21
16.  Hamilton A.	30   2   7  21  38-85   11

Relegated:  Hamilton Academical / Kilmarnock
Promoted:   Dundee / Airdrieonians


Top Goalscorer:	 Robert Mitchell (Third Lanark)  22 Goals.


Appearances & Goals of Champions Rangers:

Manager:  William Struth.

Robert Brown				30
George Young				28	 4	
John Shaw				28
James Duncanson				27	18
Torrance Gillick			27	12
William Thornton			25	18
William Waddell				22	 5
Ian McColl				19	 1
William Rae				19
William Woodburn			18
Samuel Cox				13	 2
James Caskie				13	 3
Christopher McNee			10	 3
James Scotland Symon			10
David Gray		 		 9
James William Arnison (SOUTH AFRICA)	 7	 1
Charles Watkins		 		 6
William Williamson		 	 5	 6
Edward Rutherford		 	 5	 1
James Parlane		 		 4	 2
Angus Stead			 	 3
William Lindsay			 	 2	

Scottish FA Cup

FIRST ROUND [Jan 25] Aberdeen - Partick Thistle 2-1 Albion Rovers - Airdrie 3-0 Alloa Athletic - Hibernian 0-8 Arbroath - Stenhousemuir 2-2 Dundee - Celtic 2-1 East Fife - Dunfermline Athletic 6-2 Falkirk - Kilmarnock 2-0 Hamilton Accies - Third Lanark 1-1 Hearts - St Johnstone 3-0 Morton - Edinburgh City 4-0 Motherwell - Forfar Athletic 3-0 Peterhead - Ayr United 1-5 Queen of the South - Raith Rovers 3-4 Queen's Park - Dundee United 3-0 Rangers - Clyde 2-1 St Mirren - Dumbarton 2-3 Stranraer - Cowdenbeath 0-5 [Feb 1] Inverness Clachnacuddin - East Stirling 1-1 FIRST ROUND REPLAYS [Feb 8] East Stirling - Inverness Clachnacuddin 5-1 Stenhousemuir - Arbroath 0-2 Third Lanark - Hamilton Accies 2-1 SECOND ROUND There were only 2 matches in the Second Round, the other teams were given a bye into the Third Round. [Feb 8] Aberdeen - Ayr United 8-0 [Feb 15] East Fife - East Stirling 5-1 THIRD ROUND [Feb 22] Aberdeen - Morton 1-1 Arbroath - Raith Rovers 5-4 Dumbarton - Third Lanark 2-0 Dundee - Albion Rovers 3-0 East Fife - Queen's Park 3-1 Falkirk - Motherwell 0-0 Rangers - Hibernian 0-0 [Mar 8] Hearts - Cowdenbeath 2-1 THIRD ROUND REPLAYS [Mar 8] Hibernian - Rangers 2-0 Morton - Aberdeen 1-2 Motherwell - Falkirk 1-0 QUARTER FINALS [Mar 15] Arbroath - Hearts 2-1 East Fife - Motherwell 0-2 Hibernian - Dumbarton 2-0 [Mar 29] Dundee - Aberdeen 1-2 SEMI FINALS [Mar 29] Hibernian - Motherwell 2-1 (PLAYED AT HAMPDEN PARK, GLASGOW) AET. [Turnbull 18, Howie 141 - Kilmarnock 57 pen] [Apr 12] Aberdeen - Arbroath 2-0 (PLAYED AT DENS PARK, DUNDEE) [Williams 43, 70] FINAL 19th April 1947 ABERDEEN - HIBERNIAN 2-1 (2-1) Referee: Robert Calder (Glasgow) Crowd: 82.140, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goals: 0-1 Cuthbertson (1), 1-1 Hamilton (36), 2-1 Williams (42) ABERDEEN: George Johnstone - Patrick McKenna, George Taylor - Joseph McLaughlin, Frank Dunlop, William Waddell - Tony Harris, George Hamilton, Stanley Williams, Archie Baird, William McCall. HIBERNIAN: James Kerr - John Govan, David Shaw - Hugh Howie, Patrick Aird, Samuel Kean - William Finnigan, Gordon Smith, John Cuthbertson, Edward Turnbull, William Ormond.

Scottish League Cup

The Scottish League Cup began in season 1946/47 and was played in group sections with the winners of each group qualifying for the quarter-finals. DIVISION 1 SECTION A Results Table Clyde *** 1-2 3-2 3-1 Heart of Mid. 6 3 2 1 12-10 8 Heart of Mid. 2-1 *** 3-1 1-1 Clyde 6 3 1 2 12-10 7 Kilmarnock 1-2 2-0 *** 3-2 Kilmarnock 6 3 0 3 12-11 6 Partick Thistle 2-2 4-4 1-3 *** Partick Thistle 6 0 3 3 11-16 3 DIVISION 1 SECTION B Morton *** 2-1 0-2 6-1 Rangers 6 6 0 0 18-2 12 Queen's Park 0-6 *** 2-4 2-2 Morton 6 4 0 2 17-9 8 Rangers 3-0 1-0 *** 4-0 St Mirren 6 1 1 4 7-19 3 St Mirren 2-3 2-0 0-4 *** Queen's Park 6 0 1 5 5-17 1 DIVISION 1 SECTION C Celtic *** 3-1 1-1 0-0 Hibernian 6 4 1 1 16-9 9 Hamilton A. 2-2 *** 3-6 3-0 Celtic 6 2 3 1 11-10 7 Hibernian 4-2 2-0 *** 1-2 Hamilton A. 6 2 1 3 14-16 5 Third Lanark 2-3 3-5 1-2 *** Third Lanark 6 1 1 4 8-14 3 DIVISION 1 SECTION D Aberdeen *** 4-3 2-3 1-0 Aberdeen 6 4 0 2 13-11 8 Falkirk 0-1 *** 1-1 2-1 Motherwell 6 3 1 2 15-11 7 Motherwell 3-0 5-3 *** 0-1 Falkirk 6 2 1 3 11-12 5 Queen of the S. 2-5 0-2 4-3 *** Queen of the S. 6 2 0 4 8-13 4 DIVISION 2 SECTION A Alloa Athletic *** 2-1 0-2 0-0 East Fife 6 6 0 0 22-0 12 Dunfermline Ath. 3-1 *** 0-2 3-2 St Johnstone 6 2 1 3 9-10 5 East Fife 6-0 7-0 *** 3-0 Dunfermline A. 6 2 0 4 9-20 4 St Johnstone 1-0 6-2 0-2 *** Alloa Athletic 6 1 1 4 3-13 3 DIVISION 2 SECTION B Dundee *** 3-1 4-0 Dundee 6 4 0 0 13-1 8 Raith Rovers 0-2 *** 2-4 Raith Rovers 6 1 0 3 5-10 2 Stenhousemuir 0-4 1-2 *** Stenhousemuir 6 1 0 3 5-12 2 DIVISION 2 SECTION C Arbroath *** 3-3 4-1 1-3 Dundee United 6 5 0 1 14-8 10 Cowdenbeath 5-2 *** 2-3 4-1 Cowdenbeath 6 3 1 2 18-11 7 Dumbarton 8-0 0-4 *** 0-3 Dumbarton 6 2 0 4 13-15 4 Dundee United 3-2 2-0 2-1 *** Arbroath 6 1 1 4 12-23 3 DIVISION 2 SECTION D Airdrieonians *** 6-1 3-0 Airdrieonians 6 3 0 1 15-4 6 Albion Rovers 1-5 *** 5-4 Ayr United 6 2 0 2 10-12 4 Ayr United 2-1 4-3 *** Albion Rovers 6 1 0 3 10-19 2 QUARTER FINALS (1st legs) [Mar 1] Airdrieonians - Hibernian 4-4 Dundee - Aberdeen 0-1 Heart of Mid. - East Fife 0-1 Rangers - Dundee United 2-1 QUARTER FINALS (2nd legs) [Mar 5] Hibernian - Airdrieonians 1-0 AGG 5-4 Aberdeen - Dundee 3-2 AGG 4-2 East Fife - Heart of Mid. 2-5 AGG 3-5 Dundee United - Rangers 1-1 AGG 2-3 SEMI FINALS [Mar 22] Aberdeen - Heart of Mid. 6-2 PLAYED AT EASTER ROAD, EDINBURGH [Baird 12, Wood 38 og, Hamilton 49, 72, 84 pen, McCall 76 - Kelly 21, Urquhart 33] Hibernian - Rangers 1-3 PLAYED AT HAMPDEN PARK, GLASGOW [Cuthbertson 78 - Gillick 19, Thornton 32, Waddell 43] FINAL 5th April 1947 ABERDEEN - RANGERS 0-4 (0-3) Referee: Robert Calder (Glasgow) Crowd: 82.584, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goals: 0-1 Gillick (25), 0-2 Williamson (33), 0-3 Duncanson (41), 0-4 Duncanson (57) ABERDEEN: George Johnstone - William Cooper, Patrick McKenna - Joseph Mclaughlin, Frank Dunlop, George Taylor - Tony Harris, George Hamilton, Stanley Williams, Archie Baird, William McCall. RANGERS: Robert Brown - George Young, John Shaw - Ian McColl, William Woodburn, William Rae - Edward Rutherford, Torrance Gillick, William Williamson, William Thornton, James Duncanson. Second Level (Division B) 1. Dundee 26 21 3 2 113-30 45 2. Airdrieonians 26 19 4 3 78-38 42 3. East Fife 26 12 7 7 58-39 31 4. Albion Rovers 26 10 7 9 50-54 27 5. Alloa Athletic 26 11 5 10 51-57 27 6. Raith Rovers 26 10 6 10 45-52 26 7. Stenhousemuir 26 8 7 11 43-53 23 8. Dunfermline 26 10 3 13 50-72 23 9. St Johnstone 26 9 4 13 45-47 22 10. Dundee United 26 9 4 13 53-60 22 11. Ayr United 26 9 2 15 56-73 20 12. Arbroath 26 7 6 13 42-63 20 13. Dumbarton 26 7 4 15 41-54 18 14. Cowdenbeath 26 6 6 14 44-77 18

1918/19.

1959/60.

list of champions.

list of final tables.

list of 2nd division champions.

list of 2nd level final tables.

list of 3rd division champions.

list of 3rd level final tables.

list of 4th division champions.

all-time table.

list of divisional movements.

list of cup winners.

list of league cup winners.

list of qualifying cup winners.


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