1937-38 in Scottish football
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| Division One champions | ||
| Celtic Celtic F.C. Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the... |
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| Division Two champions | ||
| Raith Rovers Raith Rovers F.C. Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Kirkcaldy, Fife. They are members of the Scottish Football League, currently playing in the First Division, having secured promotion from the Second Division as champions in 2009. Rovers have won one national trophy, the... |
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| Scottish Cup winners | ||
| East Fife East Fife F.C. East Fife Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the Fife coastal town of Methil... |
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| Junior Cup winners | ||
| Cambuslang Rangers Cambuslang Rangers F.C. Cambuslang Rangers Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire. Nicknamed The Lang or the wee Gers, were formed in 1899, they play at Somervell Park and wear blue strips .... |
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| Scotland national team | ||
| 1938 BHC 1938 British Home Championship The 1938 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1937–38 season. The competition was won by England after they defeated Ireland and Wales in their opening games... |
The 1937–38 season was the 48th season of competitive football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
in Scotland.
Scottish League Division One
| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Celtic Celtic F.C. Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the... |
38 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 114 | 42 | 72 | 61 |
| 2 | Heart of Midlothian Heart of Midlothian F.C. Heart of Midlothian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Gorgie, in the west of Edinburgh. They currently play in the Scottish Premier League and are one of the two principal clubs in the city, the other being Hibernian... |
38 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 90 | 50 | 40 | 58 |
| 3 | Rangers Rangers F.C. Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses... |
38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 75 | 49 | 26 | 49 |
| 4 | Falkirk Falkirk F.C. Falkirk Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Falkirk. It is one of two professional football teams from the town, the other being East Stirlingshire... |
38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 82 | 52 | 30 | 47 |
| 5 | Motherwell Motherwell F.C. Motherwell Football & Athletic Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. The club compete in the Scottish Premier League and are one of only seven teams to have remained in this league since it was founded in 1998... |
38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 78 | 69 | 9 | 44 |
| 6 | Aberdeen Aberdeen F.C. Aberdeen Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen... |
38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 74 | 59 | 15 | 39 |
| 7 | Partick Thistle Partick Thistle F.C. Partick Thistle Football Club are a professional association football club from Glasgow. Despite their name, the club are based in the Maryhill area of the city, and have not played in Partick since 1908... |
38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 68 | 70 | −2 | 39 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 78 | 81 | −3 | 39 |
| 9 | Third Lanark Third Lanark A.C. Third Lanark Athletic Club was a football club that originally existed between 1872 and 1967, 95 years in existence, based in Glasgow, Scotland. Third Lanark were known as Thirds, the Warriors, the Redcoats and the Hi Hi's... |
38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 68 | 73 | −5 | 35 |
| 10 | Hibernian Hibernian F.C. Hibernian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh. They are one of two Scottish Premier League clubs in the city, the other being their Edinburgh derby rivals, Hearts... |
38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 57 | 65 | −8 | 35 |
| 11 | Arbroath Arbroath F.C. Arbroath F.C. are a Scottish football club currently playing in the Scottish Second Division. They were founded in 1878 and currently play their home matches at Gayfield, Arbroath, Angus. They play in maroon strips, and are nicknamed "The Red Lichties" due to the red light that used to guide... |
38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 58 | 79 | −21 | 35 |
| 12 | Queen's Park Queen's Park F.C. Queen's Park Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland. The club are currently the only amateur club in the Scottish League; their amateur status is reflected by their motto, Ludere Causa Ludendi – to play for the sake of playing.Queen's Park are the oldest... |
38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 59 | 74 | −15 | 34 |
| 13 | Hamilton Academical Hamilton Academical F.C. Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Academical, or Accies, are a Scottish football club from Hamilton in South Lanarkshire. They were established in 1874 from the school football team at Hamilton Academy. They remain the only professional club in British football to have... |
38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 81 | 76 | 5 | 33 |
| 14 | St. Mirren St. Mirren F.C. St Mirren Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Paisley, Renfrewshire who play in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted from the First Division in 2005–06.St... |
38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 58 | 66 | −8 | 33 |
| 15 | Clyde Clyde F.C. Clyde Football Club are a Scottish professional football team currently playing in the Third Division of the Scottish Football League. Although based for the last fifteen years in the new town of Cumbernauld, they are traditionally associated with an area that covers Rutherglen in South... |
38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 68 | 78 | −10 | 33 |
| 16 | Queen of the South Queen of the South F.C. Queen of the South Football Club is a Scottish professional football club founded in 1919 and located in Dumfries. The club currently plays in the Scottish First Division, the second tier of Scottish football. They are officially nicknamed The Doonhamers, but usually referred to as Queens or QoS... |
38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 58 | 71 | −13 | 33 |
| 17 | Ayr United Ayr United F.C. Ayr United Football Club are a Scottish association football team based in Ayr, South Ayrshire, that plays in the First Division of the Scottish Football League. Formed in 1910 after the merger of former clubs Ayr Parkhouse F.C. and Ayr F.C... |
38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 66 | 85 | −19 | 33 |
| 18 | Kilmarnock Kilmarnock F.C. Kilmarnock Football Club is a Scottish football team based in the town of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Founded in 1869, "Killie" is the oldest club currently in the Scottish Premier League. Home matches are played at Rugby Park... |
38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 65 | 91 | −26 | 33 |
| 19 | Dundee Dundee F.C. Dundee Football Club, founded in 1893, are a football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. They are nicknamed The Dee or The Dark Blues and play their home matches at Dens Park. Their shirt colour is dark blue. Dundee currently play in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from... |
38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 70 | 74 | −4 | 32 |
| 20 | Morton Greenock Morton F.C. Greenock Morton Football Club are a Scottish professional football club, who currently play in the Scottish Football League First Division. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs.... |
38 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 64 | 127 | −63 | 15 |
Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Dundee, Morton
Scottish League Division Two
| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Raith Rovers Raith Rovers F.C. Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Kirkcaldy, Fife. They are members of the Scottish Football League, currently playing in the First Division, having secured promotion from the Second Division as champions in 2009. Rovers have won one national trophy, the... |
34 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 142 | 54 | 88 | 59 |
| 2 | Albion Rovers | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 97 | 50 | 47 | 48 |
| 3 | Airdrieonians Airdrieonians F.C. Airdrieonians Football Club, more commonly known as Airdrie, were a Scottish professional football team from the town of Airdrie, in the Monklands area of Lanarkshire.... |
34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 100 | 53 | 47 | 47 |
| 4 | St Bernard's St Bernard's F.C. St Bernard's F.C. were a Senior Scottish football club based in Edinburgh from 1878 to 1943.... |
34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 75 | 49 | 26 | 45 |
| 5 | Cowdenbeath Cowdenbeath F.C. Cowdenbeath Football Club are a professional Scottish football team based in the town of Cowdenbeath, Fife. They currently play in the Second Division of the Scottish Football League. The club plays its home games at Central Park in the centre of the town which has the unusual feature of a motor... |
34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 115 | 71 | 44 | 43 |
| 6 | East Fife East Fife F.C. East Fife Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the Fife coastal town of Methil... |
34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 94 | 61 | 33 | 43 |
| 7 | Dumbarton Dumbarton F.C. Dumbarton Football Club is Scotland's 4th oldest football club – founded in 1872, just after Queen's Park , Kilmarnock and Stranraer... |
34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 85 | 66 | 19 | 39 |
| 8 | Stenhousemuir Stenhousemuir F.C. Stenhousemuir FC is a Scottish football club located in Stenhousemuir. The club is a member of the Scottish Football League and currently plays in the Scottish Second Division.... |
34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 87 | 78 | 9 | 39 |
| 9 | Dunfermline Athletic Dunfermline Athletic F.C. Dunfermline Athletic Football Club are a Scottish football team based in Dunfermline, Fife, commonly known as just Dunfermline. They currently compete in the Scottish Premier League.... |
34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 82 | 76 | 6 | 39 |
| 10 | Leith Athletic Leith Athletic F.C. Leith Athletic Football Club is a football club based in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is a member of the East of Scotland Football League. It plays most of its home games at Leith Links. The club was originally formed in 1887 and played in the Scottish Football League in four different... |
34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 71 | 56 | 15 | 37 |
| 11 | Alloa Athletic Alloa Athletic F.C. Alloa Athletic Football Club are a Scottish football team based in Alloa, Clackmannanshire. They are members of the Scottish Football League and currently play in the Third Division.... |
34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 78 | 106 | −28 | 26 |
| 12 | King's Park King's Park F.C. King's Park FC were a football club who played in the Scottish Football League before the Second World War. Based in Stirling, they joined the League in the 1921–22 season, following the reintroduction of the Second Division and were one of 11 new members for that season.-History:Their finest... |
34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 64 | 96 | −32 | 26 |
| 13 | East Stirlingshire East Stirlingshire F.C. East Stirlingshire Football Club is a Scottish football club originating in Falkirk. Founded in 1880, originally as Bainsford Britannia, the club changed to their current name a year later in 1881... |
34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 55 | 95 | −40 | 25 |
| 14 | Dundee United Dundee United F.C. Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923... |
34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 69 | 104 | −35 | 23 |
| 15 | Forfar Athletic Forfar Athletic F.C. Forfar Athletic Football Club are a Scottish semi-professional football club from the town of Forfar, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Football League and currently play in the Second Division... |
34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 67 | 100 | −33 | 22 |
| 16 | Montrose Montrose F.C. Montrose Football Club is a Scottish semi-professional football team, based in the town of Montrose, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Football League and currently play in the Third Division.- Early years :... |
34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 56 | 88 | −32 | 22 |
| 17 | Edinburgh City Edinburgh City F.C. Edinburgh City Football Club is a semi-professional senior Scottish football club, which plays in the East of Scotland Football League. The club is based at Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh. Edinburgh City was first formed in 1928 as an amateur club. It participated in the Scottish Football League... |
34 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 77 | 125 | −48 | 17 |
| 18 | Brechin City Brechin City F.C. Brechin City Football Club is a Scottish football team based in Brechin, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Football League and play in the Second Division in the 2010–11 season... |
34 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 53 | 139 | −86 | 12 |
Promoted: Raith Rovers, Albion Rovers
Scottish Cup
East FifeEast Fife F.C.
East Fife Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the Fife coastal town of Methil...
were winners of the Scottish Cup
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...
after a 4–2 extra time win in a replay against Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock F.C.
Kilmarnock Football Club is a Scottish football team based in the town of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Founded in 1869, "Killie" is the oldest club currently in the Scottish Premier League. Home matches are played at Rugby Park...
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Scotland national team
| Date | Venue | Opponents | Competition | Scotland scorer(s) | |
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| 30 October 1937 | Ninian Park Ninian Park Ninian Park was a football stadium in Leckwith, Cardiff, Wales. Until 2009, it was the home ground of Cardiff City F.C., who compete in the English Football League Championship... , Cardiff Cardiff Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for... (A) |
1–2 | BHC 1938 British Home Championship The 1938 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1937–38 season. The competition was won by England after they defeated Ireland and Wales in their opening games... |
Alex Massie | |
| 10 November 1937 | Pittodrie Stadium Pittodrie Stadium Pittodrie Stadium is an all-seated football stadium situated in the Scottish city of Aberdeen. It was first used in 1899 and from 1903 has been the home of Aberdeen Football Club... , Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of .... (H) |
1–1 | BHC 1938 British Home Championship The 1938 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1937–38 season. The competition was won by England after they defeated Ireland and Wales in their opening games... |
James Smith | |
| 8 December 1937 | Hampden Park Hampden Park Hampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland... , Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands... (H) |
5–0 | Friendly | David McCulloch(2), Andrew Black, Peter Buchanan, David Kinnear | |
| 9 April 1938 | Wembley Stadium, London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... (A) |
1–0 | BHC 1938 British Home Championship The 1938 British Home Championship was a football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1937–38 season. The competition was won by England after they defeated Ireland and Wales in their opening games... |
Thomas Walker | |
| 21 May 1938 | Olympisch Stadion Olympisch Stadion (Amsterdam) The Olympisch Stadion is a stadium built as the main stadium for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. When completed, the stadium had a capacity of 31,600. Following the completion of the rival De Kuip stadium in Rotterdam in 1937, the Amsterdam authorities decided to increase the capacity of the... , Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population... (A) |
3–1 | Friendly | Andrew Black, Francis Murphy, Thomas Walker |
Key:
- (H) = Home match
- (A) = Away match
- BHC = British Home Championship