1948–49 Scottish Division A

(Redirected from 1948–49 Scottish First Division) 43rd season of top-tier football league in Scotland Football league season

Scottish Division A
Season	1948–49
Champions	Rangers
Relegated	Morton Albion Rovers
← 1947–48 1949–50 →

The 1948–49 Scottish Division A was won by Rangers by one point over nearest rival Dundee.

The league was won on the last day of the season. Dundee, being one point ahead of Rangers, would have secured the title with a win at home against Hearts, but were defeated 1-2 while Rangers won 1-4 away at Albion Rovers.

Morton and Albion Rovers finished 15th and 16th respectively and were relegated to the 1949–50 Scottish Division B.

Rangers also won both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup, the first time a club claimed the national 'treble'.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	30	20	6	4	63	32	+31	46
2	Dundee	30	20	5	5	71	48	+23	45
3	Hibernian	30	17	5	8	75	52	+23	39
4	East Fife	30	16	3	11	64	46	+18	35
5	Falkirk	30	12	8	10	70	54	+16	32
6	Celtic	30	12	7	11	48	40	+8	31
7	Third Lanark	30	13	5	12	56	52	+4	31
8	Heart of Midlothian	30	12	6	12	64	54	+10	30
9	St Mirren	30	13	4	13	51	47	+4	30
10	Queen of the South	30	11	8	11	47	53	−6	30
11	Partick Thistle	30	9	9	12	50	63	−13	27
12	Motherwell	30	10	5	15	44	49	−5	25
13	Aberdeen	30	7	11	12	39	48	−9	25
14	Clyde	30	9	6	15	50	67	−17	24
15	Morton	30	7	8	15	39	51	−12	22
16	Albion Rovers	30	3	2	25	30	105	−75	8

Source: RSSSF

Results

Home \ Away	ABE	ALB	CEL	CLY	DND	EFI	FAL	HOM	HIB	MOR	MOT	PAR	QOS	RAN	STM	THI
Aberdeen		4–0	1–0	4–4	1–3	3–1	1–4	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	4–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	2–2
Albion Rovers	2–1		3–3	1–2	0–6	0–3	2–0	1–5	0–3	2–1	1–3	2–3	1–3	1–4	1–2	1–5
Celtic	3–0	3–0		2–1	0–1	0–1	4–4	2–0	1–2	0–0	3–2	3–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–2
Clyde	0–0	1–0	0–4		3–3	2–4	3–3	3–3	3–5	0–3	1–0	0–1	4–0	1–3	4–1	2–0
Dundee	3–0	5–0	3–2	3–1		2–5	3–1	2–1	4–3	3–1	2–1	4–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–1
East Fife	1–4	5–1	3–2	1–2	3–0		1–1	5–1	2–3	3–1	0–1	2–0	4–0	1–2	3–1	4–0
Falkirk	1–2	7–1	1–1	3–2	4–1	1–2		5–3	1–1	5–1	3–0	1–3	3–2	2–2	2–1	5–1
Heart of Midlothian	1–1	7–1	1–2	3–0	0–1	4–0	3–1		3–2	2–4	5–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–3	3–2
Hibernian	4–1	4–4	1–2	3–0	2–1	5–2	2–0	3–1		3–4	5–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0
Morton	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	0–1	0–2	2–3		1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–4	3–3
Motherwell	1–1	5–1	0–1	2–3	0–2	1–2	0–3	3–0	5–1	1–0		3–1	2–3	1–1	4–1	1–0
Partick Thistle	0–0	3–0	1–2	3–2	4–4	0–0	3–3	1–1	2–6	1–0	1–1		1–1	1–1	3–0	1–3
Queen of the South	0–0	4–0	1–0	4–1	0–1	0–3	0–0	1–4	1–1	2–1	2–1	8–2		0–2	3–2	2–1
Rangers	1–1	3–1	4–0	4–1	1–1	3–1	4–3	2–1	2–4	4–0	2–0	2–2	3–0		2–1	2–1
St Mirren	3–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	6–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	4–2	1–1	0–2		1–2
Third Lanark	1–0	4–1	3–2	0–1	2–3	2–2	3–2	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–3	1–2	6–1	2–1	3–1

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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v t e 1948–49 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Division A Division B Division C Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
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

v t e 1948–49 in European football
Domestic leagues	Albania '48 '49 Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '48 '49 Finland '48 '49 France Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '48 '49 Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '48 '49 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '48 '49 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (Football Championship '49) Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '48 '49 Austria Bulgaria '48 '49 Cyprus England France Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany '49 Greece Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '48 '49 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '48 '49 Spain Sweden '48 '49 Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
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