1950–51 Scottish Division A

45th season of top-tier football league in Scotland Football league season

Scottish Division A
Season	1950–51
Champions	Hibernian
Relegated	Clyde Falkirk
← 1949–50 1951–52 →

The 1950–51 Scottish Division A was won by Hibernian by ten points over nearest rival Rangers. Clyde and Falkirk finished 15th and 16th respectively and were relegated to the 1951–52 Scottish Division B.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hibernian	30	22	4	4	78	26	+52	48
2	Rangers	30	17	4	9	64	37	+27	38
3	Dundee	30	15	8	7	47	30	+17	38
4	Heart of Midlothian	30	16	5	9	72	45	+27	37
5	Aberdeen	30	15	5	10	61	50	+11	35
6	Partick Thistle	30	13	7	10	57	48	+9	33
7	Celtic	30	12	5	13	48	46	+2	29
8	Raith Rovers	30	13	2	15	52	52	0	28
9	Motherwell	30	11	6	13	58	65	−7	28
10	East Fife	30	10	8	12	48	66	−18	28
11	St Mirren	30	9	7	14	35	51	−16	25
12	Morton	30	10	4	16	47	59	−12	24
13	Third Lanark	30	11	2	17	40	51	−11	24
14	Airdrieonians	30	10	4	16	52	67	−15	24
15	Clyde	30	8	7	15	37	57	−20	23
16	Falkirk	30	7	4	19	35	81	−46	18

Source: RSSSF

Results

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

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

References

Scottish Football Archive

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v t e 1950–51 in European football
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Domestic cups	Albania '50 '51 Bulgaria Cyprus England France Greece Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '50 '51 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '50 '51 Spain Sweden '50 '51 Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia '50 '51
League cups	Scotland
Super cups	Turkey '50
International competitions	Zentropa Cup

v t e 1950–51 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 Airdrieonians Celtic Clyde Dundee East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Raith Rovers St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division B	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Queen of the South Queen's Park St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion

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