1928–29 in Scottish football

The 1928–29 season was the 56th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 39th season of the Scottish Football League. [1]

Football in Scotland
Season1928–29
← 1927–28 Scotland 1929–30 →
1928–29 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Rangers
Division Two champions
Dundee United
Scottish Cup winners
Kilmarnock
Junior Cup winners
Dundee Violet
Scotland national team
1929 BHC

League competitions

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Scottish League Division One

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rangers 38 30 7 1 107 32 +75 67
2 Celtic 38 22 7 9 67 44 +23 51
3 Motherwell 38 20 10 8 85 66 +19 50
4 Heart of Midlothian 38 19 9 10 91 57 +34 47
5 Queen's Park 38 18 7 13 100 69 +31 43
6 Partick Thistle 38 17 7 14 91 70 +21 41
7 Aberdeen 38 16 8 14 81 68 +13 40
8 St Mirren 38 16 8 14 78 75 +3 40
9 St Johnstone 38 14 10 14 57 70 −13 38
10 Kilmarnock 38 14 8 16 79 74 +5 36
11 Falkirk 38 14 8 16 68 86 −18 36
12 Hamilton Academical 38 13 9 16 58 83 −25 35
13 Cowdenbeath 38 14 5 19 55 69 −14 33
14 Hibernian 38 13 6 19 54 62 −8 32
15 Airdrieonians 38 12 7 19 56 65 −9 31
16 Ayr United 38 12 7 19 65 84 −19 31
17 Clyde 38 12 6 20 47 71 −24 30
18 Dundee 38 9 11 18 59 59 0 29
19 Third Lanark 38 10 6 22 71 102 −31 26
20 Raith Rovers 38 9 6 23 52 105 −53 24
Source: [citation needed]

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Third Lanark, Raith Rovers

Scottish League Division Two

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Dundee United 36 24 3 9 99 55 +44 51 Promotion to the 1929–30 First Division
2 Morton 36 21 8 7 85 49 +36 50
3 Arbroath 36 19 9 8 90 60 +30 47
4 Albion Rovers 36 18 8 10 95 67 +28 44
5 Leith Athletic 36 18 7 11 78 56 +22 43
6 St Bernard's 36 16 9 11 77 55 +22 41
7 Forfar Athletic 35 14 10 11 69 75 −6 38
8 East Fife 35 15 6 14 88 77 +11 36
9 Queen of the South 36 16 4 16 86 79 +7 36
10 Bo'ness 35 15 5 15 62 62 0 35
11 Dunfermline Athletic 36 13 7 16 66 72 −6 33
12 East Stirlingshire 36 14 4 18 71 75 −4 32
13 Alloa Athletic 36 12 7 17 64 77 −13 31
14 Dumbarton 36 11 9 16 59 78 −19 31
15 King's Park 36 8 13 15 60 84 −24 29
16 Clydebank 36 11 5 20 70 85 −15 27
17 Arthurlie 32 9 7 16 51 73 −22 25 Resigned, fixtures stand
18 Stenhousemuir 35 9 6 20 51 90 −39 24
19 Armadale 36 8 7 21 47 99 −52 23
20 Bathgate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Resigned, fixtures expunged
Source: [citation needed]

NOTE: Arthurlie resigned – fixtures stand
Bathgate resigned – fixtures expunged

Promoted: Dundee United, Greenock Morton

Other honours

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National

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Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Cup Kilmarnock 2 – 0 Rangers
Scottish Qualifying Cup Murrayfield Amateurs 8 – 1 Thornhill
Scottish Junior Cup Dundee Violet 4 – 0 Maryhill Hibernian
Scottish Amateur Cup Murrayfield Amateurs 2 – 1 Queen's Park Victoria XI[a]
Queen's Park Shield Edinburgh University

County

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Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Aberdeen 9 – 3[b] Huntly
Ayrshire Cup Ayr United 5 – 1 Kilmarnock
Dumbartonshire Cup Clydebank 1 – 0 Dumbarton
East of Scotland Shield Hibernian 3 – 2 Hearts
Fife Cup Cowdenbeath 3 – 2[c] Raith Rovers
Forfarshire Cup Dundee United 2 – 1 Forfar Athletic
Glasgow Cup Celtic 2 – 0 Queen's Park
Lanarkshire Cup Motherwell 5 – 2[b] Albion Rovers
North of Scotland Cup Inverness Citadel 2 – 1 Nairn County
Perthshire Cup St Johnstone 4 – 0 Vale of Atholl
Renfrewshire Cup St Mirren 7 – 2[b] Morton
Southern Counties Cup Mid Annandale 2 – 0 St Cuthbert Wanderers
Stirlingshire Cup East Stirling 3 – 1 Falkirk Amateurs

Non-league honours

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Highland League

Top Three
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Inverness Thistle 22 14 4 4 54 35 +19 32
2 Elgin City 22 13 3 6 49 36 +13 29
3 Clachnacuddin 22 12 5 5 60 30 +30 29
Source: SFHA

East of Scotland League

Top Three
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Peebles Rovers 28 17 5 6 81 45 +36 39
2 Berwick Rangers 28 16 6 6 88 51 +37 38
3 Corstorpine Amateurs 27 14 4 9 89 54 +35 32
Source: SFHA

Scotland national team

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Date Venue Opponents Score[3] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
27 October 1928 Ibrox Park, Glasgow (H)   Wales 4–2[4] BHC Hughie Gallacher (3), James Dunn
23 February 1929 Windsor Park, Belfast (A)   Ireland 7–3 BHC Hughie Gallacher (4), Alex Jackson (2), Alex James
13 April 1929 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)   England 1–0 BHC Alec Cheyne
26 May 1929 Brann Stadium, Bergen (A)   Norway 7–3 Friendly Alec Cheyne (3), Jimmy Nisbet (2), Bobby Rankin, Tully Craig
1 June 1929 Grunewald Stadium, Berlin (A)   Germany 1–1 Friendly Willie Imrie
4 June 1929 Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam (A)   Netherlands 2–0 Friendly Jimmy Fleming, Bobby Rankin (pen.)

Scotland were winners of the 1928–29 British Home Championship. 1929 also saw Scotland compete against non-British teams for the first time.

Key:

  • (H) = Home match
  • (A) = Away match
  • BHC = British Home Championship

Other national teams

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Scottish League XI

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Date Venue Opponents[5][6] Score[d] Scotland scorer(s)
31 October 1928 Firhill, Glasgow (H)   Irish League XI 8–2
7 November 1928 Villa Park, Birmingham (A)   Football League XI 1–2

Scottish national amateur team

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Date Venue Opponents[7] Score[e] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
16 March 1929 Elland Road, Leeds (A)   England 1–3 Friendly

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The Victoria XI were the fourth XI of Queen's Park.[2]
  2. ^ a b c Aggregate score over two legs.
  3. ^ Replay needed.
  4. ^ Scottish League XI's score is shown first.
  5. ^ Scotland amateur team's score is shown first.

References

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  1. ^ "1928/29 - the Scottish Football League". www.scottishfootballleague.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  2. ^ "QUEEN'S PARK AND THE GREAT WAR 1914 TO 1918" (PDF). Queen's Park FC. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  3. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.
  4. ^ Hard Luck Wales (1928), match footage at British Pathé
  5. ^ "SFL XI v The Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  6. ^ "SFL XI v Irish Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  7. ^ McColl, Brian; Gorman, Douglas; Campbell, George (2017). "FORGOTTEN GLORIES: British Amateur International Football 1901–1974" (PDF). pp. 9–15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
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