1923–24 in Scottish football

1923–24 in Scottish football
1923–24 in Scottish football
Division One champions
	Rangers
Division Two champions
	St Johnstone
Division Three champions
	Arthurlie
Scottish Cup winners
	Airdrieonians
Junior Cup winners
	Parkhead
Scotland national team
	1924 BHC

The 1923–24 season was the 51st season of competitive football in Scotland and the 34th season of the Scottish Football League. A Third Division was introduced adding to Division One and Division Two. ^[1]

League competitions

Scottish League Division One

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	38	25	9	4	72	22	+50	59
2	Airdrieonians	38	20	10	8	72	46	+26	50
3	Celtic	38	17	12	9	56	33	+23	46
4	Raith Rovers	38	18	7	13	56	38	+18	43
5	Dundee	38	15	13	10	70	57	+13	43
6	St Mirren	38	15	12	11	53	45	+8	42
7	Hibernian	38	15	11	12	66	52	+14	41
8	Partick Thistle	38	15	9	14	58	55	+3	39
9	Heart of Midlothian	38	14	10	14	61	50	+11	38
10	Motherwell	38	15	7	16	58	63	−5	37
11	Morton	38	16	5	17	48	54	−6	37
12	Hamilton Academical	38	15	6	17	52	57	−5	36
13	Aberdeen	38	13	10	15	37	41	−4	36
14	Ayr United	38	12	10	16	38	60	−22	34
15	Falkirk	38	13	6	19	46	53	−7	32
16	Kilmarnock	38	12	8	18	48	65	−17	32
17	Queen's Park	38	11	9	18	43	60	−17	31
18	Third Lanark	38	11	8	19	54	78	−24	30
19	Clyde	38	10	9	19	40	70	−30	29
20	Clydebank	38	10	5	23	42	71	−29	25

Source: "1923-1924 Division 1 - SPFL Archive". SPFL (in Malay). Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Clyde, Clydebank

Scottish League Division Two

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	St Johnstone	38	22	12	4	79	31	+48	56	Promotion to the 1924–25 Division One
2	Cowdenbeath	38	23	9	6	78	33	+45	55	Promotion to the 1924–25 Division One
3	Bathgate	38	16	12	10	58	49	+9	44
4	Stenhousemuir	38	16	11	11	58	45	+13	43
5	Albion Rovers	38	15	12	11	67	53	+14	42
6	King's Park	38	16	10	12	67	57	+10	42
7	Dunfermline Athletic	38	14	11	13	52	46	+6	39
8	Johnstone	38	16	7	15	60	56	+4	39
9	Dundee United	38	12	15	11	41	41	0	39
10	Dumbarton	38	17	5	16	55	56	−1	39
11	Armadale	38	16	6	16	56	63	−7	38
12	East Fife	38	14	9	15	54	47	+7	37
13	Bo'ness	38	13	11	14	45	53	−8	37
14	Forfar Athletic	38	14	7	17	42	67	−25	35
15	Broxburn United	38	13	8	17	50	56	−6	34
16	Alloa Athletic	38	14	6	18	44	53	−9	34
17	Arbroath	38	12	8	18	49	51	−2	32
18	St Bernard's	38	11	10	17	49	54	−5	32
19	Vale of Leven	38	11	9	18	41	67	−26	31	Relegated to the 1924–25 Division Three
20	Lochgelly United	38	4	4	30	21	86	−65	12	Relegated to the 1924–25 Division Three

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Promoted: St. Johnstone, Cowdenbeath
Relegated: Vale of Leven, Lochgelly United

Scottish League Division Three

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Arthurlie (C, P)	30	21	5	4	59	24	2.458	47	Promoted to the 1924–25 Scottish Division Two
2	East Stirlingshire (P)	30	17	8	5	63	36	1.750	42	Promoted to the 1924–25 Scottish Division Two
3	Queen of the South	30	14	10	6	64	31	2.065	38
4	Montrose	30	15	6	9	60	48	1.250	36
5	Dykehead	30	16	1	13	55	41	1.341	33
6	Nithsdale Wanderers	30	13	7	10	42	35	1.200	33
7	Beith	30	14	4	12	49	41	1.195	32
8	Mid-Annandale	30	13	5	12	59	48	1.229	31
9	Royal Albert	30	12	4	14	44	53	0.830	28
10	Dumbarton Harp	30	10	8	12	40	51	0.784	28
11	Solway Star	30	9	9	12	42	48	0.875	27
12	Clackmannan	30	10	7	13	37	54	0.685	27
13	Galston	30	11	3	16	53	70	0.757	25
14	Peebles Rovers	30	7	8	15	43	56	0.768	22
15	Helensburgh	30	5	7	18	46	72	0.639	17
16	Brechin City	30	4	6	20	28	76	0.368	14

Source: statto.com
Rules for classification: Teams are ranked by points then goal average. Points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Promoted: Arthurlie, East Stirlingshire

Other honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup	Airdrieonians	2 – 0	Hibernian
Scottish Qualifying Cup	Queen of the South	3 – 0^[a]	Dykehead
Scottish Junior Cup	Parkhead	3 – 1^[a]	Baillieston
Scottish Amateur Cup	Moorpark Amateurs	1 – 0	Greenock HSFP
Queen's Park Shield	Glasgow University

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Aberdeen	6 – 0	Keith
Ayrshire Cup	Beith	1 – 0	Galston
Dumbartonshire Cup	Clydebank	3 – 2	Dumbarton Harp
East of Scotland Shield	Hibernian	2 – 1^[a]	Hearts
Fife Cup	Cowdenbeath	3 – 1^[a]	Raith Rovers
Forfarshire Cup	Arbroath	3 – 0	Forfar Athletic
Glasgow Cup	Rangers	3 – 1	Third Lanark
Lanarkshire Cup	Hamilton	3 – 0	Royal Albert
Linlithgowshire Cup	Broxburn	1 – 0	Armadale
North of Scotland Cup	Elgin City	3 – 2	Inverness Thistle
Perthshire Cup	Blairgowrie	3 – 1	Vale of Atholl
Renfrewshire Cup	St Mirren	6 – 1^[b]	Arthurlie
Southern Counties Cup	Queen of the South	5 – 2	Stranraer
Stirlingshire Cup	East Stirling	1 – 0	Alloa Athletic

Non-league honours

Highland League

Top Three
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Clachnacuddin	16	12	2	2	32	10	+22	26
2	Buckie Thistle	16	9	3	4	36	30	+6	21
3	Elgin City	16	8	4	4	28	20	+8	20

Source: SFHA

East of Scotland League

Top Three
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coldstream	12	7	3	2	28	15	+13	17
2	Berwick Rangers	12	6	4	2	25	12	+13	16
3	Gala Fairydean	12	6	1	5	25	19	+6	13

Source: SFHA

Scotland national team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[2]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
16 February 1924	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	0–2	BHC
1 March 1924	Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)	Ireland	2–0	BHC	Andrew Cunningham, David Morris
12 April 1924	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	1–1	BHC	William Cowan

Key:

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

Other national teams

Scottish League XI

Date	Venue	Opponents^[3]^[4]	Score^[c]	Scotland scorer(s)
31 October 1923	The Oval, Belfast (A)	Irish League XI	1–0
15 March 1924	Ibrox, Glasgow (H)	Football League XI	1–1

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Replay needed.
^ Play off needed.
^ Scottish League XI's score is shown first.

References

^ "1923/24 – the Scottish Football League". Archived from the original on 10 September 2012.
^ Scotland's score is shown first.
^ "SFL XI v The Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
^ "SFL XI v Irish Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

[replay-2] Replay needed.

[3] Play off needed.

[7] Scottish League XI's score is shown first.

[1] "1923/24 – the Scottish Football League". Archived from the original on 10 September 2012.

[Scotland_score-4] Scotland's score is shown first.

[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.

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Division Three Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Ayr United Celtic Clyde Clydebank Dundee Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen's Park Raith Rovers Rangers St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Armadale Bathgate Bo'ness Broxburn United Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Forfar Athletic Johnstone King's Park Lochgelly United St Bernard's St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Vale of Leven