1921–22 in Scottish football

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1921–22 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Celtic
Division Two champions
Alloa Athletic
Scottish Cup winners
Morton
Junior Cup winners
St Roch's
Scotland national team
1922 BHC

The 1921–22 season was the 49th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 32nd season of the Scottish Football League. Division Two was reintroduced after having been abandoned due to World War I. Automatic promotion and relegation was introduced this season, as well as goal difference to divide teams who are level on points. Between next season and the 1974–75 season, goal average became the decider between teams equal on points.[1]

The Queen's Park Shield, the national championship for the four ancient universities, started this season too.[2]

League competitions

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1921–22 Scottish Division One
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic 42 27 13 2 83 20 +63 67
2 Rangers 42 28 10 4 83 26 +57 66
3 Raith Rovers 42 19 13 10 66 43 +23 51
4 Dundee 42 19 11 12 57 40 +17 49
5 Falkirk 42 16 17 9 48 38 +10 49
6 Partick Thistle 42 20 8 14 57 53 +4 48
7 Hibernian 42 16 14 12 55 44 +11 46
8 St Mirren 42 17 12 13 71 61 +10 46
9 Third Lanark 42 17 12 13 58 52 +6 46
10 Clyde 42 16 12 14 60 51 +9 44
11 Albion Rovers 42 17 10 15 55 51 +4 44
12 Morton 42 16 10 16 58 57 +1 42
13 Motherwell 42 16 7 19 63 58 +5 39
14 Ayr United 42 13 12 17 55 63 −8 38
15 Aberdeen 42 13 9 20 48 54 −6 35
16 Airdrieonians 42 12 11 19 46 56 −10 35
17 Kilmarnock 42 13 9 20 56 83 −27 35
18 Hamilton Academical 42 9 16 17 51 62 −11 34
19 Hearts 42 11 10 21 50 60 −10 32
20 Dumbarton 42 10 10 22 46 81 −35 30 Relegation to the 1922–23 Second Division
21 Queen's Park 42 9 10 23 38 82 −44 28
22 Clydebank 42 6 8 28 34 103 −69 20
Source: "1921-1922 Division 1 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Dumbarton, Queen's Park, Clydebank

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1921–22 Scottish Division Two
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Alloa Athletic (C, P) 38 26 8 4 81 32 2.531 60 Promoted to the 1922–23 Scottish Division One
2 Cowdenbeath 38 19 9 10 57 30 1.900 47
3 Armadale 38 20 5 13 64 48 1.333 45
4 Vale of Leven 38 17 10 11 54 43 1.256 44
5 Bathgate 38 16 11 11 56 41 1.366 43
6 Bo'ness 38 16 7 15 56 49 1.143 39
7 Broxburn United 38 14 11 13 43 43 1.000 39
8 Dunfermline Athletic 38 14 10 14 56 42 1.333 38
9 St Bernard's 38 15 8 15 50 49 1.020 38
10 East Fife 38 15 8 15 54 54 1.000 38
11 Stenhousemuir 38 14 10 14 50 51 0.980 38
12 Johnstone 38 14 10 14 46 59 0.780 38
13 St Johnstone 38 12 11 15 41 52 0.788 35
14 Forfar Athletic 38 11 12 15 43 51 0.843 34
15 East Stirlingshire 38 12 10 16 43 60 0.717 34
16 Arbroath 38 11 11 16 45 56 0.804 33
17 King's Park 38 10 12 16 47 65 0.723 32
18 Lochgelly United 38 11 9 18 46 54 0.852 31
19 Dundee Hibernian 38 10 8 20 47 65 0.723 28
20 Clackmannan 38 9 8 21 40 75 0.533 26
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: Alloa Athletic

Other honours

National

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Cup Morton 1 – 0 Rangers
Scottish Qualifying Cup Montrose 2 – 1[a] Nithsdale Wanderers
Scottish Junior Cup St Roch's 2 – 1[b] Kilwinning Rangers
Scottish Amateur Cup Greenock HSFP 3 – 1[b] Bo'ness
Queen's Park Shield Aberdeen University

County

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Aberdeen 5 – 0 Buckie Thistle
Ayrshire Cup Kilmarnock 5 – 2 Stevenston United
Dumbartonshire Cup Dumbarton 2 – 0 Dumbarton Harp
East of Scotland Shield Hibernian 3 – 2 St Bernard's
Fife Cup Raith Rovers 2 – 0 East Fife
Forfarshire Cup Montrose 1 – 0 Forfar Athletic
Glasgow Cup Rangers 1 – 0 Celtic
Lanarkshire Cup Airdrie 3 – 0 Albion Rovers
Linlithgowshire Cup Armadale 1 – 0 Bo'ness
North of Scotland Cup Caledonian 3 – 0 Nairn County
Perthshire Cup Vale of Atholl 2 – 0 Blairgowrie Amateurs
Renfrewshire Cup Morton 2 – 0[c] St Mirren
Southern Counties Cup Nithsdale Wanderers 2 – 0[d] Queen of the South
Stirlingshire Cup Stenhousemuir 2 – 0 Alloa Athletic

Non-league honours

Highland League

Top Three
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Clachnacuddin 14 10 3 1 29 11 +18 23
2 Buckie Thistle 14 8 3 3 26 18 +8 19
3 Inverness Citadel 14 6 3 5 30 26 +4 15
Source: SFHA

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1920–39 results
Date Venue Opponents Score[3] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
4 February 1922 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (A)  Wales 1–2 BHC Sandy Archibald
4 March 1922 Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)  Northern Ireland 2–1 BHC Andrew Wilson (2)
8 April 1922 Villa Park, Birmingham (A)  England 1–0 BHC Andrew Wilson

Scotland were winners of the 1922 British Home Championship.

Key:

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

Other national teams

Scottish League XI

Date Venue Opponents[4][5] Score[e] Scotland scorer(s)
26 October 1921 Glasgow (H) Northern Ireland Irish League XI 3–0
18 March 1922 Ibrox, Glasgow (H) England Football League XI 0–3

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Second replay needed.
  2. ^ a b Replay needed.
  3. ^ Aggregate score over two legs.
  4. ^ Replay needed.
  5. ^ Scottish League XI's score is shown first.

References

  1. ^ "1921/22 - the Scottish Football League". www.scottishfootballleague.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Society". Queen's Park Football Club. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  3. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.
  4. ^ "SFL XI v The Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  5. ^ "SFL XI v Irish Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.