1929–30 in Scottish football

1929–30 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Rangers
Division Two champions
Leith Athletic
Scottish Cup winners
Rangers
Junior Cup winners
Newtongrange Star
Scotland national team
1930 BHC

The 1929–30 season was the 57th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 40th season of the Scottish Football League. [1]

League competitions

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1929–30 Scottish Division One
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rangers 38 28 4 6 94 32 +62 60
2 Motherwell 38 25 5 8 104 48 +56 55
3 Aberdeen 38 23 7 8 85 61 +24 53
4 Celtic 38 22 5 11 88 46 +42 49
5 St Mirren 38 18 5 15 73 56 +17 41
6 Partick Thistle 38 16 9 13 72 61 +11 41
7 Falkirk 38 16 9 13 62 64 −2 41
8 Kilmarnock 38 15 9 14 77 73 +4 39
9 Ayr United 38 16 6 16 70 92 −22 38
10 Heart of Midlothian 38 14 9 15 69 69 0 37
11 Clyde 38 13 11 14 64 69 −5 37
12 Airdrieonians 38 16 4 18 60 66 −6 36
13 Hamilton Academical 38 14 7 17 76 81 −5 35
14 Dundee 38 14 6 18 51 58 −7 34
15 Queen's Park 38 15 4 19 67 80 −13 34
16 Cowdenbeath 38 13 7 18 64 74 −10 33
17 Hibernian 38 9 11 18 45 62 −17 29
18 Morton 38 10 7 21 67 95 −28 27
19 Dundee United 38 7 8 23 56 109 −53 22
20 St Johnstone 38 6 7 25 48 96 −48 19
Source: "1929-1930 Division 1 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Dundee United, St Johnstone

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1929–30 Scottish Division Two
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Leith Athletic 38 23 11 4 92 42 +50 57 Promotion to the 1930–31 First Division
2 East Fife 38 26 5 7 114 58 +56 57
3 Albion Rovers 38 24 6 8 101 60 +41 54
4 Third Lanark 38 23 6 9 92 53 +39 52
5 Raith Rovers 38 18 8 12 94 67 +27 44
6 King's Park 38 17 8 13 109 80 +29 42
7 Queen of the South 38 18 6 14 65 63 +2 42
8 Forfar Athletic 38 18 5 15 98 95 +3 41
9 Arbroath 38 16 7 15 83 87 −4 39
10 Dunfermline Athletic 38 16 6 16 99 85 +14 38
11 Montrose 38 14 10 14 79 87 −8 38
12 East Stirlingshire 38 16 4 18 83 75 +8 36
13 Bo'ness 38 15 4 19 67 95 −28 34
14 St Bernard's 38 13 6 19 65 65 0 32
15 Armadale 38 13 5 20 56 91 −35 31
16 Dumbarton 38 14 2 22 77 95 −18 30
17 Stenhousemuir 38 11 5 22 75 108 −33 27
18 Clydebank 38 7 10 21 66 92 −26 24
19 Alloa Athletic 38 9 6 23 55 104 −49 24
20 Brechin City 38 7 4 27 57 125 −68 18
Source: [citation needed]

Promoted: Leith Athletic, East Fife

Other honours

National

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Cup Rangers 2 – 1[a] Partick Thistle
Scottish Qualifying Cup Bathgate 1 – 0 St Cuthbert Wanderers
Scottish Junior Cup Newtongrange Star 3 – 0 Hall Russell
Scottish Amateur Cup Murrayfield Amateurs 2 – 0[a] Gourock HFSP
Queen's Park Shield Aberdeen University

County

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Aberdeen 7 – 5[b] Fraserburgh
Ayrshire Cup Kilmarnock 3 – 1 Beith
Dumbartonshire Cup Dumbarton 6 – 2 Clydebank
East of Scotland Shield Hearts 1 – 1[c] Hibernian
Fife Cup Raith Rovers 3 – 2 East Fife
Forfarshire Cup Dundee United 2 – 1 Montrose
Glasgow Cup Rangers 4–0[d] Celtic
Lanarkshire Cup Motherwell 1 – 0 Albion Rovers
North of Scotland Cup Ross County 2 – 0 Elgin City
Perthshire Cup St Johnstone 7 – 2 Killin
Renfrewshire Cup St Mirren 3 – 0 Greenock HSFP
Southern Counties Cup St Cuthbert Wanderers 4 – 1 Newton Stewart
Stirlingshire Cup Falkirk 4 – 0 Stenhousemuir

Non-league honours

Highland League

Top Three
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Huntly 22 17 1 4 65 31 +34 35
2 Elgin City 22 15 3 4 72 37 +35 33
3 Inverness Thistle 22 15 3 4 70 37 +33 33
Source: SFHA

East of Scotland League

Top Three
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Bathgate 27 22 4 1 88 29 +59 48
2 Edinburgh City 30 19 5 6 86 34 +52 43
3 Cameron Highlanders1 28 19 1 8 92 60 +32 39
Source: SFHA

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1920–39 results
Date Venue Opponents Score[2] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
26 October 1929 Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)  Wales 4–2 BHC Hughie Gallacher (2), Alex James, Jimmy Gibson
22 February 1930 Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)  Ireland 3–1 BHC Hughie Gallacher (2), George Stevenson
5 April 1930 Wembley Stadium, London (A)  England 2–5 BHC Jimmy Fleming (2)
18 May 1930 Stade de Colombes Paris (A)  France 2–0 Friendly Hughie Gallacher (2)

Key:

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

Other national teams

Scottish League XI

Date Venue Opponents[3][4] Score[e] Scotland scorer(s)
9 October 1929 Windsor Park, Belfast (A) Northern Ireland Irish League XI 4–1
2 November 1929 Ibrox, Glasgow (A) England Football League XI 2–1

Scottish national amateur team

Date Venue Opponents[5] Score[f] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
12 October 1929 Brandywell, Derry (A) Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 3–0 Friendly
8 February 1930 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Wales Wales 1–0 Friendly
15 March 1930 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) England England 1–0 Friendly

Notes

  1. ^ a b Replay needed.
  2. ^ Aggregate score over two legs.
  3. ^ Replay needed – won on corners.
  4. ^ Replay needed.
  5. ^ Scottish League XI's score is shown first.
  6. ^ Scotland amateur team's score is shown first.

References

  1. ^ "1929/30 – the Scottish Football League". Archived from the original on 10 September 2012.
  2. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.
  3. ^ "SFL XI v The Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  4. ^ "SFL XI v Irish Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  5. ^ 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.