1949-50 in Scottish football

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The 1949–50 season was the 53rd season of competitive football in Scotland.

Contents 1 Scottish League Division A 2 Scottish League Division B 3 Cup honours 4 Scotland national team 5 Notes and references

[edit] Scottish League Division A

Rangers won the league with a 2–2 draw in their last match, away to Third Lanark, a game in which Rangers took a 2–0 lead before Thirds fought back to 2–2. Another goal for Third Lanark would have handed the title to Hibernian.

A few days previously, Rangers had drawn 0–0 with Hibs at Ibrox before a crowd of 101,000, the largest crowd to watch a League match in Britain since the war, a record that still stands. Had Hibs won this match they would have become champions.

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	30	22	6	2	58	26	32	50
2	Hibernian	30	22	5	3	86	34	52	49
3	Hearts	30	20	3	7	86	40	46	43
4	East Fife	30	15	7	8	58	43	15	37
5	Celtic	30	14	7	9	51	50	1	35
6	Dundee	30	12	7	11	49	46	3	31
7	Partick Thistle	30	13	3	14	55	45	10	29
8	Aberdeen	30	11	4	15	48	56	-8	26
9	Raith Rovers	30	9	8	13	45	54	-9	26
10	Motherwell	30	10	5	15	53	58	-5	25
11	St. Mirren	30	8	9	13	42	49	-7	25
12	Third Lanark	30	11	3	16	44	62	-18	25
13	Clyde	30	10	4	16	56	73	-17	24
14	Falkirk	30	7	10	13	48	72	-24	24
15	Queen of the South	30	5	6	19	31	63	-32	16
16	Stirling Albion	30	6	3	21	38	77	-39	15

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Queen Of the South, Stirling Albion

[edit] Scottish League Division B

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Greenock Morton	30	20	7	3	77	33	44	47
2	Airdrieonians	30	19	6	5	79	40	39	44
3	Dunfermline Athletic	30	16	4	10	71	57	14	36
4	St. Johnstone	30	15	6	9	64	56	8	36
5	Cowdenbeath	30	16	3	11	63	56	7	35
6	Hamilton Academical	30	14	6	10	57	44	13	34
7	Dundee United	30	14	5	11	74	56	18	33
8	Kilmarnock	30	14	5	11	50	43	7	33
9	Queen's Park	30	12	7	11	63	59	4	31
10	Forfar Athletic	30	11	8	11	53	56	-3	30
11	Albion Rovers	30	10	7	13	49	61	-12	27
12	Stenhousemuir	30	8	8	14	54	72	-18	24
13	Ayr United	30	8	6	16	53	80	-27	22
14	Arbroath	30	5	9	16	47	69	-22	19
15	Dumbarton	30	6	4	20	39	62	-23	16
16	Alloa Athletic	30	5	3	22	47	96	-49	13

Promoted: Morton, Airdrie

[edit] Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1949–50	Rangers	3 – 0	East Fife
League Cup	East Fife	3 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic
Junior Cup	Blantyre Victoria	3 – 0	Cumnock Juniors

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[1]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
October 1, 1949	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Northern Ireland	8–2	BHC	Henry Morris (3), Willie Waddell (2), Billy Steel, Lawrie Reilly, Jimmy Mason
November 9, 1949	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	2–0	BHC	John McPhail, Alec Linwood
April 15, 1950	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	0–1	BHC
April 26, 1950	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Switzerland	3–1	F	Willie Bauld, Robert Campbell, Allan Brown
May 21, 1950	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon (A)	Portugal	2–2	F	Willie Bauld, Allan Brown
May 27, 1950	Stade de Colombes, Paris (A)	France	1–0	F	Allan Brown

[edit] Notes and references

Seasons in Scottish football v • d • e
1938-39 | 1946-47 | 1947-48 | 1948-49 | 1949-50 | 1950-51 | 1951-52 | 1952-53 | 1953-54
Football in Scotland v • d • e
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National teams
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League competitions in Scottish football
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Cup Competitions in Scottish Football
Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Junior Cup Youth Cup