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]

Scottish League Division One[]

Pos	Team v t	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

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Dundee United, St Johnstone

Scottish League Division Two[]

Pos	Team v t	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

Promoted: Leith Athletic, East Fife

Scottish Cup[]

Division One champions Rangers were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 2–1 replay win over Partick Thistle.

Other Honours[]

National[]

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup	Bathgate	1 – 0	St Cuthbert Wanderers

County[]

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

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

Junior Cup[]

Newtongrange Star were winners of the Junior Cup after a 3–0 win over in the final.

Scotland national team[]

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[5]	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

References[]

External links[]

• Scottish Football Historical Archive