1931–32 in Scottish football

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Football in Scotland
Season1931–32
Men's football
Scottish Division OneMotherwell
Scottish Division TwoEast Stirlingshire
Junior Cup winnersGlasgow Perthshire
Scotland national team1932 BHC
Scottish CupRangers
← 1930–31 Scotland 1932–33 →

The 1931–32 season was the 59th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 42nd season of the Scottish Football League. [1]

Scottish League Division One[]

Main article: 1931–32 Scottish Division One
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Motherwell 38 30 6 2 119 31 +88 66
2 Rangers 38 28 5 5 118 42 +76 61
3 Celtic 38 20 8 10 94 50 +44 48
4 Third Lanark 38 21 4 13 92 81 +11 46
5 St Mirren 38 20 4 14 77 56 +21 44
6 Partick Thistle 38 19 4 15 58 59 −1 42
7 Aberdeen 38 16 9 13 57 49 +8 41
8 Heart of Midlothian 38 17 5 16 63 61 +2 39
9 Kilmarnock 38 16 7 15 68 70 −2 39
10 Hamilton Academical 38 16 6 16 84 65 +19 38
11 Dundee 38 14 10 14 61 72 −11 38
12 Cowdenbeath 38 15 8 15 66 78 −12 38
13 Clyde 38 13 9 16 58 70 −12 35
14 Airdrieonians 38 13 6 19 74 81 −7 32
15 Morton 38 12 7 19 78 87 −9 31
16 Queen's Park 38 13 5 20 59 79 −20 31
17 Ayr United 38 11 7 20 70 90 −20 29
18 Falkirk 38 11 5 22 70 76 −6 27
19 Dundee United 38 6 7 25 40 118 −78 19
20 Leith Athletic 38 6 4 28 46 137 −91 16
Source:[citation needed]

Champions: Motherwell
Relegated: Dundee United, Leith Athletic

Scottish League Division Two[]

Main article: 1931–32 Scottish Division Two
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion or relegation
1 East Stirlingshire (C, P) 38 26 3 9 111 55 2.018 55 Promotion to 1932–33 Scottish First Division
2 St Johnstone (P) 38 24 7 7 102 52 1.962 55
3 Raith Rovers 38 20 6 12 83 65 1.277 46
4 Stenhousemuir 38 19 8 11 88 76 1.158 46
5 St Bernard's 38 19 7 12 81 62 1.306 45
6 Forfar Athletic 38 19 7 12 90 79 1.139 45
7 Hibernian 38 18 8 12 73 52 1.404 44
8 East Fife 38 18 5 15 107 77 1.390 41
9 Queen of the South 38 18 5 15 99 91 1.088 41
10 Dunfermline Athletic 38 17 6 15 78 73 1.068 40
11 Arbroath 38 17 5 16 82 78 1.051 39
12 Dumbarton 38 14 10 14 70 60 1.167 38
13 Alloa Athletic 38 14 7 17 73 74 0.986 35
14 Bo'ness 38 15 4 19 70 103 0.680 34
15 King's Park 38 14 5 19 97 93 1.043 33
16 Albion Rovers 38 13 2 23 81 104 0.779 28
17 Montrose 38 11 6 21 60 96 0.625 28
18 Armadale 38 10 5 23 68 102 0.667 25
19 Brechin City 38 9 7 22 52 97 0.536 25
20 Edinburgh City 38 5 7 26 78 146 0.534 17
Source: statto.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted

Promoted: East Stirlingshire, St. Johnstone

Scottish Cup[]

Main article: 1931–32 Scottish Cup

Rangers were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 3–0 replay win over Kilmarnock.

Other Honours[]

National[]

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup - North Inverness Citadel 4 – 1
Scottish Qualifying Cup - South Beith 6 – 1 Dalbeattie Star

County[]

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Aberdeen 11 – 3 * Huntly
Dumbartonshire Cup Dumbarton 8 – 3 *
East of Scotland Shield Hearts 5 – 1 St Bernard's
Fife Cup East Fife 3 – 1 Cowdenbeath
Forfarshire Cup Montrose 1 – 0 Dundee United
Glasgow Cup Rangers 3 – 0 Queens Park
Lanarkshire Cup Motherwell 5 – 4 * Airdrie
Perthshire Cup St Johnstone 9 – 0
Renfrewshire Cup St Mirren 5 – 2 * Morton
Southern Counties Cup Stranraer
Stirlingshire Cup East Stirling 4 – 2 Stenhousemuir

* - aggregate over two legs

Highland League[]

Top Three
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Elgin City 26 16 6 4 71 25 +46 38
2 Keith 26 17 3 6 92 53 +39 37
3 Inverness Citadel 26 15 6 5 59 39 +20 36
Source:[citation needed]

Junior Cup[]

Glasgow Perthshire were winners of the Junior Cup after a 2–1 win over Kirkintilloch Rob Roy in the final.

Scotland national team[]

Main article: Scotland national football team 1920–39 results
Date Venue Opponents Score[2] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
19 September 1931 Ibrox Park, Glasgow (H)  Ireland 3–1 BHC George Stevenson, Jimmy McGrory, Bob McPhail
31 October 1931 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (A)  Wales 3–2 BHC George Stevenson, Robert Thomson, Jimmy McGrory
9 April 1932 Wembley Stadium, London (A)  England 0–3 BHC
8 May 1932 Stade de Colombes Paris (A)  France 3–1 Friendly Neil Dewar (3)

Key:

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

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.

External links[]

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