1936–37 in Scottish football

1936–37 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Rangers
Division Two champions
Ayr United
Scottish Cup winners
Celtic
Junior Cup winners
Arthurlie
Scotland national team
1937 BHC

The 1936–37 season was the 64th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 47th season of the Scottish Football League.

Scottish League Division One[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	38	26	9	3	88	32	+56	61
2	Aberdeen	38	23	8	7	89	44	+45	54
3	Celtic	38	22	8	8	89	58	+31	52
4	Motherwell	38	22	7	9	96	54	+42	51
5	Heart of Midlothian	38	24	3	11	99	60	+39	51
6	Third Lanark	38	20	6	12	79	61	+18	46
7	Falkirk	38	19	6	13	98	66	+32	44
8	Hamilton Academical	38	18	5	15	91	96	−5	41
9	Dundee	38	12	15	11	58	69	−11	39
10	Clyde	38	16	6	16	59	70	−11	38
11	Kilmarnock	38	14	9	15	60	70	−10	37
12	St Johnstone	38	14	8	16	74	68	+6	36
13	Partick Thistle	38	11	12	15	73	68	+5	34
14	Arbroath	38	13	5	20	57	84	−27	31
15	Queen's Park	38	9	12	17	51	77	−26	30
16	St Mirren	38	11	7	20	68	81	−13	29
17	Hibernian	38	6	13	19	54	83	−29	25
18	Queen of the South	38	8	8	22	49	95	−46	24
19	Dunfermline Athletic	38	5	11	22	65	98	−33	21
20	Albion Rovers	38	5	6	27	53	116	−63	16

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Dunfermline Athletic, Albion Rovers

Scottish League Division Two[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ayr United	34	25	4	5	122	49	+73	54	Promotion to the 1937–38 First Division
2	Morton	34	23	5	6	110	42	+68	51
3	St Bernard's	34	22	4	8	100	51	+49	48
4	Airdrieonians	34	18	8	8	85	60	+25	44
5	East Fife	34	15	8	11	76	51	+25	38
6	Cowdenbeath	34	14	10	10	75	59	+16	38
7	East Stirlingshire	34	18	2	14	81	78	+3	38
8	Raith Rovers	34	16	4	14	72	66	+6	36
9	Alloa Athletic	34	13	7	14	64	65	−1	33
10	Stenhousemuir	34	14	4	16	82	86	−4	32
11	Leith Athletic	34	13	5	16	62	65	−3	31
12	Forfar Athletic	34	11	8	15	73	89	−16	30
13	Montrose	34	11	6	17	65	98	−33	28
14	Dundee United	34	9	9	16	72	97	−25	27
15	Dumbarton	34	11	5	18	57	83	−26	27
16	Brechin City	34	8	9	17	64	98	−34	25
17	King's Park	34	11	3	20	61	106	−45	25
18	Edinburgh City	34	2	3	29	42	120	−78	7

Promoted: Ayr United, Greenock Morton

Scottish Cup[]

Celtic were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 2–1 final win over Aberdeen.

Other Honours[]

National[]

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup – North		4 – 2[1]	Keith
Scottish Qualifying Cup – South	Duns	2–1	Galston

County[]

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Buckie Thistle	7 – 2 *	Aberdeen University
Dumbartonshire Cup	Dumbarton	2–0
East of Scotland Shield	Hearts	6–2	Hibernian
Fife Cup	East Fife	1–0	Dunfermline Athletic
Forfarshire Cup	Arbroath	3 – 1 #	Brechin City
Glasgow Cup	Rangers	6 – 1 #	Partick Thistle
Lanarkshire Cup	Motherwell	6 – 1 *	Airdrie
Perthshire Cup		4 – 1 *	Blairgowrie
Renfrewshire Cup	Morton	1–0	St Mirren
Southern Counties Cup	Stranraer	2–1	St Cuthbert Wanderers
Stirlingshire Cup	Stenhousemuir	6 – 4 *	Alloa Athletic

• * – aggregate over two legs
• # – replay

Highland League[]

Top Three

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Buckie Thistle	22	16	3	3	65	30	+35	35
2	Peterhead	22	12	4	6	69	44	+25	28
3	Elgin City	22	11	5	6	78	47	+31	27

Junior Cup[]

Arthurlie were winners of the Junior Cup after a 5–1 win over Kirkintilloch Rob Roy in the final.

Scotland national team[]

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[2]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
14 October 1936	Ibrox Park, Glasgow (H)	Germany	2–0	Friendly	Jimmy Delaney (2)
31 October 1936	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Ireland	3–1	BHC	Charles Napier, Alex Munro, David McCulloch
2 December 1936	Dens Park, Dundee (H)	Wales	1–2	BHC	Tommy Walker
17 April 1937	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	3–1	BHC	Bob McPhail (2), Frank O'Donnell
9 May 1937	Prater Stadium, Vienna (A)	Austria	1–1	Friendly	Frank O'Donnell
22 May 1937	Stadion Sparta-Letna, Prague (A)	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Friendly	James Simpson, Bob McPhail, Torry Gillick

Key:

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

Notes and references[]

External links[]

• Scottish Football Historical Archive