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 v t e	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 v t e	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)	Irish League XI	4–1
2 November 1929	Ibrox, Glasgow (A)	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	3–0	Friendly
8 February 1930	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	1–0	Friendly
15 March 1930	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	1–0	Friendly

Notes

1. 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.

External links

• Scottish Football Historical Archive