# 1938–39 Scottish Division One

The 1938–39 Scottish Division One was the last season of competitive football in Scotland before World War II. The league championship was won by Rangers by eleven points over nearest rival Celtic.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Rangers | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 112 | 55 | +57 | 59 |
| 2 | Celtic | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 99 | 53 | +46 | 48 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 91 | 61 | +30 | 46 |
| 4 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 98 | 70 | +28 | 45 |
| 5 | Falkirk | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 73 | 63 | +10 | 45 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 70 | 64 | +6 | 43 |
| 7 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 67 | 71 | −4 | 41 |
| 8 | St Johnstone | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 85 | 83 | +2 | 40 |
| 9 | Clyde | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 78 | 70 | +8 | 39 |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 73 | 86 | −13 | 39 |
| 11 | Partick Thistle | 38 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 74 | 87 | −13 | 38 |
| 12 | Motherwell | 38 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 82 | 86 | −4 | 37 |
| 13 | Hibernian | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 68 | 69 | −1 | 35 |
| 14 | Ayr United | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 76 | 83 | −7 | 35 |
| 15 | Third Lanark | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 80 | 96 | −16 | 32 |
| 16 | Albion Rovers | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 65 | 90 | −25 | 30 |
| 17 | Arbroath | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 54 | 75 | −21 | 30 |
| 18 | St Mirren | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 57 | 80 | −23 | 29 |
| 19 | Queen's Park | 38 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 57 | 83 | −26 | 27 |
| 20 | Raith Rovers | 38 | 10 | 2 | 26 | 65 | 99 | −34 | 22 |
* 1 2 3 4 Team remained in Division One for the abandoned 1939–40 season, but was not included in Division A when the official competitions resumed in 1946–47.
* ↑ Team was relegated to Division Two for the abandoned 1939–40 season, but were included in Division A when the official competitions resumed in 1946–47.
* ↑ Team relegated to Division Two in 1939–40 and was also in Division B in 1946–47.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ABE | ALB | ARB | AYR | CEL | CLY | FAL | HAM | HOM | HIB | KIL | MOT | PAR | QOS | QPA | RAI | RAN | STJ | STM | THI |
| Aberdeen | | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 6–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 6–1 |
| Albion Rovers | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–8 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–7 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–4 |
| Arbroath | 0–2 | 3–2 | | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–5 |
| Ayr United | 3–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | | 1–4 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 |
| Celtic | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 5–4 | 9–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 6–1 |
| Clyde | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | | 2–4 | 4–3 | 2–6 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Falkirk | 1–3 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Hamilton Academical | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 2–3 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 8–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 8–2 | 5–2 | 4–2 |
| Hibernian | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 |
| Kilmarnock | 0–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 |
| Motherwell | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 5–2 | | 4–3 | 8–5 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–5 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 |
| Partick Thistle | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 4–2 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| Queen of the South | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Queen's Park | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–4 |
| Raith Rovers | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 4–5 | | 0–2 | 5–6 | 1–3 | 2–2 |
| Rangers | 5–2 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 4–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 |
| St Johnstone | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 6–3 | 0–2 | 1–7 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | | 6–2 | 4–0 |
| St Mirren | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 4–0 | | 3–2 |
| Third Lanark | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–3 | |