# 1948–49 Scottish Division A

The 1948–49 Scottish Division A was won by Rangers by one point over nearest rival Dundee.
The league was won on the last day of the season. Dundee, being one point ahead of Rangers, would have secured the title with a win at home against Falkirk F.C., but were defeated 1-4 while Rangers won 1-4 away at Albion Rovers.
Morton and Albion Rovers finished 15th and 16th respectively and were relegated to the 1949–50 Scottish Division B.
Rangers also won both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup, the first time a club claimed the national 'treble'.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Rangers | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 63 | 32 | +31 | 46 |
| 2 | Dundee | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 71 | 48 | +23 | 45 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 75 | 52 | +23 | 39 |
| 4 | East Fife | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 64 | 46 | +18 | 35 |
| 5 | Falkirk | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 70 | 54 | +16 | 32 |
| 6 | Celtic | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 31 |
| 7 | Third Lanark | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 56 | 52 | +4 | 31 |
| 8 | Heart of Midlothian | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 64 | 54 | +10 | 30 |
| 9 | St Mirren | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 30 |
| 10 | Queen of the South | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 30 |
| 11 | Partick Thistle | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 27 |
| 12 | Motherwell | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 25 |
| 13 | Aberdeen | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 25 |
| 14 | Clyde | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 50 | 67 | −17 | 24 |
| 15 | Morton | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 22 |
| 16 | Albion Rovers | 30 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 30 | 105 | −75 | 8 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ABE | ALB | CEL | CLY | DND | EFI | FAL | HOM | HIB | MOR | MOT | PAR | QOS | RAN | STM | THI |
| Aberdeen | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Albion Rovers | 2–1 | | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–5 |
| Celtic | 3–0 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Clyde | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | | 3–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–5 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Dundee | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | | 2–5 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| East Fife | 1–4 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| Falkirk | 1–2 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | | 5–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 1–1 | 7–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | | 3–2 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 |
| Hibernian | 4–1 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 3–4 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Morton | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–3 |
| Motherwell | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Partick Thistle | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–6 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 |
| Queen of the South | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 8–2 | | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Rangers | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| St Mirren | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 1–2 |
| Third Lanark | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |