1924–25 in Scottish football

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1924–25 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Rangers
Division Two champions
Dundee United
Division Three champions
Nithsdale Wanderers
Scottish Cup winners
Celtic
Junior Cup winners
Saltcoats Victoria
Scotland national team
1925 BHC

The 1924–25 season was the 52nd season of competitive football in Scotland and the 35th season of the Scottish Football League. [1]

League competitions

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1924–25 Scottish Division One
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rangers 38 25 10 3 76 26 +50 60
2 Airdrieonians 38 25 7 6 85 31 +54 57
3 Hibernian 38 22 8 8 78 43 +35 52
4 Celtic 38 18 8 12 77 44 +33 44
5 Cowdenbeath 38 16 10 12 76 65 +11 42
6 St Mirren 38 18 5 15 66 63 +3 41
7 Partick Thistle 38 14 10 14 60 61 −1 38
8 Dundee 38 14 8 16 47 54 −7 36
9 Raith Rovers 38 14 8 16 53 61 −8 36
10 Heart of Midlothian 38 12 11 15 64 68 −4 35
11 St Johnstone 38 12 11 15 57 72 −15 35
12 Kilmarnock 38 12 9 17 53 64 −11 33
13 Hamilton Academical 38 15 3 20 50 63 −13 33
14 Morton 38 12 9 17 46 69 −23 33
15 Aberdeen 38 11 10 17 46 56 −10 32
16 Falkirk 38 12 8 18 44 54 −10 32
17 Queen's Park 38 11 9 18 50 72 −22 31
18 Motherwell 38 10 10 18 54 63 −9 30
19 Ayr United 38 11 8 19 43 65 −22 30
20 Third Lanark 38 11 8 19 53 84 −31 30
Source: [citation needed]

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Ayr United, Third Lanark

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1924–25 Scottish Division Two
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Dundee United 38 20 10 8 58 44 +14 50 Promotion to the 1925–26 Division One
2 Clydebank 38 20 8 10 65 42 +23 48
3 Clyde 38 20 7 11 72 39 +33 47
4 Alloa Athletic 38 17 11 10 57 41 +16 45
5 Arbroath 38 16 10 12 47 46 +1 42
6 Bo'ness 38 16 9 13 71 48 +23 41
7 Broxburn United 38 16 9 13 48 54 −6 41
8 Dumbarton 38 15 10 13 45 44 +1 40
9 East Fife 38 17 5 16 66 58 +8 39
10 King's Park 38 15 8 15 54 46 +8 38
11 Stenhousemuir 38 15 7 16 51 58 −7 37
12 Arthurlie 38 14 8 16 56 60 −4 36
13 Dunfermline Athletic 38 14 7 17 62 57 +5 35
14 Albion Rovers 38 15 5 18 58 64 −6 35
15 Armadale 38 15 5 18 55 62 −7 35
16 Bathgate 38 12 10 16 58 74 −16 34
17 St Bernard's 38 14 4 20 52 71 −19 32
18 East Stirlingshire 38 11 8 19 58 72 −14 30
19 Johnstone 38 12 4 22 53 85 −32 28 Relegated to the 1925–26 Division Three
20 Forfar Athletic 38 10 7 21 46 67 −21 27
Source: [citation needed]

Promoted: Dundee United, Clydebank
Relegated: Johnstone, Forfar Athletic

Scottish League Division Three

Main article: 1924–25 Scottish Division Three
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Nithsdale Wanderers (C, P) 30 18 7 5 81 40 2.025 43 Promoted to the 1925–26 Scottish Division Two
2 Queen of the South (P) 30 17 6 7 67 32 2.094 40
3 Solway Star 30 15 10 5 41 28 1.464 40
4 Vale of Leven 30 17 4 9 61 43 1.419 38
5 Lochgelly United 30 15 4 11 59 41 1.439 34
6 Leith Athletic 30 13 5 12 48 42 1.143 31
7 Helensburgh 30 12 7 11 68 60 1.133 31
8 Peebles Rovers 30 12 7 11 64 57 1.123 31
9 Royal Albert 30 9 8 13 48 61 0.787 26
10 Clackmannan 30 10 6 14 35 48 0.729 26
11 Galston 30 10 6 14 39 70 0.557 26
12 Dykehead 29 7 11 11 30 47 0.638 25[a]
13 Beith 30 9 6 15 62 74 0.838 24
14 Brechin City 29 9 4 16 51 61 0.836 22[a]
15 Mid-Annandale 30 7 7 16 47 70 0.671 21
16 Montrose 30 8 4 18 39 66 0.591 20
- Dumbarton Harp 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 Resigned mid-season[b]
Source: statto.com
Rules for classification: Teams are ranked by points then goal average. Points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b A fixture between Dykehead and Brechin City was not played.
  2. ^ Dumbarton Harp resigned from the league after 17 matches and their record was expunged.

Promoted: Nithsdale Wanderers, Queen of the South

NOTE: Leith replace Dumbarton Harp who withdrew, fixtures expunged, Brechin awarded 2 pts when Dykehead failed to play return match.

Other honours

National

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Cup Celtic 2 – 1 Dundee
Scottish Qualifying Cup Royal Albert 3 – 1 Clachnacuddin
Scottish Junior Cup Saltcoats Victoria 2 – 1 St Anthony's
Scottish Amateur Cup Coldstream 2 – 0 Larbert Amateurs
Queen's Park Shield St Andrews University

County

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Aberdeen 2 – 1[a] Peterhead
Ayrshire Cup Galston 4 – 1 Kilmarnock
Dumbartonshire Cup Helensburgh 1 – 0 Dumbarton
East of Scotland Shield Hibernian 3 – 1 Leith Athletic
Fife Cup Raith Rovers 1 – 0 East Fife
Forfarshire Cup Dundee 1 – 0 Arbroath
Glasgow Cup Rangers 4 – 1 Celtic
Lanarkshire Cup Airdrie 2 – 1 Albion Rovers
Linlithgowshire Cup Bo'ness 4 – 1 Armadale
North of Scotland Cup Caledonian 2 – 1[b] Clachnacuddin
Perthshire Cup Dunkeld & Birnam 3 – 2 Breadalbane
Renfrewshire Cup St Mirren 2 – 1[a] Johnstone
Southern Counties Cup Dalbeattie Star
Stirlingshire Cup Alloa Athletic 1 – 0 East Stirling

Non-league honours

Highland League

Top Three
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Aberdeen 'A' 20 16 3 1 57 11 +46 35
2 Inverness Caledonian 20 12 3 5 41 18 +23 27
3 Elgin City 20 10 4 6 48 30 +18 24
Source: [1]

East of Scotland League

Top Three
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Vale of Leithen 12 8 3 1 49 17 +32 19
2 Civil Service Strollers 12 8 1 3 23 15 +8 17
3 Berwick Rangers 12 4 4 4 26 25 +1 12
Source: SFHA

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1920–39 results
Date Venue Opponents Score[2] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
14 February 1925 Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh (H)  Wales 3–1 BHC Hugh Gallacher (2), David Meiklejohn
28 February 1925 Windsor Park, Belfast (A)  Ireland 3–0 BHC David Meiklejohn, Hugh Gallacher, James Dunn
4 April 1925 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  England 2–0 BHC Hugh Gallacher (2)

Scotland was winner of the 1924–25 British Home Championship.

Key:

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

Other national teams

Scottish League XI

Date Venue Opponents[3][4] Score[c] Scotland scorer(s)
29 October 1924 Tynecastle, Edinburgh (H) Northern Ireland Irish League XI 3–0
14 March 1925 Goodison Park, Liverpool (A) England Football League XI 3–4

Notes

  1. ^ a b Aggregate score over two legs.
  2. ^ Third replay needed.
  3. ^ Scottish League XI's score is shown first.

References

  1. ^ "1924/25 – 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.