1927–28 in Scottish football

Football in Scotland
Season1927–28
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1927–28 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Rangers
Division Two champions
Ayr United
Scottish Cup winners
Rangers
Junior Cup winners
Maryhill Hibs
Scotland national team
1928 BHC

The 1927–28 season was the 55th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 38th season of the Scottish Football League. [1]

League competitions

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1927–28 Scottish Division One
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rangers 38 26 8 4 109 36 +73 60
2 Celtic 38 23 9 6 93 39 +54 55
3 Motherwell 38 23 9 6 92 46 +46 55
4 Heart of Midlothian 38 20 7 11 89 50 +39 47
5 St Mirren 38 18 8 12 77 76 +1 44
6 Partick Thistle 38 18 7 13 85 67 +18 43
7 Aberdeen 38 19 5 14 71 61 +10 43
8 Kilmarnock 38 15 10 13 68 78 −10 40
9 Cowdenbeath 38 16 7 15 66 68 −2 39
10 Falkirk 38 16 5 17 76 69 +7 37
11 St Johnstone 38 14 8 16 66 67 −1 36
12 Hibernian 38 13 9 16 73 75 −2 35
13 Airdrieonians 38 12 11 15 59 69 −10 35
14 Dundee 38 14 7 17 65 80 −15 35
15 Clyde 38 10 11 17 46 72 −26 31
16 Queen's Park 38 12 6 20 69 80 −11 30
17 Raith Rovers 38 11 7 20 60 89 −29 29
18 Hamilton Academical 38 11 6 21 67 86 −19 28
19 Bo'ness 38 9 8 21 48 86 −38 26
20 Dunfermline Athletic 38 4 4 30 41 126 −85 12
Source: "1927-1928 Division 1 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Boness United, Dunfermline Athletic

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1927–28 Scottish Division Two
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Ayr United (P) 38 24 6 8 117 60 +57 54 Promotion to the 1928–29 First Division
2 Third Lanark (P) 38 18 9 11 101 66 +35 45
3 King's Park 38 16 12 10 84 68 +16 44
4 East Fife 38 18 7 13 87 73 +14 43
5 Forfar Athletic 38 18 7 13 83 73 +10 43
6 Dundee United 38 17 9 12 81 73 +8 43
7 Arthurlie 38 18 4 16 85 90 −5 40
8 Albion Rovers 38 17 4 17 79 69 +10 38
9 East Stirlingshire 38 14 10 14 84 76 +8 38
10 Arbroath 38 16 4 18 84 86 −2 36
11 Dumbarton 38 16 4 18 66 72 −6 36
12 Queen of the South 38 15 6 17 92 106 −14 36
13 Leith Athletic 38 13 9 16 76 71 +5 35
14 Clydebank 38 16 3 19 78 80 −2 35
15 Alloa Athletic 38 12 11 15 72 76 −4 35
16 Stenhousemuir 38 15 5 18 75 82 −7 35
17 St Bernard's 38 15 5 18 75 103 −28 35
18 Morton 38 13 8 17 65 82 −17 34
19 Bathgate 38 10 11 17 62 81 −19 31
20 Armadale 38 8 8 22 53 112 −59 24
Source: [citation needed]
(P) Promoted

Promoted: Ayr United, Third Lanark

Other honours

National

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Cup Rangers 4 – 0 Celtic
Scottish Qualifying Cup Beith 3 – 1 Forres Mechanics
Scottish Junior Cup Maryhill Hibernian 6 – 2 Burnbank Athletic
Scottish Amateur Cup Queen's Park Victoria XI[a] 6 – 1 Anchor Line
Queen's Park Shield Aberdeen University

County

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Aberdeen 8 – 3[b] Fraserburgh
Ayrshire Cup Kilmarnock v Beith
Dumbartonshire Cup Clydebank 4 – 2[c] Dumbarton
East of Scotland Shield Hibernian 2 – 1[c] Hearts
Fife Cup Cowdenbeath 2 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic
Glasgow Cup Celtic 2 – 1 Rangers
Lanarkshire Cup Motherwell 4 – 1 Airdrie
North of Scotland Cup Caledonian 2 – 1[d] Inverness Thistle
Perthshire Cup St Johnstone 3 – 0 Vale of Atholl
Southern Counties Cup Nithsdale Wanderers 8 – 0 Newton Stewart
Stirlingshire Cup East Stirling 1 – 0 Bo'ness

Non-league honours

Highland League

Top Three
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Buckie Thistle 18 12 4 2 49 21 +28 28
2 Clachnacuddin 18 12 2 4 40 28 +12 26
3 Forres Mechanics 18 12 1 5 65 30 +35 25
Source: SFHA

East of Scotland League

Top Three
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Berwick Rangers 14 13 1 0 54 12 +42 27
2 Civil Service Strollers 14 7 4 3 30 21 +9 18
3 Leith Amateurs 14 8 1 5 38 27 +11 17
Source: SFHA

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1920–39 results
Date Venue Opponents Score[3] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
29 October 1927 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (A)  Wales 2–2 BHC Hugh Gallacher, John Hutton (pen.)
25 February 1928 Firhill, Glasgow (H)  Ireland 0–1 BHC
31 March 1928 Wembley, London (A)  England 5–1 BHC Alex Jackson (3), Alex James (2)

Key:

Other national teams

Scottish League XI

Date Venue Opponents[4][5] Score[e] Scotland scorer(s)
12 October 1927 Windsor Park, Belfast (A) Northern Ireland Irish League XI 2–1
10 March 1928 Ibrox, Glasgow (H) England Football League XI 2–6

Scottish national amateur team

Date Venue Opponents[6] Score[f] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
28 April 1928 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) England England 3–2 Friendly

Notes

  1. ^ The Victoria XI were the fourth XI of Queen's Park.[2]
  2. ^ Aggregate over two legs.
  3. ^ a b Replay needed.
  4. ^ Second replay needed.
  5. ^ Scottish League XI's score is shown first.
  6. ^ Scotland amateur team's score is shown first.

References

  1. ^ "1927/28 – the Scottish Football League". Archived from the original on 10 September 2012.
  2. ^ "QUEEN'S PARK AND THE GREAT WAR 1914 TO 1918" (PDF). Queen's Park FC. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  3. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.
  4. ^ "SFL XI v The Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  5. ^ "SFL XI v Irish Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  6. ^ 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.