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The 1937–38 season was the 65th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 48th season of the Scottish Football League.

Scottish League Division One

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Celtic 38 27 7 4 114 42 +72 61
2 Heart of Midlothian 38 26 6 6 90 50 +40 58
3 Rangers 38 18 13 7 75 49 +26 49
4 Falkirk 38 19 9 10 82 52 +30 47
5 Motherwell 38 17 10 11 78 69 +9 44
6 Aberdeen 38 15 9 14 74 59 +15 39
7 Partick Thistle 38 15 9 14 68 70 −2 39
8 St Johnstone 38 16 7 15 78 81 −3 39
9 Third Lanark 38 11 13 14 68 73 −5 35
10 Hibernian 38 11 13 14 57 65 −8 35
11 Arbroath 38 11 13 14 58 79 −21 35
12 Queen's Park 38 11 12 15 59 74 −15 34
13 Hamilton Academical 38 13 7 18 81 76 +5 33
14 St Mirren 38 14 5 19 58 66 −8 33
15 Clyde 38 10 13 15 68 78 −10 33
16 Queen of the South 38 11 11 16 58 71 −13 33
17 Ayr United 38 9 15 14 66 85 −19 33
18 Kilmarnock 38 12 9 17 65 91 −26 33
19 Dundee 38 13 6 19 70 74 −4 32
20 Morton 38 6 3 29 64 127 −63 15
Source: RSSSF[dead link]

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Dundee, Morton

Scottish League Division Two

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Raith Rovers 34 27 5 2 142 54 +88 59 Promotion to the 1938–39 First Division
2 Albion Rovers 34 20 8 6 97 50 +47 48
3 Airdrieonians 34 21 5 8 100 53 +47 47
4 St Bernard's 34 20 5 9 75 49 +26 45
5 Cowdenbeath 34 17 9 8 115 71 +44 43
6 East Fife 34 19 5 10 94 61 +33 43
7 Dumbarton 34 17 5 12 85 66 +19 39
8 Stenhousemuir 34 17 5 12 87 78 +9 39
9 Dunfermline Athletic 34 17 5 12 82 76 +6 39
10 Leith Athletic 34 16 5 13 71 56 +15 37
11 Alloa Athletic 34 11 4 19 78 106 −28 26
12 King's Park 34 11 4 19 64 96 −32 26
13 East Stirlingshire 34 9 7 18 55 95 −40 25
14 Dundee United 34 9 5 20 69 104 −35 23
15 Forfar Athletic 34 8 6 20 67 100 −33 22
16 Montrose 34 7 8 19 56 88 −32 22
17 Edinburgh City 34 7 3 24 77 125 −48 17
18 Brechin City 34 5 2 27 53 139 −86 12
Source: "1937-1938 Division 2 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Promoted: Raith Rovers, Albion Rovers

Scottish Cup

East Fife were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 4–2 extra time win in a replay against Kilmarnock.

Other honours

National

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup – North Elgin City 6–2 Blairgowrie
Scottish Qualifying Cup – South Stranraer 5–3 Bo'ness

County

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Fraserburgh 4–3 * Peterhead
Ayrshire Cup Ayr United 7–1 Beith
East of Scotland Shield Hibernian 4–0 Hearts
Forfarshire Cup Dundee 3–0 Dundee United
Glasgow Cup Rangers 2–1 Third Lanark
Lanarkshire Cup Airdrie 4–2 * Hamilton
Perthshire Cup Blairgowrie 8–2 * Vale of Atholl
Renfrewshire Cup St Mirren 7–1 Morton
Southern Counties Cup Solway Star
Stirlingshire Cup Falkirk 4–1 * King's Park
  • * – aggregate over two legs
Top Three
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Fraserburgh 22 16 3 3 78 45 +33 35
2 Clachnacuddin 22 16 2 4 74 48 +26 34
3 Elgin City 22 16 1 5 93 36 +57 33
Source: [citation needed]

Junior Cup

Cambuslang Rangers were winners of the Junior Cup after a 3–2 win over Benburb in the final.

Scotland national team

Date Venue Opponents Score[1] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
30 October 1937 Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)  Wales 1–2 BHC Alex Massie
10 November 1937 Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen (H)  Ireland 1–1 BHC James Smith
8 December 1937 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  Czechoslovakia 5–0 Friendly Andrew Black, David McCulloch (2), Peter Buchanan, David Kinnear
9 April 1938 Wembley Stadium, London (A)  England 1–0 BHC Thomas Walker
21 May 1938 Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam (A)  Netherlands 3–1 Friendly Andrew Black, Francis Murphy, Thomas Walker

Key:

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

Notes and references

  1. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.
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