1946–47 in Scottish football

1946–47 in Scottish football
1946–47 in Scottish football
Division A champions
	Rangers
Division B champions
	Dundee
Division C champions
	Stirling Albion
Scottish Cup winners
	Aberdeen
League Cup winners
	Rangers
Division C League Cup winners
	Stirling Albion
Junior Cup winners
	Shawfield
Scotland national team
	1947 BHC

The 1946–47 season was the 74th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 50th season of the Scottish Football League.^[1]

Scottish League Division A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	30	21	4	5	76	26	+50	46
2	Hibernian	30	19	6	5	69	33	+36	44
3	Aberdeen	30	16	7	7	58	41	+17	39
4	Hearts	30	16	6	8	52	43	+9	38
5	Partick Thistle	30	16	3	11	74	59	+15	35
6	Morton	30	12	10	8	58	45	+13	34
7	Celtic	30	13	6	11	53	55	−2	32
8	Motherwell	30	12	5	13	58	54	+4	29
9	Third Lanark	30	11	6	13	56	64	−8	28
10	Clyde	30	9	9	12	55	65	−10	27
11	Falkirk	30	8	10	12	62	61	+1	26
12	Queen of the South	30	9	8	13	44	69	−25	26
13	Queen's Park	30	8	6	16	47	60	−13	22
14	St Mirren	30	9	4	17	47	65	−18	22
15	Kilmarnock	30	6	9	15	44	66	−22	21
16	Hamilton Academical	30	2	7	21	38	85	−47	11

Source: RSSSF

Champions: Rangers

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dundee	26	21	3	2	113	30	+83	45	Promotion to 1947–48 Division A
2	Airdrieonians	26	19	4	3	78	38	+40	42	Promotion to 1947–48 Division A
3	East Fife	26	12	7	7	58	39	+19	31
4	Albion Rovers	26	10	7	9	50	54	−4	27
5	Alloa Athletic	26	11	5	10	51	57	−6	27
6	Raith Rovers	26	10	6	10	45	52	−7	26
7	Stenhousemuir	26	8	7	11	43	53	−10	23
8	Dunfermline Athletic	26	10	3	13	50	72	−22	23
9	St Johnstone	26	9	4	13	45	47	−2	22
10	Dundee United	26	9	4	13	53	60	−7	22
11	Ayr United	26	9	2	15	56	73	−17	20
12	Arbroath	26	7	6	13	42	63	−21	20
13	Dumbarton	26	7	4	15	41	54	−13	18
14	Cowdenbeath	26	6	6	14	44	77	−33	18

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Stirling Albion	18	13	4	1	76	66	+10	30	Promotion to the 1947–48 Division B
2	Dundee 'A'^[a]	18	12	2	4	60	37	+23	26
3	Leith Athletic	18	11	3	4	57	33	+24	25	Promotion to the 1947–48 Division B
4	East Stirlingshire	18	10	2	6	54	40	+14	22
5	St Johnstone 'A'	18	8	5	5	52	37	+15	21
6	Forfar Athletic	18	6	2	10	32	46	−14	14
7	Montrose	18	5	2	11	39	53	−14	12
8	Brechin City	18	4	4	10	42	60	−18	12
9	Dundee United 'A'	18	3	3	12	42	77	−35	9
10	Edinburgh City	18	3	3	12	36	75	−39	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1946–47	Aberdeen	2 – 1	Hibernian
Scottish League Cup 1946–47	Rangers	4 – 0	Aberdeen
Junior Cup	Shawfield	2 – 1 (rep.)	Bo'ness United

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
B Division Supplementary Cup	East Fife	7 – 3 *	Raith Rovers
Scottish Qualifying Cup - North	Clachnacuddin	3 – 0	Inverness Caledonian
Scottish Qualifying Cup - South	Berwick Rangers	3 – 2	Stranraer
Scottish Qualifying Cup - Midlands	Montrose	3 – 0 <<dagger>>	East Stirling

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Peterhead	6 – 2 *	Huntly
Ayrshire Cup	Kilmarnock	4 – 2	Ayr United
East of Scotland Shield	Hibernian	2 – 1	Hearts
Forfarshire Cup	Dundee	5 – 0	Dundee United
Glasgow Cup	Clyde	2 – 1	Third Lanark
Perthshire Cup	Breadalbane
Renfrewshire Cup	St Mirren	3 – 1	Morton
Southern Counties Cup	Dalbeattie Star

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[2]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
19 October 1946	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (A)	Wales	1–3	BHC	Willie Waddell (pen.)
27 November 1946	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	0–0	BHC
12 April 1947	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	1–1	BHC	Andy McLaren
18 May 1947	Heysel Stadium, Brussels (A)	Belgium	1–2	Friendly	Billy Steel
24 May 1947	Stade Municipal, Luxembourg (A)	Luxembourg	6–0	Friendly	Andy McLaren (2), Bobby Flavell (2), Billy Steel (2)