1948–49 Scottish Division A

The 1948–49 Scottish Division A was won by Rangers by one point over nearest rival Dundee.

Scottish Division A
Season1948–49
ChampionsRangers
RelegatedMorton
Albion Rovers

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 Hearts, but were defeated 1-2 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

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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
Source: RSSSF[dead link]

Results

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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
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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