1949–50 Scottish Division A

44th season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Division A 1949–50 Rangers Queen of the SouthStirling Albion 1948–49 1950–51 The 1949–50 Scottish Division A was won by Rangers by one point over nearest rival Hibernian. Queen of the South and Stirling Albion finished 15th and 16th respectively and were relegated to the 1950–51 Scottish Division B. Rangers won the league with a 2–2 draw in their last match, away to Third Lanark, a game in which Rangers took a 2–0 lead before Thirds fought back to 2–2. Another goal for Third Lanark would have handed the title to Hibernian. A few days previously, Rangers had drawn 0–0 with Hibs at Ibrox before a crowd of 101,000, the largest crowd to watch a League match in Britain since the war, a record that still stands. Had Hibs won this match they would have become champions. League table main WDL 5 QR 2 RAN Rangers HIB Hibernian HOM Hearts EFI East Fife CEL Celtic DND Dundee PAR Partick Thistle ABD Aberdeen RAI Raith Rovers MOT Motherwell STM St Mirren THI Third Lanark CLY Clyde FAL Falkirk QOS Queen of the South STI Stirling Albion 22 6 2 58 26 22 5 3 86 34 20 3 7 86 40 15 7 8 58 43 14 7 9 51 50 12 7 11 49 46 13 3 14 55 45 11 4 15 48 56 9 8 13 45 54 10 5 15 53 58 8 9 13 42 49 11 3 16 44 62 10 4 16 56 73 7 10 13 48 72 5 6 19 31 63 6 3 21 38 77 green1 C red1 R R complete RSSSFJanuary 2025 medicmedic Results main FBR grey ABE CEL CLY DND EFI FAL HOM HIB MOT PAR QOS RAI RAN STM STI THI Aberdeen 4–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 0–5 0–3 5–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–3 2–3 6–2 2–1 Celtic 4–2 4–1 2–0 4–1 4–3 3–2 2–2 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 Clyde 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 3–4 0–1 1–0 4–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 6–0 0–2 Dundee 1–1 3–0 2–3 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 4–1 1–4 East Fife 3–1 5–1 4–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 3–0 0–2 3–3 0–2 3–1 Falkirk 1–0 1–1 7–4 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–4 0–3 3–3 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 Heart of Midlothian 4–1 4–2 6–2 6–2 0–1 9–0 5–2 2–0 3–3 3–0 2–0 0–1 5–0 5–2 1–0 Hibernian 2–0 4–1 6–3 4–2 4–1 5–1 1–2 6–1 2–0 2–0 4–2 1–0 5–0 4–1 0–1 Motherwell 5–1 1–2 5–2 0–2 3–4 2–2 2–3 1–3 0–2 1–0 1–1 4–0 2–2 2–1 4–0 Partick Thistle 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–2 3–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 5–2 1–0 1–3 4–0 4–1 5–1 Queen of the South 1–0 0–2 2–3 1–1 0–5 2–2 0–4 2–2 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 4–1 Raith Rovers 1–2 1–1 7–1 4–1 4–4 6–4 2–0 0–6 0–2 1–3 2–0 1–3 2–1 2–0 1–1 Rangers 2–2 4–0 5–4 2–2 2–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 St Mirren 4–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–3 1–3 1–1 0–2 3–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 6–1 Stirling Albion 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 3–2 2–4 3–5 1–4 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–3 0–2 Third Lanark 3–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 4–1 0–2 3–0 0–2 3–3 2–7 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–4 complete References https://archive.today/20130505043433/http://scottishfootballarchive.co.uk/league-tables/1949-50-division-one Scottish Football Archive Category:1949–50 Scottish Football League Category:Scottish Division One seasons Scot