1948–49 in Scottish football

Association football season football background:#BFD7FF 1948–49 in Scottish football 210px Division A champions Rangers Division B champions Raith Rovers Division C champions Forfar Athletic Scottish Cup winners Rangers League Cup winners Rangers Division C Supplementary League (A) winners Brechin City Division C Supplementary League (B) winners Leith Athletic Junior Cup winners Auchinleck Talbot Scotland national team 1949 BHC The 1948–49 season was the 76th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 52nd season of the Scottish Football League. Rangers became the first team to win the Scottish domestic treble. At the end of the season, Scottish Division C was split into two regional sections. It would be 26 years before a set-up with three national divisions would be in place again. http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1940-1949/194849/ 1948/49 - the Scottish Football League 2011-12-16 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121203070023/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1940-1949/194849 2012-12-03 Scottish League Division A 1948–49 Scottish Division A Champions: Rangers Relegated: Greenock Morton, Albion Rovers Scottish League Division B 1948–49 Scottish Division B Champions: Raith Rovers, Stirling Albion Relegated: East Stirlingshire Scottish League Division C 1948–49 Scottish Division C Source: RSSSF Cup honours CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upScottish Cup 1948–49Rangers4 – 1ClydeLeague Cup 1948–49Rangers2 – 0Raith RoversJunior CupAuchinleck Talbot3 – 2Petershill Other Honours National CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upB Division Supplementary CupSt Johnstone4 – 1 *Raith RoversScottish Qualifying Cup - NorthInverness Caledonian3 – 0ClachnacuddinScottish Qualifying Cup - SouthLeith Athletic5 – 2Brechin City County CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upAberdeenshire CupPeterhead5 – 4 *DeveronvaleEast of Scotland ShieldHibernian2 – 1HeartsForfarshire CupDundee2 – 1 ArbroathGlasgow CupCeltic3 – 1Third LanarkLanarkshire CupAlbion Rovers2 – 1AirdrieRenfrewshire CupMorton3 – 1St MirrenSouthern Counties CupNewton Stewart * - aggregate over two legs - replay Highland League main WDL Q 2 Top Three PET Peterhead CLA Clachnacuddin ELG Elgin City 24 3 3 120 35 20 3 7 80 39 20 3 7 101 55 green1 C complete Scotland national team Scotland national football team 1940–59 results DateVenueOpponentsScoreScotland's score is shown first.CompetitionScotland scorer(s)23 October 1948Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)WAL3–1BHCWillie Waddell (2), Lawrie Reilly17 November 1948Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)NIR3–2BHCBilly Houliston (2), Jimmy Mason9 April 1949Wembley Stadium, London (A)ENG3–1BHCJimmy Mason, Billy Steel, Lawrie Reilly27 April 1949Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)FRA2–0FriendlyBilly Steel (2) Scotland were winners of the 1949 British Home Championship. Key: (H) = Home match (A) = Away match BHC = British Home Championship Notes and references External links Scottish Football Historical Archive 1948