1948–49 Scottish Division A

43rd season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Division A 1948–49 Rangers MortonAlbion Rovers 1947–48 1949–50 The 1948–49 Scottish Division A was won by Rangers by one point over nearest rival Dundee. 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 away at Falkirk F.C., but were defeated 4-1 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 main WDL 5 QR 2 RAN Rangers DND Dundee HIB Hibernian EFI East Fife FAL Falkirk CEL Celtic THI Third Lanark HOM Heart of Midlothian STM St Mirren QOS Queen of the South PAR Partick Thistle MOT Motherwell ABD Aberdeen CLY Clyde GMO Morton ALB Albion Rovers 20 6 4 63 32 20 5 5 71 48 17 5 8 75 52 16 3 11 64 46 12 8 10 70 54 12 7 11 48 40 13 5 12 56 52 12 6 12 64 54 13 4 13 51 47 11 8 11 47 53 9 9 12 50 63 10 5 15 44 49 7 11 12 39 48 9 6 15 50 67 7 8 15 39 51 3 2 25 30 105 green1 C red1 R R complete RSSSFJanuary 2025 medicmedic Results main FBR grey 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 complete References Scottish Football ArchiveSeptember 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes Category:1948–49 Scottish Football League Category:Scottish Division One seasons Scot