1936-37 in Scottish football

Season 1936-1937 was the 47th season of Scottish league football.

[edit] Scottish League Division One

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
1	Rangers	38	26	9	3	88	32	56	61
2	Aberdeen	38	23	8	7	89	44	45	54
3	Celtic	38	22	8	8	89	58	31	52
4	Motherwell	38	22	7	9	96	54	42	51
5	Hearts	38	24	3	11	99	60	39	51
6	Third Lanark	38	20	6	12	79	61	18	46
7	Falkirk	38	19	6	13	98	66	32	44
8	Hamilton Academical	38	18	5	15	91	96	-5	41
9	Dundee	38	12	15	11	58	69	-11	39
10	Clyde	38	16	6	16	59	70	-11	38
11	Kilmarnock	38	14	9	15	60	70	-10	37
12	St Johnstone	38	14	8	16	74	68	6	36
13	Partick Thistle	38	11	12	15	73	68	5	34
14	Arbroath	38	13	5	20	57	84	-27	31
15	Queens Park	38	9	12	17	51	77	-26	30
16	St Mirren	38	11	7	20	68	81	-13	29
17	Hibernian	38	6	13	19	54	83	-29	25
18	Queen of the South	38	8	8	22	49	95	-46	24
19	Dunfermline Athletic	38	5	11	22	65	98	-33	21
20	Albion Rovers	38	5	6	27	53	116	-63	16

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Dunfermline Athletic, Albion Rovers

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
1	Ayr United	34	25	4	5	122	49	73	54
2	Greenock Morton	34	23	5	6	110	42	68	51
3	St Bernard's	34	22	4	8	100	51	49	48
4	Airdrie	34	18	8	8	85	60	25	44
5	East Fife	34	15	8	11	76	51	25	38
6	Cowdenbeath	34	14	10	10	75	59	16	38
7	East Stirling	34	18	2	14	81	78	3	38
8	Raith Rovers	34	16	4	14	72	66	6	36
9	Alloa Athletic	34	13	7	14	64	65	-1	33
10	Stenhousemuir	34	14	4	16	82	86	-4	32
11	Leith Athletic	34	13	5	16	62	65	-3	31
12	Forfar Athletic	34	11	8	15	73	89	-16	30
13	Montrose	34	11	6	17	65	98	-33	28
14	Dundee United	34	9	9	16	72	97	-25	27
15	Dumbarton	34	11	5	18	57	83	-26	27
16	Brechin City	34	8	9	27	64	98	-34	25
17	King's Park	34	11	3	20	61	106	-45	25
18	Edinburgh City	34	2	3	29	42	120	-78	7

Promoted: Ayr United, Greenock Morton

Celtic were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 2-1 final win over Aberdeen.

Note that scores are written Scotland first

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scotland scorers
October 14, 1936	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Germany	2-0	F	James Delaney (2)
October 31, 1936	Windsor Park, Belfast	Northern Ireland	3-1	BHC	Charles Napier, Alex Munro, David McCulloch
December 2, 1936	Dens Park, Dundee	Wales	1-2	BHC	Thomas Walker
April 17, 1937	Hampden Park, Glasgow	England	3-1	BHC	Robert McPhail (2), Frank O'Donnell
May 9, 1937	Prater Stadium, Vienna	Austria	1-1	F	Frank O'Donnell
May 15, 1937	Strahov Stadium, Prague	Czechoslovakia	3-1	F	James Simpson, Robert McPhail, Torrance Gillick

Key: BHC = British Home Championship qualifiers, F = Friendly; scores are written Scotland first

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