1947–48 Scottish Division A

Scottish Division A
Season	1947–48
Champions	Hibernian
Relegated	Airdrieonians; Queens Park
	← 1946–47 1948–49 →

The 1947–48 Scottish Division A was won by Hibernian. Airdrieonians and Queen's Park finished 15th and 16th respectively and were relegated to the 1948–49 Scottish Division B.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hibernian	30	22	4	4	85	26	+59	48
2	Rangers	30	21	4	5	92	20	+72	46
3	Partick Thistle	30	16	4	10	61	42	+19	36
4	Dundee	30	15	3	12	67	51	+16	33
5	St Mirren	30	13	5	12	54	58	−4	31
6	Clyde	30	12	7	11	52	57	−5	31
7	Falkirk	30	10	10	10	55	48	+7	30
8	Motherwell	30	13	3	14	45	47	−2	29
9	Heart of Midlothian	30	10	8	12	37	42	−5	28
10	Aberdeen	30	10	7	13	45	45	0	27
11	Third Lanark	30	10	6	14	56	73	−17	26
12	Celtic	30	10	5	15	41	56	−15	25
13	Queen of the South	30	10	5	15	49	74	−25	25
14	Morton	30	9	6	15	47	43	+4	24
15	Airdrieonians	30	7	7	16	40	78	−38	21
16	Queens Park	30	9	2	19	45	75	−30	20

Source: SPFL

Results

Home \ Away	ABE	AIR	CEL	CLY	DND	FAL	HOM	HIB	MOR	MOT	PAR	QOS	QPA	RAN	STM	THI
Aberdeen		3–0	2–0	3–1	3–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	6–0	1–1	5–0	2–2
Airdrieonians	2–1		3–2	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–3	0–3	1–5	1–0	6–1	2–5	1–2	1–4	2–1
Celtic	1–0	0–0		0–0	1–1	0–3	4–2	2–4	3–2	0–1	1–2	4–3	4–0	0–4	0–0	1–3
Clyde	1–3	5–1	2–0		1–4	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–2	3–2	2–4	5–2	2–0	1–2	3–2	1–1
Dundee	0–0	6–0	2–3	7–0		4–0	2–1	3–1	0–4	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–3	6–1	5–2
Falkirk	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–2		0–2	3–1	4–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	3–0	1–5	1–1	8–1
Heart of Midlothian	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–2		2–1	3–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	3–2	1–3
Hibernian	4–0	7–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–1		1–1	5–0	1–0	6–0	4–0	1–0	5–0	8–0
Morton	0–1	1–1	4–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–2		2–3	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–2
Motherwell	2–1	2–0	0–3	4–1	0–2	0–0	3–1	0–2	0–1		2–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–1
Partick Thistle	2–1	8–2	3–5	1–2	6–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1		4–0	5–1	0–1	3–1	2–2
Queen of the South	0–0	3–3	2–0	3–0	5–2	6–6	0–1	0–3	4–3	3–0	0–1		3–1	0–3	2–3	2–1
Queen's Park	3–1	2–1	3–2	2–4	0–1	1–4	0–0	2–3	0–3	2–5	1–2	7–0		1–4	3–0	2–2
Rangers	4–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–3	1–2		3–2	5–2
St Mirren	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	2–4	0–4	4–2	3–1	0–1	6–1	2–1		1–0
Third Lanark	3–2	2–2	5–1	2–1	1–4	2–0	4–1	1–4	2–1	0–3	1–2	5–1	4–2	0–1	1–4

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

References

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Club seasons
Division A	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Clyde Dundee Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Queen of the South Queen's Park St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division B	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Leith Athletic Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Raith Rovers St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion

1947–48 Scottish Division A

League table

Results

References

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