1933–34 in Scottish football

1933–34 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Rangers
Division Two champions
Albion Rovers
Scottish Cup winners
Rangers
Junior Cup winners
Benburb
Scotland national team
1934 BHC

The 1933–34 season was the 61st season of competitive football in Scotland and the 44th season of the Scottish Football League.

Scottish League Division One

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Main article: 1933–34 Scottish Division One
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers 38 30 6 2 118 41 +77 66 Champions
2 Motherwell 38 29 4 5 97 45 +52 62
3 Celtic 38 18 11 9 78 53 +25 47
4 Queen of the South 38 21 3 14 75 48 +27 45
5 Aberdeen 38 18 8 12 90 57 +33 44
6 Heart of Midlothian 38 17 10 11 86 59 +27 44
7 Kilmarnock 38 17 9 12 73 64 +9 43
8 Ayr United 38 16 10 12 87 92 −5 42
9 St Johnstone 38 17 6 15 74 53 +21 40
10 Falkirk 38 16 6 16 73 68 +5 38
11 Hamilton Academical 38 15 8 15 65 79 −14 38
12 Dundee 38 15 6 17 68 64 +4 36
13 Partick Thistle 38 14 5 19 73 78 −5 33
14 Clyde 38 10 11 17 56 70 −14 31
15 Queen's Park 38 13 5 20 65 85 −20 31
16 Hibernian 38 12 3 23 51 69 −18 27
17 St Mirren 38 9 9 20 46 75 −29 27
18 Airdrieonians 38 10 6 22 59 103 −44 26
19 Third Lanark 38 8 9 21 62 103 −41 25 Relegated to Second Division
20 Cowdenbeath 38 5 5 28 58 118 −60 15
Source: RSSSF[dead link]

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Third Lanark, Cowdenbeath

Scottish League Division Two

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Main article: 1933–34 Scottish Division Two
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Albion Rovers 34 20 5 9 74 47 +27 45 Promotion to the 1934–35 First Division
2 Dunfermline Athletic 34 20 4 10 90 52 +38 44
3 Arbroath 34 20 4 10 83 53 +30 44
4 Stenhousemir 34 18 4 12 70 73 −3 40
5 Morton 34 17 5 12 67 64 +3 39
6 Dumbarton 34 17 3 14 67 68 −1 37
7 King's Park 34 14 8 12 78 70 +8 36
8 Raith Rovers 34 15 5 14 71 55 +16 35
9 East Stirlingshire 34 14 7 13 65 74 −9 35
10 St Bernard's 34 15 4 15 75 56 +19 34
11 Forfar Athletic 34 13 7 14 77 71 +6 33
12 Leith Athletic 34 12 8 14 63 60 +3 32
13 East Fife 34 12 8 14 71 76 −5 32
14 Brechin City 34 13 5 16 60 70 −10 31
15 Alloa Athletic 34 11 9 14 55 68 −13 31
16 Montrose 34 11 4 19 53 81 −28 26
17 Dundee United 34 10 4 20 81 88 −7 24
18 Edinburgh City 34 4 6 24 37 111 −74 14
Source: "1933-1934 Division 2 - SPFL Archive". SPFL (in Malay). Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Promoted: Albion Rovers, Dunfermline Athletic

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1933–34 Scottish Cup

Division One champions Rangers were winners of the Scottish Cup final after a 5–0 final win over St Mirren.

Other honours

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National

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Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup – North Rosyth Dockyard Rec 4–1 Ross County
Scottish Qualifying Cup – South Penicuik Athletic 3–2 Galston

County

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Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Aberdeen 7–4 * Keith
Dumbartonshire Cup Vale Ocaba 3–1 Dumbarton
East of Scotland Shield Hearts 4–0 Hibernian
Fife Cup Dunfermline Athletic 2–1 Cowdenbeath
Forfarshire Cup Arbroath 4–1 Brechin City
Glasgow Cup Rangers 2–0 Clyde
Lanarkshire Cup Hamilton 7–3 * Albion Rovers
Perthshire Cup Blairgowrie 5–4[1] Vale of Atholl
Renfrewshire Cup St Mirren 11–3 * Morton
Southern Counties Cup Dalbeattie Star
Stirlingshire Cup Alloa Athletic 5–4 * East Stirlingshire

* – aggregate over two legs

Highland League

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Top Three
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Buckie Thistle 26 22 3 1 95 36 +59 47
2 Forres Mechanics 26 15 3 8 78 57 +21 33
3 Keith 26 15 3 8 73 57 +16 33
Source: [citation needed]

Junior Cup

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Benburb were winners of the Junior Cup after a 3–1 win over Bridgeton Waverley in the final.

Scotland national team

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Main article: Scotland national football team 1920–39 results
Date Venue Opponents Score[2] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
16 September 1933 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  Ireland 1–2 BHC Bob McPhail
4 October 1933 Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)  Wales 2–3 BHC Willie MacFadyen, Dally Duncan
29 November 1933 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  Austria 2–2 Friendly David Meiklejohn, Willie MacFadyen
14 April 1934[3] Wembley Stadium, London (A)  England 0–3 BHC

Key:

  • (H) = Home match
  • (A) = Away match
  • BHC = British Home Championship

Notes and references

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  1. ^ replay
  2. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.
  3. ^ Scotland Not in Luck's Way at Wembley | Massie and Gallacher the Big Men, The Glasgow Herald, 16 April 1934
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