1935–36 in Scottish football

The 1935–36 season was the 63rd season of competitive football in Scotland and the 46th season of the Scottish Football League.

1935–36 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Celtic
Division Two champions
Falkirk
Scottish Cup winners
Rangers
Junior Cup winners
Benburb
Scotland national team
1936 BHC

Scottish League Division One
Main article: 1935–36 Scottish Division One
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Celtic 38 32 2 4 115 33 +82 66
2 Rangers 38 27 7 4 110 43 +67 61
3 Aberdeen 38 26 9 3 96 50 +46 61
4 Motherwell 38 18 12 8 77 58 +19 48
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 20 7 11 88 55 +33 47
6 Hamilton Academical 38 15 7 16 77 74 +3 37
7 St Johnstone 38 15 7 16 70 81 −11 37
8 Kilmarnock 38 14 7 17 69 64 +5 35
9 Third Lanark 38 15 5 18 63 65 −2 35
10 Partick Thistle 38 12 10 16 64 72 −8 34
11 Arbroath 38 11 11 16 46 69 −23 33
12 Dundee 38 11 10 17 67 80 −13 32
13 Queen's Park 38 11 10 17 58 75 −17 32
14 Dunfermline Athletic 38 12 8 18 67 92 −25 32
15 Queen of the South 38 11 9 18 54 72 −18 31
16 Albion Rovers 38 13 4 21 69 92 −23 30
17 Hibernian 38 11 7 20 56 82 −26 29
18 Clyde 38 10 8 20 63 84 −21 28
19 Airdrieonians 38 9 9 20 68 91 −23 27
20 Ayr United 38 11 3 24 53 98 −45 25
Source: RSSSF

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Airdrie, Ayr United

Scottish League Division Two
Main article: 1935–36 Scottish Division Two
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Falkirk 34 28 3 3 132 34 +98 59 Promotion to the 1936–37 First Division
2 St Mirren 34 25 2 7 114 41 +73 52
3 Morton 34 21 6 7 117 60 +57 48
4 Alloa Athletic 34 19 6 9 65 51 +14 44
5 St Bernard's 34 18 4 12 106 78 +28 40
6 East Fife 34 16 6 12 86 79 +7 38
7 Dundee United 34 16 5 13 108 81 +27 37
8 East Stirlingshire 34 13 8 13 70 75 −5 34
9 Leith Athletic 34 15 3 16 67 77 −10 33
10 Cowdenbeath 34 13 5 16 76 77 −1 31
11 Stenhousemuir 34 13 3 18 59 78 −19 29
12 Montrose 34 13 3 18 58 82 −24 29
13 Forfar Athletic 34 10 7 17 60 81 −21 27
14 King's Park 34 11 5 18 55 109 −54 27
15 Edinburgh City 34 8 9 17 57 83 −26 25
16 Brechin City 34 8 6 20 57 96 −39 22
17 Raith Rovers 34 9 3 22 60 96 −36 21
18 Dumbarton 34 5 6 23 52 121 −69 16
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Promoted: Falkirk, St Mirren

Scottish Cup
Main article: 1935–36 Scottish Cup

Rangers were winners of the Scottish Cup for the third time in a row after a 1–0 final win over Third Lanark.

Other Honours

National
Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup – North Elgin City 4 – 2 Blairgowrie
Scottish Qualifying Cup – South Galston 4 – 0 Bo'ness

County
Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Keith 3 – 1 * Peterhead
Ayrshire Cup Ayr United 3 – 2 # Kilmarnock
Dumbartonshire Cup Dumbarton 1 – 0 Vale Ocaba
East of Scotland Shield Hearts 3 – 1 # St Bernard's
Fife Cup Raith Rovers 3 – 0 East Fife
Forfarshire Cup Arbroath 1 – 0 Montrose
Glasgow Cup Rangers 2 – 0 Celtic
Lanarkshire Cup Airdrie 5 – 1 * Hamilton
Perthshire Cup Blairgowrie 2 – 1 * Fair City Athletic
Renfrewshire Cup St Mirren 3 – 0 Morton
Southern Counties Cup Queen of the South 4 – 2 Creetown
Stirlingshire Cup East Stirlingshire 2 – 1 * Alloa Athletic
  • * - aggregate over two legs
  • # - replay

Highland League
Top Three
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Inverness Thistle 22 18 1 3 79 32 +47 37
2 Peterhead 22 14 1 7 68 50 +18 29
3 Forres Mechanics 22 13 2 7 62 47 +15 28
Source:

Junior Cup

Benburb were winners of the Junior Cup after a 1–0 win over Yoker Athletic in the final replay.

Scotland national team
Main article: Scotland national football team 1920–39 results
Date Venue Opponents Score[1] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
5 October 1935 Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)  Wales 1–1 BHC Dally Duncan
13 November 1935 Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh (H)  Ireland 2–1 BHC Thomas Walker, Dally Duncan
4 April 1936 Wembley Stadium, London (A)  England 1–1 BHC Thomas Walker (pen.)

Scotland was winner of the 1935–36 British Home Championship.

Key:

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

Notes and references
  1. Scotland's score is shown first.
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