1945–46 Southern Football League (Scotland)
The 1945–46 Southern Football League was the sixth and last edition of the regional war-time football league tournament in Scotland.
With the war itself at an end, the clubs from the North Eastern League joined the setup, although only Aberdeen (who had won 4 of the 8 North Eastern tournaments) participated in the A Division; the rest of the clubs were placed in the B Division along with some from the Southern region including those who had finished at the foot of the table in its previous season.
Rangers were the last winners,[1] thus completing a clean sweep of the seven wartime league seasons including the Emergency League in 1939–40. The Glasgow club had also won the final regular championship in 1938–39, and went on to win the next after official competitions were resumed in the 1946–47 season.
A Division
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rangers (C) | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 85 | 41 | +44 | 48 |
2 | Hibernian | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 67 | 37 | +30 | 40 |
3 | Aberdeen | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 73 | 41 | +32 | 38 |
4 | Celtic | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 55 | 44 | +11 | 35 |
5 | Clyde | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 64 | 54 | +10 | 31 |
6 | Motherwell | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 31 |
7 | Heart of Midlothian | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 63 | 57 | +6 | 30 |
8 | Queen's Park | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 30 |
9 | Third Lanark | 30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 63 | 68 | −5 | 30 |
10 | Morton | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 72 | 69 | +3 | 29 |
11 | Falkirk | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 62 | 70 | −8 | 27 |
12 | Partick Thistle | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 54 | 65 | −11 | 26 |
13 | Queen of the South | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 62 | 82 | −20 | 24 |
14 | St Mirren | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 54 | 70 | −16 | 23 |
15 | Kilmarnock | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 56 | 87 | −31 | 22 |
16 | Hamilton Academical | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 44 | 88 | −44 | 16 |
B Division
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dundee | 26 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 92 | 28 | +64 | 44 |
2 | Ayr United | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 69 | 43 | +26 | 34 |
3 | East Fife | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 64 | 34 | +30 | 34 |
4 | Airdrieonians | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 69 | 50 | +19 | 33 |
5 | Albion Rovers | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 30 |
6 | St Johnstone | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 66 | 60 | +6 | 30 |
7 | Alloa Athletic | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 28 |
8 | Dumbarton | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 59 | 54 | +5 | 26 |
9 | Dunfermline Athletic | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 63 | 47 | +16 | 24 |
10 | Cowdenbeath | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 21 |
11 | Stenhousemuir | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 89 | −53 | 17 |
12 | Dundee United | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 46 | 70 | −24 | 15 |
13 | Arbroath | 26 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 40 | 88 | −48 | 14 |
14 | Raith Rovers | 26 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 48 | 80 | −32 | 14 |
References
- "Southern Football League". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 11 August 2018.