1935–36 in Scottish football

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

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

Scottish League Division One

Pos	Team v t e	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^{[dead link]}

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Airdrie, Ayr United

Scottish League Division Two

Pos	Team v t e	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	Promotion to the 1936–37 First Division
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

Source: "1935-1936 Division 2 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Promoted: Falkirk, St Mirren

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: ^{[citation needed]}

Junior Cup

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

Scotland national team

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

^ Scotland's score is shown first.

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

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Seasons in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Arbroath Ayr United Celtic Clyde Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Queen's Park Rangers St. Johnstone Third Lanark
Division Two	Alloa Athletic Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United East Fife East Stirlingshire Edinburgh City Falkirk Forfar Athletic King's Park Leith Athletic Montrose Morton Raith Rovers St Bernard's St. Mirren Stenhousemuir