1929–30 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Rangers
Division Two champions
Leith Athletic
Scottish Cup winners
Rangers
Junior Cup winners
Newtongrange Star
Scotland national team
1930 BHC

The 1929–30 season was the 57th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 40th season of the Scottish Football League. [1]

Scottish League Division One

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rangers 38 28 4 6 94 32 +62 60
2 Motherwell 38 25 5 8 104 48 +56 55
3 Aberdeen 38 23 7 8 85 61 +24 53
4 Celtic 38 22 5 11 88 46 +42 49
5 St Mirren 38 18 5 15 73 56 +17 41
6 Partick Thistle 38 16 9 13 72 61 +11 41
7 Falkirk 38 16 9 13 62 64 −2 41
8 Kilmarnock 38 15 9 14 77 73 +4 39
9 Ayr United 38 16 6 16 70 92 −22 38
10 Heart of Midlothian 38 14 9 15 69 69 0 37
11 Clyde 38 13 11 14 64 69 −5 37
12 Airdrieonians 38 16 4 18 60 66 −6 36
13 Hamilton Academical 38 14 7 17 76 81 −5 35
14 Dundee 38 14 6 18 51 58 −7 34
15 Queen's Park 38 15 4 19 67 80 −13 34
16 Cowdenbeath 38 13 7 18 64 74 −10 33
17 Hibernian 38 9 11 18 45 62 −17 29
18 Morton 38 10 7 21 67 95 −28 27
19 Dundee United 38 7 8 23 56 109 −53 22
20 St Johnstone 38 6 7 25 48 96 −48 19
Source: "1929-1930 Division 1 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Dundee United, St Johnstone

Scottish League Division Two

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Leith Athletic 38 23 11 4 92 42 +50 57 Promotion to the 1930–31 First Division
2 East Fife 38 26 5 7 114 58 +56 57
3 Albion Rovers 38 24 6 8 101 60 +41 54
4 Third Lanark 38 23 6 9 92 53 +39 52
5 Raith Rovers 38 18 8 12 94 67 +27 44
6 King's Park 38 17 8 13 109 80 +29 42
7 Queen of the South 38 18 6 14 65 63 +2 42
8 Forfar Athletic 38 18 5 15 98 95 +3 41
9 Arbroath 38 16 7 15 83 87 −4 39
10 Dunfermline Athletic 38 16 6 16 99 85 +14 38
11 Montrose 38 14 10 14 79 87 −8 38
12 East Stirlingshire 38 16 4 18 83 75 +8 36
13 Bo'ness 38 15 4 19 67 95 −28 34
14 St Bernard's 38 13 6 19 65 65 0 32
15 Armadale 38 13 5 20 56 91 −35 31
16 Dumbarton 38 14 2 22 77 95 −18 30
17 Stenhousemuir 38 11 5 22 75 108 −33 27
18 Clydebank 38 7 10 21 66 92 −26 24
19 Alloa Athletic 38 9 6 23 55 104 −49 24
20 Brechin City 38 7 4 27 57 125 −68 18
Source:

Promoted: Leith Athletic, East Fife

Scottish Cup

Division One champions Rangers were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 2–1 replay win over Partick Thistle.

Other honours

National

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup Bathgate 1–0 St Cuthbert Wanderers

County

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Aberdeen 7–5[2] Fraserburgh
Ayrshire Cup Kilmarnock
Dumbartonshire Cup Dumbarton 6–2 Clydebank
East of Scotland Shield Hearts 1–1[3] Hibernian
Fife Cup Raith Rovers 3–2 East Fife
Forfarshire Cup Dundee United 2–1 Montrose
Glasgow Cup Rangers 4–0[4] Celtic
Lanarkshire Cup Motherwell 1–0 Albion Rovers
Perthshire Cup St Johnstone
Renfrewshire Cup St Mirren 3–0 Greenock HSFP
Southern Counties Cup St Cuthbert Wanderers 4–1 Newton Stewart
Stirlingshire Cup Falkirk 4–0 Stenhousemuir

Highland League

Top Three
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Huntly 22 17 1 4 65 31 +34 35
2 Elgin City 22 15 3 4 72 37 +35 33
3 Inverness Thistle 22 15 3 4 70 37 +33 33
Source:

Junior Cup

Newtongrange Star were winners of the Junior Cup after a 3–0 win over Hall Russell in the final.

Scotland national team

Date Venue Opponents Score[5] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
26 October 1929 Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)  Wales 4–2 BHC Hughie Gallacher (2), Alex James, Jimmy Gibson
22 February 1930 Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)  Ireland 3–1 BHC Hughie Gallacher (2), George Stevenson
5 April 1930 Wembley Stadium, London (A)  England 2–5 BHC Jimmy Fleming (2)
18 May 1930 Stade de Colombes Paris (A)  France 2–0 Friendly Hughie Gallacher (2)

Key:

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

References

  1. ↑ "1929/30 – the Scottish Football League". Archived from the original on 10 September 2012.
  2. ↑ aggregate over two legs
  3. ↑ replay – won on corners
  4. ↑ replay
  5. ↑ Scotland's score is shown first.
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