1931–32 in Scottish football

The 1931–32 season was the 59th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 42nd season of the Scottish Football League. ^[1]

Football in Scotland

Season	1931–32
Men's football
Scottish Division One	Motherwell
Scottish Division Two	East Stirlingshire
Junior Cup winners	Glasgow Perthshire
Scotland national team	1932 BHC
Scottish Cup	Rangers
← 1930–31 1932–33 →

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1931–32 Scottish Division One

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motherwell	38	30	6	2	119	31	+88	66
2	Rangers	38	28	5	5	118	42	+76	61
3	Celtic	38	20	8	10	94	50	+44	48
4	Third Lanark	38	21	4	13	92	81	+11	46
5	St Mirren	38	20	4	14	77	56	+21	44
6	Partick Thistle	38	19	4	15	58	59	−1	42
7	Aberdeen	38	16	9	13	57	49	+8	41
8	Heart of Midlothian	38	17	5	16	63	61	+2	39
9	Kilmarnock	38	16	7	15	68	70	−2	39
10	Hamilton Academical	38	16	6	16	84	65	+19	38
11	Dundee	38	14	10	14	61	72	−11	38
12	Cowdenbeath	38	15	8	15	66	78	−12	38
13	Clyde	38	13	9	16	58	70	−12	35
14	Airdrieonians	38	13	6	19	74	81	−7	32
15	Morton	38	12	7	19	78	87	−9	31
16	Queen's Park	38	13	5	20	59	79	−20	31
17	Ayr United	38	11	7	20	70	90	−20	29
18	Falkirk	38	11	5	22	70	76	−6	27
19	Dundee United	38	6	7	25	40	118	−78	19
20	Leith Athletic	38	6	4	28	46	137	−91	16

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Champions: Motherwell
Relegated: Dundee United, Leith Athletic

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1931–32 Scottish Division Two

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	East Stirlingshire (C, P)	38	26	3	9	111	55	2.018	55	Promotion to 1932–33 Scottish First Division
2	St Johnstone (P)	38	24	7	7	102	52	1.962	55
3	Raith Rovers	38	20	6	12	83	65	1.277	46
4	Stenhousemuir	38	19	8	11	88	76	1.158	46
5	St Bernard's	38	19	7	12	81	62	1.306	45
6	Forfar Athletic	38	19	7	12	90	79	1.139	45
7	Hibernian	38	18	8	12	73	52	1.404	44
8	East Fife	38	18	5	15	107	77	1.390	41
9	Queen of the South	38	18	5	15	99	91	1.088	41
10	Dunfermline Athletic	38	17	6	15	78	73	1.068	40
11	Arbroath	38	17	5	16	82	78	1.051	39
12	Dumbarton	38	14	10	14	70	60	1.167	38
13	Alloa Athletic	38	14	7	17	73	74	0.986	35
14	Bo'ness	38	15	4	19	70	103	0.680	34
15	King's Park	38	14	5	19	97	93	1.043	33
16	Albion Rovers	38	13	2	23	81	104	0.779	28
17	Montrose	38	11	6	21	60	96	0.625	28
18	Armadale	38	10	5	23	68	102	0.667	25
19	Brechin City	38	9	7	22	52	97	0.536	25
20	Edinburgh City	38	5	7	26	78	146	0.534	17

Source: statto.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Promoted: East Stirlingshire, St. Johnstone

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1931–32 Scottish Cup

Rangers were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 3–0 replay win over Kilmarnock.

Other honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup – North	Inverness Citadel	4–1	Murrayfield Amateurs
Scottish Qualifying Cup – South	Beith	6–1	Dalbeattie Star

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Aberdeen	11–3 *	Huntly
Dumbartonshire Cup	Dumbarton	8–3 *	Vale Ocaba
East of Scotland Shield	Hearts	5–1	St Bernard's
Fife Cup	East Fife	3–1	Cowdenbeath
Forfarshire Cup	Montrose	1–0	Dundee United
Glasgow Cup	Rangers	3–0	Queens Park
Lanarkshire Cup	Motherwell	5–4 *	Airdrie
Perthshire Cup	St Johnstone	9–0	Binham Rovers
Renfrewshire Cup	St Mirren	5–2 *	Morton
Southern Counties Cup	Stranraer
Stirlingshire Cup	East Stirling	4–2	Stenhousemuir

^* – aggregate over two legs

Highland League

Top Three

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Elgin City	26	16	6	4	71	25	+46	38
2	Keith	26	17	3	6	92	53	+39	37
3	Inverness Citadel	26	15	6	5	59	39	+20	36

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Junior Cup

Glasgow Perthshire were winners of the Junior Cup after a 2–1 win over Kirkintilloch Rob Roy in the final.

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1920–39 results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[2]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
19 September 1931	Ibrox Park, Glasgow (H)	Ireland	3–1	BHC	George Stevenson, Jimmy McGrory, Bob McPhail
31 October 1931	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (A)	Wales	3–2	BHC	George Stevenson, Robert Thomson, Jimmy McGrory
9 April 1932	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	0–3	BHC
8 May 1932	Stade de Colombes Paris (A)	France	3–1	Friendly	Neil Dewar (3)

Key:

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

References

1. . Archived from the original on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
2. Scotland's score is shown first.

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