1950–51 in Scottish football

The 1950–51 season was the 78th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 54th season of the Scottish Football League. ^[1]

1950–51 in Scottish football
Division A champions
Hibernian
Division B champions
Queen of the South
Division C (North & East) champions
Heart of Midlothian 'A'
Division C (South & West) champions
Clyde 'A'
Scottish Cup winners
Celtic
League Cup winners
Motherwell
Division C League Cup winners
Aberdeen 'A'
Junior Cup winners
Petershill
Scotland national team
1951 BHC

Scottish League Division A

Main article: 1950–51 Scottish Division A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hibernian	30	22	4	4	78	26	+52	48
2	Rangers	30	17	4	9	64	37	+27	38
3	Dundee	30	15	8	7	47	30	+17	38
4	Heart of Midlothian	30	16	5	9	72	45	+27	37
5	Aberdeen	30	15	5	10	61	50	+11	35
6	Partick Thistle	30	13	7	10	57	48	+9	33
7	Celtic	30	12	5	13	48	46	+2	29
8	Raith Rovers	30	13	2	15	52	52	0	28
9	Motherwell	30	11	6	13	58	65	−7	28
10	East Fife	30	10	8	12	48	66	−18	28
11	St Mirren	30	9	7	14	35	51	−16	25
12	Morton	30	10	4	16	47	59	−12	24
13	Third Lanark	30	11	2	17	40	51	−11	24
14	Airdrieonians	30	10	4	16	52	67	−15	24
15	Clyde	30	8	7	15	37	57	−20	23
16	Falkirk	30	7	4	19	35	81	−46	18

Source: RSSSF^{[dead link]}

Champions: Hibernian
Relegated: Clyde, Falkirk

Scottish League Division B

Main article: 1950–51 Scottish Division B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Queen of the South	30	21	3	6	69	35	+34	45	Promotion to the 1951–52 Division A
2	Stirling Albion	30	21	3	6	78	44	+34	45
3	Ayr United	30	15	6	9	64	40	+24	36
4	Dundee United	30	16	4	10	78	58	+20	36
5	St Johnstone	30	14	5	11	68	53	+15	33
6	Queen's Park	30	13	7	10	56	53	+3	33
7	Hamilton Academical	30	12	8	10	65	49	+16	32
8	Albion Rovers	30	14	4	12	56	51	+5	32
9	Dumbarton	30	12	5	13	52	53	−1	29
10	Dunfermline Athletic	30	12	4	14	58	73	−15	28
11	Cowdenbeath	30	12	3	15	61	57	+4	27
12	Kilmarnock	30	8	8	14	44	49	−5	24
13	Arbroath	30	8	5	17	46	78	−32	21
14	Forfar Athletic	30	9	3	18	43	76	−33	21
15	Stenhousemuir	30	9	2	19	51	80	−29	20
16	Alloa Athletic	30	7	4	19	58	98	−40	18

Source: "1950-1951 Division B - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Promoted: Queen of the South, Stirling Albion

Scottish League Division C

Section^[2]^[3]	Winner	Runner-up
South-West	Clyde 'A'	Ayr United 'A'
North-East	Hearts 'A'	Aberdeen 'A'

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup	Celtic	1 – 0	Motherwell
League Cup	Motherwell	3 – 0	Hibernian
Junior Cup	Petershill	1 – 0	Irvine Meadow XI

Other honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup – North	Deveronvale	5 – 4 *	Clachnacuddin
Scottish Qualifying Cup – South	Wigtown	4 – 0 *	Duns

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Deveronvale	3 – 0 *†	Peterhead
Ayrshire Cup	Kilmarnock	6 – 1 *	Ayr United
Fife Cup	Raith Rovers		Cowdenbeath
Forfarshire Cup	Dundee United	3 – 2	Dundee
Glasgow Cup	Partick Thistle	3 – 2 †	Celtic
Lanarkshire Cup	Albion Rovers	2 – 1	Motherwell
Renfrewshire Cup	Morton	1 – 0	St Mirren
Stirlingshire Cup	Falkirk	3 – 1 *	Stirling Albion

• * – aggregate over two legs
• † – replay

Highland League

Top Three

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Inverness Caledonian	28	22	4	2	93	32	+61	48
2	Buckie Thistle	28	17	5	6	99	56	+43	39
3	Fraserburgh	28	14	6	8	72	50	+22	34

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1940–59 results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[4]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
21 October 1950	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	3–1	BHC	Lawrie Reilly (2), Billy Liddell
1 November 1950	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	6–1	BHC	Billy Steel (4), John McPhail (2)
13 December 1950	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Austria	0–1	Friendly
14 April 1951	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	3–2	BHC	Bobby Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly, Billy Liddell
12 May 1951	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Denmark	3–1	Friendly	Billy Steel, Lawrie Reilly, Robert Mitchell
16 May 1951	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	France	1–0	Friendly	Lawrie Reilly
20 May 1951	Heysel Stadium, Brussels (A)	Belgium	5–0	Friendly	George Hamilton (3), Jimmy Mason, Willie Waddell
27 May 1951	Prater Stadium, Vienna (A)	Austria	0–4	Friendly

1951 British Home Championship – winners

Key:

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

Notes and references

1. "1950/51 - the Scottish Football League". www.scottishfootballleague.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
2. Scottish Football League C Division, dates results & final tables 1950-51, Scottish Football Historical Archive
3. Scotland – Final Tables Third Level 1924-2004, RSSSF
4. Scotland's score is shown first.

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