1940–41 Southern Football League (Scotland)

The 1940–41 Southern Football League was the first edition of the regional war-time football league tournament.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers (C)	30	21	4	5	79	33	+46	46
2	Clyde	30	18	7	5	99	61	+38	43
3	Hibernian	30	14	7	9	74	61	+13	35
4	Airdrieonians	30	13	8	9	75	62	+13	34
5	Celtic	30	14	6	10	48	40	+8	34
6	Falkirk	30	13	7	10	78	73	+5	33
7	St Mirren	30	12	8	10	55	57	−2	32
8	Motherwell	30	13	4	13	73	65	+8	30
9	Heart of Midlothian	30	12	5	13	64	71	−7	29
10	Morton	30	9	11	10	67	62	+5	29
11	Hamilton Academical	30	11	6	13	67	75	−8	28
12	Partick Thistle	30	9	8	13	55	62	−7	26
13	Third Lanark	30	9	7	14	56	80	−24	25
14	Dumbarton	30	10	4	16	58	78	−20	24
15	Albion Rovers	30	6	5	19	45	80	−35	17
16	Queen's Park	30	6	3	21	46	79	−33	15

Source: Scottish Football History – Southern Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	AIR	ALB	CEL	CLY	DUM	FAL	HAM	HOM	HIB	MORT	MOT	PAR	QPA	RAN	STM	THL
Airdrieonians		3–2	1–0	1–4	6–1	5–2	6–5	3–1	4–2	0–0	5–3	1–1	5–2	0–2	3–0	3–4
Albion Rovers	2–4		1–3	0–1	1–2	5–5	1–4	0–3	4–3	3–3	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–7	0–2	6–1
Celtic	2–0	2–0		1–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	2–1	0–4	2–0	4–1	5–1	5–1	0–0	0–0	4–3
Clyde	4–2	4–3	1–1		2–2	8–2	2–1	10–3	2–1	2–1	3–2	5–3	5–1	0–3	1–3	3–3
Dumbarton	3–3	4–1	2–3	2–1		2–1	5–1	1–4	2–0	2–4	2–3	2–0	2–1	1–4	3–4	6–4
Falkirk	1–1	2–0	0–1	3–2	3–3		5–0	3–3	2–2	6–3	6–3	4–1	4–1	1–3	2–0	5–0
Hamilton Academical	3–2	0–2	1–0	0–2	3–0	1–2		6–2	2–3	4–3	3–4	3–1	3–4	1–4	2–2	1–1
Heart of Midlothian	0–2	3–1	2–1	3–5	2–1	2–3	5–2		3–5	3–3	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	5–1	4–2
Hibernian	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	7–1	3–1	2–1		2–1	3–3	4–0	3–2	1–0	2–4	2–0
Morton	3–3	4–0	2–0	2–6	2–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	3–1		1–0	3–1	5–0	2–4	1–2	4–1
Motherwell	2–0	6–0	5–1	4–6	4–1	3–1	2–4	2–3	3–0	1–1		2–4	2–0	2–3	4–1	3–0
Partick Thistle	3–3	1–0	3–2	3–2	5–2	4–0	0–0	4–2	1–2	2–2	3–0		4–0	1–4	3–2	2–3
Queen's Park	2–3	6–1	0–1	3–4	2–3	1–3	1–2	3–1	2–5	2–1	1–3	1–1		0–5	2–0	2–2
Rangers	2–0	2–0	2–3	3–2	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–0	5–1	5–4	2–3	3–1	1–1		3–0	0–3
St Mirren	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	4–0	3–4	3–3	0–1	4–4	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0		3–2
Third Lanark	3–2	0–3	1–0	1–6	4–1	0–4	3–4	2–0	3–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–3	0–1	5–3

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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