1937–38 in Scottish football

The 1937–38 season was the 65th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 48th season of the Scottish Football League.

Scottish League Division One

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	38	27	7	4	114	42	+72	61
2	Heart of Midlothian	38	26	6	6	90	50	+40	58
3	Rangers	38	18	13	7	75	49	+26	49
4	Falkirk	38	19	9	10	82	52	+30	47
5	Motherwell	38	17	10	11	78	69	+9	44
6	Aberdeen	38	15	9	14	74	59	+15	39
7	Partick Thistle	38	15	9	14	68	70	−2	39
8	St Johnstone	38	16	7	15	78	81	−3	39
9	Third Lanark	38	11	13	14	68	73	−5	35
10	Hibernian	38	11	13	14	57	65	−8	35
11	Arbroath	38	11	13	14	58	79	−21	35
12	Queen's Park	38	11	12	15	59	74	−15	34
13	Hamilton Academical	38	13	7	18	81	76	+5	33
14	St Mirren	38	14	5	19	58	66	−8	33
15	Clyde	38	10	13	15	68	78	−10	33
16	Queen of the South	38	11	11	16	58	71	−13	33
17	Ayr United	38	9	15	14	66	85	−19	33
18	Kilmarnock	38	12	9	17	65	91	−26	33
19	Dundee	38	13	6	19	70	74	−4	32
20	Morton	38	6	3	29	64	127	−63	15

Source: RSSSF^{[dead link‍]}

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Dundee, Morton

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Raith Rovers	34	27	5	2	142	54	+88	59	Promotion to the 1938–39 First Division
2	Albion Rovers	34	20	8	6	97	50	+47	48	Promotion to the 1938–39 First Division
3	Airdrieonians	34	21	5	8	100	53	+47	47
4	St Bernard's	34	20	5	9	75	49	+26	45
5	Cowdenbeath	34	17	9	8	115	71	+44	43
6	East Fife	34	19	5	10	94	61	+33	43
7	Dumbarton	34	17	5	12	85	66	+19	39
8	Stenhousemuir	34	17	5	12	87	78	+9	39
9	Dunfermline Athletic	34	17	5	12	82	76	+6	39
10	Leith Athletic	34	16	5	13	71	56	+15	37
11	Alloa Athletic	34	11	4	19	78	106	−28	26
12	King's Park	34	11	4	19	64	96	−32	26
13	East Stirlingshire	34	9	7	18	55	95	−40	25
14	Dundee United	34	9	5	20	69	104	−35	23
15	Forfar Athletic	34	8	6	20	67	100	−33	22
16	Montrose	34	7	8	19	56	88	−32	22
17	Edinburgh City	34	7	3	24	77	125	−48	17
18	Brechin City	34	5	2	27	53	139	−86	12

Source: "1937-1938 Division 2 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Promoted: Raith Rovers, Albion Rovers

East Fife were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 4–2 extra time win in a replay against Kilmarnock.

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup – North	Elgin City	6–2	Blairgowrie
Scottish Qualifying Cup – South	Stranraer	5–3	Bo'ness

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Fraserburgh	4–3 *	Peterhead
Ayrshire Cup	Ayr United	7–1	Beith
East of Scotland Shield	Hibernian	4–0	Hearts
Forfarshire Cup	Dundee	3–0	Dundee United
Glasgow Cup	Rangers	2–1	Third Lanark
Lanarkshire Cup	Airdrie	4–2 *	Hamilton
Perthshire Cup	Blairgowrie	8–2 *	Vale of Atholl
Renfrewshire Cup	St Mirren	7–1	Morton
Southern Counties Cup	Solway Star
Stirlingshire Cup	Falkirk	4–1 *	King's Park

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Cambuslang Rangers were winners of the Junior Cup after a 3–2 win over Benburb in the final.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
30 October 1937	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	1–2	BHC	Alex Massie
10 November 1937	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen (H)	Ireland	1–1	BHC	James Smith
8 December 1937	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Czechoslovakia	5–0	Friendly	Andrew Black, David McCulloch (2), Peter Buchanan, David Kinnear
9 April 1938	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	1–0	BHC	Thomas Walker
21 May 1938	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam (A)	Netherlands	3–1	Friendly	Andrew Black, Francis Murphy, Thomas Walker

Key:

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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 Arbroath Ayr United Celtic Clyde Dundee Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Queen's Park Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Fife East Stirlingshire Edinburgh City Forfar Athletic King's Park Leith Athletic Montrose Raith Rovers St Bernard's Stenhousemuir