1920–21 in Scottish football

Football in Scotland
Season1920–21
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1920–21 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Rangers
Scottish Cup winners
Partick Thistle
Junior Cup winners
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
Scotland national team
1921 BHC

The 1920–21 season was the 48th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 31st season of the Scottish Football League. [1]

Scottish Football League

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Main article: 1920–21 Scottish Football League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rangers 42 35 6 1 91 24 +67 76
2 Celtic 42 30 6 6 89 31 +58 66
3 Heart of Midlothian 42 20 10 12 74 49 +25 50
4 Dundee 42 19 11 12 54 48 +6 49
5 Motherwell 42 19 10 13 75 51 +24 48
6 Partick Thistle 42 17 12 13 53 39 +14 46
7 Clyde 42 21 3 18 63 62 +1 45
8 Third Lanark 42 19 6 17 74 61 +13 44
9 Morton 42 15 14 13 66 58 +8 44
10 Airdrieonians 42 17 9 16 71 64 +7 43
11 Kilmarnock 42 17 8 17 62 68 −6 42
12 Aberdeen 42 14 14 14 53 54 −1 42
13 Hibernian 42 16 9 17 58 57 +1 41
14 Hamilton Academical 42 14 12 16 44 57 −13 40
15 Ayr United 42 14 12 16 62 69 −7 40
16 Raith Rovers 42 16 5 21 54 58 −4 37
17 Falkirk 42 11 12 19 54 72 −18 34
18 Albion Rovers 42 11 12 19 57 68 −11 34
19 Queen's Park 42 11 11 20 45 80 −35 33
20 Clydebank 42 7 14 21 47 72 −25 28
21 Dumbarton 42 10 4 28 41 89 −48 24
22 St Mirren 42 7 4 31 43 92 −49 18
Source: [citation needed]

Champions: Rangers

Other honours

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National

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Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Cup Partick Thistle 1 – 0 Rangers
Scottish Qualifying Cup East Fife 3 – 1 Bo'ness
Scottish Junior Cup Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 1 – 0 Ashfield
Scottish Amateur Cup Edinburgh Civil Service 2 – 0 Moorpark Amateurs

County

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Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Aberdeen University 3 – 1[a] Peterhead
Ayrshire Cup Kilmarnock
Dumbartonshire Cup Vale of Leven 2 – 0 Clydebank
East of Scotland Shield Hibernian 1 – 0 Hearts
Fife Cup Raith Rovers 3 – 2 Dunfermline Athletic
Forfarshire Cup Arbroath 3 – 0[a] Dundee
Glasgow Cup Celtic 1 – 0 Clyde
Lanarkshire Cup Albion Rovers 2 – 1 Hamilton
Linlithgowshire Cup Bo'ness 2 – 0 Bathgate
North of Scotland Cup Clachnacuddin v Inverness Thistle
Perthshire Cup St Johnstone 5 – 0 Blairgowrie Amateurs
Southern Counties Cup Queen of the South 4 – 0 Douglas Wanderers
Stirlingshire Cup Alloa Athletic 1 – 0 Falkirk

Non-league honours

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Highland League

Top Three
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Clachnacuddin 14 10 2 2 38 16 +22 22
2 Inverness Thistle 14 9 1 4 41 22 +19 19
3 Inverness Caledonian 14 7 3 4 28 18 +10 17
Source: SFHA

Scotland national team

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Main article: Scotland national football team 1920–39 results
Date Venue Opponents Score[2] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
12 February 1921 Pittodrie Park, Aberdeen (H)  Wales 2–1 BHC Andrew Wilson (2)
26 February 1921 Windsor Park, Belfast (A)  Ireland 2–0 BHC Andrew Wilson (pen.), Joseph Cassidy
9 April 1921 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  England 3–0 BHC Andrew Wilson, Alan Morton, Andy Cunningham

Scotland were winners of the 1921 British Home Championship.

Key:

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

Other national teams

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Scottish League XI

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Date Venue Opponents[3][4] Score[b] Scotland scorer(s)
25 January 1921 Ibrox, Glasgow (H) Northern Ireland Irish League XI 3–0
12 March 1921 Highbury, London (A) England Football League XI 0–1

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Replay needed.
  2. ^ Scottish League XI's score is shown first.

References

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  1. ^ "1920/21 - the Scottish Football League". Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  2. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.
  3. ^ "SFL XI v The Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  4. ^ "SFL XI v Irish Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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