1948–49 Scottish Division A
# 1948–49 Scottish Division A

The 1948–49 Scottish Division A was won by Rangers by one point over nearest rival Dundee. Morton and Albion Rovers finished 15th and 16th respectively and were relegated to the 1949–50 Scottish Division B.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rangers | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 63 | 32 | +31 | 46 |
| 2 | Dundee | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 71 | 48 | +23 | 45 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 75 | 52 | +23 | 39 |
| 4 | East Fife | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 64 | 46 | +18 | 35 |
| 5 | Falkirk | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 70 | 54 | +16 | 32 |
| 6 | Celtic | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 31 |
| 7 | Third Lanark | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 56 | 52 | +4 | 31 |
| 8 | Heart of Midlothian | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 64 | 54 | +10 | 30 |
| 9 | St Mirren | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 30 |
| 10 | Queen of the South | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 30 |
| 11 | Partick Thistle | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 27 |
| 12 | Motherwell | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 25 |
| 13 | Aberdeen | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 25 |
| 14 | Clyde | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 50 | 67 | −17 | 24 |
| 15 | Morton | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 22 |
| 16 | Albion Rovers | 30 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 30 | 105 | −75 | 8 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ABE | ALB | CEL | CLY | DND | EFI | FAL | HOM | HIB | MOR | MOT | PAR | QOS | RAN | STM | THI |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aberdeen | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Albion Rovers | 2–1 | | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–5 |
| Celtic | 3–0 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Clyde | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | | 3–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–5 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Dundee | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | | 2–5 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| East Fife | 1–4 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| Falkirk | 1–2 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | | 5–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 1–1 | 7–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | | 3–2 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 |
| Hibernian | 4–1 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 3–4 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Morton | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–3 |
| Motherwell | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Partick Thistle | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–6 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 |
| Queen of the South | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 8–2 | | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Rangers | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| St Mirren | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 1–2 |
| Third Lanark | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
