1937–38 Scottish Division One
# 1937–38 Scottish Division One

The 1937–38 Scottish Division One season was won by Celtic by three points over nearest rival Heart of Midlothian. Dundee and Morton finished 19th and 20th respectively and were relegated to the 1938–39 Scottish Division Two.

## League table

| Pos | Team | 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 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ABE | ARB | AYR | CEL | CLY | DND | FAL | HAM | HOM | HIB | KIL | MOR | MOT | PAR | QOS | QPA | RAN | STJ | STM | THI |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aberdeen | | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Arbroath | 3–3 | | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–5 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Ayr United | 4–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 6–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Celtic | 5–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 8–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 |
| Clyde | 2–1 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 1–6 | | 3–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 7–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Dundee | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | | 1–4 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Falkirk | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | | 4–5 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| Hamilton Academical | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | | 2–3 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 8–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 2–1 | 4–1 | 7–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Hibernian | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 6–3 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Kilmarnock | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–2 |
| Morton | 3–5 | 4–5 | 7–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–6 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 4–2 | | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| Motherwell | 2–1 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–4 |
| Partick Thistle | 3–1 | 0–0 | 6–2 | 1–6 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 1–3 |
| Queen of the South | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–4 |
| Queen's Park | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 |
| Rangers | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| St Johnstone | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 6–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| St Mirren | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–4 |
| Third Lanark | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–0 | |
