1921–22 in Scottish football

The 1921–22 season was the 49th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 32nd season of the Scottish Football League. Division Two was reintroduced after having been abandoned due to World War I. Automatic promotion and relegation was introduced this season, as well as goal difference to divide teams who are level on points. Between next season and the 1974–75 season, goal average became the decider between teams equal on points.^[1]

Football in Scotland

Season	1921–22
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1921–22 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Celtic
Division Two champions
Alloa Athletic
Scottish Cup winners
Morton
Junior Cup winners
St Roch's
Scotland national team
1922 BHC

The Queen's Park Shield, the national championship for the four ancient universities, started this season too.^[2]

League competitions

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1921–22 Scottish Division One

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic	42	27	13	2	83	20	+63	67
2	Rangers	42	28	10	4	83	26	+57	66
3	Raith Rovers	42	19	13	10	66	43	+23	51
4	Dundee	42	19	11	12	57	40	+17	49
5	Falkirk	42	16	17	9	48	38	+10	49
6	Partick Thistle	42	20	8	14	57	53	+4	48
7	Hibernian	42	16	14	12	55	44	+11	46
8	St Mirren	42	17	12	13	71	61	+10	46
9	Third Lanark	42	17	12	13	58	52	+6	46
10	Clyde	42	16	12	14	60	51	+9	44
11	Albion Rovers	42	17	10	15	55	51	+4	44
12	Morton	42	16	10	16	58	57	+1	42
13	Motherwell	42	16	7	19	63	58	+5	39
14	Ayr United	42	13	12	17	55	63	−8	38
15	Aberdeen	42	13	9	20	48	54	−6	35
16	Airdrieonians	42	12	11	19	46	56	−10	35
17	Kilmarnock	42	13	9	20	56	83	−27	35
18	Hamilton Academical	42	9	16	17	51	62	−11	34
19	Hearts	42	11	10	21	50	60	−10	32
20	Dumbarton	42	10	10	22	46	81	−35	30	Relegation to the 1922–23 Second Division
21	Queen's Park	42	9	10	23	38	82	−44	28
22	Clydebank	42	6	8	28	34	103	−69	20

Source: "1921-1922 Division 1 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Dumbarton, Queen's Park, Clydebank

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1921–22 Scottish Division Two

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Alloa Athletic (C, P)	38	26	8	4	81	32	2.531	60	Promoted to the 1922–23 Scottish Division One
2	Cowdenbeath	38	19	9	10	57	30	1.900	47
3	Armadale	38	20	5	13	64	48	1.333	45
4	Vale of Leven	38	17	10	11	54	43	1.256	44
5	Bathgate	38	16	11	11	56	41	1.366	43
6	Bo'ness	38	16	7	15	56	49	1.143	39
7	Broxburn United	38	14	11	13	43	43	1.000	39
8	Dunfermline Athletic	38	14	10	14	56	42	1.333	38
9	St Bernard's	38	15	8	15	50	49	1.020	38
10	East Fife	38	15	8	15	54	54	1.000	38
11	Stenhousemuir	38	14	10	14	50	51	0.980	38
12	Johnstone	38	14	10	14	46	59	0.780	38
13	St Johnstone	38	12	11	15	41	52	0.788	35
14	Forfar Athletic	38	11	12	15	43	51	0.843	34
15	East Stirlingshire	38	12	10	16	43	60	0.717	34
16	Arbroath	38	11	11	16	45	56	0.804	33
17	King's Park	38	10	12	16	47	65	0.723	32
18	Lochgelly United	38	11	9	18	46	54	0.852	31
19	Dundee Hibernian	38	10	8	20	47	65	0.723	28	Left the League
20	Clackmannan	38	9	8	21	40	75	0.533	26

Source: statto.com
Rules for classification: Teams are ranked by points then goal average. Points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Promoted: Alloa Athletic

Other honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup	Morton	1 – 0	Rangers
Scottish Qualifying Cup	Montrose	2 – 1[a]	Nithsdale Wanderers
Scottish Junior Cup	St Roch's	2 – 1[b]	Kilwinning Rangers
Scottish Amateur Cup	Greenock HSFP	3 – 1[b]	Bo'ness
Queen's Park Shield	Aberdeen University

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Aberdeen	5 – 0	Buckie Thistle
Ayrshire Cup	Kilmarnock	5 – 2	Stevenston United
Dumbartonshire Cup	Dumbarton	2 – 0	Dumbarton Harp
East of Scotland Shield	Hibernian	3 – 2	St Bernard's
Fife Cup	Raith Rovers	2 – 0	East Fife
Forfarshire Cup	Montrose	1 – 0	Forfar Athletic
Glasgow Cup	Rangers	1 – 0	Celtic
Lanarkshire Cup	Airdrie	3 – 0	Albion Rovers
Linlithgowshire Cup	Armadale	1 – 0	Bo'ness
North of Scotland Cup	Caledonian	3 – 0	Nairn County
Perthshire Cup	Vale of Atholl	2 – 0	Blairgowrie Amateurs
Renfrewshire Cup	Morton	2 – 0[c]	St Mirren
Southern Counties Cup	Nithsdale Wanderers	2 – 0[d]	Queen of the South
Stirlingshire Cup	Stenhousemuir	2 – 0	Alloa Athletic

Non-league honours

Highland League

Top Three

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Clachnacuddin	14	10	3	1	29	11	+18	23
2	Buckie Thistle	14	8	3	3	26	18	+8	19
3	Inverness Citadel	14	6	3	5	30	26	+4	15

Source: SFHA

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1920–39 results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[3]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
4 February 1922	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (A)	Wales	1–2	BHC	Sandy Archibald
4 March 1922	Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	2–1	BHC	Andrew Wilson (2)
8 April 1922	Villa Park, Birmingham (A)	England	1–0	BHC	Andrew Wilson

Scotland were winners of the 1922 British Home Championship.

Key:

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

Other national teams

Scottish League XI

Date	Venue	Opponents[4][5]	Score[e]	Scotland scorer(s)
26 October 1921	Glasgow (H)	Irish League XI	3–0
18 March 1922	Ibrox, Glasgow (H)	Football League XI	0–3

See also

• 1921–22 Aberdeen F.C. season
• Lord Provost's Rent Relief Cup

Notes

1. Second replay needed.
2. Replay needed.
3. Aggregate score over two legs.
4. Replay needed.
5. Scottish League XI's score is shown first.