Scotland. Ranked 5th. Glasgow Rangers time… their ambitious project was based entirely on money. Spending like crazy and buying English players. In the long term, it was their doom. Still 2 points for a win, the teams in the lower divisions played 3 times against each other and the teams in the top league – 4 times.
Scottish Division 2 – third level. As ever, 2 teams promoted, none relegated. In brief:
Arbroath finished 10th with 37 points.
Queen’s Park – 7th with 38 points.
A bit of battle for second place – Brechin City lost it by 2 points, ending 3rd with 43 points.
Alloa Athletic clinched 2nd place with 45 points and was promoted to second level.
Albion Rovers won the championship with confidence: 21 wins, 8 ties, 10 losses, 65-48 goal-difference and 50 points. It was great and may be even surprising success, for they were 12th of 14 teams in the previous season. Now they were promoted up.
Scottish Division 1 – second level.
Queen of the South finished last with 10 points and was relegated. They had 2 points deducted for a breach of the rules, but even with full record they were too weak and going down.
Kilmarnock was the other relegated team – 13th with 34 points. Unfortunate, for they went down only on worse goal-difference and that by a single goal, but Kilmarnock was not doing well in the last few years, so relegation was inevitable.
Clyde survived with 34 points and one goal better goal-difference. Lucky 12th.
Ayr United also survived – 11th with 35 points.
Meadowbank Thistle – 10th with 36 points.
Forfar Athletic – 9th with 36 points.
Partick Thistle – 8th with 37 points.
Raith Rovers – 7th with 40 points.
St. Johnstone – 6th with 40 points.
Greenock Morton – 5th with 41 points.
Airdrieonians – tried to climb back to top flight, but eventually fell back: 4th with 47 points.
Clydebank – one more team trying to go up, but eventually losing steam: 3rd with 48 points. They scored most goals in the league – 80.
Falkirk – solid season, ending with success: 2nd with 52 points.
Dunfermline Athletic managed to prevail over all rivals: 22 wins, 10 ties, 7 losses, 60-36 goal-difference and 54 points. They were just relegated from the Premier and did not want to stay in the second level at all.
Of course, they had every right to celebrate – champions and moving up!