The 1929–30 season was the 57th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 40th season of the Scottish Football League.

League competitions

Scottish League Division One

Champions: Rangers<br />

Relegated: Dundee United, St Johnstone

Scottish League Division Two

Promoted: Leith Athletic, East Fife

Other honours

National

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

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!width=160|Competition

!width=135|Winner

!width=80|Score

!width=135|Runner-up

|-

|align=left|Scottish Cup

| Rangers

| 2 – 1

| Partick Thistle

|-

|align=left|Scottish Qualifying Cup

|Bathgate

|1 – 0

|St Cuthbert Wanderers

|-

|align=left| Scottish Junior Cup

| Newtongrange Star

| 3 – 0

| Hall Russell

|-

|align=left|Scottish Amateur Cup

|Murrayfield Amateurs

|2 – 0

| Gourock HFSP

|-

|align=left|Queen's Park Shield

| Aberdeen University

|

|

|}

County

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|-

!width=160|Competition

!width=135|Winner

!width=80|Score

!width=135|Runner-up

|-

|align=left|Aberdeenshire Cup

|Aberdeen

|7 – 5

|Fraserburgh

|-

|align=left|Ayrshire Cup

|Kilmarnock

| 3 – 1

| Beith

|-

|align=left|Dumbartonshire Cup

|Dumbarton

|6 – 2

|Clydebank

|-

|align=left|East of Scotland Shield

|Hearts

|1 – 1

|Hibernian

|-

|align=left|Fife Cup

|Raith Rovers

|3 – 2

|East Fife

|-

|align=left|Forfarshire Cup

|Dundee United

|2 – 1

|Montrose

|-

|align=left|Glasgow Cup

|Rangers

|4–0

|Celtic

|-

|align=left|Lanarkshire Cup

|Motherwell

|1 – 0

|Albion Rovers

|-

|align=left|North of Scotland Cup

| Ross County

|2 – 0

| Elgin City

|-

|align=left|Perthshire Cup

|St Johnstone

| 7 – 2

| Killin

|-

|align=left|Renfrewshire Cup

|St Mirren

|3 – 0

|Greenock HSFP

|-

|align=left|Southern Counties Cup

|St Cuthbert Wanderers

|4 – 1

|Newton Stewart

|-

|align=left|Stirlingshire Cup

|Falkirk

|4 – 0

|Stenhousemuir

|}

Non-league honours

Highland League

East of Scotland League

Scotland national team

{| class="wikitable"

!Date

!Venue

!Opponents

!

!Competition

!Scotland scorer(s)

|-bgcolor=#ddffdd

|26 October 1929

|Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)

|

|align=center|4–2

|BHC

|Hughie Gallacher (2), Alex James, Jimmy Gibson

|-bgcolor=#ddffdd

|22 February 1930

|Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)

|

|align=center|3–1

|BHC

|Hughie Gallacher (2), George Stevenson

|-bgcolor=#ffdddd

|5 April 1930

|Wembley Stadium, London (A)

|

|align=center|2–5

|BHC

|Jimmy Fleming (2)

|-bgcolor=#ddffdd

|18 May 1930

|Stade de Colombes Paris (A)

|

|align=center|2–0

|Friendly

|Hughie Gallacher (2)

|}

Key:

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

Other national teams

Scottish League XI

{| class="wikitable"

!Date

!Venue

!Opponents

!

!Scotland scorer(s)

|-bgcolor=#ddffdd

| 9 October 1929

| Windsor Park, Belfast&nbsp;(A)

| Irish League XI

|align=center|4–1

|

|-bgcolor=#ddffdd

| 2 November 1929

| Ibrox, Glasgow&nbsp;(A)

| Football League XI

|align=center|2–1

|

|}

Scottish national amateur team

{| class="wikitable"

!Date

!Venue

!Opponents

!

!Competition

!Scotland scorer(s)

|-bgcolor=#ddffdd

| 12 October 1929

| Brandywell, Derry&nbsp;(A)

| Northern Ireland

|align=center|3–0

||Friendly

|

|-bgcolor=#ddffdd

| 8 February 1930

| Hampden Park, Glasgow&nbsp;(H)

| Wales

|align=center|1–0

||Friendly

|

|-bgcolor=#ddffdd

| 15 March 1930

| Hampden Park, Glasgow&nbsp;(H)

| England

|align=center|1–0

||Friendly

|

|}

Notes

References

  • Scottish Football Historical Archive