The 1948–49 season was the 76th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 52nd season of the Scottish Football League. Rangers became the first team to win the Scottish domestic treble. At the end of the season, Scottish Division C was split into two regional sections. It would be 26 years before a set-up with three national divisions would be in place again.

Scottish League Division A

Champions: Rangers <br />

Relegated: Greenock Morton, Albion Rovers

Scottish League Division B

Champions: Raith Rovers, Stirling Albion<br />

Relegated: East Stirlingshire

Scottish League Division C

Source: RSSSF

Cup honours

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!width=140|Competition

!width=135|Winner

!width=80|Score

!width=135|Runner-up

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|align=left|Scottish Cup 1948–49

|Rangers

|align=center|4 – 1

|Clyde

|-

|align=left|League Cup 1948–49

|Rangers

|align=center|2 – 0

|Raith Rovers

|-

|align=left|Junior Cup

|Auchinleck Talbot

|align=center|3 – 2

|Petershill

|}

Other Honours

National

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!width=160|Competition

!width=135|Winner

!width=80|Score

!width=135|Runner-up

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|align=left|B Division Supplementary Cup

|St Johnstone

|4 – 1 *

|Raith Rovers

|-

|align=left|Scottish Qualifying Cup - North

|Inverness Caledonian

|3 – 0

|Clachnacuddin

|-

|align=left|Scottish Qualifying Cup - South

|Leith Athletic

|5 – 2

|Brechin City

|}

County

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!width=160|Competition

!width=135|Winner

!width=80|Score

!width=135|Runner-up

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|align=left|Aberdeenshire Cup

|Peterhead

|5 – 4 *

|Deveronvale

|-

|align=left|East of Scotland Shield

|Hibernian

|2 – 1

|Hearts

|-

|align=left|Forfarshire Cup

|Dundee

|2 – 1

|Arbroath

|-

|align=left|Glasgow Cup

|Celtic

|3 – 1

|Third Lanark

|-

|align=left|Lanarkshire Cup

|Albion Rovers

|2 – 1

|Airdrie

|-

|align=left|Renfrewshire Cup

|Morton

|3 – 1

|St Mirren

|-

|align=left|Southern Counties Cup

|Newton Stewart

|

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|}

  • * - aggregate over two legs
  • - replay

Highland League

Scotland national team

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!Date

!Venue

!Opponents

!

!Competition

!Scotland scorer(s)

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|23 October 1948

|Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)

|

|align=center|3–1

|BHC

|Willie Waddell (2), Lawrie Reilly

|-bgcolor=#ddffdd

|17 November 1948

|Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)

|

|align=center|3–2

|BHC

|Billy Houliston (2), Jimmy Mason

|-bgcolor=#ddffdd

|9 April 1949

|Wembley Stadium, London (A)

|

|align=center|3–1

|BHC

|Jimmy Mason, Billy Steel, Lawrie Reilly

|-bgcolor=#ddffdd

|27 April 1949

|Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)

|

|align=center|2–0

|Friendly

|Billy Steel (2)

|-

|}

Scotland were winners of the 1949 British Home Championship.

Key:

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

Notes and references

  • Scottish Football Historical Archive