The 1949–50 season was the 77th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 53rd season of the Scottish Football League.

Scottish League Division A

Rangers won the league with a 2–2 draw in their last match, away to Third Lanark, a game in which Rangers took a 2–0 lead before Thirds fought back to 2–2. Another goal for Third Lanark would have handed the title to Hibernian.

A few days previously, Rangers had drawn 0–0 with Hibs at Ibrox before a crowd of 101,000, the largest crowd to watch a League match in Britain since the war, a record that still stands. Had Hibs won this match they would have become champions.

Champions: Rangers<br />

Relegated: Queen Of the South, Stirling Albion

Scottish League Division B

Promoted: Morton, Airdrie

Scottish League Division C

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!width=100|Section

!width=160|Winner

!width=160|Runner-up

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|align=left|South-West

|Clyde 'A'

|Rangers 'A'

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|align=left|South-East

|Hibernian 'A'

|Hearts 'A'

|}

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

|Rangers

|align=center|3 – 0

|East Fife

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|align=left|League Cup

|East Fife

|align=center|3 – 0

|Dunfermline Athletic

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|align=left|Junior Cup

|Blantyre Victoria

|align=center|3 – 0

|Cumnock Juniors

|}

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|Scottish Qualifying Cup - North

|Inverness Caledonian

|8 – 1 *

|Peterhead

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|align=left|Scottish Qualifying Cup - South

|Brechin City

|12 – 2 *

|Duns

|}

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

|4 – 3 *

|Deveronvale

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|align=left|Ayrshire Cup

|Ayr United

|3 – 1 *

|Kilmarnock

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|align=left|East of Scotland Shield

|Hearts

|5 – 2

|Leith Athletic

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|align=left|Fife Cup

|East Fife

|4 – 3 *

|Cowdenbeath

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|align=left|Forfarshire Cup

|Dundee

|3 – 2

|Brechin City

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|align=left|Glasgow Cup

|Rangers

|2 – 1

|Clyde

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|align=left|Lanarkshire Cup

|Motherwell

|4 – 0

|Albion Rovers

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|align=left|Renfrewshire Cup

|St Mirren

|3 – 2

|Morton

|-

|align=left|Stirlingshire Cup

|Falkirk

|3 – 0

|Alloa Athletic

|}

  • * - 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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|1 October 1949

|Windsor Park, Belfast (A)

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|align=center|8–2

|BHC

|Henry Morris (3), Willie Waddell (2), Billy Steel, Lawrie Reilly, Jimmy Mason

|-bgcolor=#ddffdd

|9 November 1949

|Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)

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|align=center|2–0

|BHC

|John McPhail, Alec Linwood

|-bgcolor=#ffdddd

|15 April 1950

|Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)

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|align=center|0–1

|BHC

|

|-bgcolor=#ddffdd

|26 April 1950

|Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)

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|align=center|3–1

|Friendly

|Willie Bauld, Robert Campbell, Allan Brown

|-bgcolor=#ffffdd

|21 May 1950

|Estádio Nacional, Lisbon (A)

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|align=center|2–2

|Friendly

|Willie Bauld, Allan Brown

|-bgcolor=#ddffdd

|27 May 1950

|Stade de Colombes, Paris (A)

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|align=center|1–0

|Friendly

|Allan Brown

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Key:

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

Notes and references

  • Scottish Football Historical Archive