1936–37 in Scottish football

The 1936–37 season was the 64th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 47th season of the Scottish Football League.

Scottish League Division One

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	38	26	9	3	88	32	+56	61
2	Aberdeen	38	23	8	7	89	44	+45	54
3	Celtic	38	22	8	8	89	58	+31	52
4	Motherwell	38	22	7	9	96	54	+42	51
5	Heart of Midlothian	38	24	3	11	99	60	+39	51
6	Third Lanark	38	20	6	12	79	61	+18	46
7	Falkirk	38	19	6	13	98	66	+32	44
8	Hamilton Academical	38	18	5	15	91	96	−5	41
9	Dundee	38	12	15	11	58	69	−11	39
10	Clyde	38	16	6	16	59	70	−11	38
11	Kilmarnock	38	14	9	15	60	70	−10	37
12	St Johnstone	38	14	8	16	74	68	+6	36
13	Partick Thistle	38	11	12	15	73	68	+5	34
14	Arbroath	38	13	5	20	57	84	−27	31
15	Queen's Park	38	9	12	17	51	77	−26	30
16	St Mirren	38	11	7	20	68	81	−13	29
17	Hibernian	38	6	13	19	54	83	−29	25
18	Queen of the South	38	8	8	22	49	95	−46	24
19	Dunfermline Athletic	38	5	11	22	65	98	−33	21
20	Albion Rovers	38	5	6	27	53	116	−63	16

Source: RSSSF^{[dead link‍]}

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Dunfermline Athletic, Albion Rovers

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ayr United	34	25	4	5	122	49	+73	54	Promotion to the 1937–38 First Division
2	Morton	34	23	5	6	110	42	+68	51	Promotion to the 1937–38 First Division
3	St Bernard's	34	22	4	8	100	51	+49	48
4	Airdrieonians	34	18	8	8	85	60	+25	44
5	East Fife	34	15	8	11	76	51	+25	38
6	Cowdenbeath	34	14	10	10	75	59	+16	38
7	East Stirlingshire	34	18	2	14	81	78	+3	38
8	Raith Rovers	34	16	4	14	72	66	+6	36
9	Alloa Athletic	34	13	7	14	64	65	−1	33
10	Stenhousemuir	34	14	4	16	82	86	−4	32
11	Leith Athletic	34	13	5	16	62	65	−3	31
12	Forfar Athletic	34	11	8	15	73	89	−16	30
13	Montrose	34	11	6	17	65	98	−33	28
14	Dundee United	34	9	9	16	72	97	−25	27
15	Dumbarton	34	11	5	18	57	83	−26	27
16	Brechin City	34	8	9	17	64	98	−34	25
17	King's Park	34	11	3	20	61	106	−45	25
18	Edinburgh City	34	2	3	29	42	120	−78	7

Source: "1936-1937 Division 2 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-04-29.

Promoted: Ayr United, Greenock Morton

Celtic were winners of the Scottish Cup after a 2–1 final win over Aberdeen.

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup – North	Vale Ocaba	4–2^[1]	Keith
Scottish Qualifying Cup – South	Duns	2–1	Galston

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Buckie Thistle	7–2 *	Aberdeen University
Dumbartonshire Cup	Dumbarton	2–0	Vale Ocaba
East of Scotland Shield	Hearts	6–2	Hibernian
Fife Cup	East Fife	1–0	Dunfermline Athletic
Forfarshire Cup	Arbroath	3–1 #	Brechin City
Glasgow Cup	Rangers	6–1 #	Partick Thistle
Lanarkshire Cup	Motherwell	6–1 *	Airdrie
Perthshire Cup	Breadalbane	4–1 *	Blairgowrie
Renfrewshire Cup	Morton	1–0	St Mirren
Southern Counties Cup	Stranraer	2–1	St Cuthbert Wanderers
Stirlingshire Cup	Stenhousemuir	6–4 *	Alloa Athletic

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Arthurlie were winners of the Junior Cup after a 5–1 win over Kirkintilloch Rob Roy in the final.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[2]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
14 October 1936	Ibrox Park, Glasgow (H)	Germany	2–0	Friendly	Jimmy Delaney (2)
31 October 1936	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Ireland	3–1	BHC	Charles Napier, Alex Munro, David McCulloch
2 December 1936	Dens Park, Dundee (H)	Wales	1–2	BHC	Tommy Walker
17 April 1937	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	3–1	BHC	Bob McPhail (2), Frank O'Donnell
9 May 1937	Prater Stadium, Vienna (A)	Austria	1–1	Friendly	Frank O'Donnell
22 May 1937	Stadion Sparta-Letna, Prague (A)	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Friendly	James Simpson, Bob McPhail, Torry Gillick

Key:

v t e 1936–37 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Albion Rovers Arbroath Celtic Clyde Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Queen's Park Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic Ayr United Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United East Fife East Stirlingshire Edinburgh City Forfar Athletic King's Park Leith Athletic Montrose Morton Raith Rovers St Bernard's Stenhousemuir