1938–39 Scottish Division Two

Football league season

Scottish Second Division
Season	1938–39
Champions	Cowdenbeath
← 1937–38 1946–47 →

The 1938–39 Scottish Division Two was won by Cowdenbeath. Edinburgh City finished bottom.

It was the last season of play until the 1946–47 season due to World War II; and it would be the final Scottish League season for King's Park and for St Bernard's, because of the difficulties they encountered during the war years.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cowdenbeath^[a]	34	28	4	2	120	45	+75	60
2	Alloa Athletic^[a]	34	22	4	8	91	46	+45	48
3	East Fife	34	21	6	7	99	61	+38	48
4	Airdrieonians	34	21	5	8	85	57	+28	47
5	Dunfermline Athletic	34	18	5	11	99	78	+21	41
6	Dundee	34	15	7	12	99	63	+36	37
7	St Bernard's^[b]	38	15	6	17	39	39	0	36
8	Stenhousemuir	34	15	5	14	74	69	+5	35
9	Dundee United	34	15	3	16	78	69	+9	33
10	Brechin City^[c]	34	11	9	14	82	106	−24	31
11	Dumbarton	34	9	12	13	68	76	−8	30
12	Morton^[d]	34	11	6	17	74	88	−14	28
13	King's Park^[b]	34	12	2	20	87	92	−5	26
14	Montrose^[c]	34	10	5	19	82	96	−14	25
15	Forfar Athletic^[c]	34	11	3	20	74	138	−64	25
16	Leith Athletic^[c]	34	10	4	20	57	83	−26	24
17	East Stirlingshire^[c]	34	9	4	21	89	130	−41	22
18	Edinburgh City^[c]	34	6	4	24	58	119	−61	16

Source: "1938-1939 Division 2 - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-04-29.

^ ^a ^b Team was promoted to Division One for the abandoned 1939–40 season, but was not included in Division A when the official competitions resumed in 1946–47.
^ ^a ^b Team did not return to the league when official competitions resumed in 1946–47.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Team was included in Division C in 1946–47.
^ Team was included in Division A in 1946–47.

References

Scottish Football Archive

1938–39 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues

Football League
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Highland League

Domestic cups

Scottish Cup (Final)
Junior Cup

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Club seasons

Division One

Aberdeen
Albion Rovers
Arbroath
Ayr United
Celtic
Clyde
Falkirk
Hamilton Academical
Heart of Midlothian
Hibernian
Kilmarnock
Motherwell
Partick Thistle
Queen of the South
Queen's Park
Raith Rovers
Rangers
St. Johnstone
St. Mirren
Third Lanark

Division Two

Airdrieonians
Alloa Athletic
Brechin City
Cowdenbeath
Dumbarton
Dundee
Dundee United
Dunfermline Athletic
East Fife
East Stirlingshire
Edinburgh City
Forfar Athletic
King's Park
Leith Athletic
Montrose
Morton
St Bernard's
Stenhousemuir

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