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1928–29 in Scottish football

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The 1928–29 season was the 56th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 39th season of the Scottish Football League.

League competitions

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1928–29 Scottish Division One

Champions: Rangers

Relegated: Third Lanark, Raith Rovers

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1928–29 Scottish Division Two

NOTE: Arthurlie resigned – fixtures stand

Bathgate resigned – fixtures expunged

Promoted: Dundee United, Greenock Morton

Other honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
[Scottish Cup](1928-29-scottish-cup)	Kilmarnock	[2 – 0](1929-scottish-cup-final)	Rangers
Scottish Qualifying Cup	Murrayfield Amateurs	8 – 1	Thornhill
Scottish Junior Cup	Dundee Violet	4 – 0	Maryhill Hibernian
Scottish Amateur Cup	Murrayfield Amateurs	2 – 1	Queen's Park Victoria XI
Queen's Park Shield	Edinburgh University

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Aberdeen	9 – 3	Huntly
Ayrshire Cup	Ayr United	5 – 1	Kilmarnock
Dumbartonshire Cup	Clydebank	1 – 0	Dumbarton
East of Scotland Shield	Hibernian	3 – 2	Hearts
Fife Cup	Cowdenbeath	3 – 2	Raith Rovers
Forfarshire Cup	Dundee United	2 – 1	Forfar Athletic
Glasgow Cup	Celtic	2 – 0	Queen's Park
Lanarkshire Cup	Motherwell	5 – 2	Albion Rovers
North of Scotland Cup	Inverness Citadel	2 – 1	Nairn County
Perthshire Cup	St Johnstone	4 – 0	Vale of Atholl
Renfrewshire Cup	St Mirren	7 – 2	Morton
Southern Counties Cup	Mid Annandale	2 – 0	St Cuthbert Wanderers
Stirlingshire Cup	East Stirling	3 – 1	Falkirk Amateurs

Non-league honours

Highland League

**East of Scotland League **

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1920–39 results

Date	Venue	Score	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
27 October 1928	Ibrox Park, Glasgow (H)	4–2	[BHC](1928-29-british-home-championship)	Hughie Gallacher (3), James Dunn
23 February 1929	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	7–3	[BHC](1928-29-british-home-championship)	Hughie Gallacher (4), Alex Jackson (2), Alex James
13 April 1929	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	1–0	[BHC](1928-29-british-home-championship)	Alec Cheyne
26 May 1929	Brann Stadium, Bergen (A)	7–3	Friendly	Alec Cheyne (3), Jimmy Nisbet (2), Bobby Rankin, Tully Craig
1 June 1929	Grunewald Stadium, Berlin (A)	1–1	Friendly	Willie Imrie
4 June 1929	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam (A)	2–0	Friendly	Jimmy Fleming, Bobby Rankin (pen.)

Scotland were winners of the 1928–29 British Home Championship. 1929 also saw Scotland compete against non-British teams for the first time.

Key:

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

Other national teams

Scottish League XI

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Scotland scorer(s)
31 October 1928	Firhill, Glasgow (H)	NIR Irish League XI	8–2
7 November 1928	Villa Park, Birmingham (A)	ENG Football League XI	1–2

Scottish national amateur team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
16 March 1929	Elland Road, Leeds (A)	ENG England	1–3		Friendly

Notes

References

"1928/29 - the Scottish Football League".
"QUEEN'S PARK AND THE GREAT WAR 1914 TO 1918". Queen's Park FC.
Scotland's score is shown first.
[https://www.britishpathe.com/video/hard-luck-wales/query/Glasgow Hard Luck Wales (1928)], match footage at [[British Pathé]]
"SFL XI v The Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club.
"SFL XI v Irish Football League XI Record". London Hearts Supporters Club.
McColl, Brian. (2017). "FORGOTTEN GLORIES: British Amateur International Football 1901–1974".

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