Scottish Football Alliance

Third version 1919-1938

 

See also

Main index

Club directory

Scottish Alliance overview

Midlothian Junior League

Provincial League

Reserve football

Scottish Reserve League

Southern Counties League

 

Thanks to Tom McGouran and Gordon Hunter

The next time the Scottish Alliance appeared, it was principally as a reserve league for Scottish League clubs. However one aspect of it, like the Scottish Reserve League (1909-1915), was the inclusion of a number of non-League sides within its membership. Arbroath and Forfar Athletic were the first of these in 1920-21, before their elevation to full Scottish League status at the end of the season. The other 'first teams' during this early time were Dundee Hibernian in 1922-23 (Celtic 'A' actually gave up their place after the Dundee side's demotion from the Scottish League in 1923) and Leith Athletic in 1923-24.

After the Third Division of the Scottish League disbanded in chaos in 1926, there was a huge influx of clubs. To cater for this, the Alliance split into Northern and Southern sections. This lasted for one season though, after which the league reverted to a single, all reserve, division.  As this left a number of clubs without a league to play in, some of them formed a short-lived competition called the Provincial League.

 

During the Alliance's last ten years, six clubs entered their full sides:

 

Beith                                      

Bo’ness                                 

Brechin City                         

Galston                                  

Montrose                             

Nithsdale Wanderers         

1928-38

1933-34

1928-29

1932-38

1928-29

1928-30

 

At the Alliance's AGM in 1938, a motion by Hamilton Academical to remove the two remaining non-League sides - Beith and Galston - for financial reasons was approved by 15 votes to 5. The Alliance was then effectively reformed as the Scottish Reserve League, and was to be an exclusively First Division reserve body.

 

 

Champions

1919-20 Kilmarock 'A'

1920-21 St Mirren 'A'

1921-22 Celtic 'A'

1922-23 Airdrieonians 'A'

1923-24 Rangers 'A'

1924-25 Heart of Midlothian 'A'

1925-26 Airdrieonians 'A'

 

1926-27 North - Heart of Midlothian 'A' (Overall  champions)

                South - Airdrieonians 'A'

1927-28 Rangers 'A'

1928-29 Rangers 'A'

1929-30 Rangers 'A'

1930-31 Rangers 'A'

1931-32 Rangers 'A'

 

1932-33 Aberdeen 'A'

1933-34 Celtic 'A'

1934-35 Rangers 'A'

1935-36 Aberdeen 'A'

1936-37 Celtic 'A'

1937-38 Celtic 'A'

 

Membership

Aberdeen 'A'

Airdrieonians 'A'

Albion Rovers 'A'

Arbroath

Ayr United 'A'

Beith

Bo'ness

Brechin City

Broxburn United

Celtic 'A'

Clyde 'A'

Clydebank 'A'

Cowdenbeath 'A'

Dumbarton 'A'

Dykehead

Dundee 'A'

Dundee Hibernian

Falkirk 'A'

Forfar Athletic

Galston

Hamilton Academical 'A'

Heart of Midlothian 'A'

Helensburgh

Hibernian 'A'

Johnstone

Kilmarnock 'A'

Leith Athletic

Leith Athletic ‘A’

Lochgelly United

Mid-Annandale

Montrose

Morton 'A'

Motherwell 'A'

 

Nithsdale Wanderers

Partick Thistle 'A'

Peebles Rovers

Queen of the South 'A'

Queen's Park Strollers

Raith Rovers 'A'

Rangers 'A'

Royal Albert

St Johnstone  'A'

St Mirren 'A'

Solway Star

Third Lanark 'A'

Vale of Leven

Seasons

1920-38

1921-34

1920-23

1920-21

1919-32, 1937-38

1926-27, 1928-38

1933-34

1926-27, 1928-29

1926-27

1919-22, 1930-38

1919-21, 1937-38

1919-20, 1921-22, 1925-26

1924-26, 1931-32

1921-22

1926-27

1920-24, 1925-28, 1930-32, 1934-38

1922-23

1921-22, 1923-30, 1931-32, 1936-38

1920-21

1932-38

1921-22, 1929-38

1921-38

1926-27

1920-22, 1925-31, 1933-38

1926-27

1919-38

1923-24, 1926-27

1931-32

1926-27

1926-27

1926-27, 1928-29

1920-21, 1927-28, 1930-32

1919-22, 1926-38

(entered 1923-24 season but resigned October 1923)

1928-30

1919-38

1926-27

1924-27, 1933-38

1920-38

1921-23, 1924-25, 1927-28

1919-38

1926-27

1925-30, 1933-38

1919-24, 1925-38

1926-27

1920-25, 1928-29, 1931-34, 1936-38

1926-27

 

 

 

 

1919-20

Ayr

Celt

Clyd

Clb

Kilm

Moth

P Th

Rang

St M

Ayr United ‘A’

 

X

14 Jan

0-1

13 Mar

1-1

22 Nov

0-2

29 Nov

2-2

17 Apr

7-1

24 Jan

2-0

1 Nov

0-2

20 Dec

2-1

Celtic ‘A’

 

3 Apr

3-1

X

17 Apr

1-1

7 Feb

6-1

31 Jan

1-3

 

 

17 Jan

2-1

6 Mar

4-1

Clyde ‘A’

 

20 Mar

2-0

 

X

27 Mar

2-1

28 Feb

6-0

7 Feb

0-1

22 Nov

0-5

14 Jan

2-1

10 Jan

2-1

Clydebank ‘A’

 

1 May

2-2

29 Nov

3-2

3 Apr

1-4

X

4 May

0-1

14 Jan

0-0

28 Feb

2-2

20 Dec

2-1

6 Dec

0-2

Kilmarnock ‘A’

 

6 Mar

2-2

NOT

PLAYED

13 Dec

4-1

10 Jan

3-1

X

3 Apr

2-1

7 Feb

2-0

15 Nov

4-3

25 Oct

2-5

Motherwell ‘A’

 

27 Mar

1-0

6 Dec

2-2

31 Jan

1-6

6 Mar

5-1

21 Feb

1-0

X

13 Dec

1-1

24 Jan

2-1

15 Nov

4-2

Partick Thistle ‘A’

 

6 Dec

3-0

 

 

20 Mar

4-1

1 Nov

1-2

13 Mar

3-2

X

6 Mar

0-0

21 Feb

4-1

Rangers ‘A’

 

 

 

 

13 Dec

3-1

20 Mar

2-1

22 Nov

2-1

31 Jan

3-0

X

13 Mar

1-1

St Mirren ‘A’

 

 

 

29 Apr

2-2

17 Apr

3-0

NOT

PLAYED

24 Apr

0-0

 

 

X

 

 

1919-20

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

1

Kilmarnock ‘A’

14

8

2

4

28

26

18

2

Clyde ‘A’

13

7

3

3

29

19

17

3

Motherwell ‘A’

15

6

4

5

23

28

16

4

Partick Thistle ‘A’

12

5

3

4

23

16

13

5

Celtic ‘A’

9

5

2

2

22

13

12

6

Rangers ‘A’

12

5

2

5

20

15

12

7

Ayr United ‘A’

14

3

4

7

19

23

10

8

St Mirren ‘A’

11

3

3

5

19

21

9

9

Clydebank ‘A’

16

3

3

10

18

40

9

 

 

 

1920-21

Aber

AR

Arb

Ayr

Cel

Cly

Dd

Forf

Hib

Kil

Mo

Mwll

PT

QP

Rgr

St M

TL

Aberdeen ‘A’

 

X

18 Sep

2-1

8 Jan

3-1

27 Nov

4-4

2 Oct

1-3

30 Oct

2-1

 

13 Nov

1-1

 

11 Dec

2-0

16 Oct

4-0

 

29 Jan

3-2

28 Mar

2-1

23 Apr

3-1

 

 

Albion Rovers ‘A’

 

20 Nov

2-2

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25 Dec

4-2

 

 

11 Sep

2-2

26 Mar

3-0

25 Sep

2-3

Arbroath

26 Feb

3-1

3 Jan

2-4

X

9 Apr

1-1

28 Aug

3-3

16 Oct

1-3

 

 

4 Dec

3-2

 

 

6 Nov

0-3

 

27 Sep

1-1

19 Feb

0-0

2 Apr

1-1

27 Nov

3-1

Ayr United ‘A’

 

 

23 Oct

0-1

1 Jan

2-1

X

 

23 Apr

2-1

26 Mar

3-1

 

 

 

 

 

25 Sep

2-2

20 Nov

0-2

6 Nov

2-2

25 Dec

1-1

28 Aug

3-0

Celtic ‘A’

 

 

8 Jan

3-1

 

 

X

 

 

4 Dec

1-1

 

25 Dec

4-0

 

 

 

26 Feb

2-3

 

6 Nov

4-2

 

Clyde ‘A’

 

 

 

 

 

2 Apr

0-0

X

12 Feb

3-2

 

1 Jan

0-1

25 Sep

2-0

11 Sep

1-2

26 Mar

2-0

 

18 Dec

2-2

 

 

 

Dundee ‘A’

 

1 Jan

2-2

9 Oct

0-3

 

4 Dec

1-1

 

 

X

20 Nov

0-0

 

 

 

11 Sep

4-1

18 Dec

0-1

 

2 Oct

0-2

28 Aug

1-1

 

Forfar Athletic

28 Aug

0-1

6 Nov

3-2

26 Mar

4-2

 

27 Nov

0-2

22 Jan

2-3

26 Feb

4-4

X

2 Apr

3-1

 

9 Apr

3-0

 

 

1 Jan

1-3

16 Oct

0-6

11 Dec

3-5

19 Mar

4-1

Hibernian ‘A’

 

11 Sep

2-2

29 Jan

0-0

23 Apr

6-2

13 Nov

2-4

18 Dec

2-2

8 Jan

1-0

 

12 Feb

2-?

X

9 Oct

2-2

27 Nov

2-2

26 Feb

1-0

23 Oct

1-2

30 Oct

5-0

25 Dec

2-2

25 Sep

1-3

19 Feb

1-4

Kilmarnock

 

27 Nov

1-1

12 Mar

3-0

 

 

4 Dec

1-0

 

18 Dec

3-0

4 Sep

1-1

X

 

 

 

 

 

23 Apr

3-1

8 Jan

1-1

Morton ‘A’

 

12 Mar

2-0

4 Dec

3-1

25 Dec

1-1

12 Feb

1-2

26 Mar

3-1

26 Feb

1-0

8 Jan

1-3

29 Jan

3-2

20 Sep

1-1

28 Aug

2-3

X

25 Sep

2-0

23 Apr

4-0

6 Nov

1-3

20 Nov

5-0

23 Oct

3-3

 

Motherwell ‘A’

 

18 Dec

4-0

12 Mar

3-0

 

12 Mar

2-2

 

 

 

 

 

23 Oct

1-3

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

Partick Thistle ‘A’

 

25 Dec

4-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6 Nov

1-1

 

 

20 Nov

1-2

X

 

4 Dec

1-0

 

 

Queen’s Park Strollers

 

 

23 Oct

0-1

 

 

12 Mar

5-1

25 Sep

4-0

23 Apr

2-0

11 Dec

1-2

 

 

4 Dec

2-3

 

X

 

11 Sep

1-1

25 Dec

7-3

Rangers ‘A’

 

 

12 Feb

0-2

 

18 Dec

1-0

29 Jan

3-1

 

 

25 Sep

2-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

23 Oct

4-1

St Mirren ‘A’

 

20 Nov

4-1

13 Nov

1-2

29 Jan

2-0

 

12 Feb

1-0

 

 

8 Jan

5-0

12 Mar

1-2

1 Jan

2-1

18 Dec

4-1

 

 

 

 

X

4 Dec

4-0

Third Lanark ‘A’

 

6 Nov

5-1

18 Dec

2-1

12 Feb

1-1

 

12 Mar

2-2

 

 

 

 

20 Nov

2-2

 

29 Jan

1-2

 

 

 

26 Feb

1-2

X

 

 

 

1920-21

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

St Mirren ‘A’

Motherwell ‘A’

Albion Rovers ‘A’

Queen’s Park Strollers

Hibernian ‘A’

Rangers ‘A’

Celtic ‘A’

Ayr United ‘A’

Clyde ‘A’

Partick Thistle ‘A’

Aberdeen ‘A’

Arbroath

Kilmarnock ‘A’

Forfar Athletic

Morton ‘A’

Third Lanark ‘A’

Dundee ‘A’

28

27

26

27

28

23

26

27

26

24

25

27

22

27

28

29

25

19

17

13

14

10

11

10

9

10

10

9

7

8

8

7

5

3

4

0

6

4

9

7

7

8

5

5

6

10

6

6

7

6

8

8

10

7

9

9

5

9

9

11

9

10

10

8

13

14

18

14

74

62

52

68

47

45

46

45

41

37

44

36

37

47

41

42

24

35

42

34

47

47

27

47

52

41

31

52

50

35

58

58

66

57

42

34

32

32

29

29

27

26

25

25

24

24

22

22

21

16

14

 

 

1921-22

Aber

Aird

AR

Ayr

Cel

Clb

Db

Dd

Fal

Ham

Hea

Hib

Kil

Mwll

PT

QP

RR

Rgr

St M

TL

Aberdeen ‘A’

 

X

7 Jan

0-0

11 Mar

1-

 

21 Jan

0-2

 

27 Aug

3-1

2 Jan

2-0

19 Nov

2-2

22 Oct

3-2

3 Dec

0-3

 

 

 

 

15 Apr

2-1

 

24 Sep

3-4

 

5 Nov

0-1

Airdrieonians ‘A’

 

12 Nov

1-

X

 

 

3 Dec

5-0

18 Mar

0-

 

 

 

 

17 Dec

4-2

15 Apr

7-0

 

24 Dec

5-1

 

27 Aug

2-0

 

4 Mar

1-0

25 Feb

2-0

 

Albion Rovers ‘A’

 

 

 

X

26 Nov

2-2

18 Feb

2-4

 

 

19 Nov

2-2

 

7 Jan

3-2

20 Aug

1-3

10 Dec

6-0

25 Feb

1-4

29 Apr

2-

 

4 Feb

3-0

31 Dec

1-1

 

1 Oct

5-2

14 Jan

3-1

Ayr United ‘A’

 

20 Aug

2-1

 

3 Dec

2-0

X

29 Oct

1-2

3 Sep

1-1

19 Nov

2-1

15 Apr

2-1

 

17 Dec

3-2

4 Mar

2-1

31 Dec

3-1

1 Oct

4-2

22 Apr

2-1

28 Jan

1-2

21 Jan

0-0

12 Nov

1-

 

15 Oct

3-

26 Apr

0-0

Celtic ‘A’

 

 

29 Apr

3-

 

10 Dec

2-1

X

14 Jan

0-0

24 Sep

5-0

8 Oct

1-1

 

 

 

22 Apr

2-0

12 Nov

2-

26 Nov

3-0

4 Feb

2-0

1 Oct

2-1

27 Aug

1-0

 

 

15 Apr

2-0

Clydebank ‘A’

 

 

19 Nov

1-0

27 Aug

2-3

11 Feb

1-2

17 Dec

0-1

X

17 Sep

0-1

 

8 Oct

3-0

4 Mar

1-1

25 Feb

2-3

 

 

10 Dec

4-2

22 Apr

4-1

7 Jan

1-3

22 Oct

2-3

11 Mar

1-

5 Nov

1-2

24 Sep

4-1

Dumbarton ‘A’

 

28 Jan

4-1

4 Feb

0-0

24 Dec

1-0

 

3 Sep

1-2

18 Feb

2-1

X

14 Jan

0-1

 

 

29 Oct

1-1

26 Nov

2-2

20 Aug

3-2

15 Oct

0-

25 Feb

4-4

11 Mar

4-

18 Mar

2-

12 Nov

0-

3 Dec

1-2

11 Feb

1-2

Dundee ‘A’

 

3 Sep

1-0

1 Oct

2-1

4 Mar

2-1

25 Feb

1-2

15 Oct

1-

29 Oct

2-0

17 Dec

4-0

 

20 Aug

1-1