Scottish
Football Alliance
Third
version 1919-1938
|
See
also Scottish Alliance
overview 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:
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 |
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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 |
|
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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 |
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20 Aug 1-1 |
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