Scottish Football League

C Division & League Cup, dates results & final tables 1951-52

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Scottish League ‘C’ Division – 1951-52

South and West:

Airdrieonians ‘A’

Ayr United ‘A’

Clyde ‘A’

Dumbarton ‘A’

East Stirlingshire

Hamilton Academicals ‘A’

Kilmarnock ‘A’

Morton ‘A’

Motherwell ‘A’

Partick Thistle ‘A’

Queen of the South ‘A’

Queen’s Park Strollers

Rangers ‘A’

St. Mirren ‘A’

Stranraer

Third Lanark ‘A’

Airdrieonians ‘A’

X

Dec29 2-3

Nov10 1-3

Mar 9 4-1

Aug11 1-2

Apr12 3-0

Nov17 1-1

Apr14 0-3

Sep22 5-0

Dec 8 3-2

Apr28 4-1

Aug28 1-1

Jan12 2-6

Oct27 1-2

Sep 1 1-2

Sep 8 1-2

Ayr United ‘A’

Sep15 2-2

X

Jan19 2-1

Nov17 3-0

Aug22 1-2

Dec22 1-4

Jan 5 1-1

Aug29 1-1

Aug11 2-0

Oct13 6-3

Feb16 3-2

Nov 3 2-1

Mar 8 1-1

Sep29 4-3

Oct27 1-1

Sep 1 1-0

Clyde ‘A’

Jan 5 2-3

Dec 1 5-0

X

Dec 8 1-1

Sep29 3-1

Oct13 2-0

Dec22 4-5

Aug11 1-4

Aug29 3-0

Aug18 2-1

Oct27 4-5

Apr23 2-0

Apr16 0-0

Apr 2 1-0

Nov 3 2-1

Aug22 3-3

Dumbarton ‘A’

Nov 3 1-2

Aug15 3-2

Aug25 1-2

X

Dec22 5-3

Feb16 1-0

Apr19 3-0

Sep 1 1-5

Jan19 1-0

Sep29 1-1

Apr23 4-1

Apr26 5-0

Oct13 1-2

Dec15 5-3

Apr16 1-2

East Stirlingshire

Aug25 4-1

Apr 9 2-2

Feb 9 6-3

Sep 8 0-1

X

Sep 1 3-1

Jan12 3-3

Nov10 0-0

Apr 2 3-1

Aug14 3-1

Jan 2 0-0

Sep22 0-1

Mar 1 4-3

Dec 8 1-4

Oct20 3-3

Hamilton Academicals ‘A’

Dec 1 3-0

Sep 8 1-2

Jan12 2-1

Apr28 1-1

Oct27 1-3

X

Dec 8 0-2

Aug22 1-3

Dec29 3-3

Aug11 1-2

Mar 1 1-5

Nov17 2-2

Sep 1 0-5

Apr 9 0-3

Sep22 3-1

Nov10 1-0

Kilmarnock ‘A’

Aug18 6-1

Sep22 3-3

Sep 8 0-0

Dec29 4-1

Aug15 8-2

Aug15 2-0

X

Oct20 0-1

Apr21 2-1

Apr29 0-5

Aug24 1-0

Dec 1 2-3

Oct 6 2-2

Dec15 1-3

Nov10 1-4

Feb 23 1-4

Morton ‘A’

Sep29 1-0

Nov24 8-0

Dec15 2-3

Aug18 3-1

Oct13 3-0

Feb 9 2-2

Nov 3 5-1

X

Jan19 2-5

Dec22 1-1

Oct27 5-1

Aug15 2-3

Apr16 1-3

Aug25 2-1

Motherwell ‘A’

Apr 2 3-2

Aug25 2-3

Aug15 4-1

Oct20 4-2

Aug18 5-1

Sep15 3-2

Oct13 4-1

Apr 9 1-1

X

Apr18 4-2

Apr26 2-3

Dec22 0-2

Dec15 1-5

Nov 3 1-2

Feb23 5-1

Nov24 2-0

Partick Thistle ‘A’

Aug15 3-1

Jan12 2-2

Oct20 2-0

Oct27 3-0

Oct 6 3-0

Nov24 4-0

Mar29 4-3

Dec 1 1-2

Apr23 3-0

X

Dec15 3-2

Feb23 4-2

Apr28 1-1

Aug25 2-1

Apr21 0-2

Sep22 2-2

Queen of the South ‘A’

Oct20 4-0

Nov10 3-1

Sep 1 1-0

Sep22 1-0

Nov 3 3-1

Apr21 2-0

Aug11 1-0

Apr 2 2-2

Oct 6 0-2

Mar 8 0-2

X

Feb 9 2-1

Dec29 0-2

Aug22 1-1

Apr18 3-7

Jan12 1-0

Queen’s Park Strollers

Aug22 6-0

Dec15 0-1

Sep22 2-2

Oct 6 1-3

Dec29 2-1

Aug25 1-0

Mar15 0-0

Nov10 4-4

Sep 8 1-2

Sep 1 1-0

Nov24 7-2

X

Oct20 0-9

Mar 8 1-2

Jan12 1-1

Aug15 4-2

Rangers ‘A’

Apr 9 5-2

Aug18 12-1

Apr26 2-3

Aug11 4-1

Dec25 8-1

Nov 3 5-1

Oct27 2-1

Dec 8 3-2

Nov17 5-1

Dec22 2-2

Apr19 1-0

X

Aug29 4-0

Apr23 1-0

Apr 2 1-1

St. Mirren ‘A’

Feb 2 2-2

Jan 2 5-1

Dec29 3-2

Jan12 1-3

Feb16 0-0

Oct20 2-0

Apr23 5-0

Sep22 3-0

Sep 1 3-2

Nov17 2-2

Dec 1 3-1

Dec 8 4-1

Nov10 1-3

X

Aug15 2-3

Oct 6 2-1

Stranraer

Nov24 3-2

Oct20 2-0

Nov17 4-0

Mar 8 0-1

Sep15 4-1

Oct 6 4-1

Mar 1 1-1

Feb16 3-1

Dec 1 0-3

Jan 5 2-2

Aug18 1-3

Aug11 2-2

Aug25 3-3

Sep 8 3-0

X

Dec29 3-1

Third Lanark ‘A’

Dec22 2-0

Dec 8 2-1

Mar 1 2-1

Aug29 6-1

Apr21 0-0

Aug18 3-2

Feb16 3-1

Nov17 0-1

Oct27 3-0

Nov 3 3-5

Oct13 1-3

Sep15 2-0

Dec 1 1-2

Aug11 2-1

Sep29 3-1

Notes:

Clyde ‘A’ v Rangers ‘A’ – Apr 16 was it 0-0?

Dumbarton ‘A’ v Hamilton Academicals ‘A’ – Feb 16, also noted as 1-1?

Dumbarton ‘A’ v Rangers ‘A’ – Aug 22 1-2 or Nov 24 2-5 which is correct?

Queen’s Park Strollers v Third Lanark ‘A’ on Aug 15 – also noted as 2-2?

Rangers ‘A’ v Queen of the South ‘A’ – 6-0 on Sep 15 – Rangers ‘A’ also noted as playing Hamilton Academical ‘A’ on that day (3-2)?

Third Lanark ‘A’ v East Stirlingshire – on Apr 21 was score 0-0?

North and East:

Aberdeen ‘A’

Berwick Rangers

Brechin City

Celtic ‘A’

Dundee ‘A’

Dundee United ‘A’

Dunfermline Athletic ‘A’

East Fife ‘A’

Falkirk ‘A’

Heart of Midlothian ‘A’

Hibernian ‘A’

Leith Athletic

Montrose

Raith Rovers ‘A’

St. Johnstone ‘A’

Stirling Albion ‘A’

Aberdeen ‘A’

X

Mar 1 4-1

Apr25 1-0

Oct 6 4-0

Aug15 0-2

Aug22 2-2

Nov17 5-0

Aug18 1-1

Apr23 1-2

Dec 1 1-0

Aug25 4-1

Dec22 5-2

Sep29 6-1

Dec 8 5-1

Sep15 7-3

Oct20 5-4

Berwick Rangers

Sep22 0-7

X

Dec29 6-1

Aug18 1-2

Dec22 3-2

Jan12 4-2

Jan19 4-0

Aug11 3-3

Sep15 1-0

Sep 1 1-2

Jan 1 1-1

Mar 8 1-1

Oct20 5-1

Oct27 3-1

Sep29 4-1

Dec 8 4-2

Brechin City

Aug29 0-0

Aug25 6-2

X

Feb16 4-5

Dec 8 3-5

Aug11 4-0

Sep 8 2-1

Dec 1 3-1

Dec22 3-1

Jan 12 1-2

Sep29 3-1

Apr26 3-3

Oct13 1-1

Aug22 1-0

Nov17 1-3

Nov10 4-1

Celtic ‘A’

Sep 1 2-1

Nov24 4-2

Oct20 4-3

X

Apr26 3-0

Sep 21 2-1

Apr19 4-0

Dec15 3-0

Apr16 4-1

Sep 8 1-4

Aug22 0-2

Aug15 4-0

Nov10 3-1

Dec29 3-2

Aug24 2-2

Jan 2 2-0

Dundee ‘A’

Nov10 6-0

Sep 8 3-3

Oct27 1-1

Aug11 4-1

X

Dec15 5-2

Dec29 3-0

Feb 9 4-0

Oct13 2-1

Aug29 3-0

Apr23 4-0

Jan12 3-0

Sep15 3-0

Sep 1 5-1

Jan 2 11-0

Apr21 1-2

Dundee United ‘A’

Feb16 0-1

Nov 3 1-2

Apr16 0-2

Dec 8 1-3

Aug24 3-3

X

Feb 9 2-2

Oct13 1-4

Aug17 2-1

Apr12 1-4

Sep15 1-4

Sep29 2-1

Dec 1 1-0

Aug13 2-3

Oct20 0-2

Nov17 1-1

Dunfermline Athletic ‘A’

Apr12 2-1

Aug15 3-3

Dec15 4-1

Apr14 0-2

Aug18 3-6

Nov24 7-0

X

Sep29 0-2

Dec 1 5-3

Aug22 0-1

Oct20 2-1

Oct13 5-1

Apr16 4-0

Aug25 3-1

Nov 3 0-1

Apr26 2-0

East Fife ‘A’

Dec29 3-1

Aug22 4-0

Sep22 2-0

Oct27 2-0

Nov17 1-3

Sep 1 6-1

Nov10 7-3

X

Mar 1 3-2

Oct 6 1-1

Aug15 2-2

Dec 8 0-2

Sep 8 3-3

Jan 12 2-1

Jan 19 0-4

Aug25 3-1

Falkirk ‘A’

Sep 8 1-5

Jan 2 2-3

Aug15 6-3

Nov17 1-2

Aug22 0-2

Nov10 4-2

Sep22 4-4

Oct20 1-6

X

Dec29 1-2

Feb 2 2-3

Aug25 4-1

Mar 8 4-2

Oct 6 2-1

Dec 8 3-0

Jan 12 4-1

Heart of Mid ‘A’

Jan 5 2-1

Apr23 1-1

Sep15 5-1

Nov 3 3-0

Oct20 7-1

Apr19 3-0

Dec 8 4-1

Dec22 4-2

Sep29 5-1

X

Dec25 4-0

Aug18 1-1

Aug25 0-1

Nov17 0-1

Aug15 5-2

Mar22 5-2

Hibernian ‘A’

Dec15 5-0

Aug29 2-0

Jan 2 4-2

Dec 1 2-0

Jan 19 2-1

Oct 6 4-1

Sep 1 5-0

Feb23 5-0

Oct27 6-2

Aug27 0-0

X

Nov24 3-1

Aug11 9-1

Nov10 3-1

Mar15 4-1

Sep 8 4-0

Leith Athletic

Oct 6 1-5

Nov10 4-5

Sep 1 0-0

Jan 19 1-1

Dec 1 1-2

Dec29 5-3

Aug11 2-2

Aug26 0-3

Apr12 3-2

Oct27 2-3

Mar 1 2-2

X

Nov17 2-1

Sep 8 1-2

Jan 5 2-5

Apr19 3-1

Montrose

Jan 2 0-2

Oct 6 3-1

Nov24 2-1

Dec22 0-5

Nov 3 1-2

Aug30 2-0

Oct27 0-0

Jan 5 6-1

Sep 1 5-2

Dec15 3-0

Dec 8 3-2

Sep15 4-2

X

Mar 1 0-1

Aug18 2-2

Aug15 0-1

Raith Rovers ‘A’

Aug 8 1-1

Dec 1 1-1

Nov 3 2-2

Aug29 1-1

3-3

Dec22 4-1

Feb16 1-3

Sep10 0-1

Nov24 2-2

Apr14 0-2

Aug18 1-5

Oct20 5-1

Feb23 1-2

X

Oct13 4-0

Mar 8 4-0

St. Johnstone ‘A’

Oct27 2-5

Dec15 3-1

Oct 6 1-1

Mar 8 4-1

Apr19 1-3

Sep 8 5-1

Aug29 3-1

Nov24 2-1

Aug11 3-2

Nov10 5-3

Jan12 3-2

Aug22 5-0

Dec29 1-1

Sep22 0-2

X

Sep 1 0-0

Stirling Albion ‘A’

Nov24 2-1

Oct13 1-0

Aug18 2-1

Sep29 2-4

Sep15 3-1

Oct27 4-1

Mar15 3-0

Nov 3 1-3

Aug29 3-2

Aug11 1-0

Dec22 2-4

Dec15 5-1

Aug22 3-1

Jan19 1-3

Feb16 2-1

X

Notes:

Raith Rovers ‘A’ v East Fife ‘A’ on Sep 10 or Sep 15.

Check Dunfermline Athletic ‘A’ v Montrose 3-1 on Aug 25 or Apr 16.

Check Dunfermline Athletic ‘A’ v Raith Rovers ‘A’ 4-0 on Aug 25 or Apr 16

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Dundee ‘A’ Heart of Midlothian ‘A’ Hibernian ‘A’ Celtic ‘A’ Aberdeen ‘A’ East Fife ‘A’ St. Johnstone ‘A’ Berwick Rangers Stirling Albion ‘A’ Raith Rovers ‘A’ Brechin City Dunfermline Athletic ‘A’ Montose Falkirk ‘A’ Leith Athletic Dundee United ‘A’	30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30	20 19 19 19 17 15 14 12 13 10 9 10 10 8 5 3	4 4 4 3 4 5 5 7 2 6 7 5 5 2 7 4	6 7 7 8 9 10 11 11 15 14 14 15 15 20 18 23	94 73 88 68 82 66 66 66 51 51 57 57 47 65 46 35	46 36 44 49 47 57 71 68 65 56 65 72 69 85 88 94	44 42 42 41 38 35 33 31 28 26 25 25 25 18 17 10

‘C’ Division League Cup – 1951-52

Section A (South and West):

	Airdrieonians ‘A’	Clyde ‘A’	Hamilton Academicals ‘A’	Third Lanark ‘A’
Airdrieonians ‘A’	X	Apr 4 2-4	Mar 29 5-1	Mar 22 1-1
Clyde ‘A’	Feb 16 4-3	X	Feb 23 5-0	Apr 9 3-1
Hamilton Academicals ‘A’	Apr 16 2-1	Mar 22 1-1	X	Apr 14 2-1
Third Lanark ‘A’	Feb 9 3-1	Mar 29 3-3	Apr 4 2-0	X

Notes:

Clyde ‘A’ v Airdrieonians ‘A’ also noted as 4-0

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Clyde ‘A’ Third Lanark ‘A’ Hamilton Academical ‘A’ Airdrieonians ‘A’	6 6 6 6	4 2 2 1	2 2 1 1	0 2 3 4	20 11 6 10	7 10 15 15	10 6 5 3

Section B (South and West):

	Ayr United ‘A’	Morton ‘A’	St. Mirren ‘A’	Stranraer
Ayr United ‘A’	X	Feb 23 3-3	Feb 9 1-0	Mar 22 3-1
Morton ‘A’	Mar 29 2-0	X	Mar 15 2-2	Apr 4 1-1
St. Mirren ‘A’	Apr 5 4-0	Mar 22 3-2	X	Mar 29 0-2
Stranraer	Mar 15 4-1	Apr 12 2-2	Jan 26 2-2	X

Notes:

St. Mirren ‘A’ v Ayr United ‘A’ – also noted as 5-0?

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Stranraer St Mirren ‘A’ Morton ‘A’ Ayr United ‘A’	6 6 6 6	2 2 1 2	3 2 4 1	1 2 1 3	12 11 12 8	9 9 11 14	7 6 6 5

Section C (South and West):

	Dumbarton ‘A’	East Stirlingshire	Kilmarnock ‘A’	Queen’s Park Strollers
Dumbarton ‘A’	X	Mar 15 0-1	Apr 12 1-2	Apr 14 2-2
East Stirlingshire	Mar 22 3-0	X	Apr 14 4-2	Mar 29 2-2
Kilmarnock ‘A’	Feb 9 0-2	Apr 5 2-2	X	Apr 16 1-2
Queen’s Park Strollers	Apr 4 3-1	Apr 12 2-5	Apr 9 0-3	X

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
East Stirlingshire Queen’s Park Strollers Kilmarnock ‘A’ Dumbarton ‘A’	6 6 6 6	4 2 2 1	2 2 1 1	0 2 3 4	17 11 10 6	8 14 11 11	10 6 5 3

Section D (South and West):

	Motherwell ‘A’	Partick Thistle ‘A’	Queen of the South ‘A’	Rangers ‘A’
Motherwell ‘A’	X	Mar 15 3-1	Apr 14 1-2	Mar 29 1-4
Partick Thistle ‘A’	Apr 12 3-1	X	Apr 16 3-1	Feb 9 2-3
Queen of the South ‘A’	Apr 5 1-6	Apr 9 1-1	X	Apr 12 0-2
Rangers ‘A’	Mar 22 2-1	Apr 15 1-1	Feb 23 3-0	X

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Rangers ‘A’ Partick Thistle ‘A’ Motherwell ‘A’ Queen of the South ‘A’	6 6 6 6	5 2 2 1	1 2 0 1	0 2 4 4	15 11 13 5	5 10 13 16	11 6 5 3

Section A (North and East):

	Aberdeen ‘A’	Berwick Rangers	Leith Athletic	Raith Rovers ‘A’
Aberdeen ‘A’	X	Mar 29 4-0	Feb 23 1-0	Mar 22 1-1
Berwick Rangers	Mar 15 0-3	X	Mar 22 0-0	Apr 11 1-4
Leith Athletic	Apr 16 0-9	Feb 16 1-2	X	Mar 29 2-3
Raith Rovers ‘A’	Feb 9 2-2	Apr 12 5-0	Mar 15 8-0	X

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Aberdeen ‘A’ Raith Rovers ‘A’ Berwick Rangers Leith Athletic	6 6 6 6	4 4 1 0	2 2 1 1	0 0 4 5	20 23 3 3	3 6 17 23	10 10 3 1

Section B (North and East):

	Brechin City	Dundee United ‘A’	East Fife ‘A’	Hibernian ‘A’
Brechin City	X	Feb 23 4-2	Mar 15 3-2	Feb 9 0-1
Dundee United ‘A’	Mar 22 1-1	X	Apr 9 3-6	Mar 29 2-7
East Fife ‘A’	Mar 29 3-0	Mar 8 5-1	X	Mar 22 0-1
Hibernian ‘A’	Mar 8 1-0	Apr 14 3-0	Apr 12 2-2	X

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Hibernian ‘A’ East Fife ‘A’ Brechin City Dundee United ‘A’	6 6 6 6	5 3 2 0	1 1 1 1	0 2 3 5	15 18 8 9	4 10 10 26	11 7 5 1

Section C (North and East):

	Celtic ‘A’	Dundee ‘A’	Falkirk ‘A’	Heart of Midlothian ‘A’
Celtic ‘A’	X	Apr 12 2-2	Feb 9 0-0	Mar 15 0-0
Dundee ‘A’	Apr 5 2-1	X	Mar 15 4-0	Apr 16 0-1
Falkirk ‘A’	Feb 23 2-5	Mar 22 2-0	X	Mar 29 1-3
Heart of Midlothian ‘A’	Mar 1 6-1	Feb 23 1-1	Feb 16 2-2	X

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Heart of Midlothian ‘A’ Dundee ‘A’ Celtic ‘A’ Falkirk ‘A’	6 6 6 6	3 2 1 1	3 2 3 2	0 2 2 3	13 9 9 7	5 7 12 14	9 6 5 4

Section D (North and East):

	Dunfermline Athletic ‘A’	Montrose	St. Johnstone ‘A’	Stirling Albion ‘A’
Dunfermline Athletic ‘A’	X	Mar 29 3-4	Dec 22 5-3	Apr 4 2-3
Montrose	Jan 12 3-0	X	Mar 22 0-7	Feb 9 1-2
St. Johnstone ‘A’	Jan 26 1-0	Apr 5 4-1	X	Apr 14 3-1
Stirling Albion ‘A,	Feb 23 3-0	Apr 12 2-2	Mar 29 5-0	X

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Stirling Albion ‘A’ St Johnstone ‘A’ Montrose Dunfermline Athletic ‘A’	6 6 6 6	4 4 2 1	1 0 1 0	1 2 3 5	16 18 11 10	8 12 18 17	9 8 5 1

Quarter finals 1^st leg:

Heart of Midlothian ‘A’ 1 Rangers ‘A’ 2 Apr 25

Stranraer 2 Stirling Albion ‘A’ 3 Apr 26

East Stirlingshire 1 Clyde ‘A’ 2 Apr 28

Hibernian ‘A’ 3 Aberdeen ‘A’ 4 Apr 28

Quarter finals 2^nd leg:

Rangers ‘A’ 1 Heart of Midlothian ‘A’ 1 Apr 29

(aggregate score – Rangers ‘A’ 3 Heart of Midlothian ‘A’ 2)

Stirling Albion ‘A’ 1 Stranraer 1 Apr 29

(aggregate score – Stirling Albion ‘A’ 4 Stranraer 3)

Clyde ‘A’ 4 East Stirlingshire 2 Apr 30

(aggregate score – Clyde ‘A’ 6 East Stirlingshire 3)

Aberdeen ‘A’ 2 Hibernian ‘A’ 2 Apr 30

(aet, aggregate score – Aberdeen ‘A’ 6 Hibernian ‘A’ 5)

Semi-finals:

Rangers ‘A’ 0 Aberdeen ‘A’ 0 May 5

Aberdeen ‘A’ 1 Rangers ‘A’ 0 May 11 (Replay)

Clyde ‘A’ 2 Stirling Albion ‘A’ 2 May 7

Stirling Albion ‘A’ 2 Clyde ‘A’ 1 May 13 (Replay)

Final:

Aberdeen ‘A’ 5 Stirling Albion ‘A’ 1 May 15

(at Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen)

Results researched and compiled by Stuart Robertson

Other missing details were supplied by Tony Brown, Forrest Robertson, David Ross, John Treleven and Ian Nannestad.