1938–39 Scottish Division Two

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

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
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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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