1948–49 Scottish Division Three

Scottish Third Division
Season	1948–49
Champions	Forfar Athletic
Promoted	Forfar Athletic
	← 1947–48

The 1948-49 Scottish Third Division was won by Forfar Athletic who were promoted to the Second Division. Edinburgh City finished bottom.[1] It was the third and final season of the short-lived single Scottish Division C and featured seven reserve teams.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Forfar Athletic	22	17	1	4	80	37	+43	35	Promotion to the 1949–50 Second Division
2	Leith Athletic	22	15	3	4	76	29	+47	33
3	Brechin City	22	13	4	5	67	40	+27	30
4	Montrose	22	10	5	7	59	50	+9	25
5	Queen's Park II	22	9	6	7	52	52	0	24
6	Airdrieonians II	22	9	4	9	66	66	0	22
7	St. Johnstone II	22	9	4	9	42	44	−2	22
8	Dundee United II	22	10	2	10	58	67	−9	22
9	Raith Rovers II	22	6	7	9	56	60	−4	19
10	Kilmarnock II	22	5	3	14	41	54	−13	13
11	Dunfermline Athletic II	22	4	3	15	43	84	−41	11
12	Edinburgh City	22	2	4	16	28	85	−57	8

Source:

Future

The competition was restructured for the 1949–50 season when the number of reserve sides was significantly expanded and the Division divided into two sections, the South-East (soon renamed the North-East) and South-West. Promotion became rarer as the reserve sides of the bigger clubs such as Rangers and Aberdeen came to dominate, Brechin City's victory in the North-East section in the 1953–54 season was the sole promotion managed in the new format before its final season. The competition completed its final season in 1954–55 when Aberdeen II won the North-East section and Partick Thistle II the South-West; three non-reserve sides, Montrose, East Stirlingshire and Berwick Rangers remained in the North-East section with two, Dumbarton and Stranraer in the South-West. All five were admitted to full membership of the Scottish Football League.[2]

References

"Scotland - Final Tables Third Level 1924-2004". Rsssf.com. 2005-06-18. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
Scottish Football League C Division overview, Scottish Football Historical Archive

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[1] "Scotland - Final Tables Third Level 1924-2004". Rsssf.com. 2005-06-18. Retrieved 2012-07-08.

[2] Scottish Football League C Division overview, Scottish Football Historical Archive

Third division football seasons in Scotland
Division Three	1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 Not held between 1926–27 and 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 Not held between 1955–56 and 1974–75
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Winners	List of winners of the Scottish League One and predecessors

1948–49 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Division Three Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Albion Rovers Celtic Clyde Dundee East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Queen of the South St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Stirlingshire Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Queen's Park Raith Rovers St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion