Scottish League Miscellany
Re-elections, Elections and Play-offs
Click HERE for a comprehensive record of League re-elections and elections. Unfortunately not all voting figures were recorded with many of the meetings being held in private.
The Scottish League, like its English counterpart and numerous other leagues, practiced the extensive use of an election procedure to control the entry into its competition.
The original rule was for the bottom three clubs to retire and make a new application to re-join the League, in competition with other non-League sides. This was reduced to the bottom two clubs from the 1898-99 season.
After 1893, and the introduction of a Second Division, the First Division used an election process, automatic promotion and relegation not being used until 1921-22. This process meant that a club could by-pass the Second Division completely and gain a First Division place. Queen's Park achieved this in 1900 and while Aberdeen tried twice they were unsuccessful on both times.
The introduction of the Third Division in the 1920s, saw the League briefly suspend the rule and it was re-introduced when the section collapsed in disarray in 1926. During the 1930s the number of clubs applying for a place was smaller than pre-WW1, some seasons evben saw no outside interest. The upshot was that on most occasions the bottom two clubs were automatically re-elected at the League's AGM.
After the Second World War, the expansion of the league to three divisions saw the Rule quietly dropped, with the last instance of a club re-applying being in 1951.
Player Appearances and goalscoring records
These documents list all Scottish League players records
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I-J
K
L
M
Mc1
Mc2
N
O
P-Q
R
S
T-V
W
X-Z
Trialists
Player Transfers 1958-1978
These documents list the transfer dates of Scottish League players between 1958 and 1978
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
Scottish League Charity Cup
Competed for one season only, 1890-91, it was organised after the Scottish League and Glasgow Charity Cup Committees had a dispute about the charity ties being scheduled on League fixture dates.
B Division Supplementary Cup
Immediate post-war competition for Second Division clubs played between 1945 and 1952.
Spring Cup
Competition held in 1975-76 to give First and Second Division clubs more fixtures after the League was reconstructed into three divisions.
The 1939-40 Season
Scottish League C Division
Scottish League C Division League Cup
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