This article charts the history of Motherwell F.C. from their foundation in 1886 to the end of the Second World War.

1886-1887[edit]

Manager: Committee

Scottish Cup[edit]

First Qualifying Round

1887-1888[edit]

Manager: Committee

Scottish Cup[edit]

First Qualifying Round

Second Qualifying Round

1888-1889[edit]

Manager: Committee

Scottish Cup[edit]

First Qualifying Round

Replay

Second Qualifying Round

Third Qualifying Round

1889-1890[edit]

Manager: Committee

Scottish Cup[edit]

First Qualifying Round

Second Qualifying Round

1890-1891[edit]

Manager: Committee

Scottish Cup[edit]

First Qualifying Round

1891-1892[edit]

Manager: Committee

Scottish Football Federation[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	PTS
1	Arthurlie	22	16	3	3	107	38	35
2	Albion Rovers	22	15	1	6	88	51	31
3	Hurlford	22	11	4	7	58	51	26
4	Falkirk	21	11	3	7	61	49	25
5	Wishaw Thistle	22	10	4	8	69	71	24
6	Pollokshaws	22	10	2	10	73	58	22
7	Royal Albert	22	10	1	11	70	54	21
8	Kilmarnock Athletic	22	7	3	12	51	67	17
9	Clydebank	22	7	3	12	46	87	17
10	Glasgow Wanderers	22	7	2	13	44	88	16
11	Burnbank Swifts	21	4	6	11	49	80	14
12	Motherwell	22	4	6	12	58	80	14

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	PTS
1	Royal Albert	18	11	5	2	66	36	27
2	Motherwell	18	11	3	4	77	46	25
3	Arthurlie	18	10	3	5	55	36	23
4	Neilston	18	10	3	5	40	28	23
5	Albion Rovers	18	8	3	7	66	52	19
6	Wishaw Thistle	18	8	1	9	55	39	17
7	East Stirlingshire	18	6	3	9	49	68	15
8	Falkirk	18	6	3	9	46	66	15
9	Pollokshaws	18	7	1	10	58	52	14
10	Clydebank	18	0	1	17	18	107	1

Scottish Cup[edit]

First Qualifying Round

1892-1893[edit]

Manager: Committee

Scottish Football Federation[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	PTS
1	Arthurlie	22	16	3	3	107	38	35
2	Albion Rovers	22	15	1	6	88	51	31
3	Hurlford	22	11	4	7	58	51	26
4	Falkirk	21	11	3	7	61	49	25
5	Wishaw Thistle	22	10	4	8	69	71	24
6	Pollokshaws	22	10	2	10	73	58	22
7	Royal Albert	22	10	1	11	70	54	21
8	Kilmarnock Athletic	22	7	3	12	51	67	17
9	Clydebank	22	7	3	12	46	87	17
10	Glasgow Wanderers	22	7	2	13	44	88	16
11	Burnbank Swifts	21	4	6	11	49	80	14
12	Motherwell	22	4	6	12	58	80	14

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	PTS
1	Royal Albert	18	11	5	2	66	36	27
2	Motherwell	18	11	3	4	77	46	25
3	Arthurlie	18	10	3	5	55	36	23
4	Neilston	18	10	3	5	40	28	23
5	Albion Rovers	18	8	3	7	66	52	19
6	Wishaw Thistle	18	8	1	9	55	39	17
7	East Stirlingshire	18	6	3	9	49	68	15
8	Falkirk	18	6	3	9	46	66	15
9	Pollokshaws	18	7	1	10	58	52	14
10	Clydebank	18	0	1	17	18	107	1

Scottish Cup[edit]

First Qualifying Round

Replay – The game was replayed after Campsie complained about the dimensions of the pitch.

Second Qualifying Round

Other Honours[edit]

Lanarkshire Express Cup winners
Airdrie Charity Cup winners

1893-1894[edit]

Manager: Committee

Scottish Second Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hibernian (C)	18	13	3	2	83	29	+54	29
2	Cowlairs	18	13	1	4	72	32	+40	27
3	Clyde (P)	18	11	2	5	51	36	+15	24	Elected to 1894–95 Scottish Division One
4	Motherwell	18	11	1	6	61	46	+15	23
5	Partick Thistle	18	10	0	8	56	58	−2	20
6	Port Glasgow Athletic	18	9	2	7	52	52	0	13[a]
7	Abercorn	18	5	2	11	42	60	−18	12
8	Morton	18	4	1	13	36	62	−26	9	Re-elected
8	Northern	18	3	3	12	29	66	−37	9	Not re-elected[b]
10	Thistle	18	2	3	13	31	72	−41	7	Did not apply for re-election[b]

Scottish Cup[edit]

1894-1895[edit]

Manager: Committee

Scottish Second Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hibernian (C, P)	18	14	2	2	92	28	+64	30	Promoted to the 1895–96 Scottish First Division
2	Motherwell	18	10	2	6	56	39	+17	22
3	Port Glasgow Athletic	18	8	4	6	62	56	+6	20
3	Renton	17	10	0	7	46	44	+2	20
5	Morton	18	9	1	8	59	63	−4	19
6	Abercorn	18	7	4	7	51	65	−14	18
6	Airdrieonians	18	8	2	8	68	45	+23	18
8	Partick Thistle	18	7	3	8	50	62	−12	17
9	Dundee Wanderers (R)	17	3	1	13	44	86	−42	9[a]	Resigned[b]
10	Cowlairs (R)	18	2	3	13	37	77	−40	7

Scottish Cup[edit]

Other Honours[edit]

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1895-1896[edit]

Manager: Committee

Scottish Second Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Abercorn (C, P)	18	12	3	3	55	31	+24	27	Promoted to the 1896–97 Scottish First Division
2	Leith Athletic	18	11	1	6	55	37	+18	23
3	Kilmarnock	18	10	1	7	51	46	+5	21
3	Renton	18	9	3	6	40	28	+12	21
5	Airdrieonians	18	7	4	7	48	44	+4	18
5	Partick Thistle	18	8	2	8	46	54	−8	18
7	Port Glasgow Athletic	18	6	4	8	40	41	−1	16
8	Motherwell	18	5	3	10	31	52	−21	13
9	Morton	18	4	4	10	32	42	−10	12
10	Linthouse	18	5	1	12	26	49	−23	11

Scottish Cup[edit]

1896-1897[edit]

Manager: Committee

Scottish Second Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Partick Thistle (C, P)	18	14	3	1	61	28	+33	31	Promoted to the 1897–98 Scottish First Division
2	Leith Athletic	18	13	1	4	55	27	+28	27
3	Airdrieonians	18	10	1	7	49	39	+10	21
3	Kilmarnock	18	10	1	7	44	33	+11	21
5	Morton	18	7	2	9	38	40	−2	16
6	Linthouse	18	8	2	8	44	53	−9	14[a]
6	Renton	18	6	2	10	34	41	−7	14
8	Motherwell	18	6	1	11	40	55	−15	13
8	Port Glasgow Athletic	18	4	5	9	38	50	−12	13
10	Dumbarton (R)	18	2	2	14	27	64	−37	6	Resigned[b]

Scottish Cup[edit]

1897-1898[edit]

Manager: Committee

Scottish Second Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kilmarnock (C)	18	14	1	3	64	29	+35	29
2	Port Glasgow Athletic	18	12	1	5	66	36	+30	25
3	Morton	18	9	4	5	47	38	+9	22
4	Leith Athletic	18	9	2	7	40	39	+1	20
5	Abercorn	18	6	4	8	33	41	−8	16
5	Ayr	18	7	2	9	36	43	−7	16
5	Linthouse	18	6	4	8	38	39	−1	16
8	Airdrieonians	18	6	2	10	45	56	−11	14
9	Hamilton Academical	14	5	2	7	26	32	−6	12[a]
10	Motherwell	18	3	4	11	31	56	−25	10
-	Renton (R)	4	0	0	4	2	19	−17	0	Resigned[b]

Scottish Cup[edit]

1898-1899[edit]

Manager: Committee

Scottish Second Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kilmarnock (C, P)	18	14	4	0	73	24	+49	32	Promoted to the 1899–1900 Scottish First Division
2	Leith Athletic	18	12	3	3	63	38	+25	27
3	Port Glasgow Athletic	18	12	1	5	75	51	+24	25
4	Motherwell	18	7	6	5	41	40	+1	20
5	Airdrieonians	18	6	3	9	36	46	−10	15
5	Hamilton Academical	18	7	1	10	48	58	−10	15
7	Ayr	18	5	3	10	35	51	−16	13
7	Morton	18	6	1	11	36	42	−6	13
9	Linthouse	18	5	1	12	29	62	−33	11
10	Abercorn	18	4	1	13	41	65	−24	9

Scottish Cup[edit]

Other Honours[edit]

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1899-1900[edit]

Manager: Committee

Scottish Second Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Partick Thistle (C, P)	18	14	1	3	55	26	+29	29	Promoted to the 1900–01 Scottish Division One
2	Morton (P)	18	14	0	4	66	25	+41	28
3	Port Glasgow Athletic	18	10	0	8	50	41	+9	20
4	Leith Athletic	18	9	1	8	32	37	−5	19
4	Motherwell	18	9	1	8	38	36	+2	19
6	Abercorn	18	7	2	9	46	39	+7	16
7	Hamilton Academical	18	7	1	10	33	45	−12	15
8	Ayr	18	6	2	10	39	48	−9	14
9	Airdrieonians	18	4	3	11	27	49	−22	11
10	Linthouse (R)	18	2	5	11	28	68	−40	9	Failed re-election[a]

Scottish Cup[edit]

1900-1901[edit]

Manager: Committee

Scottish Second Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	St Bernard's (C)	18	11	4	3	42	26	+16	26
2	Airdrieonians	18	11	1	6	43	32	+11	23
3	Abercorn	18	9	3	6	37	33	+4	21
4	Clyde	18	9	2	7	43	35	+8	20
4	Port Glasgow Athletic	18	10	0	8	45	43	+2	20
6	Ayr	18	9	0	9	32	34	−2	18
7	East Stirlingshire	18	7	3	8	34	39	−5	17
8	Hamilton Academical	18	4	4	10	41	49	−8	12
8	Leith Athletic	18	5	2	11	22	32	−10	12
10	Motherwell	18	4	3	11	26	42	−16	11

Scottish Cup[edit]

Other Honours[edit]

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1901-1902[edit]

Manager: Committee

Scottish Second Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Port Glasgow Athletic (C, P)	22	14	4	4	75	31	+44	32	Promoted to the 1902–03 Scottish Division One
2	Partick Thistle (P)	22	13	4	5	50	29	+21	30
3	Motherwell	22	12	2	8	50	44	+6	26
4	Airdrieonians	22	10	5	7	41	32	+9	25
4	Hamilton Academical	22	11	3	8	45	40	+5	25
6	St Bernard's	22	10	2	10	30	31	−1	22
7	Ayr	22	8	5	9	27	33	−6	21
7	Leith Athletic	22	9	3	10	34	38	−4	21
9	East Stirlingshire	22	8	3	11	38	46	−8	19
10	Arthurlie	22	6	5	11	32	42	−10	17
11	Abercorn	22	4	5	13	27	59	−32	13
11	Clyde	22	5	3	14	21	45	−24	13

Scottish Cup[edit]

1902-1903[edit]

Manager: Committee

Scottish Second Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Airdrieonians (C, P)	22	15	5	2	43	19	+24	35	Promoted to the 1903–04 Scottish Division One
2	Motherwell (P)	22	12	4	6	44	35	+9	28
3	Ayr	22	12	3	7	34	34	0	27
3	Leith Athletic	22	11	5	6	43	42	+1	27
5	St Bernard's	22	12	2	8	45	32	+13	26
6	Falkirk	22	8	7	7	39	37	+2	23
6	Hamilton Academical	22	11	1	10	45	35	+10	23
8	East Stirlingshire	22	9	3	10	46	41	+5	21
9	Arthurlie	22	6	8	8	34	46	−12	20
10	Abercorn	22	5	2	15	35	58	−23	12
11	Clyde	22	2	7	13	22	40	−18	11
11	Raith Rovers	22	3	5	14	34	55	−21	11

Scottish Cup[edit]

1903-1904[edit]

Manager: Committee

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Third Lanark	26	20	3	3	61	26	+35	43
2	Hearts	26	18	3	5	63	35	+28	39
=3	Celtic	26	18	2	6	68	27	+41	38
=3	Rangers	26	16	6	4	80	33	+47	38
5	Dundee	26	13	2	11	54	45	+9	28
=6	St Mirren	26	11	5	10	45	38	+7	27
=6	Partick Thistle	26	10	7	9	46	41	+5	27
8	Queen's Park	26	6	9	11	28	47	−19	21
9	Port Glasgow Athletic	26	8	4	14	32	49	−17	20
10	Hibernian	26	7	5	14	29	40	−11	19
=11	Morton	26	7	4	15	32	53	−21	18
=11	Airdrieonians	26	7	4	15	32	62	−30	18
13	Motherwell	26	6	3	17	26	61	−35	15
14	Kilmarnock	26	4	5	17	24	63	−39	13

Scottish Cup[edit]

1904–05[edit]

Manager: Committee

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
=1	Celtic	26	18	5	3	68	31	+37	41
=1	Rangers	26	19	3	4	83	28	+55	41
3	Third Lanark	26	14	7	5	60	28	+32	35
4	Airdrieonians	26	11	5	10	38	45	−7	27
5	Hibernian	26	9	8	9	39	39	0	26
6	Partick Thistle	26	12	2	12	36	56	−20	26
7	Hearts	26	11	3	12	46	44	+2	25
8	Dundee	26	10	5	11	38	32	+6	25
9	Kilmarnock	26	9	5	12	29	45	−16	23
10	St Mirren	26	9	4	13	33	36	−3	22
11	Port Glasgow Athletic	26	8	5	13	30	51	−21	21
12	Queen's Park	26	6	8	12	28	45	−17	20
13	Morton	26	7	4	15	27	50	−23	18
14	Motherwell	26	6	2	18	28	53	−25	14

Scottish Cup[edit]

1905-1906[edit]

Manager: Committee

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	30	24	1	5	76	19	+57	49
2	Hearts	30	18	7	5	64	27	+37	43
3	Airdrieonians	30	15	8	7	53	31	+22	38
4	Rangers	30	15	7	8	58	48	+10	37
5	Partick Thistle	30	15	6	9	44	40	+4	36
6	Third Lanark	30	16	2	12	62	38	+24	34
7	Dundee	30	11	12	7	40	33	+7	34
8	St Mirren	30	13	5	12	41	37	+4	31
9	Morton	30	10	6	14	35	54	−19	26
10	Motherwell	30	9	8	13	50	64	−14	26
11	Hibernian	30	10	5	15	35	40	−5	25
12	Aberdeen	30	8	8	14	37	49	−12	24
13	Falkirk	30	9	5	16	53	69	−16	23
14	Port Glasgow Athletic	30	6	8	16	38	68	−30	20
15	Kilmarnock	30	8	4	18	46	68	−22	20
16	Queen's Park	30	5	4	21	41	88	−47	14

Scottish Cup[edit]

1906-1907[edit]

Manager: Committee

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	34	23	9	2	80	30	+50	55
2	Dundee	34	18	12	4	53	26	+27	48
3	Rangers	34	19	7	8	69	33	+36	45
4	Airdrieonians	34	18	6	10	59	44	+15	42
5	Falkirk	34	17	7	10	73	58	+15	41
6	Third Lanark	34	15	9	10	57	48	+9	39
7	St Mirren	34	12	13	9	50	44	+6	37
8	Clyde	34	15	6	13	47	52	−5	36
9	Hearts	34	11	13	10	46	43	+3	35
10	Motherwell	34	12	9	13	45	48	−3	33
11	Hibernian	34	10	10	14	40	49	−9	30
12	Aberdeen	34	10	10	14	48	55	−7	30
13	Morton	34	11	6	17	41	50	−9	28
14	Partick Thistle	34	9	8	17	40	60	−20	26
15	Queen's Park	34	9	6	19	51	66	−15	24
16	Port Glasgow Athletic	34	7	7	20	30	67	−37	21
17	Kilmarnock	34	8	5	21	40	72	−32	21
18	Hamilton Academical	34	8	5	21	40	64	−24	21

Scottish Cup[edit]

Other Honours[edit]

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1907-1908[edit]

Manager: Committee

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	34	24	7	3	86	27	+59	55
2	Falkirk	34	22	7	5	103	42	+61	51
3	Rangers	34	21	8	5	74	40	+34	50
4	Dundee	33	20	8	5	74	40	+34	48
5	Hibernian	34	17	8	9	55	42	+13	42
6	Airdrieonians	34	18	5	11	58	41	+17	41
7	St Mirren	34	13	10	11	50	59	−9	36
8	Aberdeen	34	13	9	12	45	44	+1	35
9	Third Lanark	34	13	7	14	45	50	−5	33
10	Motherwell	34	12	7	15	61	53	+8	31
11	Hearts	34	11	6	17	50	62	−12	28
12	Hamilton Academical	34	10	8	16	55	65	−10	28
13	Morton	34	9	9	16	43	66	−23	27
14	Partick Thistle	34	8	9	17	43	69	−26	25
15	Kilmarnock	34	6	13	15	38	61	−23	25
16	Queen's Park	34	7	8	19	54	84	−30	22
17	Clyde	34	5	8	21	38	75	−37	18
18	Port Glasgow Athletic	34	5	7	22	39	98	−59	17

Scottish Cup[edit]

1908-1909[edit]

Manager: Committee

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic (C)	34	23	5	6	71	24	+47	51
2	Dundee	34	22	6	6	70	32	+38	50
3	Clyde	34	21	6	7	61	37	+24	48
4	Rangers	34	19	7	8	91	38	+53	45
5	Airdrieonians	34	16	9	9	67	46	+21	41
6	Hibernian	34	16	7	11	40	32	+8	39
7	St Mirren	34	15	6	13	53	45	+8	36
8	Aberdeen	34	15	6	13	61	53	+8	36
9	Kilmarnock	34	13	7	14	47	61	−14	33
10	Falkirk	34	13	7	14	58	56	+2	33
11	Hearts	34	12	8	14	54	49	+5	32
12	Third Lanark	34	11	10	13	56	49	+7	32
13	Motherwell	34	11	6	17	47	73	−26	28
14	Port Glasgow Athletic	34	10	8	16	39	52	−13	28
15	Queen's Park	34	6	13	15	42	65	−23	25
16	Hamilton Academical	34	6	12	16	42	72	−30	24
17	Morton	34	8	7	19	39	90	−51	23
18	Partick Thistle	34	2	4	28	38	102	−64	8

Scottish Cup[edit]

1909-1910[edit]

Manager: Committee

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Third Lanark	26	20	3	3	61	26	+35	43
2	Hearts	26	18	3	5	63	35	+28	39
=3	Celtic	26	18	2	6	68	27	+41	38
=3	Rangers	26	16	6	4	80	33	+47	38
5	Dundee	26	13	2	11	54	45	+9	28
=6	St Mirren	26	11	5	10	45	38	+7	27
=6	Partick Thistle	26	10	7	9	46	41	+5	27
8	Queen's Park	26	6	9	11	28	47	−19	21
9	Port Glasgow Athletic	26	8	4	14	32	49	−17	20
10	Hibernian	26	7	5	14	29	40	−11	19
=11	Morton	26	7	4	15	32	53	−21	18
=11	Airdrieonians	26	7	4	15	32	62	−30	18
13	Motherwell	26	6	3	17	26	61	−35	15
14	Kilmarnock	26	4	5	17	24	63	−39	13

Scottish Cup[edit]

1910-1911[edit]

Manager: Committee

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	34	23	6	5	90	34	+56	52
2	Aberdeen	34	19	10	5	53	28	+25	48
3	Falkirk	34	17	10	7	65	42	+23	44
4	Partick Thistle	34	17	8	9	50	41	+9	42
5	Celtic	34	15	11	8	48	18	+30	41
6	Dundee	34	18	5	11	54	42	+12	41
7	Third Lanark	34	16	7	11	59	53	+6	39
8	Clyde	34	14	11	9	45	36	+9	39
9	Hibernian	34	15	6	13	44	48	−4	36
10	Kilmarnock	34	12	10	12	42	45	−3	34
11	Airdrieonians	34	12	9	13	49	53	−4	33
12	St Mirren	34	12	7	15	46	57	−11	31
13	Morton	34	9	11	14	49	51	−2	29
14	Heart of Midlothian	34	8	8	18	42	59	−17	24
15	Raith Rovers	34	7	10	17	36	55	−19	24
16	Hamilton Academical	34	8	5	21	31	60	−29	21
17	Motherwell	34	8	4	22	37	66	−29	20
18	Queen's Park	34	5	4	25	28	80	−52	14

Scottish Cup[edit]

1911-1912[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter, appointed April 1911.

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	34	24	3	7	86	34	+52	51
2	Celtic	34	17	11	6	58	33	+25	45
3	Clyde	34	19	4	11	56	32	+24	42
4	Heart of Midlothian	34	16	8	10	54	40	+14	40
5	Partick Thistle	34	16	8	10	47	40	+7	40
6	Morton	34	14	9	11	44	44	0	37
7	Falkirk	34	15	6	13	46	33	+13	36
8	Dundee	34	13	9	12	52	41	+11	35
9	Aberdeen	34	14	7	13	44	44	0	35
10	Airdrieonians	34	12	8	14	40	41	−1	32
11	Third Lanark	34	12	7	15	40	57	−17	31
12	Hamilton Academical	34	11	8	15	32	44	−12	30
13	Hibernian	34	12	5	17	44	47	−3	29
14	Motherwell	34	11	5	18	34	44	−10	27
15	Raith Rovers	34	9	9	16	39	59	−20	27
16	Kilmarnock	34	11	4	19	38	60	−22	26
17	Queen's Park	34	8	9	17	29	53	−24	25
18	St Mirren	34	7	10	17	32	59	−27	24

Scottish Cup[edit]

Other Honours[edit]

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1912-1913[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	34	24	5	5	76	41	+35	53
2	Celtic	34	22	5	7	53	28	+25	49
=3	Heart of Midlothian	34	17	7	10	71	43	+28	41
=3	Airdrieonians	34	15	11	8	64	46	+18	41
5	Falkirk	34	14	12	8	56	38	+18	40
=6	Hibernian	34	16	5	13	63	54	+9	37
=6	Motherwell	34	12	13	9	47	39	+8	37
=6	Aberdeen	34	14	9	11	47	40	+7	37
9	Clyde	34	13	9	12	41	44	−3	35
10	Hamilton Academical	34	12	8	14	44	47	−3	32
11	Kilmarnock	34	10	11	13	37	54	−17	31
12	St Mirren	34	10	10	14	50	60	−10	30
=13	Dundee	34	8	13	13	33	46	−13	29
=13	Morton	34	11	7	16	50	59	−9	29
15	Third Lanark	34	8	12	14	31	41	−10	28
16	Raith Rovers	34	8	10	16	46	60	−14	26
17	Partick Thistle	34	10	4	20	40	55	−15	24
18	Queen's Park	34	5	3	26	34	88	−54	13

Scottish Cup[edit]

1913-1914[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	38	30	5	3	81	14	+67	65
2	Rangers	38	27	5	6	79	31	+48	59
3	Heart of Midlothian	38	23	8	7	70	29	+41	54
4	Morton	38	26	2	10	76	51	+25	54
5	Falkirk	38	20	9	9	69	51	+18	49
6	Airdrieonians	38	18	12	8	72	43	+29	48
7	Dundee	38	19	5	14	64	53	+11	43
8	Third Lanark	38	13	10	15	42	51	−9	36
9	Clyde	38	11	11	16	44	44	0	33
10	Ayr United	38	13	7	18	56	72	−16	33
11	Raith Rovers	38	13	6	19	56	57	−1	32
12	Kilmarnock	38	11	9	18	48	68	−20	31
13	Hibernian	38	12	6	20	58	75	−17	30
14	Aberdeen	38	10	10	18	38	55	−17	30
15	Partick Thistle	38	10	9	19	37	51	−14	29
16	Queen's Park	38	10	9	19	52	84	−32	29
17	Motherwell	38	11	6	21	46	65	−19	28
18	Hamilton Academical	38	11	6	21	49	66	−17	28
19	Dumbarton	38	10	7	21	45	87	−42	27
20	St Mirren	38	8	6	24	38	73	−35	22

Scottish Cup[edit]

1914-1915[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	38	30	5	3	91	25	+66	65
2	Heart of Midlothian	38	27	7	4	83	32	+51	61
3	Rangers	38	23	4	11	74	47	+27	50
4	Morton	38	18	12	8	74	48	+26	48
5	Ayr United	38	20	8	10	55	40	+15	48
6	Falkirk	38	16	7	15	48	48	0	39
7	Partick Thistle	38	15	8	15	56	58	−2	38
8	Hamilton Academical	38	16	6	16	60	55	+5	38
9	St Mirren	38	14	8	16	56	65	−9	36
10	Hibernian	38	12	11	15	59	66	−7	35
11	Airdrieonians	38	14	7	17	54	60	−6	35
12	Dumbarton	38	13	8	17	51	66	−15	34
13	Kilmarnock	38	15	4	19	55	59	−4	34
14	Dundee	38	12	9	17	43	61	−18	33
15	Aberdeen	38	11	11	16	39	52	−13	33
16	Third Lanark	38	10	12	16	51	57	−6	32
17	Clyde	38	12	6	20	44	59	−15	30
18	Motherwell	38	10	10	18	49	66	−17	30
19	Raith Rovers	38	9	10	19	53	68	−15	28
20	Queen's Park	38	4	5	29	27	90	−63	13

Scottish Cup[edit]

Other Honours[edit]

Lanarkshire Express Cup winners

1915-1916[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	38	32	3	3	116	32	+84	67
2	Rangers	38	25	6	7	87	39	+48	56
3	Morton	37	22	7	8	86	35	+51	51
4	Ayr United	38	20	8	10	72	45	+27	48
5	Heart of Midlothian	37	20	6	11	66	45	+21	46
6	Partick Thistle	38	19	8	11	65	41	+24	46
7	Hamilton Academical	38	19	3	16	68	76	−8	41
8	Dundee	38	18	4	16	56	49	+7	40
9	Dumbarton	38	13	11	14	54	64	−10	37
10	Kilmarnock	38	12	11	15	46	49	−3	35
11	Aberdeen	38	11	12	15	51	64	−13	34
12	Falkirk	38	12	9	17	45	61	−16	33
13	St Mirren	38	13	4	21	50	67	−17	30
14	Motherwell	38	11	8	19	55	82	−27	30
15	Airdrieonians	38	11	8	19	44	74	−30	30
16	Third Lanark	38	9	11	18	40	56	−16	29
17	Clyde	38	11	7	20	49	71	−22	29
18	Queen's Park	38	11	6	21	53	100	−47	28
19	Hibernian	38	9	7	22	44	71	−27	25
20	Raith Rovers	38	9	5	24	30	65	−35	23

Scottish Cup[edit]

1916-1917[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	38	27	10	1	79	17	+62	64
2	Morton	38	24	6	8	72	39	+33	54
3	Rangers	38	24	5	9	68	32	+36	53
4	Airdrieonians	38	21	8	9	71	38	+33	50
5	Third Lanark	38	19	11	8	53	37	+16	49
6	Kilmarnock	38	18	7	13	69	46	+23	43
7	St Mirren	38	15	10	13	49	43	+6	40
8	Motherwell	38	16	6	16	57	59	−2	38
9	Dumbarton	38	12	11	15	56	73	−17	35
9	Partick Thistle	38	14	7	17	44	43	+1	35
9	Hamilton Academical	38	13	9	16	54	73	−19	35
12	Clyde	38	10	14	14	41	53	−12	34
12	Falkirk	38	12	10	16	58	57	+1	34
14	Heart of Midlothian	38	14	4	20	44	59	−15	32
15	Ayr United	38	12	7	19	47	59	−12	31
16	Dundee	38	13	4	21	58	71	−13	30
16	Hibernian	38	10	10	18	57	72	−15	30
18	Queen's Park	38	11	7	20	56	81	−25	29
19	Raith Rovers	38	8	7	23	42	91	−49	23
20	Aberdeen	38	7	7	24	36	68	−32	21

Scottish Cup[edit]

1917-1918[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	34	25	6	3	66	24	+42	56
2	Celtic	34	24	7	3	66	26	+40	55
3	Kilmarnock	34	19	5	10	69	41	+28	43
4	Morton	34	17	9	8	53	42	+11	43
5	Motherwell	34	16	9	9	70	51	+19	41
6	Partick Thistle	34	14	12	8	51	37	+14	40
7	Dumbarton	34	13	8	13	48	49	−1	34
7	Queen's Park	34	14	6	14	64	63	+1	34
9	Clydebank	34	14	5	15	55	56	−1	33
10	Hearts	34	14	4	16	41	58	−17	32
11	St Mirren	34	11	7	16	42	50	−8	29
12	Hamilton Academical	34	11	6	17	52	63	−11	28
13	Third Lanark	34	10	7	17	56	62	−6	27
14	Falkirk	34	9	9	16	38	58	−20	27
15	Airdrieonians	34	10	6	18	46	58	−12	26
16	Hibernian	34	8	9	17	42	57	−15	25
17	Clyde	34	9	2	23	37	72	−35	20
18	Ayr United	34	5	9	20	32	61	−29	19

Scottish Cup[edit]

Other Honours[edit]

Lanarkshire Charity Cup winners
Motherwell Charity Cup winners

1918-1919[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	34	26	6	2	71	22	+49	58
2	Rangers	34	26	5	3	86	16	+70	57
3	Morton	34	18	11	5	76	40	+36	47
4	Partick Thistle	34	17	7	10	62	43	+19	41
5	Motherwell	34	14	10	10	51	40	+11	38
5	Ayr United	34	15	8	11	62	53	+9	38
7	Heart of Midlothian	34	14	9	11	59	52	+7	37
8	Kilmarnock	34	14	7	13	61	59	+2	35
9	Queen's Park	34	15	5	14	59	57	+2	35
10	St Mirren	34	10	12	12	43	55	−12	32
10	Clydebank	34	12	8	14	54	65	−11	32
12	Third Lanark	34	11	9	14	60	62	−2	31
13	Airdrieonians	34	9	11	14	45	54	−9	29
14	Hamilton Academical	34	11	5	18	49	75	−26	27
15	Dumbarton	34	7	8	19	31	58	−27	22
16	Clyde	34	7	6	21	45	75	−30	20
16	Falkirk	34	6	8	20	46	73	−27	20
18	Hibernian	34	5	3	26	30	91	−61	13

Scottish Cup[edit]

1919-1920[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	42	31	9	2	106	25	+81	71
2	Celtic	42	29	10	3	89	31	+58	68
3	Motherwell	42	23	11	8	74	53	+21	57
4	Dundee	42	22	6	14	79	65	+14	50
5	Clydebank	42	20	8	14	79	65	+14	48
6	Morton	42	16	13	13	71	48	+23	45
7	Airdrieonians	42	17	10	15	57	43	+14	44
8	Third Lanark	42	16	11	15	56	62	−6	43
9	Kilmarnock	42	20	3	19	59	73	−14	43
10	Ayr United	42	15	10	17	72	69	+3	40
11	Dumbarton	42	13	13	16	57	65	−8	39
12	St Mirren	42	15	8	19	63	81	−18	38
13	Partick Thistle	42	13	12	17	51	62	−11	38
14	Queen's Park	42	14	10	18	67	73	−6	38
15	Heart of Midlothian	42	14	9	19	57	72	−15	37
16	Clyde	42	14	9	19	64	71	−7	37
17	Aberdeen	42	11	13	18	46	64	−18	35
18	Hibernian	42	13	7	22	60	79	−19	33
19	Raith Rovers	42	11	10	21	61	83	−22	32
20	Falkirk	42	10	11	21	45	74	−29	31
21	Hamilton Academical	42	11	7	24	56	86	−30	29
22	Albion Rovers	42	10	8	24	43	77	−34	28

Scottish Cup[edit]

1920-1921[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	42	35	6	1	91	24	+67	76
2	Celtic	42	30	6	6	89	31	+58	66
3	Heart of Midlothian	42	20	10	12	74	49	+25	50
4	Dundee	42	19	11	12	54	48	+6	49
5	Motherwell	42	19	10	13	75	51	+24	48
6	Partick Thistle	42	17	12	13	53	39	+14	46
7	Clyde	42	21	3	18	63	62	+1	45
8	Third Lanark	42	19	6	17	74	61	+13	44
9	Morton	42	15	14	13	66	58	+8	44
10	Airdrieonians	42	17	9	16	71	64	+7	43
11	Kilmarnock	42	17	8	17	62	68	−6	42
12	Aberdeen	42	14	14	14	53	54	−1	42
13	Hibernian	42	16	9	17	58	57	+1	41
14	Hamilton Academical	42	14	12	16	44	57	−13	40
15	Ayr United	42	14	12	16	62	69	−7	40
16	Raith Rovers	42	16	5	21	54	58	−4	37
17	Falkirk	42	11	12	19	54	72	−18	34
18	Albion Rovers	42	11	12	19	57	68	−11	34
19	Queen's Park	42	11	11	20	45	80	−35	33
20	Clydebank	42	7	14	21	47	72	−25	28
21	Dumbarton	42	10	4	28	41	89	−48	24
22	St Mirren	42	7	4	31	43	92	−49	18

Scottish Cup[edit]

Other Honours[edit]

Lanarkshire Express Cup winners

1921-1922[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic	42	27	13	2	83	20	+63	67
2	Rangers	42	28	10	4	83	26	+57	66
3	Raith Rovers	42	19	13	10	66	43	+23	51
4	Dundee	42	19	11	12	57	40	+17	49
5	Falkirk	42	16	17	9	48	38	+10	49
6	Partick Thistle	42	20	8	14	57	53	+4	48
7	Hibernian	42	16	14	12	55	44	+11	46
8	St Mirren	42	17	12	13	71	61	+10	46
9	Third Lanark	42	17	12	13	58	52	+6	46
10	Clyde	42	16	12	14	60	51	+9	44
11	Albion Rovers	42	17	10	15	55	51	+4	44
12	Morton	42	16	10	16	58	57	+1	42
13	Motherwell	42	16	7	19	63	58	+5	39
14	Ayr United	42	13	12	17	55	63	−8	38
15	Aberdeen	42	13	9	20	48	54	−6	35
16	Airdrieonians	42	12	11	19	46	56	−10	35
17	Kilmarnock	42	13	9	20	56	83	−27	35
18	Hamilton Academical	42	9	16	17	51	62	−11	34
19	Hearts	42	11	10	21	50	60	−10	32
20	Dumbarton	42	10	10	22	46	81	−35	30	Relegation to the 1922–23 Second Division
21	Queen's Park	42	9	10	23	38	82	−44	28
22	Clydebank	42	6	8	28	34	103	−69	20

Scottish Cup[edit]

1922-1923[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	38	23	9	6	67	29	+38	55
2	Airdrieonians	38	20	10	8	58	38	+20	50
3	Celtic	38	19	8	11	52	39	+13	46
4	Falkirk	38	14	17	7	44	32	+12	45
5	Aberdeen	38	15	12	11	46	34	+12	42
6	St Mirren	38	15	12	11	54	44	+10	42
7	Dundee	38	17	7	14	51	45	+6	41
8	Hibernian	38	17	7	14	45	40	+5	41
9	Raith Rovers	38	13	13	12	31	43	−12	39
10	Ayr United	38	13	12	13	43	44	−1	38
11	Partick Thistle	38	14	9	15	51	48	+3	37
12	Heart of Midlothian	38	11	15	12	51	50	+1	37
13	Motherwell	38	13	10	15	59	60	−1	36
14	Morton	38	12	11	15	44	47	−3	35
15	Kilmarnock	38	14	7	17	57	66	−9	35
16	Clyde	38	12	9	17	36	44	−8	33
17	Third Lanark	38	11	8	19	40	59	−19	30
18	Hamilton Academical	38	11	7	20	43	59	−16	29
19	Albion Rovers	38	8	10	20	38	64	−26	26
20	Alloa Athletic	38	6	11	21	27	52	−25	23

Scottish Cup[edit]

1923-1924[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	38	25	9	4	72	22	+50	59
2	Airdrieonians	38	20	10	8	72	46	+26	50
3	Celtic	38	17	12	9	56	33	+23	46
4	Raith Rovers	38	18	7	13	56	38	+18	43
5	Dundee	38	15	13	10	70	57	+13	43
6	St Mirren	38	15	12	11	53	45	+8	42
7	Hibernian	38	15	11	12	66	52	+14	41
8	Partick Thistle	38	15	9	14	58	55	+3	39
9	Heart of Midlothian	38	14	10	14	61	50	+11	38
10	Motherwell	38	15	7	16	58	63	−5	37
11	Morton	38	16	5	17	48	54	−6	37
12	Hamilton Academical	38	15	6	17	52	57	−5	36
13	Aberdeen	38	13	10	15	37	41	−4	36
14	Ayr United	38	12	10	16	38	60	−22	34
15	Falkirk	38	13	6	19	46	53	−7	32
16	Kilmarnock	38	12	8	18	48	65	−17	32
17	Queen's Park	38	11	9	18	43	60	−17	31
18	Third Lanark	38	11	8	19	54	78	−24	30
19	Clyde	38	10	9	19	40	70	−30	29
20	Clydebank	38	10	5	23	42	71	−29	25

Scottish Cup[edit]

1924-1925[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	38	25	10	3	76	26	+50	60
2	Airdrieonians	38	25	7	6	85	31	+54	57
3	Hibernian	38	22	8	8	78	43	+35	52
4	Celtic	38	18	8	12	77	44	+33	44
5	Cowdenbeath	38	16	10	12	76	65	+11	42
6	St Mirren	38	18	5	15	66	63	+3	41
7	Partick Thistle	38	14	10	14	60	61	−1	38
8	Dundee	38	14	8	16	47	54	−7	36
9	Raith Rovers	38	14	8	16	53	61	−8	36
10	Heart of Midlothian	38	12	11	15	64	68	−4	35
11	St Johnstone	38	12	11	15	57	72	−15	35
12	Kilmarnock	38	12	9	17	53	64	−11	33
13	Hamilton Academical	38	15	3	20	50	63	−13	33
14	Morton	38	12	9	17	46	69	−23	33
15	Aberdeen	38	11	10	17	46	56	−10	32
16	Falkirk	38	12	8	18	44	54	−10	32
17	Queen's Park	38	11	9	18	50	72	−22	31
18	Motherwell	38	10	10	18	54	63	−9	30
19	Ayr United	38	11	8	19	43	65	−22	30
20	Third Lanark	38	11	8	19	53	84	−31	30

Scottish Cup[edit]

Other Honours[edit]

Lanarkshire Express Cup winners

1925-1926[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	38	25	8	5	97	40	+57	58
2	Airdrieonians	38	23	4	11	95	54	+41	50
3	Heart of Midlothian	38	21	8	9	87	56	+31	50
4	St Mirren	38	20	7	11	63	52	+11	47
5	Motherwell	38	19	8	11	67	46	+21	46
6	Rangers	38	19	6	13	79	55	+24	44
7	Cowdenbeath	38	18	6	14	87	68	+19	42
8	Falkirk	38	14	14	10	61	57	+4	42
9	Kilmarnock	38	17	7	14	79	77	+2	41
10	Dundee	38	14	9	15	47	59	−12	37
11	Aberdeen	38	13	10	15	49	54	−5	36
12	Hamilton Academical	38	13	9	16	68	79	−11	35
13	Queen's Park	38	15	4	19	70	81	−11	34
14	Partick Thistle	38	10	13	15	64	73	−9	33
15	Morton	38	12	7	19	57	84	−27	31
16	Hibernian	38	12	6	20	72	77	−5	30
17	Dundee United	38	11	6	21	52	74	−22	28
18	St Johnstone	38	9	10	19	43	78	−35	28
19	Raith Rovers	38	11	4	23	46	81	−35	26
20	Clydebank	38	7	8	23	55	92	−37	22

Scottish Cup[edit]

Other Honours[edit]

Lanarkshire Express Cup winners

1926-1927[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	38	23	10	5	85	41	+44	56
2	Motherwell	38	23	5	10	81	52	+29	51
3	Celtic	38	21	7	10	101	55	+46	49
4	Airdrieonians	38	18	9	11	97	64	+33	45
5	Dundee	38	17	9	12	77	51	+26	43
6	Falkirk	38	15	12	11	77	60	+17	42
7	Cowdenbeath	38	18	6	14	74	60	+14	42
8	Aberdeen	38	13	14	11	73	72	+1	40
9	Hibernian	38	16	7	15	62	71	−9	39
10	St Mirren	38	16	5	17	78	76	+2	37
11	Partick Thistle	38	15	6	17	89	74	+15	36
12	Queen's Park	38	15	6	17	74	84	−10	36
13	Heart of Midlothian	38	12	11	15	65	64	+1	35
14	St Johnstone	38	13	9	16	55	69	−14	35
15	Hamilton Academical	38	13	9	16	60	85	−25	35
16	Kilmarnock	38	12	8	18	54	71	−17	32
17	Clyde	38	10	9	19	54	85	−31	29
18	Dunfermline Athletic	38	10	8	20	53	85	−32	28
19	Morton	38	12	4	22	56	101	−45	28
20	Dundee United	38	7	8	23	56	101	−45	22

Scottish Cup[edit]

Other Honours[edit]

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1927-1928[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	38	26	8	4	109	36	+73	60
2	Celtic	38	23	9	6	93	39	+54	55
3	Motherwell	38	23	9	6	92	46	+46	55
4	Heart of Midlothian	38	20	7	11	89	50	+39	47
5	St Mirren	38	18	8	12	77	76	+1	44
6	Partick Thistle	38	18	7	13	85	67	+18	43
7	Aberdeen	38	19	5	14	71	61	+10	43
8	Kilmarnock	38	15	10	13	68	78	−10	40
9	Cowdenbeath	38	16	7	15	66	68	−2	39
10	Falkirk	38	16	5	17	76	69	+7	37
11	St Johnstone	38	14	8	16	66	67	−1	36
12	Hibernian	38	13	9	16	73	75	−2	35
13	Airdrieonians	38	12	11	15	59	69	−10	35
14	Dundee	38	14	7	17	65	80	−15	35
15	Clyde	38	10	11	17	46	72	−26	31
16	Queen's Park	38	12	6	20	69	80	−11	30
17	Raith Rovers	38	11	7	20	60	89	−29	29
18	Hamilton Academical	38	11	6	21	67	86	−19	28
19	Bo'ness	38	9	8	21	48	86	−38	26
20	Dunfermline Athletic	38	4	4	30	41	126	−85	12

Scottish Cup[edit]

Other Honours[edit]

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1928-1929[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	38	30	7	1	107	32	+75	67
2	Celtic	38	22	7	9	67	44	+23	51
3	Motherwell	38	20	10	8	85	66	+19	50
4	Heart of Midlothian	38	19	9	10	91	57	+34	47
5	Queen's Park	38	18	7	13	100	69	+31	43
6	Partick Thistle	38	17	7	14	91	70	+21	41
7	Aberdeen	38	16	8	14	81	68	+13	40
8	St Mirren	38	16	8	14	78	75	+3	40
9	St Johnstone	38	14	10	14	57	70	−13	38
10	Kilmarnock	38	14	8	16	79	74	+5	36
11	Falkirk	38	14	8	16	68	86	−18	36
12	Hamilton Academical	38	13	9	16	58	83	−25	35
13	Cowdenbeath	38	14	5	19	55	69	−14	33
14	Hibernian	38	13	6	19	54	62	−8	32
15	Airdrieonians	38	12	7	19	56	65	−9	31
16	Ayr United	38	12	7	19	65	84	−19	31
17	Clyde	38	12	6	20	47	71	−24	30
18	Dundee	38	9	11	18	59	59	0	29
19	Third Lanark	38	10	6	22	71	102	−31	26
20	Raith Rovers	38	9	6	23	52	105	−53	24

Scottish Cup[edit]

Other Honours[edit]

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1929-1930[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	38	28	4	6	94	32	+62	60
2	Motherwell	38	25	5	8	104	48	+56	55
3	Aberdeen	38	23	7	8	85	61	+24	53
4	Celtic	38	22	5	11	88	46	+42	49
5	St Mirren	38	18	5	15	73	56	+17	41
6	Partick Thistle	38	16	9	13	72	61	+11	41
7	Falkirk	38	16	9	13	62	64	−2	41
8	Kilmarnock	38	15	9	14	77	73	+4	39
9	Ayr United	38	16	6	16	70	92	−22	38
10	Heart of Midlothian	38	14	9	15	69	69	0	37
11	Clyde	38	13	11	14	64	69	−5	37
12	Airdrieonians	38	16	4	18	60	66	−6	36
13	Hamilton Academical	38	14	7	17	76	81	−5	35
14	Dundee	38	14	6	18	51	58	−7	34
15	Queen's Park	38	15	4	19	67	80	−13	34
16	Cowdenbeath	38	13	7	18	64	74	−10	33
17	Hibernian	38	9	11	18	45	62	−17	29
18	Morton	38	10	7	21	67	95	−28	27
19	Dundee United	38	7	8	23	56	109	−53	22
20	St Johnstone	38	6	7	25	48	96	−48	19

Scottish Cup[edit]

Other Honours[edit]

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1930-1931[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	38	27	6	5	96	29	+67	60
2	Celtic	38	24	10	4	101	34	+67	58
3	Motherwell	38	24	8	6	102	42	+60	56
4	Partick Thistle	38	24	5	9	76	43	+33	53
5	Heart of Midlothian	38	19	6	13	90	63	+27	44
6	Aberdeen	38	17	7	14	79	63	+16	41
7	Cowdenbeath	38	17	7	14	58	65	−7	41
8	Dundee	38	17	5	16	65	63	+2	39
9	Airdrieonians	38	17	5	16	59	66	−7	39
10	Hamilton Academical	38	16	5	17	59	57	+2	37
11	Kilmarnock	38	15	5	18	59	60	−1	35
12	Clyde	38	15	4	19	60	87	−27	34
13	Queen's Park	38	13	7	18	71	72	−1	33
14	Falkirk	38	14	4	20	77	87	−10	32
15	St Mirren	38	11	8	19	49	72	−23	30
16	Morton	38	11	7	20	58	83	−25	29
17	Leith Athletic	38	8	11	19	51	85	−34	27
18	Ayr United	38	8	11	19	53	92	−39	27
19	Hibernian	38	9	7	22	49	81	−32	25
20	East Fife	38	8	4	26	45	113	−68	20

Scottish Cup[edit]

1931-1932[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motherwell	38	30	6	2	119	31	+88	66
2	Rangers	38	28	5	5	118	42	+76	61
3	Celtic	38	20	8	10	94	50	+44	48
4	Third Lanark	38	21	4	13	92	81	+11	46
5	St Mirren	38	20	4	14	77	56	+21	44
6	Partick Thistle	38	19	4	15	58	59	−1	42
7	Aberdeen	38	16	9	13	57	49	+8	41
8	Heart of Midlothian	38	17	5	16	63	61	+2	39
9	Kilmarnock	38	16	7	15	68	70	−2	39
10	Hamilton Academical	38	16	6	16	84	65	+19	38
11	Dundee	38	14	10	14	61	72	−11	38
12	Cowdenbeath	38	15	8	15	66	78	−12	38
13	Clyde	38	13	9	16	58	70	−12	35
14	Airdrieonians	38	13	6	19	74	81	−7	32
15	Morton	38	12	7	19	78	87	−9	31
16	Queen's Park	38	13	5	20	59	79	−20	31
17	Ayr United	38	11	7	20	70	90	−20	29
18	Falkirk	38	11	5	22	70	76	−6	27
19	Dundee United	38	6	7	25	40	118	−78	19
20	Leith Athletic	38	6	4	28	46	137	−91	16

Scottish Cup[edit]

Other Honours[edit]

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1932-1933[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	38	26	10	2	113	43	+70	62
2	Motherwell	38	27	5	6	114	53	+61	59
3	Heart of Midlothian	38	21	8	9	84	51	+33	50
4	Celtic	38	20	8	10	75	44	+31	48
5	St Johnstone	38	17	10	11	70	55	+15	44
6	Aberdeen	38	18	6	14	85	58	+27	42
7	St Mirren	38	18	6	14	73	60	+13	42
8	Hamilton Academical	38	18	6	14	90	78	+12	42
9	Queen's Park	38	17	7	14	78	79	−1	41
10	Partick Thistle	38	17	6	15	75	55	+20	40
11	Falkirk	38	15	6	17	70	70	0	36
12	Clyde	38	15	5	18	69	75	−6	35
13	Third Lanark	38	14	7	17	70	80	−10	35
14	Kilmarnock	38	13	9	16	72	86	−14	35
15	Dundee	38	12	9	17	60	77	−17	33
16	Ayr United	38	13	4	21	62	95	−33	30
17	Cowdenbeath	38	10	5	23	65	111	−46	25
18	Airdrieonians	38	10	3	25	55	102	−47	23
19	Morton	38	6	9	23	49	97	−48	21
20	East Stirlingshire	38	7	3	28	55	115	−60	17

Scottish Cup[edit]

1933-1934[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers	38	30	6	2	118	41	+77	66	Champions
2	Motherwell	38	29	4	5	97	45	+52	62
3	Celtic	38	18	11	9	78	53	+25	47
4	Queen of the South	38	21	3	14	75	48	+27	45
5	Aberdeen	38	18	8	12	90	57	+33	44
6	Heart of Midlothian	38	17	10	11	86	59	+27	44
7	Kilmarnock	38	17	9	12	73	64	+9	43
8	Ayr United	38	16	10	12	87	92	−5	42
9	St Johnstone	38	17	6	15	74	53	+21	40
10	Falkirk	38	16	6	16	73	68	+5	38
11	Hamilton Academical	38	15	8	15	65	79	−14	38
12	Dundee	38	15	6	17	68	64	+4	36
13	Partick Thistle	38	14	5	19	73	78	−5	33
14	Clyde	38	10	11	17	56	70	−14	31
15	Queen's Park	38	13	5	20	65	85	−20	31
16	Hibernian	38	12	3	23	51	69	−18	27
17	St Mirren	38	9	9	20	46	75	−29	27
18	Airdrieonians	38	10	6	22	59	103	−44	26
19	Third Lanark	38	8	9	21	62	103	−41	25	Relegated to Second Division
20	Cowdenbeath	38	5	5	28	58	118	−60	15

Scottish Cup[edit]

1934-1935[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	38	25	5	8	96	46	+50	55
2	Celtic	38	24	4	10	92	45	+47	52
3	Hearts	38	20	10	8	87	51	+36	50
4	Hamilton Academical	38	19	10	9	87	67	+20	48
5	St Johnstone	38	18	10	10	66	46	+20	46
6	Aberdeen	38	17	10	11	68	54	+14	44
7	Motherwell	38	15	10	13	83	64	+19	40
8	Dundee	38	16	8	14	63	63	0	40
9	Kilmarnock	38	16	6	16	76	68	+8	38
10	Clyde	38	14	10	14	71	69	+2	38
11	Hibernian	38	14	8	16	59	70	−11	36
12	Queen's Park	38	13	10	15	61	80	−19	36
13	Partick Thistle	38	15	5	18	61	68	−7	35
14	Airdrieonians	38	13	7	18	64	72	−8	33
15	Dunfermline Athletic	38	13	5	20	56	96	−40	31
16	Albion Rovers	38	10	9	19	62	77	−15	29
17	Queen of the South	38	11	7	20	52	72	−20	29
18	Ayr United	38	12	5	21	61	112	−51	29
19	St Mirren	38	11	5	22	49	70	−21	27
20	Falkirk	38	9	6	23	58	82	−24	24

Scottish Cup[edit]

1935-1936[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	38	32	2	4	115	33	+82	66
2	Rangers	38	27	7	4	110	43	+67	61
3	Aberdeen	38	26	9	3	96	50	+46	61
4	Motherwell	38	18	12	8	77	58	+19	48
5	Heart of Midlothian	38	20	7	11	88	55	+33	47
6	Hamilton Academical	38	15	7	16	77	74	+3	37
7	St Johnstone	38	15	7	16	70	81	−11	37
8	Kilmarnock	38	14	7	17	69	64	+5	35
9	Third Lanark	38	15	5	18	63	65	−2	35
10	Partick Thistle	38	12	10	16	64	72	−8	34
11	Arbroath	38	11	11	16	46	69	−23	33
12	Dundee	38	11	10	17	67	80	−13	32
13	Queen's Park	38	11	10	17	58	75	−17	32
14	Dunfermline Athletic	38	12	8	18	67	92	−25	32
15	Queen of the South	38	11	9	18	54	72	−18	31
16	Albion Rovers	38	13	4	21	69	92	−23	30
17	Hibernian	38	11	7	20	56	82	−26	29
18	Clyde	38	10	8	20	63	84	−21	28
19	Airdrieonians	38	9	9	20	68	91	−23	27
20	Ayr United	38	11	3	24	53	98	−45	25

Scottish Cup[edit]

1936-1937[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	38	26	9	3	88	32	+56	61
2	Aberdeen	38	23	8	7	89	44	+45	54
3	Celtic	38	22	8	8	89	58	+31	52
4	Motherwell	38	22	7	9	96	54	+42	51
5	Heart of Midlothian	38	24	3	11	99	60	+39	51
6	Third Lanark	38	20	6	12	79	61	+18	46
7	Falkirk	38	19	6	13	98	66	+32	44
8	Hamilton Academical	38	18	5	15	91	96	−5	41
9	Dundee	38	12	15	11	58	69	−11	39
10	Clyde	38	16	6	16	59	70	−11	38
11	Kilmarnock	38	14	9	15	60	70	−10	37
12	St Johnstone	38	14	8	16	74	68	+6	36
13	Partick Thistle	38	11	12	15	73	68	+5	34
14	Arbroath	38	13	5	20	57	84	−27	31
15	Queen's Park	38	9	12	17	51	77	−26	30
16	St Mirren	38	11	7	20	68	81	−13	29
17	Hibernian	38	6	13	19	54	83	−29	25
18	Queen of the South	38	8	8	22	49	95	−46	24
19	Dunfermline Athletic	38	5	11	22	65	98	−33	21
20	Albion Rovers	38	5	6	27	53	116	−63	16

Scottish Cup[edit]

1937-1938[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	38	27	7	4	114	42	+72	61
2	Heart of Midlothian	38	26	6	6	90	50	+40	58
3	Rangers	38	18	13	7	75	49	+26	49
4	Falkirk	38	19	9	10	82	52	+30	47
5	Motherwell	38	17	10	11	78	69	+9	44
6	Aberdeen	38	15	9	14	74	59	+15	39
7	Partick Thistle	38	15	9	14	68	70	−2	39
8	St Johnstone	38	16	7	15	78	81	−3	39
9	Third Lanark	38	11	13	14	68	73	−5	35
10	Hibernian	38	11	13	14	57	65	−8	35
11	Arbroath	38	11	13	14	58	79	−21	35
12	Queen's Park	38	11	12	15	59	74	−15	34
13	Hamilton Academical	38	13	7	18	81	76	+5	33
14	St Mirren	38	14	5	19	58	66	−8	33
15	Clyde	38	10	13	15	68	78	−10	33
16	Queen of the South	38	11	11	16	58	71	−13	33
17	Ayr United	38	9	15	14	66	85	−19	33
18	Kilmarnock	38	12	9	17	65	91	−26	33
19	Dundee	38	13	6	19	70	74	−4	32
20	Morton	38	6	3	29	64	127	−63	15

Scottish Cup[edit]

1938-1939[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	38	25	9	4	112	55	+57	59
2	Celtic	38	20	8	10	99	53	+46	48
3	Aberdeen	38	20	6	12	91	61	+30	46
4	Heart of Midlothian	38	20	5	13	98	70	+28	45
5	Falkirk	38	19	7	12	73	63	+10	45
6	Queen of the South	38	17	9	12	70	64	+6	43
7	Hamilton Academical	38	18	5	15	67	71	−4	41
8	St Johnstone[a]	38	17	6	15	85	83	+2	40
9	Clyde	38	17	5	16	78	70	+8	39
10	Kilmarnock	38	15	9	14	73	86	−13	39
11	Partick Thistle	38	17	4	17	74	87	−13	38
12	Motherwell	38	16	5	17	82	86	−4	37
13	Hibernian	38	14	7	17	68	69	−1	35
14	Ayr United[a]	38	13	9	16	76	83	−7	35
15	Third Lanark	38	12	8	18	80	96	−16	32
16	Albion Rovers[a]	38	12	6	20	65	90	−25	30
17	Arbroath[a]	38	11	8	19	54	75	−21	30
18	St Mirren	38	11	7	20	57	80	−23	29
19	Queen's Park[b]	38	11	5	22	57	83	−26	27
20	Raith Rovers[c]	38	10	2	26	65	99	−34	22

Scottish Cup[edit]

1939-1940[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division[edit]

(cancelled due to World War II)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Rangers	5	4	1	0	14	3	11	9
2	Falkirk	5	4	0	1	20	10	10	8
3	Heart of Midlothian	5	2	2	1	14	9	5	6
4	Aberdeen	5	3	0	2	9	9	0	6
5	Partick Thistle	5	2	2	1	7	7	0	6
6	Celtic	5	3	0	2	7	8	–1	6
7	Albion Rovers	5	2	1	2	12	7	5	5
8	Motherwell	5	2	1	2	14	12	2	5
9	Third Lanark	5	2	1	2	9	8	1	5
10	Kilmarnock	5	2	1	2	10	9	1	5
11	Queen of the South	5	2	1	2	10	9	1	5
12	St Mirren	5	1	3	1	8	8	0	5
13	Hamilton Academical	5	2	1	2	7	11	–4	5
14	Arbroath	5	2	0	3	9	9	0	4
15	St Johnstone	5	2	0	3	7	8	–1	4
16	Hibernian	5	2	0	3	11	13	–2	4
17	Alloa Athletic	5	2	0	3	8	13	–5	4
18	Ayr United	5	2	0	3	10	17	–7	4
19	Clyde	5	1	0	4	10	14	–4	2
20	Cowdenbeath	5	1	0	4	6	18	–12	2

League was suspended on 2 September 1939. Britain declared war the following day. The team participated in the 1939–40 Scottish War Emergency League.

Scottish Cup[edit]

Suspended due to the outbreak of World War II, Scottish War Emergency Cup replaced it; Motherwell reached the Semi–finals.

Other Honours[edit]

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1940-1941[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Southern League[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers (C)	30	21	4	5	79	33	+46	46
2	Clyde	30	18	7	5	99	61	+38	43
3	Hibernian	30	14	7	9	74	61	+13	35
4	Airdrieonians	30	13	8	9	75	62	+13	34
5	Celtic	30	14	6	10	48	40	+8	34
6	Falkirk	30	13	7	10	78	73	+5	33
7	St Mirren	30	12	8	10	55	57	−2	32
8	Motherwell	30	13	4	13	73	65	+8	30
9	Heart of Midlothian	30	12	5	13	64	71	−7	29
10	Morton	30	9	11	10	67	62	+5	29
11	Hamilton Academical	30	11	6	13	67	75	−8	28
12	Partick Thistle	30	9	8	13	55	62	−7	26
13	Third Lanark	30	9	7	14	56	80	−24	25
14	Dumbarton	30	10	4	16	58	78	−20	24
15	Albion Rovers	30	6	5	19	45	80	−35	17
16	Queen's Park	30	6	3	21	46	79	−33	15

Southern League Cup[edit]

Summer Cup[edit]

First Round

Dumbarton win 5–2 on aggregate

1941-1942[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Southern League[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers (C)	30	22	4	4	97	35	+62	48
2	Hibernian	30	18	4	8	85	46	+39	40
3	Celtic	30	15	9	6	69	50	+19	39
4	Motherwell	30	16	3	11	76	62	+14	35
5	Clyde	30	13	6	11	79	75	+4	32
6	Heart of Midlothian	30	14	4	12	85	72	+13	32
7	Falkirk	30	13	4	13	60	72	−12	30
8	Third Lanark	30	14	2	14	79	90	−11	30
9	Morton	30	12	5	13	60	54	+6	29
10	Queen's Park	30	11	5	14	55	56	−1	27
11	St Mirren	30	10	7	13	60	82	−22	27
12	Dumbarton	30	11	4	15	73	90	−17	26
13	Partick Thistle	30	8	10	12	68	70	−2	26
14	Airdrieonians	30	10	4	16	57	76	−19	24
15	Albion Rovers	30	8	5	17	68	97	−29	21
16	Hamilton Academical	30	5	4	21	56	100	−44	14

Southern League Cup[edit]

Summer Cup[edit]

First Round

Motherwell win 4–3 on aggregate

Second Round

Motherwell win 4–2 on aggregate

Semi–final

1942-1943[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Southern League[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers (C)	30	22	6	2	89	23	+66	50
2	Morton	30	20	5	5	81	48	+33	45
3	Hibernian	30	19	6	5	86	40	+46	44
4	Clyde	30	17	5	8	78	55	+23	39
5	Motherwell	30	15	4	11	60	54	+6	34
6	Hamilton Academical	30	14	5	11	60	67	−7	33
7	Heart of Midlothian	30	12	7	11	68	64	+4	31
8	Falkirk	30	12	6	12	68	58	+10	30
9	Celtic	30	10	8	12	61	76	−15	28
10	Dumbarton	30	11	6	13	76	76	0	28
11	Partick Thistle	30	9	8	13	63	67	−4	26
12	St Mirren	30	8	5	17	49	78	−29	21
13	Third Lanark	30	8	4	18	58	83	−25	20
14	Queen's Park	30	7	4	19	55	76	−21	18
15	Airdrieonians	30	7	3	20	55	97	−42	17
16	Albion Rovers	30	6	4	20	53	99	−46	16

Southern League Cup[edit]

Summer Cup[edit]

First Round

Celtic win 5–4 on aggregate

1943-1944[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Southern League[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers (C)	30	23	4	3	90	27	+63	50
2	Celtic	30	18	7	5	71	43	+28	43
3	Hibernian	30	17	4	9	72	54	+18	38
4	Heart of Midlothian	30	14	7	9	67	50	+17	35
5	Dumbarton	30	13	6	11	54	58	−4	32
6	Motherwell	30	12	8	10	69	53	+16	32
7	Clyde	30	13	5	12	62	58	+4	31
8	Morton	32	12	8	12	63	61	+2	32
9	Hamilton Academical	30	13	3	14	80	88	−8	29
10	Partick Thistle	30	11	5	14	62	66	−4	27
11	Queen's Park	30	10	6	14	64	75	−11	26
12	Falkirk	30	10	5	15	79	80	−1	25
13	St Mirren	30	9	7	14	58	78	−20	25
14	Airdrieonians	30	9	5	16	54	72	−18	23
15	Albion Rovers	30	7	3	20	43	85	−42	17
16	Third Lanark	30	7	3	20	60	100	−40	17

Southern League Cup[edit]

Summer Cup[edit]

First Round

Motherwell win 9–2 on aggregate

Second Round

Motherwell win 7–2 on aggregate

Semi–final

Final

1944-1945[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Southern League[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers (C)	30	23	3	4	88	27	+61	49
2	Celtic	30	20	2	8	70	42	+28	42
3	Motherwell	30	18	5	7	83	54	+29	41
4	Clyde	30	18	0	12	80	61	+19	36
5	Heart of Midlothian	30	14	7	9	75	60	+15	35
6	Hibernian	30	15	5	10	69	51	+18	35
7	Morton	30	16	1	13	71	60	+11	33
8	Falkirk	30	14	3	13	67	57	+10	31
9	Hamilton Academical	30	12	5	13	77	86	−9	29
10	Queen's Park	30	12	4	14	60	62	−2	28
11	Partick Thistle	30	12	1	17	55	74	−19	25
12	Third Lanark	30	11	3	16	55	65	−10	25
13	Dumbarton (R)	30	9	3	18	51	84	−33	21
14	St Mirren	30	7	6	17	45	71	−26	20
15	Albion Rovers (R)	30	7	2	21	42	104	−62	16
16	Airdrieonians (R)	30	4	6	20	43	73	−30	14

Southern League Cup[edit]

Summer Cup[edit]

1945-1946[edit]

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Southern League[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers (C)	30	22	4	4	85	41	+44	48
2	Hibernian	30	17	6	7	67	37	+30	40
3	Aberdeen	30	16	6	8	73	41	+32	38
4	Celtic	30	12	11	7	55	44	+11	35
5	Clyde	30	11	9	10	64	54	+10	31
6	Motherwell	30	11	9	10	54	55	−1	31
7	Heart of Midlothian	30	11	8	11	63	57	+6	30
8	Queen's Park	30	11	8	11	60	60	0	30
9	Third Lanark	30	14	2	14	63	68	−5	30
10	Morton	30	9	11	10	72	69	+3	29
11	Falkirk	30	11	5	14	62	70	−8	27
12	Partick Thistle	30	11	4	15	54	65	−11	26
13	Queen of the South	30	9	6	15	62	82	−20	24
14	St Mirren	30	9	5	16	54	70	−16	23
15	Kilmarnock	30	7	8	15	56	87	−31	22
16	Hamilton Academical	30	5	6	19	44	88	−44	16

Southern League Cup[edit]

Victory Cup[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Scottish Football History website

Publications[edit]

Graham Barnstaple and Keith Brown (2004). "'Well Again! The Official History of Motherwell Football Club 1886-2004". Yore Publications. ISBN 978-0-9547830-2-0
Alex Smith (2003). "Motherwell: Champions of Scotland 1931-32". Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-73-2