History of Motherwell FC (1886–1945)

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

1886-1887

Manager: Committee

Scottish Cup

First Qualifying Round

Cambuslang v Motherwell

September 11, 1886

Cambuslang	6-1	Motherwell

1887-1888

Manager: Committee

Scottish Cup

First Qualifying Round

Drumpellier v Motherwell

September 3, 1887

Drumpellier	2-3	Motherwell

Motherwell v Drumpellier

September 10, 1887

Motherwell	2-0	Drumpellier

Second Qualifying Round

Carfin Shamrock v Motherwell

September 24, 1887

Carfin Shamrock	3-1	Motherwell

1888-1889

Manager: Committee

Scottish Cup

First Qualifying Round

Motherwell v Royal Albert

September 1, 1888

Motherwell	3-3	Royal Albert

Replay

Royal Albert v Motherwell

September 8, 1888

Royal Albert	1-2	Motherwell

Second Qualifying Round

Motherwell v Hamilton Academical

September 22, 1888

Motherwell	5-1	Hamilton Academical

Third Qualifying Round

Motherwell v Dumbarton

October 13, 1888

Motherwell	2-6	Dumbarton

1889-90

Manager: Committee

Scottish Cup

First Qualifying Round

Airdriehill v Motherwell

September 7, 1889

Airdriehill	5-6	Motherwell

Second Qualifying Round

Carfin Shamrock v Motherwell

September 28, 1889

Carfin Shamrock	6-2	Motherwell

1890-91

Manager: Committee

Scottish Cup

First Qualifying Round

Royal Albert v Motherwell

September 6, 1890

Royal Albert	5-4	Motherwell

1891-92

Manager: Committee

Scottish Football Federation

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

• Burnbank Swifts v Falkirk was not played

Scottish Cup

First Qualifying Round

Motherwell v Cowdenbeath

September 5, 1891

Motherwell	1-4	Cowdenbeath

1892-93

Manager: Committee

Scottish Football Federation

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

First Qualifying Round

Motherwell v Campsie

November 26, 1892

Motherwell	9-2	Campsie

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

Motherwell v Campsie

December 17, 1892

Motherwell	6-4	Campsie

Second Qualifying Round

Motherwell v Heart of Midlothian

December 24, 1892

Motherwell	2-4	Heart of Midlothian

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Express Cup winners
Airdrie Charity Cup winners

1893-94

Manager: Committee

Scottish Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Hibernian	18	13	3	2	83	29	54	29
2	Cowlairs	18	13	1	4	72	32	40	27
3	Clyde	18	11	2	5	51	36	15	24
4	Motherwell	18	11	1	6	61	44	17	23
5	Partick Thistle	18	7	5	6	32	35	-3	19
6	Port Glasgow Athletic*	18	9	2	7	51	52	-1	13
7	Abercorn	18	5	2	11	41	59	-18	12
8	Greenock Morton	18	4	1	13	36	62	-26	9
9	Northern	18	3	3	12	29	66	-37	9
10	Thistle	18	2	3	13	30	72	-42	7

• Port Glasgow Athletic were deducted seven points for fielding an ineligible player.

1894-95

Manager: Committee

Scottish Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Hibernian	18	14	2	2	92	28	64	30
2	Motherwell	18	10	2	6	56	39	17	22
3	Port Glasgow Athletic	18	8	4	6	62	56	6	20
4	Renton	17	10	0	7	46	44	2	20
5	Greenock Morton	18	9	1	8	59	63	-4	19
6	Airdrieonians	18	8	2	8	68	45	23	18
7	Partick Thistle	18	8	2	8	51	59	-188	18
8	Abercorn	18	7	3	8	48	66	-18	17
9	Dundee Wanderers	17	3	1	13	44	86	-42	9
10	Cowlairs	18	2	3	13	37	77	-40	7

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1895-96

Manager: Committee

Scottish Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Abercorn	18	12	3	3	55	31	24	27
2	Leith Athletic	18	11	1	6	55	37	18	23
3	Renton	18	9	3	6	40	28	12	21
4	Kilmarnock	18	10	1	7	45	45	0	21
5	Airdrieonians	18	7	4	7	48	44	4	18
6	Partick Thistle	18	8	2	8	44	54	-10	18
7	Port Glasgow Athletic	18	6	4	8	40	41	-1	16
8	Motherwell	18	5	3	10	31	47	-16	13
9	Greenock Morton	18	4	4	10	32	40	-8	12
10	Linthouse	18	5	1	12	25	48	-23	11

1896-97

Manager: Committee

Scottish Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Partick Thistle	18	14	3	1	61	28	33	31
2	Leith Athletic	18	13	1	4	54	28	26	27
3	Kilmarnock	18	10	1	7	44	33	11	21
=	Airdrieonians	18	10	1	7	48	39	9	21
5	Greenock Morton	18	7	2	9	38	40	-2	16
6	Renton	18	6	2	10	34	40	-6	14
=	Linthouse*	18	8	2	8	44	52	-188	14
8	Port Glasgow Athletic*	18	4	5	9	39	50	-11	13
=	Motherwell	18	6	1	11	40	55	-15	13
10	Dumbarton	18	2	2	14	27	64	-37	6

• Linthouse and Port Glasgow Athletic both had four points deducted.

1897-98

Manager: Committee

Scottish Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Kilmarnock	18	14	1	3	64	29	35	29
2	Port Glasgow Athletic	18	12	1	5	66	35	31	25
3	Greenock Morton	18	9	4	5	47	38	9	22
4	Leith Athletic	18	9	2	7	39	38	1	20
5	Linthouse	18	6	4	8	37	39	-2	16
=	Ayr	18	7	2	9	36	42	-6	16
=	Abercorn	18	6	4	8	33	41	-188	16
8	Airdrieonians	18	6	2	10	44	56	-12	14
9	Hamilton Academical	18	5	2	11	28	51	-23	12
10	Motherwell	18	3	4	11	31	56	-25	10

1898-99

Manager: Committee

Scottish Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Kilmarnock	18	14	4	0	73	24	49	32
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	Hamilton Academical	18	7	1	10	48	58	-10	15
=	Airdrieonians	18	6	3	9	35	46	-11	15
7	Greenock Morton	18	6	1	11	36	41	-5	13
8	Ayr	18	5	3	10	35	51	-16	13
9	Linthouse	18	5	1	12	29	62	-33	11
10	Abercorn	18	4	1	13	41	65	-24	9

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1899-00

Manager: Committee

Scottish Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Partick Thistle	18	14	1	3	56	26	30	29
2	Greenock Morton	18	14	0	4	66	25	41	28
3	Port Glasgow Athletic	18	10	0	8	50	41	21	20
4	Motherwell	18	9	1	8	38	36	2	19
=	Leith Athletic	18	9	1	8	32	37	-5	19
6	Abercorn	18	7	2	9	46	39	7	16
7	Hamilton Academical	18	7	1	10	33	46	-13	15
8	Ayr	18	6	2	10	39	48	-9	14
9	Airdrieonians	18	4	3	11	27	49	-22	11
10	Linthouse	18	2	5	11	28	68	-40	9

1900-01

Manager: Committee

Scottish Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	St Bernard's	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
5	Port Glasgow Athletic	18	9	1	8	45	44	1	19
6	Ayr	18	9	0	9	32	34	-2	18
7	East Stirlingshire	18	7	4	7	35	39	-4	18
8	Leith Athletic	18	5	3	10	23	33	-10	13
9	Hamilton Academical	18	4	4	10	44	51	-7	12
10	Motherwell	18	4	3	11	26	42	-16	11

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1901-02

Manager: Committee

Scottish Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Port Glasgow Athletic	22	14	4	4	71	31	40	32
2	Partick Thistle	22	14	3	5	55	26	29	31
3	Motherwell	22	12	2	8	50	44	6	26
4	Airdrieonians	22	10	5	7	40	32	8	25
5	Hamilton Academical	22	11	3	8	45	40	5	25
6	St Bernard's	22	10	2	10	30	30	0	22
7	Leith Athletic	22	9	3	10	34	38	-4	21
8	Ayr	22	8	5	9	27	33	-6	21
9	East Stirlingshire	22	8	3	11	36	46	-10	19
10	Arthurlie	22	6	5	11	32	42	-10	17
11	Abercorn	22	4	5	13	27	57	-30	13
12	Clyde	22	5	3	14	22	50	-28	13

1902-03

Manager: Committee

Scottish Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Airdrieonians	22	15	5	2	43	19	24	35
2	Motherwell	22	12	4	6	44	35	9	28
=3	Ayr	22	12	3	7	34	24	10	27
=3	Leith Athletic	22	11	5	6	43	41	2	27
5	St Bernard's	22	12	2	8	45	32	13	26
=6	Hamilton Academical	22	11	1	10	44	35	9	23
=6	Falkirk	22	8	7	7	39	37	2	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	Raith Rovers	22	3	5	14	34	55	-21	11
=11	Clyde	22	2	7	13	22	40	-18	11

1903-04

Manager: Committee

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Third Lanark	26	20	3	3	61	26	35	43
2	Heart of Midlothian	26	18	3	5	62	34	28	39
=3	Glasgow Celtic	26	18	2	6	68	27	41	38
=3	Glasgow 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	Greenock 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

1904-05

Manager: Committee

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Celtic	26	18	5	3	68	31	37	41
2	Glasgow 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	Heart of Midlothian	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	Greenock Morton	26	7	4	15	27	50	-23	18
14	Motherwell	26	6	2	18	28	53	-25	14

1905-06

Manager: Committee

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Celtic	30	24	1	5	76	19	57	49
2	Heart of Midlothian	30	18	7	5	64	27	37	43
3	Airdrieonians	30	15	8	7	53	31	22	38
4	Glasgow 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	Greenock 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	Kilmarnock	30	8	4	18	46	68	-22	20
15	Port Glasgow Athletic	30	6	8	16	38	68	-30	20
16	Queen's Park	30	5	4	21	41	88	-47	14

1906-07

Manager: Committee

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Celtic	34	23	9	2	80	30	50	55
2	Dundee	34	18	12	4	53	26	27	48
3	Glasgow Rangers	34	19	7	8	69	33	36	45
4	Airdrieonians	34	19	7	8	69	33	36	45
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	Heart of Midlothian	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	Greenock 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

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1907-08

Manager: Committee

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Celtic	34	24	7	3	86	27	59	55
2	Falkirk	34	22	7	5	103	42	61	51
3	Glasgow Rangers	34	21	8	5	74	40	34	50
4	Dundee	34	20	8	5	74	40	34	50
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	12	31
11	Heart of Midlothian	34	11	6	17	50	62	-12	28
12	Hamilton Academical	34	10	8	16	55	65	-10	28
13	Greenock Morton	34	9	9	16	43	66	-23	27
14	Partick Thistle	34	8	9	17	43	69	-26	27
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

1908-09

Manager: Committee

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Celtic	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	Glasgow 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	Heart of Midlothian	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	Greenock Morton	34	8	7	19	39	90	-51	23
18	Partick Thistle	34	2	4	28	38	102	-64	8

1909-10

Manager: Committee

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Celtic	34	24	6	4	63	22	41	54
2	Falkirk	34	22	8	4	71	28	43	52
3	Glasgow Rangers	34	20	6	8	70	35	35	46
4	Aberdeen	34	16	8	10	44	29	15	40
5	Clyde	34	14	9	11	47	40	7	37
6	Dundee	34	14	8	12	52	44	8	36
7	Third Lanark	34	13	8	13	62	44	18	34
8	Hibernian	34	14	6	14	33	40	-7	34
9	Airdrieonians	34	12	9	13	46	57	-11	33
10	Motherwell	34	12	8	14	59	60	-1	32
11	Kilmarnock	34	12	8	41	53	59	-6	32
12	Heart of Midlothian	34	12	7	15	59	50	9	31
13	St Mirren	34	13	5	16	48	58	-10	31
14	Queen's Park	34	12	6	16	54	74	-20	30
15	Hamilton Academical	34	11	6	17	50	67	-17	28
16	Partick Thistle	34	8	10	16	45	59	-14	26
17	Greenock Morton	34	11	3	20	38	60	-22	25
18	Port Glasgow Athletic	34	3	5	26	25	93	-68	11

1910-11

Manager: Committee

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow 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	Glasgow 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	Greenock 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

1911-12

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

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Rangers	34	24	3	7	86	34	52	51
2	Glasgow 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	Greenock 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

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1912-13

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Rangers	34	24	5	5	76	41	35	53
2	Glasgow 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	Greenock 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	18

1913-14

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Celtic	38	30	5	3	81	14	67	65
2	Glasgow Rangers	38	27	5	6	79	31	48	59
3	Heart of Midlothian	38	23	8	7	70	29	41	54
4	Greenock Morton	38	26	2	10	76	51	25	54
5	Falkirk	38	22	9	7	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	-36	22

1914-15

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Celtic	38	30	5	3	91	25	76	65
2	Heart of Midlothian	38	27	7	4	83	32	51	61
3	Glasgow Rangers	38	23	4	11	74	47	27	50
4	Greenock 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

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Express Cup winners

1915-16

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Celtic	38	32	3	3	116	32	84	67
2	Glasgow Rangers	38	25	6	7	87	39	48	56
3	Greenock 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	19	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

1916-17

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Celtic	38	27	10	1	79	17	62	64
2	Greenock Morton	38	24	6	8	72	39	33	54
3	Glasgow Rangers	38	24	5	9	68	32	36	53
4	Airdrieonians	38	21	8	9	71	38	20	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

1917-18

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Rangers	34	25	6	3	66	24	42	56
2	Glasgow Celtic	34	24	7	3	66	26	40	55
=3	Greenock Morton	34	17	9	8	53	42	11	43
=3	Kilmarnock	34	19	5	10	69	41	28	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	Heart of Midlothian	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
=13	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

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Charity Cup winners
Motherwell Charity Cup winners

1918-19

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Celtic	34	26	6	2	71	22	49	58
2	Glasgow Rangers	34	26	5	3	86	16	70	57
3	Greenock 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	-8	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

1919-20

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Rangers	42	31	9	2	106	25	81	71
2	Glasgow 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	Greenock 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

1920-21

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Rangers	42	35	6	1	91	24	67	76
2	Glasgow Celtic	42	30	8	6	86	35	51	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	Greenock 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

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Express Cup winners

1921-22

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Celtic	42	27	13	2	83	20	63	67
2	Glasgow 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	Greenock 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	Heart of Midlothian	42	11	10	21	50	60	-10	32
20	Dumbarton	42	10	10	22	46	81	-35	30
21	Queen's Park	42	9	10	23	38	82	-44	28
22	Clydebank	42	6	8	28	34	103	-69	20

1922-23

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Rangers	38	23	9	6	67	29	38	55
2	Airdrieonians	38	20	10	8	58	38	20	50
3	Glasgow 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	Greenock 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

1923-24

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Rangers	38	25	9	4	72	29	43	59
2	Airdrieonians	38	20	10	8	72	46	26	50
3	Glasgow Celtic	38	17	12	9	56	33	23	46
4	Raith Rovers	38	18	17	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	Greenock 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

1924-25

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow 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	Glasgow 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	Greenock 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

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Express Cup winners

1925-26

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow 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	9	47
5	Motherwell	38	19	8	11	67	46	21	46
6	Glasgow 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	31
15	Greenock 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

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Express Cup winners

1926-27

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Rangers	38	23	10	5	85	41	44	56
2	Motherwell	38	23	5	10	81	52	29	51
3	Glasgow 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	16	12	10	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	Greenock Morton	38	12	4	22	56	101	-45	28
20	Dundee United	38	7	8	23	56	101	-45	22

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1927-28

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Rangers	38	26	8	4	109	36	73	60
2	Glasgow 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

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1928-29

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Rangers	38	30	7	1	107	32	75	67
2	Glasgow 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

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1929-30

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow 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	Glasgow 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	Greenock 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

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1930-31

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Rangers	38	27	6	5	96	29	67	60
2	Glasgow 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	Greenock 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

1931-32

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Motherwell	38	30	6	2	119	31	88	66
2	Glasgow Rangers	38	28	5	5	118	42	76	61
3	Glasgow 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	Greenock 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

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1932-33

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow 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	Glasgow 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	Greenock Morton	38	6	9	23	49	97	-48	21
20	East Stirlingshire	38	7	3	28	55	115	-60	17

1933-34

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Rangers	38	30	6	2	118	41	77	66
2	Motherwell	38	29	4	5	97	45	52	62
3	Glasgow 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
20	Cowdenbeath	38	5	5	28	58	118	-60	15

1934-35

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Rangers	38	25	5	8	96	46	50	55
2	Glasgow Celtic	38	24	4	10	92	45	47	52
3	Heart of Midlothian	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

1935-36

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Celtic	38	32	2	4	115	33	82	66
2	Glasgow 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

1936-37

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Rangers	38	26	9	3	88	32	56	61
2	Aberdeen	38	23	8	7	89	44	45	54
3	Glasgow 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

1937-38

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Celtic	38	27	7	4	114	42	72	61
2	Heart of Midlothian	38	26	6	6	90	50	40	58
3	Glasgow 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	Greenock Morton	38	6	3	29	64	127	-63	15

1938-39

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow Rangers	38	25	9	4	112	55	57	59
2	Glasgow Celtic	38	20	8	10	99	53	46	48
3	Aberdeen	38	20	6	12	91	61	30	46
4	Hearts 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	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	38	13	9	16	76	83	-7	35
15	Third Lanark	38	12	8	18	80	96	-16	32
16	Albion Rovers	38	12	6	20	65	90	-25	30
17	Arbroath	38	11	8	19	54	75	-21	30
18	St Mirren	38	11	7	20	57	80	-23	29
19	Queen's Park	38	11	5	22	57	83	-26	27
20	Raith Rovers	38	10	2	26	65	99	-34	22

1939-40

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Scottish First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Glasgow 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	Glasgow 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 September 2, 1939, amid the gathering clouds of war. Britain declared war the following day.

Scottish Cup

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

Other Honours

Lanarkshire Cup winners

1940-41

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Summer Cup

First Round

Motherwell v Dumbarton

June 7, 1941

Motherwell	2-2	Dumbarton

Fir Park, Motherwell

Dumbarton v Motherwell

June 14, 1941

Dumbarton	3-0	Motherwell

Dumbarton win 5-2 on aggregate

1941-42

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Summer Cup

First Round

Dumbarton v Motherwell

May 30, 1942

Dumbarton	1-0	Motherwell

Motherwell v Dumbarton

June 6, 1942

Motherwell	4-2	Dumbarton

Fir Park, Motherwell

Motherwell win 4-3 on aggregate

Second Round

Glasgow Celtic v Motherwell

June 13, 1942

Glasgow Celtic	1-2	Motherwell

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Motherwell v Glasgow Celtic

June 20, 1942

Motherwell	2-1	Glasgow Celtic

Fir Park, Motherwell

Motherwell win 4-2 on aggregate

Semi-final

Hibernian v Motherwell

June 27, 1942

Hibernian	3-1	Motherwell

Tynecastle, Edinburgh

1942-43

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Summer Cup

First Round

Motherwell v Glasgow Celtic

May 29, 1943

Motherwell	2-2	Glasgow Celtic

Fir Park, Motherwell

Glasgow Celtic v Motherwell

June 5, 1943

Glasgow Celtic	3-2	Motherwell

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Glasgow Celtic win 5-4 on aggregate

1943-44

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

Summer Cup

First Round

Hamilton Academical v Motherwell

June 4, 1944

Hamilton Academical	2-1	Motherwell

Douglas Park, Hamilton

Motherwell v Hamilton Academical

June 10, 1944

Motherwell	8-0	Hamilton Academical

Fir Park, Motherwell

Motherwell win 9-2 on aggregate

Second Round

St Mirren v Motherwell

June 17, 1944

St Mirren	2-3	Motherwell

Love Street, Paisley

Motherwell v St Mirren

June 24, 1944

Motherwell	4-0	St Mirren

Fir Park, Motherwell

Motherwell win 7-2 on aggregate

Semi-final

Motherwell v Falkirk

July 1, 1944

Motherwell	3-1	Falkirk

Final

Motherwell v Clyde

July 8, 1944

Motherwell	1-0	Clyde

Hampden Park, Glasgow

1944-1945

Manager: John 'Sailor' Hunter

External links

• Scottish Football History website

Publications

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