1948–49 Scottish Division C

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Scottish Division C
Season 1948–49
Champions Forfar Athletic
Promoted Forfar Athletic
1949–50

The 1948-49 Scottish Division C was won by Forfar Athletic who were promoted to Division B. 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.

Contents

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Forfar Athletic 2217148037+4335Promotion to the 1949–50 Division B
2 Leith Athletic 2215347629+4733
3 Brechin City 2213456740+2730
4 Montrose 2210575950+925
5 Queen's Park II 229675252024
6 Airdrieonians II 229496666022
7 St. Johnstone II 229494244222
8 Dundee United II 22102105867922
9 Raith Rovers II 226795660419
10 Kilmarnock II 22531441541313
11 Dunfermline Athletic II 22431543844111
12 Edinburgh City 2224162885578
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Future

The competition was restructured for the 1949–50 season when the number of reserve teams 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] the reserve teams were placed into a separate Scottish (Reserve) League. [3] [4]

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