Team pictures

Front row - G.D.N Dundas (vice president ) Mathieson, Farquhar, McGee (Vale of Earn), Oliphant, Stewart, R. McGlashan (secretary).

After 10 years in the league, Arbroath had came close to moving up to the 1st Division on only a single occasion, with a 3rd place finish in 1928/29 behind Dundee Utd and Morton.

It might have been hoped that this would be their year, but alas no. The campaign was probably best remembered for the Scottish Cup 1st round victory over Aberdeen at Gayfield. Two goals from Harry Oliphant gave Arbroath a 2-1 victory over their 1st Division opponents.

Kelly, Fordyce, Benvie, Farquhar, Sinclair, Duff, Lowe, Boath, Jarvis, Oliphant, Stewart.

Their reward was a tie at Shawfield against Clyde. A solitary strike for the 'Bully Wee' was enough to defeat Arbroath.

Arbroath finished well behind champions East Stirling, and promotion would have to wait, but not for so very long.

		pts	home	scorers	away	scorers
1	East Stirling.	55	3-1	Brown, Boath, Jarvis.	0-1
2	St Johnstone	55	2-3	Stewart 2.	1-4	Oliphant.
3	Raith Rvs	46	3-1	Oliphant, Stewart 2.	1-5	Lowe.
4	Stenhousemuir	46	4-1	Jarvis 3, Stewart.	0-2
5	St Bernards	45	3-0	Stewart, Farquhar, Mathieson.	1-3	Weir.
6	Forfar Ath	45	2-0	Oliphant, Weir.	2-3	Oliphant, Jarvis.
7	Hibernian	44	3-3	Oliphant 2, Stronach.	1-3	Stewart.
8	East Fife	41	2-0	Jarvis 2.	1-4	Lowe.
9	Q O S	41	4-0	Lowe 2, Oliphant, Jarvis.	2-2	Oliphant, Stewart.
10	Dunfermline	40	1-0	Jarvis.	0-6
11	Arbroath	39
12	Dumbarton	38	5-0	Stewart 2, Donaldson, Brown 2.	2-2	Lowe 2.
13	Alloa Ath	35	2-3	Duncan, Brown.	0-2
14	Bo' ness	34	3-1	Mathieson, Sinclair, Farquhar.	4-1	Jarvis 2, Oliphant (pen), Boath.
15	Kings Park	33	6-3	Jarvis 2, Farquhar, Oliphant, Benvie (pen), Stewart.	2-5	Stewart, Weir.
16	Albion Rvs	28	6-4	Lowe, Jeffrey 4, Benvie (pen).	2-2	Jarvis, Farquhar.
17	Montrose	28	3-2	Boath, Stewart 2.	1-1	Lowe.
18	Armadale	25	1-0	Oliphant (pen).	1-0	Oliphant.
19	Brechin C	25	0-2		0-2
20	Edinburgh C	17	6-2	Stewart, Farquhar, Mathieson, J. Stewart 3.	2-4	Jarvis, Boath.