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Beginnings
The Scottish League.
from 1921/40.
Arbroath opened their career in the Scottish League with a home match against Johnstone. The Arbroath side that day was -
Jenkins, Law, Ferguson, Easson, Henderson, Stirling, Herron, Walker, Christie, Farquhar, Thomson.
The Maroons defeated their Renfrewshire opponents by 3-1, with goals from Christie, Stirling, and Farquhar.
The club spent the next 14 seasons striving to reach the top league,
Season | Position | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
1921/22 | 16 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 45 | 56 | 33 |
22/23 | 20 | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 45 | 69 | 28 |
23/24 | 17 | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 49 | 51 | 32 |
24/25 | 5 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 46 | 42 |
25/26 | 10 | 38 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 80 | 73 | 38 |
26/27 | 19 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 64 | 82 | 32 |
27/28 | 10 | 38 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 84 | 86 | 36 |
28/29 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 90 | 60 | 47 |
29/30 | 9 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 83 | 87 | 39 |
30/31 | 15 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 83 | 94 | 34 |
31/32 | 11 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 82 | 78 | 39 |
32/33 | 10 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 65 | 62 | 33 |
33/34 |
3 | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 83 | 53 | 44 |
34/35 |
2 |
34 |
23 |
4 |
7 |
78 |
42 |
50 |
and succeeded in 34/35, ending as runners up to Third Lanark.
The club spent the next five seasons in the top league, up to the outbreak of World War II.
Season | Position | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
1935/36 | 12 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 46 | 69 | 33 |
36/37 | 14 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 57 | 84 | 31 |
37/38 | 11 | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 58 | 79 | 35 |
38/39 | 17 | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 54 | 75 | 30 |
39/40 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 |
The league had already started when war broke out, and the season was curtailed
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