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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

three snaps v St Bernards September 1932

33/34

 3 34 20 4 10 83 53 44

34/35

2

34

23

4

7

78

42

50

 

First goal against the Hi-Hi in a 3-1 win in October 1934

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.

Arbroath's first goal in the 1st Division against Albion Rvs.

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

last match before season suspended, v Killie 1939

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