1952-53 in Scottish football

Season 1952-1953 was the 56th season of Scottish league football.

[edit] Scottish League Division One

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
1	Rangers	30	18	7	5	80	39	41	43
2	Hibernian	30	19	5	6	93	51	42	43
3	East Fife	30	16	7	7	72	48	24	39
4	Hearts	30	12	6	12	59	50	9	30
5	Clyde	30	13	4	13	78	78	0	30
6	St Mirren	30	11	8	11	52	58	-6	30
7	Dundee	30	9	11	10	44	37	7	29
8	Celtic	30	11	7	12	51	54	-3	29
9	Partick Thistle	30	10	9	11	55	63	-8	29
10	Queen of the South	30	10	8	12	43	61	-18	28
11	Aberdeen	30	11	5	14	64	68	-4	27
12	Raith Rovers	30	9	8	13	47	53	-6	26
13	Falkirk	30	11	4	15	53	63	-10	26
14	Airdrieonians	30	10	6	14	53	75	-22	26
15	Motherwell	30	10	5	15	57	80	-23	25
16	Third Lanark	30	8	4	18	52	75	-23	20

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Motherwell, Third Lanark

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
1	Stirling Albion	30	20	4	6	64	43	21	44
2	Hamilton Academical	30	20	3	7	72	40	32	43
3	Queens Park	30	15	7	8	70	46	24	37
4	Kilmarnock	30	17	2	11	74	48	26	36
5	Ayr	30	17	2	11	76	56	20	36
6	Morton	30	15	3	12	79	57	22	33
7	Arbroath	30	13	7	10	52	57	-5	33
8	Dundee United	30	12	5	13	52	56	-4	29
9	Alloa Athletic	30	12	5	13	63	68	-5	29
10	Dumbarton	30	11	6	13	58	67	-9	28
11	Dunfermline Athletic	30	9	9	12	51	58	-7	27
12	Stenhousemuir	30	10	6	14	56	65	-9	26
13	Cowdenbeath	30	8	7	15	37	54	-17	23
14	St Johnstone	30	8	6	16	41	63	-22	22
15	Forfar Athletic	30	8	4	18	54	88	-34	20
16	Albion Rovers	30	5	4	21	44	77	-33	14

Note that scores are written Scotland first

Scotland were joint winners with England in the 1953 British Home Championship.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scotland scorers
October 18, 1952	Ninian Park, Cardiff	Wales	2-1	BHC	Billy Liddell, Allan Brown
November 5, 1952	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Northern Ireland	1-1	BHC	Lawrie Reilly
April 18, 1953	Wembley Stadium, London	England	2-2	BHC	Lawrie Reilly (2)
May 6, 1953	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Sweden	1-2	F	Bobby Johnstone