1957-58 in Scottish football

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Season 1957-1958 was the 61st season of Scottish league football.

1 Scottish League Division One
2 Scottish League Division Two
3 Cup Honours
4 Scotland national team

[edit] Scottish League Division One

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
1	Hearts	34	29	4	1	132	29	103	62
2	Rangers	34	22	5	7	89	49	40	49
3	Celtic	34	19	8	7	84	47	37	46
4	Clyde	34	18	6	10	84	61	23	42
5	Kilmarnock	34	14	9	11	60	55	5	37
6	Partick Thistle	34	17	3	14	69	71	-2	37
7	Raith Rovers	34	14	7	13	66	56	10	35
8	Motherwell	34	12	8	14	68	67	1	32
9	Hibernian	34	13	5	16	59	60	-1	31
10	Falkirk	34	11	9	14	64	82	-18	31
11	Dundee	34	13	5	16	49	65	-16	31
12	Aberdeen	34	14	2	18	68	76	-8	30
13	St Mirren	34	11	8	15	59	66	-7	30
14	Third Lanark	34	13	4	17	69	88	-19	30
15	Queen of the South	34	12	5	17	61	72	-11	29
16	Airdrie	34	13	2	19	71	92	-21	28
17	East Fife	34	10	3	21	45	88	-43	23
18	Queens Park	34	4	1	29	41	114	-73	9

Champions: Hearts
Relegated: East Fife, Queens Park

[edit] Scottish League Division Two

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
1	Stirling Albion	36	25	5	6	105	48	57	55
2	Dunfermline Athletic	36	24	5	7	120	42	78	53
3	Arbroath	36	21	5	10	89	72	17	47
4	Dumbarton	36	20	4	12	92	57	35	44
5	Ayr United	36	18	6	12	98	81	17	42
6	Cowdenbeath	36	17	8	11	100	85	15	42
7	Brechin City	36	16	8	12	80	81	-1	40
8	Alloa Athletic	36	15	9	12	88	78	10	39
9	Dundee United	36	12	9	15	81	77	4	33
10	Hamilton Acad	36	12	9	15	70	79	-9	33
11	St Johnstone	36	12	9	15	67	85	-18	33
12	Forfar Athletic	36	13	6	17	70	71	-1	32
13	Greenock Morton	36	12	8	16	77	83	-6	32
14	Montrose	36	13	6	17	55	72	-17	32
15	East Stirling	36	12	5	19	55	79	-24	29
16	Stenhousemuir	36	12	5	19	68	98	-30	29
17	Albion Rovers	36	12	5	19	53	79	-26	29
18	Stranraer	36	9	7	20	54	83	-29	25
19	Berwick Rangers	36	5	5	26	37	109	-72	15

Promoted: Stirling Albion, Dunfermline Athletic

[edit] Cup Honours

Competition	Winner				Runner-Up
Scottish Cup	Clyde	1	•	0	Hibernian
Scottish League Cup	Celtic	7	•	1	Rangers
Forfarshire Cup	Arbroath	3	•	2	Forfar Athletic

[edit] Scotland national team

Note that scores are written Scotland first

Scotland qualified for the 1958 World Cup after finishing top of their group ahead of Spain and Switzerland. They did, however, go out at the first round stage of the World Cup after one draw and two defeats.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scotland scorers
October 5, 1957	Windsor Park, Belfast	Northern Ireland	1-1	BHC	Graham Leggat
November 6, 1957	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Switzerland	3-2	WCQ	Archie Robertson, Jackie Mudie, Alex Scott
November 13, 1957	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Wales	1-1	BHC	Bobby Collins
April 19, 1958	Hampden Park, Glasgow	England	0-4	BHC	-
May 7, 1958	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Hungary	1-1	F	Jackie Mudie
June 1, 1958	Stadion Dziesieciolecia, Warsaw	Poland	2-1	F	Bobby Collins (2)
1958 World Cup
June 8, 1958	Arosvallen, Västerås	Yugoslavia	1-1	WC	Jimmy Murray
June 11, 1958	Idrottsparken, Norrköping	Paraguay	2-3	WC	Jackie Mudie, Bobby Collins
June 15, 1958	Eyravallen, Örebro	France	1-2	WC	Sammy Baird