1960-61 in Scottish football

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Season 1960-1961 was the 64th season of Scottish league football.

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[edit] Scottish League Division One

Position Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Points
1 Rangers 34 23 5 6 88 46 42 51
2 Kilmarnock 34 21 8 5 77 45 32 50
3 Third Lanark 34 20 2 12 100 80 20 42
4 Celtic 34 15 9 10 64 46 18 39
5 Motherwell 34 15 8 11 70 57 13 38
6 Aberdeen 34 14 8 12 72 72 0 36
7 Hearts 34 13 8 13 51 53 -2 34
8 Hibernian 34 15 4 15 66 69 -3 34
9 Dundee United 34 13 7 14 60 58 2 33
10 Dundee 34 13 6 15 61 53 8 32
11 Partick Thistle 34 13 6 15 59 69 -10 32
12 Dunfermline Athletic 34 12 7 15 65 81 -16 31
13 Airdrie 34 10 10 14 61 71 -10 30
14 St Mirren 34 11 7 16 53 58 -5 29
15 St Johnstone 34 10 9 15 47 63 -16 29
16 Raith Rovers 34 10 7 17 46 67 -21 27
17 Clyde 34 6 11 17 55 77 -22 23
18 Ayr United 34 5 12 17 51 81 -30 22

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Clyde, Ayr United

[edit] Scottish League Division Two

Position Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Points
1 Stirling Albion 36 24 7 5 89 37 52 55
2 Falkirk 36 24 6 6 100 40 60 54
3 Stenhousemuir 36 24 2 10 99 69 30 50
4 Stranraer 36 19 6 11 83 55 28 44
5 Queen of the South 36 20 3 13 77 52 25 43
6 Hamilton Acad 36 17 7 12 84 80 4 41
7 Montrose 36 19 2 15 75 65 10 40
8 Cowdenbeath 36 17 6 13 71 65 6 40
9 Berwick Rangers 36 14 9 13 62 69 -7 37
10 Dumbarton 36 15 5 16 78 82 -4 35
11 Alloa Athletic 36 13 7 16 78 68 10 33
12 Arbroath 36 13 7 16 56 76 -20 33
13 East Fife 36 14 4 18 70 80 -10 32
14 Brechin City 36 9 9 18 60 78 -18 27
15 Queens Park 36 10 6 20 61 87 -26 26
16 East Stirling 36 9 7 20 59 100 -41 25
17 Albion Rovers 36 9 6 21 60 89 -29 24
18 Forfar Athletic 36 10 4 22 65 98 -33 24
19 Greenock Morton 36 5 11 20 56 93 -37 21

Promoted: Stirling Albion, Falkirk

[edit] Cup Honours

Competition Winner Runner-Up
Scottish Cup Dunfermline Athletic 2 0 Celtic (Replay)
Scottish League Cup Rangers 2 0 Kilmarnock

[edit] Scotland national team

Note that scores are written Scotland first

Date Venue Opponents Score Competition Scotland scorers
October 22, 1960 Ninian Park, Cardiff Wales 0-2 BHC -
November 9, 1960 Hampden Park, Glasgow Northern Ireland 5-2 BHC Ralph Brand, Denis Law, Eric Caldow (pen), Alex Young
April 15, 1961 Wembley Stadium, London England 3-9 BHC Davie Wilson (2), Dave Mackay
May 3, 1961 Hampden Park, Glasgow Republic of Ireland 4-1 WCQ Ralph Brand (2), David Herd (2)
May 7, 1961 Dalymount Park, Dublin Republic of Ireland 3-0 WCQ Alex Young (2), Ralph Brand
May 14, 1961 Tehelné Pole Stadium, Bratislava Czechoslovakia 0-4 WCQ -

Key: BHC = British Home Championship, WCQ = World Cup Qualifier, F = Friendly; scores are written Scotland first

1961 British Home Championship - Third Place

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