1952-53 in Scottish football

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The 1952–53 season was the 56th season of competitive football in Scotland.

Contents 1 Scottish League Division A 2 Scottish League Division Two 3 Cup honours 4 Scotland national team 5 Notes and references

[edit] Scottish League Division A

Rangers won the title with a 1–1 draw in their last match, away to Queen of the South. Rangers equalised with 17 minutes to go and thereby won the league on goal average from Hibernian, thus preventing Hibs from winning their 3rd title in a row.

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

[edit] Scottish League Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Stirling Albion	30	20	4	6	64	43	21	44
2	Hamilton Academical	30	20	3	7	72	40	32	43
3	Queen's 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	Greenock 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

Promoted: Stirling Albion, Hamilton Academical

[edit] Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1952–53	Rangers	1 – 0 (rep.)	Aberdeen
League Cup	Dundee	2 – 0	Kilmarnock
Junior Cup	Vale of Leven	1 – 0	Annbank United

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

Scotland and England shared victory in the 1953 British Home Championship.

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

[edit] Notes and references

Seasons in Scottish football v • d • e
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League competitions in Scottish football
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Cup Competitions in Scottish Football
Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Junior Cup Youth Cup