1958-59 in Scottish football

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The 1958–59 season was the 62nd season of competitive football in Scotland.

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

[edit] Scottish League Division One

The last day of the season saw Rangers holding a 2 point lead over Hearts, with the clubs having an identical goal average. Rangers lost 1–2 at home to Aberdeen, only for Hearts also to lose, 2–1 away to Celtic. Had Hearts won by any score they would have won the title.

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	34	21	8	5	92	51	41	50
2	Hearts	34	21	6	7	92	51	41	48
3	Motherwell	34	18	8	8	83	50	33	44
4	Dundee	34	16	9	9	61	51	10	41
5	Airdrieonians	34	15	7	12	64	62	2	37
6	Celtic	34	14	8	12	70	53	17	36
7	St. Mirren	34	14	7	13	71	74	-3	35
8	Kilmarnock	34	13	8	13	58	51	7	34
9	Partick Thistle	34	14	6	14	59	66	-7	34
10	Hibernian	34	13	6	15	68	70	-2	32
11	Third Lanark	34	11	10	13	74	83	-9	32
12	Stirling Albion	34	11	8	15	54	64	-10	30
13	Aberdeen	34	12	5	17	63	66	-3	29
14	Raith Rovers	34	10	9	15	60	70	-10	29
15	Clyde	34	12	4	18	62	66	-4	28
16	Dunfermline Athletic	34	10	8	16	68	87	-19	28
17	Falkirk	34	10	7	17	58	79	-21	27
18	Queen of the South	34	6	6	22	38	101	-63	18

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Falkirk, Queen of the South

[edit] Scottish League Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ayr United	36	28	4	4	115	48	67	60
2	Arbroath	36	23	5	8	86	59	27	51
3	Stenhousemuir	36	20	6	10	87	68	19	46
4	Dumbarton	36	19	7	10	94	61	33	45
5	Brechin City	36	16	10	10	79	65	14	42
6	St. Johnstone	36	15	10	11	54	44	10	40
7	Hamilton Academical	36	15	8	13	76	62	14	38
8	East Fife	36	15	8	13	83	81	2	38
9	Berwick Rangers	36	16	6	14	63	66	-3	38
10	Albion Rovers	36	14	7	15	84	79	5	35
11	Greenock Morton	36	13	8	15	68	85	-17	34
12	Forfar Athletic	36	12	9	15	73	87	-14	33
13	Alloa Athletic	36	12	7	17	76	81	-5	31
14	Cowdenbeath	36	13	5	18	67	79	-12	31
15	East Stirlingshire	36	10	8	18	50	79	-29	28
16	Stranraer	36	8	11	17	63	76	-13	27
17	Dundee United	36	9	7	20	62	86	-24	25
18	Queen's Park	36	9	6	21	53	80	-27	24
19	Montrose	36	6	6	24	49	96	-47	18

Promoted: Ayr United, Arbroath

[edit] Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1958–59	St. Mirren	3 – 1	Aberdeen
League Cup	Hearts	5 – 1	Partick Thistle
Junior Cup	Irvine Meadow XI	2 – 1	Shettleston

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
November 18, 1958	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	3–0	BHC	Graham Leggat, Denis Law, Bobby Collins
November 5, 1958	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	2–2	BHC	David Herd, Bobby Collins
April 11, 1959	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	0–1	BHC
May 6, 1959	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	West Germany	3–2	F	John White, Andy Weir, Graham Leggat
May 27, 1959	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam (A)	Netherlands	2–1	F	Bobby Collins, Graham Leggat
June 3, 1959	Estadio da Luz, Lisbon (A)	Portugal	0–1	F