1961-62 in Scottish football

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The 1961–62 season was the 65th 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

Dundee had an excellent start to the season, including a 5–1 win away to Rangers, and having a seemingly invincible lead by Christmas. A poor run of form in the new year, including a run of 3 successive defeats, allowed Rangers to move to the top of the table. Rangers themselves lost to Dundee United and Aberdeen in the closing weeks allowing Dundee to take the title with a 3–0 win at St. Johnstone on the last day of the season.

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dundee	34	25	4	5	80	46	34	54
2	Rangers	34	22	7	5	84	31	53	51
3	Celtic	34	19	8	7	81	37	44	46
4	Dunfermline Athletic	34	19	5	10	77	46	31	43
5	Kilmarnock	34	16	10	8	74	58	16	42
6	Hearts	34	16	6	12	54	49	5	38
7	Partick Thistle	34	16	3	15	60	55	5	35
8	Hibernian	34	14	5	15	58	72	-14	33
9	Motherwell	34	13	6	15	65	62	3	32
10	Dundee United	34	13	6	15	70	71	-1	32
11	Third Lanark	34	13	5	16	59	60	-1	31
12	Aberdeen	34	10	9	15	60	73	-13	29
13	Raith Rovers	34	10	7	17	51	73	-22	27
14	Falkirk	34	11	4	19	45	68	-23	26
15	Airdrieonians	34	9	7	18	57	78	-21	25
16	St. Mirren	34	10	5	19	52	80	-28	25
17	St. Johnstone	34	9	7	18	35	61	-26	25
18	Stirling Albion	34	6	6	22	34	76	-42	18

Champions: Dundee
Relegated: St. Johnstone, Stirling Albion

[edit] Scottish League Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Clyde	36	25	4	7	108	47	61	54
2	Queen of the South	36	24	5	7	78	33	45	53
3	Greenock Morton	36	19	6	11	78	64	14	44
4	Alloa Athletic	36	17	8	11	92	78	14	42
5	Montrose	36	15	11	10	63	50	13	41
6	Arbroath	36	17	7	12	66	59	7	41
7	Stranraer	36	14	11	11	61	62	-1	39
8	Berwick Rangers	36	16	6	14	83	70	13	38
9	Ayr United	36	15	8	13	71	63	8	38
10	East Fife	36	15	7	14	60	59	1	37
11	East Stirlingshire	36	15	4	17	70	81	-11	34
12	Queen's Park	36	12	9	15	64	62	2	33
13	Hamilton Academical	36	14	5	17	78	79	-1	33
14	Cowdenbeath	36	11	9	16	65	77	-12	31
15	Stenhousemuir	36	13	5	18	69	86	-17	31
16	Forfar Athletic	36	11	8	17	68	76	-8	30
17	Dumbarton	36	9	10	17	49	66	-17	28
18	Albion Rovers	36	10	5	21	42	74	-32	25
19	Brechin City	36	5	2	29	44	123	-79	12

Promoted: Clyde, Queen of the South

[edit] Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1961–62	Rangers	2 – 0	St. Mirren
League Cup	Rangers	3 – 1 (rep.)	Hearts
Junior Cup	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	1 – 0 (rep.)	Renfrew Juniors

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
September 26, 1961	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Czechoslovakia	3–2	WCQ	Denis Law (2), Ian St John
October 7, 1961	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Northern Ireland	6–1	BHC	Alex Scott (3), Ralph Brand (2), Davie Wilson
November 8, 1961	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	2–0	BHC	Ian St John (2)
November 29, 1961	Heysel Stadium, Brussels	Czechoslovakia	2–2	WCQP	Ian St John (2)
April 14, 1962	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	2–0	BHC	Davie Wilson, Eric Caldow (pen.)
May 2, 1962	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Uruguay	2–3	F	Jim Baxter, Ralph Brand