1962-63 in Scottish football

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The 1962–63 season was the 66th season of competitive football in Scotland.

Contents 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

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	34	25	7	2	94	28	66	57
2	Kilmarnock	34	20	8	6	92	40	52	48
3	Partick Thistle	34	20	6	8	66	44	22	46
4	Celtic	34	19	6	9	76	44	32	44
5	Hearts	34	17	9	8	85	59	26	43
6	Aberdeen	34	17	7	10	70	47	23	41
7	Dundee United	34	15	11	8	67	52	15	41
8	Dunfermline Athletic	34	13	8	13	50	47	3	34
9	Dundee	34	12	9	13	60	49	11	33
10	Motherwell	34	10	11	13	60	63	-3	31
11	Airdrieonians	34	14	2	18	52	76	-24	30
12	St. Mirren	34	10	8	16	52	72	-20	28
13	Falkirk	34	12	3	19	54	69	-15	27
14	Third Lanark	34	9	8	17	56	68	-12	26
15	Queen of the South	34	10	6	18	36	75	-39	26
16	Hibernian	34	8	9	17	47	67	-20	25
17	Clyde	34	9	5	20	49	83	-34	23
18	Raith Rovers	34	2	5	27	35	118	-83	19

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Clyde, Raith Rovers

[edit] Scottish League Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	St. Johnstone	36	25	5	6	83	37	46	55
2	East Stirlingshire	36	20	9	7	80	50	30	49
3	Greenock Morton	36	23	2	11	100	49	51	48
4	Hamilton Academical	36	18	8	10	69	56	13	44
5	Stranraer	36	16	10	10	81	70	11	42
6	Arbroath	36	18	4	14	74	51	23	40
7	Albion Rovers	36	18	2	16	72	79	-7	38
8	Cowdenbeath	36	15	7	14	72	61	11	37
9	Alloa Athletic	36	15	6	15	57	56	1	36
10	Stirling Albion	36	16	4	16	74	75	-1	36
11	East Fife	36	15	6	15	60	69	-9	36
12	Dumbarton	36	15	4	17	64	64	0	34
13	Ayr United	36	13	8	15	68	77	-9	34
14	Queen's Park	36	13	6	17	66	72	-6	32
15	Montrose	36	13	5	18	57	70	-13	31
16	Stenhousemuir	36	13	5	18	54	75	-21	31
17	Berwick Rangers	36	11	7	18	57	77	-20	29
18	Forfar Athletic	36	9	5	22	73	99	-26	23
19	Brechin City	36	3	3	30	39	113	-74	9

Promoted: St. Johnstone, East Stirling

[edit] Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1962–63	Rangers	3 – 0 (rep.)	Celtic
League Cup	Hearts	1 – 0 (a.e.t.) (5 – 4 pen.)	Kilmarnock
Junior Cup	Irvine Meadow XI	2 – 1	Glenafton Athletic

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[1]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
October 20, 1962	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	3–2	BHC	Eric Caldow (pen.), Denis Law, Willie Henderson
November 7, 1962	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	5–1	BHC	Denis Law (4), Willie Henderson
April 6, 1963	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	2–1	BHC	Jim Baxter (2, 1 pen.)
May 8, 1963	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Austria	4–1	F	Denis Law (2), Davie Wilson (2)
June 4, 1963	Brann Stadium, Bergen (A)	Norway	3–4	F	Denis Law (3)
June 9, 1963	Dalymount Park, Dublin (A)	Republic of Ireland	0–1	F
June 13, 1963	Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid (A)	Spain	6–2	F	Denis Law, Dave Gibson, Frank McLintock, Davie Wilson, Willie Henderson, Ian St. John

•  Scotland won the 1963 British Home Championship.

[edit] Notes and references

Seasons in Scottish football v • d • e
1958–59 | 1959–60 | 1960–61 | 1961–62 | 1962–63 | 1963–64 | 1964–65 | 1965–66 | 1966–67
Football in Scotland v • d • e
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National teams
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League competitions in Scottish football
Premier League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League East League South League Junior Leagues
Cup Competitions in Scottish Football
Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Junior Cup Youth Cup