1958–59 in Scottish football

The 1958–59 season was the 86th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 62nd season of the Scottish Football League. [1]

1958–59 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Rangers
Division Two champions
Ayr United
Scottish Cup winners
St Mirren
League Cup winners
Heart of Midlothian
Junior Cup winners
Irvine Meadow
Teams in Europe
Heart of Midlothian
Scotland national team
1959 BHC

Scottish League Division One

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The last day of the season saw Rangers holding a two-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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Rangers 34 21 8 5 92 51 1.804 50
2 Heart of Midlothian 34 21 6 7 92 51 1.804 48
3 Motherwell 34 18 8 8 83 50 1.660 44
4 Dundee 34 16 9 9 61 51 1.196 41
5 Airdrieonians 34 15 7 12 64 62 1.032 37
6 Celtic 34 14 8 12 70 53 1.321 36
7 St Mirren 34 14 7 13 71 74 0.959 35
8 Kilmarnock 34 13 8 13 58 51 1.137 34
9 Partick Thistle 34 14 6 14 59 66 0.894 34
10 Hibernian 34 13 6 15 68 70 0.971 32
11 Third Lanark 34 11 10 13 74 83 0.892 32
12 Stirling Albion 34 11 8 15 54 64 0.844 30
13 Aberdeen 34 12 5 17 63 66 0.955 29
14 Raith Rovers 34 10 9 15 60 70 0.857 29
15 Clyde 34 12 4 18 62 66 0.939 28
16 Dunfermline Athletic 34 10 8 16 68 87 0.782 28
17 Falkirk 34 10 7 17 58 79 0.734 27
18 Queen of the South 34 6 6 22 38 101 0.376 18
Source: RSSSF[dead link]

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Falkirk, Queen of the South

Scottish League Division Two

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Ayr United 36 28 4 4 115 48 +67 60 Promotion to the 1959–60 First Division
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 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
Source: "1958-1959 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Promoted: Ayr United, Arbroath

Cup honours

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

Other honours

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National

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Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup – North Elgin City 6 – 4 * Rothes
Scottish Qualifying Cup – South Eyemouth United 6 – 1 * Peebles Rovers

County

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Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Peterhead
Ayrshire Cup Ayr United 4 – 4 * ‡ Kilmarnock
East of Scotland Shield Hibernian 2 – 0 Hearts
Fife Cup Dunfermline Athletic 7 – 6 * East Fife
Forfarshire Cup Brechin City 6 – 0 Dundee United
Glasgow Cup Clyde 1 – 0 † Rangers
Lanarkshire Cup Motherwell 4 – 2 Airdrie
Renfrewshire Cup St Mirren 7 – 5 * Morton
Stirlingshire Cup Stirling Albion 4 – 0 Stenhousemuir

* – aggregate over two legs
† – replay
‡ – trophy shared

Top Three
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rothes[2] 28 18 5 5 87 49 +38 41
2 Fraserburgh 28 18 5 5 93 41 +52 41
3 Elgin City 28 15 6 7 85 49 +36 36
Source: [citation needed]

Scotland national team

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

Key:

  • (H) = Home match
  • (A) = Away match
  • BHC = British Home Championship

Notes and references

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  1. ^ "1958/59 - the Scottish Football League". Archived from the original on 9 September 2012.
  2. ^ won on play-off
  3. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.
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