1959–60 Scottish Division One

The 1959–60 Scottish Division One was won by Heart of Midlothian by four points over nearest rival Kilmarnock. Stirling Albion and Arbroath finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1960-61 Second Division.

Scottish Division One

Season	1959–60
Champions	Heart of Midlothian
Relegated	Stirling Albion Arbroath
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hearts (C)	34	23	8	3	102	51	2.000	54	Qualified for the European Cup
2	Kilmarnock	34	24	2	8	67	45	1.489	50
3	Rangers	34	17	8	9	72	38	1.895	42	Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
4	Dundee	34	16	10	8	70	49	1.429	42
5	Motherwell	34	16	8	10	71	61	1.164	40
6	Clyde	34	15	9	10	77	69	1.116	39
7	Hibernian	34	14	7	13	106	85	1.247	35	Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
8	Ayr United	34	14	6	14	65	73	0.890	34
9	Celtic	34	12	9	13	73	59	1.237	33
10	Partick Thistle	34	14	4	16	54	78	0.692	32
11	Raith Rovers	34	14	3	17	64	62	1.032	31
12	Third Lanark	34	13	4	17	75	83	0.904	30
13	Dunfermline Athletic	34	10	9	15	72	80	0.900	29
14	St Mirren	34	11	6	17	78	86	0.907	28
15	Aberdeen	34	11	6	17	54	72	0.750	28
16	Airdrieonians	34	11	6	17	56	80	0.700	28
17	Stirling Albion (R)	34	7	8	19	55	72	0.764	22	Relegated to the Second Division
18	Arbroath (R)	34	4	7	23	38	106	0.358	15

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ABE	AIR	ARB	AYR	CEL	CLY	DND	DNF	HOM	HIB	KIL	MOT	PAR	RAI	RAN	STM	STI	THI
Aberdeen		2–2	0–0	2–0	3–2	0–2	0–3	1–1	1–3	6–4	0–1	2–2	5–2	4–2	0–5	3–1	3–1	3–1
Airdrieonians	1–0		2–1	1–2	2–5	2–4	3–3	6–3	2–5	1–11	1–3	0–1	3–0	1–2	0–5	1–3	2–4	3–2
Arbroath	1–3	1–1		1–1	0–5	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–4	2–3	0–3	3–1	2–2	1–2	0–4	6–2	4–3	2–1
Ayr United	2–1	1–0	1–0		1–1	1–2	1–0	3–3	1–1	2–1	1–3	5–2	4–1	4–0	2–4	4–3	1–1	2–3
Celtic	1–1	0–1	4–0	2–3		1–1	2–3	4–2	3–4	1–0	2–0	5–1	2–4	1–0	0–1	3–3	1–1	4–0
Clyde	7–2	1–2	2–1	3–0	3–3		1–1	1–3	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–4	1–0	6–1	4–1	2–2	2–2	2–3
Dundee	4–1	1–2	5–0	3–1	2–0	2–0		3–2	1–3	6–3	0–4	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–3	3–1	4–1	2–1
Dunfermline Athletic	1–3	1–0	5–1	3–4	3–2	4–5	2–2		2–2	2–2	1–0	6–0	3–3	0–2	0–5	2–1	1–1	3–1
Heart of Midlothian	3–0	3–2	4–1	5–3	3–1	5–2	3–0	5–1		2–2	3–1	1–1	5–3	4–1	2–0	0–2	4–0	6–2
Hibernian	2–1	3–3	5–0	5–1	3–3	5–5	4–2	7–4	1–5		4–2	1–3	2–2	0–3	0–1	1–3	3–1	6–0
Kilmarnock	2–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–2	3–2	2–1	3–1		2–0	5–1	1–0	1–1	0–5	2–0	3–2
Motherwell	3–1	4–1	6–0	3–3	1–2	3–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–4	1–2		4–0	2–1	2–1	1–4	2–1	3–3
Partick Thistle	1–0	0–3	2–0	3–1	3–1	0–1	0–5	2–0	1–2	2–10	3–2	1–2		1–0	0–3	4–2	1–0	2–0
Raith Rovers	5–1	2–3	5–0	2–0	0–3	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	4–2	0–2	1–1	1–2		1–2	6–1	0–1	2–3
Rangers	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–3	3–1	6–0	0–0	4–1	0–2	1–1	5–0	0–2	1–1	2–3		1–3	3–0	1–2
St Mirren	3–0	1–2	8–1	4–3	0–3	2–2	2–3	0–2	4–4	2–3	0–3	5–1	2–4	3–2	1–1		0–7	1–3
Stirling Albion	0–2	1–2	5–0	3–4	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–4	2–2	2–3	0–1	0–3	2–1	4–2	2–3	3–2		0–3
Third Lanark	2–1	4–2	7–1	5–0	4–2	2–3	2–2	2–0	1–4	5–3	3–4	1–4	1–2	1–3	0–2	2–2	3–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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