1959–60 in Scottish football

The 1959–60 season was the 87th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 63rd season of the Scottish Football League. ^[1]

1959–60 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Heart of Midlothian
Division Two champions
St Johnstone
Scottish Cup winners
Rangers
League Cup winners
Heart of Midlothian
Junior Cup winners
St Andrews United
Teams in Europe
Rangers
Scotland national team
1960 BHC

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1959–60 Scottish Division One

Pos	Team v t e	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

Champions: Hearts
Relegated: Stirling Albion, Arbroath

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1959–60 Scottish Division Two

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	St Johnstone	36	24	5	7	87	47	+40	53	Promotion to the 1960–61 First Division
2	Dundee United	36	22	6	8	90	45	+45	50
3	Queen of the South	36	21	7	8	94	52	+42	49
4	Hamilton Academical	36	21	6	9	91	62	+29	48
5	Stenhousemuir	36	20	4	12	86	67	+19	44
6	Dumbarton	36	18	7	11	67	53	+14	43
7	Montrose	36	19	5	12	60	52	+8	43
8	Falkirk	36	15	9	12	77	43	+34	39
9	Berwick Rangers	36	16	5	15	62	55	+7	37
10	Albion Rovers	36	14	8	14	71	78	−7	36
11	Queen's Park	36	17	2	17	65	79	−14	36
12	Brechin City	36	14	6	16	66	66	0	34
13	Alloa Athletic	36	13	5	18	70	85	−15	31
14	Morton	36	10	8	18	67	79	−12	28
15	East Stirlingshire	36	10	8	18	68	82	−14	28
16	Forfar Athletic	36	10	8	18	53	84	−31	28
17	Stranraer	36	10	3	23	53	79	−26	23
18	East Fife	36	7	6	23	50	87	−37	20
19	Cowdenbeath	36	6	2	28	42	124	−82	14

Source: "1959-1960 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL (in Malay). Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Promoted: St Johnstone, Dundee United

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1959–60	Rangers	2 – 0	Kilmarnock
League Cup 1959–60	Heart of Midlothian	2 – 1	Third Lanark
Junior Cup	St Andrews United	3 – 1	Greenock Juniors

Other honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup – North	Keith	7 – 5 *	Buckie Thistle
Scottish Qualifying Cup – South	Duns	9 – 6 *	Peebles Rovers

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Keith
Ayrshire Cup	Kilmarnock	3 – 2 *	Ayr United
East of Scotland Shield	Hibernian	3 – 2	Hearts
Fife Cup	Dunfermline Athletic	2 – 2 * ‡	Raith Rovers
Forfarshire Cup	Dundee	3 – 2	Forfar Athletic
Glasgow Cup	Rangers	2 – 1	Partick Thistle
Lanarkshire Cup	Motherwell	3 – 1	Hamilton
Renfrewshire Cup	St Mirren	5 – 0 *	Morton
Stirlingshire Cup	Alloa Athletic	2 – 2 †	Falkirk

^* – aggregate over two legs
† – replay (won on corners)
‡ – trophy shared

Highland League

Top Three

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Elgin City	28	19	4	5	90	54	+36	42
2	Inverness Caledonian	28	17	6	5	96	61	+35	40
3	Keith	28	18	3	7	66	35	+31	39

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Scotland national team

Main articles: Scotland national football team 1940–59 results and Scotland national football team 1960–79 results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[2]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
3 October 1959	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Northern Ireland	4–0	BHC	Graham Leggat, John Hewie (pen.), John White, George Mulhall
4 November 1959	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	1–1	BHC	Graham Leggat
9 April 1960	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	1–1	BHC	Graham Leggat
4 May 1960	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Poland	2–3	Friendly	Denis Law, Ian St. John
29 May 1960	Prater Stadium, Vienna (A)	Austria	1–4	Friendly	Dave Mackay
5 June 1960	Népstadion, Budapest (A)	Hungary	3–3	Friendly	William Hunter, George Herd, Alex Young
8 June 1960	19 Mayis Stadium, Ankara (A)	Turkey	2–4	Friendly	Eric Caldow (pen.), Alex Young

1960 British Home Championship – Joint winners with  England and  Wales

Key:

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

Notes and references

1. "1959/60 - the Scottish Football League". www.scottishfootballleague.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
2. Scotland's score is shown first.

External links

• Scottish Football Historical Archive