1959–60 in Scottish football

1959–60 in Scottish football
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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

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

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1959–60 Scottish First Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Heart of Midlothian	34	23	8	3	102	51	51	54
2	Kilmarnock	34	24	2	8	67	45	22	50
3	Rangers	34	17	8	9	72	38	34	42
4	Dundee	34	16	10	8	70	49	21	42
5	Motherwell	34	16	8	10	71	61	10	40
6	Clyde	34	15	9	10	77	69	8	39
7	Hibernian	34	14	7	13	106	85	21	35
8	Ayr United	34	14	6	14	65	73	−8	34
9	Celtic	34	12	9	13	73	59	14	33
10	Partick Thistle	34	14	4	16	54	78	−24	32
11	Raith Rovers	34	14	3	17	64	62	2	31
12	Third Lanark	34	13	4	17	75	83	−8	30
13	Dunfermline Athletic	34	10	9	15	72	80	−8	29
14	St Mirren	34	11	6	17	78	86	−8	28
15	Aberdeen	34	11	6	17	54	72	−18	28
16	Airdrieonians	34	11	6	17	56	80	−24	28
17	Stirling Albion	34	7	8	19	55	72	−17	22
18	Arbroath	34	4	7	23	38	106	−68	15

Champions: Hearts
Relegated: Stirling Albion, Arbroath

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1959–60 Scottish Second Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	St Johnstone	36	24	5	7	87	47	40	53
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

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

P	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	30	40
3	Keith	28	18	3	7	66	35	31	39

Scotland national team

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

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	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

External links

• Scottish Football Historical Archive