1960–61 in Scottish football

1960–61 in Scottish football
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Division One champions
Rangers
Division Two champions
Stirling Albion
Scottish Cup winners
Dunfermline Athletic
League Cup winners
Rangers
Junior Cup winners
Dunbar United
Teams in Europe
Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Rangers
Scotland national team
1961 BHC, 1962 World Cup qualification

The 1960–61 season was the 88th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 64th season of the Scottish Football League.

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1960–61 Scottish First Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	34	23	5	6	88	46	42	51
2	Kilmarnock	34	21	8	5	77	45	32	50
3	Third Lanark	34	20	2	12	100	80	20	42
4	Celtic	34	15	9	10	64	46	18	39
5	Motherwell	34	15	8	11	70	57	13	38
6	Aberdeen	34	14	8	12	72	72	0	36
7	Heart of Midlothian	34	13	8	13	51	53	−2	34
8	Hibernian	34	15	4	15	66	69	−3	34
9	Dundee United	34	13	7	14	60	58	2	33
10	Dundee	34	13	6	15	61	53	8	32
11	Partick Thistle	34	13	6	15	59	69	−10	32
12	Dunfermline Athletic	34	12	7	15	65	81	−16	31
13	Airdrieonians	34	10	10	14	61	71	−10	30
14	St Mirren	34	11	7	16	53	58	−5	29
15	St Johnstone	34	10	9	15	47	63	−16	29
16	Raith Rovers	34	10	7	17	46	67	−21	27
17	Clyde	34	6	11	17	55	77	−22	23
18	Ayr United	34	5	12	17	51	81	−30	22

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Clyde, Ayr United

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1960–61 Scottish Second Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Stirling Albion	36	24	7	5	89	37	52	55
2	Falkirk	36	24	6	6	100	40	60	54
3	Stenhousemuir	36	24	2	10	99	69	30	50
4	Stranraer	36	19	6	11	83	55	28	44
5	Queen of the South	36	20	3	13	77	52	25	43
6	Hamilton Academical	36	17	7	12	84	80	4	41
7	Montrose	36	19	2	15	75	65	10	40
8	Cowdenbeath	36	17	6	13	71	65	6	40
9	Berwick Rangers	36	14	9	13	62	69	−7	37
10	Dumbarton	36	15	5	16	78	82	−4	35
11	Alloa Athletic	36	13	7	16	78	68	10	33
12	Arbroath	36	13	7	16	56	76	−20	33
13	East Fife	36	14	4	18	70	80	−10	32
14	Brechin City	36	9	9	18	60	78	−18	27
15	Queen's Park	36	10	6	20	61	87	−26	26
16	East Stirlingshire	36	9	7	20	59	100	−41	25
17	Albion Rovers	36	9	6	21	60	89	−29	24
18	Forfar Athletic	36	10	4	22	65	98	−33	24
19	Morton	36	5	11	20	56	93	−37	21

Promoted: Stirling Albion, Falkirk

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1960–61	Dunfermline Athletic	2 – 0 (rep.)	Celtic
League Cup 1960–61	Rangers	2 – 0	Kilmarnock
Junior Cup	Dunbar United	2 – 0 (rep.)	Cambuslang Rangers

Other Honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup - North	Inverness Caledonian	3 – 2 *	Peterhead
Scottish Qualifying Cup - South	Gala Fairydean	4 – 3 *	Vale of Leithen

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Huntly
Ayrshire Cup	Ayr United	3 – 0	Kilmarnock
East of Scotland Shield	Hibernian	4 – 2	Hearts
Fife Cup	Dunfermline Athletic	5 – 3 *	Raith Rovers
Forfarshire Cup	Dundee United	6 – 3	Montrose
Glasgow Cup	Partick Thistle	2 – 0	Celtic
Lanarkshire Cup	Airdrie	3 – 2	Motherwell
Renfrewshire Cup	St Mirren	2 – 1	Morton
Stirlingshire Cup	Falkirk	4 – 3 *	Alloa Athletic

* - aggregate over two legs

Highland League

Top Three

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Elgin City	28	19	6	3	85	39	46	44
2	Keith	28	19	6	3	75	47	28	44
3	Buckie Thistle	28	17	4	7	78	46	32	38

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1960–79 results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
22 October 1960	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	0–2	BHC
9 November 1960	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	5–2	BHC	Ralph Brand, Denis Law, Eric Caldow (pen.), Alex Young
15 April 1961	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	3–9	BHC	Davie Wilson (2), Dave Mackay
3 May 1961	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Republic of Ireland	4–1	WCQG8	Ralph Brand (2), David Herd (2)
7 May 1961	Dalymount Park, Dublin (A)	Republic of Ireland	3–0	WCQG8	Alex Young (2), Ralph Brand
14 May 1961	Tehelné Pole Stadium, Bratislava (A)	Czechoslovakia	0–4	WCQG8

1961 British Home Championship - Third Place

Key:

• (H) = Home match
• (A) = Away match
• WCQG8 = World Cup qualifying - Group 8
• BHC = British Home Championship

External links

• Scottish Football Historical Archive