1959–60 in Scottish football

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1959–60 in Scottish football
Flag of Scotland with football.png
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. [1]

Contents

Scottish League Division One

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGRPts
1 Heart of Midlothian 342383102512.00054
2 Kilmarnock 34242867451.48950
3 Rangers 34178972381.89542
4 Dundee 341610870491.42942
5 Motherwell 341681071611.16440
6 Clyde 341591077691.11639
7 Hibernian 3414713106851.24735
8 Ayr United 341461465730.89034
9 Celtic 341291373591.23733
10 Partick Thistle 341441654780.69232
11 Raith Rovers 341431764621.03231
12 Third Lanark 341341775830.90430
13 Dunfermline Athletic 341091572800.90029
14 St Mirren 341161778860.90728
15 Aberdeen 341161754720.75028
16 Airdrieonians 341161756800.70028
17 Stirling Albion 34781955720.76422
18 Arbroath 344723381060.35815
Source: RSSSF

Champions: Hearts
Relegated: Stirling Albion, Arbroath

Scottish League Division Two

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 St Johnstone 3624578747+4053Promotion to the 1960–61 First Division
2 Dundee United 3622689045+4550
3 Queen of the South 3621789452+4249
4 Hamilton Academical 3621699162+2948
5 Stenhousemuir 36204128667+1944
6 Dumbarton 36187116753+1443
7 Montrose 36195126052+843
8 Falkirk 36159127743+3439
9 Berwick Rangers 36165156255+737
10 Albion Rovers 36148147178736
11 Queen's Park 361721765791436
12 Brechin City 36146166666034
13 Alloa Athletic 361351870851531
14 Morton 361081867791228
15 East Stirlingshire 361081868821428
16 Forfar Athletic 361081853843128
17 Stranraer 361032353792623
18 East Fife 36762350873720
19 Cowdenbeath 366228421248214
Source: "1959-1960 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL (in Malay). Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Promoted: St Johnstone, Dundee United

Cup honours

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-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

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup – North Keith 7 – 5 * Buckie Thistle
Scottish Qualifying Cup – South Duns 9 – 6 * Peebles Rovers

County

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-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 * Double-dagger-14-plain.png 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 Dagger-14-plain.png Falkirk

* – aggregate over two legs
Dagger-14-plain.png – replay (won on corners)
Double-dagger-14-plain.png – trophy shared

Highland League

Top Three
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Elgin City 2819459054+3642
2 Inverness Caledonian 2817659661+3540
3 Keith 2818376635+3139
Source: [ citation needed ]

Scotland national team

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

1960 British Home Championship – Joint winners with Flag of England.svg  England and Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales

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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.

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