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 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 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:

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.
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