1958–59 Scottish Division One

53rd season of top-tier football league in Scotland
Football league season
Scottish Division One
Season1958–59
ChampionsRangers
RelegatedFalkirk
Queen of the South

The 1958–59 Scottish Division One was won by Rangers by two points over nearest rival Hearts. Falkirk and Queen of the South finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1959–60 Scottish Division Two.

The last day of the season saw Rangers holding a 2-point lead over Hearts, with the clubs having an identical goal average. Rangers lost 1–2 at home to Aberdeen. Hearts could have won the league on goal average with a win away to Celtic, but instead lost 2–1.[1]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Rangers 34 21 8 5 92 51 1.804 50
2 Heart of Midlothian 34 21 6 7 92 51 1.804 48
3 Motherwell 34 18 8 8 83 50 1.660 44
4 Dundee 34 16 9 9 61 51 1.196 41
5 Airdrieonians 34 15 7 12 64 62 1.032 37
6 Celtic 34 14 8 12 70 53 1.321 36
7 St Mirren 34 14 7 13 71 74 0.959 35
8 Kilmarnock 34 13 8 13 58 51 1.137 34
9 Partick Thistle 34 14 6 14 59 66 0.894 34
10 Hibernian 34 13 6 15 68 70 0.971 32
11 Third Lanark 34 11 10 13 74 83 0.892 32
12 Stirling Albion 34 11 8 15 54 64 0.844 30
13 Aberdeen 34 12 5 17 63 66 0.955 29
14 Raith Rovers 34 10 9 15 60 70 0.857 29
15 Clyde 34 12 4 18 62 66 0.939 28
16 Dunfermline Athletic 34 10 8 16 68 87 0.782 28
17 Falkirk 34 10 7 17 58 79 0.734 27
18 Queen of the South 34 6 6 22 38 101 0.376 18
Source: RSSSF[dead link]

Results

Home \ Away ABE AIR CEL CLY DND DNF FAL HOM HIB KIL MOT PAR QOS RAI RAN STM STI THI
Aberdeen 0–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 4–0 5–0 2–4 4–0 2–2 0–4 3–4 5–0 2–2 1–3 2–1 4–1 3–3
Airdrieonians 2–1 1–4 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 4–3 3–0 1–5 1–2 0–1 4–0 5–4 4–2 0–1 1–1
Celtic 4–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 3–1 3–4 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–3 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–2 3–3 7–3 3–1
Clyde 4–0 0–2 2–1 3–2 2–5 3–2 2–2 4–1 2–4 2–0 0–3 3–0 4–1 1–4 2–3 2–3 1–2
Dundee 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 3–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 1–3 4–6 3–0 3–0
Dunfermline Athletic 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–4 2–1 4–1 3–3 1–2 0–3 0–4 10–1 4–2 3–3 1–7 2–3 3–2 2–3
Falkirk 5–1 1–2 3–2 1–4 2–5 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 4–0 2–2 5–5 3–4 2–1 2–0
Heart of Midlothian 5–1 4–3 1–1 2–2 1–3 6–2 5–1 1–3 3–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 4–0 1–4 8–3
Hibernian 1–0 2–3 3–2 2–1 1–2 3–1 2–3 0–4 4–3 2–2 4–0 4–0 4–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 4–4
Kilmarnock 2–0 4–2 1–4 4–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 3–2 1–1 1–3 1–2 5–0 2–0 0–3 1–0 3–3 4–0
Motherwell 2–0 5–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–5 1–1 3–1 6–1 3–3 2–2 2–2 3–0 8–1
Partick Thistle 2–3 1–3 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–3 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–0 2–3 1–3 2–0 3–1 1–5 1–1
Queen of the South 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–3 2–3 2–1 0–5 1–4 2–2 0–5 1–0 1–1 3–6 2–2 1–1 2–5
Raith Rovers 0–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 4–1 2–2 1–0 0–5 5–2 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–4
Rangers 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 5–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 4–4 2–1 3–0 2–2
St Mirren 1–5 3–3 1–0 1–3 2–2 6–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 4–1 4–3 1–1 3–1 1–3 3–2 4–1
Stirling Albion 3–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 3–1 2–5 1–1 4–0 2–1 2–2 3–0 2–3
Third Lanark 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–3 7–1 3–3 0–4 2–2 2–0 5–2 0–1 7–1 3–2 2–3 2–3 3–0
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

  1. ^ ‘Parkhead erupted as it had never done so before,’ David Potter’s 7 Magnificently Random Celtic Stories, The Celtic Star, 23 October 2019
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