1959-60 in Scottish football

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The 1959–60 season was the 63rd season of competitive football in Scotland.

Contents

[edit] Scottish League Division One

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Hearts 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

[edit] Scottish League Division Two

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 Greenock 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

[edit] Cup honours

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1959–60 Rangers 2 – 0 Kilmarnock
League Cup Hearts 2 – 1 Third Lanark
Junior Cup St. Andrews United 3 – 1 Greenock Juniors

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures
Date Venue Opponents Score[1] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
October 3, 1959 Windsor Park, Belfast (A) Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 4–0 BHC Graham Leggat, John Hewie (pen.), John White, George Mulhall
November 4, 1959 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Wales Wales 1–1 BHC Graham Leggat
April 9, 1960 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of England England 1–1 BHC Graham Leggat
May 4, 1960 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Poland Poland 2–3 F Denis Law, Ian St. John
May 29, 1960 Prater Stadium, Vienna (A) Flag of Austria Austria 1–4 F Dave Mackay
June 5, 1960 Népstadion, Budapest (A) Flag of Hungary Hungary 3–3 F William Hunter, George Herd, Alex Young
June 8, 1960 19 Mayis Stadium, Ankara (A) Flag of Turkey Turkey 2–4 F Eric Caldow (pen.), Alex Young

1960 British Home Championship - Joint winners with Flag of England England and Flag of Wales Wales

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.

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