1957–58 in Scottish football

1957–58 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Heart of Midlothian
Division Two champions
Stirling Albion
Scottish Cup winners
Clyde
League Cup winners
Celtic
Junior Cup winners
Shotts Bon Accord
Teams in Europe
Rangers
Scotland national team
1958 BHC, 1958 FIFA World Cup

The 1957–58 season was the 61st season of competitive football in Scotland.

Scottish League Division One

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Heart of Midlothian	34	29	4	1	132	29	103	62
2	Rangers	34	22	5	7	89	49	40	49
3	Celtic	34	19	8	7	84	47	37	46
4	Clyde	34	18	6	10	84	61	23	42
5	Kilmarnock	34	14	9	11	60	55	5	37
6	Partick Thistle	34	17	3	14	69	71	−2	37
7	Raith Rovers	34	14	7	13	66	56	10	35
8	Motherwell	34	12	8	14	68	67	1	32
9	Hibernian	34	13	5	16	59	60	−1	31
10	Falkirk	34	11	9	14	64	82	−18	31
11	Dundee	34	13	5	16	49	65	−16	31
12	Aberdeen	34	14	2	18	68	76	−8	30
13	St. Mirren	34	11	8	15	59	66	−7	30
14	Third Lanark	34	13	4	17	69	88	−19	30
15	Queen of the South	34	12	5	17	61	72	−11	29
16	Airdrieonians	34	13	2	19	71	92	−21	28
17	East Fife	34	10	3	21	45	88	−43	23
18	Queen's Park	34	4	1	29	41	114	−73	9

Champions: Hearts
Relegated: East Fife, Queen's Park

Scottish League Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Stirling Albion	36	25	5	6	105	48	57	55
2	Dunfermline Athletic	36	24	5	7	120	42	78	53
3	Arbroath	36	21	5	10	89	72	17	47
4	Dumbarton	36	20	4	12	92	57	35	44
5	Ayr United	36	18	6	12	98	81	17	42
6	Cowdenbeath	36	17	8	11	100	85	15	42
7	Brechin City	36	16	8	12	80	81	−1	40
8	Alloa Athletic	36	15	9	12	88	78	10	39
9	Dundee United	36	12	9	15	81	77	4	33
10	Hamilton Academical	36	12	9	15	70	79	−9	33
11	St. Johnstone	36	12	9	15	67	85	−18	33
12	Forfar Athletic	36	13	6	17	70	71	−1	32
13	Morton	36	12	8	16	77	83	−6	32
14	Montrose	36	13	6	17	55	72	−17	32
15	East Stirlingshire	36	12	5	19	55	79	−24	29
16	Stenhousemuir	36	12	5	19	68	98	−30	29
17	Albion Rovers	36	12	5	19	53	79	−26	29
18	Stranraer	36	9	7	20	54	83	−29	25
19	Berwick Rangers	36	5	5	26	37	109	−72	15

Promoted: Stirling Albion, Dunfermline Athletic

Cup honours

See also: Hampden in the sun

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1957–58	Clyde	1 – 0	Hibernian
League Cup 1957–58	Celtic	7 – 1	Rangers
Junior Cup	Shotts Bon Accord	2 – 0	Pumpherston

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

Scotland qualified for the 1958 World Cup after finishing top of their group ahead of Spain and Switzerland. They did, however, go out at the first round stage of the World Cup after one draw and two defeats.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
5 October	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Northern Ireland	1–1	BHC	Graham Leggat
6 November	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Switzerland	3–2	WCQG9	Archie Robertson, Jackie Mudie, Alex Scott
13 November	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	1–1	BHC	Bobby Collins
19 April	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	0–4	BHC
7 May	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Hungary	1–1	Friendly	Jackie Mudie
1 June	Stadion Dziesieciolecia, Warsaw (A)	Poland	2–1	Friendly	Bobby Collins (2)
8 June	Arosvallen, Västerås (N)	Yugoslavia	1–1	WCG2	Jimmy Murray
11 June	Idrottsparken, Norrköping (N)	Paraguay	2–3	WCG2	Jackie Mudie, Bobby Collins
15 June	Eyravallen, Örebro (N)	France	1–2	WCG2	Sammy Baird

Key:

• (H) = Home match
• (A) = Away match
• (N) = Match played on Neutral ground
• WCQG9 = World Cup qualifying - Group 9
• WCG2 = World Cup - Group 2
• BHC = British Home Championship