1958–59 in Scottish football

1958–59 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Rangers
Division Two champions
Ayr United
Scottish Cup winners
St. Mirren
League Cup winners
Heart of Midlothian
Junior Cup winners
Irvine Meadow
Teams in Europe
Heart of Midlothian
Scotland national team
1959 BHC

The 1958–59 season was the 62nd season of competitive football in Scotland.

Scottish League Division One

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, only for Hearts also to lose, 2–1 away to Celtic. Had Hearts won by any score they would have won the title.

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	34	21	8	5	92	51	41	50
2	Heart of Midlothian	34	21	6	7	92	51	41	48
3	Motherwell	34	18	8	8	83	50	33	44
4	Dundee	34	16	9	9	61	51	10	41
5	Airdrieonians	34	15	7	12	64	62	2	37
6	Celtic	34	14	8	12	70	53	17	36
7	St. Mirren	34	14	7	13	71	74	−3	35
8	Kilmarnock	34	13	8	13	58	51	7	34
9	Partick Thistle	34	14	6	14	59	66	−7	34
10	Hibernian	34	13	6	15	68	70	−2	32
11	Third Lanark	34	11	10	13	74	83	−9	32
12	Stirling Albion	34	11	8	15	54	64	−10	30
13	Aberdeen	34	12	5	17	63	66	−3	29
14	Raith Rovers	34	10	9	15	60	70	−10	29
15	Clyde	34	12	4	18	62	66	−4	28
16	Dunfermline Athletic	34	10	8	16	68	87	−19	28
17	Falkirk	34	10	7	17	58	79	−21	27
18	Queen of the South	34	6	6	22	38	101	−63	18

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Falkirk, Queen of the South

Scottish League Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ayr United	36	28	4	4	115	48	67	60
2	Arbroath	36	23	5	8	86	59	27	51
3	Stenhousemuir	36	20	6	10	87	68	19	46
4	Dumbarton	36	19	7	10	94	61	33	45
5	Brechin City	36	16	10	10	79	65	14	42
6	St. Johnstone	36	15	10	11	54	44	10	40
7	Hamilton Academical	36	15	8	13	76	62	14	38
8	East Fife	36	15	8	13	83	81	2	38
9	Berwick Rangers	36	16	6	14	63	66	−3	38
10	Albion Rovers	36	14	7	15	84	79	5	35
11	Morton	36	13	8	15	68	85	−17	34
12	Forfar Athletic	36	12	9	15	73	87	−14	33
13	Alloa Athletic	36	12	7	17	76	81	−5	31
14	Cowdenbeath	36	13	5	18	67	79	−12	31
15	East Stirlingshire	36	10	8	18	50	79	−29	28
16	Stranraer	36	8	11	17	63	76	−13	27
17	Dundee United	36	9	7	20	62	86	−24	25
18	Queen's Park	36	9	6	21	53	80	−27	24
19	Montrose	36	6	6	24	49	96	−47	18

Promoted: Ayr United, Arbroath

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1958–59	St. Mirren	3 – 1	Aberdeen
League Cup	Heart of Midlothian	5 – 1	Partick Thistle
Junior Cup	Irvine Meadow XI	2 – 1	Shettleston

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
18 November 1958	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	3–0	BHC	Graham Leggat, Denis Law, Bobby Collins
5 November 1958	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	2–2	BHC	David Herd, Bobby Collins
11 April 1959	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	0–1	BHC
6 May 1959	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	West Germany	3–2	Friendly	John White, Andy Weir, Graham Leggat
27 May 1959	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam (A)	Netherlands	2–1	Friendly	Bobby Collins, Graham Leggat
3 June 1959	Estadio da Luz, Lisbon (A)	Portugal	0–1	Friendly

Key:

• (H) = Home match
• (A) = Away match
• BHC = British Home Championship