Scottish Division One 1952/53
| Scottish Division One 1952/53 | |
| master | Glasgow Rangers |
| Cup winners | Glasgow Rangers |
| Relegated |
Motherwell Third Lanark FC |
| Teams | 16 |
| Games | 240 |
| Gates | 953 (ø 3.97 per game) |
| Top scorer |
 Lawrie Reilly(Hibernian Edinburgh) Charlie Fleming (FC East Fife) |
| ← Division One 1951/52 | |
The Scottish Football League Division One was played for the 53rd time in 1952/53 . It was also the 56th edition of the highest soccer division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. It began on September 6, 1952 and ended on May 7, 1953. In the 1952/53 season, 16 clubs competed against each other in a total of 30 match days. Each team played once at home and away against every other team. The 2-point rule applied . In the event of a tie, the goal quotient counted .
The championship won for the 28th time in their club history, the Glasgow Rangers . The FC Motherwell and Third Lanark went to the end of the season Division Two from. The top scorer with 30 goals each was Lawrie Reilly from Hibernian Edinburgh and Charlie Fleming from East Fife FC .
statistics
Closing table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Glasgow Rangers | 30th | 18th | 7th | 5 | 80:39 | 2.05 | 43:17 |
| 2. | Hibernian Edinburgh (M) | 30th | 19th | 5 | 6th | 93:51 | 1.82 | 43:17 |
| 3. | East Fife FC | 30th | 16 | 7th | 7th | 72:48 | 1.50 | 39:21 |
| 4th | Heart of Midlothian | 30th | 12 | 6th | 12 | 59:50 | 1.18 | 30:30 |
| 5. | Clyde FC (N) | 30th | 13 | 4th | 13 | 78:78 | 1.00 | 30:30 |
| 6th | FC St. Mirren | 30th | 11 | 8th | 11 | 52:58 | 0.90 | 30:30 |
| 7th | Dundee FC (L) | 30th | 9 | 11 | 10 | 44:37 | 1.19 | 29:31 |
| 8th. | Celtic Glasgow | 30th | 11 | 7th | 12 | 51:54 | 0.94 | 29:31 |
| 9. | Partick Thistle | 30th | 10 | 9 | 11 | 55:63 | 0.87 | 29:31 |
| 10. | Queen of the South | 30th | 10 | 8th | 12 | 43:61 | 0.70 | 28:32 |
| 11. | Aberdeen FC | 30th | 11 | 5 | 14th | 64:68 | 0.94 | 27:33 |
| 12. | Raith Rovers | 30th | 9 | 8th | 13 | 47:53 | 0.89 | 26:34 |
| 13. | FC Falkirk (N) | 30th | 11 | 4th | 15th | 53:63 | 0.84 | 26:34 |
| 14th | Airdrieonians FC | 30th | 10 | 6th | 14th | 53:75 | 0.71 | 26:34 |
| 15th | Motherwell FC (P) | 30th | 10 | 5 | 15th | 57:80 | 0.71 | 25:35 |
| 16. | Third Lanark | 30th | 8th | 4th | 18th | 52:75 | 0.69 | 20:40 |
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| 1952/53 season | |
| Scottish master | |
| Relegated to Division Two | |
| At the end of the 1951/52 season | |
| (M) | Champion of the previous year |
| (P) | Cup winner of the previous year |
| (L) | League cup winner of the previous year |
| (N) | Promoted from Division Two |
See also
Web links
- Scottish Division One 1952/53 at Statto.com
- Scottish Division One 1952/53 in the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scottish Football League & Scottish Premier League Top goalscorers per division. (No longer available online.) Scottish-football-historical-archive.com, archived from the original on September 27, 2012 ; accessed on April 4, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
