Scottish Division One 1957/58
| Scottish Division One 1957/58 | |
| master | Heart of Midlothian |
| European Cup of National Champions |
Heart of Midlothian |
| Cup winners | Clyde FC |
| Relegated |
East Fife FC Queen's Park FC |
| Teams | 18th |
| Games | 306 |
| Gates | 1238 (ø 4.05 per game) |
| Top scorer |
 Jimmy Wardhaugh(Heart of Midlothian) Jimmy Murray (Heart of Midlothian) |
| ← Division One 1956/57 | |
The Scottish Football League Division One was played for the 58th time in 1957/58 . It was also the 61st edition of the highest soccer division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. It began on September 7, 1957 and ended on May 10, 1958. In the 1957/58 season, 18 clubs competed against each other in a total of 34 matchdays. 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 fourth time in the club's Heart of Midlothian history . The Hearts qualified as champions for the following European Champion Clubs' Cup season-1958/59 . The FC East Fife and FC Queen's Park got into the Division Two from. The top scorers were Jimmy Wardhaugh and his teammate Jimmy Murray from Airdrieonians FC with 28 goals each .
statistics
Closing table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Heart of Midlothian | 34 | 29 | 4th | 1 | 132: 29 | 4.55 | 62: 6 |
| 2. | Glasgow Rangers (M) | 34 | 22nd | 5 | 7th | 89:49 | 1.82 | 49:19 |
| 3. | Celtic Glasgow (L) | 34 | 19th | 8th | 7th | 84:47 | 1.79 | 46:22 |
| 4th | Clyde FC (N) | 34 | 18th | 6th | 10 | 84:61 | 1.38 | 42:26 |
| 5. | FC Kilmarnock | 34 | 14th | 9 | 11 | 60:55 | 1.09 | 37:31 |
| 6th | Partick Thistle | 34 | 17th | 3 | 14th | 69:71 | 0.97 | 37:31 |
| 7th | Raith Rovers | 34 | 14th | 7th | 13 | 66:56 | 1.18 | 35:33 |
| 8th. | Motherwell FC | 34 | 12 | 8th | 14th | 68:67 | 1.01 | 32:36 |
| 9. | Hibernian Edinburgh | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 59:60 | 0.98 | 31:37 |
| 10. | FC Falkirk (P) | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14th | 64:82 | 0.78 | 31:37 |
| 11. | Dundee FC | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 49:65 | 0.75 | 31:37 |
| 12. | Aberdeen FC | 34 | 14th | 2 | 18th | 68:76 | 0.89 | 30:38 |
| 13. | FC St. Mirren | 34 | 11 | 8th | 15th | 59:66 | 0.89 | 30:38 |
| 14th | Third Lanark (N) | 34 | 13 | 4th | 17th | 69:88 | 0.78 | 30:38 |
| 15th | Queen of the South | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17th | 61:72 | 0.85 | 29:39 |
| 16. | Airdrieonians FC | 34 | 13 | 2 | 19th | 71:92 | 0.77 | 28:40 |
| 17th | East Fife FC | 34 | 10 | 3 | 21st | 45:88 | 0.51 | 23:45 |
| 18th | FC Queen's Park | 34 | 4th | 1 | 29 | 41: 114 | 0.36 | 9:59 |
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| 1957/58 season | |
| Scottish champion and participation in the 1958/59 European Cup | |
| Relegated to Division Two | |
| At the end of the 1956/57 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 1957/58 at Statto.com
- Scottish Division One 1957/58 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.
