Scottish Division One 1959/60

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Scottish Division One 1959/60
master Heart of Midlothian
European Cup of
National Champions		 Heart of Midlothian
Trade fair trophy Hibernian Edinburgh
Cup winners Glasgow Rangers
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Glasgow Rangers
Relegated Stirling Albion
FC Arbroath
Teams 18th
Games 306
Gates 1249  (ø 4.08 per game)
Top scorer EnglandEngland Joe Baker
(Hibernian Edinburgh)
← Division One 1958/59

The Scottish Football League Division One was played for the 60th time in 1959/60 . It was also the 63rd edition of the top soccer division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. It began on August 19, 1959 and ended on May 7, 1960. In the 1959/60 season, 18 clubs competed against each other in a total of 34 game 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 fourth time in the club's Heart of Midlothian history . The Hearts qualified as champions for the following European Cup season-1960/61 . Seventh-placed Hibernian Edinburgh qualified for the Exhibition Cities Cup . As cup winners , the Glasgow Rangers qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup . In this European competition, the Rangers reached the final , where they failed with two defeats (0: 2, 1: 2) against Fiorentina . This made the Gers the first British team to stand in a final of a European competition. Stirling Albion and Arbroath FC were relegated to Division Two . The top scorer was Joe Baker of Hibernian Edinburgh with 42 goals .

statistics

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Heart of Midlothian (L)  34  23  8th  3 102: 510 2.00 54:14
 2. FC Kilmarnock  34  24  2  8th 067:450 1.49 50:18
 3. Glasgow Rangers (M)  34  17th  8th  9 072:380 1.89 42:26
 4th Dundee FC  34  16  10  8th 070:490 1.43 42:26
 5. Motherwell FC  34  16  8th  10 071:610 1.16 40:28
 6th Clyde FC  34  15th  9  10 077:690 1.12 39:29
 7th Hibernian Edinburgh  34  14th  7th  13 106: 850 1.25 35:33
 8th. Ayr United (N)  34  14th  6th  14th 065:730 0.89 34:34
 9. Celtic Glasgow  34  12  9  13 073:590 1.24 33:35
10. Partick Thistle  34  14th  4th  16 054:780 0.69 32:36
11. Raith Rovers  34  14th  3  17th 064:620 1.03 31:37
12. Third Lanark  34  13  4th  17th 075:830 0.90 30:38
13. Dunfermline Athletic  34  10  9  15th 072:800 0.90 29:39
14th FC St. Mirren (P)  34  11  6th  17th 078:860 0.91 28:40
15th Aberdeen FC  34  11  6th  17th 054:720 0.75 28:40
16. Airdrieonians FC  34  11  6th  17th 056:800 0.70 28:40
17th Stirling Albion  34  7th  8th  19th 055:720 0.76 22:46
18th FC Arbroath (N)  34  4th  7th  23 038: 106 0.36 15:53
Legend
1959/60 season
Scottish champion and participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1960/61
Participation in the trade fair city cup 1960/61
Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1960/61
Relegated to Division Two
At the end of the 1958/59 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

The Heart of Midlothian championship team

(All players who played at least one league game in the 1959/60 season were taken into account)

1. Heart of Midlothian
Hearts fc.svg

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / scottish-football-historical-archive.com
  2. ↑ Heart of Midlothian 1959/60 season. londonhearts.com, accessed September 20, 2018 .