1958–59 Scottish Division One

The 1958–59 Scottish Division One was won by Rangers by two points over nearest rival Hearts. Falkirk and Queen of the South finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1959–60 Scottish Division Two.

Scottish Division One
Season	1958–59
Champions	Rangers
Relegated	Falkirk Queen of the South
← 1957–58 1959–60 →

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. Hearts could have won the league on goal average with a win away to Celtic, but instead lost 2–1.[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Rangers	34	21	8	5	92	51	1.804	50
2	Heart of Midlothian	34	21	6	7	92	51	1.804	48
3	Motherwell	34	18	8	8	83	50	1.660	44
4	Dundee	34	16	9	9	61	51	1.196	41
5	Airdrieonians	34	15	7	12	64	62	1.032	37
6	Celtic	34	14	8	12	70	53	1.321	36
7	St Mirren	34	14	7	13	71	74	0.959	35
8	Kilmarnock	34	13	8	13	58	51	1.137	34
9	Partick Thistle	34	14	6	14	59	66	0.894	34
10	Hibernian	34	13	6	15	68	70	0.971	32
11	Third Lanark	34	11	10	13	74	83	0.892	32
12	Stirling Albion	34	11	8	15	54	64	0.844	30
13	Aberdeen	34	12	5	17	63	66	0.955	29
14	Raith Rovers	34	10	9	15	60	70	0.857	29
15	Clyde	34	12	4	18	62	66	0.939	28
16	Dunfermline Athletic	34	10	8	16	68	87	0.782	28
17	Falkirk	34	10	7	17	58	79	0.734	27
18	Queen of the South	34	6	6	22	38	101	0.376	18

Source: RSSSF

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References

‘Parkhead erupted as it had never done so before,’ David Potter’s 7 Magnificently Random Celtic Stories, The Celtic Star, 23 October 2019

Scottish Football Archive

Top division football seasons in Scotland
Football League	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93
Division One	1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15
Football League	1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21
Division One	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75
Premier Division	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98
Premier League	1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
Premiership	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
Winners	List of Scottish football champions

1958–59 in European football (UEFA)
« 1957–58 1959–60 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '58 '59 Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark '58 '59 England Faroe Islands '58 '59 Finland '58 '59 France East Germany '58 '59 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '58 '59 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '58 '59 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '58 '59 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '58 Austria Bulgaria Cyprus Denmark England Faroe Islands '58 '59 Finland '58 '59 France East Germany '58 '59 West Germany Greece Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '58 '59 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '58 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

1958–59 in Scottish football
« 1957–58 1959–60 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Clyde Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Rangers Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stirling Albion Third Lanark
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen's Park St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stranraer

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