1959–60 Scottish Division One

54th season of top-tier football league in Scotland Football league season

Scottish Division One
Season	1959–60
Champions	Heart of Midlothian
Relegated	Stirling Albion Arbroath
← 1958–59 1960–61 →

The 1959–60 Scottish Division One was won by Heart of Midlothian by four points over nearest rival Kilmarnock. Stirling Albion and Arbroath finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1960-61 Second Division.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hearts (C)	34	23	8	3	102	51	2.000	54	Qualified for the European Cup
2	Kilmarnock	34	24	2	8	67	45	1.489	50
3	Rangers	34	17	8	9	72	38	1.895	42	Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
4	Dundee	34	16	10	8	70	49	1.429	42
5	Motherwell	34	16	8	10	71	61	1.164	40
6	Clyde	34	15	9	10	77	69	1.116	39
7	Hibernian	34	14	7	13	106	85	1.247	35	Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
8	Ayr United	34	14	6	14	65	73	0.890	34
9	Celtic	34	12	9	13	73	59	1.237	33
10	Partick Thistle	34	14	4	16	54	78	0.692	32
11	Raith Rovers	34	14	3	17	64	62	1.032	31
12	Third Lanark	34	13	4	17	75	83	0.904	30
13	Dunfermline Athletic	34	10	9	15	72	80	0.900	29
14	St Mirren	34	11	6	17	78	86	0.907	28
15	Aberdeen	34	11	6	17	54	72	0.750	28
16	Airdrieonians	34	11	6	17	56	80	0.700	28
17	Stirling Albion (R)	34	7	8	19	55	72	0.764	22	Relegated to the Second Division
18	Arbroath (R)	34	4	7	23	38	106	0.358	15	Relegated to the Second Division

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ABE	AIR	ARB	AYR	CEL	CLY	DND	DNF	HOM	HIB	KIL	MOT	PAR	RAI	RAN	STM	STI	THI
Aberdeen		2–2	0–0	2–0	3–2	0–2	0–3	1–1	1–3	6–4	0–1	2–2	5–2	4–2	0–5	3–1	3–1	3–1
Airdrieonians	1–0		2–1	1–2	2–5	2–4	3–3	6–3	2–5	1–11	1–3	0–1	3–0	1–2	0–5	1–3	2–4	3–2
Arbroath	1–3	1–1		1–1	0–5	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–4	2–3	0–3	3–1	2–2	1–2	0–4	6–2	4–3	2–1
Ayr United	2–1	1–0	1–0		1–1	1–2	1–0	3–3	1–1	2–1	1–3	5–2	4–1	4–0	2–4	4–3	1–1	2–3
Celtic	1–1	0–1	4–0	2–3		1–1	2–3	4–2	3–4	1–0	2–0	5–1	2–4	1–0	0–1	3–3	1–1	4–0
Clyde	7–2	1–2	2–1	3–0	3–3		1–1	1–3	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–4	1–0	6–1	4–1	2–2	2–2	2–3
Dundee	4–1	1–2	5–0	3–1	2–0	2–0		3–2	1–3	6–3	0–4	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–3	3–1	4–1	2–1
Dunfermline Athletic	1–3	1–0	5–1	3–4	3–2	4–5	2–2		2–2	2–2	1–0	6–0	3–3	0–2	0–5	2–1	1–1	3–1
Heart of Midlothian	3–0	3–2	4–1	5–3	3–1	5–2	3–0	5–1		2–2	3–1	1–1	5–3	4–1	2–0	0–2	4–0	6–2
Hibernian	2–1	3–3	5–0	5–1	3–3	5–5	4–2	7–4	1–5		4–2	1–3	2–2	0–3	0–1	1–3	3–1	6–0
Kilmarnock	2–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–2	3–2	2–1	3–1		2–0	5–1	1–0	1–1	0–5	2–0	3–2
Motherwell	3–1	4–1	6–0	3–3	1–2	3–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–4	1–2		4–0	2–1	2–1	1–4	2–1	3–3
Partick Thistle	1–0	0–3	2–0	3–1	3–1	0–1	0–5	2–0	1–2	2–10	3–2	1–2		1–0	0–3	4–2	1–0	2–0
Raith Rovers	5–1	2–3	5–0	2–0	0–3	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	4–2	0–2	1–1	1–2		1–2	6–1	0–1	2–3
Rangers	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–3	3–1	6–0	0–0	4–1	0–2	1–1	5–0	0–2	1–1	2–3		1–3	3–0	1–2
St Mirren	3–0	1–2	8–1	4–3	0–3	2–2	2–3	0–2	4–4	2–3	0–3	5–1	2–4	3–2	1–1		0–7	1–3
Stirling Albion	0–2	1–2	5–0	3–4	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–4	2–2	2–3	0–1	0–3	2–1	4–2	2–3	3–2		0–3
Third Lanark	2–1	4–2	7–1	5–0	4–2	2–3	2–2	2–0	1–4	5–3	3–4	1–4	1–2	1–3	0–2	2–2	3–3

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

v t e 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 / A	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 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Winners	List of champions Winning managers

v t e 1959–60 in European football (UEFA)
« 1958–59 1960–61 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '59 '60 Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '59 '60 England Faroe Islands '59 '60 Finland '59 '60 France East Germany '59 '60 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '59 '60 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '59 '60 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '59 '60 Spain Sweden '59 '60 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '60 Austria Bulgaria Cyprus Denmark England Faroe Islands '59 '60 Finland '59 '60 France East Germany '59 '60 West Germany Greece Iceland '60 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '59 '60 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Mitropa Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final)
International competitions	European Nations' Cup qualification European Under-18 Championship

v t e 1959–60 in Scottish football
« 1958–59 1960–61 »
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 Arbroath Ayr United Celtic Clyde Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stirling Albion Third Lanark
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United East Fife East Stirlingshire Falkirk Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stranraer

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