1960–61 Scottish Division One

55th season of top-tier football league in Scotland Football league season

Scottish Division One
Season	1960–61
Champions	Rangers
Relegated	Clyde Ayr United
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

The 1960–61 Scottish Division One was won by Rangers, who finished one point ahead of nearest rival Kilmarnock. Clyde and Ayr United finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1961-62 Second Division.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C)	34	23	5	6	88	46	1.913	51	Qualified for the European Cup
2	Kilmarnock	34	21	8	5	77	45	1.711	50
3	Third Lanark	34	20	2	12	100	80	1.250	42
4	Celtic	34	15	9	10	64	46	1.391	39
5	Motherwell	34	15	8	11	70	57	1.228	38
6	Aberdeen	34	14	8	12	72	72	1.000	36
7	Hearts	34	13	8	13	51	53	0.962	34	Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
8	Hibernian	34	15	4	15	66	69	0.957	34	Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
9	Dundee United	34	13	7	14	60	58	1.034	33
10	Dundee	34	13	6	15	61	53	1.151	32
11	Partick Thistle	34	13	6	15	59	69	0.855	32
12	Dunfermline Athletic	34	12	7	15	65	81	0.802	31	Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
13	Airdrieonians	34	10	10	14	61	71	0.859	30
14	St Mirren	34	11	7	16	53	58	0.914	29
15	St Johnstone	34	10	9	15	47	63	0.746	29
16	Raith Rovers	34	10	7	17	46	67	0.687	27
17	Clyde (R)	34	6	11	17	55	77	0.714	23	Relegated to the Second Division
18	Ayr United (R)	34	5	12	17	51	81	0.630	22	Relegated to the Second Division

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

Results

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

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 1960–61 in European football (UEFA)
« 1959–60 1961–62 »
Domestic leagues	Albania '60 '61 Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '60 '61 England Faroe Islands '60 '61 Finland '60 '61 France East Germany '60 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '60 '61 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '60 '61 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '60 '61 Spain Sweden '60 '61 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '60 '61 Austria Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '60 '61 Finland '60 '61 France East Germany '60 West Germany Greece Iceland '60 '61 Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '60 '61 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '61 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Cup Winners' Cup (Final) Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Balkans Cup Mitropa Cup

v t e 1960–61 in Scottish football
« 1959–60 1961–62 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup (Final) Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Related to national team	Results 1962 World Cup qualifying (Group 8) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Ayr United Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Raith Rovers St. Johnstone St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Falkirk Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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