1958–59 in Scottish football

The 1958–59 season was the 86th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 62nd season of the Scottish Football League. ^[1]

Quick facts Division One champions, Division Two champions ...

Pos	Team v t e	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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ayr United	36	28	4	4	115	48	+67	60	Promotion to the 1959–60 First Division
2	Arbroath	36	23	5	8	86	59	+27	51	Promotion to the 1959–60 First Division
3	Stenhousemuir	36	20	6	10	87	68	+19	46
4	Dumbarton	36	19	7	10	94	61	+33	45
5	Brechin City	36	16	10	10	79	65	+14	42
6	St Johnstone	36	15	10	11	54	44	+10	40
7	Hamilton Academical	36	15	8	13	76	62	+14	38
8	East Fife	36	15	8	13	83	81	+2	38
9	Berwick Rangers	36	16	6	14	63	66	−3	38
10	Albion Rovers	36	14	7	15	84	79	+5	35
11	Morton	36	13	8	15	68	85	−17	34
12	Forfar Athletic	36	12	9	15	73	87	−14	33
13	Alloa Athletic	36	12	7	17	76	81	−5	31
14	Cowdenbeath	36	13	5	18	67	79	−12	31
15	East Stirlingshire	36	10	8	18	50	79	−29	28
16	Stranraer	36	8	11	17	63	76	−13	27
17	Dundee United	36	9	7	20	62	86	−24	25
18	Queen's Park	36	9	6	21	53	80	−27	24
19	Montrose	36	6	6	24	49	96	−47	18

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1958–59	St Mirren	3 – 1	Aberdeen
League Cup 1958–59	Heart of Midlothian	5 – 1	Partick Thistle
Junior Cup	Irvine Meadow XI	2 – 1	Shettleston

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup – North	Elgin City	6 – 4 *	Rothes
Scottish Qualifying Cup – South	Eyemouth United	6 – 1 *	Peebles Rovers

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Peterhead
Ayrshire Cup	Ayr United	4 – 4 * ‡	Kilmarnock
East of Scotland Shield	Hibernian	2 – 0	Hearts
Fife Cup	Dunfermline Athletic	7 – 6 *	East Fife
Forfarshire Cup	Brechin City	6 – 0	Dundee United
Glasgow Cup	Clyde	1 – 0 †	Rangers
Lanarkshire Cup	Motherwell	4 – 2	Airdrie
Renfrewshire Cup	St Mirren	7 – 5 *	Morton
Stirlingshire Cup	Stirling Albion	4 – 0	Stenhousemuir

Scottish League Division One

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[3]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
18 November 1958	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	3–0	BHC	Graham Leggat, Denis Law, Bobby Collins
5 November 1958	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	2–2	BHC	David Herd, Bobby Collins
11 April 1959	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	0–1	BHC
6 May 1959	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	West Germany	3–2	Friendly	John White, Andy Weir, Graham Leggat
27 May 1959	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam (A)	Netherlands	2–1	Friendly	Bobby Collins, Graham Leggat
3 June 1959	Estadio da Luz, Lisbon (A)	Portugal	0–1	Friendly