1959–60 Scottish Division One

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.

Scottish Division One
Season1959–60
ChampionsHeart of Midlothian
RelegatedStirling Albion
Arbroath

League table

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

Results

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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: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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