1952–53 in Scottish football




























1952–53 in Scottish football

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Division A champions

Rangers

Division B champions

Stirling Albion

Division C (North & East) champions

Aberdeen 'A'

Division C (South & West) champions

Rangers 'A'

Scottish Cup winners

Rangers

League Cup winners

Dundee

Division C League Cup winners

Aberdeen 'A' or Rangers 'A'

Junior Cup winners

Vale of Leven

Scotland national team

1953 BHC

The 1952–53 season was the 80th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 56th season of the Scottish Football League.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Scottish League Division A


  • 2 Scottish League Division B


  • 3 Cup honours


  • 4 Other Honours


    • 4.1 National


    • 4.2 County


    • 4.3 Highland League




  • 5 Scotland national team


  • 6 External links


  • 7 Notes and references





Scottish League Division A


Main article: 1952–53 Scottish First Division

Rangers won the title with a 1–1 draw in their last match, away to Queen of the South. Rangers equalised with 17 minutes to go and thereby won the league on goal average from Hibernian, thus preventing Hibs from winning their third title in a row.















































































































































































































P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1
Rangers
 30
 18
 7
 5
 80
 39
 41
43
2
Hibernian
 30
 19
 5
 6
 93
 51
 42
43
3
East Fife
 30
 16
 7
 7
 72
 48
 24
39
4
Heart of Midlothian
 30
 12
 6
 12
 59
 50
 9
30
5
Clyde
 30
 13
 4
 13
 78
 78
 0
30
6
St Mirren
 30
 11
 8
 11
 52
 58
 −6
30
7
Dundee
 30
 9
 11
 10
 44
 37
 7
29
8
Celtic
 30
 11
 7
 12
 51
 54
 −3
29
9
Partick Thistle
 30
 10
 9
 11
 55
 63
 −8
29
10
Queen of the South
 30
 10
 8
 12
 43
 61
 −18
28
11
Aberdeen
 30
 11
 5
 14
 64
 68
 −4
27
12
Raith Rovers
 30
 9
 8
 13
 47
 53
 −6
26
13
Falkirk
 30
 11
 4
 15
 53
 63
 −10
26
14
Airdrieonians
 30
 10
 6
 14
 53
 75
 −22
26
15
Motherwell
 30
 10
 5
 15
 57
 80
 −23
25
16
Third Lanark
 30
 8
 4
 18
 52
 75
 −23
20

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Motherwell, Third Lanark



Scottish League Division B


Main article: 1952–53 Scottish Second Division














































































































































































































P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1
Stirling Albion
 30
 20
 4
 6
 64
 43
 21
44
2
Hamilton Academical
 30
 20
 3
 7
 72
 40
 32
43
3
Queen's Park
 30
 15
 7
 8
 70
 46
 24
37
4
Kilmarnock
 30
 17
 2
 11
 74
 48
 26
36
5
Ayr United
 30
 17
 2
 11
 76
 56
 20
36
6
Morton
 30
 15
 3
 12
 79
 57
 22
33
7
Arbroath
 30
 13
 7
 10
 52
 57
 −5
33
8
Dundee United
 30
 12
 5
 13
 52
 56
 −4
29
9
Alloa Athletic
 30
 12
 5
 13
 63
 68
 −5
29
10
Dumbarton
 30
 11
 6
 13
 58
 67
 −9
28
11
Dunfermline Athletic
 30
 9
 9
 12
 51
 58
 −7
27
12
Stenhousemuir
 30
 10
 6
 14
 56
 65
 −9
26
13
Cowdenbeath
 30
 8
 7
 15
 37
 54
 −17
23
14
St Johnstone
 30
 8
 6
 16
 41
 63
 −22
22
15
Forfar Athletic
 30
 8
 4
 18
 54
 88
 −34
20
16
Albion Rovers
 30
 5
 4
 21
 44
 77
 −33
14

Promoted: Stirling Albion, Hamilton Academical



Cup honours



























Competition
 Winner
 Score
 Runner-up

Scottish Cup 1952–53
Rangers
 1 – 0 (rep.)
Aberdeen

League Cup
Dundee
 2–0
Kilmarnock

Junior Cup
Vale of Leven
 1–0
Annbank United


Other Honours



National





















Competition
 Winner
 Score
 Runner-up

Scottish Qualifying Cup - North
Buckie Thistle
 4 – 2 *
Inverness Thistle

Scottish Qualifying Cup - South
Peebles Rovers
 6 – 5 *
Tarff Rovers


County































































Competition
 Winner
 Score
 Runner-up

Aberdeenshire Cup
Buckie Thistle


Ayrshire Cup
Kilmarnock
 5 – 0 *
Ayr United

East of Scotland Shield
Hibernian
 4 – 2
Hearts

Fife Cup
East Fife
 1 – 1 double-dagger
Raith Rovers

Forfarshire Cup
Brechin City
 2 – 1
Dundee United

Glasgow Cup
Partick Thistle
 3 – 1
Rangers

Lanarkshire Cup
Motherwell
 3 – 0
Albion Rovers

Renfrewshire Cup
Morton
 2 – 0
Babcock & Wilcox

Stirlingshire Cup
Dumbarton
 3 – 1
East Stirling


  • * - aggregate over two legs


  • double-dagger - trophy shared



Highland League


Top Three



















































P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1
Elgin City
 28
 23
 1
 4
 84
 37
 47
47
2
Buckie Thistle
 28
 18
 5
 5
 88
 36
 52
41
3
Inverness Caledonian
 28
 19
 3
 6
 86
 44
 42
41


Scotland national team


Main article: Scotland national football team 1940–59 results










































Date
 Venue
 Opponents
Score[2]
 Competition
 Scotland scorer(s)
18 November 1952
Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)
 Wales
 2–1
BHC
Billy Liddell, Allan Brown
5 November 1952
Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)
 Northern Ireland
 1–1
BHC
Lawrie Reilly
18 April 1953
Wembley Stadium, London (A)
 England
 2–2
BHC
Lawrie Reilly (2)
6 May 1953
Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)
 Sweden
 1–2
Friendly
Bobby Johnstone

Scotland and England shared victory in the 1953 British Home Championship.


Key:



  • (H) = Home match

  • (A) = Away match

  • BHC = British Home Championship



External links


  • Scottish Football Historical Archive


Notes and references





  1. ^ http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1950-1959/195253/[permanent dead link]


  2. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.











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