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



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
















































































































































































































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












































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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