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.

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	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
• - 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	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