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1 Scottish League Division A  




2 Scottish League Division B  




3 Scottish League Division C  




4 Cup honours  




5 Other Honours  


5.1  National  




5.2  County  




5.3  Highland League  






6 Scotland national team  




7 Notes and references  




8 External links  













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1952–53 in Scottish football
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]

Scottish League Division A[edit]

Main article: 1952–53 Scottish 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.

Pos Team
  • t
  • e
    		•  Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
    1 Rangers 30 18 7 5 80 39 2.051 43
    2 Hibernian 30 19 5 6 93 51 1.824 43
    3 East Fife 30 16 7 7 72 48 1.500 39
    4 Heart of Midlothian 30 12 6 12 59 50 1.180 30
    5 Clyde 30 13 4 13 78 78 1.000 30
    6 St Mirren 30 11 8 11 52 58 0.897 30
    7 Dundee 30 9 11 10 44 37 1.189 29
    8 Celtic 30 11 7 12 51 54 0.944 29
    9 Partick Thistle 30 10 9 11 55 63 0.873 29
    10 Queen of the South 30 10 8 12 43 61 0.705 28
    11 Aberdeen 30 11 5 14 64 68 0.941 27
    12 Raith Rovers 30 9 8 13 47 53 0.887 26
    13 Falkirk 30 11 4 15 53 63 0.841 26
    14 Airdrieonians 30 10 6 14 53 75 0.707 26
    15 Motherwell 30 10 5 15 57 80 0.713 25
    16 Third Lanark 30 8 4 18 52 75 0.693 20
    Source: RSSSF[dead link]

    Champions: Rangers
    Relegated: Motherwell, Third Lanark

    Scottish League Division B[edit]

    Main article: 1952–53 Scottish Division B
    Pos Team
  • t
  • e
    		•  Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
    1 Stirling Albion 30 20 4 6 64 43 +21 44 Promotion to the 1953–54 Division A
    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
    Source: "1952-1953 Division B - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

    Promoted: Stirling Albion, Hamilton Academical

    Scottish League Division C[edit]

    Section[2][3] Winner Runner-up
    South-West Rangers 'A' Partick Thistle 'A'
    North-East Aberdeen 'A' Hibernian 'A'

    Cup honours[edit]

    Competition Winner Score Runner-up
    Scottish Cup Rangers 1 – 0 (rep.) Aberdeen
    League Cup Dundee 2–0 Kilmarnock
    Junior Cup Vale of Leven 1–0 Annbank United

    Other Honours[edit]

    National[edit]

    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
    Coronation Cup Celtic 2 – 0 Hibernian

    County[edit]

    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

    Highland League[edit]

    Top Three
    Pos 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
    Source: [citation needed]

    Scotland national team[edit]

    Main article: Scotland national football team 1940–59 results
    Date Venue Opponents Score[4] 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:

    Notes and references[edit]

    1. ^ "1952/53 - the Scottish Football League". Archived from the original on 5 January 2013.
  • ^ Scottish Football League C Division, dates results & final tables 1952-53, Scottish Football Historical Archive
  • ^ Scotland - Final Tables Third Level 1924-2004, RSSSF
  • ^ Scotland's score is shown first.

    • External links[edit]


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