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1958–59 in Scottish football

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header1	Division One champions
data2	Rangers
header3	Division Two champions
data4	Ayr United
header5	Scottish Cup winners
data6	St Mirren
header7	League Cup winners
data8	Heart of Midlothian
header9	Junior Cup winners
data10	Irvine Meadow
header11	Teams in Europe
data12	Heart of Midlothian
header13	Scotland national team
data14	[1959 BHC](1959-british-home-championship)

The 1958–59 season was the 86th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 62nd season of the Scottish Football League.

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1958–59 Scottish Division One

The last day of the season saw Rangers holding a two-point lead over Hearts, with the clubs having an identical goal average. Rangers lost 1–2 at home to Aberdeen, only for Hearts also to lose, 2–1 away to Celtic. Had Hearts won by any score they would have won the title. Champions: Rangers

Relegated: Falkirk, Queen of the South

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1958–59 Scottish Division Two

Promoted: Ayr United, Arbroath

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
[Scottish Cup 1958–59](1958-59-scottish-cup)	St Mirren	3 – 1	Aberdeen
[League Cup 1958–59](1958-59-scottish-league-cup)	Heart of Midlothian	5 – 1	Partick Thistle
Junior Cup	Irvine Meadow XI	2 – 1	Shettleston

Other honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup – North	Elgin City	6 – 4 *	Rothes
Scottish Qualifying Cup – South	Eyemouth United	6 – 1 *	Peebles Rovers

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Peterhead
Ayrshire Cup	Ayr United	4 – 4 *	Kilmarnock
East of Scotland Shield	Hibernian	2 – 0	Hearts
Fife Cup	Dunfermline Athletic	7 – 6 *	East Fife
Forfarshire Cup	Brechin City	6 – 0	Dundee United
Glasgow Cup	Clyde	1 – 0	Rangers
Lanarkshire Cup	Motherwell	4 – 2	Airdrie
Renfrewshire Cup	St Mirren	7 – 5 *	Morton
Stirlingshire Cup	Stirling Albion	4 – 0	Stenhousemuir

– aggregate over two legs – replay – trophy shared

[[Highland Football League|Highland League]]

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1940–59 results

Date	Venue	Score	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
18 November 1958	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	3–0	[BHC](1959-british-home-championship)	Graham Leggat, Denis Law, Bobby Collins
5 November 1958	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	2–2	[BHC](1959-british-home-championship)	David Herd, Bobby Collins
11 April 1959	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	0–1	[BHC](1959-british-home-championship)
6 May 1959	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	3–2	Friendly	John White, Andy Weir, Graham Leggat
27 May 1959	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam (A)	2–1	Friendly	Bobby Collins, Graham Leggat
3 June 1959	Estadio da Luz, Lisbon (A)	0–1	Friendly

Key:

(H) = Home match
(A) = Away match
BHC = British Home Championship

References

"1958/59 - the Scottish Football League".
won on play-off
Scotland's score is shown first.

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