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1959–60 in Scottish football

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header1	Division One champions
data2	Heart of Midlothian
header3	Division Two champions
data4	St Johnstone
header5	Scottish Cup winners
data6	Rangers
header7	League Cup winners
data8	Heart of Midlothian
header9	Junior Cup winners
data10	St Andrews United
header11	Teams in Europe
data12	Rangers
header13	Scotland national team
data14	[1960 BHC](1960-british-home-championship)

The 1959–60 season was the 87th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 63rd season of the Scottish Football League.

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1959–60 Scottish Division One

Champions: Hearts

Relegated: Stirling Albion, Arbroath

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1959–60 Scottish Division Two

Promoted: St Johnstone, Dundee United

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
[Scottish Cup 1959–60](1959-60-scottish-cup)	Rangers	2 – 0	Kilmarnock
[League Cup 1959–60](1959-60-scottish-league-cup)	Heart of Midlothian	2 – 1	Third Lanark
Junior Cup	St Andrews United	3 – 1	Greenock Juniors

Other honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup – North	Keith	7 – 5 *	Buckie Thistle
Scottish Qualifying Cup – South	Duns	9 – 6 *	Peebles Rovers

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Keith
Ayrshire Cup	Kilmarnock	3 – 2 *	Ayr United
East of Scotland Shield	Hibernian	3 – 2	Hearts
Fife Cup	Dunfermline Athletic	2 – 2 *	Raith Rovers
Forfarshire Cup	Dundee	3 – 2	Forfar Athletic
Glasgow Cup	Rangers	2 – 1	Partick Thistle
Lanarkshire Cup	Motherwell	3 – 1	Hamilton
Renfrewshire Cup	St Mirren	5 – 0 *	Morton
Stirlingshire Cup	Alloa Athletic	2 – 2	Falkirk

– aggregate over two legs – replay (won on corners) – trophy shared

[[Highland Football League|Highland League]]

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1940–59 results, Scotland national football team 1960–79 results

Date	Venue	Score	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
3 October 1959	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	4–0	[BHC](1960-british-home-championship)	Graham Leggat, John Hewie (pen.), John White, George Mulhall
4 November 1959	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	1–1	[BHC](1960-british-home-championship)	Graham Leggat
9 April 1960	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	1–1	[BHC](1960-british-home-championship)	Graham Leggat
4 May 1960	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	2–3	Friendly	Denis Law, Ian St. John
29 May 1960	Prater Stadium, Vienna (A)	1–4	Friendly	Dave Mackay
5 June 1960	Népstadion, Budapest (A)	3–3	Friendly	William Hunter, George Herd, Alex Young
8 June 1960	19 Mayis Stadium, Ankara (A)	2–4	Friendly	Eric Caldow (pen.), Alex Young

1960 British Home Championship – Joint winners with and

Key:

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

References

"1959/60 - the Scottish Football League".
Scotland's score is shown first.

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