| Season | 1958–59 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Rangers |
| Relegated | Falkirk Queen of the South |
1959–60 → | |
The1958–59 Scottish Division One was won byRangers by two points over nearest rivalHearts.Falkirk andQueen of the South finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the1959–60 Scottish Division Two.
The last day of the season saw Rangers holding a 2-point lead over Hearts, with the clubs having an identical goal average. Rangers lost 1–2 at home to Aberdeen. Hearts could have won the league ongoal average with a win away toCeltic, but instead lost 2–1.[1]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rangers | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 92 | 51 | 1.804 | 50 |
| 2 | Heart of Midlothian | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 92 | 51 | 1.804 | 48 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 83 | 50 | 1.660 | 44 |
| 4 | Dundee | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 51 | 1.196 | 41 |
| 5 | Airdrieonians | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 64 | 62 | 1.032 | 37 |
| 6 | Celtic | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 70 | 53 | 1.321 | 36 |
| 7 | St Mirren | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 71 | 74 | 0.959 | 35 |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 58 | 51 | 1.137 | 34 |
| 9 | Partick Thistle | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 59 | 66 | 0.894 | 34 |
| 10 | Hibernian | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 68 | 70 | 0.971 | 32 |
| 11 | Third Lanark | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 74 | 83 | 0.892 | 32 |
| 12 | Stirling Albion | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 54 | 64 | 0.844 | 30 |
| 13 | Aberdeen | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 63 | 66 | 0.955 | 29 |
| 14 | Raith Rovers | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 60 | 70 | 0.857 | 29 |
| 15 | Clyde | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 62 | 66 | 0.939 | 28 |
| 16 | Dunfermline Athletic | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 68 | 87 | 0.782 | 28 |
| 17 | Falkirk | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 58 | 79 | 0.734 | 27 |
| 18 | Queen of the South | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 38 | 101 | 0.376 | 18 |
| Home \ Away | ABE | AIR | CEL | CLY | DND | DNF | FAL | HOM | HIB | KIL | MOT | PAR | QOS | RAI | RAN | STM | STI | THI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | |
| Airdrieonians | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 5–4 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Celtic | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 7–3 | 3–1 | |
| Clyde | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | |
| Dundee | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–6 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 10–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 1–7 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 | |
| Falkirk | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 5–5 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| Heart of Midlothian | 5–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 6–2 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 8–3 | |
| Hibernian | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–4 | |
| Kilmarnock | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | |
| Motherwell | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 8–1 | |
| Partick Thistle | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | |
| Queen of the South | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–6 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–5 | |
| Raith Rovers | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | |
| Rangers | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | |
| St Mirren | 1–5 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 4–1 | |
| Stirling Albion | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | |
| Third Lanark | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 7–1 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 7–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 |