1952–53 Scottish First Division - Mashpedia All-in-One Encyclopedia

Scottish First Division
Season	1952–53
Champions	Rangers
Relegated	Motherwell Third Lanark
← 51-52 53-54 →

The Scottish First Division season 1952-53 was won by Rangers on goal difference over nearest rival Hibernian. Motherwell and Third Lanark finished 15th and 16th respectively and were relegated to the 1953–54 Scottish Second Division.

Rangers won the title with a 1–1 draw on the last day of the season, 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 3rd title in a row.

League table [edit]

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

References [edit]

Scottish Football Archive

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