1952–53 Scottish Division A

Scottish Division A
Season1952–53
ChampionsRangers
RelegatedMotherwell
Third Lanark

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

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, preventing the Edinburgh club from winning a third successive title.

League table

Pos Team 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
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Results

Home \ Away ABE AIR CEL CLY DND EFI FAL HOM HIB MOT PAR QOS RAI RAN STM THI
Aberdeen 1–2 2–2 3–2 2–2 6–3 7–2 3–0 1–1 5–1 4–2 4–0 0–2 2–2 1–2 4–3
Airdrieonians 4–7 0–0 4–4 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 3–7 1–2 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–2 3–1 4–2
Celtic 1–3 0–1 2–4 5–0 1–1 5–3 1–1 1–3 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–2 5–4
Clyde 3–0 6–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–4 3–2 2–3 3–2 2–2 5–0 3–2 4–6 3–1 5–2
Dundee 3–1 0–2 4–0 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 6–0 0–0 2–3 1–1 0–0 3–0
East Fife 4–1 3–1 4–1 7–1 3–2 3–1 3–1 3–5 2–2 2–3 0–0 2–0 3–2 7–0 3–1
Falkirk 4–1 2–2 2–3 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–4 1–3 2–1 0–4 2–0 3–2 1–2 1–2 5–1
Heart of Midlothian 3–1 4–0 1–0 7–0 1–1 4–2 0–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 2–2 1–2 3–3
Hibernian 3–0 3–1 1–1 5–1 3–0 2–1 4–2 3–1 7–2 1–1 1–3 4–1 1–1 0–2 7–1
Motherwell 4–1 4–1 4–2 3–6 2–1 3–3 2–1 1–3 3–7 1–2 3–2 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–5
Partick Thistle 1–1 3–2 3–0 1–5 0–3 1–3 0–3 2–2 5–4 4–2 2–2 4–1 1–2 5–3 0–0
Queen of the South 4–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 4–2 2–7 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 4–3 3–1
Raith Rovers 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 4–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 3–4
Rangers 4–0 8–2 1–0 1–2 3–1 4–0 4–0 3–0 1–2 4–1 2–2 3–1 3–2 4–0 4–1
St Mirren 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 2–5 1–1 6–0 3–2 2–3 1–0
Third Lanark 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–3 0–0 0–3 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–2 3–1 5–0 2–1 0–2 4–3
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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