1951–52 Scottish Division A

46th season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Division A 1951–52 Hibernian Greenock MortonStirling Albion 1950–51 1952–53 The 1951–52 Scottish Division A was won by Hibernian by four points over nearest rival Rangers. Greenock Morton and Stirling Albion finished 15th and 16th respectively and were relegated to the 1952–53 Scottish Division B. This was the first time in the history of the Scottish top tier that a team other than Celtic or Rangers managed to successfully defend their league trophy and won two leagues in a row, a feature only repeated since by Aberdeen in 1984 and 1985. It was also the fourth and, as of 2025, last time that Hibernian won the league. League table main WDL 5 QR 2 HIB Hibernian RAN Rangers EFI East Fife HOM Heart of Midlothian RAI Raith Rovers PAR Partick Thistle MOT Motherwell DND Dundee CEL Celtic QOS Queen of the South ABD Aberdeen THI Third Lanark AIR Airdrieonians STM St Mirren GMO Morton STI Stirling Albion 20 5 5 92 36 16 9 5 61 31 17 3 10 71 49 14 7 9 69 53 14 5 11 43 42 12 7 11 48 51 12 7 11 51 57 11 6 13 53 52 10 8 12 52 55 10 8 12 50 60 10 7 13 65 58 9 8 13 51 62 11 4 15 54 69 10 5 15 43 58 9 6 15 49 56 5 5 20 36 99 green1 C red1 R R complete RSSSFJanuary 2025 medicmedic Results main FBR grey ABE AIR CEL DND EFI HOM HIB MOR MOT PAR QOS RAI RAN STM STI THI Aberdeen 1–4 3–4 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 3–1 2–2 4–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 6–0 2–3 Airdrieonians 3–0 2–1 4–3 3–1 2–0 0–2 3–5 1–2 2–2 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–2 2–4 Celtic 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 6–1 0–1 1–4 2–1 3–1 2–2 Dundee 3–2 0–1 2–1 3–4 3–3 1–4 2–2 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 4–1 6–0 East Fife 2–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 2–4 3–1 4–1 6–1 1–1 5–0 0–1 2–1 3–3 4–0 3–2 Heart of Midlothian 2–2 6–1 2–1 4–2 3–1 1–1 4–1 2–2 1–2 4–3 4–2 2–2 2–1 5–2 2–2 Hibernian 4–4 4–0 3–1 3–1 4–2 2–3 1–0 3–1 5–0 5–0 5–0 1–1 5–0 8–0 5–2 Morton 3–2 2–3 0–1 3–0 0–2 3–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–4 0–1 3–0 7–1 3–1 Motherwell 3–3 4–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–5 3–1 1–2 1–1 4–0 1–3 2–1 2–0 5–2 1–1 Partick Thistle 1–4 5–2 2–4 1–3 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 4–2 Queen of the South 1–2 4–2 4–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 5–2 4–1 4–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 Raith Rovers 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–3 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 Rangers 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 4–1 3–2 1–0 5–1 3–0 1–1 St Mirren 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–4 1–1 3–0 1–2 3–1 3–0 0–5 4–1 3–0 Stirling Albion 0–4 3–6 2–1 2–2 3–2 0–4 1–4 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–5 0–3 3–3 Third Lanark 2–0 4–0 3–3 0–2 1–3 4–0 0–5 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 4–2 1–3 complete References 2 https://archive.today/20130421061320/http://scottishfootballarchive.co.uk/league-tables/1951-52-division-one Scottish Football Archive Category:1951–52 Scottish Football League Category:Scottish Division One seasons Scot