1952–53 Scottish Division A

47th season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Division A 1952–53 Rangers MotherwellThird Lanark 1951–52 1953–54 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 main WDL 5 QR y 2 RAN Rangers HIB Hibernian EFI East Fife HOM Heart of Midlothian CLY Clyde STM St Mirren DND Dundee CEL Celtic PAR Partick Thistle QOS Queen of the South ABD Aberdeen RAI Raith Rovers FAL Falkirk AIR Airdrieonians MOT Motherwell THI Third Lanark 18 7 5 80 39 19 5 6 93 51 16 7 7 72 48 12 6 12 59 50 13 4 13 78 78 11 8 11 52 58 9 11 10 44 37 11 7 12 51 54 10 9 11 55 63 10 8 12 43 61 11 5 14 64 68 9 8 13 47 53 11 4 15 53 63 10 6 14 53 75 10 5 15 57 80 8 4 18 52 75 green1 C red1 R R complete RSSSFJanuary 2025 medicmedic Results main FBR grey 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 complete References 2 https://archive.today/20130421074645/http://scottishfootballarchive.co.uk/league-tables/1952-53-division-one Scottish Football Archive Category:1952–53 Scottish Football League Category:Scottish Division One seasons Scot