The 1957–58 season was the 85th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 61st season of the Scottish Football League.

Scottish League Division One

Champions: Hearts<br />

Relegated: East Fife, Queen's Park

Scottish League Division Two

Promoted: Stirling Albion, Dunfermline Athletic

Cup honours

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!width=140|Competition

!width=125|Winner

!width=65|Score

!width=125|Runner-up

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|Scottish Cup 1957–58

|align=center|Clyde

|align=center|1 – 0

|align=center|Hibernian

|-

|League Cup 1957–58

|align=center|Celtic

|align=center|7 – 1

|align=center|Rangers

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|Junior Cup

|align=center|Shotts Bon Accord

|align=center|2 – 0

|align=center|Pumpherston

|}

Other honours

National

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!width=160|Competition

!width=135|Winner

!width=80|Score

!width=135|Runner-up

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|align=left|Scottish Qualifying Cup – North

|Buckie Thistle

|4 – 3 *

|Fraserburgh

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|align=left|Scottish Qualifying Cup – South

|Eyemouth United

|10 – 3 *

|Babcock & Wilcox

|}

County

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!width=160|Competition

!width=135|Winner

!width=80|Score

!width=135|Runner-up

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|align=left|Aberdeenshire Cup

|Keith

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|

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|align=left|Ayrshire Cup

|Ayr United

|2 – 1 *

|Kilmarnock

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|align=left|East of Scotland Shield

|Hearts

|3 – 0

|Hibernian

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|align=left|Fife Cup

|Dunfermline Athletic

|6 – 3 *

|Raith Rovers

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|align=left|Forfarshire Cup

|Arbroath

|3 – 2

|Forfar Athletic

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|align=left|Glasgow Cup

|Rangers

|4 – 2

|Third Lanark

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|align=left|Lanarkshire Cup

|Motherwell

|5 – 4

|Airdrie

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|align=left|Renfrewshire Cup

|Morton

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|

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|align=left|Stirlingshire Cup

|Alloa Athletic

|6 – 5 *

|Stenhousemuir

|}

– aggregate over two legs<br /> – replay

Highland League

Scotland national team

Scotland qualified for the 1958 FIFA World Cup by finishing top of their qualifying group, ahead of Spain and Switzerland. The team went out of the finals at the first round, after one draw and two defeats.

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!Date

!Venue

!Opponents

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!Competition

!Scotland scorer(s)

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|5 October

|Windsor Park, Belfast (A)

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|align=center|1–1

|BHC

|Graham Leggat

|-bgcolor=#ddffdd

|6 November

|Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)

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|align=center|3–2

|WCQG9

|Archie Robertson, Jackie Mudie, Alex Scott

|-bgcolor=#ffffdd

|13 November

|Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)

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|align=center|1–1

|BHC

|Bobby Collins

|-bgcolor=#ffdddd

|19 April

|Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)

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|align=center|0–4

|BHC

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|-bgcolor=#ffffdd

|7 May

|Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)

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|align=center|1–1

|Friendly

|Jackie Mudie

|-bgcolor=#ddffdd

|1 June

|Stadion Dziesieciolecia, Warsaw (A)

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|align=center|2–1

|Friendly

|Bobby Collins (2)

|-bgcolor=#ffffdd

|8 June

|Arosvallen, Västerås (N)

|

|align=center|1–1

|WCG2

|Jimmy Murray

|-bgcolor=#ffdddd

|11 June

|Idrottsparken, Norrköping (N)

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|align=center|2–3

|WCG2

|Jackie Mudie, Bobby Collins

|-bgcolor=#ffdddd

|15 June

|Eyravallen, Örebro (N)

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|align=center|1–2

|WCG2

|Sammy Baird

|-

|}

Key:

  • (H) = Home match
  • (A) = Away match
  • (N) = Match played on Neutral ground
  • WCQG9 = World Cup qualifying – Group 9
  • WCG2 = World Cup – Group 2
  • BHC = British Home Championship

Notes and references

  • Scottish Football Historical Archive