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 Relegated: East Fife, Queen's Park
Scottish League Division Two
Promoted: Stirling Albion, Dunfermline Athletic
Cup honours
CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upScottish Cup 1957–58Clyde1 – 0HibernianLeague Cup 1957–58Celtic7 – 1RangersJunior CupShotts Bon Accord2 – 0Pumpherston
Other honours
National
CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upScottish Qualifying Cup – NorthBuckie Thistle4 – 3 *FraserburghScottish Qualifying Cup – SouthEyemouth United10 – 3 *Babcock & Wilcox
County
CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upAberdeenshire CupKeithAyrshire CupAyr United2 – 1 *KilmarnockEast of Scotland ShieldHearts3 – 0HibernianFife CupDunfermline Athletic6 – 3 * Raith RoversForfarshire CupArbroath3 – 2 Forfar AthleticGlasgow CupRangers4 – 2 Third LanarkLanarkshire CupMotherwell5 – 4AirdrieRenfrewshire CupMortonStirlingshire CupAlloa Athletic6 – 5 *Stenhousemuir – aggregate over two legs – 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.
DateVenueOpponentsCompetitionScotland scorer(s)5 OctoberWindsor Park, Belfast (A)1–1BHCGraham Leggat6 NovemberHampden Park, Glasgow (H)3–2WCQG9Archie Robertson, Jackie Mudie, Alex Scott13 NovemberHampden Park, Glasgow (H)1–1BHCBobby Collins19 AprilHampden Park, Glasgow (H)0–4BHC7 MayHampden Park, Glasgow (H)1–1FriendlyJackie Mudie1 JuneStadion Dziesieciolecia, Warsaw (A)2–1FriendlyBobby Collins (2)8 JuneArosvallen, Västerås (N)1–1WCG2Jimmy Murray11 JuneIdrottsparken, Norrköping (N)2–3WCG2Jackie Mudie, Bobby Collins15 JuneEyravallen, Örebro (N)1–2WCG2Sammy 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
External links Scottish Football Historical Archive