Scottish Football League

C Division & League Cup, dates results & final tables 1952-53

 

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Scottish League ‘C’ Division – 1952-53

South and West

 

Airdrieonians ‘A’

Ayr

United ‘A’

Clyde ‘A’

East Stirlingshire

Kilmarnock ‘A’

Morton ‘A’

Motherwell ‘A’

Partick

Thistle ‘A’

Queen of the South ‘A’

Queen’s Park Strollers

Rangers ‘A’

St. Mirren ‘A’

Stranraer

Third

Lanark ‘A’

Airdrieonians ‘A’

 

X

Sep 13

1-0

Aug 9

3-2

Oct 11

5-1

Nov 1

8-0

Aug 27

4-0

Oct 25

1-0

Aug 30

1-0

Sep 27

4-3

Nov29

5-1

Dec20

1-1

Jan 24

3-1

Jan 10

1-2

Dec13

0-4

Ayr

United ‘A’

Nov15

3-5

X

Jan 3

5-1

Dec 6

5-0

Aug 30

4-0

Aug 9

6-2

Aug 27

4-1

Nov29

1-2

Nov 8

5-1

Oct 4

5-3

Jan 17

1-2

Sep 20

1-3

Dec27

1-3

Oct 18

4-0

Clyde ‘A’

 

Dec27

3-1

Aug 12

0-2

X

Mar28

3-0

Apr 11

6-1

Jan 17

3-1

Nov 8

3-1

 

Aug 16

2-0

Apr 28

5-4

Oct 18

1-3

Dec13

2-0

Aug 23

4-2

Sep 20

4-4

East

Stirlingshire

Sep 3

3-2

Nov 1

1-2

Aug 27

1-1

X

Aug 9

0-3

Dec27

3-1

Jan 17

1-0

Oct 18

1-2

 

Aug12

7-1

Jan 3

0-2

Feb 14

1-0

Sep 20

1-3

Nov22

1-3

Kilmarnock ‘A’

 

Aug 13

0-3

Apr 27

1-4

Oct 11

1-3

Dec20

5-1

X

Sep 13

4-0

Jan 31

0-1

Mar28

0-2

Aug 23

5-3

Sep 27

2-1

Aug 16

1-0

Nov 1

0-2

Nov22

5-2

Feb 7

1-4

Morton ‘A’

 

Oct 18

3-4

Dec13

1-1

Nov 1

2-3

Aug 13

3-2

Nov15

4-2

X

Sep 20

1-2

Jan 3

0-3

Feb 7

1-4

Aug 23

5-2

Apr 22

1-3

Aug 16

3-4

 

Sep 6

3-2

Motherwell ‘A’

 

Aug 16

1-0

Apr25

0-1

Nov22

3-1

Dec13

1-1

Dec27

5-0

Mar21

6-5

X

Dec27

1-1

Jan 3

2-1

Aug13

5-1

Aug 23

1-3

Oct 18

1-0

Apr 11

4-1

Nov 1

3-0

Partick

Thistle ‘A’

Nov 1

2-1

Dec20

7-4

Sep 13

1-3

Aug 23

1-1

Dec 6

1-0

Oct 11

1-1

Sep 27

1-1

X

Aug 13

4-0

Oct 25

2-0

 

Nov22

3-1

Aug 16

0-0

Jan 24

1-0

Queen of the

South ‘A’

Oct 4

1-2

Nov22

4-3

Sep 3

1-1

Dec13

7-1

Dec27

5-0

Mar21

2-3

Aug 9

4-2

Sep 20

0-1

X

Apr 11

1-2

Nov 1

3-1

Aug 27

3-1

Oct 18

2-0

Aug30

0-6

Queen’s Park

Strollers

Sep 20

2-2

Jan 24

1-2

Aug 30

0-1

Aug 20

2-1

Oct 18

1-0

Sep 2

1-3

Dec13

4-2

Aug 9

1-4

Jan 17

3-1

X

Nov22

0-3

Sep 6

3-6

Nov 1

1-2

Aug27

4-2

Rangers ‘A’

 

Apr 24

1-2

Sep 3

3-1

Nov15

7-0

Nov 8

7-1

Sep 20

5-1

Aug 30

5-1

Mar28

1-0

Aug 27

0-2

 

Dec27

1-0

X

Aug 9

0-4

Sep 6

2-0

Oct 4

5-0

St. Mirren ‘A’

 

Dec 6

1-1

Aug 23

4-2

Sep 27

0-1

Sep 13

3-2

Jan 10

4-5

Jan 31

0-1

Aug 30

0-1

Nov 8

0-1

 

Dec20

0-4

Oct 11

4-1

X

Aug 12

1-1

Oct 25

0-3

Stranraer

 

Jan 17

1-3

Oct 11

0-1

Dec 6

1-3

Aug 30

4-5

Aug 27

4-4

Dec20

4-4

Nov29

2-0

Nov15

1-1

Sep 13

7-2

Nov 8

0-1

Sep 27

1-4

Jan 3

4-1

X

Aug 9

5-1

Third

Lanark ‘A’

Aug 23

0-0

Aug 16

1-4

Dec20

1-4

Sep27

6-0

Apr 4

2-4

Nov 8

1-2

Sep 13

5-1

Jan 10

2-1

Dec 6

4-2

 

Aug 13

1-4

Nov15

3-5

Jan 31

4-2

X

 

Notes:

East Stirlingshire 7 Queen’s Park Strollers 3 on Aug 16 – is this correct?

             East Stirlingshire 7 Queen of the South ‘A’ 1 on Aug 12 – is this correct? 

 

 

 

P

W

L

D

F

A

Pts

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Rangers ‘A’

Partick Thistle ‘A’

Airdrieonians ‘A’

Clyde ‘A’

Ayr United ‘A’

Motherwell ‘A’

Stranraer

Third Lanark ‘A’

St. Mirren ‘A’

Queen of the South ‘A’

Morton ‘A’

Queen’s Park Strollers

Kilmarnock ‘A’

East Stirlingshire

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

19

15

16

15

15

12

9

10

9

9

8

9

9

7

6

4

6

6

10

10

12

14

15

16

15

16

16

16

1

7

4

5

1

4

5

2

2

1

3

1

1

3

70

48

63

61

72

45

55

60

45

55

53

47

45

38

28

26

36

48

47

40

58

62

54

65

75

68

75

75

39

37

36

35

31

28

23

22

20

19

19

19

19

17

 

 

North & East

 

Aberdeen ‘A’

Berwick

Rangers

Brechin

City

Celtic ‘A’

Dundee ‘A’

Dunfermline Athletic ‘A’

East

Fife ‘A’

Falkirk ‘A’

Heart of Midlothian ‘A’

Hibernian ‘A’

Leith

Athletic

Montrose

Raith

Rovers ‘A’

St. Johnstone ‘A’

Stirling

Albion ‘A’

Aberdeen ‘A’

 

X

Jan 3

1-1

Dec 27

0-0

Jan 17

5-3

Aug 27

3-2

Dec 6

4-1

Aug 16

6-0

Jan 24

2-1

Oct 4

2-5

Apr 18

1-3

Sep 20

4-1

Oct 18

6-4

Nov 8

5-1

Sep 6

4-2

Apr 29

1-0

Berwick

Rangers

Aug 23

1-2

X

Dec 6

1-0

Nov29

0-0

Sep 20

5-1

Jan 1

6-1

Jan 17

1-1

Nov15

4-2

Dec 20

2-2

Aug 13

2-2

Aug 27

4-2

Aug 30

5-1

Oct 25

0-1

Dec 27

5-1

Oct 4

9-1

Brechin

City

Nov15

1-5

Sep 13

0-0

X

Mar 28

2-2

Jan 17

0-0

Nov 1

1-3

Oct 18

2-0

Nov29

5-2

Mar 21

2-0

Aug 23

1-2

Apr 25

6-0

Jan 1

8-2

Aug 30

3-3

Aug 13

1-2

Apr 11

2-2

Celtic ‘A’

 

Sep 13

1-3

Sep 27

0-2

Nov22

1-0

X

Jan 31

2-4

Aug 30

2-1

Aug 23

1-2

Aug 26

1-2

Jan 10

2-3

Oct 25

3-1

Dec 6

2-0

Aug 9

2-1

Nov15

1-2

Feb 7

1-2

Nov 1

4-0

Dundee ‘A’

 

Oct 25

4-2

Apr 25

1-1

Sep 27

3-1

Oct 11

2-1

X

 

Nov 1

5-1

Aug 30

2-4

Sep 13

3-2

Nov15

1-2

Jan 10

3-0

Aug 13

5-1

Aug 23

3-0

Nov22

3-0

Dec 13

2-0

Dunfermline

Athletic ‘A’

Feb 21

1-3

Sep 6

2-4

Aug 16

3-2

Nov 8

1-2

Aug 9

1-4

X

Mar 21

0-2

Feb 14

0-4

Aug 20

3-2

Sep 20

1-4

Dec 27

5-3

Oct 4

7-3

Aug 27

2-2

Nov29

1-3

Jan 17

6-2

East

Fife ‘A’

Dec 13

1-2

Oct 11

1-4

Nov 8

1-0

Feb 21

2-0

Nov29

1-1

Aug 13

4-2

X

Sep 27

4-2

Oct 25

1-0

Sep 3

2-1

Aug 23

4-2

Apr 18

3-1

Jan 10

1-0

Aug 30

5-1

Sep 13

4-1

Falkirk ‘A’

 

Nov 1

3-0

Aug 16

0-4

Aug 9

1-1

Sep 6

2-0

Jan 3

1-1

Oct 18

3-2

Dec 27

2-1

X

Nov22

6-3

Jan 17

2-1

Apr 27

2-1

Dec 13

1-1

Feb 7

1-0

Aug 20

5-0

Aug 27

1-2

Heart of

Midlothian ‘A’

Aug 30

2-3

Oct 18

2-1

 

Apr 25

3-1

Dec 6

2-3

Nov15

5-3

Apr 22

3-0

Aug 13

5-0

X

 

 

 

Nov29

7-1

Jan 24

6-2

Aug 23

1-1

Oct 27

4-0

Hibernian ‘A’

 

 

Dec 13

1-1

Jan 10

6-1

Apr 22

3-2

Aug 20

1-1

Jan 31

8-1

Aug 9

3-0

Sep 13

3-0

Aug 15

0-1

X

Oct 11

4-1

Nov 1

11-3

Sep 27

1-0

Dec 20

8-0

Nov22

2-0

Leith

Athletic

Apr 11

0-1

Nov 8

0-0

Oct 4

1-1

Dec 13

1-3

Aug 16

3-0

Oct 25

2-1

Nov22

0-0

Dec 20

1-1

Aug 9

2-3

Feb 7

4-3

X

Sep 13

2-3

Jan 31

2-4

 

Oct 18

1-1

Montrose

 

Nov22

4-6

Apr 11

5-2

Aug 27

3-3

Jan 3

2-5

Dec 27

5-2

Jan 10

6-3

Sep 20

6-5

Nov 8

2-3

 

Sep 6

3-6

Apr 22

1-2

X

Oct 11

3-4

Oct 25

5-1

Nov15

1-0

Raith

Rovers ‘A’

Apr 22

1-1

Aug 9

1-1

Jan 3

0-1

Sep 20

1-2

Apr 28

4-1

Nov22

4-3

Oct 4

4-1

Dec 6

0-7

Nov 1

1-1

Dec 27

2-2

Sep 6

2-2

Jan 17

0-1

X

Oct 18

1-1

Aug 16

5-0

St. Johnstone ‘A’

 

 

Nov 1

1-3

Dec 13

1-3

Aug 16

5-2

Apr 22

1-0

Oct 11

4-2

Jan 24

1-4

Jan 31

1-3

Feb 21

0-1

Aug 27

1-0

Nov15

3-2

Sep 27

4-1

Apr 25

2-2

X

Aug 9

3-0

Stirling

Albion ‘A’

Aug 13

0-3

Jan 10

2-1

Oct 11

0-1

Aug 20

4-0

Nov 8

0-1

Jan 24

2-4

Jan 31

5-4

Oct 25

0-1

Sep 27

1-2

Nov29

2-1

Aug30

5-1

Aug 23

 

Dec 20

2-2

Dec 6

0-1

X

 

Notes:

            Check date of Dundee ‘A’ v East Fife ‘A’ – Nov 1?

            Check date of Dundee ‘A’ v Leith Athletic – Jan 10 ?

            Celtic ‘A’ 3  Falkirk ‘A’ 2 on Apr 20 – which competition?

 

 

 

P

W

L

D

F

A

Pts

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Aberdeen ‘A’

Hibernian ‘A’

Berwick Rangers

Heart of Midlothian ‘A’

Dundee ‘A’

Falkirk ‘A’

East Fife ‘A’

Brechin City

Raith Rovers ‘A’

St. Johnstone ‘A’

Celtic ‘A’

Montrose

Stirling Albion

Dunfermline Athletic ‘A’

Leith Athletic

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

28

 21

17

13

16

14

14

14

  8

  8

11

11

  8

  7

  7

  5

  4

  7

  5

  8

  8

10

11

10

10

14

15

18

18

19

17

3

  4

10

  4

  6

  4

  3

10

10

  3

  2

  2

  3

  2

  6

81

87

70

72

58

62

55

49

49

42

48

74

80

60

41

44

  43

  34

  45

  44

  52

  56

  45

  56

  69

  56

113

103

  81

  87

45

38

36

36

34

32

31

26

26

25

24

18

17

16

16

 

 

Division C League Cup – 1952-53

Section A (N&E):

 

East

Fife ‘A’

Brechin

City

Berwick Rangers

Montrose

East

Fife ‘A’

X

Feb 7

1-2

Mar 14

1-1

Mar 28

1-2

Brechin

City

Mar 7

5-1

X

Feb 21

2-1

Mar 14

1-1

Berwick

Rangers

Feb 14

2-2

Feb 28

0-2

X

Mar 21

4-2

Montrose

 

Feb 28

0-3

Apr 4

0-1

Mar 7

1-1

X

 

 

 

P

W

L

D

F

A

Pts

Brechin City

Berwick Rangers

East Fife ‘A’

Montrose

6

6

6

6

5

1

1

1

0

2

3

3

1

3

2

2

13

  9

  9

  6

  4

10

12

11

11

  5

  4

  4

 

 

Section B (N&E):

 

Aberdeen ‘A’

Celtic ‘A’

Falkirk ‘A’

Dunfermline Athletic ‘A’

Aberdeen ‘A’

 

X

Feb 14

5-3

Mar 14

3-3

App 4

1-0

Celtic ‘A’

 

Feb 28

2-2

X

Apr 4

3-1

Mar 21

1-1

Falkirk ‘A’

 

Mar 21

1-3

Mar 7

5-1

X

Feb 28

6-1

Dunfermline

Athletic ‘A’

Mar 7

2-3

Mar 14

3-2

Mar 28

4-2

X

 

 

P

W

L

D

F

A

Pts

Aberdeen ‘A’

Falkirk ‘A’

Dunfermline Athletic ‘A’

Celtic ‘A’

6

6

6

6

4

2

2

1

0

3

3

3

2

1

1

2

17

18

11

12

11

15

15

17

10

  5

  5

  4

 

 

Section C (N&E):

 

Dundee ‘A’

Hibernian ‘A’

Leith

Athletic

Raith

Rovers ‘A’

Dundee ‘A’

 

X

Mar 28

2-0

Apr 18

6-0

Feb 28

3-4

Hibernian ‘A’

 

Apr 11

2-0

X

 

Mar 21

3-1

Leith

Athletic

Mar 14

2-0

Feb 28

2-2

X

Mar 28

0-2

Raith

Rovers ‘A’

Mar 7

0-1

Apr 4

1-1

Feb 21

3-0

X

 

Notes:

            Hibernian ‘A’ beat Leith Athletic

 

 

P

W

L

D

F

A

Pts

Hibernian ‘A’

Raith Rovers ‘A’

Dundee ‘A’

Leith Athletic

6

6

6

6

3

3

3

1

1

2

3

4

2

1

0

1

  8

11

12

  4

  6

  8

  8

13

8

7

6

3

 

Hibernian’s and Leith’s  goals for and against still to be amended

 

 

Section D (N&E):

 

Heart of Midlothian ‘A’

St. Johnstone ‘A’

Stirling

Albion ‘A’

Heart of

Midlothian ‘A’

X

Apr 18

1-1

Apr 4

2-1

St. Johnstone ‘A’

Feb 28

2-3

X

Mar 21

4-0

Stirling

Albion ‘A’

Mar 7

0-5

Feb 21

2-0

X

 

 

P

W

L

D

F

A

Pts

Heart of Midlothian ‘A’

4

3

0

1

11

4

7

St. Johnstone ‘A’

4

1

2

1

7

6

3

Stirling Albion ‘A’

4

1

3

0

3

11

2

 

 

Section A (S&W):

 

Ayr

United ‘A’

Queen of the South ‘A’

Stranraer

Third

Lanark ‘A’

Ayr

United ‘A’

X

Feb 21

0-0

Feb 7

0-3

Feb 14

5-1

Queen of the

South ‘A’

Feb 28

2-0

X

Feb 14

3-2

Mar 28

2-4

Stranraer

 

Mar 14

2-2

Mar 7

4-1

X

Feb 21

1-1

Third

Lanark ‘A’

Mar 21

2-3

Mar 14

4-0

Apr 18

4-0

X

 

 

P

W

L

D

F

A

Pts

Third Lanark ‘A’

6

3

2

1

16

11

7

Stranraer

6

2

2

2

12

11

6

Ayr United ‘A’

6

2

2

2

10

10

6

Queen of the South ‘A’

6

2

3

1

8

14

5

 

 

Section B (S&W):

 

Airdrieonians ‘A’

Motherwell ‘A’

Partick

Thistle ‘A’

St. Mirren ‘A’

Airdrieonians ‘A’

X

Apr 18

1-1

 

Mar 28

1-1

Motherwell ‘A’

 

 

X

Mar 21

0-0

Feb 28

2-0

Partick

Thistle ‘A’

Feb 28

4-0

Apr 4

3-1

X

Mar 7

2-0

St. Mirren ‘A’

 

Apr 11

2-0

Feb 21

2-3

Feb 7

3-2

X

 

 

P

W

L

D

F

A

Pts

Partick Thistle ‘A’

5

3

1

1

11

4

7

Motherwell ‘A’

5

2

1

2

7

6

6

St. Mirren ‘A’

6

2

3

1

8

10

5

Airdrieonians ‘A’

4

0

2

2

2

8

2

 

 

Section C (S&W):

 

Clyde ‘A’

East

Stirlingshire

Kilmarnock ‘A’

Clyde ‘A’

 

X

Apr 4

6-2

Feb 14

3-2

East

Stirlingshire

Feb 28

2-2

X

Mar 7

4-2

Kilmarnock ‘A’

 

Mar 21

3-2

X

 

 

P

W

L

D

F

A

Pts

Clyde ‘A’

3

2

0

1

11

  6

5

East Stirlingshire

4

1

2

1

10

13

3

Kilmarnock ‘A’

3

1

2

0

  7

  9

2

 

 

Section D (S&W):

 

Morton ‘A’

Queen’s Park Strollers

Rangers ‘A’

Morton ‘A’

 

X

Mar 28

4-5

Feb 28

1-3

Queen’s Park

Strollers

Mar 7

2-1

X

Apr 18

1-3

Rangers ‘A’

 

Feb 14

2-0

Feb 21

1-2

X

 

 

P

W

L

D

F

A

Pts

Rangers ‘A’

4

3

1

0

  9

  4

6

Queen’s Park Strollers

4

3

1

0

10

  9

6

Morton ‘A’

4

0

4

0

  6

12

0

 

Quarter-finals:

    Brechin City                5    Partick Thistle ‘A’ 0   Apr 27

    Heart of Midlothian ‘A’ 5    Clyde ‘A’             0   Apr 27

    Third Lanark ‘A’          0    Rangers ‘A’          1   Apr 28

    Aberdeen ‘A’              2    Hibernian ‘A’       1   May 2

(after a 3-3 draw at Edinburgh on Apr 27)

 

Semi-finals:

       Rangers ‘A’   1          Heart of Midlothian ‘A’     0          May 5

(at Ibrox Park, Glasgow)

      Aberdeen ‘A’  1          Brechin City                    0          May 6

(at Pittodrie Park, Aberdeen)

 

Final 1st leg:

            Rangers ‘A’                    Aberdeen ‘A’                  May 12

Final 2nd leg:

            Aberdeen ‘A’      1          Rangers ‘A’        1          May 14

(aet, aggregate score – Aberdeen ‘A’     Rangers ‘A’)

 

 

 

Results researched and compiled by Stuart Robertson

Other missing details were supplied by Tony Brown, Forrest Robertson, David Ross and John Treleven.