Scottish (Reserve) League

1955-1975

See also Main index Club directory Scottish Reserve League overview Reserve Cup competitions Reserve football overview C Division Combined Reserve League Scottish Alliance

The C Division was formally abolished at a SGM of the Scottish League on 19 June 1955 after a number of prominent clubs pulled their reserve sides out. They subsequently set up the Scottish (Reserve) League, the brackets distinguishing it from the 1938-1949 versions. Again it was to be a mirror of the First Division although there were a number of seasons when not all of those clubs took part. As an exclusively First Division competition, Second Division clubs were denied a place in the Scottish (Reserve) League, so many of these clubs sought new pastures. A Scottish Alliance was played during 1956-57 but it wasn’t popular and disbanded after only one season, but a Combined Reserve League flourished through the 1960s. In 1975, the reorganization of the Scottish League into Premier-First-Second Divisions saw a restructured reserve set-up put in place. Thanks to Rob Bruce, Stewart Davidson, Tom McGouran and Dave Beattie this page has a complete set of final tables for this version of the Scottish Reserve League.

	Scottish (Reserve) League Champions	Scottish (Reserve) League Cup
1955-56 1956-57 1957-58 1958-59 1959-60 1960-61 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 1967-68 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75	Aberdeen reserves Rangers reserves Heart of Midlothian reserves Celtic reserves Celtic reserves Celtic reserves Rangers reserves Celtic reserves Rangers reserves Celtic reserves Celtic reserves Rangers reserves Rangers reserves Rangers reserves Celtic reserves Celtic reserves Ayr United reserves Aberdeen reserves Rangers reserves Rangers reserves	Falkirk reserves Aberdeen reserves Aberdeen reserves Falkirk reserves Celtic reserves Rangers reserves Rangers reserves Rangers reserves Dundee United reserves Kilmarnock reserves Hibernian reserves Celtic reserves Rangers reserves Celtic reserves Celtic reserves Celtic reserves Heart of Midlothian reserves Aberdeen reserves Aberdeen reserves Rangers reserves

	1955-56	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18	Aberdeen reserves Hibernian reserves Partick Thistle reserves Rangers reserves Dundee reserves Clyde reserves Motherwell reserves Celtic reserves Falkirk reserves Kilmarnock reserves Heart of Midlothian reserves East Fife reserves Queen of the South reserves Raith Rovers reserves St.Mirren reserves Airdrieonians reserves Dunfermline Athletic reserves Stirling Albion reserves	34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34	26 22 20 18 18 15 15 15 13 13 11 11 9 10 10 12 8 7	4 4 5 7 6 8 8 5 8 6 7 6 9 7 6 2 4 4	4 8 9 9 10 11 11 14 13 15 16 17 16 17 18 20 22 23	119 80 80 72 89 75 74 71 66 74 79 72 59 61 59 71 59 47	52 49 54 49 63 63 70 61 64 79 69 87 87 90 75 110 94 82	56 48 45 43 42 38 38 35 34 32 29 28 27 27 26 26 20 18

	1956-57	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18	Rangers reserves Heart of Midlothian reserves Aberdeen reserves Motherwell reserves Hibernian reserves Partick Thistle reserves Falkirk reserves Dundee reserves Celtic reserves Kilmarnock reserves East Fife reserves Raith Rovers reserves St Mirren reserves Dunfermline Athletic reserves Ayr United reserves Airdrieonians reserves Queen’s Park Strollers Queen of the South reserves	34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34	21 22 21 21 20 18 16 14 15 14 12 10 12 11 11 7 5 2	7 5 7 6 4 6 5 8 4 4 7 10 6 5 3 5 7 9	6 7 6 7 10 10 13 12 15 16 15 14 16 18 20 22 22 23	107 102 115 85 96 74 75 72 62 66 70 56 54 83 73 52 48 39	49 51 58 53 58 56 57 77 72 79 69 81 79 92 96 97 115 90	49 49 49 48 44 42 37 36 34 32 31 30 30 27 25 19 17 13

	1957-58	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18	Heart of Midlothian reserves Aberdeen reserves Kilmarnock reserves Clyde reserves Rangers reserves Celtic reserves Hibernian reserves Dundee reserves Partick Thistle reserves East Fife reserves Third Lanark reserves Falkirk reserves Motherwell reserves St Mirren reserves Queen of the South reserves Airdrieonians reserves Raith Rovers reserves Queen’s Park Strollers	34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34	21 19 18 16 17 17 17 16 15 13 13 12 13 11 11 9 6 5	8 7 8 9 7 7 7 7 7 8 6 5 2 5 3 5 9 4	5 8 8 9 10 10 10 11 12 13 15 17 19 18 20 20 19 25	93 74 86 69 75 75 77 68 73 50 67 59 67 59 46 53 45 41	51 50 53 40 54 54 64 50 62 67 76 83 67 78 80 86 72 90	50 45 44 41 41 41 41 39 37 34 32 29 28 27 25 23 21 14

	1958-59	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18	Celtic reserves Rangers reserves Hibernian reserves Clyde reserves Heart of Midlothian reserves Aberdeen reserves Third Lanark reserves Falkirk reserves Kilmarnock reserves Motherwell reserves Airdrieonians reserves Dundee reserves St.Mirren reserves Partick Thistle reserves Queen of the South reserves Dunfermline Athletic reserves Raith Rovers reserves Stirling Albion reserves	34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34	22 24 19 17 18 13 16 16 14 9 14 13 11 12 11 8 9 9	7 2 6 10 3 10 3 3 6 13 3 4 7 5 3 8 6 3	5 8 9 7 13 11 15 15 14 12 17 17 16 17 20 18 19 22	101 91 89 85 83 68 82 68 76 75 75 63 74 63 75 58 44 50	45 49 56 54 68 56 68 83 92 78 89 66 78 73 97 92 79 97	51 50 44 44 39 36 35 35 34 31 31 30 29 29 25 24 24 21

	1959-60	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18	Celtic reserves Hibernian reserves Rangers reserves Dundee reserves Motherwell reserves Aberdeen reserves Airdrieonians reserves Heart of Midlothian reserves Stirling Albion reserves Clyde reserves Third Lanark reserves Kilmarnock reserves Partick Thistle reserves St.Mirren reserves Raith Rovers reserves Dunfermline Athletic reserves Ayr United reserves Arbroath reserves	34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34	23 23 20 19 17 17 15 16 15 12 13 13 11 11 9 9 8 10	5 2 4 6 5 4 6 3 3 8 5 4 7 6 6 6 7 3	6 9 10 9 12 13 13 15 16 14 16 17 16 17 19 19 19 21	88 129 80 79 77 71 74 73 68 62 52 67 53 52 72 50 57 69	33 83 55 66 69 67 68 73 77 64 62 76 73 64 95 84 83 95	51 48 44 44 39 38 36 35 33 32 31 30 29 28 24 24 23 23

	1960-61	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18	Celtic reserves Rangers reserves Kilmarnock reserves Hibernian reserves Dunfermline Athletic reserves Partick Thistle reserves St.Mirren reserves Motherwell reserves St.Johnstone reserves Dundee United reserves Ayr United reserves Dundee reserves Heart of Midlothian reserves Airdrieonians reserves Raith Rovers reserves Clyde reserves Aberdeen reserves Third Lanark reserves	34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34	27 25 20 19 18 15 15 15 14 14 13 10 8 9 8 6 9 5	3 5 4 3 4 8 6 5 6 5 6 11 10 6 7 11 4 8	4 4 10 12 12 11 13 14 14 15 15 13 16 19 19 17 21 21	95 94 95 75 76 59 70 83 74 57 75 70 63 57 58 38 52 47	40 39 64 47 55 63 69 67 76 77 78 82 76 83 79 59 85 79	57 55 44 41 40 38 36 35 34 33 32 31 26 24 23 23 22 18

	1961-62	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18	Rangers reserves Kilmarnock reserves Celtic reserves Dundee reserves Aberdeen reserves Dunfermline Athletic reserves St. Johnstone reserves Hibernian reserves Partick Thistle reserves Heart of Midlothian reserves Raith Rovers reserves St Mirren reserves Falkirk reserves Motherwell reserves Dundee United reserves Third Lanark reserves Stirling Albion reserves Airdrieonians reserves	34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34	27 18 17 18 17 17 14 13 14 15 15 14 12 11 12 10 6 7	5 9 9 4 5 4 7 9 6 4 4 6 7 6 3 5 4 1	2 7 8 12 12 13 13 12 14 15 15 14 15 17 19 19 24 26	101 85 69 65 82 85 68 65 69 72 65 66 69 63 55 48 42 41	29 38 43 58 62 85 69 65 68 75 68 70 69 81 70 72 88 105	59 45 43 40 39 38 35 35 34 34 34 34 31 28 27 25 16 15

	1962-63	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18	Celtic reserves Dundee reserves Rangers reserves Kilmarnock reserves Third Lanark reserves Partick Thistle reserves Heart of Midlothian reserves Raith Rovers reserves Dunfermline Athletic reserves Dundee United reserves Hibernian reserves Clyde reserves Aberdeen reserves Motherwell reserves St Mirren reserves Queen of the South reserves Falkirk reserves Airdrieonians reserves	34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34	31 21 22 21 14 14 15 14 13 12 10 11 12 10 9 9 8 5	2 7 4 6 8 7 4 5 6 7 11 8 4 6 6 6 5 8	1 6 8 7 12 13 15 15 15 15 13 15 18 18 19 19 21 21	94 91 108 110 68 79 72 70 79 76 51 71 55 57 52 48 49 39	25 48 48 59 58 63 72 73 81 75 60 71 72 91 88 100 85 100	64 49 48 48 36 35 34 33 32 31 31 30 28 26 24 24 21 18

	1963-64	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18	Rangers reserves Celtic reserves Dunfermline Athletic reserves Kilmarnock reserves Dundee reserves Hibernian reserves Partick Thistle reserves Dundee United reserves Aberdeen reserves Falkirk reserves Heart of Midlothian reserves Third Lanark reserves Motherwell reserves Airdrieonians reserves St.Mirren reserves East Stirlingshire reserves St.Johnstone reserves Queen of the South reserves	34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34	24 23 20 22 19 18 16 14 13 14 13 13 11 12 11 10 10 6	6 1 7 2 4 5 5 5 5 2 3 3 7 3 4 5 3 4	4 10 7 10 11 11 13 15 16 18 18 18 16 19 19 19 21 24	94 105 82 133 77 86 78 59 67 69 59 52 64 62 56 54 62 42	38 46 60 71 58 62 66 57 68 69 75 68 79 83 74 98 88 128	54 47 47 46 42 41 37 33 31 30 29 29 29 27 26 25 23 16

	1964-65	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18	Rangers reserves Morton reserves Dunfermline Athletic reserves Hibernian reserves Kilmarnock reserves Celtic reserves Partick Thistle reserves Aberdeen reserves Dundee reserves St Mirren reserves Motherwell reserves Dundee United reserves Heart of Midlothian reserves Falkirk reserves St Johnstone reserves Airdrieonians reserves Third Lanark reserves Clyde reserves	34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34	24 23 20 20 19 18 15 15 13 15 14 12 10 9 9 10 7 2	4 3 8 7 7 5 7 6 9 3 3 6 5 7 6 2 4 10	6 8 6 7 8 11 12 13 12 16 17 16 19 18 19 22 23 22	108 95 94 94 85 74 66 78 69 61 66 73 58 55 53 36 39 36	45 62 47 48 57 46 53 79 54 74 77 83 72 93 79 95 86 90	52 49 48 47 45 41 37 36 35 33 31 30 25 25 24 22 18 14

	1965-66	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17	Celtic reserves Kilmarnock reserves Hibernian reserves Dundee reserves Partick Thistle reserves Rangers reserves Aberdeen reserves Morton reserves Dunfermline Athletic reserves Heart of Midlothian reserves Dundee United reserves St Johnstone reserves Stirling Albion reserves Motherwell reserves Falkirk reserves St Mirren reserves Hamilton Academical reserves	32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32	23 19 18 18 17 16 17 14 16 13 13 13 9 10 7 5 6	5 4 6 5 5 6 1 7 2 6 3 1 8 6 4 8 3	4 9 8 9 10 10 14 11 15 14 16 18 15 16 21 19 23	86 88 75 65 83 91 69 71 100 56 55 75 42 58 60 39 33	29 55 50 48 63 48 52 59 81 62 66 78 58 88 116 80 113	51 42 42 41 39 38 35 35 32 30 29 27 26 26 18 18 15

	1966-67	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Rangers reserves Aberdeen reserves Heart of Midlothian reserves Celtic reserves Dundee United reserves Hibernian reserves Kilmarnock reserves St Johnstone reserves Dundee reserves Partick Thistle reserves Motherwell reserves Dunfermline Athletic reserves St Mirren reserves Airdrieonians reserves Falkirk reserves Stirling Albion reserves	30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30	20 19 17 19 19 18 15 16 14 11 10 7 7 7 4 3	6 5 7 3 2 3 5 2 4 5 5 7 6 3 2 3	4 6 6 8 9 9 10 12 12 14 15 16 17 20 24 24	76 81 82 66 64 71 45 73 62 52 42 62 44 47 43 30	30 38 48 42 34 40 43 51 62 62 68 77 69 99 80 97	46 43 41 41 40 39 35 34 32 27 25 21 20 17 10 9

	1967-68	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Rangers reserves Celtic reserves Aberdeen reserves Hibernian reserves Heart of Midlothian reserves Motherwell reserves Kilmarnock reserves Partick Thistle reserves Dunfermline Athletic reserves Airdrieonians reserves Dundee reserves Dundee United reserves Falkirk reserves Stirling Albion reserves Raith Rovers reserves St Johnstone reserves	30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30	23 20 17 16 13 13 11 11 11 10 10 8 8 9 5 5	4 5 6 2 8 7 9 7 6 8 7 10 8 3 5 5	3 5 7 12 9 10 10 12 13 12 13 12 14 18 20 20	71 81 74 57 57 54 45 60 56 48 52 51 42 44 39 40	25 44 42 39 49 50 38 69 65 67 53 58 54 66 75 77	50 45 40 34 34 33 31 29 28 28 27 26 24 21 15 15

	1968-69	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14	Rangers reserves Aberdeen reserves Celtic reserves Hibernian reserves Heart of Midlothian reserves Partick Thistle reserves Dundee reserves Kilmarnock reserves Dunfermline Athletic reserves St Johnstone reserves Falkirk reserves Dundee United reserves Raith Rovers reserves Airdrieonians reserves	26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26	16 16 16 13 12 10 11 10 8 9 8 7 4 3	7 5 4 4 4 6 3 5 7 4 6 6 10 7	3 5 6 9 10 10 12 11 11 13 12 13 12 16	47 65 56 44 45 45 45 31 40 47 27 41 36 30	19 33 33 34 41 57 42 36 35 50 48 51 57 63	39 37 36 30 28 26 25 25 23 22 22 20 18 13

	1969-70	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18	Celtic reserves Rangers reserves Aberdeen reserves Raith Rovers reserves Hibernian reserves Partick Thistle reserves Ayr United reserves Heart of Midlothian reserves St Johnstone reserves St Mirren reserves Dunfermline Athletic reserves Kilmarnock reserves Airdrieonians reserves Dundee United reserves Motherwell reserves Morton reserves Clyde reserves Dundee reserves	34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34	27 21 20 18 15 15 14 11 11 13 10 11 12 9 11 8 8 7	4 8 8 7 11 8 8 13 10 4 9 6 4 9 4 5 5 7	3 5 6 9 8 11 12 10 13 17 15 17 18 16 19 21 21 20	116 95 63 50 60 71 38 57 49 49 47 52 62 44 47 47 35 36	36 34 38 39 43 58 35 62 57 62 58 57 90 67 79 67 63 73	58 50 48 43 41 38 36 35 32 30 29 28 28 27 26 21 21 21

	1970-71	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18	Celtic reserves Heart of Midlothian reserves Kilmarnock reserves Aberdeen reserves Hibernian reserves Rangers reserves Dunfermline Athletic reserves Ayr United reserves Airdrieonians reserves Falkirk reserves St Mirren reserves Motherwell reserves Morton reserves Dundee reserves Dundee United reserves St Johnstone reserves Cowdenbeath reserves Clyde reserves	34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34	23 23 20 21 20 18 17 13 10 12 11 11 10 8 7 8 9 5	7 5 7 5 6 5 4 7 11 6 7 6 7 9 10 7 5 6	4 6 7 8 8 11 13 14 13 16 16 17 17 18 18 19 20 23	108 94 80 79 78 65 67 68 55 57 56 75 47 40 38 56 48 37	51 46 46 43 48 58 66 58 60 57 65 66 72 72 70 87 99 77	53 51 47 47 46 41 38 33 31 30 29 28 27 25 24 23 23 16

	1971-72	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17	Ayr United reserves Heart of Midlothian reserves Motherwell reserves Celtic reserves Rangers reserves Aberdeen reserves Partick Thistle reserves Dundee United reserves Kilmarnock reserves Falkirk reserves Clyde reserves Dundee reserves Hibernian reserves Dunfermline Athletic reserves East Fife reserves St Johnstone reserves Airdrieonians reserves	32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32	25 22 17 18 17 14 13 13 14 14 13 10 9 10 6 6 2	1 5 8 5 5 7 8 8 5 5 6 6 8 2 7 7 5	6 5 7 9 10 11 11 11 13 13 13 16 15 20 19 19 25	82 85 70 77 60 48 54 49 69 56 50 52 42 38 33 39 37	36 36 47 52 54 44 52 52 62 56 50 46 53 59 77 82 83	51 49 42 41 39 35 34 34 33 33 32 26 26 22 19 19 9

	1972-73	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18	Aberdeen reserves Celtic reserves Hibernian reserves Partick Thistle reserves Heart of Midlothian reserves Rangers reserves Motherwell reserves Dundee United reserves Dundee reserves Arbroath reserves Ayr United reserves Dumbarton reserves East Fife reserves Kilmarnock reserves Falkirk reserves Morton reserves St Johnstone reserves Airdrieonians reserves	34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34	25 24 22 19 19 18 17 14 12 12 12 9 11 10 7 7 8 8	4 2 4 5 5 5 6 8 7 7 5 10 6 5 8 8 6 3	5 8 8 10 10 11 11 12 15 15 17 15 17 19 19 19 20 23	85 90 88 77 62 70 73 66 47 53 55 60 44 73 37 36 48 36	35 50 44 53 47 38 61 50 62 76 63 81 49 83 82 61 78 87	54 50 48 43 43 41 40 36 31 30 29 28 28 25 23 22 22 19

	1973-74	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18	Rangers reserves Celtic reserves Aberdeen reserves Dundee United reserves Partick Thistle reserves Hibernian reserves Dundee reserves Dunfermline Athletic reserves Heart of Midlothian reserves Motherwell reserves Arbroath reserves Dumbarton reserves St Johnstone reserves East Fife reserves Morton reserves Ayr United reserves Clyde reserves Falkirk reserves	34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34	28 22 21 20 18 19 17 13 11 12 14 12 10 9 9 6 4 5	3 6 6 3 6 4 6 7 10 7 3 6 5 7 6 10 10 7	3 6 7 11 10 11 11 14 13 15 17 16 19 18 19 18 20 22	96 80 70 78 76 66 76 59 59 74 56 65 68 49 51 48 47 44	47 34 42 53 49 43 57 62 48 70 75 66 80 79 97 76 79 105	59 50 48 43 42 42 40 33 32 31 31 30 25 25 24 22 18 17

	1974-75	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18	Rangers reserves Heart of Midlothian reserves Celtic reserves Aberdeen reserves Dundee United reserves Dundee reserves Hibernian reserves Motherwell reserves Clyde reserves Airdrieonians reserves Ayr United reserves Kilmarnock reserves Partick Thistle reserves Dumbarton reserves Arbroath reserves Dunfermline Athletic reserves Morton reserves St Johnstone reserves	34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34	24 22 22 18 15 13 17 13 12 12 13 11 10 11 10 6 9 7	6 6 3 8 12 11 3 10 7 7 5 8 9 6 7 8 2 4	4 6 9 8 7 10 14 11 15 15 16 15 15 17 17 20 23 23	82 78 96 89 59 66 67 69 61 64 49 58 55 65 52 56 51 39	37	54 52 45 44 42 37 37 36 31 31 31 30 29 28 27 20 20 18