<- Team <- Date <- Comp -> Comp -> Date -> Team
Discipline Scoring Seq Streaks Table Team Opponents Statistics Games played
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Sat 18 Apr 1959
Division 1
Celtic 2
Hearts 1
Scorers Bobby Rankin 25 Opp Scorers [B Auld 53] ;[J Smith 67]
MR NR Season Date Team Venue FT HT Agg Comp Round Crowd LiveTV 1958-59 Sat 18 Apr 1959 15:00:00 Celtic Celtic Park Glasgow Scotland
1-0 Division 1
19500
Manager /Competitive
Games in ChargeNumber of Team Changes (Competitive Games Only) = 1
Team Changes Compared to Last League Team (League Games Only) = 1Tommy Walker 355 If Hearts had won they would have won title as Rangers lose to AberdeenHearts would have won title.
Discipline
Referee FS Crossley
Hearts Celtic Sending Offs Time Note
Sending Offs Time Note
Bookings Time Note Bookings Time Note 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scoring Sequence No Score Scorer Scores For Time 1 1-0
Rankin Bobby Heart of Midlothian 25 2 1-1
Bertie Auld Celtic 53 3 1-2
John Eric Smith Celtic 67
League Tables Before - Wednesday 15 Apr 1959 After - Saturday 18 Apr 1959
Pos Team G W D L F A Diff Avg Pts Note 1 Rangers 33 21 8 4 91 49 42 1.8571 50 2 Heart Of Midlothian 33 21 6 6 91 49 42 1.8571 48 3 Motherwell 33 17 8 8 78 50 28 1.5600 42 4 Dundee 33 16 8 9 60 50 10 1.2000 40 5 Airdrieonians 33 15 6 12 63 61 2 1.0328 36 6 Celtic 33 13 8 12 68 52 16 1.3077 34 7 Partick Thistle 33 14 6 13 58 56 2 1.0357 34 8 St Mirren 33 13 7 13 67 73 -6 .9178 33 9 Hibernian 33 13 6 14 68 69 -1 .9855 32 10 Third Lanark 32 11 10 11 73 75 -2 .9733 32 11 Kilmarnock 32 11 8 13 50 50 0 1.0000 30 12 Clyde 33 12 4 17 61 62 -1 .9839 28 13 Raith Rovers 33 10 8 15 58 68 -10 .8529 28 14 Stirling Albion 33 10 8 15 53 64 -11 .8281 28 15 Aberdeen 33 11 5 17 61 65 -4 .9385 27 16 Falkirk 33 10 6 17 56 77 -21 .7273 26 17 Dunfermline Athletic 33 9 8 16 58 86 -28 .6744 26 18 Queen of the South 33 6 6 21 38 96 -58 .3958 18
Pos Diff Team G W D L F A Diff Avg Pts Note 1 0 Rangers 34 21 8 5 92 51 41 1.8039 50 2 0 Heart Of Midlothian 34 21 6 7 92 51 41 1.8039 48 3 0 Motherwell 34 18 8 8 83 50 33 1.6600 44 4 0 Dundee 34 16 9 9 61 51 10 1.1961 41 5 0 Airdrieonians 34 15 7 12 64 62 2 1.0323 37 6 0 Celtic 34 14 8 12 70 53 17 1.3208 36 7 1 St Mirren 34 14 7 13 71 74 -3 .9595 35 8 -1 Partick Thistle 34 14 6 14 59 66 -7 .8939 34 9 2 Kilmarnock 33 12 8 13 54 51 3 1.0588 32 10 -1 Hibernian 34 13 6 15 68 70 -2 .9714 32 11 -1 Third Lanark 33 11 10 12 74 79 -5 .9367 32 12 2 Stirling Albion 34 11 8 15 54 64 -10 .8438 30 13 2 Aberdeen 34 12 5 17 63 66 -3 .9545 29 14 -1 Raith Rovers 34 10 9 15 60 70 -10 .8571 29 15 -3 Clyde 34 12 4 18 62 66 -4 .9394 28 16 1 Dunfermline Athletic 34 10 8 16 68 87 -19 .7816 28 17 -1 Falkirk 34 10 7 17 58 79 -21 .7342 27 18 0 Queen of the South 34 6 6 22 38 101 -63 .3762 18
Type Streaks by Date Cumulative by Date W D L Unb NoW G W D L F A Competitive
1
1
2578
1275
511
792
5580
3871
L only
1
1
2170
1053
431
686
4565
3310
Type Streaks by Team Cumulative by Team W D L Unb NoW G W D L F A Competitive
1
2
155
48
36
71
208
266
L only
1
2
136
40
33
63
182
234
Hearts Line Up - NB Average ages only shown where there are 8 or more 'known' ages No Sq
NoPlayer Pic Nat Tot App Age G P Tot
GlsYel Red Sub
MrkSubstitued by Sub
TimeGoals
vs
Opp1 Gordon Marshall 96 19y 9 m 16d / 2 John MacKintosh 1 23y 9 m 1 d / 3 John Lough 11 Not Known / 4 George Thomson 90 22y 5 m 30d / 1 5 Jimmy Milne 121 29y 9 m 19d / 6 John Cumming 278 29y 1 m 1 d / 7 Bobby Blackwood 88 24y 7 m 29d / 4 8 Jimmy Murray 98 26y 2 m 14d / 3 9 Alex Young 145 22y 2 m 15d / 4 10 Bobby Rankin 5 23y 4 m 8 d 9 1 / 1 11 Johnny Hamilton 100 24y 2 m 27d / 9 Total Starting App->> 1033 24.56 <<-Average Starting Age –––––– Substitutes –––––– n/a No Subs n/a n/a n/a / 24.56 <<-Average Age of Players who played
Opponents
Manager Jimmy McGrory
Team Managed 32 of 50
Total Managed 36 of 54
No Player Age Team
AppsTotal
AppsSub
MrkSubstitued by Sub
Time1 Frank Haffey 20y 04m 21d 01 of 13 01 of 13 2 John Donnelly Not Known 01 of 02 01 of 02 3 Frank Meechan Not Known 09 of 09 09 of 09 4 Duncan McKay 21y 09m 04d 02 of 14 02 of 15 5 Robert Evans 31y 09m 02d 29 of 31 29 of 33 6 Bertie Peacock 30y 06m 20d 21 of 24 21 of 24 7 John Eric Smith 24y 08m 20d 05 of 06 05 of 10 8 Matthew McVitie 21y 06m 19d 02 of 02 02 of 06 9 Alex Byrne 25y 10m 14d 03 of 07 03 of 07 10 John James Colrain 22y 02m 14d 02 of 02 02 of 06 11 Bertie Auld 21y 00m 26d 01 of 11 01 of 11 –––––– Substitutes –––––– n/a n/a n/a n/a of n/a n/a of n/a n/a n/a n/a
Match Statistics
Hearts What Opponents 0 Goal Attempts 0 0 On Target 0 0 Off Target 0 0 Woodwork 0 0 Corners 0 0 Fouls 0 0 Offside 0
Games played during this week
SortDate Date Comp Rd Home F Away A Crowd 19590413 Mon 13 Apr 1959 L1 Dundee 2 Dunfermline Athletic 2 5000 19590413 Mon 13 Apr 1959 E Div 1 Blackpool 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 19590413 Mon 13 Apr 1959 E Div 1 West Ham United 0 Luton Town 0 19590413 Mon 13 Apr 1959 E Div 3 Chesterfield 1 Stockport County 0 19590413 Mon 13 Apr 1959 E Div 3 Mansfield Town 0 Swindon Town 0 19590413 Mon 13 Apr 1959 E Div 3 Newport County 3 Southend United 1 19590413 Mon 13 Apr 1959 E Div 3 Wrexham 1 Norwich City 2 19590413 Mon 13 Apr 1959 E Div4 Gateshead 1 Torquay United 0 19590413 Mon 13 Apr 1959 E Div4 Northampton Town 4 Chester City 0 19590414 Tue 14 Apr 1959 E Div 1 Birmingham City 4 Arsenal 1 19590414 Tue 14 Apr 1959 E Div 1 Burnley 0 Bolton Wanderers 1 19590414 Tue 14 Apr 1959 E Div 2 Grimsby Town 1 Charlton Athletic 5 19590414 Tue 14 Apr 1959 E Div 2 Sheffield Wednesday 1 Liverpool 0 19590414 Tue 14 Apr 1959 E Div 3 Bury 3 Norwich City 2 19590414 Tue 14 Apr 1959 E Div4 Southport 1 Coventry City 2 19590414 Tue 14 Apr 1959 E Div4 Walsall 5 Carlisle United 0 19590415 Wed 15 Apr 1959 L1 Aberdeen 2 Heart Of Midlothian 4 14736 19590415 Wed 15 Apr 1959 L2 Alloa Athletic 2 Stenhousemuir 3 1000 19590415 Wed 15 Apr 1959 L2 Hamilton Academical 1 Stranraer 1 1000 19590415 Wed 15 Apr 1959 L2 Queens Park 1 St Johnstone 2 770 19590415 Wed 15 Apr 1959 E Div 1 Nottingham Forest 1 Chelsea 3 19590415 Wed 15 Apr 1959 E Div 1 Portsmouth 2 Everton 3 19590415 Wed 15 Apr 1959 E Div 1 West Bromwich Albion 2 Luton Town 0 19590415 Wed 15 Apr 1959 E Div 2 Rotherham United 2 Sheffield United 2 19590415 Wed 15 Apr 1959 E Div 2 Swansea City 1 Cardiff City 3 19590415 Wed 15 Apr 1959 E Div 3 Halifax Town 4 Wrexham 1 19590415 Wed 15 Apr 1959 E Div 3 Reading 2 Hull City 0 19590415 Wed 15 Apr 1959 E Div4 Exeter City 3 Crystal Palace 1 19590415 Wed 15 Apr 1959 E Div4 York City 0 Port Vale 0 19590415 Wed 15 Apr 1959 EURO SF Young Boys (Berne) 1 Stade de Reims 0 19590416 Thu 16 Apr 1959 E Div4 Darlington 1 Gillingham 2 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 L1 Airdrieonians 1 Dundee 1 5000 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 L1 Celtic 2 Heart Of Midlothian 1 19500 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 L1 Dunfermline Athletic 10 Partick Thistle 1 3000 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 L1 Falkirk 2 Raith Rovers 2 10500 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 L1 Hibernian 0 Stirling Albion 1 4000 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 L1 Kilmarnock 4 Clyde 1 5799 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 L1 Queen of the South 0 Motherwell 5 4500 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 L1 Rangers 1 Aberdeen 2 41000 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 L1 St Mirren 4 Third Lanark 1 12000 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 L2 Berwick Rangers 2 Alloa Athletic 1 1000 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 L2 Brechin City 4 Cowdenbeath 7 1000 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 L2 Dundee United 4 Morton 1 2000 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 L2 East Fife 3 Montrose 2 1500 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 L2 Hamilton Academical 4 Dumbarton 1 2500 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 L2 Queens Park 1 Albion Rovers 2 1631 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 L2 St Johnstone 1 Ayr United 0 5500 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 L2 Stenhousemuir 3 East Stirlingshire 1 400 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 L2 Stranraer 1 Forfar Athletic 1 1000 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 1 Aston Villa 0 Burnley 0 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 1 Blackburn Rovers 2 Manchester City 1 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 1 Blackpool 1 Arsenal 2 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 1 Chelsea 3 Everton 1 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 1 Manchester United 1 Birmingham City 0 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 1 Newcastle United 2 Leeds United 2 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 1 Nottingham Forest 1 Leicester City 4 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 1 Portsmouth 0 Bolton Wanderers 1 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 1 Tottenham Hotspur 5 West Bromwich Albion 0 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 1 West Ham United 1 Preston North End 1 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 Luton Town 0 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 2 Barnsley 2 Fulham 4 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 2 Brighton and Hove Albion 2 Stoke City 2 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 2 Bristol City 0 Leyton Orient 1 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 2 Cardiff City 0 Scunthorpe United 2 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 2 Charlton Athletic 1 Derby County 2 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 2 Grimsby Town 0 Swansea City 1 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 2 Huddersfield Town 1 Sheffield Wednesday 2 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 2 Liverpool 3 Ipswich Town 1 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 2 Middlesbrough 2 Bristol Rovers 2 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 2 Rotherham United 1 Lincoln City 0 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 2 Sheffield United 3 Sunderland 1 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 3 Bournemouth 0 Notts County 0 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 3 Bury 1 Brentford 1 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 3 Colchester United 1 Chesterfield 0 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 3 Doncaster Rovers 1 Wrexham 1 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 3 Norwich City 1 Mansfield Town 0 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 3 Plymouth Argyle 1 Southampton 0 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 3 Queens Park Rangers 1 Hull City 1 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 3 Reading 1 Newport County 3 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 3 Rochdale 0 Bradford City 3 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 3 Southend United 0 Swindon Town 2 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 3 Stockport County 0 Halifax Town 1 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div 3 Tranmere Rovers 9 Accrington Stanley 0 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div4 Bradford Park Avenue 3 Walsall 2 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div4 Chester City 1 Coventry City 1 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div4 Crewe Alexandra 5 Oldham Athletic 0 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div4 Crystal Palace 4 Shrewsbury Town 3 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div4 Hartlepool United 3 Gillingham 1 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div4 Northampton Town 1 Gateshead 0 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div4 Port Vale 1 Darlington 1 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div4 Southport 0 Carlisle United 1 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div4 Torquay United 1 Barrow 0 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div4 Watford 2 Exeter City 1 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div4 Workington Town 1 Aldershot 0 19590418 Sat 18 Apr 1959 E Div4 York City 3 Millwall 3