# 1951–52 Scottish Division A

The 1951–52 Scottish Division A was won by Hibernian by four points over nearest rival Rangers. Greenock Morton and Stirling Albion finished 15th and 16th respectively and were relegated to the 1952–53 Scottish Division B.
This was the first time in the history of the Scottish top tier that a team other than Celtic or Rangers managed to successfully defend their league trophy and won two leagues in a row, a feature only repeated since by Aberdeen in 1984 and 1985. It was also the third and, as of 2025, last time that Hibernian won the league.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Hibernian | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 92 | 36 | +56 | 45 |
| 2 | Rangers | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 61 | 31 | +30 | 41 |
| 3 | East Fife | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 71 | 49 | +22 | 37 |
| 4 | Heart of Midlothian | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 69 | 53 | +16 | 35 |
| 5 | Raith Rovers | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 33 |
| 6 | Partick Thistle | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 31 |
| 7 | Motherwell | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 57 | −6 | 31 |
| 8 | Dundee | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 28 |
| 9 | Celtic | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 28 |
| 10 | Queen of the South | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 50 | 60 | −10 | 28 |
| 11 | Aberdeen | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 65 | 58 | +7 | 27 |
| 12 | Third Lanark | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 51 | 62 | −11 | 26 |
| 13 | Airdrieonians | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 54 | 69 | −15 | 26 |
| 14 | St Mirren | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 43 | 58 | −15 | 25 |
| 15 | Morton | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 49 | 56 | −7 | 24 |
| 16 | Stirling Albion | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 36 | 99 | −63 | 15 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ABE | AIR | CEL | DND | EFI | HOM | HIB | MOR | MOT | PAR | QOS | RAI | RAN | STM | STI | THI |
| Aberdeen | | 1–4 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2–3 |
| Airdrieonians | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 |
| Celtic | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Dundee | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 3–4 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 6–0 |
| East Fife | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 2–4 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 3–2 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 2–2 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 |
| Hibernian | 4–4 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 8–0 | 5–2 |
| Morton | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 7–1 | 3–1 |
| Motherwell | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 |
| Partick Thistle | 1–4 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 |
| Queen of the South | 1–2 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Raith Rovers | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Rangers | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| St Mirren | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–5 | | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Stirling Albion | 0–4 | 3–6 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 0–3 | | 3–3 |
| Third Lanark | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 0–5 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | |