1965-66 in Scottish football

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The 1965–66 season was the 69th season of Scottish league football.

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[edit] Scottish League Division One

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Celtic 34 27 3 4 106 30 76 57
2 Rangers 34 25 5 4 91 29 62 55
3 Kilmarnock 34 20 5 9 73 46 27 45
4 Dunfermline Athletic 34 19 6 9 94 55 39 44
5 Dundee United 34 19 5 10 79 51 28 43
6 Hibernian 34 16 6 12 81 55 26 38
7 Hearts 34 13 12 9 56 48 8 38
8 Aberdeen 34 15 6 13 61 54 7 36
9 Dundee 34 14 6 14 61 61 0 34
10 Falkirk 34 15 1 18 48 72 -24 31
11 Clyde 34 13 4 17 62 64 -2 30
12 Partick Thistle 34 10 10 14 55 64 -9 30
13 Motherwell 34 12 4 18 52 69 -17 28
14 St. Johnstone 34 9 8 17 58 81 -23 26
15 Stirling Albion 34 9 8 17 40 68 -28 26
16 St. Mirren 34 9 4 21 44 82 -38 22
17 Greenock Morton 34 8 5 21 42 84 -42 21
18 Hamilton Academical 34 3 2 29 27 117 -90 8

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Greenock Morton, Hamilton Academical

[edit] Scottish League Division Two

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Ayr United 36 22 9 5 78 37 41 53
2 Airdrieonians 36 22 6 8 107 56 51 50
3 Queen of the South 36 18 11 7 73 46 27 47
4 East Fife 36 20 4 12 72 55 17 44
5 Raith Rovers 36 15 11 9 71 43 28 43
6 Arbroath 36 15 13 8 72 52 20 43
7 Albion Rovers 36 18 7 11 58 54 4 43
8 Alloa Athletic 36 14 10 12 65 65 0 38
9 Montrose 36 15 7 14 67 63 4 37
10 Cowdenbeath 36 15 7 14 69 68 1 37
11 Berwick Rangers 36 12 11 13 69 58 11 35
12 Dumbarton 36 14 7 15 63 61 2 35
13 Queen's Park 36 13 7 16 62 65 -3 33
14 Third Lanark 36 12 8 16 55 65 -10 32
15 Stranraer 36 9 10 17 64 83 -19 28
16 Brechin City 36 10 7 19 52 92 -40 27
17 East Stirlingshire 36 9 5 22 59 91 -32 23
18 Stenhousemuir 36 6 7 23 47 93 -46 19
19 Forfar Athletic 36 7 3 26 61 120 -59 17

Promoted: Ayr United, Airdrieonians

[edit] Other honours

[edit] Cup honours

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1965–66 Rangers 1 – 0 (rep.) Celtic
League Cup Celtic 2 – 1 Rangers
Junior Cup Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 6 – 1 (rep.) Whitburn

[edit] Individual honours

Award Winner Club
Footballer of the Year Flag of Scotland John Greig Rangers

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures
Date Venue Opponents Score[1] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
October 2, 1965 Windsor Park, Belfast (A) Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2–3 BHC Alan Gilzean (2)
October 13, 1965 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Poland Poland 1–2 WCQ Billy McNeill
November 9, 1965 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Italy Italy 1–0 WCQ John Greig
October 2, 1965 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Wales Wales 4–1 BHC Bobby Murdoch (2), Willie Henderson, John Greig
December 7, 1965 Stadio San Paolo, Naples (A) Flag of Italy Italy 0–3 WCQ
April 2, 1966 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of England England 3–4 BHC Willie Johnston (2), Denis Law
May 11, 1966 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 0–3 F
June 18, 1966 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Portugal Portugal 0–1 F
June 25, 1966 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Brazil Brazil 1–1 F Stevie Chalmers

1966 British Home Championship - Third Place

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.

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