1968-69 in Scottish football

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The 1968–69 season was the 72nd 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 23 8 3 89 32 57 54
2 Rangers 34 21 7 6 81 32 49 49
3 Dunfermline Athletic 34 19 7 8 63 45 18 45
4 Kilmarnock 34 15 14 5 50 32 18 44
5 Dundee United 34 17 9 8 61 49 12 43
6 St. Johnstone 34 16 5 13 66 59 7 37
7 Airdrieonians 34 13 11 10 46 44 2 37
8 Hearts 34 14 8 12 52 54 -2 36
9 Dundee 34 10 12 12 47 48 -1 32
10 Greenock Morton 34 12 8 14 58 68 -10 32
11 St. Mirren 34 11 10 13 40 54 -14 32
12 Hibernian 34 12 7 15 60 59 1 31
13 Clyde 34 9 13 12 35 50 -15 31
14 Partick Thistle 34 9 10 15 39 53 -14 28
15 Aberdeen 34 9 8 17 50 59 -9 26
16 Raith Rovers 34 8 5 21 45 67 -22 21
17 Falkirk 34 5 8 21 33 69 -36 18
18 Arbroath 34 5 6 23 41 82 -41 16

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Falkirk, Arbroath

[edit] Scottish League Division Two

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Motherwell 36 30 4 2 112 23 89 64
2 Ayr United 36 23 7 6 82 31 51 53
3 East Fife 36 21 6 9 82 45 37 48
4 Stirling Albion 36 21 6 9 67 40 27 48
5 Queen of the South 36 20 7 9 75 41 34 47
6 Forfar Athletic 36 18 7 11 71 56 15 43
7 Albion Rovers 36 19 5 12 60 56 4 43
8 Stranraer 36 17 7 12 57 45 12 41
9 East Stirlingshire 36 17 5 14 70 62 8 39
10 Montrose 36 15 4 17 59 71 -12 34
11 Queen's Park 36 13 7 16 50 59 -9 33
12 Cowdenbeath 36 12 5 19 54 67 -13 29
13 Clydebank 36 6 15 15 52 67 -15 27
14 Dumbarton 36 11 5 20 46 69 -23 27
15 Hamilton Academical 36 8 8 20 37 72 -35 24
16 Berwick Rangers 36 7 9 20 42 70 -28 23
17 Brechin City 36 8 6 22 40 78 -38 22
18 Alloa Athletic 36 7 7 22 45 79 -34 21
19 Stenhousemuir 36 6 6 24 55 125 -70 18

Promoted: Motherwell, Ayr United

[edit] Other honours

[edit] Cup honours

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1968–69 Celtic 4 – 0 Rangers
League Cup Celtic 6 – 2 Hibernian
Junior Cup Cambuslang Rangers 1 – 0 Kirkintilloch Rob Roy

[edit] Individual honours

Award Winner Club
Footballer of the Year Flag of Scotland Bobby Murdoch Celtic

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures
Date Venue Opponents Score[1] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
October 16, 1968 Idraetsparken, Copenhagen (A) Flag of Denmark Denmark 1–0 F Bobby Lennox
November 6, 1968 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Austria Austria 2–1 WCQ Denis Law, Billy Bremner
December 11, 1968 Palaio GSP Stadium, Nicosia (A) Flag of Cyprus Cyprus 5–0 WCQ Colin Stein (2), Alan Gilzean (2), Bobby Murdoch
April 16, 1969 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of West Germany West Germany 1–1 WCQ Bobby Murdoch
May 3, 1969 The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (A) Flag of Wales Wales 5–3 BHC Billy McNeill, Colin Stein, Alan Gilzean, Billy Bremner
May 6, 1969 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 1–1 BHC Colin Stein
May 10, 1969 Wembley Stadium, London (A) Flag of England England 1–4 BHC Colin Stein
May 17, 1969 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Cyprus Cyprus 8–0 WCQ Colin Stein (4), Billy McNeill, Willie Henderson, Tommy Gemmell (pen.), Eddie Gray

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.

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