1971-72 in Scottish football

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The 1971–72 season was the 75th season of Scottish league football.

Contents 1 Scottish League Division One 2 Scottish League Division Two 3 Other honours 3.1 Cup honours 3.2 Individual honours 4 Scotland national team 5 See also 6 Notes and references

[edit] Scottish League Division One

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	34	28	4	2	96	28	68	60
2	Aberdeen	34	21	8	5	80	26	54	50
3	Rangers	34	21	2	11	71	38	33	44
4	Hibernian	34	19	6	9	62	34	28	44
5	Dundee	34	14	13	7	59	38	21	41
6	Hearts	34	13	13	8	53	49	4	39
7	Partick Thistle	34	12	10	12	53	54	-1	34
8	St. Johnstone	34	12	8	14	52	58	-6	32
9	Dundee United	34	12	7	15	55	70	-15	31
10	Motherwell	34	11	7	16	49	69	-20	29
11	Kilmarnock	34	11	6	17	49	64	-15	28
12	Ayr United	34	9	10	15	40	58	-18	28
13	Greenock Morton	34	10	7	17	46	52	-6	27
14	Falkirk	34	10	7	17	44	60	-16	27
15	Airdrieonians	34	7	12	15	44	76	-22	26
16	East Fife	34	5	15	14	34	61	-27	25
17	Clyde	34	7	10	17	33	66	-23	24
18	Dunfermline Athletic	34	7	9	18	31	50	-19	23

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Clyde, Dunfermline

[edit] Scottish League Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dumbarton	36	24	4	8	89	51	38	52
2	Arbroath	36	22	8	6	71	41	30	52
3	Stirling Albion	36	21	8	7	75	37	38	50
4	St. Mirren	36	24	2	10	84	47	37	50
5	Cowdenbeath	36	19	10	7	69	28	41	48
6	Stranraer	36	18	8	10	70	62	8	44
7	Queen of the South	36	17	9	10	56	38	18	43
8	East Stirlingshire	36	17	7	12	60	58	2	41
9	Clydebank	36	14	11	11	60	52	8	39
10	Montrose	36	15	6	15	73	54	19	36
11	Raith Rovers	36	13	8	15	56	56	0	34
12	Queen's Park	36	12	9	15	47	61	-14	33
13	Berwick Rangers	36	14	4	18	53	50	3	32
14	Stenhousemuir	36	10	8	18	41	58	-17	28
15	Brechin City	36	8	7	21	41	79	-38	23
16	Alloa Athletic	36	9	4	23	41	75	-34	22
17	Forfar Athletic	36	6	9	21	32	84	-52	21
18	Albion Rovers	36	7	6	23	36	61	-25	20
19	Hamilton Academical	36	4	8	24	31	93	-62	16

Promoted: Dumbarton, Arbroath

[edit] Other honours

[edit] Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1971–72	Celtic	6 – 1	Hibernian
League Cup	Partick Thistle	4 – 1	Celtic
Junior Cup	Cambuslang Rangers	3 – 2 (rep.)	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic

[edit] Individual honours

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	Dave Smith	Rangers

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[1]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
October 13, 1971	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Portugal	2–1	ECQ	John O'Hare, Archie Gemmill
November 10, 1971	Pittodrie, Aberdeen (H)	Belgium	1–0	ECQ	John O'Hare
December 1, 1971	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam (A)	Netherlands	1–2	ECQ	George Graham
April 26, 1972	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Peru	2–0	F	John O'Hare, Denis Law
May 20, 1972	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	2–0	BHC	Denis Law, Peter Lorimer
May 24, 1972	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	1–0	BHC	Peter Lorimer
May 27, 1972	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	0–1	BHC
June 29, 1972	Estadio Minearo, Belo Horizonte (N)	Yugoslavia	2–2	Brazilian Independence Cup	Lou Macari (2)
July 2, 1972	Estadio Biera Rio, Porto Alegre (N)	Czechoslovakia	0–0	Brazilian Independence Cup
July 5, 1972	Estadio do Maracana, Rio De Janeiro (A)	Brazil	0–1	Brazilian Independence Cup

1972 British Home Championship - Joint winners with  England

[edit] See also

• Rangers F.C. season 1971-72

[edit] Notes and references

Seasons in Scottish football v • d • e
1967–68 | 1968–69 | 1969–70 | 1970–71 | 1971–72 | 1972–73 | 1973–74 | 1974–75 | 1975–76
Football in Scotland v • d • e
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National teams
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League competitions in Scottish football
Premier League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League East League South League Junior Leagues
Cup Competitions in Scottish Football
Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Junior Cup Youth Cup