1974-75 in Scottish football

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The 1974–75 season was the 78th season of Scottish league football. It was the final season of the old, two-division set up. At the end of the season, the top ten teams in Division One formed the new Premier Division. The remaining eight teams, together with the top six from Division Two went on to make up the new Division One. The remaining 14 teams became the new Division Two.

This season also saw Celtic's record-breaking run of 9 consecutive league championships finally come to an end when Rangers won the last ever Division One league title. They would also win the first ever Premier Division and Premier League titles, and would go on their own 9 year title streak from 1989–1998.

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 Notes and references

[edit] Scottish League Division One

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	34	25	6	3	86	33	53	56
2	Hibernian	34	20	9	5	69	37	32	49
3	Celtic	34	20	5	9	81	41	40	45
4	Dundee United	34	19	7	8	72	43	29	45
5	Aberdeen	34	16	9	9	66	43	23	41
6	Dundee	34	16	6	12	48	42	6	38
7	Ayr United	34	14	8	12	50	61	-11	36
8	Hearts	34	11	13	10	47	52	-5	35
9	St. Johnstone	34	11	12	11	41	44	-3	34
10	Motherwell	34	14	5	15	52	57	-5	33
11	Airdrieonians	34	11	9	14	43	55	-12	31
12	Kilmarnock	34	8	15	11	52	68	-16	31
13	Partick Thistle	34	10	10	14	48	62	-14	30
14	Dumbarton	34	7	10	17	44	55	-11	24
15	Dunfermline Athletic	34	7	9	18	46	66	-20	23
16	Clyde	34	6	10	18	40	63	-23	22
17	Greenock Morton	34	6	10	18	31	62	-31	22
18	Arbroath	34	5	7	22	34	66	-32	17

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: See explanation above

[edit] Scottish League Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Falkirk	38	26	2	10	76	29	47	54
2	Queen of the South	38	23	7	8	77	33	44	53
3	Montrose	38	23	7	8	70	37	33	53
4	Hamilton Academical	38	21	7	10	69	30	39	49
5	East Fife	38	20	7	11	57	42	15	47
6	St. Mirren	38	19	8	11	74	52	22	46
7	Clydebank	38	18	8	12	50	40	10	44
8	Stirling Albion	38	17	9	12	67	55	12	43
9	Berwick	38	17	6	15	53	49	4	40
10	East Stirlingshire	38	16	8	14	56	52	4	40
11	Stenhousemuir	38	14	11	13	52	42	10	39
12	Albion Rovers	38	16	7	15	72	64	8	39
13	Raith Rovers	38	14	9	15	48	44	4	37
14	Stranraer	38	12	11	15	47	65	-18	35
15	Alloa	38	11	11	16	49	56	-7	33
16	Queen’s Park	38	10	10	18	41	54	-13	30
17	Brechin	38	9	7	22	44	85	-41	25
18	Meadowbank	38	9	5	24	26	87	-61	23
19	Cowdenbeath	38	5	11	22	39	76	-37	21
20	Forfar	38	1	7	30	27	102	-75	9

Champions: Falkirk
Promotion / relegation: see explanation above

[edit] Other honours

[edit] Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1974–75	Celtic	3 – 1	Airdrieonians
League Cup	Celtic	6 – 3	Hibernian
Junior Cup	Glenrothes	1 – 0	Rutherglen Glencairn

[edit] Individual honours

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	Sandy Jardine	Rangers

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
October 30	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	East Germany	3–0	F	Tommy Hutchison (pen.), Kenny Burns, Kenny Dalglish
November 20	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Spain	1–2	ECQ	Billy Bremner
February 5	Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia (A)	Spain	1–1	ECQ	Joe Jordan
April 16	Ullevi Stadion, Gothenburg (A)	Sweden	1–1	F	Ted MacDougall
May 13	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Portugal	1–0	F	own goal
May 17	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	2–2	BHC	Colin Jackson, Bruce Rioch
May 20	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	3–0	BHC	Ted MacDougall, Kenny Dalglish, Derek Parlane
May 24	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	1–5	BHC	Bruce Rioch
June 1	Bucharest (A)	Romania	1–1	ECQ	Gordon McQueen