Scottish Football League 1970-71

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Statistics of Scottish Football League in season 1970/1971.

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[edit] Scottish League Division One

Aberdeen, with a 15 game unbeaten run, led the league from December until the last week of the season. Aberdeen faced Celtic in their penultimate game needing a win to almost cetainly clinch the title, but could only draw 1-1: and then they lost their last game, at Falkirk, allowing Celtic to take the championship by 2 points.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Celtic 34 25 6 3 89 23 66 56
2 Aberdeen 34 24 6 4 68 18 50 54
3 St Johnstone 34 19 6 9 59 44 15 44
4 Rangers 34 16 9 9 58 34 24 41
5 Dundee 34 14 10 10 53 45 8 38
6 Dundee United 34 14 8 12 53 54 -1 36
7 Falkirk 34 13 9 12 46 53 -7 35
8 Greenock Morton 34 13 8 13 44 44 0 34
9 Airdrieonians 34 13 8 13 60 65 -5 34
10 Motherwell 34 13 8 13 43 47 -4 34
11 Hearts 34 13 7 14 41 40 1 33
12 Hibernian 34 10 10 14 47 53 -6 30
13 Kilmarnock 34 10 8 16 43 67 -24 28
14 Ayr United 34 9 8 17 37 54 -17 26
15 Clyde 34 8 10 16 33 59 -26 26
16 Dunfermline Athletic 34 6 11 17 44 56 -12 23
17 St Mirren 34 7 9 18 38 56 -18 23
18 Cowdenbeath 34 7 3 24 33 69 -36 17

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: St Mirren, Cowdenbeath

[edit] Scottish League Division Two

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Partick Thistle 36 23 10 3 78 26 52 56
2 East Fife 36 22 7 7 86 44 42 51
3 Arbroath 36 19 8 9 80 52 28 46
4 Dumbarton 36 19 6 11 87 46 41 44
5 Clydebank 36 17 8 11 57 43 14 42
6 Montrose 36 17 7 12 78 64 14 41
7 Albion Rovers 36 15 9 12 53 52 1 39
8 Raith Rovers 36 15 9 12 62 62 0 39
9 Stranraer 36 14 8 14 54 52 2 36
10 Stenhousemuir 36 14 8 14 64 70 -6 36
11 Queen of the South 36 13 9 14 50 56 -6 35
12 Stirling Albion 36 12 8 16 61 61 0 32
13 Queen's Park 36 13 4 19 51 72 -21 30
14 Berwick Rangers 36 10 10 16 42 60 -18 30
15 Forfar Athletic 36 9 11 16 63 75 -12 29
16 Alloa Athletic 36 9 11 16 56 86 -30 29
17 East Stirlingshire 36 9 9 18 57 86 -29 27
18 Hamilton Academical 36 8 7 21 50 79 -29 23
19 Brechin City 36 6 7 23 30 73 -43 19

Promoted: Partick Thistle, East Fife

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