1971–72 Scottish Division Two

Scottish Second Division
Season	1971–72
Champions	Dumbarton
Promoted	Dumbarton Arbroath
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 Scottish Second Division was won by Dumbarton who, along with second placed Arbroath, were promoted to the First Division. Hamilton Academical finished bottom.

Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dumbarton	36	24	4	8	89	51	38	52	Promotion to the 1972–73 First Division
2	Arbroath	36	22	8	6	71	41	30	52	Promotion to the 1972–73 First Division
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

References

Scottish Football Archive

Second division football seasons in Scotland

Division Two	1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75

First Division	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13

Scottish Championship	2013–14 2014–15

1971–72 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues	Football League First Division Second Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup

European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup

Related to national team	Results Euro 1972 qualifying (Group 5) British Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Ayr United Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Johnstone

Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clydebank Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer