1971–72 Scottish Football League

Statistics of Scottish Football League in season 1971/1972.

Scottish League Division One

Pos	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	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

	Division Champions
	Relegated

Scottish League Division Two

Pos	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

	Division Champions/promoted
	Promoted

See also

1971-72 in Scottish football

References

Scottish Football League (1890–2013)

≫ Scottish Professional Football League (2013–present)

Divisions	Premier Division (1975–1998) First Division (1975–2013) Second Division (1975–2013) Third Division (1994–2013)

Cup competitions	League Cup Challenge Cup

Former teams	Aberdeen Abercorn Airdrieonians (1878) Airdrieonians (2002) Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Annan Athletic Arbroath Armadale Arthurlie Ayr Ayr Parkhouse Ayr United Bathgate Beith Berwick Rangers Bo'ness Brechin City Broxburn United Cambuslang Celtic Clackmannan Clyde Clydebank Cowdenbeath Cowlairs Dumbarton Dumbarton Harp Dundee Dundee United Dundee Wanderers Dunfermline Athletic Dykehead East Fife East Stirlingshire Edinburgh City Elgin City Falkirk Forfar Athletic Galston Greenock Morton Gretna Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Helensburgh Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Johnstone Kilmarnock King's Park Leith Athletic Linthouse Livingston Lochgelly United Meadowbank Thistle Mid-Annandale Montrose Motherwell Nithsdale Wanderers Northern Partick Thistle Peebles Rovers Peterhead Port Glasgow Athletic Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers Rangers Renton Ross County Royal Albert Solway Star St Bernard's St. Johnstone St. Mirren Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer Third Lanark Thistle Vale of Leven

Seasons	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 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 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 1999–2000 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

Clubs Stadia Monthly awards Representative team

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