1970-71 in Scottish football

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The 1970–71 season was the 74th 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 Notes and references

[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.

P	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

P	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

[edit] Other honours

[edit] Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1970–71	Celtic	2 – 1 (rep.)	Rangers
League Cup	Rangers	1 – 0	Celtic
Junior Cup	Cambuslang Rangers	2 – 1	Newtongrange Star

[edit] Individual honours

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	Martin Buchan	Aberdeen

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

Date	Venue	Opponents	ScoreScore[1]	Competition	Scotland score(r)
November 11	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Denmark	1–0	ECQ	John O'Hare
February 3	Stade Sclessin, Liege (A)	Belgium	0–3	ECQ
April 21	Estadio da Luz, Lisbon (A)	Portugal	0–2	ECQ
May 15	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	0–0	BHC
May 18	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	0–1	BHC
May 22	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	1–3	BHC	Hugh Curran
June 9	Idraetsparken, Copenhagen (A)	Denmark	0–1	ECQ
June 14	Lenin Stadium, Moscow (A)	USSR	0–1	F

[edit] Notes and references

Seasons in Scottish football v • d • e
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Cup Competitions in Scottish Football
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