1972-73 in Scottish football

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The 1972–73 season was the 76th season of Scottish league football.

Contents

[edit] Scottish League Division One

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Celtic 34 26 5 3 93 28 65 57
2 Rangers 34 26 4 4 74 30 44 56
3 Hibernian 34 19 7 8 74 33 41 45
4 Aberdeen 34 16 11 7 61 34 27 43
5 Dundee 34 17 9 8 68 43 25 43
6 Ayr United 34 16 8 10 50 51 -1 40
7 Dundee United 34 17 5 12 56 51 5 39
8 Motherwell 34 11 9 14 38 48 -10 31
9 East Fife 34 11 8 15 46 54 -8 30
10 Hearts 34 12 6 16 39 50 -11 30
11 St. Johnstone 34 10 9 15 52 67 -15 29
12 Greenock Morton 34 10 8 16 47 53 -6 28
13 Partick Thistle 34 10 8 16 40 53 -13 28
14 Falkirk 34 7 12 15 38 56 -18 26
15 Arbroath 34 9 8 17 39 63 -24 26
16 Dumbarton 34 6 11 17 43 72 -29 23
17 Kilmarnock 34 7 8 19 40 71 -31 22
18 Airdrieonians 34 4 8 22 34 75 -41 16

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Kilmarnock, Airdrieonians

[edit] Scottish League Division Two

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Clyde 36 23 10 3 68 28 40 56
2 Dunfermline Athletic 36 23 6 7 95 32 63 52
3 Stirling Albion 36 19 9 8 70 39 31 47
4 Raith Rovers 36 19 9 8 73 42 31 47
5 St. Mirren 36 19 7 10 79 50 29 45
6 Montrose 36 18 8 10 82 58 24 44
7 Cowdenbeath 36 14 10 12 57 53 4 38
8 Hamilton Academical 36 16 6 14 67 63 4 38
9 Berwick Rangers 36 16 5 15 45 54 -9 37
10 Stenhousemuir 36 14 8 14 44 41 3 36
11 Queen of the South 36 13 8 15 45 52 -7 34
12 Alloa Athletic 36 11 11 14 45 49 -4 33
13 East Stirlingshire 36 12 8 16 52 69 -17 32
14 Queen's Park 36 9 12 15 44 61 -17 30
15 Stranraer 36 13 4 19 56 78 -22 30
16 Forfar Athletic 36 10 9 17 38 66 -28 29
17 Clydebank 36 9 6 21 48 72 -24 24
18 Albion Rovers 36 5 8 23 35 83 -48 18
19 Brechin City 36 5 4 27 46 99 -53 14

Relegated: Clyde, Dunfermline Athletic

[edit] Other honours

[edit] Cup honours

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1972–73 Rangers 3–2 Celtic
League Cup Hibernian 2–1 Celtic
Junior Cup Irvine Meadow XI 1–0 (2nd rep.) Cambuslang Rangers

[edit] Individual honours

Award Winner Club
Footballer of the Year Flag of Scotland George Connelly Celtic

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures
Date Venue Opponents Score[1] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
October 18 Idraetsparken, Copenhagen (A) Flag of Denmark Denmark 4–1 WCQ Lou Macari, Jimmy Bone, Joe Harper, Willie Morgan
November 15 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Denmark Denmark 2–0 WCQ Kenny Dalglish, Peter Lorimer
February 14 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of England England 0–5 F
May 12 The Racecourse, Wrexham (A) Flag of Wales Wales 2–0 BHC George Graham (2)
May 16 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 1–2 BHC Kenny Dalglish
May 19 Wembley Stadium, London (A) Flag of England England 0–1 BHC
June 22 Wankdorf Stadion, Berne (A) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 0–1 F
June 30 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Brazil Brazil 0–1 F

1973 British Home Championship - Third Place

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.

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