1975-76 in Scottish football

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The 1975–76 season was the 79th season of Scottish league football. It was the first season in the new, three-tier setup. Division One was no longer the top division in Scottish football, although all three divisions are still part of the Scottish Football League. The Premier Division champions succeeded the last Division One champions, and the new Division One champions are equivalent to the old Division Two champions. The new Division Two is a completely new competition, although it shares its name with the old Division Two.

Both Division One and Two now contained 14 teams, previously considered a difficult number to ensure a balanced schedule. A 26 game programme, with every team playing each other home and away, was considered too short, a 52 game programme (with each team playing each other home and away twice) too congested. A 39 game schedule would leave an imbalance with each side having two fixtures at home against some teams, and one against others. The Scottish Football League addressed the problem by opting for a 26 game calendar and introducing a supplementary competition, the Spring Cup, open only to teams from Divisions One and Two, to be played at the season's end. It was discontinued after a single season.

1 Scottish Premier Division
2 Scottish League Division One
3 Scottish League Division Two
4 Other honours
- 4.1 Cup honours
- 4.2 Individual honours
5 Scotland national team
6 Notes and references

[edit] Scottish Premier Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	36	23	8	5	60	24	36	54
2	Celtic	36	21	6	9	71	42	29	48
3	Hibernian	36	18	7	11	55	43	12	43
4	Motherwell	36	16	8	12	53	49	4	40
5	Hearts	36	13	9	14	39	45	-6	35
6	Ayr United	36	14	5	17	46	59	-13	33
7	Aberdeen	36	11	10	15	49	50	-1	32
8	Dundee United	36	12	8	16	46	48	-2	32
9	Dundee	36	11	10	15	49	62	-13	32
10	St. Johnstone	36	3	5	28	29	79	-50	11

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Dundee, St. Johnstone

[edit] Scottish League Division One

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Partick Thistle	26	17	7	2	47	19	28	41
2	Kilmarnock	26	16	3	7	44	29	15	35
3	Montrose	26	12	6	8	53	43	10	30
4	Dumbarton	26	12	4	10	53	46	7	28
5	Arbroath	26	11	4	11	41	39	2	26
6	St. Mirren	26	9	8	9	37	37	0	26
7	Falkirk	26	10	5	11	38	35	3	25
8	Airdrieonians	26	7	11	8	44	41	3	25
9	Hamilton Academical	26	7	10	9	37	37	0	24
10	Queen of the South	26	9	6	11	41	47	-6	24
11	Greenock Morton	26	7	9	10	31	40	-9	23
12	East Fife	26	8	7	11	39	53	-14	23
13	Dunfermline Athletic	26	5	10	11	30	51	-21	20
14	Clyde	26	5	4	17	34	52	-18	14

Promoted: Partick Thistle, Kilmarnock
Relegated: Dunfermline Athletic, Clyde

[edit] Scottish League Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Clydebank	26	17	6	3	46	15	31	40
2	Raith Rovers	26	15	10	1	45	22	23	40
3	Alloa Athletic	26	14	7	5	48	32	16	35
4	Queen's Park	26	10	9	7	41	33	8	29
5	Cowdenbeath	26	11	7	8	44	43	1	29
6	Stirling Albion	26	9	7	10	39	32	7	25
7	Stranraer	26	11	3	12	49	43	6	25
8	East Stirlingshire	26	8	8	10	33	33	0	24
9	Albion Rovers	26	7	10	9	35	38	-3	24
10	Stenhousemuir	26	9	5	12	39	44	-5	23
11	Berwick Rangers	26	7	5	14	32	44	-12	19
12	Forfar Athletic	26	4	10	12	28	48	-20	18
13	Brechin City	26	6	5	15	30	53	-23	17
14	Meadowbank Thistle	26	5	6	15	24	53	-29	16

Promoted: Clydebank, Raith Rovers

[edit] Other honours

[edit] Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1975–76	Rangers	3 – 1	Hearts
League Cup	Rangers	1 – 0	Celtic
Junior Cup	Bo'ness United	3 – 0	Darvel Juniors
Spring Cup	Airdrieonians	4 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Clydebank

[edit] Individual honours

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	John Greig	Rangers

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
September 3	Idraetsparken, Copenhagen (A)	Denmark	1–0	ECQ	Joe Harper
October 29	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Denmark	3–1	ECQ	Kenny Dalglish, Bruce Rioch, Ted MacDougall
December 17	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Romania	1–1	ECQ	Bruce Rioch
April 7	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Switzerland	1–0	ECQ	Willie Pettigrew
May 6	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	3–1	BHC	Willie Pettigrew, Bruce Rioch, Eddie Gray
May 8	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	3–0	BHC	Archie Gemmill, Kenny Dalglish, Don Masson
May 15	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	2–1	BHC	Don Masson, Kenny Dalglish