1979-80 in Scottish football

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The 1979–80 season was the 83rd season of competitive football in Scotland.

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 Scottish national team
6 Notes and references

[edit] Scottish Premier Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aberdeen	36	19	10	7	68	36	32	48
2	Celtic	36	18	11	7	61	38	23	47
3	St. Mirren	36	15	12	9	56	49	7	42
4	Dundee United	36	12	13	11	43	30	13	37
5	Rangers	36	15	7	14	50	46	4	37
6	Greenock Morton	36	14	8	14	51	46	5	36
7	Partick Thistle	36	11	14	11	43	47	-4	36
8	Kilmarnock	36	11	11	14	36	52	-16	33
9	Dundee	36	10	6	20	47	73	-26	26
10	Hibernian	36	6	6	24	29	67	-38	18

Champions: Aberdeen
Relegated: Dundee, Hibernian

[edit] Scottish League Division One

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hearts	39	20	13	6	58	39	19	53
2	Airdrieonians	39	21	9	9	78	47	31	51
3	Ayr United	39	16	12	11	64	51	13	44
4	Dumbarton	39	19	6	14	59	51	8	44
5	Raith Rovers	39	14	15	10	59	46	13	43
6	Motherwell	39	16	11	12	59	48	11	43
7	Hamilton Academical	39	15	10	14	60	59	1	40
8	Stirling Albion	39	13	13	13	40	40	0	39
9	Clydebank	39	14	8	17	58	57	1	36
10	Dunfermline	39	11	13	15	39	57	-18	35
11	St. Johnstone	39	12	10	17	57	74	-17	34
12	Berwick Rangers	39	8	15	16	57	64	-7	31
13	Arbroath	39	9	10	20	50	79	-29	28
14	Clyde	39	6	13	20	43	69	-26	25

Promoted: Hearts, Airdrieonians
Relegated: Arbroath, Clyde

[edit] Scottish League Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Falkirk	39	19	12	8	65	35	30	50
2	East Stirlingshire	39	21	7	11	55	40	15	49
3	Forfar Athletic	39	19	8	12	63	51	12	46
4	Albion Rovers	39	16	12	11	73	56	17	44
5	Queen's Park	39	16	9	14	59	47	12	41
6	Stenhousemuir	39	16	9	14	56	51	5	41
7	Brechin City	39	15	10	14	61	59	2	40
8	Cowdenbeath	39	14	12	13	54	52	2	40
9	Montrose	39	14	10	15	60	63	-3	38
10	East Fife	39	12	9	18	45	57	-12	33
11	Stranraer	39	12	8	19	51	65	-14	32
12	Meadowbank Thistle	39	12	8	19	42	70	-28	32
13	Queen of the South	39	11	9	19	51	69	-18	31
14	Alloa Athletic	39	11	7	21	44	64	-20	29

Promoted: Falkirk, East Stirlingshire

[edit] Other honours

[edit] Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1979–80	Celtic	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Rangers
League Cup	Dundee United	3 – 0 (rep.)	Aberdeen
Junior Cup	Baillieston	2 – 0 (rep.)	Benburb

[edit] Individual honours

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	Gordon Strachan	Aberdeen
Players' Player of the Year	Davie Provan	Celtic
Young Player of the Year	John MacDonald	Rangers

[edit] Scottish national team

See also: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

Scotland could only manage Fourth Place in the 1980 British Home Championship. Scotland won just one game, against Wales, Willie Miller scored Scotland's only goal of the Tournament.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
September 12, 1979	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Peru	1–1	F	Jorge Olaechea (o.g.)
October 17, 1979	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Austria	1–1	ECQ	Archie Gemmill
November 21, 1979	Heysel Stadion, Brussels (A)	Belgium	0–2	ECQ
December 19, 1979	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Belgium	1–3	ECQ	John Robertson
March 26, 1980	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Portugal	4–1	ECQ	Kenny Dalglish, Andy Gray, Steve Archibald, Archie Gemmill
May 16, 1980	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Northern Ireland	0–1	BHC
May 21, 1980	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	1–0	BHC	Willie Miller
May 24, 1980	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	0–2	BHC
May 28, 1980	Warta Stadion, Poznań (A)	Poland	0–1	F
May 31, 1980	Nepstadion, Budapest (A)	Hungary	1–3	F	Steve Archibald