1980-81 in Scottish football

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The 1980-81 season was the 84th season of competitive football in Scotland.

Contents 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	Celtic	36	26	4	6	84	37	47	56
2	Aberdeen	36	19	11	6	61	26	35	49
3	Rangers	36	16	12	8	60	32	28	44
4	St. Mirren	36	18	8	10	56	47	9	44
5	Dundee United	36	17	9	10	66	42	24	43
6	Partick Thistle	36	10	10	16	32	48	-16	30
7	Airdrieonians	36	10	9	17	36	55	-19	29
8	Greenock Morton	36	10	8	18	36	58	-22	28
9	Kilmarnock	36	5	9	22	23	65	-42	19
10	Hearts	36	6	6	24	27	71	-44	18

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Kilmarnock, Hearts

[edit] Scottish League Division One

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hibernian	39	25	8	6	67	22	45	58
2	Dundee	39	22	8	9	64	40	24	52
3	St. Johnstone	39	21	10	8	64	44	20	52
4	Raith Rovers	39	20	10	9	49	32	17	50
5	Motherwell	39	19	11	9	65	51	14	49
6	Ayr United	39	17	11	11	59	42	17	45
7	Hamilton Academical	39	15	7	17	61	57	4	37
8	Dumbarton	39	13	11	15	49	50	-1	37
9	Falkirk	39	13	8	18	39	52	-13	34
10	Clydebank	39	10	13	16	48	59	-11	33
11	East Stirlingshire	39	6	16	17	39	57	-18	28
12	Dunfermline	39	10	7	22	41	58	-17	27
13	Stirling Albion	39	6	11	22	19	48	-29	23
14	Berwick Rangers	39	5	11	23	30	82	-52	21

Promoted: Hibernian, Dundee
Relegated: Stirling Albion, Berwick Rangers

[edit] Scottish League Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Queen's Park	39	16	18	5	62	43	19	50
2	Queen of the South	39	16	14	9	66	53	13	46
3	Cowdenbeath	39	18	9	12	63	48	15	45
4	Brechin City	39	15	14	10	52	46	6	44
5	Forfar Athletic	39	17	9	13	63	57	6	43
6	Alloa Athletic	39	15	12	12	61	54	7	42
7	Montrose	39	16	8	15	66	55	11	40
8	Clyde	39	14	12	13	68	63	5	40
9	Arbroath	39	13	12	14	58	54	4	38
10	Stenhousemuir	39	13	11	15	63	58	5	37
11	East Fife	39	10	15	14	44	53	-9	35
12	Albion Rovers	39	13	9	17	59	72	-13	35
13	Meadowbank Thistle	39	11	7	21	42	64	-22	29
14	Stranraer	39	7	8	24	36	83	-47	22

Promoted: Queen's Park, Queen of the South

[edit] Other honours

[edit] Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1980–81	Rangers	4 – 1 (rep.)	Dundee United
League Cup	Dundee United	3 – 0	Dundee
Junior Cup	Pollok	1 – 0	Arthurlie

[edit] Individual honours

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	Alan Rough	Partick Thistle
Players' Player of the Year	Mark McGhee	Aberdeen
Young Player of the Year	Charlie Nicholas	Celtic

[edit] Scottish national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[1]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
September 10	Solna Stadion, Stockholm (A)	Sweden	1–0	WCQ	Gordon Strachan
October 15	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Portugal	0–0	WCQ
February 25	National Stadium, Ramat Gan (A)	Israel	1–0	WCQ	Kenny Dalglish
March 25	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	1–1	WCQ	John Wark
April 28	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Israel	3–1	WCQ	John Robertson (2, 1 pen.), Davie Provan
May 16	Vetch Field, Swansea (A)	Wales	0–2	BHC[2]
May 19	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	2–0	BHC[2]	Ray Stewart, Steve Archibald
May 23	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	1–0	BHC[2]	John Robertson

[edit] Notes and references

Seasons in Scottish football v • d • e
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League competitions in Scottish football
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Cup Competitions in Scottish Football
Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Junior Cup Youth Cup