1981-82 in Scottish football

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The 1981–82 season was the 85th season of Scottish league football.

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[edit] Scottish Premier Division

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Celtic 36 24 7 5 79 33 46 55
2 Aberdeen 36 23 7 6 71 29 42 53
3 Rangers 36 16 11 9 57 45 12 43
4 Dundee United 36 15 10 11 61 38 23 40
5 St. Mirren 36 14 9 13 49 52 -3 37
6 Hibernian 36 11 14 11 38 40 -2 36
7 Greenock Morton 36 9 12 15 31 54 -23 30
8 Dundee 36 11 4 21 46 72 -26 26
9 Partick Thistle 36 6 10 20 35 59 -24 22
10 Airdrieonians 36 5 8 23 31 76 -45 18

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Partick Thistle, Airdrieonians

[edit] Scottish League Division One

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Motherwell 39 26 9 4 92 36 56 61
2 Kilmarnock 39 17 17 5 60 29 31 51
3 Hearts 39 21 8 10 65 37 28 50
4 Clydebank 39 19 8 12 61 53 8 46
5 St. Johnstone 39 17 8 14 69 60 9 42
6 Ayr 39 15 12 12 56 50 6 42
7 Hamilton Academical 39 16 8 15 52 49 3 40
8 Queen's Park 39 13 10 16 41 41 0 36
9 Falkirk 39 11 14 14 49 52 -3 36
10 Dunfermline 39 11 14 14 46 56 -10 36
11 Dumbarton 39 13 9 17 49 61 -12 35
12 Raith Rovers 39 11 7 21 31 59 -28 29
13 East Stirlingshire 39 7 10 22 38 77 -39 24
14 Queen of the South 39 4 10 25 44 93 -49 18

Promoted: Motherwell, Kilmarnock
Relegated: East Stirlingshire, Queen of the South

[edit] Scottish League Division Two

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Clyde 39 24 11 4 79 38 41 59
2 Alloa Athletic 39 19 12 8 66 42 24 50
3 Arbroath 39 20 10 9 62 50 12 50
4 Berwick Rangers 39 20 8 11 66 38 28 48
5 Brechin City 39 18 10 11 61 43 18 46
6 Forfar Athletic 39 15 15 9 59 35 24 45
7 East Fife 39 14 9 16 48 51 -3 37
8 Stirling Albion 39 12 11 16 39 44 -5 35
9 Cowdenbeath 39 11 13 15 51 57 -6 35
10 Montrose 39 12 8 19 49 74 -25 32
11 Albion Rovers 39 13 5 21 52 74 -22 31
12 Meadowbank Thistle 39 10 10 19 49 62 -13 30
13 Stenhousemuir 39 11 6 22 41 65 -24 28
14 Stranraer 39 7 6 26 36 85 -49 20

Promoted: Clyde, Alloa Athletic

[edit] Other honours

[edit] Cup honours

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1981–82 Aberdeen 4 – 1 (a.e.t.) Rangers
League Cup Rangers 2 – 1 Dundee United
Junior Cup Blantyre Victoria 1 – 0 Baillieston

[edit] Individual honours

Award Winner Club
Footballer of the Year Flag of Scotland Paul Sturrock Dundee United
Players' Player of the Year Flag of Scotland Sandy Clark Airdrieonians
Young Player of the Year Flag of Scotland Frank McAvennie St. Mirren

[edit] Scottish national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures
Date Venue Opponents Score[1] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
September 9, 1981 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Sweden Sweden 2–0 WCQ Joe Jordan, John Robertson (pen.)
October 14, 1981 Windsor Park, Belfast (A) Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 0–0 WCQ
November 18, 1981 Estadio da Luz, Lisbon (A) Flag of Portugal Portugal 1–2 WCQ Paul Sturrock
February 24, 1982 Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia (A) Flag of Spain Spain 0–3 F
March 23, 1982 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 2–1 F Francis Gray (pen.), Kenny Dalglish
April 28, 1982 Windsor Park, Belfast (A) Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 1–1 BHC John Wark
May 24, 1982 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of Wales Wales 1–0 BHC Asa Hartford
May 29, 1982 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Flag of England England 0–1 BHC
June 15, 1982 Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga (N) Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 5–2 WC1 John Wark (2), John Robertson, Kenny Dalglish, Steve Archibald
June 18, 1982 Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan, Seville (N) Flag of Brazil Brazil 1–4 WC1 David Narey
June 22, 1982 Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga (N) Flag of the Soviet Union USSR 2–2 WC1 Joe Jordan, Graeme Souness

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.

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