1970–71 Scottish Football League

Statistics of Scottish Football League in season 1970/1971.

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1970–71 Scottish First Division

Aberdeen, with 15 straight wins of which the last 12 were without conceding, led the league from December until the last week of the season. Aberdeen faced Celtic in their penultimate game needing a win to almost certainly clinch the title, but could only draw 1-1: and then they lost their last game, at Falkirk, allowing Celtic to take the championship by 2 points.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Celtic	34	25	6	3	89	23	66	56
2	Aberdeen	34	24	6	4	68	18	50	54
3	St Johnstone	34	19	6	9	59	44	15	44
4	Rangers	34	16	9	9	58	34	24	41
5	Dundee	34	14	10	10	53	45	8	38
6	Dundee United	34	14	8	12	53	54	-1	36
7	Falkirk	34	13	9	12	46	53	-7	35
8	Morton	34	13	8	13	44	44	0	34
9	Airdrieonians	34	13	8	13	60	65	-5	34
10	Motherwell	34	13	8	13	43	47	-4	34
11	Hearts	34	13	7	14	41	40	1	33
12	Hibernian	34	10	10	14	47	53	-6	30
13	Kilmarnock	34	10	8	16	43	67	-24	28
14	Ayr United	34	9	8	17	37	54	-17	26
15	Clyde	34	8	10	16	33	59	-26	26
16	Dunfermline Athletic	34	6	11	17	44	56	-12	23
17	St Mirren	34	7	9	18	38	56	-18	23
18	Cowdenbeath	34	7	3	24	33	69	-36	17

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: St Mirren, Cowdenbeath

	Division Champions
	Relegated

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1970–71 Scottish Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Partick Thistle	36	23	10	3	78	26	52	56
2	East Fife	36	22	7	7	86	44	42	51
3	Arbroath	36	19	8	9	80	52	28	46
4	Dumbarton	36	19	6	11	87	46	41	44
5	Clydebank	36	17	8	11	57	43	14	42
6	Montrose	36	17	7	12	78	64	14	41
7	Albion Rovers	36	15	9	12	53	52	1	39
8	Raith Rovers	36	15	9	12	62	62	0	39
9	Stranraer	36	14	8	14	54	52	2	36
10	Stenhousemuir	36	14	8	14	64	70	-6	36
11	Queen of the South	36	13	9	14	50	56	-6	35
12	Stirling Albion	36	12	8	16	61	61	0	32
13	Queen's Park	36	13	4	19	51	72	-21	30
14	Berwick Rangers	36	10	10	16	42	60	-18	30
15	Forfar Athletic	36	9	11	16	63	75	-12	29
16	Alloa Athletic	36	9	11	16	56	86	-30	29
17	East Stirlingshire	36	9	9	18	57	86	-29	27
18	Hamilton Academical	36	8	7	21	50	79	-29	23
19	Brechin City	36	6	7	23	30	73	-43	19

Promoted: Partick Thistle, East Fife

	Division Champions/promoted
	Promoted

References

1970–71 in Scottish football

« 1969–70 1971–72 »

Domestic leagues	Football League First Division Second Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup

European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Related to national team	Results Euro 1972 qualifying (Group 5) British Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Ayr United Celtic Clyde Cowdenbeath Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren

Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clydebank Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

Scottish Football League (1890–2013)

≫ Scottish Professional Football League (2013–present)

Divisions	Premier Division (1975–1998) First Division (1975–2013) Second Division (1975–2013) Third Division (1994–2013)

Cup competitions	League Cup Challenge Cup B Division Supplementary Cup Summer Cup Spring Cup

Clubs	Aberdeen Abercorn Airdrieonians (1878) Airdrieonians (2002) Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Annan Athletic Arbroath Armadale Arthurlie Ayr Ayr Parkhouse Ayr United Bathgate Beith Berwick Rangers Bo'ness Brechin City Broxburn United Cambuslang Celtic Clackmannan Clyde Clydebank (1914) Clydebank (1965) Cowdenbeath Cowlairs Dumbarton Dumbarton Harp Dundee Dundee United Dundee Wanderers Dunfermline Athletic Dykehead East Fife East Stirlingshire Edinburgh City (1928) Elgin City Falkirk Forfar Athletic Galston Greenock Morton Gretna Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Helensburgh Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Johnstone Kilmarnock King's Park Leith Athletic Linthouse Livingston Lochgelly United Meadowbank Thistle Mid-Annandale Montrose Motherwell Nithsdale Wanderers Northern Partick Thistle Peebles Rovers Peterhead Port Glasgow Athletic Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers Rangers Renton Ross County Royal Albert Solway Star St Bernard's St Johnstone St Mirren Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer Third Lanark Thistle Vale of Leven

Seasons	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13

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1970–71 Scottish Football League

Scottish League Division One

Scottish League Division Two

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