1970–71 Scottish Division One

Scottish Division One
Season	1970–71
Champions	Celtic
Relegated	St Mirren; Cowdenbeath
	← 1969–70 1971–72 →

The 1970–71 Scottish Division One was won by Celtic by two points over nearest rival Aberdeen. St Mirren and Cowdenbeath finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1971–72 Second Division.

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic	34	25	6	3	89	23	+66	56	Champion
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	Heart of Midlothian	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	Relegated to 1971–72 Second Division
18	Cowdenbeath	34	7	3	24	33	69	−36	17	Relegated to 1971–72 Second Division

Source: Soccerbase and League Tables

Results[]

Home \ Away	ABE	AIR	AYR	CEL	CLY	COW	DND	DNU	DNF	FAL	HOM	HIB	KIL	MOR	MOT	RAN	STJ	STM
Aberdeen		1–1	4–1	1–1	3–0	7–0	3–0	4–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1
Airdrieonians	0–4		2–0	1–3	1–2	2–1	2–6	1–2	1–0	7–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–0	4–3	5–0	1–1
Ayr United	0–1	0–0		1–2	4–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	1–1
Celtic	0–1	4–1	2–0		6–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	3–2	2–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	3–0
Clyde	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–5		1–3	0–0	1–2	3–1	3–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	3–0	1–2
Cowdenbeath	1–2	1–3	1–3	1–5	1–1		0–1	0–2	2–1	0–1	0–4	1–4	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–3	2–2	1–2
Dundee	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–8	1–3	5–1		2–3	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	0–1	2–2
Dundee United	0–2	2–2	4–2	1–2	1–0	4–2	3–2		2–2	3–1	4–1	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–2	0–2	0–2	2–1
Dunfermline Athletic	1–0	4–1	5–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–1		2–4	1–2	3–3	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0
Falkirk	1–0	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	3–2		2–4	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	0–3	2–1
Heart of Midlothian	1–3	5–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–1		0–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–3	1–0
Hibernian	2–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	5–1	2–2	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–3	0–0		1–0	2–4	1–0	3–2	1–2	3–3
Kilmarnock	0–4	2–3	1–1	1–4	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–2	3–0	4–1		2–2	0–0	1–4	2–4	1–2
Morton	2–0	1–4	3–2	0–3	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	3–0		0–2	1–2	3–1	1–1
Motherwell	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–5	2–1	1–3	1–1	1–2	4–3	1–1	1–2	4–0	4–1	2–0		1–2	4–1	2–1
Rangers	0–2	5–0	2–0	1–1	5–0	5–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–2	0–0	3–1		0–2	1–0
St Johnstone	0–1	4–1	4–1	3–2	2–1	0–1	3–3	1–1	5–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–3	0–0	2–1	2–1		2–0
St Mirren	1–3	2–4	0–2	2–2	0–1	1–0	2–4	2–1	1–1	2–3	0–1	3–1	2–3	2–1	0–2	0–0	0–1

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References[]

League Tables

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v t 1970–71 in European football (UEFA)
« 1969–70 1971–72 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '70 '71 England Faroe Islands '70 '71 Finland '70 '71 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '70 '71 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '70 '71 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '70 '71 Spain Sweden '70 '71 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Bulgaria Cyprus England Faroe Islands Finland France West Germany Greece Iceland '70 '71 Israel Italy Netherlands Norway '70 '71 Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '70 '71 Spain Sweden Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '70 '71 Mitropa Cup

v t 1970–71 in Scottish football
« 1969–70 1971–72 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final)
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Texaco Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 1972 qualifying (Group 5) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Rangers
Division Two	Clydebank Dumbarton

1970–71 Scottish Division One

Contents

League table[]

Results[]

See also[]

References[]