1982–83 Scottish First Division

Scottish First Division
Season	1982–83
Champions	St Johnstone
Promoted	St Johnstone; Hearts
Relegated	Dunfermline Athletic; Queen's Park
Top goalscorer	Bobby Williamson (23)
	← 1981–82 1983–84 →

The 1982–83 Scottish First Division season was won by St Johnstone by one point over nearest rival Hearts. Both clubs were promoted to the Premier Division.

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	St Johnstone	39	25	5	9	59	37	+22	55	Promotion to the 1983–84 Premier Division
2	Heart of Midlothian	39	22	10	7	79	38	+41	54	Promotion to the 1983–84 Premier Division
3	Clydebank	39	20	10	9	72	49	+23	50
4	Partick Thistle	39	20	9	10	66	45	+21	49
5	Airdrieonians	39	16	7	16	62	46	+16	39
6	Alloa Athletic	39	14	11	14	52	52	0	39
7	Dumbarton	39	13	10	16	50	59	−9	36
8	Falkirk	39	15	6	18	45	55	−10	36
9	Raith Rovers	39	13	8	18	64	63	+1	34
10	Clyde	39	14	6	19	55	66	−11	34
11	Hamilton Academical	39	11	12	16	54	66	−12	34
12	Ayr United	39	12	8	19	45	61	−16	32
13	Dunfermline Athletic	39	7	17	15	39	69	−30	31	Relegation to the 1983–84 Second Division
14	Queen's Park	39	6	11	22	44	80	−36	23	Relegation to the 1983–84 Second Division

Source: RSSSF

Promotion[]

St Johnstone and Hearts finished 1st and second respectively and were promoted to the 1983–84 Scottish Premier Division.

Relegation[]

Dunfermline Athletic and Queen's Park finished 13th and 14th respectively and were relegated to the 1983–84 Scottish Second Division.

References[]

^ "Scottish Football League - Top goalscorers per division". Scottish-football-historical-archive.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

Scottish Football Archive

[1] "Scottish Football League - Top goalscorers per division". Scottish-football-historical-archive.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

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