1967–68 in Scottish football

1967–68 in Scottish football

Division One champions
Celtic
Division Two champions
St Mirren
Scottish Cup winners
Dunfermline Athletic
League Cup winners
Celtic
Junior Cup winners
Johnstone Burgh
Teams in Europe
Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee, Hibernian, Rangers
Scotland national team
1968 BHC / UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying

The 1967–68 season was the 95th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 71st season of Scottish league football.

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1967–68 Scottish Division One

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic	34	30	3	1	106	24	+82	63	1968-69 European Cup
2	Rangers	34	28	5	1	93	34	+59	61
3	Hibernian	34	20	5	9	67	49	+18	45
4	Dunfermline Athletic	34	17	5	12	64	41	+23	39
5	Aberdeen	34	16	5	13	63	48	+15	37
6	Morton	34	15	6	13	57	53	+4	36
7	Kilmarnock	34	13	8	13	59	57	+2	34
8	Clyde	34	15	4	15	55	55	0	34
9	Dundee	34	13	7	14	62	59	+3	33
10	Partick Thistle	34	12	7	15	51	67	−16	31
11	Dundee United	34	10	11	13	53	72	−19	31
12	Heart of Midlothian	34	13	4	17	56	61	−5	30
13	Airdrieonians	34	10	9	15	45	58	−13	29
14	St Johnstone	34	10	7	17	43	52	−9	27
15	Falkirk	34	7	12	15	36	50	−14	26
16	Raith Rovers	34	9	7	18	58	86	−28	25
17	Motherwell	34	6	7	21	40	66	−26	19
18	Stirling Albion	34	4	4	26	29	105	−76	12

Source: "1967-1968 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Motherwell, Stirling Albion

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1967–68 Scottish Division Two

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	St Mirren	36	27	8	1	100	23	+77	62	Promotion to the 1968–69 First Division
2	Arbroath	36	24	5	7	87	34	+53	53	Promotion to the 1968–69 First Division
3	East Fife	36	21	7	8	71	47	+24	49
4	Queen's Park	36	20	8	8	76	47	+29	48
5	Ayr United	36	18	6	12	69	48	+21	42
6	Queen of the South	36	16	6	14	73	57	+16	38
7	Forfar Athletic	36	14	10	12	57	63	−6	38
8	Albion Rovers	36	14	9	13	62	55	+7	37
9	Clydebank	36	13	8	15	62	73	−11	34
10	Dumbarton	36	11	11	14	63	74	−11	33
11	Hamilton Academical	36	13	7	16	49	58	−9	33
12	Cowdenbeath	36	12	8	16	57	62	−5	32
13	Montrose	36	10	11	15	54	64	−10	31
14	Berwick Rangers	36	13	4	19	34	54	−20	30
15	East Stirlingshire	36	9	10	17	61	74	−13	28
16	Brechin City	36	8	12	16	45	62	−17	28
17	Alloa Athletic	36	11	6	19	42	69	−27	28
18	Stranraer	36	8	4	24	41	80	−39	20
19	Stenhousemuir	36	7	6	23	34	93	−59	20

Source: "1967-1968 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Promoted: St Mirren, Arbroath

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1967–68	Dunfermline Athletic	3 – 1	Heart of Midlothian
League Cup 1967–68	Celtic	5 – 3	Dundee
Junior Cup	Johnstone Burgh	4 – 3 (rep.)	Glenrothes

Other honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup – North	Nairn County	4 – 2 *	Fraserburgh
Scottish Qualifying Cup – South	Glasgow University	4 – 1 *	St Cuthbert Wanderers

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Peterhead
East of Scotland Shield	Hibernian	1 – 0 †	Hearts
Fife Cup	Raith Rovers	4 – 3 *	East Fife
Forfarshire Cup	Dundee United		Dundee
Glasgow Cup	Celtic	8 – 0	Clyde
Lanarkshire Cup	Airdrie	3 – 2	Albion Rovers
Renfrewshire Cup	Morton	4 – 2 *	St Mirren
Stirlingshire Cup	Falkirk	3 – 0	Stirling Albion

– aggregate over two legs
† – replay

Highland League

Top Three
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Elgin City	30	26	3	1	117	28	+89	55
2	Ross County	30	22	5	3	82	35	+47	49
3	Inverness Caledonian	30	22	3	5	120	45	+75	47

Source:

Individual honours

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	Gordon Wallace	Raith Rovers

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1960–79 results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
21 October 1967	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Northern Ireland	0–1	BHC / ECQG8
22 November 1967	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	3–2	BHC / ECQG8	Alan Gilzean (2), Ronnie McKinnon
24 February 1968	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	1–1	BHC / ECQG8	John Hughes
30 May 1968	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam (A)	Netherlands	0–0	Friendly

1968 British Home Championship – Runners Up

Key:

(H) = Home match
(A) = Away match
ECQG8 = European Championship qualifying – Group 8
BHC = British Home Championship

Notes and references

"1967/68 - the Scottish Football League". www.scottishfootballleague.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
Scotland's score is shown first.

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

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Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Intercontinental Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 1968 qualifying (Group 8) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Rangers St. Johnstone Stirling Albion
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clydebank Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park St. Mirren Stenhousemuir Stranraer

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