1968–69 Scottish Division One

63rd season of top-tier football league in Scotland Football league season

Scottish Division One
Season	1968–69
Champions	Celtic
Relegated	Falkirk Arbroath
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

The 1968–69 Scottish Division One was won by Celtic by five points over nearest rival Rangers. Falkirk and Arbroath finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1969-70 Second Division.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	34	23	8	3	89	32	+57	54
2	Rangers	34	21	7	6	81	32	+49	49
3	Dunfermline Athletic	34	19	7	8	63	45	+18	45
4	Kilmarnock	34	15	14	5	50	32	+18	44
5	Dundee United	34	17	9	8	61	49	+12	43
6	St Johnstone	34	16	5	13	66	59	+7	37
7	Airdrieonians	34	13	11	10	46	44	+2	37
8	Heart of Midlothian	34	14	8	12	52	54	−2	36
9	Dundee	34	10	12	12	47	48	−1	32
10	Morton	34	12	8	14	58	68	−10	32
11	St Mirren	34	11	10	13	40	54	−14	32
12	Hibernian	34	12	7	15	60	59	+1	31
13	Clyde	34	9	13	12	35	50	−15	31
14	Partick Thistle	34	9	10	15	39	53	−14	28
15	Aberdeen	34	9	8	17	50	59	−9	26
16	Raith Rovers	34	8	5	21	45	67	−22	21
17	Falkirk	34	5	8	21	33	69	−36	18
18	Arbroath	34	5	6	23	41	82	−41	16

Source: "1968-1969 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 2021-04-29.

Results

Home \ Away	ABE	AIR	ARB	CEL	CLY	DND	DNU	DNF	FAL	HOM	HIB	KIL	MOR	PAR	RAI	RAN	STJ	STM
Aberdeen		3–1	2–2	1–3	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–6	0–1	6–3	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–0
Airdrieonians	2–0		2–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–2	2–2	2–1	2–0	3–2	3–0	1–1
Arbroath	2–1	0–2		0–5	1–1	1–2	3–1	0–1	3–1	2–3	3–4	1–2	3–1	2–2	0–1	1–5	1–2	1–1
Celtic	2–1	2–2	7–1		5–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	5–2	5–0	1–1	1–1	2–4	1–0	2–0	2–4	2–1	5–0
Clyde	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–3		0–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	3–2	1–1	0–3	0–0
Dundee	4–4	1–1	3–0	1–2	2–3		1–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	3–2	2–3	0–0
Dundee United	1–4	2–1	4–2	1–3	1–0	3–1		2–2	2–1	4–2	3–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	4–2	2–2
Dunfermline Athletic	5–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–2		2–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	5–3	2–0	3–2	0–3	3–1	6–2
Falkirk	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	3–3	0–1	2–2	0–1		1–3	0–1	1–1	4–1	2–2	1–3	0–3	2–1	0–2
Heart of Midlothian	3–2	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–3	2–2	1–0	3–1	2–1		0–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–1
Hibernian	1–1	5–1	1–2	2–5	2–1	1–3	1–1	3–1	3–2	1–3		1–0	5–0	1–2	3–0	1–2	4–0	3–0
Kilmarnock	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	5–1	1–0	2–1		1–0	1–1	4–4	3–3	2–0	0–0
Morton	1–0	1–1	5–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	4–3	3–2		3–3	3–2	0–2	4–4	3–0
Partick Thistle	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–4	4–0	0–4	0–0	0–1	1–2	5–1	2–1	0–2	2–1		2–1	0–2	1–1	0–2
Raith Rovers	3–2	1–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	4–0	1–2	0–3	3–1	0–3	2–0	0–0	0–1	3–0		0–3	1–5	0–2
Rangers	2–3	1–1	2–0	1–0	6–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	6–1	3–3	3–0	2–0	2–1		3–0	6–0
St Johnstone	3–1	3–1	5–1	2–3	0–0	3–1	1–4	2–1	4–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–3	2–2	3–0	2–0		2–3
St Mirren	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–3	1–0	2–3	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–2

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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v t e 1968–69 in Scottish football
« 1967–68 1969–70 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two 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 1970 World Cup qualifying (Group 7) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Arbroath Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clydebank Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Motherwell Queen of the South Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

v t e 1968–69 in European football (UEFA)
« 1967–68 1969–70 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '68 '69 England Faroe Islands '68 '69 Finland '68 '69 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '68 '69 Iceland '68 '69 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '68 '69 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '68 '69 Spain Sweden '68 '69 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '68 '69 Finland '68 '69 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary '68 '69 Iceland '68 '69 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '68 '69 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey 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 '67–'68 '69 Mitropa Cup

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