1970–71 Scottish Division One

65th season of top-tier football league in Scotland Football league season

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

References

League Tables

v t e Top division football seasons in Scotland
Football League	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93
Division One	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
Football League	1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21
Division One / A	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
Premier Division	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
Premier League	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
Premiership	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Winners	List of champions Winning managers

v t e 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 Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '70 '71 Finland '70 '71 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '70 '71 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '70 '71 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '70 '71 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 '70 '71 Mitropa Cup

v t e 1970–71 in Scottish football
« 1969–70 1971–72 »
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 Texaco Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 1972 qualifying (Group 5) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	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
Division Two	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

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1970–71 Scottish Division One

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Results

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References