1985–86 Scottish First Division

Football league season

Scottish First Division
Season	1985–86
Champions	Hamilton Academical
Promoted	Hamilton Academical Falkirk
Relegated	Ayr United Alloa Athletic
Matches played	273
Goals scored	761 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ken Eadie (22)
Biggest home win	Kilmarnock 5–0 Partick Thistle, 07.09.1985
Biggest away win	Forfar Athletic 0–4 Alloa Athletic, 28.09.1985
← 1984–85 1986–87 →

The 1985–86 Scottish First Division season was won by Hamilton Academical, who were promoted along with Falkirk to the Premier Division. Ayr United and Alloa Athletic were relegated to the Second Division.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hamilton Academical (C, P)	39	24	8	7	77	44	+33	56	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Falkirk (P)	39	17	11	11	57	39	+18	45	Promotion to the Premier Division
3	Kilmarnock	39	18	8	13	62	49	+13	44
4	Forfar Athletic	39	17	10	12	51	43	+8	44
5	East Fife	39	14	15	10	54	46	+8	43
6	Dumbarton	39	16	11	12	59	52	+7	43
7	Morton	39	14	11	14	57	63	−6	39
8	Partick Thistle	39	10	16	13	53	64	−11	36
9	Airdrieonians	39	12	11	16	51	50	+1	35
10	Brechin City	39	13	9	17	58	64	−6	35
11	Clyde	39	9	17	13	49	59	−10	35
12	Montrose	39	10	14	15	43	54	−11	34
13	Ayr United (R)	39	10	11	18	41	60	−19	31	Relegation to the Second Division
14	Alloa Athletic (R)	39	6	14	19	49	74	−25	26	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: RSSSF and statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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 Division One 1985-1986 Table". statto.com. Archived from the original on 2015-10-27. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
"Scottish Division One 1985-1986 Season Summary". statto.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2012-04-10.

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v t e 1985–86 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup Tennent's Sixes
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Related to national team	Results 1986 World Cup qualifying (Group 7) Rous Cup 1986 World Cup
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Clydebank Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Motherwell Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic Ayr United Brechin City Clyde Dumbarton East Fife Falkirk Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Montrose Morton Partick Thistle
Second Division	Albion Rovers Arbroath Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic East Stirlingshire Meadowbank Thistle Queen's Park Queen of the South Raith Rovers St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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