Scottish Division One 1974/75
| Scottish Division One 1974/75 | |
| master | Glasgow Rangers |
| European Cup of National Champions |
Glasgow Rangers |
| Uefa cup |
Hibernian Edinburgh Dundee United |
| Cup winners | Celtic Glasgow |
| European Cup Winners' Cup |
Celtic Glasgow |
| Relegated |
Airdrieonians FC Kilmarnock FC Partick Thistle Dumbarton FC Dunfermline Athletic FC Clyde Morton FC Arbroath |
| Teams | 18th |
| Games | 306 |
| Gates | 950 (ø 3.1 per game) |
| Top scorer |
 Andy Gray(Dundee United) Willie Pettigrew (Motherwell FC) |
| ← Division One 1973/74 | |
The Scottish Football League Division One was played for the 75th and last time in 1974/75 . It was also the 78th edition of the top soccer division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. It began on August 31, 1974 and ended on April 26, 1975. Due to the restructuring within the Scottish league system, the Premier Division was established, which should function instead of Division One from the 1975/76 season as the first highest league in Scotland . Since the new Premier Division should only have 10 places, 8 teams had to be relegated this season. In the 1974/75 season, 18 clubs competed against each other on a total of 34 match days. Each team played once at home and away against every other team. The 2-point rule applied . In the event of a tie, the goal difference counted .
The championship won for the 35th time in the club's history, the Glasgow Rangers . This ended the series of 9 titles in a row that the arch-rivals Celtic Glasgow had won from 1966 . The Rangers qualified as champions for the following European Cup season-1975/76 . Runner-up Hibernian Edinburgh and fourth-placed Dundee United qualified for the UEFA Cup . As a cup winner , Celtic Glasgow qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup . The Airdrieonians FC , FC Kilmarnock , Partick Thistle , FC Dumbarton , Dunfermline Athletic , FC Clyde , Morton and FC Arbroath all got into the reformed First Division from. The top scorer was Andy Gray from Dundee United and Willie Pettigrew from FC Motherwell with 20 goals each .
statistics
Closing table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Glasgow Rangers | 34 | 25th | 6th | 3 | 86:33 | +53 | 56:12 |
| 2. | Hibernian Edinburgh | 34 | 20th | 9 | 5 | 69:37 | +32 | 49:19 |
| 3. | Celtic Glasgow (M, P) | 34 | 20th | 5 | 9 | 81:41 | +40 | 45:23 |
| 4th | Dundee United | 34 | 19th | 7th | 8th | 72:43 | +29 | 45:23 |
| 5. | Aberdeen FC | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 66:43 | +23 | 41:27 |
| 6th | Dundee FC (L) | 34 | 16 | 6th | 12 | 48:42 | +6 | 38:30 |
| 7th | Ayr United | 34 | 14th | 8th | 12 | 50:61 | −11 | 36:32 |
| 8th. | Heart of Midlothian | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 47:52 | −5 | 35:33 |
| 9. | St. Johnstone FC | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 41:44 | −3 | 34:34 |
| 10. | Motherwell FC | 34 | 14th | 5 | 15th | 52:57 | −5 | 33:35 |
| 11. | Airdrieonians FC (N) | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14th | 43:55 | −12 | 31:37 |
| 12. | FC Kilmarnock (N) | 34 | 8th | 15th | 11 | 52:68 | −16 | 31:37 |
| 13. | Partick Thistle | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14th | 48:62 | −14 | 30:38 |
| 14th | Dumbarton FC | 34 | 7th | 10 | 17th | 44:55 | −11 | 24:44 |
| 15th | Dunfermline Athletic | 34 | 7th | 9 | 18th | 46:66 | −20 | 23:45 |
| 16. | Clyde FC | 34 | 6th | 10 | 18th | 40:63 | −23 | 22:46 |
| 17th | Morton | 34 | 6th | 10 | 18th | 31:62 | −31 | 22:46 |
| 18th | FC Arbroath | 34 | 5 | 7th | 22nd | 34:66 | −32 | 17:51 |
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| 1974/75 season | |
| Scottish champion and participation in the 1975/76 European Cup | |
| Participation in the 1975/76 UEFA Cup | |
| Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1975/76 | |
| Participation in the Anglo-Scottish Cup 1975/76 | |
| Relegated to the first division | |
| At the end of the 1973/74 season | |
| (M) | Champion of the previous year |
| (P) | Cup winner of the previous year |
| (L) | League cup winner of the previous year |
| (N) | Promoted from Division Two |
See also
Web links
- Scottish Division One 1974/75 at Statto.com
- Scottish Division One 1974/75 in the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scottish Football League & Scottish Premier League Top goalscorers per division. (No longer available online.) Scottish-football-historical-archive.com, archived from the original on September 27, 2012 ; accessed on April 4, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
