1979–80 Scottish First Division

Scottish First Division
Season	1979–80
Champions	Heart of Midlothian
Promoted	Heart of Midlothian Airdrieonians
Relegated	Arbroath Clyde
Matches played	273
Goals scored	781 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Brogan, Sandy Clark (22)^[1]
Biggest home win	Berwick Rangers 7–2 Arbroath, 29.09.1979
Biggest away win	Ayr United 0–5 Motherwell, 23.02.1980
← 1979–80 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 Scottish First Division season was won by Heart of Midlothian, who were promoted along with Airdrieonians to the Premier Division. Arbroath and Clyde were relegated to the Second Division.^[2]

Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Heart of Midlothian !Heart of Midlothian (C) (P)	39	20	13	6	58	39	+19	53	Premier Division
2	Airdrieonians !Airdrieonians (P)	39	21	9	9	78	47	+31	51	Premier Division
3	Ayr United !Ayr United	39	16	12	11	64	51	+13	44
4	Dumbarton !Dumbarton	39	19	6	14	59	51	+8	44
5	Raith Rovers !Raith Rovers	39	14	15	10	54	46	+8	43
6	Motherwell !Motherwell	39	16	11	12	59	48	+11	43
7	Hamilton Academical !Hamilton Academical	39	15	10	14	60	59	+1	40
8	Stirling Albion !Stirling Albion	39	13	13	13	40	40	0	39
9	Clydebank !Clydebank	39	14	8	17	58	57	+1	36
10	Dunfermline Athletic !Dunfermline Athletic	39	11	13	15	39	57	−18	35
11	St Johnstone !St Johnstone	39	12	10	17	57	74	−17	34
12	Berwick Rangers !Berwick Rangers	39	8	15	16	57	64	−7	31
13	Arbroath !Arbroath (R)	39	9	10	20	50	79	−29	28	Second Division
14	Clyde !Clyde (R)	39	6	13	20	43	69	−26	25	Second Division

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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References

↑ "Scottish Football League - Top goalscorers per division". Scottish-football-historical-archive.com. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
↑ "Scottish Division One 1979-1980 Table". statto.com. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
↑ "Scottish Division One 1979-1980 Season Summary". statto.com. Retrieved 2012-04-10.

Second division football seasons in Scotland

Division Two	1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 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 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 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

First 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 1998–99 1999–00 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

Scottish Championship	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

1979–80 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

European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Related to national team	Results UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Group 2 British Home Championship

Club seasons

Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Partick Thistle Rangers St. Mirren

First Division	Airdrieonians Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Clyde Clydebank Dunfermline Athletic Dumbarton Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Motherwell Raith Rovers St. Johnstone Stirling Albion

Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Brechin City Cowdenbeath East Fife East Stirlingshire Falkirk Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer

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