1980–81 in Scottish football

1980–81 in Scottish football

Premier Division champions
Celtic
Division One champions
Hibernian
Division Two champions
Queen's Park
Scottish Cup winners
Rangers
League Cup winners
Dundee United
Junior Cup winners
Pollok
Teams in Europe
Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Rangers
Scotland national team
1981 BHC, 1982 World Cup qualification

The 1980-81 season was the 108th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 84th season of Scottish league football. ^[1]

Scottish Premier Division

Main article: 1980–81 Scottish Premier Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	36	26	4	6	84	37	47	56
2	Aberdeen	36	19	11	6	61	26	35	49
3	Rangers	36	16	12	8	60	32	28	44
4	St Mirren	36	18	8	10	56	47	9	44
5	Dundee United	36	17	9	10	66	42	24	43
6	Partick Thistle	36	10	10	16	32	48	−16	30
7	Airdrieonians	36	10	9	17	36	55	−19	29
8	Morton	36	10	8	18	36	58	−22	28
9	Kilmarnock	36	5	9	22	23	65	−42	19
10	Heart of Midlothian	36	6	6	24	27	71	−44	18

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Kilmarnock, Hearts

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1980–81 Scottish First Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hibernian	39	25	8	6	67	22	45	58
2	Dundee	39	22	8	9	64	40	24	52
3	St Johnstone	39	21	10	8	64	44	20	52
4	Raith Rovers	39	20	10	9	49	32	17	50
5	Motherwell	39	19	11	9	65	51	14	49
6	Ayr United	39	17	11	11	59	42	17	45
7	Hamilton Academical	39	15	7	17	61	57	4	37
8	Dumbarton	39	13	11	15	49	50	−1	37
9	Falkirk	39	13	8	18	39	52	−13	34
10	Clydebank	39	10	13	16	48	59	−11	33
11	East Stirlingshire	39	6	16	17	39	57	−18	28
12	Dunfermline Athletic	39	10	7	22	41	58	−17	27
13	Stirling Albion	39	6	11	22	19	48	−29	23
14	Berwick Rangers	39	5	11	23	30	82	−52	21

Promoted: Hibernian, Dundee
Relegated: Stirling Albion, Berwick Rangers

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1980–81 Scottish Second Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Queen's Park	39	16	18	5	62	43	19	50
2	Queen of the South	39	16	14	9	66	53	13	46
3	Cowdenbeath	39	18	9	12	63	48	15	45
4	Brechin City	39	15	14	10	52	46	6	44
5	Forfar Athletic	39	17	9	13	63	57	6	43
6	Alloa Athletic	39	15	12	12	61	54	7	42
7	Montrose	39	16	8	15	66	55	11	40
8	Clyde	39	14	12	13	68	63	5	40
9	Arbroath	39	13	12	14	58	54	4	38
10	Stenhousemuir	39	13	11	15	63	58	5	37
11	East Fife	39	10	15	14	44	53	−9	35
12	Albion Rovers	39	13	9	17	59	72	−13	35
13	Meadowbank Thistle	39	11	7	21	42	64	−22	29
14	Stranraer	39	7	8	24	36	83	−47	22

Promoted: Queen's Park, Queen of the South

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1980–81	Rangers	4 – 1 (rep.)	Dundee United
League Cup 1980–81	Dundee United	3 – 0	Dundee
Junior Cup	Pollok	1 – 0	Arthurlie

Other Honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup - North	Inverness Caledonian	2 – 1	Elgin City
Scottish Qualifying Cup - South	Hawick Royal Albert	3 – 1 *	Gala Fairydean

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Aberdeen
Ayrshire Cup	Kilmarnock	2 – 0 *	Ayr United
East of Scotland Shield	Berwick Rangers	6 – 1	Meadowbank Thistle
Fife Cup	Raith Rovers	2 – 0 *	Dunfermline Athletic
Glasgow Cup	Partick Thistle	1 – 0	Celtic
Lanarkshire Cup	Motherwell		Airdrie
Renfrewshire Cup	Morton	2 – 2 *	St Mirren
Stirlingshire Cup	Dumbarton	3 – 0	Stirling Albion

* - aggregate over two legs
- replay
- won on penalties

Highland League

Top Three

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Keith	30	17	8	5	52	26	26	42
2	Fraserburgh	30	17	7	6	55	31	24	41
3	Elgin City	30	17	6	7	63	32	31	40

Individual honours

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	Alan Rough	Partick Thistle
Players' Player of the Year	Mark McGhee	Aberdeen
Young Player of the Year	Charlie Nicholas	Celtic

Scottish national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1980–99 results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[2]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
10 September	Solna Stadion, Stockholm (A)	Sweden	1–0	WCQG6	Gordon Strachan
15 October	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Portugal	0–0	WCQG6
25 February	Ramat Gan Stadium (A)	Israel	1–0	WCQG6	Kenny Dalglish
25 March	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	1–1	WCQG6	John Wark
28 April	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Israel	3–1	WCQG6	John Robertson (2, 1 pen.), Davie Provan
16 May	Vetch Field, Swansea (A)	Wales	0–2	BHC^[3]
19 May	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	2–0	BHC^[3]	Ray Stewart, Steve Archibald
23 May	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	1–0	BHC^[3]	John Robertson

Key:

(H) = Home match
(A) = Away match
WCQG6 = World Cup qualifying - Group 6
BHC = British Home Championship

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

Notes and references

↑ http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1980-1989/198081/
↑ Scotland's score is shown first.
1 2 3 The 1981 British Home Championship was Abandoned due to civil unrest in Northern Ireland.

Seasons in Scottish football

1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86

1980–81 in Scottish football

« 1979–80 1981–82 »

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 World Cup 1982 qualifying (Group 6) British Home Championship

Club seasons

Premier Division	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Kilmarnock Morton Partick Thistle Rangers St. Mirren

First Division	Ayr United Berwick Rangers Clydebank Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Falkirk Hamilton Academical Hibernian Motherwell Raith Rovers St. Johnstone Stirling Albion

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

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