1984–85 in Scottish football

1984–85 in Scottish football
Premier Division champions
Aberdeen
Division One champions
Motherwell
Division Two champions
Montrose
Scottish Cup winners
Celtic
League Cup winners
Rangers
Junior Cup winners
Pollok
Teams in Europe
Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Heart of Midlothian, Rangers
Scotland national team
1986 World Cup qualification, Rous Cup

The 1984–85 season was the 88th season of competitive football in Scotland. This is the last time a non-Old Firm club has won the Scottish Premier title. ^[1]

Scottish Premier Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aberdeen	36	27	5	4	89	26	63	59
2	Celtic	36	22	8	6	77	30	47	52
3	Dundee United	36	20	7	9	67	33	34	47
4	Rangers	36	13	12	11	47	38	9	38
5	St Mirren	36	17	4	15	51	56	−5	38
6	Dundee	36	15	7	14	48	50	−2	37
7	Heart of Midlothian	36	13	5	18	47	64	−17	31
8	Hibernian	36	10	7	19	38	61	−23	27
9	Dumbarton	36	6	7	23	29	64	−35	19
10	Morton	36	5	2	29	29	100	−71	12

Champions: Aberdeen
Relegated: Dumbarton, Morton.

Scottish League Division One

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motherwell	39	21	8	10	62	26	26	50
2	Clydebank	39	17	14	8	57	37	20	48
3	Falkirk	39	19	7	13	65	54	11	45
4	Hamilton Academical	39	16	11	12	48	49	−1	43
5	Airdrieonians	39	17	8	14	70	59	11	42
6	Forfar Athletic	39	14	13	12	54	49	5	41
7	Ayr United	39	15	9	15	57	52	5	39
8	Clyde	39	14	11	14	47	48	−1	39
9	Brechin City	39	14	9	16	49	57	−8	37
10	East Fife	39	12	12	15	55	56	−1	36
11	Partick Thistle	39	13	9	17	50	55	−5	35
12	Kilmarnock	39	12	10	17	42	61	−19	34
13	Meadowbank Thistle	39	11	10	18	50	66	−16	32
14	St Johnstone	39	10	5	24	51	79	−27	25

Promoted: Motherwell, Clydebank
Relegated: Meadowbank Thistle, St Johnstone (The first team to be relegated in successive seasons)

Scottish League Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Montrose	39	22	9	8	57	40	17	53
2	Alloa Athletic	39	20	10	9	58	40	18	50
3	Dunfermline Athletic	39	17	15	7	61	36	25	49
4	Cowdenbeath	39	18	11	10	68	39	29	47
5	Stenhousemuir	39	15	15	9	45	43	2	45
6	Stirling Albion	39	15	13	11	62	47	15	43
7	Raith Rovers	39	18	6	15	69	57	12	42
8	Queen of the South	39	10	14	15	42	56	−14	34
9	Albion Rovers	39	13	8	18	49	72	−23	34
10	Queen's Park	39	12	9	18	48	55	−7	33
11	Stranraer	39	13	6	20	52	67	−15	32
12	East Stirlingshire	39	8	15	16	38	53	−15	31
13	Berwick Rangers	39	8	12	19	36	49	−13	28
14	Arbroath	39	9	7	23	35	66	−31	25

Promoted: Montrose, Alloa Athletic

Other honours

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1984–85	Celtic	2 – 1	Dundee United
League Cup 1984–85	Rangers	1 – 0	Dundee United
Youth Cup	Aberdeen	5 – 3	Celtic
Junior Cup	Pollok	3 – 1	Petershill

Individual honours

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	Hamish McAlpine	Dundee United
Players' Player of the Year	Jim Duffy	Morton
Young Player of the Year	Craig Levein	Heart of Midlothian

Scotland national team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[2]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
12 September 1984	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Yugoslavia	6–1	Friendly	Davie Cooper, Graeme Souness, Kenny Dalglish, Paul Sturrock, Maurice Johnston, Charlie Nicholas
17 October 1984	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Iceland	3–0	WCQG7	Paul McStay (2), Charlie Nicholas
14 November 1984	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Spain	3–1	WCQG7	Maurice Johnston (2), Kenny Dalglish
27 February 1985	Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan, Seville (A)	Spain	0–1	WCQG7
27 March 1985	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	0–1	WCQG7
25 May 1985	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	1–0	Rous Cup	Richard Gough
28 May 1985	Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavík (A)	Iceland	1–0	WCQG7	Jim Bett

Key:

• (H) = Home match
• (A) = Away match
• WCQG7 = World Cup qualifying - Group 7

See also

1984–85 Aberdeen F.C. season

Notes and references

1. http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1980-1989/198485/
2. Scotland's score is shown first.