1970–71 Scottish Division One

65th season of top-tier football league in Scotland
Football league season
Scottish Division One
Season1970–71
ChampionsCeltic
RelegatedSt Mirren
Cowdenbeath

The 1970–71 Scottish Division One was won by Celtic by two points over nearest rival Aberdeen. St Mirren and Cowdenbeath finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1971–72 Second Division.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic 34 25 6 3 89 23 +66 56 Champion
2 Aberdeen 34 24 6 4 68 18 +50 54
3 St Johnstone 34 19 6 9 59 44 +15 44
4 Rangers 34 16 9 9 58 34 +24 41
5 Dundee 34 14 10 10 53 45 +8 38
6 Dundee United 34 14 8 12 53 54 −1 36
7 Falkirk 34 13 9 12 46 53 −7 35
8 Morton 34 13 8 13 44 44 0 34
9 Airdrieonians 34 13 8 13 60 65 −5 34
10 Motherwell 34 13 8 13 43 47 −4 34
11 Heart of Midlothian 34 13 7 14 41 40 +1 33
12 Hibernian 34 10 10 14 47 53 −6 30
13 Kilmarnock 34 10 8 16 43 67 −24 28
14 Ayr United 34 9 8 17 37 54 −17 26
15 Clyde 34 8 10 16 33 59 −26 26
16 Dunfermline Athletic 34 6 11 17 44 56 −12 23
17 St Mirren 34 7 9 18 38 56 −18 23 Relegated to 1971–72 Second Division
18 Cowdenbeath 34 7 3 24 33 69 −36 17
Source: Soccerbase and League Tables

Results

Home \ Away ABE AIR AYR CEL CLY COW DND DNU DNF FAL HOM HIB KIL MOR MOT RAN STJ STM
Aberdeen 1–1 4–1 1–1 3–0 7–0 3–0 4–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1
Airdrieonians 0–4 2–0 1–3 1–2 2–1 2–6 1–2 1–0 7–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 3–0 4–3 5–0 1–1
Ayr United 0–1 0–0 1–2 4–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–1
Celtic 0–1 4–1 2–0 6–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 3–2 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–0
Clyde 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–5 1–3 0–0 1–2 3–1 3–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 3–0 1–2
Cowdenbeath 1–2 1–3 1–3 1–5 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–4 1–4 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–3 2–2 1–2
Dundee 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–8 1–3 5–1 2–3 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–1 2–2
Dundee United 0–2 2–2 4–2 1–2 1–0 4–2 3–2 2–2 3–1 4–1 1–1 3–2 2–3 2–2 0–2 0–2 2–1
Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 4–1 5–0 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 2–4 1–2 3–3 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
Falkirk 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 3–2 2–4 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–3 2–1
Heart of Midlothian 1–3 5–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–0
Hibernian 2–1 3–1 4–0 2–0 5–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–3 0–0 1–0 2–4 1–0 3–2 1–2 3–3
Kilmarnock 0–4 2–3 1–1 1–4 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–2 3–0 4–1 2–2 0–0 1–4 2–4 1–2
Morton 2–0 1–4 3–2 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 0–2 1–2 3–1 1–1
Motherwell 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–5 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 4–3 1–1 1–2 4–0 4–1 2–0 1–2 4–1 2–1
Rangers 0–2 5–0 2–0 1–1 5–0 5–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–2 0–0 3–1 0–2 1–0
St Johnstone 0–1 4–1 4–1 3–2 2–1 0–1 3–3 1–1 5–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–3 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–0
St Mirren 1–3 2–4 0–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–4 2–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 3–1 2–3 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

References

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