1970–71 Scottish Division One

65th season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Division One 1970–71 Celtic St MirrenCowdenbeath 1969–70 1971–72 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 main WDL 5 QR 2 CEL Celtic ABD Aberdeen STJ St Johnstone RAN Rangers DND Dundee DNU Dundee United FAL Falkirk GMF Morton AIR Airdrieonians MOT Motherwell HOM Heart of Midlothian HIB Hibernian KIL Kilmarnock AYR Ayr United CLY Clyde DNF Dunfermline Athletic STM St Mirren COW Cowdenbeath 25 6 3 89 23 24 6 4 68 18 19 6 9 59 44 16 9 9 58 34 14 10 10 53 45 14 8 12 53 54 13 9 12 46 53 13 8 13 44 44 13 8 13 60 65 13 8 13 43 47 13 7 14 41 40 10 10 14 47 53 10 8 16 43 67 9 8 17 37 54 8 10 16 33 59 6 11 17 44 56 7 9 18 38 56 7 3 24 33 69 green1 Champion C red1 Relegated to 1971–72 Second Division R R complete Soccerbase and League Tables Results main FBR grey 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 complete Awards AwardWinnerClubSFWA Footballer of the YearSCO Martin BuchanAberdeen See also Nine in a row References 2 League Tables Category:1970–71 Scottish Football League Category:Scottish Division One seasons Scot