1975–76 in Scottish football

none September 2021 football background:#BFD7FF 1975–76 in Scottish football 200px Premier Division champions Rangers First Division champions Partick Thistle Second Division champions Clydebank Scottish Cup winners Rangers League Cup winners Rangers Spring Cup winners Airdrieonians Junior Cup winners Bo'ness United Teams in Europe Celtic, Dundee United, Hibernian, Rangers Scotland national team 1976 BHC, UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying ← 1974–75 1976–77 → The 1975–76 season was the 103rd season of competitive football in Scotland and the 79th season of Scottish league football. It was the first season in the new, three-tier setup.http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1970-1979/197576/ 1975/76 - the Scottish Football League https://archive.today/20120909135816/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1970-1979/197576/ 9 September 2012 dead The Premier Division champions succeeded the last Division One champions, and the new First Division champions were equivalent to the old Division Two champions. The new Second Division was a completely new competition. Both the First and Second Divisions now contained 14 teams, previously considered a difficult number to ensure a balanced schedule. A 26-game programme, with every team playing each other home and away, was considered too short, a 52-game programme (with each team playing each other home and away twice) too congested. A 39-game schedule would leave an imbalance with each side having two fixtures at home against some teams, and one against others. The Scottish Football League addressed the problem by opting for a 26-game calendar and introducing a supplementary competition, the Spring Cup, open only to teams from the First and Second Divisions, to be played at the season's end. It was discontinued after a single season. Scottish Premier Division 1975–76 Scottish Premier Division Champions: Rangers Relegated: Dundee, St Johnstone Scottish League First Division 1975–76 Scottish First Division Promoted: Partick Thistle, Kilmarnock Relegated: Dunfermline Athletic, Clyde Scottish League Second Division 1975–76 Scottish Second Division Promoted: Clydebank, Raith Rovers Cup honours CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upScottish Cup 1975–76Rangers3 – 1Heart of MidlothianLeague Cup 1975–76Rangers1 – 0CelticSpring CupAirdrieonians4 – 2 ClydebankJunior CupBo'ness United3 – 0Darvel Juniors Other honours National CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upScottish Qualifying Cup – NorthElgin City3 – 1 *Inverness ThistleScottish Qualifying Cup – SouthVale of Leithen5 – 2 *Girvan County CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upAberdeenshire CupFraserburgh3-1HuntlyAyrshire CupAyr United4 – 0 *KilmarnockEast of Scotland ShieldHearts8 – 0 Meadowbank ThistleFife CupRaith Rovers3 – 2 * East FifeForfarshire CupDundee United3 – 1DundeeGlasgow CupRangers3 – 1 CelticLanarkshire CupAirdrieStirlingshire CupStenhousemuir1 – 0East Stirling * – aggregate over two legs Highland League main WDL Q 2 Top Three NAI Nairn County FRA Fraserburgh KEI Keith 19 6 5 75 35 20 4 6 67 35 19 5 6 65 30 green1 C complete Individual honours AwardWinnerClub Footballer of the Year SCO John Greig Rangers Scotland national team Scotland national football team 1960–79 results DateVenueOpponentsScoreScotland's score is shown first.CompetitionScotland scorer(s)3 SeptemberIdraetsparken, Copenhagen (A)DEN1–0ECQG4Joe Harper29 OctoberHampden Park, Glasgow (H)DEN3–1ECQG4Kenny Dalglish, Bruce Rioch, Ted MacDougall17 DecemberHampden Park, Glasgow (H)ROU1–1ECQG4Bruce Rioch7 AprilHampden Park, Glasgow (H)SUI1–0friendlyWillie Pettigrew6 MayHampden Park, Glasgow (H)WAL3–1BHCWillie Pettigrew, Bruce Rioch, Eddie Gray8 MayHampden Park, Glasgow (H)NIR3–0BHCArchie Gemmill, Kenny Dalglish, Don Masson15 MayHampden Park, Glasgow (H)ENG2–1BHCDon Masson, Kenny Dalglish 1976 British Home Championship – Winners Key: (H) = Home match (A) = Away match ECQG4 = European Championship qualifying – Group 4 BHC = British Home Championship Notes and references External links Scottish Football Historical Archive 1975 Category:Football in Scotland by season