1981–82 Scottish Premier Division

76th season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Premier Division 1981–82 Celtic 4th Premier Division title 33rd Scottish title Partick ThistleAirdrieonians European Cup Celtic UEFA Cup RangersDundee United Cup Winners' Cup Aberdeen George McCluskey (21) 180 498 Celtic 6–0 Hibernian Dundee 0–5 Aberdeen 1980–81 1982–83 The 1981–82 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Celtic, two points ahead of Aberdeen. The league was won on the final day of the season when Celtic defeated St Mirren 3–0 at Celtic Park on 15 May 1982. Partick Thistle and Airdrieonians were relegated. Table main WDL QR 5 2 CEL Celtic ABD Aberdeen RAN Rangers DNU Dundee United STM St Mirren HIB Hibernian GMF Morton DND Dundee PAR Partick Thistle AIR Airdrieonians 24 7 5 79 33 C 23 7 6 71 29 16 11 9 57 45 15 10 11 61 38 14 9 13 49 52 11 14 11 38 40 9 12 15 31 54 11 4 21 46 72 6 10 20 35 59 R 5 8 23 31 76 R green1 Qualification for the European Cup first round EC1 yellow1 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round ECWC1 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round UC1 UC1 red1 Relegation to the 1982–83 Scottish First Division R R complete 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Statto Results Matches 1–18 During matches 1–18 each team plays every other team twice (home and away). main FBR grey ABE AIR CEL DND DNU HIB MOR PAR RAN STM Aberdeen 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 Airdrieonians 0–4 1–3 4–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–4 Celtic 2–1 5–2 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–3 0–0 Dundee 0–3 3–1 1–3 1–3 0–0 4–1 4–2 2–3 3–0 Dundee United 4–1 4–0 0–2 5–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 Hibernian 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 Morton 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 Partick Thistle 0–2 4–1 0–2 1–2 2–3 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 Rangers 0–0 4–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 4–1 St Mirren 1–2 1–1 1–2 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 complete Matches 19–36 During matches 19–36 each team plays every other team twice (home and away). main FBR grey ABE AIR CEL DND DNU HIB MOR PAR RAN STM Aberdeen 2–0 1–3 0–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 3–1 4–0 5–1 Airdrieonians 0–3 1–5 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–2 Celtic 0–1 2–0 4–2 3–1 6–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 Dundee 0–5 1–0 1–3 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 Dundee United 1–2 4–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 5–0 5–1 1–1 1–1 Hibernian 0–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 Morton 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–1 Partick Thistle 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–2 1–2 1–2 4–0 2–0 0–0 Rangers 1–3 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 4–1 3–0 St Mirren 0–2 3–0 2–5 0–1 2–2 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–3 complete Awards AwardWinnerClubPFA Players' Player of the YearSCO Sandy ClarkAirdrieoniansPFA Young Player of the YearSCO Frank McAvennieSt MirrenSFWA Footballer of the YearSCO Paul SturrockDundee United References 1981–82 Scottish Premier Division – Statto Category:Scottish Premier Division seasons 1 Scot