1971–72 Scottish Division One

66th season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Division One 1971–72 Celtic ClydeDunfermline 1970–71 1972–73 The 1971–72 Scottish Division One was won by Celtic by ten points over nearest rival Aberdeen. Clyde and Dunfermline finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1972–73 Second Division. League table main WDL 5 QR 2 CEL Celtic ABD Aberdeen RAN Rangers HIB Hibernian DND Dundee HOM Heart of Midlothian PAR Partick Thistle STJ St Johnstone DNU Dundee United MOT Motherwell KIL Kilmarnock AYR Ayr United GMF Morton FAL Falkirk AIR Airdrieonians EFI East Fife CLY Clyde DNF Dunfermline Athletic 28 4 2 96 28 21 8 5 80 26 21 2 11 71 38 19 6 9 62 34 14 13 7 59 38 13 13 8 53 49 12 10 12 53 54 12 8 14 52 58 12 7 15 55 70 11 7 16 49 69 11 6 17 49 64 9 10 15 40 58 10 7 17 46 52 10 7 17 44 60 7 12 15 44 76 5 15 14 34 61 7 10 17 33 66 7 9 18 31 50 green1 Champion C red1 Relegated to 1972–73 Second Division R R complete Soccerbase and League Tables Results main FBR grey ABE AIR AYR CEL CLY DND DNU DNF EFI FAL HOM HIB KIL MOR MOT PAR RAN STJ Aberdeen 5–0 7–0 1–1 4–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 5–0 0–0 2–3 2–1 4–2 1–0 4–1 7–2 0–0 4–2 Airdrieonians 1–2 3–4 0–5 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–4 2–4 0–2 1–1 0–3 5–4 Ayr United 1–5 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 4–2 1–1 4–0 0–3 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 1–2 0–0 Celtic 1–1 2–0 2–0 9–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 5–1 3–1 5–2 3–1 2–1 0–1 Clyde 0–0 0–0 3–0 0–7 1–1 0–3 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 0–3 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 Dundee 1–1 4–1 5–1 1–1 0–0 6–4 1–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 Dundee United 2–0 5–0 2–2 1–5 3–3 1–1 3–2 2–2 3–5 3–2 1–4 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–5 3–3 Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–4 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 East Fife 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–3 2–2 2–5 0–1 0–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–6 1–1 1–3 0–1 2–2 Falkirk 0–3 1–2 3–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–3 3–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–3 2–4 Heart of Midlothian 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–5 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 6–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 Hibernian 2–2 1–3 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 6–0 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–1 7–1 Kilmarnock 0–3 5–2 1–2 1–3 2–1 0–3 2–0 0–0 2–3 2–0 2–2 1–1 4–2 1–0 1–4 1–2 2–0 Morton 0–1 2–2 0–3 1–1 4–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 Motherwell 0–4 0–1 2–2 1–5 4–1 1–3 0–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 5–3 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 Partick Thistle 2–0 4–2 0–1 1–5 2–2 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 2–0 8–3 3–2 2–1 Rangers 0–2 3–0 4–2 2–3 1–0 2–3 1–0 3–4 3–0 3–1 6–0 1–2 3–1 1–2 4–0 2–1 2–0 St Johnstone 1–1 3–3 2–0 0–3 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–2 5–1 1–0 5–1 2–1 1–4 complete Awards AwardWinnerClubSFWA Footballer of the YearSCO Dave Smith footballer, born 1943Rangers See also Nine in a row References 2 League Tables Category:1971–72 Scottish Football League Category:Scottish Division One seasons Scot