1985–86 Scottish Premier Division

80th season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Premier Division 1985–86 Celtic 5th Premier Division title 34th Scottish title European Cup Celtic UEFA Cup Heart of MidlothianDundee UnitedRangers Cup Winners' Cup Aberdeen Ally McCoist (24) 180 498 1984–85 1986–87 Celtic won the 1985–86 Scottish Premier Division and became champions in one of the closest finishes in League history. On the final day of the season Hearts were leading Celtic by two points, and a draw against Dundee would have been sufficient to see them win their first League title since the 1959–60 season. Hearts lost 2–0 to Dundee at Dens Park thanks to two late goals by substitute Albert Kidd, while Celtic beat St Mirren 5–0 at Love Street. As a result, Celtic won the league on goal difference.Paul Ian Celtic keep bargain - with a little help from Dundee 5 May 1986 Glasgow Herald https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l7ZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t6UMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2512%2C1047906 15 October 2022 Relegation was suspended due to league reconstruction, therefore Motherwell and Clydebank retained their Premier Division status. Much of the season was only viewed by fans in stadiums as a dispute between television companies and the Scottish Football League resulted in no televised Scottish league football between September 1985 and March 1986.Dens memories reduce former Hearts manager to tears - Scotsman.com Sport https://www.scotsman.com/sport/dens-memories-reduce-former-hearts-manager-tears-2475971 https://web.archive.org/web/20121008043619/http://sport.scotsman.com/heartofmidlothianfc/Dens-memories-reduce-former-Hearts.2751855.jp 2012-10-08 live 2009-04-05 Table main WDL Q 5 2 CEL Celtic HOM Heart of Midlothian DNU Dundee United ABE Aberdeen RAN Rangers DND Dundee STM St Mirren HIB Hibernian MOT Motherwell CLY Clydebank 20 10 6 67 38 C 20 10 6 59 33 18 11 7 59 31 16 12 8 62 31 13 9 14 53 45 14 7 15 45 51 13 5 18 42 63 11 6 19 49 63 7 6 23 33 66 6 8 22 29 77 green1 Qualification for the European Cup first round EC1 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round UC1 UC1 UC1 yellow1 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round ECWC1 complete 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Rsssf Results Matches 1–18 During matches 1–18 each team plays every other team twice (home and away). main FBR grey ABE CEL CLY DND DNU HOM HIB MOT RAN STM Aberdeen 4–1 3–1 4-1 3–2 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 Celtic 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 Clydebank 2–1 0–2 4–0 1–2 2–4 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 Dundee 1–3 0–2 2–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 3–1 3–2 2–1 Dundee United 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 5–0 Hibernian 1–1 0–5 5–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–3 Heart of Midlothian 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 Motherwell 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–3 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–3 3–1 Rangers 0–3 3–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 3–0 St Mirren 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–3 6–2 4–1 2–1 complete Rsssf Matches 19–36 During matches 19–36 each team plays every other team twice (home and away). main FBR grey ABE CEL CLY DND DNU HOM HIB MOT RAN STM Aberdeen 0–1 4–1 0–0 0–1 4–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 Celtic 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 Clydebank 0–6 0–5 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 Dundee 0–0 1–3 4–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 Dundee United 2–1 4–2 4–0 0–0 4–0 0–3 4–0 1–1 1–2 Hibernian 0–1 2–2 2–3 1–0 1–2 1–2 4–0 1–1 3–0 Heart of Midlothian 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 Motherwell 0–1 0–2 3–0 2–2 2–0 3–1 1–3 1–0 1–2 Rangers 1–1 4–4 4–2 5–0 1–1 3–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 St Mirren 1–1 0–5 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 complete Rsssf Awards AwardWinnerClubPFA Players' Player of the YearSCO Richard GoughDundee UnitedPFA Young Player of the YearSCO Craig LeveinHeart of MidlothianSFWA Footballer of the YearSCO Sandy JardineHeart of Midlothian References Category:Scottish Premier Division seasons 1 Scot