1970–71 in Scottish football

none September 2021 football background:#BFD7FF 1970–71 in Scottish football 200px Division One champions Celtic Division Two champions Partick Thistle Scottish Cup winners Celtic League Cup winners Rangers Junior Cup winners Cambuslang Rangers Teams in Europe Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Rangers Scotland national team 1971 BHC, UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying The 1970–71 season was the 98th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 74th season of Scottish league football.http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1970-1979/197071/ 1970/71 - the Scottish Football League https://archive.today/20120910173046/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1970-1979/197071/ 10 September 2012 dead Scottish League Division One 1970–71 Scottish Division One Aberdeen, with a 15-game unbeaten run, led the league from December until the last week of the season. Aberdeen faced Celtic in their penultimate game, needing a win to almost certainly clinch the title, but could only draw 1–1 and then they lost their last game, at Falkirk, allowing Celtic to take the championship by 2 points. Champions: Celtic Relegated: St Mirren, Cowdenbeath Scottish League Division Two 1970–71 Scottish Division Two Promoted: Partick Thistle, East Fife Cup honours CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upScottish Cup 1970–71Celtic2 – 1 (rep.)RangersLeague Cup 1970–71Rangers1 – 0CelticJunior CupCambuslang Rangers2 – 1Newtongrange Star Other honours National CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upScottish Qualifying Cup – NorthInverness Caledonian4 – 2 * Elgin CityScottish Qualifying Cup – SouthSt Cuthbert Wanderers5 – 3 *Burntisland Shipyard County CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upAberdeenshire CupPeterheadAyrshire CupAyr United2 – 2 * KilmarnockEast of Scotland ShieldHibernian1 – 0HeartsFife CupCowdenbeath2 – 0 * Dunfermline AthleticForfarshire CupDundee2 – 0Dundee UnitedLanarkshire CupAirdrieMotherwellStirlingshire CupStenhousemuir3 – 2East Stirling * – aggregate over two legs – play off – won on penalties Highland League main WDL Q 2 Top Three CAL Inverness Caledonian THI Inverness Thistle PET Peterhead 23 5 2 92 32 20 6 4 115 41 19 7 4 98 45 green1 C complete Individual honours AwardWinnerClub Footballer of the Year SCO Martin Buchan Aberdeen Scotland national team Scotland national football team 1960–79 results DateVenueOpponentsScoreScotland's score is shown first.CompetitionScotland scorer(s)11 NovemberHampden Park, Glasgow (H)DEN1–0ECQG5John O'Hare3 FebruaryStade Sclessin, Liège (A)BEL0–3ECQG521 AprilEstadio da Luz, Lisbon (A)POR0–2ECQG515 MayNinian Park, Cardiff (A)WAL0–0BHC18 MayHampden Park, Glasgow (H)NIR0–1BHC22 MayWembley Stadium, London (A)ENG1–3BHCHugh Curran9 JuneIdraetsparken, Copenhagen (A)DEN0–1ECQG514 JuneLenin Stadium, Moscow (A)USSR0–1Friendly Key: (H) = Home match (A) = Away match ECQG5 = European Championship qualifying – Group 5 BHC = British Home Championship Notes and references External links Scottish Football Historical Archive 1970 Category:Football in Scotland by season