1980–81 in Scottish football

Season overview in Scottish football September 2021 football background:#BFD7FF 1980–81 in Scottish football 200px Premier Division champions Celtic Division One champions Hibernian Division Two champions Queen's Park Scottish Cup winners Rangers League Cup winners Dundee United Junior Cup winners Pollok Teams in Europe Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Rangers Scotland national team 1981 BHC, 1982 World Cup qualification ← 1979–80 1981–82 → The 1980–81 season was the 108th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 84th season of Scottish league football.http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1980-1989/198081/ 1980/81 - the Scottish Football League 2011-12-16 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121205033014/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1980-1989/198081/ 5 December 2012 Scottish Premier Division 1980–81 Scottish Premier Division Champions: Celtic Relegated: Kilmarnock, Hearts Scottish League Division One 1980–81 Scottish First Division Promoted: Hibernian, Dundee Relegated: Stirling Albion, Berwick Rangers Scottish League Division Two 1980–81 Scottish Second Division Promoted: Queen's Park, Queen of the South Cup honours CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upScottish Cup 1980–81Rangers4 – 1 (rep.)Dundee UnitedLeague Cup 1980–81Dundee United3 – 0DundeeJunior CupPollok1 – 0Arthurlie Other honours National CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upScottish Qualifying Cup – NorthInverness Caledonian2 – 1 Elgin CityScottish Qualifying Cup – SouthHawick Royal Albert3 – 1 *Gala Fairydean County CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upAberdeenshire CupAberdeenAyrshire CupKilmarnock2 – 0 *Ayr UnitedEast of Scotland ShieldBerwick Rangers6 – 1Meadowbank ThistleFife CupRaith Rovers2 – 0 * Dunfermline AthleticGlasgow CupPartick Thistle1 – 0 CelticLanarkshire CupMotherwellAirdrieRenfrewshire CupMorton2 – 2 *St MirrenStirlingshire CupDumbarton3 – 0Stirling Albion * – aggregate over two legs – replay – won on penalties Highland League main WDL Q 2 Top Three KEI Keith FRA Fraserburgh ELG Elgin City 17 8 5 52 26 17 7 6 55 31 17 6 7 63 32 green1 C complete Individual honours AwardWinnerClub Footballer of the Year SCO Alan Rough Partick ThistlePlayers' Player of the Year SCO Mark McGhee AberdeenYoung Player of the Year SCO Charlie Nicholas Celtic Scottish national team Scotland national football team 1980–99 results DateVenueOpponentsScoreScotland's score is shown first.CompetitionScotland scorer(s)10 SeptemberSolna Stadion, Stockholm (A)SWE1–0WCQG6Gordon Strachan15 OctoberHampden Park, Glasgow (H)POR0–0WCQG625 FebruaryRamat Gan Stadium (A)ISR1–0WCQG6Kenny Dalglish25 MarchHampden Park, Glasgow (H)NIR1–1WCQG6John Wark28 AprilHampden Park, Glasgow (H)ISR3–1WCQG6John Robertson (2, 1 pen.), Davie Provan16 MayVetch Field, Swansea (A)WAL0–2BHCThe 1981 British Home Championship was Abandoned due to civil unrest in Northern Ireland. 19 MayHampden Park, Glasgow (H)NIR2–0BHCRay Stewart, Steve Archibald23 MayWembley Stadium, London (A)ENG1–0BHCJohn Robertson Key: (H) = Home match (A) = Away match WCQG6 = World Cup qualifying – Group 6 BHC = British Home Championship See also 1980–81 Aberdeen F.C. season 1980–81 Hibernian F.C. season 1980–81 Rangers F.C. season Notes and references External links Scottish Football Historical Archive 1980 Category:Football in Scotland by season