1972–73 Scottish Division One

67th season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Division One 1972–73 Celtic KilmarnockAirdrieonians 1971–72 1973–74 The 1972–73 Scottish Division One was won by Celtic, one point ahead of their nearest rival Rangers. Kilmarnock and Airdrieonians finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1973–74 Second Division. League table main WDL QR 5 2 CEL Celtic RAN Rangers HIB Hibernian ABD Aberdeen DND Dundee AYR Ayr United DNU Dundee United MOT Motherwell EFI East Fife HOM Heart of Midlothian STJ St Johnstone GMF Morton PAR Partick Thistle FAL Falkirk ARB Arbroath DUM Dumbarton KIL Kilmarnock AIR Airdrieonians 26 5 3 93 28 26 4 4 74 30 19 7 8 74 33 16 11 7 61 34 17 9 8 68 43 16 8 10 50 51 17 5 12 56 51 11 9 14 38 48 11 8 15 46 54 12 6 16 39 50 10 9 15 52 67 10 8 16 47 53 10 8 16 40 53 7 12 15 38 56 9 8 17 39 63 6 11 17 43 72 7 8 19 40 71 4 8 22 34 75 green1 Champion C red1 Relegated to 1973–74 Second Division R R complete Soccerbase and League Tables Results main FBR grey ABE AIR ARB AYR CEL DUM DND DNU EFI FAL HOM HIB KIL MOR MOT PAR RAN STJ Aberdeen 5–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 6–0 3–1 0–0 4–3 2–2 3–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 7–2 0–0 2–2 0–0 Airdrieonians 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 2–3 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–4 0–1 0–3 1–2 1–3 2–6 1–3 Arbroath 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–4 1–0 5–1 3–0 2–3 3–3 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 Ayr United 2–3 3–2 2–0 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 Celtic 2–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 5–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 4–0 4–2 1–1 6–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 4–0 Dumbarton 1–2 3–5 0–0 1–1 1–6 2–2 4–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 4–2 2–2 0–0 4–2 1–2 1–1 Dundee 0–0 1–1 6–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 5–3 2–2 1–0 1–0 6–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 3–0 Dundee United 3–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–4 5–1 East Fife 0–1 3–0 2–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 4–3 3–1 0–1 0–4 2–2 Falkirk 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–3 2–0 2–2 1–0 3–4 1–3 1–0 3–2 2–0 0–1 0–3 2–4 0–0 Heart of Midlothian 2–1 0–1 3–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–7 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 Hibernian 3–2 5–2 0–0 8–1 0–3 5–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 4–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 3–2 Kilmarnock 0–2 3–1 2–0 0–1 0–4 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–3 2–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–4 Morton 1–2 4–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 5–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–4 0–3 2–1 1–0 5–0 1–2 3–0 Motherwell 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–5 0–2 2–2 1–4 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 Partick Thistle 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–4 4–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–1 Rangers 0–0 1–0 5–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 5–1 St Johnstone 1–0 1–1 5–2 3–0 1–3 0–2 4–1 1–3 4–2 2–1 3–2 1–3 2–2 3–1 2–2 1–3 1–2 complete Awards AwardWinnerClubSFWA Footballer of the YearSCO George ConnellyCeltic See also Nine in a row References 2 League Tables Category:1972–73 Scottish Football League Category:Scottish Division One seasons Scot