1984–85 Scottish Premier Division

79th season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Premier Division 1984–85 Aberdeen 3rd Premier Division title 4th Scottish title DumbartonMorton European Cup Aberdeen UEFA Cup Dundee UnitedRangersSt Mirren Cup Winners' Cup Celtic Frank McDougall (23) 180 522 Dundee United 7–0 Morton Morton 2–7 Celtic 1983–84 1985–86 The 1984–85 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Aberdeen, seven points ahead of Celtic. Dumbarton and Morton were relegated. As of 2026, this is the last season that a team other than Rangers or Celtic has won the top level of Scottish football; it also marked a third consecutive year that a team other than them won the Scottish title, the only time this has ever happened. Table main WDL QR 5 2 ABD Aberdeen CEL Celtic DNU Dundee United RAN Rangers STM St Mirren DND Dundee HOM Heart of Midlothian HIB Hibernian DUM Dumbarton GMF Morton 27 5 4 89 26 C 22 8 6 77 30 20 7 9 67 33 13 12 11 47 38 17 4 15 51 56 15 7 14 48 50 13 5 18 47 64 10 7 19 38 61 6 7 23 29 64 R 5 2 29 29 100 R green1 Qualification for the European Cup first round EC1 yellow1 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round ECWC1 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round UC1 UC1 UC1 red1 Relegation to the 1985–86 Scottish First Division R R complete 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Statto Results Matches 1–18 During matches 1–18 each team plays every other team twice (home and away). main FBR grey ABE CEL DUM DND DNU HOM HIB MOR RAN STM Aberdeen 4–2 1–0 3–2 0–1 4–0 4–1 3–1 0–0 4–0 Celtic 2–1 2–0 5–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 5–0 1–1 7–1 Dumbarton 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 0–1 Dundee 1–2 2–3 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 5–1 0–2 2–0 Dundee United 0–2 1–3 1–0 3–4 2–0 2–1 7–0 1–1 3–2 Heart of Midlothian 1–2 1–5 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 Hibernian 0–3 0–0 2–3 2–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 2–2 2–3 Morton 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 2–3 4–0 1–3 0–4 Rangers 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 St Mirren 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–3 2–0 2–1 0–2 complete Matches 19–36 During matches 19–36 each team plays every other team twice (home and away). main FBR grey ABE CEL DUM DND DNU HOM HIB MOR RAN STM Aberdeen 1–1 4–0 0–0 4–2 2–2 2–0 5–0 5–1 3–0 Celtic 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–1 4–0 1–1 3–0 Dumbarton 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–3 0–2 1–0 2–4 1–1 Dundee 0–4 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 Dundee United 2–1 0–0 4–0 4–0 5–2 2–0 5–0 2–1 3–1 Heart of Midlothian 0–3 0–2 5–1 3–3 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 Hibernian 0–5 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 5–1 1–0 0–4 Morton 1–2 2–7 2–4 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–3 0–2 Rangers 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–3 0–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 St Mirren 2–2 0–2 1–0 4–2 1–0 5–2 2–1 2–3 2–1 complete Awards AwardWinnerClubPFA Players' Player of the YearSCO Jim Duffy footballerMortonPFA Young Player of the YearSCO Craig LeveinHeart of MidlothianSFWA Footballer of the YearSCO Hamish McAlpineDundee United References Statto Category:Scottish Premier Division seasons 1 Scot