1975–76 Scottish Premier Division

70th season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Premier Division 1975–76 Rangers 1st Premier Division title 36th Scottish title DundeeSt Johnstone European Cup Rangers UEFA Cup CelticHibernian Cup Winners' Cup Heart of Midlothian Kenny Dalglish (24) 180 501 Hibernian 5–0 St Johnstone Ayr United 2–7 Celtic 1974–75 1976–77 The 1975–76 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Rangers, six points ahead of Celtic. Dundee and St Johnstone were relegated. This was the first season of the Premier Division, the highest level of Scottish football.1975 | All Change in Scottish Football, Aberdeen FC, 19 March 2020 The Scottish First Division, previously the top flight of Scottish football became the second flight. In an attempt to bring instant drama to the new format, the league made the unusual scheduling decision to hold an Old Firm match and an Edinburgh Derby on the opening weekend.http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/competitions/premiership/opening-weekend-flashback-remembering-1975-1-3029050 Opening weekend flashback: Remembering 1975 3 August 2013 18 November 2017 The Scotsman Table main WDL QR 5 2 RAN Rangers CEL Celtic HIB Hibernian MOT Motherwell HOM Heart of Midlothian AYR Ayr United ABD Aberdeen DNU Dundee United DND Dundee STJ St Johnstone 23 8 5 60 24 C 21 6 9 71 42 18 7 11 55 43 16 8 12 57 49 13 9 14 39 45 14 5 17 46 59 11 10 15 49 50 12 8 16 46 48 11 10 15 49 62 R 3 5 28 29 79 R green1 Qualification for the European Cup first round EC1 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round UC1 UC1 yellow1 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round ECWC1 red1 Relegation to the 1976–77 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 AYR CEL DND DNU HOM HIB MOT RAN STJ Aberdeen 3–1 1–2 2-0 1–3 0–0 2–2 2-2 1–0 2–0 Ayr United 1–0 2-7 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–3 2–0 3-0 1–0 Celtic 0–2 3-1 4-0 2–1 3-1 1-1 0-2 1–1 3-2 Dundee 3-2 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–3 2–0 3–6 0–0 4–3 Dundee United 1–2 3-2 1–3 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 Heart of Midlothian 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 3-3 0–2 2–0 Hibernian 3–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–2 Motherwell 3-0 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 Rangers 1–0 3-0 2–1 2-1 4–1 1–2 1–1 3–2 2–0 St Johnstone 1–1 0-1 1–2 1–3 1–0 0–1 3–4 2–1 1–5 complete Matches 19–36 main FBR grey ABE AYR CEL DND DNU HOM HIB MOT RAN STJ Aberdeen 2–1 0–1 0–1 5–3 0–3 3–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 Ayr United 1–1 3-5 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 Celtic 1–1 1-2 3–3 2–1 2–0 4-0 4-0 0–0 1-0 Dundee 1-3 1–2 0–1 2–1 4-1 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 Dundee United 1–0 5-0 3-2 1–0 2-0 2–0 1–4 0–1 1–1 Heart of Midlothian 3–3 1-0 1-0 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 Hibernian 3–2 3–0 2–0 4–0 0–1 3–0 2–0 0–3 5–0 Motherwell 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 3–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 Rangers 2-1 2–1 1–0 3-0 0-0 3–1 2–0 2–1 4–0 St Johnstone 2–0 1–2 3–4 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–3 0–3 complete Awards AwardWinnerClubSFWA Footballer of the YearSCO John GreigRangers References 1975–76 Scottish Premier Division – Statto Category:Scottish Premier Division seasons Category:1975–76 Scottish Football League Scot