1965–66 Scottish Division One

60th season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Division One 1965–66 Celtic MortonHamilton Academical 1964–65 1966–67 The 1965–66 Scottish Division One was won by Celtic by two points over city rivals Rangers. Morton and Hamilton Academical finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1966-67 Second Division. It was Celtic's first championship since 1954. Having both finished outside the top four places for the first (and so far only) time, the Old Firm clubs not only returned to the top of the table but also contested both domestic cup finals, which had not occurred since the introduction of the Scottish League Cup in 1946.'Very Heaven' (page 9); David Ross, 2007; Lulu.com; 9781430317210 League table main WDL 5 Q 2 CEL Celtic RAN Rangers KIL Kilmarnock DNF Dunfermline DNU Dundee United HIB Hibernian HOM Hearts ABD Aberdeen DND Dundee FAL Falkirk CLY Clyde PAR Partick Thistle MOT Motherwell STJ St Johnstone STI Stirling Albion STM St Mirren MOR Morton R HAM Hamilton Academical R 27 3 4 106 30 25 5 4 91 29 20 5 9 73 46 19 6 9 94 55 19 5 10 79 51 16 6 12 81 55 13 12 9 56 48 15 6 13 61 54 14 6 14 61 61 15 1 18 48 72 13 4 17 62 64 10 10 14 55 64 12 4 18 52 69 9 8 17 58 81 9 8 17 40 68 9 4 21 44 82 8 5 21 42 84 3 2 29 27 117 red1 Relegated to the Second Division R R complete RSSSF Results main FBR grey ABE CEL CLY DND DNU DNF FAL HAM HOM HIB KIL MOR MOT PAR RAN STJ STM STI Aberdeen 3–1 2–0 2–3 0–0 2–2 2–0 5–2 0–1 1–3 1–0 5–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–3 4–1 2–2 Celtic 7–1 2–1 5–0 1–0 2–1 6–0 5–0 5–2 2–0 2–1 8–1 1–0 1–1 5–1 3–2 5–0 6–1 Clyde 2–2 1–3 0–2 4–1 6–1 3–2 4–1 0–1 1–2 1–4 2–0 1–3 3–1 2–2 3–2 0–1 0–1 Dundee 1–2 1–2 1–4 0–5 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–3 0–2 5–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–2 6–2 Dundee United 3–0 0–4 0–2 2–1 0–4 2–3 7–0 2–2 5–4 0–0 4–2 5–1 5–2 1–0 5–1 3–0 1–1 Dunfermline Athletic 2–3 0–2 6–4 2–2 2–4 6–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 6–1 4–3 1–2 5–1 5–1 5–1 Falkirk 3–0 3–4 0–1 3–1 1–4 0–3 0–0 0–1 3–2 3–2 3–2 2–0 2–0 3–2 2–1 2–3 2–0 Hamilton Academical 0–4 1–7 1–4 1–2 0–4 1–6 1–4 0–1 1–2 1–4 1–2 1–4 4–3 1–7 1–1 1–0 3–1 Heart of Midlothian 1–1 3–2 4–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–4 2–3 2–1 5–2 3–1 0–2 0–0 4–0 1–1 Hibernian 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 5–1 11–1 2–3 3–3 4–1 2–2 2–0 1–2 3–0 3–2 1–0 Kilmarnock 1–3 0–2 1–2 5–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 4–0 5–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 2–1 Morton 1–3 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–3 1–5 1–4 3–1 0–0 0–5 1–2 0–0 2–1 Motherwell 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–3 1–3 3–0 4–2 4–2 4–0 0–3 3–0 0–3 0–3 5–3 4–1 0–1 Partick Thistle 0–3 2–2 2–1 2–0 4–1 2–6 3–0 1–0 3–3 3–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 4–1 1–1 Rangers 1–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 2–3 3–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 5–0 3–1 2–1 4–0 3–2 4–1 6–0 St Johnstone 2–2 1–4 3–3 1–0 1–2 1–5 2–1 5–0 3–2 1–3 1–1 4–2 3–3 2–2 0–3 3–2 1–1 St Mirren 1–0 0–3 2–1 2–5 1–2 4–3 6–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 4–7 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–6 2–3 0–0 Stirling Albion 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–4 2–4 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–2 2–3 2–4 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 complete Awards AwardWinnerClubSFWA Footballer of the YearSCO John GreigRangers See also Nine in a row References 2 1 Category:Scottish Division One seasons Scot