1972–73 Scottish Division One

67th season of top-tier football league in Scotland

Football league season

Scottish Division One
Season	1972–73
Champions	Celtic
Relegated	Kilmarnock Airdrieonians
← 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic	34	26	5	3	93	28	+65	57	Champion
2	Rangers	34	26	4	4	74	30	+44	56
3	Hibernian	34	19	7	8	74	33	+41	45
4	Aberdeen	34	16	11	7	61	34	+27	43
5	Dundee	34	17	9	8	68	43	+25	43
6	Ayr United	34	16	8	10	50	51	−1	40
7	Dundee United	34	17	5	12	56	51	+5	39
8	Motherwell	34	11	9	14	38	48	−10	31
9	East Fife	34	11	8	15	46	54	−8	30
10	Heart of Midlothian	34	12	6	16	39	50	−11	30
11	St Johnstone	34	10	9	15	52	67	−15	29
12	Morton	34	10	8	16	47	53	−6	28
13	Partick Thistle	34	10	8	16	40	53	−13	28
14	Falkirk	34	7	12	15	38	56	−18	26
15	Arbroath	34	9	8	17	39	63	−24	26
16	Dumbarton	34	6	11	17	43	72	−29	23
17	Kilmarnock	34	7	8	19	40	71	−31	22	Relegated to 1973–74 Second Division
18	Airdrieonians	34	4	8	22	34	75	−41	16	Relegated to 1973–74 Second Division

Source: Soccerbase and League Tables

Results

Home \ Away	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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '72 '73 England Faroe Islands '72 '73 Finland '72 '73 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '72 '73 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '72 '73 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '72 '73 Spain Sweden '72 '73 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '72 '73 Finland '72 '73 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '72 '73 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '72 '73 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '72 '73 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales
League cups	England West Germany Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '72 '73 European Super Cup

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Drybrough Cup Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup European Super Cup Texaco Cup
Related to national team	Results 1974 World Cup qualifying (Group 8) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Arbroath Ayr United Celtic Dumbarton Dundee Dundee United East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Johnstone
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Clydebank Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer