1975–76 Scottish First Division
Football league season
Season | 1975–76 |
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Champions | Partick Thistle |
Promoted | Partick Thistle Kilmarnock |
Relegated | Dunfermline Athletic Clyde |
Matches played | 182 |
Goals scored | 569 (3.13 per match) |
Top goalscorer | John Bourke, John Whiteford (17) |
Biggest home win | Partick Thistle 5-0 East Fife, 15.11.1975 |
Biggest away win | Queen of the South 1-7 Airdrieonians, 13.09.1975 East Fife 1-7 Montrose, 07.02.1976 |
← 1974–75 1976–77 → |
The 1975–76 Scottish First Division season was the first season in which the Scottish First Division became the second tier of Scottish football and the number of teams was reduced from 20 to 14. The season was won by Partick Thistle, who were promoted along with Kilmarnock to the Premier Division. Dunfermline Athletic and Clyde were relegated to the Second Division.[1]
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Partick Thistle (C, P) | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 47 | 19 | +28 | 41 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
2 | Kilmarnock (P) | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 35 | |
3 | Montrose | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 30 | |
4 | Dumbarton | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 28 | |
5 | Arbroath | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 26 | |
6 | St Mirren | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 26 | |
7 | Falkirk | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 25 | |
8 | Airdrieonians | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 25 | |
9 | Hamilton Academical | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 24 | |
10 | Queen of the South | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 24 | |
11 | Morton | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 23 | |
12 | East Fife | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 53 | −14 | 23 | |
13 | Dunfermline Athletic (R) | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 51 | −21 | 20 | Relegation to the Second Division |
14 | Clyde (R) | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 34 | 52 | −18 | 14 |
Source: RSSSF and statto[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
References
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Club seasons
- Aberdeen
- Ayr United
- Celtic
- Dundee
- Dundee United
- Heart of Midlothian
- Hibernian
- Motherwell
- Rangers
- St. Johnstone
- Airdrieonians
- Arbroath
- Clyde
- Dumbarton
- Dunfermline Athletic
- East Fife
- Falkirk
- Hamilton Academical
- Kilmarnock
- Montrose
- Morton
- Partick Thistle
- Queen of the South
- St. Mirren
- Albion Rovers
- Alloa Athletic
- Berwick Rangers
- Brechin City
- Clydebank
- Cowdenbeath
- East Stirlingshire
- Forfar Athletic
- Meadowbank Thistle
- Queen's Park
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- Stenhousemuir
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