1984-85 in Scottish football

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The 1984–85 season was the 88th season of competitive football in Scotland. To date it is the last time a non Old Firm club won the Scottish top flight.

1 Scottish Premier Division
2 Scottish League Division One
3 Scottish League Division Two
4 Other honours
- 4.1 Cup honours
- 4.2 Individual honours
5 Scotland national team
6 Notes and references

[edit] Scottish Premier Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aberdeen	36	27	5	4	89	26	63	59
2	Celtic	36	22	8	6	77	30	47	52
3	Dundee United	36	20	7	9	67	33	34	47
4	Rangers	36	13	12	11	47	38	9	38
5	St. Mirren	36	17	4	15	51	56	-5	38
6	Dundee	36	15	7	14	48	50	-2	37
7	Hearts	36	13	5	18	47	64	-17	31
8	Hibernian	36	10	7	19	38	61	-23	27
9	Dumbarton	36	6	7	23	29	64	-35	19
10	Greenock Morton	36	5	2	29	29	100	-71	12

Champions: Aberdeen
Relegated: Dumbarton, Morton.

[edit] Scottish League Division One

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motherwell	39	21	8	10	62	26	26	50
4	Clydebank	39	17	14	8	57	37	20	48
3	Falkirk	39	19	7	13	65	54	11	45
4	Hamilton Academical	39	16	11	12	48	49	-1	43
5	Airdrieonians	39	17	8	14	70	59	11	42
6	Forfar Athletic	39	14	13	12	54	49	5	41
7	Ayr United	39	15	9	15	57	52	5	39
8	Clyde	39	14	11	14	47	48	-1	39
9	Brechin City	39	14	9	16	49	57	-8	37
10	East Fife	39	12	12	15	55	56	-1	36
11	Partick Thistle	39	13	9	17	50	55	-5	35
12	Kilmarnock	39	12	10	17	42	61	-19	34
13	Meadowbank Thistle	39	11	10	18	50	66	-16	32
14	St. Johnstone	39	10	5	24	51	79	-27	25

Promoted: Motherwell, Clydebank
Relegated: Meadowbank Thistle, St. Johnstone (The first team to be relegated in successive seasons)

[edit] Scottish League Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Montrose	39	22	9	8	57	40	17	53
2	Alloa Athletic	39	20	10	9	58	40	18	50
3	Dunfermline Athletic	39	17	15	7	61	36	25	49
4	Cowdenbeath	39	18	11	10	68	39	29	47
5	Stenhousemuir	39	15	15	9	45	43	2	45
6	Stirling Albion	39	15	13	11	62	47	15	43
7	Raith Rovers	39	18	6	15	69	57	12	42
8	Queen of the South	39	10	14	15	42	56	-14	34
9	Albion Rovers	39	13	8	18	49	72	-23	34
10	Queen's Park	39	12	9	18	48	55	-7	33
11	Stranraer	39	13	6	20	52	67	-15	32
12	East Stirlingshire	39	8	15	16	38	53	-15	31
13	Berwick Rangers	39	8	12	19	36	49	-13	28
14	Arbroath	39	9	7	23	35	66	-31	25

Promoted: Montrose, Alloa Athletic

[edit] Other honours

[edit] Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1984–85	Celtic	2 – 1	Dundee United
League Cup	Rangers	1 – 0	Dundee United
Junior Cup	Pollok	3 – 1	Petershill

[edit] Individual honours

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	Hamish McAlpine	Dundee United
Players' Player of the Year	Jim Duffy	Morton
Young Player of the Year	Craig Levein	Hearts

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
September 12, 1984	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Yugoslavia	6–1	F	Davie Cooper, Graeme Souness, Kenny Dalglish, Paul Sturrock, Maurice Johnston, Charlie Nicholas
October 17, 1984	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Iceland	3–0	WCQ	Paul McStay (2), Charlie Nicholas
November 14, 1984	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Spain	3–1	WCQ	Maurice Johnston (2), Kenny Dalglish
February 27, 1985	Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan, Seville (A)	Spain	0–1	WCQ
March 27, 1985	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	0–1	WCQ
May 25, 1985	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	1–0	RC	Richard Gough
May 28, 1985	Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavík (A)	Iceland	1–0	WCQ	Jim Bett