1969–70 in Scottish football

1969–70 in Scottish football
1969–70 in Scottish football
Division One champions
	Celtic
Division Two champions
	Falkirk
Scottish Cup winners
	Aberdeen
League Cup winners
	Celtic
Junior Cup winners
	Blantyre Victoria
Teams in Europe
	Celtic, Dundee United, Dunfermline Athletic, Kilmarnock, Rangers
Scotland national team
	1970 BHC, 1970 World Cup qualification

The 1969–70 season was the 97th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 73rd season of Scottish league football. ^[1]

Scottish League Division One

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	34	27	3	4	96	33	+63	57
2	Rangers	34	19	7	8	67	40	+27	45
3	Hibernian	34	19	6	9	65	40	+25	44
4	Heart of Midlothian	34	13	12	9	50	36	+14	38
5	Dundee United	34	16	6	12	62	64	−2	38
6	Dundee	34	15	6	13	49	44	+5	36
7	Kilmarnock	34	13	10	11	62	57	+5	36
8	Aberdeen	34	14	7	13	55	45	+10	35
9	Morton	34	13	9	12	52	52	0	35
10	Dunfermline Athletic	34	15	5	14	45	45	0	35
11	Motherwell	34	11	10	13	49	51	−2	32
12	Airdrieonians	34	12	8	14	59	64	−5	32
13	St Johnstone	34	11	9	14	50	62	−12	31
14	Ayr United	34	12	6	16	37	52	−15	30
15	St Mirren	34	8	9	17	39	54	−15	25
16	Clyde	34	9	7	18	34	56	−22	25
17	Raith Rovers	34	5	11	18	32	67	−35	21
18	Partick Thistle	34	5	7	22	41	82	−41	17

Source: "1969-1970 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Raith Rovers, Partick Thistle

Scottish League Division Two

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Falkirk	36	25	6	5	94	34	+60	56	Promotion to the 1970–71 First Division
2	Cowdenbeath	36	24	7	5	81	35	+46	55	Promotion to the 1970–71 First Division
3	Queen of the South	36	22	6	8	72	49	+23	50
4	Stirling Albion	36	18	10	8	70	40	+30	46
5	Arbroath	36	20	4	12	76	39	+37	44
6	Alloa Athletic	36	19	5	12	62	41	+21	43
7	Dumbarton	36	17	6	13	55	46	+9	40
8	Montrose	36	15	7	14	57	55	+2	37
9	Berwick Rangers	36	15	5	16	67	55	+12	35
10	East Fife	36	15	4	17	59	63	−4	34
11	Albion Rovers	36	14	5	17	53	64	−11	33
12	East Stirlingshire	36	14	5	17	58	75	−17	33
13	Clydebank	36	10	10	16	47	65	−18	30
14	Brechin City	36	11	6	19	47	74	−27	28
15	Queen's Park	36	10	6	20	38	62	−24	26
16	Stenhousemuir	36	10	6	20	47	89	−42	26
17	Stranraer	36	9	7	20	56	75	−19	25
18	Forfar Athletic	36	11	1	24	55	83	−28	23
19	Hamilton Academical	36	8	4	24	42	92	−50	20

Source: "1969-1970 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Promoted: Falkirk, Cowdenbeath

Cups

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1969–70	Aberdeen	3 – 1	Celtic
League Cup 1969–70	Celtic	1 – 0	St Johnstone
Junior Cup	Blantyre Victoria	1 – 0 (rep.)	Penicuik Athletic

Other honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup – North	Elgin City	6 – 1 * †	Nairn County
Scottish Qualifying Cup – South	Glasgow University	5 – 4 *	St Cuthbert Wanderers

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Peterhead
Ayrshire Cup	Ayr United	2 – 0	Kilmarnock
East of Scotland Shield	Hearts	3 – 2	Hibernian
Fife Cup	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 0 *	Cowdenbeath
Glasgow Cup	Celtic	3 – 1	Rangers
Lanarkshire Cup	Airdrie	3 – 2	Motherwell
Stirlingshire Cup	Falkirk	1 – 0	Dumbarton

^* – aggregate over two legs
† – play off

Highland League

Top Three
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Elgin City	30	24	1	5	101	28	+73	49
2	Inverness Caledonian	30	22	3	5	101	37	+64	47
3	Inverness Thistle	30	21	3	6	124	52	+72	45

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Individual awards

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	Pat Stanton	Hibernian

National team

1970 FIFA World Cup

Qualification

Group 7

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	West Germany	11	6	5	1	0	20	3	+17
2	Scotland	7	6	3	1	2	18	7	+11
3	Austria	6	6	3	0	3	12	7	+5
4	Cyprus	0	6	0	0	6	2	35	−33

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[2]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
21 September 1969	Dalymount Park, Dublin (A)	Republic of Ireland	1–1	Friendly	Colin Stein
22 October 1969	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg (A)	West Germany	2–3	WCQG7	Jimmy Johnstone, Alan Gilzean
5 November 1969	Praterstadion, Vienna (A)	Austria	0–2	WCQG7
18 April 1970	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Northern Ireland	1–0	BHC	John O'Hare
22 April 1970	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	0–0	BHC
25 April 1970	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	0–0	BHC

Key:

(H) = Home match
(A) = Away match
WCQG7 = World Cup qualifying – Group 7
BHC = British Home Championship

Notes and references

^ "1969/70 - the Scottish Football League". Archived from the original on 9 September 2012.
^ Scotland's score is shown first.

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

[1] "1969/70 - the Scottish Football League". Archived from the original on 9 September 2012.

[Scotland_score-2] Scotland's score is shown first.

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Club seasons
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Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Clydebank Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Falkirk Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer