1964–65 in Scottish football


The 1964–65 season was the 92nd season of competitive football in Scotland and the 68th season of Scottish league football.

Scottish League Division One

In one of the closest finishes ever seen in a league competition in Britain, Hearts faced Kilmarnock on the last day of the season with
a two-point lead over the Ayrshire club and a slightly better goal average. Kilmarnock had to beat Hearts by at least 2–0 to win the title. Any worse result for Kilmarnock, including any other two goal winning margin, e.g. 3–1 or 4–2, would have made Hearts champions. Kilmarnock won 2-0, and were champions.
The 1964–65 season is notable for both Celtic and Rangers finishing in mid-table. It was, and remains as of 2018, only the fifth time that neither of them had finished in the top two, and the only time that both of the Old Firm clubs had failed to finish in the top three of the First Division in the same season.
The season was also interesting in that it was the one and only season that East Stirling Clydebank competed in the Scottish League, reverting to East Stirlingshire for season 1965/66 with Clydebank entering the league the following year.
Champions: Kilmarnock

Relegated: Airdrieonains, Third Lanark

Scottish League Division Two

Promoted: Stirling Albion, Hamilton Academical

Cup honours

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up
Scottish Cup 1964–65Celtic3 – 2Dunfermline Athletic
League Cup 1964–65Rangers2 – 1Celtic
Junior CupLinlithgow Rose4 – 1Baillieston Juniors

Other Honours

National

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup - NorthInverness Caledonian4 – 2 *Ross County
Scottish Qualifying Cup - SouthGala Fairydean9 – 5 *Glasgow University

County

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up
Aberdeenshire CupPeterhead
Ayrshire CupAyr United1 – 0Kilmarnock
East of Scotland ShieldHearts3 – 1Hibernian
Fife CupDunfermline Athletic9 – 4 *Raith Rovers
Forfarshire CupDundee United1 – 0Dundee
Glasgow CupCeltic5 – 0Queens Park
Lanarkshire CupAirdrie
Renfrewshire CupMorton7 – 4 *St Mirren
Stirlingshire CupDumbarton4 – 2 *Falkirk

- aggregate over two legs

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Individual honours

Scotland national team

DateVenueOpponentsCompetitionScotland scorer
3 October 1964Ninian Park, Cardiff 2–3BHCStevie Chalmers, Dave Gibson
21 October 1964Hampden Park, Glasgow 3–1WCQG8Denis Law, Dave Gibson, Stevie Chalmers
25 November 1964Hampden Park, Glasgow 3–2BHCDavie Wilson, Alan Gilzean
10 April 1965Wembley Stadium, London 2–2BHCDenis Law, Ian St. John
8 May 1965Hampden Park, Glasgow 0–0Friendly
23 May 1965Silesia Stadium, Chorzów / Katowice 1–1WCQG8Denis Law
27 May 1965Olympia Stadion, Helsinki 2–1WCQG8Davie Wilson, John Greig

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