1971–72 in Scottish football
The 1971–72 season was the 99th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 75th season of Scottish league football.
Scottish League Division One
Champions: CelticRelegated: Clyde, Dunfermline
Scottish League Division Two
Promoted: Dumbarton, ArbroathCup honours
Competition | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
Scottish Cup 1971–72 | Celtic | 6 – 1 | Hibernian |
League Cup 1971–72 | Partick Thistle | 4 – 1 | Celtic |
Junior Cup | Cambuslang Rangers | 3 – 2 | Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic |
Other Honours
National
Competition | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
Scottish Qualifying Cup - North | Inverness Thistle | 5 – 4 * | Ross County |
Scottish Qualifying Cup - South | Vale of Leithen | 4 – 0 * | Duns |
County
Competition | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
Aberdeenshire Cup | Peterhead | ||
Ayrshire Cup | Kilmarnock | 3 – 1 * | Ayr United |
Fife Cup | Raith Rovers | 4 – 1 * | Dunfermline Athletic |
Forfarshire Cup | Dundee United | 4 – 0 | Dundee |
Renfrewshire Cup | Morton | 7 – 0 | Babcock & Wilcox |
Stirlingshire Cup | Stirling Albion | 5 – 1 | Clydebank |
- aggregate over two legs
Highland League">Highland Football League">Highland League
Individual honours
Scotland national team
Date | Venue | Opponents | Competition | Scotland scorer | |
13 October 1971 | Hampden Park, Glasgow | 2–1 | ECQG5 | John O'Hare, Archie Gemmill | |
10 November 1971 | Pittodrie, Aberdeen | 1–0 | ECQG5 | John O'Hare | |
1 December 1971 | Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam | 1–2 | Friendly | George Graham | |
26 April 1972 | Hampden Park, Glasgow | 2–0 | Friendly | John O'Hare, Denis Law | |
20 May 1972 | Hampden Park, Glasgow | 2–0 | BHC | Denis Law, Peter Lorimer | |
24 May 1972 | Hampden Park, Glasgow | 1–0 | BHC | Peter Lorimer | |
27 May 1972 | Hampden Park, Glasgow | 0–1 | BHC | ||
29 June 1972 | Estadio Minearo, Belo Horizonte | 2–2 | BIC | Lou Macari | |
2 July 1972 | Estadio Biera Rio, Porto Alegre | 0–0 | BIC | ||
5 July 1972 | Estadio do Maracana, Rio de Janeiro | 0–1 | BIC |
1972 British Home Championship - Joint winners with
Key:
- = Home match
- = Away match
- ECQG5 = European Championship qualifying - Group 5
- BHC = British Home Championship
- BIC = Brazilian Independence Cup