1975–76 in Scottish football


The 1975–76 season was the 103rd season of competitive football in Scotland and the 79th season of Scottish league football. It was the first season in the new, three-tier setup. Division One was no longer the top division in Scottish football, although all three divisions are still part of the Scottish Football League.
The Premier Division champions succeeded the last Division One champions, and the new Division One champions are equivalent to the old Division Two champions. The new Division Two is a completely new competition, although it shares its name with the old Division Two.
Both Division One and Two now contained 14 teams, previously considered a difficult number to ensure a balanced schedule. A 26-game programme, with every team playing each other home and away, was considered too short, a 52-game programme too congested. A 39-game schedule would leave an imbalance with each side having two fixtures at home against some teams, and one against others. The Scottish Football League addressed the problem by opting for a 26-game calendar and introducing a supplementary competition, the Spring Cup, open only to teams from Divisions One and Two, to be played at the season's end. It was discontinued after a single season.

Scottish Premier Division

Champions: Rangers

Relegated: Dundee, St Johnstone

Scottish League Division One

Promoted: Partick Thistle, Kilmarnock

Relegated: Dunfermline Athletic, Clyde

Scottish League Division Two

Promoted: Clydebank, Raith Rovers

Cup honours

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up
Scottish Cup 1975–76Rangers3 – 1Heart of Midlothian
League Cup 1975–76Rangers1 – 0Celtic
Spring CupAirdrieonians4 – 2 Clydebank
Junior CupBo'ness United3 – 0Darvel Juniors

Other Honours

National

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup - NorthElgin City3 – 1 *Inverness Thistle
Scottish Qualifying Cup - SouthVale of Leithen5 – 2 *Girvan

County

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up
Aberdeenshire CupFraserburgh
Ayrshire CupAyr United4 – 0 *Kilmarnock
East of Scotland ShieldHearts8 – 0Meadowbank Thistle
Fife CupRaith Rovers3 – 2 *East Fife
Forfarshire CupDundee United3 – 1Dundee
Glasgow CupRangers3 – 1Celtic
Lanarkshire CupAirdrie
Stirlingshire CupStenhousemuir1 – 0East Stirling

- aggregate over two legs

Highland League

Individual honours

Scotland national team

DateVenueOpponentsCompetitionScotland scorer
3 SeptemberIdraetsparken, Copenhagen 1–0ECQG4Joe Harper
29 OctoberHampden Park, Glasgow 3–1ECQG4Kenny Dalglish, Bruce Rioch, Ted MacDougall
17 DecemberHampden Park, Glasgow 1–1ECQG4Bruce Rioch
7 AprilHampden Park, Glasgow 1–0ECQG4Willie Pettigrew
6 MayHampden Park, Glasgow 3–1BHCWillie Pettigrew, Bruce Rioch, Eddie Gray
8 MayHampden Park, Glasgow 3–0BHCArchie Gemmill, Kenny Dalglish, Don Masson
15 MayHampden Park, Glasgow 2–1BHCDon Masson, Kenny Dalglish

1976 British Home Championship - Winners
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