# 1971–72 Scottish Division One

The 1971–72 Scottish Division One was won by Celtic by ten points over nearest rival Aberdeen. Clyde and Dunfermline finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1972–73 Second Division.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Celtic | 34 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 96 | 28 | +68 | 60 | Champion |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 80 | 26 | +54 | 50 | |
| 3 | Rangers | 34 | 21 | 2 | 11 | 71 | 38 | +33 | 44 | |
| 4 | Hibernian | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 62 | 34 | +28 | 44 | |
| 5 | Dundee | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 59 | 38 | +21 | 41 | |
| 6 | Heart of Midlothian | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 39 | |
| 7 | Partick Thistle | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 54 | −1 | 34 | |
| 8 | St Johnstone | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 52 | 58 | −6 | 32 | |
| 9 | Dundee United | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 55 | 70 | −15 | 31 | |
| 10 | Motherwell | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 49 | 69 | −20 | 29 | |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 49 | 64 | −15 | 28 | |
| 12 | Ayr United | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 28 | |
| 13 | Morton | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 27 | |
| 14 | Falkirk | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 44 | 60 | −16 | 27 | |
| 15 | Airdrieonians | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 44 | 76 | −32 | 26 | |
| 16 | East Fife | 34 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 34 | 61 | −27 | 25 | |
| 17 | Clyde | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 66 | −33 | 24 | Relegated to 1972–73 Second Division |
| 18 | Dunfermline Athletic | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 50 | −19 | 23 | Relegated to 1972–73 Second Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ABE | AIR | AYR | CEL | CLY | DND | DNU | DNF | EFI | FAL | HOM | HIB | KIL | MOR | MOT | PAR | RAN | STJ |
| Aberdeen | | 5–0 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 7–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 |
| Airdrieonians | 1–2 | | 3–4 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 5–4 |
| Ayr United | 1–5 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Celtic | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 9–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Clyde | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–7 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Dundee | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 6–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Dundee United | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–5 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 3–3 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| East Fife | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Falkirk | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–4 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Hibernian | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 0–0 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 7–1 |
| Kilmarnock | 0–3 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Morton | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Motherwell | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Partick Thistle | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 8–3 | | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Rangers | 0–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 |
| St Johnstone | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | |