# 1981–82 Clydebank F.C. season

The 1981–82 season was Clydebank's sixteenth season after being elected to the Scottish Football League. They competed in Scottish League Division One where they finished 4th. They also competed in the Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup.

## Results
### Division 1

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score |
| 1 | 29 August | Queen's Park | A | 2–2 |
| 2 | 5 September | St Johnstone | H | 2–3 |
| 3 | 8 September | Kilmarnock | H | 0–0 |
| 4 | 12 September | Dumbarton | A | 3–1 |
| 5 | 16 September | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 4–1 |
| 6 | 19 September | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–1 |
| 7 | 26 September | Falkirk | H | 1–1 |
| 8 | 3 October | Queen of the South | A | 1–2 |
| 9 | 10 October | Raith Rovers | A | 2–0 |
| 10 | 17 October | Motherwell | H | 1–7 |
| 11 | 20 October | Hamilton Academical | H | 2–1 |
| 12 | 24 October | East Stirlingshire | A | 0–0 |
| 13 | 31 October | Ayr United | H | 2–1 |
| 14 | 7 November | St Johnstone | A | 3–1 |
| 15 | 14 November | Queen's Park | H | 2–1 |
| 16 | 21 November | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 6–3 |
| 17 | 28 November | Falkirk | A | 0–3 |
| 18 | 5 December | Queen of the South | H | 2–1 |
| 19 | 12 December | Hamilton Academical | A | 2–0 |
| 20 | 19 January | Motherwell | A | 1–3 |
| 21 | 30 January | East Stirlingshire | H | 2–1 |
| 22 | 3 February | Raith Rovers | H | 0–1 |
| 23 | 6 February | Ayr United | A | 1–2 |
| 24 | 17 February | Dumbarton | H | 3–0 |
| 25 | 20 February | Hamilton Academical | A | 1–3 |
| 26 | 27 February | Falkirk | H | 0–2 |
| 27 | 10 March | Queen's Park | H | 1–0 |
| 28 | 13 March | Dumbarton | A | 2–0 |
| 29 | 20 March | Queen of the South | H | 5–1 |
| 30 | 27 March | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–1 |
| 31 | 3 April | Kilmarnock | A | 0–0 |
| 32 | 10 April | East Stirlingshire | A | 1–0 |
| 33 | 14 April | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–5 |
| 34 | 17 April | Raith Rovers | H | 0–0 |
| 35 | 21 April | Kilmarnock | A | 0–2 |
| 36 | 24 April | Motherwell | A | 0–0 |
| 37 | 1 May | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1–0 |
| 38 | 8 May | St Johnstone | A | 3–3 |
| 39 | 15 May | Ayr United | H | 2–0 |

#### Final League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 2 | Kilmarnock (P) | 39 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 60 | 29 | +31 | 51 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Heart of Midlothian | 39 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 65 | 37 | +28 | 50 | |
| 4 | Clydebank | 39 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 46 | |
| 5 | St Johnstone | 39 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 69 | 60 | +9 | 42 | |
| 6 | Ayr United | 39 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 56 | 50 | +6 | 42 | |

### Scottish League Cup
#### Group stage

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score |
| G7 | 8 August | Queen's Park | A | 1–0 |
| G7 | 12 August | Berwick Rangers | H | 2–2 |
| G7 | 15 August | Clyde | A | 0–3 |
| G7 | 19 August | Berwick Rangers | A | 1–3 |
| G7 | 22 August | Queen's Park | H | 4–1 |
| G7 | 26 August | Clyde | H | 1–0 |

#### Group 7 final table

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Berwick Rangers | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | Queen's Park | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Clydebank | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | –2 | 5 |
| 4 | Clyde | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | –3 | 3 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Clydebank Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R3 | 23 January | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 2–1 | | |
| R4 | 13 February | St Mirren | H | 0–2 | | |