# 1970–71 Scottish Division One

The 1970–71 Scottish Division One was won by Celtic by two points over nearest rival Aberdeen. St Mirren and Cowdenbeath finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1971–72 Second Division.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Celtic | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 89 | 23 | +66 | 56 | Champion |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 68 | 18 | +50 | 54 | |
| 3 | St Johnstone | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 59 | 44 | +15 | 44 | |
| 4 | Rangers | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 58 | 34 | +24 | 41 | |
| 5 | Dundee | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 38 | |
| 6 | Dundee United | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 54 | −1 | 36 | |
| 7 | Falkirk | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 35 | |
| 8 | Morton | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 34 | |
| 9 | Airdrieonians | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 60 | 65 | −5 | 34 | |
| 10 | Motherwell | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 34 | |
| 11 | Heart of Midlothian | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 33 | |
| 12 | Hibernian | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 30 | |
| 13 | Kilmarnock | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 43 | 67 | −24 | 28 | |
| 14 | Ayr United | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 26 | |
| 15 | Clyde | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 59 | −26 | 26 | |
| 16 | Dunfermline Athletic | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 23 | |
| 17 | St Mirren | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 38 | 56 | −18 | 23 | Relegated to 1971–72 Second Division |
| 18 | Cowdenbeath | 34 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 33 | 69 | −36 | 17 | Relegated to 1971–72 Second Division |

## Results

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