1972–73 Scottish Division One

The 1972–73 Scottish Division One was won by Celtic, one point ahead of their nearest rival Rangers. Kilmarnock and Airdrieonians finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1973–74 Second Division.

Scottish Division One
Season1972–73
ChampionsCeltic
RelegatedKilmarnock
Airdrieonians

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic 34 26 5 3 93 28 +65 57 Champion
2 Rangers 34 26 4 4 74 30 +44 56
3 Hibernian 34 19 7 8 74 33 +41 45
4 Aberdeen 34 16 11 7 61 34 +27 43
5 Dundee 34 17 9 8 68 43 +25 43
6 Ayr United 34 16 8 10 50 51 −1 40
7 Dundee United 34 17 5 12 56 51 +5 39
8 Motherwell 34 11 9 14 38 48 −10 31
9 East Fife 34 11 8 15 46 54 −8 30
10 Heart of Midlothian 34 12 6 16 39 50 −11 30
11 St Johnstone 34 10 9 15 52 67 −15 29
12 Morton 34 10 8 16 47 53 −6 28
13 Partick Thistle 34 10 8 16 40 53 −13 28
14 Falkirk 34 7 12 15 38 56 −18 26
15 Arbroath 34 9 8 17 39 63 −24 26
16 Dumbarton 34 6 11 17 43 72 −29 23
17 Kilmarnock 34 7 8 19 40 71 −31 22 Relegated to 1973–74 Second Division
18 Airdrieonians 34 4 8 22 34 75 −41 16

Results

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Home \ Away ABE AIR ARB AYR CEL DUM DND DNU EFI FAL HOM HIB KIL MOR MOT PAR RAN STJ
Aberdeen 5–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 6–0 3–1 0–0 4–3 2–2 3–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 7–2 0–0 2–2 0–0
Airdrieonians 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 2–3 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–4 0–1 0–3 1–2 1–3 2–6 1–3
Arbroath 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–4 1–0 5–1 3–0 2–3 3–3 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 3–0
Ayr United 2–3 3–2 2–0 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 3–1
Celtic 2–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 5–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 4–0 4–2 1–1 6–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 4–0
Dumbarton 1–2 3–5 0–0 1–1 1–6 2–2 4–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 4–2 2–2 0–0 4–2 1–2 1–1
Dundee 0–0 1–1 6–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 5–3 2–2 1–0 1–0 6–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 3–0
Dundee United 3–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–4 5–1
East Fife 0–1 3–0 2–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 4–3 3–1 0–1 0–4 2–2
Falkirk 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–3 2–0 2–2 1–0 3–4 1–3 1–0 3–2 2–0 0–1 0–3 2–4 0–0
Heart of Midlothian 2–1 0–1 3–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–7 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0
Hibernian 3–2 5–2 0–0 8–1 0–3 5–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 4–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 3–2
Kilmarnock 0–2 3–1 2–0 0–1 0–4 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–3 2–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–4
Morton 1–2 4–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 5–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–4 0–3 2–1 1–0 5–0 1–2 3–0
Motherwell 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–5 0–2 2–2 1–4 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–1
Partick Thistle 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–4 4–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–1
Rangers 0–0 1–0 5–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 5–1
St Johnstone 1–0 1–1 5–2 3–0 1–3 0–2 4–1 1–3 4–2 2–1 3–2 1–3 2–2 3–1 2–2 1–3 1–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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