1965–66 Scottish Division One

Scottish Division One
Season	1965–66
Champions	Celtic
Relegated	Morton; Hamilton Academical
	← 1964–65 1966–67 →

The 1965–66 Scottish Division One was won by Celtic by two points over city rivals Rangers. Morton and Hamilton Academical finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1966-67 Second Division.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Celtic	34	27	3	4	106	30	+76	57
2	Rangers	34	25	5	4	91	29	+62	55
3	Kilmarnock	34	20	5	9	73	46	+27	45
4	Dunfermline	34	19	6	9	94	55	+39	44
5	Dundee United	34	19	5	10	79	51	+28	43
6	Hibernian	34	16	6	12	81	55	+26	38
7	Hearts	34	13	12	9	56	48	+8	38
8	Aberdeen	34	15	6	13	61	54	+7	36
9	Dundee	34	14	6	14	61	61	0	34
10	Falkirk	34	15	1	18	48	72	−24	31
11	Clyde	34	13	4	17	62	64	−2	30
12	Partick Thistle	34	10	10	14	55	64	−9	30
13	Motherwell	34	12	4	18	52	69	−17	28
14	St Johnstone	34	9	8	17	58	81	−23	26
15	Stirling Albion	34	9	8	17	40	68	−28	26
16	St Mirren	34	9	4	21	44	82	−38	22
17	Morton (R)	34	8	5	21	42	84	−42	21	Relegated to the Second Division
18	Hamilton Academical (R)	34	3	2	29	27	117	−90	8	Relegated to the Second Division

Source: RSSSF
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ABE	CEL	CLY	DND	DNU	DNF	FAL	HAM	HOM	HIB	KIL	MOR	MOT	PAR	RAN	STJ	STM	STI
Aberdeen		3–1	2–0	2–3	0–0	2–2	2–0	5–2	0–1	1–3	1–0	5–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–3	4–1	2–2
Celtic	7–1		2–1	5–0	1–0	2–1	6–0	5–0	5–2	2–0	2–1	8–1	1–0	1–1	5–1	3–2	5–0	6–1
Clyde	2–2	1–3		0–2	4–1	6–1	3–2	4–1	0–1	1–2	1–4	2–0	1–3	3–1	2–2	3–2	0–1	0–1
Dundee	1–2	1–2	1–4		0–5	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	4–3	0–2	5–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–2	6–2
Dundee United	3–0	0–4	0–2	2–1		0–4	2–3	7–0	2–2	5–4	0–0	4–2	5–1	5–2	1–0	5–1	3–0	1–1
Dunfermline Athletic	2–3	0–2	6–4	2–2	2–4		6–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	2–1	6–1	4–3	1–2	5–1	5–1	5–1
Falkirk	3–0	3–4	0–1	3–1	1–4	0–3		0–0	0–1	3–2	3–2	3–2	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–1	2–3	2–0
Hamilton Academical	0–4	1–7	1–4	1–2	0–4	1–6	1–4		0–1	1–2	1–4	1–2	1–4	4–3	1–7	1–1	1–0	3–1
Heart of Midlothian	1–1	3–2	4–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–0		0–4	2–3	2–1	5–2	3–1	0–2	0–0	4–0	1–1
Hibernian	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	5–1	11–1	2–3		3–3	4–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	3–0	3–2	1–0
Kilmarnock	1–3	0–2	1–2	5–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–0		4–0	5–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–1
Morton	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–3	1–5	1–4		3–1	0–0	0–5	1–2	0–0	2–1
Motherwell	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–3	1–3	3–0	4–2	4–2	4–0	0–3	3–0		0–3	0–3	5–3	4–1	0–1
Partick Thistle	0–3	2–2	2–1	2–0	4–1	2–6	3–0	1–0	3–3	3–2	1–0	1–2	1–1		1–1	3–1	4–1	1–1
Rangers	1–0	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–3	3–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	5–0	3–1	2–1	4–0		3–2	4–1	6–0
St Johnstone	2–2	1–4	3–3	1–0	1–2	1–5	2–1	5–0	3–2	1–3	1–1	4–2	3–3	2–2	0–3		3–2	1–1
St Mirren	1–0	0–3	2–1	2–5	1–2	4–3	6–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	4–7	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–6	2–3		0–0
Stirling Albion	2–1	1–0	3–2	1–4	2–4	2–1	0–1	3–0	2–2	1–2	2–3	2–4	1–0	2–2	0–2	1–0	0–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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v t e 1965–66 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Related to national team	Results 1966 World Cup qualifying (Group 8) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren Stirling Albion
Division Two	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir Stranraer Third Lanark

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UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
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