1985–86 in Scottish football

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1985–86 in Scottish football
Premier Division champions
Celtic
Division One champions
Hamilton Academical
Division Two champions
Dunfermline Athletic
Scottish Cup winners
Aberdeen
League Cup winners
Aberdeen
Junior Cup winners
Auchinleck Talbot
Teams in Europe
Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Rangers, St. Mirren
Scotland national team
1986 Eorld Cup qualification, 1986 World Cup, Rous Cup

The 1985–86 season was the 89th season of competitive football in Scotland.

Contents 1 Scottish Premier Division 2 Scottish League Division One 3 Scottish League Division Two 4 Other honours 4.1 Cup honours 4.2 Individual honours 5 Scotland national team 5.1 Death of Jock Stein 6 See also 7 Notes and references

[edit] Scottish Premier Division

Celtic won the League and became champions in one of the closest finishes in League history. On the final day of the season Hearts were leading Celtic by two points - a draw against Dundee would have been sufficient to see them win their first League title since the 1959–60 season. Hearts lost 2–0 to Dundee at Dens Park thanks to two late goals by substitute Albert Kidd, while Celtic beat St. Mirren 5–0 at Love Street. As a result, Celtic won the league on goal difference.

Relegation was suspended due to league reconstruction, therefore Motherwell and Clydebank retained their Premier Division status.

Much of the season was only viewed in the flesh as a dispute between television companies and the Scottish Football League resulted in no televised Scottish league football between September 1985 and March 1986. ^[1]

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	36	20	10	6	67	38	29	50
2	Heart of Midlothian	36	20	10	6	59	33	26	50
3	Dundee United	36	18	11	7	59	31	28	47
4	Aberdeen	36	16	12	8	62	31	31	44
5	Rangers	36	13	9	14	53	45	8	35
6	Dundee	36	14	7	15	45	51	−6	35
7	St. Mirren	36	13	5	18	42	63	−21	31
8	Hibernian	36	11	6	19	49	63	−14	28
9	Motherwell	36	7	6	23	33	66	−33	20
10	Clydebank	36	6	8	22	29	77	−48	20

Champions: Celtic
No relegation

[edit] Scottish League Division One

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hamilton Academical	39	24	8	7	77	44	33	56
2	Falkirk	39	17	11	11	57	39	18	45
3	Kilmarnock	39	18	8	13	62	49	13	44
4	Forfar Athletic	39	17	10	12	51	43	8	44
5	East Fife	39	14	15	10	54	46	8	43
6	Dumbarton	39	16	11	12	59	52	7	43
7	Morton	39	14	11	14	57	63	−6	39
8	Partick Thistle	39	10	16	13	53	64	−11	36
9	Airdrieonians	39	12	11	16	51	50	1	35
10	Brechin City	39	13	9	17	58	64	−6	35
11	Clyde	39	9	7	13	49	59	−10	35
12	Montrose	39	10	14	15	43	54	−11	34
13	Ayr United	39	10	11	18	41	60	−19	31
14	Alloa Athletic	39	6	14	19	49	74	−25	26

Promoted: Hamilton Academical, Falkirk
Relegated: Ayr United, Alloa Athletic.

[edit] Scottish League Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dunfermline Athletic	39	23	11	5	91	47	44	57
2	Queen of the South	39	23	9	7	71	36	35	55
3	Meadowbank Thistle	39	19	11	9	68	45	23	49
4	Queen's Park	39	19	8	12	61	39	22	46
5	Stirling Albion	39	18	8	13	57	53	4	44
6	St. Johnstone	39	18	6	15	63	55	8	42
7	Stenhousemuir	39	16	8	15	55	63	−8	40
8	Arbroath	39	15	9	15	56	50	6	39
9	Raith Rovers	39	15	7	17	67	65	2	37
10	Cowdenbeath	39	14	9	16	52	53	−1	37
11	East Stirlingshire	39	11	6	22	49	69	−20	28
12	Berwick Rangers	39	7	11	21	45	80	−35	25
13	Albion Rovers	39	8	8	23	38	86	−48	24
14	Stranraer	39	9	5	25	41	83	−42	23

Promoted: Dunfermline Athletic, Queen of the South

[edit] Other honours

[edit] Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Report
Scottish Cup 1985–86	Aberdeen	3 – 0	Heart of Midlothian	Wikipedia article
League Cup	Aberdeen	3 – 0	Hibernian
Youth Cup	Aberdeen	2 – 0	Queen of the South
Junior Cup	Auchinleck Talbot	3 – 2	Pollok

[edit] Individual honours

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	Sandy Jardine	Heart of Midlothian
Players' Player of the Year	Richard Gough	Dundee United
Young Player of the Year	Craig Levein	Heart of Midlothian

[edit] Scotland national team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[2]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
10 September 1985	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	1–1	WCQG7	Davie Cooper
16 October 1985	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	East Germany	0–0	Friendly
20 November 1985	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Australia	2–0	WCQPO	Davie Cooper, Frank McAvennie
4 December 1985	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne (A)	Australia	0–0	WCQPO
28 January 1986	Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel-Aviv (A)	Israel	1–0	Friendly	Paul McStay
26 March 1986	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Romania	3–0	Friendly	Gordon Strachan, Richard Gough, Roy Aitken
23 April 1986	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	1–2	Rous Cup	Graeme Souness (pen.)
29 April 1986	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven (A)	Netherlands	0–0	Friendly
4 June 1986	Estadio Neza 86, Nezahualcóyotl (N)	Denmark	0–1	WCGE
8 June 1986	Estadio La Corregidora, Querétaro (N)	West Germany	1–2	WCGE	Gordon Strachan
13 June 1986	Estadio Neza 86, Nezahualcóyotl (N)	Uruguay	0–0	WCGE

Key:

• (H) = Home match
• (A) = Away match
• WCQG7 = World Cup qualifying - Group 7
• WCQPO = World Cup qualifying play-off match
• WCGE = World Cup - Group E

[edit] Death of Jock Stein

During the closing stages of the World Cup qualifying match in Cardiff, Scotland manager Jock Stein suffered a heart attack at the side of the pitch. He was taken inside for emergency treatment, but was pronounced dead soon thereafter.

Alex Ferguson was caretaker manager for the rest of the season, up to and including the finals of the World Cup.

[edit] See also

• Dundee United F.C. season 1985-86

[edit] Notes and references

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