1980–81 Scottish First Division

Scottish First Division
Season	1980–81
Champions	Hibs
Promoted	Hibs; Dundee
Relegated	Stirling Albion; Berwick Rangers
Top goalscorer	Ally McCoist (22)[1]
	← 1979–80 1981–82 →

The Scottish First Division season 1980–81 was won by Hibs by six points over nearest rival Dundee.

League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hibernian	39	25	8	6	67	22	45	58	Promotion to the 1981–82 Premier Division
2	Dundee	39	22	8	9	64	40	24	52	Promotion to the 1981–82 Premier Division
3	St Johnstone	39	21	10	8	64	44	20	52
4	Raith Rovers	39	20	10	9	49	32	17	50
5	Motherwell	39	19	11	9	65	51	14	49
6	Ayr United	39	17	11	11	59	42	17	45
7	Hamilton Academical	39	15	7	17	61	57	4	37
8	Dumbarton	39	13	11	15	49	50	−1	37
9	Falkirk	39	13	8	18	39	52	−13	34
10	Clydebank	39	10	13	16	48	59	−11	33
11	East Stirlingshire	39	6	16	17	39	57	−18	28
12	Dunfermline Athletic	39	10	7	22	41	58	−17	27
13	Stirling Albion	39	6	11	22	19	48	−29	23	Relegation to the 1981–82 Second Division
14	Berwick Rangers	39	5	11	23	30	82	−52	21	Relegation to the 1981–82 Second Division

Promotion

Hibs and Dundee finished first and second respectively and were promoted to the 1981–82 Scottish Premier Division.

Relegation

Stirling Albion and Berwick Rangers finished 13th and 14th respectively and were relegated to the 1981–82 Scottish Second Division. In a Scottish League record Stirling failed to score in their last 14 league matches - their last goal of the league season was on January 31st in a 1-0 win over Dunfermline. They then only scored in 2 of their first 7 league games the following season.

References

↑ "Scottish Football League - Top goalscorers per division". Scottish-football-historical-archive.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

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[1] "Scottish Football League - Top goalscorers per division". Scottish-football-historical-archive.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

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1980–81 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Anglo-Scottish Cup
Related to national team	Results World Cup 1982 qualifying (Group 6) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Kilmarnock Morton Partick Thistle Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Ayr United Berwick Rangers Clydebank Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Falkirk Hamilton Academical Hibernian Motherwell Raith Rovers St. Johnstone Stirling Albion
Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath East Fife Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer