1967–68 in Scottish football

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1967–68 in Scottish football

The 1967–68 season was the 95th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 71st season of Scottish league football. [1]

Scottish League Division One

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic 34 30 3 1 106 24 +82 63
1968-69 European Cup
2 Rangers 34 28 5 1 93 34 +59 61
3 Hibernian 34 20 5 9 67 49 +18 45
4 Dunfermline Athletic 34 17 5 12 64 41 +23 39
5 Aberdeen 34 16 5 13 63 48 +15 37
6 Morton 34 15 6 13 57 53 +4 36
7 Kilmarnock 34 13 8 13 59 57 +2 34
8 Clyde 34 15 4 15 55 55 0 34
9 Dundee 34 13 7 14 62 59 +3 33
10 Partick Thistle 34 12 7 15 51 67 −16 31
11 Dundee United 34 10 11 13 53 72 −19 31
12 Heart of Midlothian 34 13 4 17 56 61 −5 30
13 Airdrieonians 34 10 9 15 45 58 −13 29
14 St Johnstone 34 10 7 17 43 52 −9 27
15 Falkirk 34 7 12 15 36 50 −14 26
16 Raith Rovers 34 9 7 18 58 86 −28 25
17 Motherwell 34 6 7 21 40 66 −26 19
18 Stirling Albion 34 4 4 26 29 105 −76 12
Source: "1967-1968 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Motherwell, Stirling Albion

Scottish League Division Two

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 St Mirren 36 27 8 1 100 23 +77 62 Promotion to the
1968–69 First Division
2 Arbroath 36 24 5 7 87 34 +53 53
3 East Fife 36 21 7 8 71 47 +24 49
4 Queen's Park 36 20 8 8 76 47 +29 48
5 Ayr United 36 18 6 12 69 48 +21 42
6 Queen of the South 36 16 6 14 73 57 +16 38
7 Forfar Athletic 36 14 10 12 57 63 −6 38
8 Albion Rovers 36 14 9 13 62 55 +7 37
9 Clydebank 36 13 8 15 62 73 −11 34
10 Dumbarton 36 11 11 14 63 74 −11 33
11 Hamilton Academical 36 13 7 16 49 58 −9 33
12 Cowdenbeath 36 12 8 16 57 62 −5 32
13 Montrose 36 10 11 15 54 64 −10 31
14 Berwick Rangers 36 13 4 19 34 54 −20 30
15 East Stirlingshire 36 9 10 17 61 74 −13 28
16 Brechin City 36 8 12 16 45 62 −17 28
17 Alloa Athletic 36 11 6 19 42 69 −27 28
18 Stranraer 36 8 4 24 41 80 −39 20
19 Stenhousemuir 36 7 6 23 34 93 −59 20
Source: "1967-1968 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Promoted: St Mirren, Arbroath

Cup honours

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1967–68 Dunfermline Athletic 3 – 1 Heart of Midlothian
League Cup 1967–68 Celtic 5 – 3 Dundee
Junior Cup Johnstone Burgh 4 – 3 (rep.) Glenrothes

Other honours

National

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup – North Nairn County 4 – 2 * Fraserburgh
Scottish Qualifying Cup – South Glasgow University 4 – 1 * St Cuthbert Wanderers

County

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Peterhead
East of Scotland Shield Hibernian 1 – 0 † Hearts
Fife Cup Raith Rovers 4 – 3 * East Fife
Forfarshire Cup Dundee United Dundee
Glasgow Cup Celtic 8 – 0 Clyde
Lanarkshire Cup Airdrie 3 – 2 Albion Rovers
Renfrewshire Cup
Morton
4 – 2 * St Mirren
Stirlingshire Cup Falkirk 3 – 0 Stirling Albion

* – aggregate over two legs
† – replay

Highland League

Top Three
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Elgin City 30 26 3 1 117 28 +89 55
2 Ross County 30 22 5 3 82 35 +47 49
3
Inverness Caledonian
30 22 3 5 120 45 +75 47
Source: [citation needed]

Individual honours

Award Winner Club
Footballer of the Year
Gordon Wallace
Raith Rovers

Scotland national team

Date Venue Opponents Score[2] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
21 October 1967 Windsor Park, Belfast (A)  Northern Ireland 0–1
BHC / ECQG8
22 November 1967 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  Wales 3–2
BHC / ECQG8
Alan Gilzean (2), Ronnie McKinnon
24 February 1968 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  England 1–1
BHC / ECQG8
John Hughes
30 May 1968
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
(A)
 Netherlands 0–0 Friendly

1968 British Home Championship
– Runners Up

Key:

  • (H) = Home match
  • (A) = Away match
  • ECQG8 = European Championship qualifying – Group 8
  • BHC = British Home Championship

Notes and references

  1. ^ "1967/68 - the Scottish Football League". www.scottishfootballleague.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  2. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.

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