1964–65 in Scottish football
1964–65 in Scottish football | ||
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Division One champions | ||
Kilmarnock | ||
Division Two champions | ||
Stirling Albion | ||
Scottish Cup winners | ||
Celtic | ||
League Cup winners | ||
Rangers | ||
Junior Cup winners | ||
Linlithgow Rose | ||
Teams in Europe | ||
Celtic, Dundee, Dunfermline Athletic, Kilmarnock, Rangers | ||
Scotland national team | ||
1965 BHC, 1966 World Cup qualification |
The 1964–65 season was the 92nd season of competitive football in Scotland and the 68th season of Scottish league football. [1]
Scottish League Division One
In one of the closest finishes ever seen in a league competition in Britain, Hearts faced Kilmarnock on the last day of the season with a two-point lead over the Ayrshire club and a slightly better goal average. Kilmarnock had to beat Hearts by 2–0 to win the title. Any other result, including any other two goal winning margin for Kilmarnock, e.g. 3–1, 4–2, would have made Hearts Champions, as they would have had the superior goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded). And this is exactly what they did, winning 2–0.
The 1964–65 season is notable for both Celtic and Rangers finishing in mid-table. It was (and remains as of 2016) only the fifth time that neither of them had finished in the top two, and the first time that both of the Old Firm clubs had failed to finish in the top three of the First Division in the same season.
P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Kilmarnock | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 62 | 33 | 29 | 50 |
2 | Heart of Midlothian | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 90 | 49 | 41 | 50 |
3 | Dunfermline Athletic | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 83 | 36 | 47 | 49 |
4 | Hibernian | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 75 | 47 | 28 | 46 |
5 | Rangers | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 78 | 35 | 43 | 44 |
6 | Dundee | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 86 | 63 | 23 | 40 |
7 | Clyde | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 64 | 58 | 6 | 40 |
8 | Celtic | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 76 | 57 | 19 | 37 |
9 | Dundee United | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 59 | 51 | 8 | 36 |
10 | Morton | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 33 |
11 | Partick Thistle | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 57 | 58 | −1 | 32 |
12 | Aberdeen | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 59 | 75 | −16 | 32 |
13 | St Johnstone | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 57 | 62 | −5 | 29 |
14 | Motherwell | 34 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 45 | 54 | −9 | 28 |
15 | St Mirren | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 38 | 70 | −32 | 24 |
16 | Falkirk | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 43 | 85 | −42 | 21 |
17 | Airdrieonians | 34 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 48 | 110 | −62 | 14 |
18 | Third Lanark | 34 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 22 | 99 | −77 | 7 |
Champions: Kilmarnock
Relegated: Airdrieonains, Third Lanark
Scottish League Division Two
P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Stirling Albion | 36 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 84 | 31 | 53 | 59 |
2 | Hamilton Academical | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 86 | 53 | 33 | 50 |
3 | Queen of the South | 36 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 84 | 50 | 34 | 45 |
4 | Queen's Park | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 57 | 41 | 16 | 43 |
5 | E. S. Clydebank | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 64 | 50 | 14 | 40 |
6 | Stranraer | 36 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 74 | 64 | 10 | 40 |
7 | Arbroath | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 56 | 51 | 5 | 39 |
8 | Berwick Rangers | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 73 | 70 | 3 | 39 |
9 | East Fife | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 78 | 77 | 1 | 37 |
10 | Alloa Athletic | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 71 | 81 | −10 | 36 |
11 | Albion Rovers | 36 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 33 |
12 | Cowdenbeath | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 55 | 62 | −7 | 32 |
13 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 54 | 61 | −7 | 32 |
14 | Dumbarton | 36 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 55 | 67 | −12 | 32 |
15 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 49 | 74 | −25 | 30 |
16 | Montrose | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 80 | 91 | −11 | 29 |
17 | Forfar Athletic | 36 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 63 | 89 | −26 | 25 |
18 | Ayr United | 36 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 49 | 67 | −18 | 24 |
19 | Brechin City | 36 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 53 | 102 | −49 | 19 |
Promoted: Stirling Albion, Hamilton Academical
Cup honours
Competition | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
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Scottish Cup 1964–65 | Celtic | 3 – 2 | Dunfermline Athletic |
League Cup 1964–65 | Rangers | 2 – 1 | Celtic |
Junior Cup | Linlithgow Rose | 4 – 1 | Baillieston Juniors |
Other Honours
National
Competition | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
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Scottish Qualifying Cup - North | Inverness Caledonian | 4 – 2 * | Ross County |
Scottish Qualifying Cup - South | Gala Fairydean | 9 – 5 * | Glasgow University |
County
Competition | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
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Aberdeenshire Cup | Peterhead | ||
Ayrshire Cup | Ayr United | 1 – 0 | Kilmarnock |
East of Scotland Shield | Hearts | 3 – 1 | Hibernian |
Fife Cup | Dunfermline Athletic | 9 – 4 * | Raith Rovers |
Forfarshire Cup | Dundee United | 1 – 0 | Dundee |
Glasgow Cup | Celtic | 5 – 0 | Queens Park |
Lanarkshire Cup | Airdrie | ||
Renfrewshire Cup | Morton | 7 – 4 * | St Mirren |
Stirlingshire Cup | Dumbarton | 4 – 2 * | Falkirk |
* - aggregate over two legs
Highland League
Top Three
P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Elgin City | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 109 | 52 | 57 | 46 |
2 | Nairn County | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 99 | 64 | 35 | 45 |
3 | Inverness Caledonian | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 104 | 68 | 36 | 41 |
Individual honours
Award | Winner | Club |
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Footballer of the Year | Billy McNeill | Celtic |
Scotland national team
Date | Venue | Opponents | Score[2] | Competition | Scotland scorer(s) |
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3 October 1964 | Ninian Park, Cardiff (A) | Wales | 2–3 | BHC | Stevie Chalmers, Dave Gibson |
21 October 1964 | Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) | Finland | 3–1 | WCQG8 | Denis Law, Dave Gibson, Stevie Chalmers |
25 November 1964 | Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) | Northern Ireland | 3–2 | BHC | Davie Wilson (2), Alan Gilzean |
10 April 1965 | Wembley Stadium, London (A) | England | 2–2 | BHC | Denis Law, Ian St. John |
8 May 1965 | Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) | Spain | 0–0 | Friendly | |
23 May 1965 | Silesia Stadium, Chorzów / Katowice (A) | Poland | 1–1 | WCQG8 | Denis Law |
27 May 1965 | Olympia Stadion, Helsinki (A) | Finland | 2–1 | WCQG8 | Davie Wilson, John Greig |
- Scotland came third in the 1965 British Home Championship
Key:
- (H) = Home match
- (A) = Away match
- WCQG8 = World Cup qualifying - Group 8
- BHC = British Home Championship
External links
Notes and references
- ↑ http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1960-1969/196465/
- ↑ Scotland's score is shown first.