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The 1980–81 Scottish First Division season was won by Hibs by six points over nearest rival Dundee.
Season | 1980–81 |
---|---|
Champions | Hibs |
Promoted | Hibs Dundee |
Relegated | Stirling Albion Berwick Rangers |
Top goalscorer | Ally McCoist (22)[1] |
← 1979–80 1981–82 → |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hibernian (C, P) | 39 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 67 | 24 | +43 | 57 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
2 | Dundee (P) | 39 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 64 | 40 | +24 | 52 | |
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 (R) | 39 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 19 | 48 | −29 | 23 | Relegation to the Second Division |
14 | Berwick Rangers (R) | 39 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 30 | 82 | −52 | 21 |
Hibs and Dundee finished first and second respectively and were promoted to the 1981–82 Scottish Premier Division.
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 31 January in a 1-0 win over Dunfermline. They then only scored in 2 of their first 7 league games the following season.
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