1968–69 in Scottish football

The 1968–69 season was the 96th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 72nd season of Scottish league football. ^[1]

1968–69 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Celtic
Division Two champions
Motherwell
Scottish Cup winners
Celtic
League Cup winners
Celtic
Junior Cup winners
Cambuslang Rangers
Scotland national team
1969 BHC, 1970 World Cup qualification

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1968–69 Scottish Division One

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	34	23	8	3	89	32	+57	54
2	Rangers	34	21	7	6	81	32	+49	49
3	Dunfermline Athletic	34	19	7	8	63	45	+18	45
4	Kilmarnock	34	15	14	5	50	32	+18	44
5	Dundee United	34	17	9	8	61	49	+12	43
6	St Johnstone	34	16	5	13	66	59	+7	37
7	Airdrieonians	34	13	11	10	46	44	+2	37
8	Heart of Midlothian	34	14	8	12	52	54	−2	36
9	Dundee	34	10	12	12	47	48	−1	32
10	Morton	34	12	8	14	58	68	−10	32
11	St Mirren	34	11	10	13	40	54	−14	32
12	Hibernian	34	12	7	15	60	59	+1	31
13	Clyde	34	9	13	12	35	50	−15	31
14	Partick Thistle	34	9	10	15	39	53	−14	28
15	Aberdeen	34	9	8	17	50	59	−9	26
16	Raith Rovers	34	8	5	21	45	67	−22	21
17	Falkirk	34	5	8	21	33	69	−36	18
18	Arbroath	34	5	6	23	41	82	−41	16

Source: "1968-1969 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Falkirk, Arbroath

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1968–69 Scottish Division Two

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Motherwell	36	30	4	2	112	23	+89	64	Promotion to the 1969–70 First Division
2	Ayr United	36	23	7	6	82	31	+51	53
3	East Fife	36	21	6	9	82	45	+37	48
4	Stirling Albion	36	21	6	9	67	40	+27	48
5	Queen of the South	36	20	7	9	75	41	+34	47
6	Forfar Athletic	36	18	7	11	71	56	+15	43
7	Albion Rovers	36	19	5	12	60	56	+4	43
8	Stranraer	36	17	7	12	57	45	+12	41
9	East Stirlingshire	36	17	5	14	70	62	+8	39
10	Montrose	36	15	4	17	59	71	−12	34
11	Queen's Park	36	13	7	16	50	59	−9	33
12	Cowdenbeath	36	12	5	19	54	67	−13	29
13	Clydebank	36	6	15	15	52	67	−15	27
14	Dumbarton	36	11	5	20	46	69	−23	27
15	Hamilton Academical	36	8	8	20	37	72	−35	24
16	Berwick Rangers	36	7	9	20	42	70	−28	23
17	Brechin City	36	8	6	22	40	78	−38	22
18	Alloa Athletic	36	7	7	22	45	79	−34	21
19	Stenhousemuir	36	6	6	24	55	125	−70	18

Source: "1968-1969 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

Promoted: Motherwell, Ayr United

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1968–69	Celtic	4 – 0	Rangers
League Cup 1968–69	Celtic	6 – 2	Hibernian
Junior Cup	Cambuslang Rangers	1 – 0	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy

Individual honours

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	Bobby Murdoch	Celtic

Other honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup – North	Inverness Caledonian	5 – 2 *	Ross County
Scottish Qualifying Cup – South	Tarff Rovers	4 – 3 *	St Cuthbert Wanderers

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Peterhead
Ayrshire Cup	Ayr United		Kilmarnock
East of Scotland Shield	Hearts	2 – 1	Hibernian
Fife Cup	Raith Rovers	4 – 1 *	East Fife
Forfarshire Cup	Dundee United	2 – 0	Arbroath
Glasgow Cup	Rangers	3 – 2	Partick Thistle
Lanarkshire Cup	Motherwell	2 – 1 †	Airdrie
Stirlingshire Cup	East Stirling	3 – 2	Alloa Athletic

^* – aggregate over two legs
† – play off

Highland League

Top Three

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Elgin City	30	24	4	2	100	32	+68	52
2	Inverness Thistle	30	20	3	7	106	53	+53	43
3	Ross County	30	17	9	4	83	46	+37	43

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1960–79 results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[2]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
16 October 1968	Idraetsparken, Copenhagen (A)	Denmark	1–0	Friendly	Bobby Lennox
6 November 1968	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Austria	2–1	WCQG7	Denis Law, Billy Bremner
11 December 1968	Palaio GSP Stadium, Nicosia (A)	Cyprus	5–0	WCQG7	Colin Stein (2), Alan Gilzean (2), Bobby Murdoch
16 April 1969	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	West Germany	1–1	WCQG7	Bobby Murdoch
3 May 1969	The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (A)	Wales	5–3	BHC	Billy McNeill, Colin Stein, Alan Gilzean, Billy Bremner, Tommy McLean
6 May 1969	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	1–1	BHC	Colin Stein
10 May 1969	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	1–4	BHC	Colin Stein
17 May 1969	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Cyprus	8–0	WCQG7	Colin Stein (4), Billy McNeill, Willie Henderson, Tommy Gemmell (pen.), Eddie Gray

Key:

• (H) = Home match
• (A) = Away match
• WCQG7 = World Cup qualifying – Group 7
• BHC = British Home Championship

Notes and references

1. "1968/69 - the Scottish Football League". Archived from the original on 10 September 2012.
2. Scotland's score is shown first.

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