The 1981–82 season was the 85th season of Scottish league football.
Scottish Premier Division
Champions: Celtic Relegated: Partick Thistle, Airdrieonians
Scottish League Division One
Promoted: Motherwell, Kilmarnock Relegated: East Stirlingshire, Queen of the South
Scottish League Division Two
Promoted: Clyde, Alloa Athletic
Other honours
Cup honours CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upScottish Cup 1981–82Aberdeen4 – 1 RangersLeague Cup 1981–82Rangers2 – 1Dundee UnitedJunior CupBlantyre Victoria1 – 0Baillieston Juniors
Individual honours AwardWinnerClub Footballer of the Year Paul Sturrock Dundee UnitedPlayers' Player of the Year Sandy Clark AirdrieoniansYoung Player of the Year Frank McAvennie St Mirren
Scottish national team
DateVenueOpponentsCompetitionScotland scorer(s)9 September 1981Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Sweden2–0WCQG6Joe Jordan, John Robertson (pen.)14 October 1981Windsor Park, Belfast (A) Northern Ireland0–0WCQG618 November 1981Estadio da Luz, Lisbon (A) Portugal1–2WCQG6Paul Sturrock24 February 1982Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia (A) Spain0–3Friendly23 March 1982Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Netherlands2–1FriendlyFrank Gray (pen.), Kenny Dalglish28 April 1982Windsor Park, Belfast (A) Northern Ireland1–1BHCJohn Wark24 May 1982Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) Wales1–0BHCAsa Hartford29 May 1982Hampden Park, Glasgow (H) England0–1BHC15 June 1982Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga (N) New Zealand5–2WCG6John Wark (2), John Robertson, Kenny Dalglish, Steve Archibald18 June 1982Estadio Sanchez Pizjuan, Seville (N) Brazil1–4WCG6David Narey22 June 1982Estadio La Rosaleda, Málaga (N) USSR2–2WCG6Joe Jordan, Graeme Souness
Key: (H) = Home match (A) = Away match WCQG6 = World Cup qualifying – Group 6 WCG6 = World Cup – Group 6 BHC = British Home Championship
See also 1981–82 Aberdeen F.C. season
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