1967–68 in Scottish football

1967–68 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Celtic
Division Two champions
St Mirren
Scottish Cup winners
Dunfermline Athletic
League Cup winners
Celtic
Junior Cup winners
Johnstone Burgh
Teams in Europe
Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee, Hibernian, Rangers
Scotland national team
1968 BHC / UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying

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

Main article: 1967–68 Scottish 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

Main article: 1967–68 Scottish 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 Scotland Gordon Wallace Raith Rovers

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1960–79 results
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.