1991–92 Scottish Premier Division

The 1991–92 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Rangers, nine points ahead of Hearts. St Mirren and Dunfermline Athletic were relegated to the 1992–93 First Division.[1]

Scottish Premier Division
Season1991–92
ChampionsRangers
7th Premier Division title
42nd Scottish title
RelegatedSt Mirren
Dunfermline Athletic
Champions LeagueRangers
Cup Winners' CupAirdrieonians
UEFA CupHeart of Midlothian
Celtic
Hibernian
Matches played264
Goals scored677 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorerAlly McCoist (34)

UEFA gave a third place for the UEFA Cup to Scotland after the disbandment of former East Germany.

Clubs edit

Stadia and locations edit

Team Location Stadium
Aberdeen Aberdeen Pittodrie Stadium
Airdrieonians Airdrie Broomfield Park
Celtic Parkhead, Glasgow Celtic Park
Dundee United Dundee Tannadice Park
Dunfermline Athletic Dunfermline East End Park
Falkirk Falkirk Brockville Park
Heart of Midlothian Gorgie, Edinburgh Tynecastle Park
Hibernian Leith, Edinburgh Easter Road
Motherwell Motherwell Fir Park
Rangers Ibrox, Glasgow Ibrox Park
St Johnstone Perth McDiarmid Park
St Mirren Paisley Love Street

Managers edit

Team Manager
Aberdeen   Willie Miller
Airdrieonians   Alex MacDonald
Celtic   Liam Brady
Dundee United   Jim McLean
Dunfermline Athletic   Jocky Scott
Falkirk   Jim Jefferies
Heart of Midlothian   Joe Jordan
Hibernian   Alex Miller
Motherwell   Tommy McLean
Rangers   Walter Smith
St Johnstone   Alex Totten
St Mirren   David Hay

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Manner of departure Incoming manager Date of appointment
Airdrieonians   Jimmy Bone Pre-season Resigned   Alex MacDonald May 1991
Celtic   Billy McNeill Sacked   Liam Brady 19 June 1991
St Mirren   Tony Fitzpatrick Sacked   David Hay May 1991
Dunfermline Athletic   Iain Munro 17 September 1991 Sacked   Jocky Scott 20 September 1991
Aberdeen   Jocky Scott 20 September 1991 Signed by Dunfermline Athletic   Alex Smith (individually) N/A
Aberdeen   Alex Smith 10 February 1992 Sacked   Willie Miller 10 February 1992

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C) 44 33 6 5 101 31 +70 72 Qualification for the Champions League first round
2 Hearts 44 27 9 8 60 37 +23 63 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Celtic 44 26 10 8 88 42 +46 62
4 Dundee United 44 19 13 12 66 50 +16 51
5 Hibernian 44 16 17 11 53 45 +8 49 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6 Aberdeen 44 17 14 13 55 42 +13 48
7 Airdrieonians 44 13 10 21 50 70 −20 36 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
8 St Johnstone 44 13 10 21 52 73 −21 36
9 Falkirk 44 12 11 21 54 73 −19 35
10 Motherwell 44 10 14 20 43 61 −18 34
11 St Mirren (R) 44 6 12 26 33 73 −40 24 Relegation to the 1992–93 Scottish First Division
12 Dunfermline Athletic (R) 44 4 10 30 22 80 −58 18
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
  • Hibernian qualified to Uefa Cup as winner of League Cup.

Results edit

Matches 1–22 edit

During matches 1-22 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away ABE AIR CEL DNU DNF FAL HOM HIB MOT RAN STJ STM
Aberdeen 3–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–1 2–3 1–2 4–1
Airdrieonians 1–2 0–3 1–3 3–1 0–0 2–3 0–1 0–1 0–4 1–2 4–1
Celtic 2–1 3–1 4–1 1–0 4–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 0–2 4–0 0–0
Dundee United 0–0 0–0 3–4 3–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 3–2 1–2 4–1
Dunfermline Athletic 0–0 1–2 1–3 1–2 0–4 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–5 0–0 1–4
Falkirk 0–1 3–2 4–3 0–4 0–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 0–2 2–3 3–0
Heart of Midlothian 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0
Hibernian 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 2–1 4–1
Motherwell 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 3–0 4–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–0
Rangers 0–2 4–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 4–2 2–0 6–0 0–1
St Johnstone 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 2–3 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–3 1–0
St Mirren 0–1 1–2 0–5 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–3 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–44 edit

During matches 23-44 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away ABE AIR CEL DNU DNF FAL HOM HIB MOT RAN STJ STM
Aberdeen 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 4–1 0–0
Airdrieonians 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 2–2 2–1 0–3 2–0 0–0 0–3 1–1
Celtic 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 4–1 1–3 3–2 4–0
Dundee United 4–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–3
Dunfermline Athletic 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 3–1 1–3 0–3 0–0
Falkirk 2–2 0–3 0–3 1–3 2–0 1–2 2–3 0–1 1–3 2–0 1–0
Heart of Midlothian 0–4 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 0–0
Hibernian 1–1 0–2 0–2 3–2 5–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–3 0–1 0–0
Motherwell 3–3 0–3 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 3–0
Rangers 0–0 5–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 4–0
St Johnstone 0–0 1–1 2–4 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–5 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–2
St Mirren 0–2 4–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–5
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Scottish Premier Division 1991-1992 : Table". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-07. Retrieved 2012-02-25.