1981–82 Scottish Premier Division

The 1981–82 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Celtic, two points ahead of Aberdeen. The league was won on the final day of the season when Celtic defeated St Mirren 3–0 at Celtic Park on 15 May 1982. Partick Thistle and Airdrieonians were relegated.

Scottish Premier Division

Season	1981–82
Champions	Celtic 4th Premier Division title 33rd Scottish title
Relegated	Partick Thistle Airdrieonians
European Cup	Celtic
UEFA Cup	Rangers Dundee United
Cup Winners' Cup	Aberdeen
Matches played	180
Goals scored	498 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorer	George McCluskey (21)
Biggest home win	Celtic 6–0 Hibernian
Biggest away win	Dundee 0–5 Aberdeen
← 1980–81 1982–83 →

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic (C)	36	24	7	5	79	33	+46	55	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Aberdeen	36	23	7	6	71	29	+42	53	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Rangers	36	16	11	9	57	45	+12	43	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Dundee United	36	15	10	11	61	38	+23	40
5	St Mirren	36	14	9	13	49	52	−3	37
6	Hibernian	36	11	14	11	38	40	−2	36
7	Morton	36	9	12	15	31	54	−23	30
8	Dundee	36	11	4	21	46	72	−26	26
9	Partick Thistle (R)	36	6	10	20	35	59	−24	22	Relegation to the 1982–83 Scottish First Division
10	Airdrieonians (R)	36	5	8	23	31	76	−45	18

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Matches 1–18

During matches 1–18 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away	ABE	AIR	CEL	DND	DNU	HIB	MOR	PAR	RAN	STM
Aberdeen		0–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	4–1
Airdrieonians	0–4		1–3	4–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–4
Celtic	2–1	5–2		3–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	3–3	0–0
Dundee	0–3	3–1	1–3		1–3	0–0	4–1	4–2	2–3	3–0
Dundee United	4–1	4–0	0–2	5–2		1–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	0–2
Hibernian	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1		4–0	3–0	1–2	0–0
Morton	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1		1–0	0–0	0–2
Partick Thistle	0–2	4–1	0–2	1–2	2–3	1–0	2–2		0–1	1–1
Rangers	0–0	4–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2		4–1
St Mirren	1–2	1–1	1–2	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–36

During matches 19–36 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away	ABE	AIR	CEL	DND	DNU	HIB	MOR	PAR	RAN	STM
Aberdeen		2–0	1–3	0–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	3–1	4–0	5–1
Airdrieonians	0–3		1–5	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–1	0–2
Celtic	0–1	2–0		4–2	3–1	6–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–0
Dundee	0–5	1–0	1–3		0–2	2–2	2–1	1–2	3–1	0–2
Dundee United	1–2	4–0	3–0	1–1		0–1	5–0	5–1	1–1	1–1
Hibernian	0–3	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1		2–2	1–1	0–0	2–1
Morton	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0		0–0	1–3	0–1
Partick Thistle	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–2	1–2	1–2	4–0		2–0	0–0
Rangers	1–3	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	4–1		3–0
St Mirren	0–2	3–0	2–5	0–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–3

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

• 1981–82 Scottish Premier Division – Statto