1984–85 Scottish Premier Division

The 1984–85 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Aberdeen, seven points ahead of Celtic. Dumbarton and Morton were relegated. As of 2022-23, this is the last season that a team other than Rangers or Celtic has won the top level of Scottish football; it also marked a third consecutive year that a team other than Celtic or Rangers won the Scottish title, the only time this has ever happened.

Scottish Premier Division
Season1984–85
ChampionsAberdeen
3rd Premier Division title
4th Scottish title
RelegatedDumbarton
Morton
European CupAberdeen
UEFA CupDundee United
Rangers
St Mirren
Cup Winners' CupCeltic
Matches played180
Goals scored522 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorerFrank McDougall (23)
Biggest home winDundee United 7–0 Morton
Biggest away winMorton 2–7 Celtic

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Aberdeen (C) 36 27 5 4 89 26 +63 59 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Celtic 36 22 8 6 77 30 +47 52 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Dundee United 36 20 7 9 67 33 +34 47 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Rangers 36 13 12 11 47 38 +9 38
5 St Mirren 36 17 4 15 51 56 −5 38
6 Dundee 36 15 7 14 48 50 −2 37
7 Heart of Midlothian 36 13 5 18 47 64 −17 31
8 Hibernian 36 10 7 19 38 61 −23 27
9 Dumbarton (R) 36 6 7 23 29 64 −35 19 Relegation to the 1985–86 Scottish First Division
10 Morton (R) 36 5 2 29 29 100 −71 12
Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results edit

Matches 1–18 edit

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

Home \ Away ABE CEL DUM DND DNU HOM HIB MOR RAN STM
Aberdeen 4–2 1–0 3–2 0–1 4–0 4–1 3–1 0–0 4–0
Celtic 2–1 2–0 5–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 5–0 1–1 7–1
Dumbarton 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 0–1
Dundee 1–2 2–3 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 5–1 0–2 2–0
Dundee United 0–2 1–3 1–0 3–4 2–0 2–1 7–0 1–1 3–2
Heart of Midlothian 1–2 1–5 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–2
Hibernian 0–3 0–0 2–3 2–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 2–2 2–3
Morton 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 2–3 4–0 1–3 0–4
Rangers 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0
St Mirren 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–3 2–0 2–1 0–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–36 edit

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

Home \ Away ABE CEL DUM DND DNU HOM HIB MOR RAN STM
Aberdeen 1–1 4–0 0–0 4–2 2–2 2–0 5–0 5–1 3–0
Celtic 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–1 4–0 1–1 3–0
Dumbarton 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–3 0–2 1–0 2–4 1–1
Dundee 0–4 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–0
Dundee United 2–1 0–0 4–0 4–0 5–2 2–0 5–0 2–1 3–1
Heart of Midlothian 0–3 0–2 5–1 3–3 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–1
Hibernian 0–5 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 5–1 1–0 0–4
Morton 1–2 2–7 2–4 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–3 0–2
Rangers 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–3 0–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 2–0
St Mirren 2–2 0–2 1–0 4–2 1–0 5–2 2–1 2–3 2–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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