1975–76 Scottish Premier Division

The 1975–76 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Rangers, six points ahead of Celtic. Dundee and St Johnstone were relegated. This was the first season of the Premier Division, the highest level of Scottish football.^[1] The Scottish First Division, previously the top flight of Scottish football became the second flight.

Scottish Premier Division

Season	1975–76
Champions	Rangers 1st Premier Division title 36th Scottish title
Relegated	Dundee St Johnstone
European Cup	Rangers
UEFA Cup	Celtic Hibernian
Cup Winners' Cup	Heart of Midlothian
Matches played	180
Goals scored	501 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kenny Dalglish (24)
Biggest home win	Hibernian 5–0 St Johnstone
Biggest away win	Ayr United 2–7 Celtic
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

In an attempt to bring instant drama to the new format, the league made the unusual scheduling decision to hold an Old Firm match and an Edinburgh Derby on the opening weekend.^[2]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C)	36	23	8	5	60	24	+36	54	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Celtic	36	21	6	9	71	42	+29	48	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Hibernian	36	18	7	11	55	43	+12	43
4	Motherwell	36	16	8	12	57	49	+8	40
5	Heart of Midlothian	36	13	9	14	39	45	−6	35	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
6	Ayr United	36	14	5	17	46	59	−13	33
7	Aberdeen	36	11	10	15	49	50	−1	32
8	Dundee United	36	12	8	16	46	48	−2	32
9	Dundee (R)	36	11	10	15	49	62	−13	32	Relegation to the 1976–77 Scottish First Division
10	St Johnstone (R)	36	3	5	28	29	79	−50	11

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	AYR	CEL	DND	DNU	HOM	HIB	MOT	RAN	STJ
Aberdeen		3–1	1–2	2–0	1–3	0–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	2–0
Ayr United	1–0		2–7	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	3–0	1–0
Celtic	0–2	3–1		4–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–2
Dundee	3–2	2–2	1–0		0–0	2–3	2–0	3–6	0–0	4–3
Dundee United	1–2	3–2	1–3	1–2		0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–1
Heart of Midlothian	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0		1–1	3–3	0–2	2–0
Hibernian	3–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–0		1–0	2–1	4–2
Motherwell	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–1	2–1		2–1	2–1
Rangers	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	4–1	1–2	1–1	3–2		2–0
St Johnstone	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–3	1–0	0–1	3–4	2–1	1–5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–36

Home \ Away	ABE	AYR	CEL	DND	DNU	HOM	HIB	MOT	RAN	STJ
Aberdeen		2–1	0–1	0–1	5–3	0–3	3–0	0–0	0–0	3–0
Ayr United	1–1		3–5	3–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–0
Celtic	1–1	1–2		3–3	2–1	2–0	4–0	4–0	0–0	1–0
Dundee	1–3	1–2	0–1		2–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0
Dundee United	1–0	5–0	3–2	1–0		2–0	2–0	1–4	0–1	1–1
Heart of Midlothian	3–3	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–1		0–1	1–2	1–2	1–0
Hibernian	3–2	3–0	2–0	4–0	0–1	3–0		2–0	0–3	5–0
Motherwell	2–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–1		0–1	2–0
Rangers	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–1		4–0
St Johnstone	2–0	1–2	3–4	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–3	0–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.