1981–82 Scottish First Division

The 1981–82 Scottish First Division season was won by Motherwell by ten points over nearest rival Kilmarnock.

Scottish First Division

Season	1981–82
Champions	Motherwell
Promoted	Motherwell Kilmarnock
Relegated	East Stirlingshire Queen of the South F.C.
Top goalscorer	Blair Millar (20)[1]
← 1980–81 1982–83 →

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Motherwell (C, P)	39	26	9	4	92	36	+56	61	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Kilmarnock (P)	39	17	17	5	60	29	+31	51
3	Heart of Midlothian	39	21	8	10	65	37	+28	50
4	Clydebank	39	19	8	12	61	53	+8	46
5	St Johnstone	39	17	8	14	69	60	+9	42
6	Ayr United	39	15	12	12	56	50	+6	42
7	Hamilton Academical	39	16	8	15	52	49	+3	40
8	Queen's Park	39	13	10	16	41	41	0	36
9	Falkirk	39	11	14	14	49	52	−3	36
10	Dunfermline Athletic	39	11	14	14	46	56	−10	36
11	Dumbarton	39	13	9	17	49	61	−12	35
12	Raith Rovers	39	11	7	21	31	59	−28	29
13	East Stirlingshire (R)	39	7	10	22	38	77	−39	24	Relegation to the Second Division
14	Queen of the South (R)	39	4	10	25	44	93	−49	18

Source: RSSSF^{[dead link]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion

Motherwell and Kilmarnock finished 1st and second respectively and were promoted to the 1982–83 Scottish Premier Division.

Relegation

East Stirlingshire and Queen of the South F.C. finished 13th and 14th respectively and were relegated to the 1982–83 Scottish Second Division.