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1969–70 in Scottish football

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headerstylebackground:#BFD7FF
above1969–70 in Scottish football
image[[Image:Flag of Scotland with football.png200px]]
header1Division One champions
data2Celtic
header3Division Two champions
data4Falkirk
header5Scottish Cup winners
data6Aberdeen
header7League Cup winners
data8Celtic
header9Junior Cup winners
data10Blantyre Victoria
header11Teams in Europe
data12Celtic, Dundee United, Dunfermline Athletic, Kilmarnock, Rangers
header13Scotland national team
data141970 BHC, 1970 World Cup qualification

The 1969–70 season was the 97th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 73rd season of Scottish league football.

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1969–70 Scottish Division One

Champions: Celtic

Relegated: Raith Rovers, Partick Thistle

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1969–70 Scottish Division Two

Promoted: Falkirk, Cowdenbeath

Cups

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up
Scottish Cup 1969–70Aberdeen3 – 1Celtic
League Cup 1969–70Celtic1 – 0St Johnstone
Junior CupBlantyre Victoria1 – 0 (rep.)Penicuik Athletic

Other honours

National

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup – NorthElgin City6 – 1 *Nairn County
Scottish Qualifying Cup – SouthGlasgow University5 – 4 *St Cuthbert Wanderers

County

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up
Aberdeenshire CupPeterhead
Ayrshire CupAyr United2 – 0Kilmarnock
East of Scotland ShieldHearts3 – 2Hibernian
Fife CupDunfermline Athletic1 – 0 *Cowdenbeath
Glasgow CupCeltic3 – 1Rangers
Lanarkshire CupAirdrie3 – 2Motherwell
Stirlingshire CupFalkirk1 – 0Dumbarton

– aggregate over two legs – play off

[[Highland Football League|Highland League]]

Individual awards

AwardWinnerClub
Footballer of the YearSCO Pat StantonHibernian

National team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1960–79 results

1970 FIFA World Cup

Qualification

Group 7
RankTeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
1116510203+17
2****76312187+11
366303127+5
406006235−33
DateVenueOpponentsScoreCompetitionScotland scorer(s)
21 September 1969Dalymount Park, Dublin (A)1–1FriendlyColin Stein
22 October 1969Volksparkstadion, Hamburg (A)2–3WCQG7Jimmy Johnstone, Alan Gilzean
5 November 1969Praterstadion, Vienna (A)0–2WCQG7
18 April 1970Windsor Park, Belfast (A)1–0BHCJohn O'Hare
22 April 1970Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)0–0BHC
25 April 1970Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)0–0BHC

Key:

  • (H) = Home match
  • (A) = Away match
  • WCQG7 = World Cup qualifying – Group 7
  • BHC = British Home Championship

References

  1. "1969/70 - the Scottish Football League".
  2. Scotland's score is shown first.
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