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1972–73 in Scottish football

Association football season

Field	Value
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header1	Division One champions
data2	Celtic
header3	Division Two champions
data4	Clyde
header5	Scottish Cup winners
data6	Rangers
header7	League Cup winners
data8	Hibernian
header9	Junior Cup winners
data10	Irvine Meadow XI
header11	Teams in Europe
data12	Aberdeen, Celtic, Hibernian, Partick Thistle
header13	Scotland national team
data14	[1973 BHC](1973-british-home-championship), [1974 World cup qualification](1974-fifa-world-cup-qualification)

The 1972–73 season was the 100th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 76th season of Scottish league football.

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1972–73 Scottish Division One

Champions: Celtic

Relegated: Kilmarnock, Airdrieonians

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1972–73 Scottish Division Two

Promoted: Clyde, Dunfermline Athletic

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
[Scottish Cup 1972–73](1972-73-scottish-cup)	Rangers	3 – 2	Celtic
[League Cup 1972–73](1972-73-scottish-league-cup)	Hibernian	2 – 1	Celtic
Junior Cup	Irvine Meadow XI	1 – 0	Cambuslang Rangers

– second replay

Other honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup – North	Clachnacuddin	3 – 1 *	Ross County
Scottish Qualifying Cup – South	Ferranti Thistle	6 – 0 *	Civil Service Strollers

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Fraserburgh
Ayrshire Cup	Kilmarnock	2 – 1 *	Ayr United
East of Scotland Shield	Hearts	2 – 1	Berwick Rangers
Fife Cup	Dunfermline Athletic
Forfarshire Cup	Montrose	2 – 1	Dundee United
Lanarkshire Cup	Motherwell	4 – 1	Airdrie
Renfrewshire Cup	Morton	3 – 2 *	St Mirren
Stirlingshire Cup	Dumbarton	6 – 0	East Stirling

– aggregate over two legs

[[Highland Football League|Highland League]]

Individual honours

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	SCO George Connelly	Celtic

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1960–79 results

Date	Venue	Score	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
18 October	Idraetsparken, Copenhagen (A)	4–1	[WCQG8](1974-fifa-world-cup-qualification-uefa-group-8)	Lou Macari, Jimmy Bone, Joe Harper, Willie Morgan
15 November	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	2–0	[WCQG8](1974-fifa-world-cup-qualification-uefa-group-8)	Kenny Dalglish, Peter Lorimer
14 February	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	0–5	Friendly
12 May	The Racecourse, Wrexham (A)	2–0	[BHC](1973-british-home-championship)	George Graham (2)
16 May	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	1–2	[BHC](1973-british-home-championship)	Kenny Dalglish
19 May	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	0–1	[BHC](1973-british-home-championship)
22 June	Wankdorf Stadion, Bern (A)	0–1	Friendly
30 June	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	0–1	Friendly

1973 British Home Championship – Third Place

Key:

(H) = Home match
(A) = Away match
WCQG8 = World Cup qualifying – Group 8
BHC = British Home Championship

References

"1972/73 - the Scottish Football League".
Scotland's score is shown first.

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