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1980–81 in Scottish football

Season overview in Scottish football

Field	Value
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above	1980–81 in Scottish football
image	[[Image:Flag of Scotland with football.png	200px]]
header1	Premier Division champions
data2	Celtic
header3	Division One champions
data4	Hibernian
header5	Division Two champions
data6	Queen's Park
header7	Scottish Cup winners
data8	Rangers
header9	League Cup winners
data10	Dundee United
header11	Junior Cup winners
data12	Pollok
header13	Teams in Europe
data14	Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Rangers
header15	Scotland national team
data16	[1981 BHC](1981-british-home-championship), [1982 World Cup qualification](1982-fifa-world-cup-qualification)
data17	← [1979–80](1979-80-in-scottish-football) [1981–82](1981-82-in-scottish-football) →

The 1980–81 season was the 108th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 84th season of Scottish league football.

Scottish Premier Division

Main article: 1980–81 Scottish Premier Division

Champions: Celtic

Relegated: Kilmarnock, Hearts

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1980–81 Scottish First Division

Promoted: Hibernian, Dundee

Relegated: Stirling Albion, Berwick Rangers

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1980–81 Scottish Second Division

Promoted: Queen's Park, Queen of the South

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
[Scottish Cup 1980–81](1980-81-scottish-cup)	Rangers	4 – 1 (rep.)	Dundee United
[League Cup 1980–81](1980-81-scottish-league-cup)	Dundee United	3 – 0	Dundee
Junior Cup	Pollok	1 – 0	Arthurlie

Other honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup – North	Inverness Caledonian	2 – 1	Elgin City
Scottish Qualifying Cup – South	Hawick Royal Albert	3 – 1 *	Gala Fairydean

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Aberdeen
Ayrshire Cup	Kilmarnock	2 – 0 *	Ayr United
East of Scotland Shield	Berwick Rangers	6 – 1	Meadowbank Thistle
Fife Cup	Raith Rovers	2 – 0 *	Dunfermline Athletic
Glasgow Cup	Partick Thistle	1 – 0	Celtic
Lanarkshire Cup	Motherwell		Airdrie
Renfrewshire Cup	Morton	2 – 2 *	St Mirren
Stirlingshire Cup	Dumbarton	3 – 0	Stirling Albion

– aggregate over two legs – replay – won on penalties

[[Highland Football League|Highland League]]

Individual honours

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	SCO Alan Rough	Partick Thistle
Players' Player of the Year	SCO Mark McGhee	Aberdeen
Young Player of the Year	SCO Charlie Nicholas	Celtic

Scottish national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1980–99 results

Date	Venue	Score	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
10 September	Solna Stadion, Stockholm (A)	1–0	[WCQG6](1982-fifa-world-cup-qualification-uefa-uefa-group-6)	Gordon Strachan
15 October	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	0–0	[WCQG6](1982-fifa-world-cup-qualification-uefa-uefa-group-6)
25 February	Ramat Gan Stadium (A)	1–0	[WCQG6](1982-fifa-world-cup-qualification-uefa-uefa-group-6)	Kenny Dalglish
25 March	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	1–1	[WCQG6](1982-fifa-world-cup-qualification-uefa-uefa-group-6)	John Wark
28 April	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	3–1	[WCQG6](1982-fifa-world-cup-qualification-uefa-uefa-group-6)	John Robertson (2, 1 pen.), Davie Provan
16 May	Vetch Field, Swansea (A)	0–2	[BHC](1981-british-home-championship)
19 May	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	2–0	[BHC](1981-british-home-championship)	Ray Stewart, Steve Archibald
23 May	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	1–0	[BHC](1981-british-home-championship)	John Robertson

Key:

(H) = Home match
(A) = Away match
WCQG6 = World Cup qualifying – Group 6
BHC = British Home Championship

References

"1980/81 - the Scottish Football League".
Scotland's score is shown first.
The [[1981 British Home Championship]] was Abandoned due to civil unrest in Northern Ireland.

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