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1987–88 in Scottish football

91st competitive football season in Scotland

Field	Value
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header1	Premier Division champions
data2	Celtic
header3	Division One champions
data4	Hamilton Academical
header5	Division Two champions
data6	Ayr United
header7	Scottish Cup winners
data8	Celtic
header9	League Cup winners
data10	Rangers
header11	Junior Cup winners
data12	Auchinleck Talbot
header13	Teams in Europe
data14	Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Rangers, St Mirren
header15	Scotland national team
data16	UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying, Rous Cup
data17	← [1986–87](1986-87-in-scottish-football) [1988–89](1988-89-in-scottish-football) →

The 1987–88 season was the 91st season of competitive football in Scotland.

Notable events

Billy McNeill's second spell back in charge of Celtic began in style as they finished the season by winning the double of the league title and Scottish Cup. The cup triumph was sealed with two late goals from Frank McAvennie, signed in early October from West Ham United, as they had trailed 1–0 to Dundee United.

Rangers, further strengthened with the signing of Englishmen Ray Wilkins and Mark Walters in midfield, had consolation for their failure to repeat title glory in the shape of a League Cup win. They could only finish third in the league, with Hearts finishing second – 10 points adrift of champions Celtic.

The Old Firm league fixture at Ibrox in October 1987, which ended in a 2–2 draw, saw three players red carded. Charges were later brought against four of the players (three from Rangers, one from Celtic) by the Procurator Fiscal. The resulting Court case ended up with Terry Butcher and Chris Woods being convicted of a breach of the peace. Graham Roberts was found Not proven, whilst Frank McAvennie was acquitted.

Rangers enjoyed the longest run in Europe out of all the Scottish clubs, reaching the European Cup quarter finals where they were edged out by Steaua Bucharest.

A reduction of the Premier Division from 12 clubs to 10 saw three clubs (Falkirk, Dunfirmline Athletic and Morton) relegated. The only promotion place went to Division One champions Hamilton Academical.

Scottish Premier Division

Main article: 1987–88 Scottish Premier Division

Champions: Celtic

Relegated: Falkirk, Dunfermline Athletic, Morton

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1987–88 Scottish First Division

Promoted: Hamilton Academical

Relegated: East Fife, Dumbarton

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1987–88 Scottish Second Division

Promoted: Ayr United, St Johnstone

Other honours

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
[Scottish Cup 1987–88](1987-88-scottish-cup)	Celtic	2–1	Dundee United
[League Cup 1987–88](1987-88-scottish-league-cup)	Rangers	3 – 3
(5 – 3 pen.)	Aberdeen
Youth Cup	Dunfermline Athletic	2–1	Dundee
Junior Cup	Auchinleck Talbot	1–0	Petershill

Non-league honours

Senior

Competition	Winner
[Highland League 1987–88](1987-88-highland-football-league)	Inverness Caledonian
East of Scotland League	Whitehill Welfare
South of Scotland League	Newton Stewart

Individual honours

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	SCO Paul McStay	Celtic
Players' Player of the Year	SCO Paul McStay	Celtic
Young Player of the Year	SCO John Collins	Hibernian

Scottish clubs in Europe

Results for Scotland's participants in European competition for the 1987–88 season

Rangers

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Rangers scorer(s)
16 September 1987	Olympic Stadium, Kyiv (A)	Dynamo Kyiv	0–1	[EC1](1987-88-european-cup-first-round)
30 September 1987	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H)	Dynamo Kyiv	2–0	[EC1](1987-88-european-cup-first-round)	Mark Falco, Ally McCoist
21 October 1987	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H)	Górnik Zabrze	3–1	[EC2](1987-88-european-cup-round-of-16)	Ally McCoist, Ian Durrant, Mark Falco
4 November 1987	Ernest Pohl Stadium, Zabrze (A)	Górnik Zabrze	1–1	[EC2](1987-88-european-cup-round-of-16)	Ally McCoist (pen.)
2 March 1988	Steaua Stadium, Bucharest (A)	Steaua Bucharest	0–2	[ECQF](1987-88-european-cup-quarter-finals)
16 March 1988	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H)	Steaua Bucharest	2–1	[ECQF](1987-88-european-cup-quarter-finals)	Richard Gough, Ally McCoist (pen.)

St Mirren

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	St Mirren scorer(s)
16 September 1987	Love Street, Paisley (H)	Tromsø IL	1–0	[CWC1](1987-88-uefa-cup-winners-cup-first-round)	Kenny McDowall
29 September 1987	Alfheim Stadium, Tromsø (A)	Tromsø IL	0–0	[CWC1](1987-88-uefa-cup-winners-cup-first-round)
21 October 1987	Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen (A)	KV Mechelen	0–0	[CWC2](1987-88-uefa-cup-winners-cup-second-round)
4 November 1987	Love Street, Paisley (H)	KV Mechelen	0–2	[CWC2](1987-88-uefa-cup-winners-cup-second-round)

Aberdeen

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Aberdeen Scorer(s)
15 September 1987	Dalymount Park, Dublin (A)	Bohemians	0–0	UC1
30 September 1987	Pittodrie, Aberdeen (H)	Bohemians	1–0	UC1	Jim Bett (pen.)
21 October 1987	Pittodrie, Aberdeen (H)	Feyenoord Rotterdam	2–1	UC2	Willie Falconer, Willie Miller
4 November 1987	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam (A)	Feyenoord Rotterdam	0–1	UC2

Celtic

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Celtic scorer(s)	UEFA Cup
15 September 1987	Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)	Borussia Dortmund	2–1	UC1	Andy Walker, Derek Whyte
30 September 1987	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund (A)	Borussia Dortmund	0–2	UC1

Dundee United

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Dundee United scorer(s)
16 September 1987	The Showgrounds Coleraine (A)	Coleraine	1–0	UC1	Paul Sturrock
30 September 1987	Tannadice, Dundee (H)	Coleraine	3–1	UC1	Kevin Gallacher, Paul Sturrock, John Clark
21 October 1987	Tannadice, Dundee (H)	FC Vítkovice	1–2	UC2	Iain Ferguson
4 November 1987	Bazaly, Ostrava (A)	FC Vítkovice	1–1	UC2	own goal

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1980–99 results

Date	Venue	Score	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
9 September 1987	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	2–0	Friendly	Ally McCoist (2)
14 October 1987	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	2–0	ECQG7	Ally McCoist, Paul McStay
11 November 1987	Vasil Levski, Sofia (A)	1–0	ECQG7	Gary Mackay
2 December 1987	Stade de la Frontière, Esch (A)	0–0	ECQG7
17 February 1988	Malaz Stadium, Riyadh (A)	2–2	Friendly	Maurice Johnston, John Collins
22 March 1988	Ta'Qali Stadium, Valletta (A)	1–1	Friendly	Graeme Sharp
27 April 1988	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid (A)	0–0	Friendly
17 May 1988	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	0–0	Rous Cup
21 May 1988	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	0–1	Rous Cup

Key:

(H) = Home match
(A) = Away match
ECQG7 = European Championship qualifying – Group 7

References

"1987/88 - the Scottish Football League".
Reynolds, Jim. (19 October 1987). "Three off but it could have been more". The Herald.
McCallum, Andrew. (13 April 1988). "Old Firm fans' hatred had "never been worse"". The Herald.
McCallum, Andrew. (16 April 1988). "Rangers players to appeal after fines". The Herald.
"Match programme".
Scotland's score is shown first.

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