1984–85 Scottish Premier Division

Scottish Premier Division
Season	1984–85
Champions	Aberdeen ; 3rd Premier Division title ; 4th Scottish title
Relegated	Dumbarton; Morton
European Cup	Aberdeen
UEFA Cup	Dundee United; Rangers; St Mirren
Cup Winners' Cup	Celtic
Matches played	180
Goals scored	522 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorer	Frank McDougall (23)
Biggest home win	Dundee United 7–0 Morton
Biggest away win	Morton 2–7 Celtic
	← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The 1984–85 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Aberdeen, seven points ahead of Celtic. Dumbarton and Morton were relegated. As of 2023–24, this is the last season that a team other than Rangers or Celtic has won the top level of Scottish football; it also marked a third consecutive year that a team other than Celtic or Rangers won the Scottish title, the only time this has ever happened.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aberdeen (C)	36	27	5	4	89	26	+63	59	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Celtic	36	22	8	6	77	30	+47	52	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Dundee United	36	20	7	9	67	33	+34	47	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Rangers	36	13	12	11	47	38	+9	38
5	St Mirren	36	17	4	15	51	56	−5	38
6	Dundee	36	15	7	14	48	50	−2	37
7	Heart of Midlothian	36	13	5	18	47	64	−17	31
8	Hibernian	36	10	7	19	38	61	−23	27
9	Dumbarton (R)	36	6	7	23	29	64	−35	19	Relegation to the 1985–86 Scottish First Division
10	Morton (R)	36	5	2	29	29	100	−71	12	Relegation to the 1985–86 Scottish First Division

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Matches 1–18

During matches 1–18 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away	ABE	CEL	DUM	DND	DNU	HOM	HIB	MOR	RAN	STM
Aberdeen		4–2	1–0	3–2	0–1	4–0	4–1	3–1	0–0	4–0
Celtic	2–1		2–0	5–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	5–0	1–1	7–1
Dumbarton	0–2	1–1		2–1	2–2	0–1	2–2	3–1	1–2	0–1
Dundee	1–2	2–3	1–1		0–2	2–1	0–1	5–1	0–2	2–0
Dundee United	0–2	1–3	1–0	3–4		2–0	2–1	7–0	1–1	3–2
Heart of Midlothian	1–2	1–5	1–0	0–2	2–0		0–0	1–2	1–0	1–2
Hibernian	0–3	0–0	2–3	2–0	0–0	1–2		3–1	2–2	2–3
Morton	0–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–3	2–3	4–0		1–3	0–4
Rangers	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0		0–0
St Mirren	0–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–3	2–0	2–1	0–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–36

During matches 19–36 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away	ABE	CEL	DUM	DND	DNU	HOM	HIB	MOR	RAN	STM
Aberdeen		1–1	4–0	0–0	4–2	2–2	2–0	5–0	5–1	3–0
Celtic	2–0		2–0	0–1	1–2	3–2	0–1	4–0	1–1	3–0
Dumbarton	0–2	0–2		1–0	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–0	2–4	1–1
Dundee	0–4	2–0	1–0		1–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–0
Dundee United	2–1	0–0	4–0	4–0		5–2	2–0	5–0	2–1	3–1
Heart of Midlothian	0–3	0–2	5–1	3–3	0–1		2–2	1–0	2–0	0–1
Hibernian	0–5	0–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–2		5–1	1–0	0–4
Morton	1–2	2–7	2–4	0–1	0–3	0–1	1–2		0–3	0–2
Rangers	1–2	1–2	3–1	1–3	0–0	3–1	1–2	2–0		2–0
St Mirren	2–2	0–2	1–0	4–2	1–0	5–2	2–1	2–3	2–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

Statto

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Premier League	1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
Premiership	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Winners	List of champions Winning managers

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UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
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v t e 1984–85 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup Tennent's Sixes
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Related to national team	Results 1986 World Cup qualifying (Group 7) Rous Cup
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dumbarton Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Morton Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrieonians Ayr United Brechin City Clyde Clydebank East Fife Falkirk Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Meadowbank Thistle Motherwell Partick Thistle St. Johnstone
Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic East Stirlingshire Montrose Queen's Park Queen of the South Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer