1964-65_in_Scottish

1964-65 in Scottish football

The 1964–65 season was the 68th season of Scottish league football.

1 Scottish League Division One
2 Scottish League Division Two
3 Other honours
- 3.1 Cup honours
- 3.2 Individual honours
4 Scotland national team
5 Notes and references

Scottish League Division One

In one of the closest finishes ever seen in a league competition in Britain, Hearts faced Kilmarnock on the last day of the season with a 2 point lead over the Ayrshire club and a slightly better goal average. Kilmarnock had to beat Hearts by 2 goals to win the title. And this is exactly what they did, winning 2–0. This was also the first time when a club from the Old Firm did not finish among the top three.

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kilmarnock	34	22	6	6	62	33	29	50
2	Hearts	34	22	6	6	90	49	41	50
3	Dunfermline Athletic	34	22	5	7	83	36	47	49
4	Hibernian	34	21	4	9	75	47	28	46
5	Rangers	34	18	8	8	78	35	43	44
6	Dundee	34	15	10	9	86	63	23	40
7	Clyde	34	17	6	11	64	58	6	40
8	Celtic	34	16	5	13	76	57	19	37
9	Dundee United	34	15	6	13	59	51	8	36
10	Greenock Morton	34	13	7	14	54	54	0	33
11	Partick Thistle	34	11	10	13	57	58	-1	32
12	Aberdeen	34	12	8	14	59	75	-16	32
13	St. Johnstone	34	9	11	14	57	62	-5	29
14	Motherwell	34	11	8	16	45	54	-9	28
15	St. Mirren	34	9	6	19	38	70	-32	24
16	Falkirk	34	7	7	20	43	85	-42	21
17	Airdrieonians	34	5	4	25	48	110	-62	14
18	Third Lanark	34	3	1	30	22	99	-77	7

Champions: Kilmarnock
Relegated: Airdrieonains, Third Lanark

Scottish League Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Stirling Albion	36	26	7	3	84	31	53	59
2	Hamilton Academical	36	21	8	7	86	53	33	50
3	Queen of the South	36	16	13	7	84	50	34	45
4	Queen's Park	36	17	9	10	57	41	16	43
5	E. S. Clydebank	36	15	10	11	64	50	14	40
6	Stranraer	36	17	6	13	74	64	10	40
7	Arbroath	36	13	13	10	56	51	5	39
8	Berwick Rangers	36	15	9	12	73	70	3	39
9	East Fife	36	15	7	14	78	77	1	37
10	Alloa Athletic	36	14	8	14	71	81	-10	36
11	Albion Rovers	36	14	5	17	56	60	-4	33
12	Cowdenbeath	36	11	10	15	55	62	-7	32
13	Raith Rovers	36	9	14	13	54	61	-7	32
14	Dumbarton	36	13	6	17	55	67	-12	32
15	Stenhousemuir	36	11	8	17	49	74	-25	30
16	Montrose	36	10	9	17	80	91	-11	29
17	Forfar Athletic	36	9	7	20	63	89	-26	25
18	Ayr United	36	9	6	21	49	67	-18	24
19	Brechin City	36	6	7	23	53	102	-49	19

Promoted: Stirling Albion, Hamilton Academical

Other honours

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1964–65	Celtic	3 – 2	Dumfermline Athletic
League Cup	Rangers	2 – 1	Celtic
Junior Cup	Linlithgow Rose	4 – 1	Baillieston Juniors

Individual honours

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	Billy McNeill	Celtic

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
October 3, 1964	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	2–3	BHC	Stevie Chalmers, Dave Gibson
October 21, 1964	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Finland	3–1	WCQG8	Denis Law, Dave Gibson, Stevie Chalmers
November 25, 1964	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	3–2	BHC	Davie Wilson (2), Alan Gilzean
April 10, 1965	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	2–2	BHC	Denis Law, Ian St. John
May 8, 1965	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Spain	0–0	F
May 23, 1965	Silesia Stadium, Chorzów / Katowice (A)	Poland	1–1	WCQG8	Denis Law
May 27, 1965	Olympia Stadion, Helsinki (A)	Finland	2–1	WCQG8	Davie Wilson, John Greig