S.C.S.L. Season 195

Season Summary

S.C.S.L. Season 195
Division 1 Champions
Aberdeen (12)
Division 1 Runners-up
Celtic
Division 2 Champions
Hamilton Academical
Division 2 Runners-up
Queen of the South
Albion Cup Final
Celtic 1—0 Rangers
Summer Cup Final
Rangers 1—0 Celtic
Teams in Europe this season
Dundee United, Celtic, Dundee, Rangers, Aberdeen
Season 194 Season 196

Season 195 began with the Summer Cup, which was won by Rangers in an all Old Firm final. The score was 1—0.

In the league, champions Dundee United started off well and looked to be set to retain their title, but were followed closely by Aberdeen. The Old Firm teams generally had a poor season, Rangers in particular, and only Celtic challenged the top two in the final run-in. United suffered a late slump whilst Celtic closed in, but the top teams performed erratically, each losing points to lower oppoisition in the final matches. Aberdeen faced United at home and a win would give them the title, but they lost 1—0. This took United into second place and gave Celtic the opportunity to win the title with a win at Hearts. The Edinburgh side held them to a draw, however, and Aberdeen won their 12th title by a single point with the lowest 3-points-for-a-win total in a 34-match season. (To put this into perspective, their 2-points-for-a-win total would have been 43 points, and the previous lowest was 47 points from 34 matches.) United, with a lower goal difference than Celtic, finished 3rd in the end and Rangers improved on their earlier form and clinched 4th place.

At the bottom, 4 teams were to be relegated in order to revert to the 16-team setup that has become the norm in the S.C.S.L. in recent times, and seems to be the setup that works best for this league. This decision was partly driven by the dissatisfaction of the lower clubs with the large 22-team Second Division and 42-match schedule, albeit that the new system would consign 8 of these teams to a third tier. It was also felt that the 16-team divisions produced a more competitive setup than the larger divisions. Clyde and Ross County did well to avoid this larger relegation zone, and Partick Thistle, who performed so well last season, dropped into League 'B' along with Alloa, Ayr and Raith Rovers.

In the Second Division, Hamilton and Queen of the South finished in the promotion places with admirable points totals of 90 and 87 respectively, the latter being 13 points ahead of third placed Dunfermline. New boys Kelty Hearts finished 14th and therefore qualified for League 'B' next season.

 

Division 1

League Table

Pos TeamPWDLFAGDPT
1Aberdeen3417986936+3360
2Celtic34161176136+2559
3Dundee United3417896643+2359
4Rangers34161086839+2958
5Dundee34176116252+1057
6St Johnstone34168106147+1456
7Kilmarnock34166125459-554
8Heart of Midlothian34131386035+2552
9Hibernian34156135648+851
10St Mirren34149115350+351
11Motherwell34137145847+1146
12Livingston34136153648-1245
13Clyde34136154663-1745
14Ross County34107174967-1837
15Partick Thistle34105193968-2935
16Alloa Athletic3494213875-3731
17Ayr United3486203360-2730
18Raith Rovers3483234682-3627

 Qualification to Champions' Cup
 Qualification to Europa Cup
 Relegation to Division 2

(C) = League Champions; (CW) = Albion Cup winners; (SC) = Summer Cup winners; (R) = Relegated; (p) = Promoted last season.

Results

Home \ AwayABAAAUCECLDDDUHEHIKILIMLPTRRRARCSJSM
Aberdeen3–14–22–04–21–00–10–00–20–14–11–15–24–03–13–01–20–0
Alloa Ath1–50–21–11–21–40–12–11–23–22–01–02–24–10–30–00–13–1
Ayr Utd2–44–01–00–22–01–00–30–20–30–21–21–20–30–11–31–32–2
Celtic3–03–02–01–01–22–21–01–04–00–10–02–14–11–14–22–10–0
Clyde1–40–12–12–40–11–61–11–13–03–10–23–34–31–13–22–12–2
Dundee4–25–00–13–22–00–02–33–15–20–12–15–13–01–11–10–23–1
Dundee Utd1–00–24–02–20–14–10–31–11–21–12–24–11–00–24–22–12–1
Hearts2–23–01–11–10–11–11–41–12–31–02–25–04–00–24–12–01–1
Hibernian0–34–20–11–35–14–10–11–34–00–21–01–11–03–05–11–11–1
Kilmarnock1–11–21–11–12–13–31–61–11–04–23–23–01–01–10–11–02–0
Livingston1–01–01–11–01–02–30–20–00–24–11–03–11–11–43–00–10–2
Motherwell0–05–22–03–33–14–03–20–34–20–15–00–13–10–11–21–12–1
Partick Th1–31–00–20–00–10–20–32–13–10–20–01–02–11–44–01–03–0
Raith R1–13–02–00–54–12–31–20–43–00–22–21–52–12–11–02–32–4
Rangers1–14–22–12–31–24–03–31–14–13–10–15–03–15–10–10–04–2
Ross Co0–32–21–11–21–11–23–12–42–42–33–03–13–03–21–13–20–1
St Johnstone1–12–15–22–14–03–02–21–10–14–34–20–44–24–21–11–11–0
St Mirren0–46–11–12–20–10–03–11–02–32–11–02–02–14–22–12–14–3

Division 2

League Table

POS TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Hamilton Academical4228689240+5290
2Queen of the South4226978934+5587
3Dunfermline Athletic422111108048+3274
4Montrose42227137251+2173
5Inverness Cal Th422012106349+1472
6Arbroath42191496543+2271
7Peterhead422010126452+1270
8Cove Rangers42199146958+1166
9Queen's Park421812126960+966
10Greenock Morton421711147552+2362
11Falkirk421613135251+161
12Airdrieonians421612146968+160
13Dumbarton42186186870-260
14Kelty Hearts42156216582-1751
15East Fife42139206179-1848
16Stenhousemuir42138215375-2247
17Stranraer42129215472-1845
18Stirling Albion421012204467-2342
19Elgin City42910235091-4137
20Cowdenbeath42104285397-4434
21Forfar Athletic4296274369-2633
22Edinburgh City42712234183-4233

 Promotion to Division 1
 Qualification to Division 2
 Qualification to National League

(C) = Champions; (CW) = Albion Cup Winners; (P) = Promoted; (R) = Relegated; (p) = Promoted last season; (r) = Relegated last season.


Albion Cup

Celtic won the Albion Cup for the 35th time with a 1—0 victory over Rangers in the final.

Albion Cup Bracket


Summer Cup

Ayr United won the Summer Cup for the fourth time with a 1—0 victory over Celtic in the final.

Summer Cup Bracket

* = Home tie

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