1986–87_Scottish_Premier_Division

1986–87 Scottish Premier Division

81st season of top-tier football league in Scotland

The 1986–87 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Rangers, six points ahead of Celtic. Clydebank and Hamilton Academical were relegated.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

Scottish Premier Division
Season	1986–87
Champions	Rangers 3rd Premier Division title 38th Scottish title
Relegated	Clydebank Hamilton Academical
European Cup	Rangers
UEFA Cup	Celtic Dundee United Aberdeen
Cup Winners' Cup	St Mirren
Matches played	264
Goals scored	670 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	Brian McClair (35)
Biggest home win	Heart of Midlothian 7–0 Hamilton Academical
Biggest away win	Clydebank 0–5 Aberdeen
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

Table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C)	44	31	7	6	85	23	+62	69	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Celtic	44	27	9	8	90	41	+49	63	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Dundee United	44	24	12	8	85	34	+51	60
4	Aberdeen	44	21	16	7	63	29	+34	58
5	Heart of Midlothian	44	21	14	9	64	43	+21	56
6	Dundee	44	18	12	14	74	57	+17	48
7	St Mirren	44	12	12	20	36	51	−15	36	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
8	Motherwell	44	11	12	21	43	64	−21	34
9	Hibernian	44	10	13	21	44	70	−26	33
10	Falkirk	44	8	10	26	31	70	−39	26
11	Clydebank (R)	44	6	12	26	35	93	−58	24	Relegation to the 1987–88 Scottish First Division
12	Hamilton Academical (R)	44	6	9	29	39	93	−54	21	Relegation to the 1987–88 Scottish First Division

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

During matches 1-22 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

More information Home \ Away, ABE ...

Home \ Away	ABE	CEL	CLY	DND	DNU	FAL	HAM	HOM	HIB	MOT	RAN	STM
Aberdeen		1–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	4–0	2–2	1–0	0–0
Celtic	1–1		6–0	1–0	1–0	4–2	4–1	2–0	5–1	3–1	1–1	2–0
Clydebank	1–3	0–1		0–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–3	0–0	2–3	1–4	1–1
Dundee	0–2	0–3	3–3		0–2	3–0	3–3	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–1
Dundee United	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–3		2–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	0–0	3–0
Falkirk	3–3	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–1		0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–5	1–1
Hamilton Academical	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–3	1–5	1–2		1–3	1–4	0–3	1–2	1–1
Heart of Midlothian	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	1–0		1–1	4–0	1–1	0–0
Hibernian	1–1	0–1	3–2	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–3		0–0	2–1	0–1
Motherwell	0–1	0–4	0–1	0–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–3	4–1		0–2	1–1
Rangers	2–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–3	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	0–1		2–0
St Mirren	1–1	0–1	0–1	4–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–1

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

During matches 23-44 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

More information Home \ Away, ABE ...

Home \ Away	ABE	CEL	CLY	DND	DNU	FAL	HAM	HOM	HIB	MOT	RAN	STM
Aberdeen		1–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1
Celtic	1–1		3–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	8–3	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–1	3–0
Clydebank	0–5	1–1		1–1	1–2	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–3	2–1
Dundee	1–1	4–1	4–1		1–1	4–0	7–3	0–1	2–0	4–1	0–4	6–3
Dundee United	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–1		2–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–0
Falkirk	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2		0–2	0–0	1–3	1–0	1–2	0–0
Hamilton Academical	0–2	2–3	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1		0–1	0–1	4–2	0–2	1–0
Heart of Midlothian	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–3	1–1	4–0	7–0		2–1	1–1	2–5	1–0
Hibernian	1–1	1–4	4–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–2		0–1	0–0	1–0
Motherwell	0–2	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–1		0–1	1–2
Rangers	0–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–0		1–0
St Mirren	1–0	1–3	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–3

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

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