1988-89 in Scottish football

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The 1988-1989 season was the 92nd season of competitive football in Scotland.

1 Events
2 Scottish Premier Division
3 Scottish League Division One
4 Scottish League Division Two
5 Cup Honours
6 Scottish Clubs in Europe
7 Scotland national team

[edit] Events

July 10 – Maurice Johnston becomes the first Catholic player to join Rangers. The move was especially controversial as Glasgow rivals Celtic had been due to sign him only days before.

[edit] Scottish Premier Division

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
1	Rangers	36	26	4	6	62	26	36	56
2	Aberdeen	36	18	14	4	51	25	26	50
3	Celtic	36	21	4	11	66	44	22	46
4	Dundee United	36	16	12	8	44	26	18	44
5	Hibernian	36	13	9	14	37	36	1	35
6	Hearts	36	9	13	14	35	42	-7	31
7	St Mirren	36	11	7	18	39	55	-16	29
8	Dundee	36	9	10	17	34	48	-14	28
9	Motherwell	36	7	13	16	35	44	-9	27
10	Hamilton Academical	36	6	2	28	19	76	-57	14

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Hamilton Academical

[edit] Scottish League Division One

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
1	Dunfermline Athletic	39	22	10	7	60	36	24	54
2	Falkirk	39	22	8	9	71	37	34	52
3	Clydebank	39	18	12	9	80	55	25	48
4	Airdrieonians	39	17	13	9	66	44	22	47
5	Greenock Morton	39	16	9	14	46	46	0	41
6	St Johnstone	39	14	12	13	51	42	9	40
7	Raith Rovers	39	15	10	14	50	52	-2	40
8	Partick Thistle	39	13	11	15	57	58	-1	37
9	Forfar Athletic	39	10	16	13	52	56	-4	36
10	Meadowbank Thistle	39	13	10	16	45	50	-5	36
11	Ayr United	39	13	9	17	56	72	-16	35
12	Clyde	39	9	16	14	40	52	-12	34
13	Kilmarnock	39	10	14	15	47	60	-15	34
14	Queen of the South	39	2	8	29	38	99	-61	12

Promoted: Dunfermline Athletic
Relegated: Kilmarnock, Queen of the South

[edit] Scottish League Division Two

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Points
1	Albion Rovers	39	21	8	10	65	48	17	50
2	Alloa Athletic	39	17	11	11	66	48	18	45
3	Brechin City	39	18	12	9	58	49	9	43
4	Stirling Albion	39	15	12	12	64	55	9	43
5	East Fife	39	14	13	12	55	54	1	42
6	Montrose	39	15	11	13	54	55	-1	41
7	Queens Park	39	10	18	11	50	49	1	38
8	Cowdenbeath	39	13	14	12	48	52	-4	38
9	East Stirlingshire	39	13	11	15	54	58	-4	37
10	Arbroath	39	11	15	13	56	63	-7	37
11	Stranraer	39	12	12	15	58	63	-5	36
12	Dumbarton	39	12	10	17	45	55	-10	34
13	Berwick Rangers	39	10	13	16	50	59	-9	33
14	Stenhousemuir	39	9	11	10	44	59	-15	29

Promoted: Albion Rovers, Alloa Athletic

[edit] Cup Honours

Competition	Winner				Runner-Up
Scottish Cup	Celtic	1	•	0	Rangers
Scottish League Cup	Rangers	3	•	2	Aberdeen

[edit] Scottish Clubs in Europe

Results for Scotland's participants in European competition for the 1988-89 season

Note that scores are written Scottish club first.

[edit] Celtic

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Celtic scorers
European Cup
September 7, 1988	Bozsik Stadion, Budapest (A)	Budapest Honvéd	0-1	EC1
October 5, 1988	Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)	Budapest Honvéd	4-0	EC1	Billy Stark, Andy Walker, Frank McAvennie, Mark McGhee
October 26, 1988	Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)	Werder Bremen	0-1	EC2
November 8, 1988	Weserstadion, Bremen (A)	Werder Bremen	0-0	EC2

[edit] Dundee United

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Dundee United scorers
	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
September 6, 1988	Ta'Qali Stadium, Valletta (A)	Floriana	0-0	CWC1
October 5, 1988	Tannadice, Dundee (H)	Floriana	1-0	CWC1	Raphael Meade
October 26, 1988	Tannadice, Dundee (H)	Dinamo Bucharest	0-1	CWC2
November 9, 1988	Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest (A)	Dinamo Bucharest	1-1	CWC2	Dave Beaumont

[edit] Aberdeen

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition
UEFA Cup
September 7, 1988	Pittodrie, Aberdeen (H)	Dynamo Dresden	0-0	UC1
October 5, 1988	Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden (A)	Dynamo Dresden	0-2	UC1

[edit] Hearts

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Hearts scorers
UEFA Cup
September 7, 1988	Richmond Park, Dublin (A)	St Patrick's Athletic	2-0	UC1	Wayne Foster (pen), Mike Galloway
October 5, 1988	Tynecastle, Edinburgh (H)	St Patrick's Athletic	2-0	UC1	Mike Galloway, Kenny Black
October 26, 1988	Tynecastle, Edinburgh (H)	FK Austria Vienna	0-0	UC2
November 9, 1988	Prater Stadion, Vienna (A)	FK Austria Vienna	1-0	UC2	Mike Galloway
November 23, 1988	Tynecastle, Edinburgh (H)	Velež Mostar	3-0	UC3	Eamonn Bannon, Mike Galloway, John Colquhoun
December 7, 1988	Bijeli Brijeg Stadium, Mostar (A)	Velež Mostar	1-2	UC3	Mike Galloway
February 28, 1989	Tynecastle, Edinburgh (H)	Bayern Munich	1-0	UCQF	Iain Ferguson
March 14, 1989	Olympiastadion, Munich (A)	Bayern Munich	0-2	UCQF

[edit] Rangers

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Rangers scorers
UEFA Cup
September 7, 1988	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H)	GKS Katowice	1-0	UC1	Mark Walters
October 5, 1988	Ul. Bukowa, Katowice (A)	GKS Katowice	4-2	UC1	Terry Butcher (2), Ian Durrant, Derek Ferguson
October 26, 1988	Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne (A)	1. FC Köln	0-2	UC2
November 9, 1988	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H)	1. FC Köln	1-1	UC2	Kevin Drinkell

[edit] Scotland national team

Note that scores are written Scotland first

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scotland scorers
September 14, 1988	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (A)	Norway	2-1	WCQ	Paul McStay, Maurice Johnston
October 19, 1988	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Yugoslavia	1-1	WCQ	Maurice Johnston
December 22, 1988	Stadio Renato Curi, Perugia (A)	Italy	0-2	F
February 8, 1989	Tsirion Athletic Centre, Limassol (A)	Cyprus	3-2	WCQ	Maurice Johnston, Richard Gough (2)
March 8, 1989	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	France	2-0	WCQ	Maurice Johnston
April 26, 1989	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Cyprus	2-1	WCQ	Maurice Johnston, Ally McCoist
May 27, 1989	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	0-2	Rous Cup
May 30, 1989	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Chile	2-0	Rous Cup	Alan McInally, Murdo MacLeod