1987–88 in Scottish football

1987–88 in Scottish football

Premier Division champions
Celtic
Division One champions
Hamilton Academical
Division Two champions
Ayr United
Scottish Cup winners
Celtic
League Cup winners
Rangers
Junior Cup winners
Auchinleck Talbot
Teams in Europe
Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Rangers, St Mirren
Scotland national team
UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying, Rous Cup

The 1987–88 season was the 91st season of competitive football in Scotland. ^[1]

Notable events

Billy McNeill's second spell back in charge of Celtic began in style as they finished the season by winning the double of the league title and Scottish Cup. The cup triumph was sealed with two late goals from Frank McAvennie, signed in early October from West Ham United, as they had trailed 1-0 to Dundee United.

Rangers, further strengthened with the signing of Englishmen Ray Wilkins and Mark Walters in midfield, had consolation for their failure to repeat title glory in the shape of a League Cup win. They could only finish third in the league, with Hearts finishing second - 10 points adrift of champions Celtic.

The Old Firm league fixture at Ibrox in October 1987, which ended in a 2–2 draw, saw three players red carded.^[2] Charges were later brought against four of the players (three from Rangers, one from Celtic) by the Procurator Fiscal.^[3] The resulting Court case ended up with Terry Butcher and Chris Woods being convicted of a breach of the peace. Graham Roberts was found Not proven, whilst Frank McAvennie was acquitted.^[4]

Rangers enjoyed the longest run in Europe out of all the Scottish clubs, reaching the European Cup quarter finals where they were edged out by Steaua Bucharest.

A reduction of the Premier Division from 12 clubs to 10 saw three clubs (Falkirk, Dunfirmline Athletic and Morton) relegated. The only promotion place went to Division One champions Hamilton Academical.

Scottish Premier Division

Main article: 1987–88 Scottish Premier Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	44	31	10	3	79	23	56	72
2	Heart of Midlothian	44	23	16	5	74	32	42	62
3	Rangers	44	26	8	10	85	34	51	60
4	Aberdeen	44	21	17	6	56	25	31	59
5	Dundee United	44	16	15	13	54	47	7	47
6	Hibernian	44	12	19	13	41	42	−1	43
7	Dundee	44	17	9	20	70	64	6	41
8	Motherwell	44	13	10	21	37	56	−19	36
9	St Mirren	44	10	15	19	41	64	−23	35
10	Falkirk	44	10	11	23	41	75	−34	31
11	Dunfermline Athletic	44	8	10	26	41	84	−43	26
12	Morton	44	3	10	31	27	100	−73	16

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Falkirk, Dunfermline Athletic, Morton

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1987–88 Scottish First Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hamilton Academical	44	22	12	10	67	39	28	56
2	Meadowbank Thistle	44	20	12	12	70	51	19	52
3	Clydebank	44	21	7	16	59	61	−2	49
4	Forfar Athletic	44	16	16	12	67	58	9	48
5	Raith Rovers	44	19	7	18	81	76	5	45
6	Airdrieonians	44	16	13	15	65	68	−3	45
7	Queen of the South	44	14	15	15	56	67	−11	43
8	Partick Thistle	44	16	9	19	60	64	−4	41
9	Clyde	44	17	6	21	73	75	−2	40
10	Kilmarnock	44	13	11	20	55	60	−5	37
11	East Fife	44	13	10	21	61	76	−15	36
12	Dumbarton	44	12	12	20	51	70	−19	36

Promoted: Hamilton Academical
Relegated: East Fife, Dumbarton

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1987–88 Scottish Second Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ayr United	39	27	7	5	95	31	64	61
2	St Johnstone	39	26	9	4	75	23	52	61
3	Queen's Park	39	21	9	9	64	44	20	51
4	Brechin City	39	20	8	11	56	40	16	48
5	Stirling Albion	39	18	10	11	60	51	9	46
6	East Stirlingshire	39	15	13	11	52	48	4	43
7	Alloa Athletic	39	16	8	15	50	46	4	40
8	Montrose	39	12	11	16	45	51	−6	35
9	Arbroath	39	10	14	15	54	66	−12	34
10	Stenhousemuir	39	12	9	18	49	58	−9	33
11	Cowdenbeath	39	9	13	17	50	67	−17	31
12	Albion Rovers	39	10	11	18	45	75	−30	31
13	Berwick Rangers	39	6	4	29	33	78	−45	16
14	Stranraer	39	4	8	27	34	84	−50	16

Promoted: Ayr United, St Johnstone

Other honours

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1987–88	Celtic	2 – 1	Dundee United
League Cup 1987–88	Rangers	3 – 3 (a.e.t.) (5 – 3 pen.)	Aberdeen
Youth Cup	Dunfermline Athletic	2 – 1	Dundee
Junior Cup	Auchinleck Talbot	1 – 0	Petershill

Individual honours

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	Paul McStay	Celtic
Players' Player of the Year	Paul McStay	Celtic
Young Player of the Year	John Collins	Hibernian

Scottish clubs in Europe

Results for Scotland's participants in European competition for the 1987–88 season

Rangers

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Rangers scorer(s)
European Cup
16 September 1987	Olympic Stadium, Kiev (A)	Dynamo Kyiv	0–1	EC1
30 September 1987	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H)	Dynamo Kyiv	2–0	EC1	Mark Falco, Ally McCoist
21 October 1987	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H)	Górnik Zabrze	3–1	EC2	Ally McCoist, Ian Durrant, Mark Falco
4 November 1987	Ernest Pohl Stadium, Zabrze (A)	Górnik Zabrze	1–1	EC2	Ally McCoist (pen.)
2 March 1988	Steaua Stadium, Bucharest (A)	Steaua Bucharest	0–2	ECQF
16 March 1988	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (H)	Steaua Bucharest	2–1	ECQF	Richard Gough, Ally McCoist (pen.)

St Mirren

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	St Mirren scorer(s)
	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
16 September 1987	Love Street, Paisley (H)	Tromsø	1–0	CWC1	Kenny McDowall
29 September 1987	Alfheim Stadium, Tromsø (A)	Tromsø	0–0	CWC1
21 October 1987	Achter de Kazerne, Mechelen (A)	KV Mechelen	0–0	CWC2
4 November 1987	Love Street, Paisley (H)	KV Mechelen	0–2	CWC2

Aberdeen

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Aberdeen Scorer(s)
UEFA Cup
15 September 1987	Dalymount Park, Dublin (A)	Bohemians	0–0	UC1
30 September 1987	Pittodrie, Aberdeen (H)	Bohemians	1–0	UC1	Jim Bett (pen.)
21 October 1987	Pittodrie, Aberdeen (H)	Feyenoord Rotterdam	2–1	UC2	Willie Falconer, Willie Miller
4 November 1987	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam (A)	Feyenoord Rotterdam	0–1	UC2

Celtic

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Celtic scorer(s)
UEFA Cup
15 September 1987	Celtic Park, Glasgow (H)	Borussia Dortmund	2–1	UC1	Andy Walker, Derek Whyte
30 September 1987	Westfalenstadion, Dortmund (A)	Borussia Dortmund	0–2	UC1

Dundee United

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Dundee United scorer(s)
UEFA Cup
16 September 1987	The Showgrounds Coleraine (A)	Coleraine	1–0	UC1	Paul Sturrock
30 September 1987	Tannadice, Dundee (H)	Coleraine	3–1	UC1	Kevin Gallacher, Paul Sturrock, John Clark
21 October 1987	Tannadice, Dundee (H)	FC Vítkovice	1–2	UC2	Iain Ferguson
4 November 1987	unknown, Ostrava (A)	FC Vítkovice	1–1	UC2	own goal

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1980–99 results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[5]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
9 September 1987	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Hungary	2–0	Friendly	Ally McCoist (2)
14 October 1987	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Belgium	2–0	ECQG7	Ally McCoist, Paul McStay
11 November 1987	Vasil Levski, Sofia (A)	Bulgaria	1–0	ECQG7	Gary Mackay
2 December 1987	Stade de la Frontière, Esch (A)	Luxembourg	0–0	ECQG7
17 February 1988	Malaz Stadium, Riyadh (A)	Saudi Arabia	2–2	Friendly	Maurice Johnston, John Collins
22 March 1988	Ta'Qali Stadium, Valletta (A)	Malta	1–1	Friendly	Graeme Sharp
27 April 1988	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid (A)	Spain	0–0	Friendly
17 May 1988	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Colombia	0–0	Rous Cup
21 May 1988	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	0–1	Rous Cup

Key:

(H) = Home match
(A) = Away match
ECQG7 = European Championship qualifying - Group 7

Notes and references

↑ http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1980-1989/198788/
↑ Reynolds, Jim (19 October 1987). "Three off but it could have been more". The Glasgow Herald. p. 11. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
↑ McCallum, Andrew (13 April 1988). "Old Firm fans' hatred had "never been worse"". The Glasgow Herald. p. 1. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
↑ McCallum, Andrew (16 April 1988). "Rangers players to appeal after fines". The Glasgow Herald. p. 1. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
↑ Scotland's score is shown first.

Seasons in Scottish football

1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93

1987–88 in Scottish football

« 1986–87 1988–89 »

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 Euro 1988 qualifying (Group 7) Rous Cup

Club seasons

Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Morton Motherwell Rangers St. Mirren

First Division	Airdrieonians Clyde Clydebank Dumbarton East Fife Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Meadowbank Thistle Partick Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers

Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Brechin City Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath East Stirlingshire Montrose Queen's Park St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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