1981–82 Scottish First Division

Scottish First Division
Season	1981–82
Champions	Motherwell
Promoted	Motherwell Kilmarnock
Relegated	East Stirlingshire Queen of the South F.C.
Top goalscorer	Blair Millar (20)^[1]
← 1980–81 1982–83 →

The 1981–82 Scottish First Division season was won by Motherwell by ten points over nearest rival Kilmarnock.

League table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Motherwell (C, P)	39	26	9	4	92	36	+56	61	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Kilmarnock (P)	39	17	17	5	60	29	+31	51	Promotion to the Premier Division
3	Heart of Midlothian	39	21	8	10	65	37	+28	50
4	Clydebank	39	19	8	12	61	53	+8	46
5	St Johnstone	39	17	8	14	69	60	+9	42
6	Ayr United	39	15	12	12	56	50	+6	42
7	Hamilton Academical	39	16	8	15	52	49	+3	40
8	Queen's Park	39	13	10	16	41	41	0	36
9	Falkirk	39	11	14	14	49	52	−3	36
10	Dunfermline Athletic	39	11	14	14	46	56	−10	36
11	Dumbarton	39	13	9	17	49	61	−12	35
12	Raith Rovers	39	11	7	21	31	59	−28	29
13	East Stirlingshire (R)	39	7	10	22	38	77	−39	24	Relegation to the Second Division
14	Queen of the South (R)	39	4	10	25	44	93	−49	18	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: RSSSF^{[dead link‍]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion

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Motherwell and Kilmarnock finished 1st and second respectively and were promoted to the 1982–83 Scottish Premier Division.

Relegation

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East Stirlingshire and Queen of the South F.C. finished 13th and 14th respectively and were relegated to the 1982–83 Scottish Second Division.

References

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^ "Scottish Football League - Top goalscorers per division". Scottish-football-historical-archive.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

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