1991–92 Scottish Premier Division

Scottish Premier Division

Season	1991–92
Champions	Rangers 7th Premier Division title 42nd Scottish title
Relegated	St Mirren Dunfermline Athletic
Champions League	Rangers
Cup Winners' Cup	Airdrieonians
UEFA Cup	Heart of Midlothian Celtic Hibernian
Matches played	264
Goals scored	677 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ally McCoist (34)
← 1990–91 1992–93 →

The 1991–92 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Rangers, nine points ahead of Hearts. St Mirren and Dunfermline Athletic were relegated to the 1992–93 First Division.

UEFA gave a third place for the UEFA Cup to Scotland after the disbandment of former East Germany.

Clubs

Stadia and locations

Aberdeen

Airdrieonians

Celtic

Dundee Utd

Dunfermline Athletic

Falkirk

Hearts

Hibernian

Motherwell

Rangers

St. Johnstone

St Mirren

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Location of clubs in the 1991–92 Scottish Premier Division

Team	Location	Stadium
Aberdeen	Aberdeen	Pittodrie Stadium
Airdrieonians	Airdrie	Broomfield Park
Celtic	Parkhead, Glasgow	Celtic Park
Dundee United	Dundee	Tannadice Park
Dunfermline Athletic	Dunfermline	East End Park
Falkirk	Falkirk	Brockville Park
Heart of Midlothian	Gorgie, Edinburgh	Tynecastle Park
Hibernian	Leith, Edinburgh	Easter Road
Motherwell	Motherwell	Fir Park
Rangers	Ibrox, Glasgow	Ibrox Park
St Johnstone	Perth	McDiarmid Park
St Mirren	Paisley	Love Street

Managers

Team	Manager
Aberdeen	Willie Miller
Airdrieonians	Alex MacDonald
Celtic	Liam Brady
Dundee United	Jim McLean
Dunfermline Athletic	Jocky Scott
Falkirk	Jim Jefferies
Heart of Midlothian	Joe Jordan
Hibernian	Alex Miller
Motherwell	Tommy McLean
Rangers	Walter Smith
St Johnstone	Alex Totten
St Mirren	David Hay

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Manner of departure	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Airdrieonians	Jimmy Bone	Pre-season	Resigned	Alex MacDonald	May 1991
Celtic	Billy McNeill		Sacked	Liam Brady	19 June 1991
St Mirren	Tony Fitzpatrick		Sacked	David Hay	May 1991
Dunfermline Athletic	Iain Munro	17 September 1991	Sacked	Jocky Scott	20 September 1991
Aberdeen	Jocky Scott	20 September 1991	Signed by Dunfermline Athletic	Alex Smith (individually)	N/A
Aberdeen	Alex Smith	10 February 1992	Sacked	Willie Miller	10 February 1992

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C)	44	33	6	5	101	31	+70	72	Qualification for the Champions League first round
2	Hearts	44	27	9	8	60	37	+23	63	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Celtic	44	26	10	8	88	42	+46	62
4	Dundee United	44	19	13	12	66	50	+16	51
5	Hibernian	44	16	17	11	53	45	+8	49	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6	Aberdeen	44	17	14	13	55	42	+13	48
7	Airdrieonians	44	13	10	21	50	70	−20	36	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
8	St Johnstone	44	13	10	21	52	73	−21	36
9	Falkirk	44	12	11	21	54	73	−19	35
10	Motherwell	44	10	14	20	43	61	−18	34
11	St Mirren (R)	44	6	12	26	33	73	−40	24	Relegation to the 1992–93 Scottish First Division
12	Dunfermline Athletic (R)	44	4	10	30	22	80	−58	18

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

• Hibernian qualified to Uefa Cup as winner of League Cup.

Results

Matches 1–22

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

Home \ Away	ABE	AIR	CEL	DNU	DNF	FAL	HOM	HIB	MOT	RAN	STJ	STM
Aberdeen		3–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–2	4–1
Airdrieonians	1–2		0–3	1–3	3–1	0–0	2–3	0–1	0–1	0–4	1–2	4–1
Celtic	2–1	3–1		4–1	1–0	4–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	0–2	4–0	0–0
Dundee United	0–0	0–0	3–4		3–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	3–2	1–2	4–1
Dunfermline Athletic	0–0	1–2	1–3	1–2		0–4	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–5	0–0	1–4
Falkirk	0–1	3–2	4–3	0–4	0–1		1–2	3–2	1–1	0–2	2–3	3–0
Heart of Midlothian	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0		0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0
Hibernian	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–2	1–1		0–0	0–3	2–1	4–1
Motherwell	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	3–0	4–2	0–1	1–1		0–2	1–1	1–0
Rangers	0–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–0	4–2	2–0		6–0	0–1
St Johnstone	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	2–3	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–3		1–0
St Mirren	0–1	1–2	0–5	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–3	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–1

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–44

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

Home \ Away	ABE	AIR	CEL	DNU	DNF	FAL	HOM	HIB	MOT	RAN	STJ	STM
Aberdeen		1–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–2	4–1	0–0
Airdrieonians	2–0		0–0	1–0	3–2	2–2	2–1	0–3	2–0	0–0	0–3	1–1
Celtic	1–0	2–0		3–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–2	4–1	1–3	3–2	4–0
Dundee United	4–0	2–1	1–1		0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–3
Dunfermline Athletic	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1		1–0	0–2	0–0	3–1	1–3	0–3	0–0
Falkirk	2–2	0–3	0–3	1–3	2–0		1–2	2–3	0–1	1–3	2–0	1–0
Heart of Midlothian	0–4	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–0		1–1	3–1	0–1	2–0	0–0
Hibernian	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–2	5–0	0–1	1–2		0–0	1–3	0–1	0–0
Motherwell	3–3	0–3	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–1		1–2	3–1	3–0
Rangers	0–0	5–0	0–2	2–0	2–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	2–0		3–1	4–0
St Johnstone	0–0	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–5	1–1	0–0	1–2		1–2
St Mirren	0–2	4–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–5

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

• Nine in a row