The 1964–65 season was the 92nd season of competitive
football
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in Scotland and the 68th season of
Scottish league
The Scottish Football League (SFL) was a league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick Rangers, is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is located approximately 4 km sout ...
football
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.
[http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1960-1969/196465/]
Scottish League Division One
In one of the closest finishes ever seen in a league competition in Britain, Hearts faced Kilmarnock on the last day of the season with
a two-point lead over the Ayrshire club and a slightly better goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded). Kilmarnock had to beat Hearts by at least 2–0 to win the title. Any worse result for Kilmarnock, including any other two goal winning margin, e.g. 3–1 or 4–2, would have made Hearts champions. Kilmarnock won 2–0, and were champions.
The 1964–65 season is notable for both Celtic and Rangers finishing in mid-table. It was, and remains as of 2021, only the fifth time that neither of them had finished in the top two, and the only time that both of the
Old Firm
The Old Firm is the collective name for the Scottish football clubs Celtic and Rangers, which are both based in Glasgow. The two clubs are by far the most successful and popular in Scotland, and the rivalry between them has become deeply em ...
clubs had failed to finish in the top three of the First Division in the same season.
The season was also interesting in that it was the one and only season that East Stirling Clydebank (E.S. Clydebank) competed in the Scottish League, reverting to East Stirlingshire for season 1965/66 with Clydebank entering the league the following year.
Champions: Kilmarnock
Relegated: Airdrieonains, Third Lanark
Scottish League Division Two
Promoted: Stirling Albion, Hamilton Academical
Cup honours
Other honours
National
County
- aggregate over two legs
Highland League
Individual honours
Scotland national team
*Scotland came third in the
1965 British Home Championship
Key:
*(H) = Home match
*(A) = Away match
*WCQG8 = World Cup qualifying - Group 8
*BHC = British Home Championship
Notes and references
External links
Scottish Football Historical Archive
{{DEFAULTSORT:1964-65 In Scottish Football
Seasons in Scottish football