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in Scotland.

Major transfer deals

2004

*6 July 2004 –

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to Rangers, £450,000 *1 July 2004 – Dado Prso from

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to Rangers, Bosman *12 July 2004 –

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from

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, £500,000 *29 July 2004 – David Murphy from

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to Hibernian, Free *30 July 2004 – Henri Camara from

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, Season loan *25 August 2004 –

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2005

*1 January 2005 –

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from Rangers to

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, £8m *5 January 2005 –

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to Rangers, £2.5m *31 January 2005 –

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, Loan *31 January 2005 –

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to Rangers, £4.5m *28 January 2005 –

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League Competitions

Scottish Premier League

The 2004–05

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season saw Rangers win the title after a last day win over Hibernian as

were beaten by two late

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goals from

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, a win would have been enough for Celtic to retain their title regardless of Rangers' result.

, also on the last day of the season, were relegated to the

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after a draw with

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. Rangers and Celtic both qualified for the

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while Hibernian, in manager

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's first season in charge, went into the

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, in their first season in the top flight, finished in 8th place.

Scottish First Division

Scottish Second Division

Scottish Third Division

Other honours

Cup honours

Individual honours

SPFA awards

SFWA awards

Scottish clubs in Europe

Summary

Average coefficient �
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Celtic

Rangers

Hearts

Dunfermline Athletic

Hibernian

Scotland national team

Key: * (H) = Home match * (A) = Away match * WCQ5 = World Cup Qualifying – Group 5

Deaths

*14 July: Alex Willoughby, 59, Rangers and Aberdeen forward. *7 August:

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, 80, Hibs, Hearts, Dundee and Scotland winger. *30 August:

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, 69, Hearts and Dunfermline goalkeeper. *30 November: Bill Brown, 73, Dundee and Scotland goalkeeper. *26 January: Jackie Henderson, 73, Scotland forward.

Notes and references

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