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1989–90 in Scottish football

Premier Division champions
Rangers
Division One champions
St. Johnstone
Division Two champions
Brechin City
Scottish Cup winners
Aberdeen
League Cup winners
Aberdeen
Junior Cup winners
Hill of Beath Hawthorn
Teams in Europe
Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Hibernian, Rangers
Scotland national team
1990 World Cup qualification, 1990 World Cup

The 1989–90 season was the 93rd season of competitive football in Scotland. ^[1]

Contents

1 Notable events
2 Scottish Premier Division
3 Scottish League Division One
4 Scottish League Division Two
5 Other honours
- 5.1 Cup honours
- 5.2 Individual honours
  - 5.2.1 SPFA awards
  - 5.2.2 SFWA awards
6 Scotland national team
7 See also
8 Notes and references

Notable events

Rangers won their third league title in four seasons under the management of Graeme Souness.

Aberdeen won their first major honours since the departure of Alex Ferguson, winning the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.

Celtic finished the season trophyless, mounting the pressure on manager Billy McNeill.

Mo Johnston became the first Catholic player to sign for Rangers, after coming close to rejoining his old club Celtic from Nantes of France. Also arriving at Rangers was the Everton and England winger Trevor Steven, filling the gap on the right wing left by club hero David Cooper, who signed for Motherwell.

Rangers had four players - more than any other club - in England's World Cup squad - goalkeeper Chris Woods, defenders Gary Stevens and Terry Butcher, and winger Trevor Steven.

Scottish Premier Division

Main article: 1989–90 Scottish Premier Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	36	20	11	5	48	19	29	51
2	Aberdeen	36	17	10	9	56	33	23	44
3	Heart of Midlothian	36	16	12	8	54	35	19	44
4	Dundee United	36	11	13	12	36	39	−3	35
5	Celtic	36	10	14	12	37	37	0	34
6	Motherwell	36	11	12	13	43	47	−4	34
7	Hibernian	36	12	10	14	34	41	−7	34
8	Dunfermline Athletic	36	11	8	17	37	50	−13	30
9	St. Mirren	36	10	10	16	28	48	−20	30
10	Dundee	36	5	14	17	41	65	−24	24

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Dundee

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1989–90 Scottish First Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	St. Johnstone	39	25	8	6	81	39	42	58
2	Airdrieonians	39	23	8	8	77	45	32	54
3	Clydebank	39	17	10	12	74	64	10	44
4	Falkirk	39	14	15	10	59	46	13	43
5	Raith Rovers	39	15	12	12	57	50	7	42
6	Hamilton Academical	39	14	13	12	52	53	−1	41
7	Meadowbank Thistle	39	13	13	13	41	46	−5	39
8	Partick Thistle	39	12	14	13	62	53	9	38
9	Clyde	39	10	15	14	39	46	−7	35
10	Ayr United	39	11	13	15	41	62	−21	35
11	Morton	39	9	16	14	38	46	−8	34
12	Forfar Athletic*	39	8	15	16	51	65	−14	29
13	Albion Rovers	39	8	11	20	50	78	−28	27
14	Alloa Athletic	39	6	13	20	41	70	−29	25

Promoted: St. Johnstone
Relegated: Albion Rovers, Alloa Athletic
* 2 points deducted

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1989–90 Scottish Second Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brechin City	39	19	11	9	59	44	15	49
2	Kilmarnock	39	21	5	13	67	41	26	47
3	Stirling Albion	39	20	7	12	73	50	23	47
4	Stenhousemuir	39	18	9	12	62	53	9	45
5	Berwick Rangers	39	18	5	16	66	57	9	41
6	Dumbarton	39	15	10	14	70	73	−3	40
7	Cowdenbeath	39	13	13	13	58	54	4	39
8	Stranraer	39	15	8	16	57	59	−2	38
9	East Fife	39	12	12	15	60	63	−3	36
10	Queen of the South	39	11	14	14	58	69	−11	36
11	Queen's Park	39	13	10	16	40	51	−11	36
12	Arbroath	39	12	10	17	47	61	−14	34
13	Montrose	39	10	12	17	53	63	−10	32
14	East Stirlingshire	39	8	10	21	34	66	−32	26

Promoted: Brechin City, Kilmarnock

Other honours

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Report
Scottish Cup 1989–90	Aberdeen	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (9 – 8 pen.)	Celtic	Wikipedia article
League Cup 1989–90	Aberdeen	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Rangers	Wikipedia article
Youth Cup	Hibernian	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4 – 2 (Pen.)	Dundee United
Junior Cup	Hill of Beath Hawthorn	1 – 0	Lesmahagow

Individual honours

SPFA awards

Award	Winner	Club
Players' Player of the Year	Jim Bett	Aberdeen
Young Player of the Year	Scott Crabbe	Heart of Midlothian

SFWA awards

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	Alex McLeish	Aberdeen
Manager of the year	Andy Roxburgh	Scotland

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[2]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
6 September 1989	Dinamo Stadion, Zagreb (A)	Yugoslavia	1–3	WCQG5	Gordon Durie
11 October 1989	Parc des Princes, Paris (A)	France	0–3	WCQG5
15 November 1989	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Norway	1–1	WCQG5	Ally McCoist
28 March 1990	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Argentina	1–0	Friendly	Stewart McKimmie
25 April 1990	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	East Germany	0–1	Friendly
16 May 1990	Pittodrie, Aberdeen (H)	Egypt	1–3	Friendly	Ally McCoist
19 May 1990	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Poland	1–1	Friendly	Maurice Johnston
28 May 1990	Ta'Qali Stadium, Valletta (A)	Malta	2–1	Friendly	Alan McInally (2)
11 June 1990	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa (N)	Costa Rica	0–1	WCGC
16 June 1990	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa (N)	Sweden	2–1	WCGC	Stuart McCall, Maurice Johnston
20 June 1990	Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin (N)	Brazil	0–1	WCGC

Key:

(H) = Home match
(A) = Away match
WCQG5 = World Cup qualifying - Group 5
WCGC = World Cup - Group C

Notes and references

^ http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1980-1989/108990/
^ Scotland's score is shown first.

Seasons in Scottish football

1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95

v t e Football in Scotland

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International	Scotland B team Under-21 Under-20 Under-19 Under-17 Under-16 Scottish League XI Women

League competitions	Scottish Premier League Scottish Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League East of Scotland League South of Scotland League Scottish Junior Football Association West East North Scottish Premier under-19 League

Cup competitions	Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Scottish Challenge Cup Scottish Junior Cup Scottish Youth Cup Scottish Amateur Cup

v t e 1989–90 in European football (UEFA)

Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '89 '90 England Estonia '89 '90 Faroe Islands '89 '90 Finland '89 '90 France Georgia East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '89 '90 Israel Italy Latvia '89 '90 Lithuania '89 '90 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '89 '90 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '89 '90 Spain Sweden '89 '90 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '89 '90 Finland '89 '90 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '89 '90 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '89 '90 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Greece Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '89 '90

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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