1970–71 in Scottish football 1970–71 in Scottish football The 1970–71 season was the 98th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 74th season of Scottish league football. Aberdeen, with a 15-game unbeaten run, led the league from December until the last week of the season. Aberdeen faced Celtic in their penultimate game, needing a win to almost certainly clinch the title, but could only draw 1–1 and then they lost their last game, at Falkirk, allowing Celtic to take the championship by 2 points. Champions: Celtic Relegated: St Mirren, Cowdenbeath Promoted: Partick Thistle, East Fife - aggregate over two legs Top Three Key:
Scottish Football League XI played in one of the three main stadiums in Glasgow: Hampden Park, Ibrox Park or Celtic Park. Until the fixture declined in importance in the late 1960s, matches against the Football League would regularly attract crowds in excess of 40,000, peaking at 90,000 in 1949. The less attractive matches, against the Irish League XI or the League of Ireland XI, were spread around Scotland more evenly. Grounds in Dundee (Carolina Port and Dens Park), Edinburgh (Easter Road and Tynecastle), Paisley (Love Street) and Motherwell (Fir Park) were used in addition to Glasgow. Smaller stadiums were also used in Glasgow itself,