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:
Lurgan Celtic F.C. Lurgan Celtic F.C. Lurgan Celtic Football Club is a Northern Irish intermediate football club based in Lurgan, County Armagh, and plays in the NIFL Premier Intermediate League. Its home ground is Knockramer Park. The club was formed in 1970 and plays in a strip based of Scotland's Glasgow Celtic. A club by the name of Lurgan Celtic was originally formed in 1903, with the obvious slant of aiming towards the Roman Catholic community of the town, adopting the name and colours of the famous Glasgow Celtic, a hugely popular club among the Irish Catholics population of Glasgow and the west