1982–83 Scottish First Division

Scottish First Division
Season	1982–83
Champions	St Johnstone
Promoted	St Johnstone; Hearts
Relegated	Dunfermline Athletic; Queen's Park
Top goalscorer	Bobby Williamson (23)
	← 1981–82 1983–84 →

The 1982–83 Scottish First Division season was won by St Johnstone by one point over nearest rival Hearts. Both clubs were promoted to the Premier Division.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	St Johnstone (C, P)	39	25	5	9	59	37	+22	55	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Heart of Midlothian (P)	39	22	10	7	79	38	+41	54	Promotion to the Premier Division
3	Clydebank	39	20	10	9	72	49	+23	50
4	Partick Thistle	39	20	9	10	66	45	+21	49
5	Airdrieonians	39	16	7	16	62	46	+16	39
6	Alloa Athletic	39	14	11	14	52	52	0	39
7	Dumbarton	39	13	10	16	50	59	−9	36
8	Falkirk	39	15	6	18	45	55	−10	36
9	Raith Rovers	39	13	8	18	64	63	+1	34
10	Clyde	39	14	6	19	55	66	−11	34
11	Hamilton Academical	39	11	12	16	54	66	−12	34
12	Ayr United	39	12	8	19	45	61	−16	32
13	Dunfermline Athletic (R)	39	7	17	15	39	69	−30	31	Relegation to the Second Division
14	Queen's Park (R)	39	6	11	22	44	80	−36	23	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: RSSSF^{[dead link]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion

St Johnstone and Hearts finished 1st and second respectively and were promoted to the 1983–84 Scottish Premier Division.

Relegation

Dunfermline Athletic and Queen's Park finished 13th and 14th respectively and were relegated to the 1983–84 Scottish Second Division.

References

Scottish Football Archive

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1982–83 Scottish First Division

Contents

League table

Promotion

Relegation

References