1964–65 Scottish Division One

Scottish Division One
Season	1964–65
Champions	Kilmarnock
Relegated	Airdrieonians Third Lanark
← 1963–64 1965–66 →

The 1964–65 Scottish Division One was won by Kilmarnock on goal average, ahead of Hearts. Airdrieonians and Third Lanark finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1965-66 Second Division.

In one of the closest finishes ever seen in a league competition in Britain, Hearts played Kilmarnock at Tynecastle on the last day of the season, holding a two point lead over the Ayrshire club and a slightly better goal average. Kilmarnock had to beat Hearts by 2–0, or by a greater winning margin, to win the title. Any result better than a 2–0 defeat for Hearts, including any other 2 goal losing margin (e.g. 1–3, 2–4) would have made Hearts champions. Realistically, Kilmarnock needed to win 2–0, which was the result they achieved. This was also the first and only time that neither of the Old Firm clubs finished in the top four of the top flight.

League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kilmarnock	34	22	6	6	62	33	29	50
2	Hearts	34	22	6	6	90	49	41	50
3	Dunfermline Athletic	34	22	5	7	83	36	47	49
4	Hibernian	34	21	4	9	75	47	28	46
5	Rangers	34	18	8	8	78	35	43	44
6	Dundee	34	15	10	9	86	63	23	40
7	Clyde	34	17	6	11	64	58	6	40
8	Celtic	34	16	5	13	76	57	19	37
9	Dundee United	34	15	6	13	59	51	8	36
10	Morton	34	13	7	14	54	54	0	33
11	Partick Thistle	34	11	10	13	57	58	-1	32
12	Aberdeen	34	12	8	14	59	75	-16	32
13	St Johnstone	34	9	11	14	57	62	-5	29
14	Motherwell	34	11	8	16	45	54	-9	28
15	St Mirren	34	9	6	19	38	70	-32	24
16	Falkirk	34	7	7	20	43	85	-42	21
17	Airdrieonians	34	5	4	25	48	110	-62	14
18	Third Lanark	34	3	1	30	22	99	-77	7

	Division Champions
	Relegated to the 1965-66 Second Division

Pld=games played, W= won, D= drawn, L= lost, GF= goals for GA= goals against, P = Points

References

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
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