1997–98 Scottish Football League

Statistics of the Scottish Football League in season 1997–98.

Scottish Premier Division

Main article: 1997–98 Scottish Premier Division

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic (C)	36	22	8	6	64	24	+40	74	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Rangers	36	21	9	6	76	38	+38	72	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Heart of Midlothian	36	19	10	7	70	46	+24	67	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
4	Kilmarnock	36	13	11	12	40	52	−12	50	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
5	St Johnstone	36	13	9	14	38	42	−4	48
6	Aberdeen	36	9	12	15	39	53	−14	39
7	Dundee United	36	8	13	15	43	51	−8	37
8	Dunfermline Athletic	36	8	13	15	43	68	−25	37
9	Motherwell	36	9	7	20	46	64	−18	34
10	Hibernian (R)	36	6	12	18	38	59	−21	30	Relegation to the First Division

Source: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

Player	Goals	Team
Marco Negri	32	Rangers
Kjell Olofsson	18	Dundee United
Henrik Larsson	16	Celtic
Andy Smith		Dunfermline Athletic
Tommy Coyne	14	Motherwell
Jim Hamilton		Heart of Midlothian
Owen Coyle	11	Motherwell
Jörg Albertz	10	Rangers
Craig Burley		Celtic
Billy Dodds		Aberdeen
Simon Donnelly		Celtic
Neil McCann		Heart of Midlothian
George O'Boyle		St Johnstone
Paul Wright		Kilmarnock

Source: Soccerbot

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1997–98 Scottish First Division

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dundee (C, P)	36	20	10	6	52	24	+28	70	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Falkirk	36	19	8	9	56	41	+15	65
3	Raith Rovers	36	17	9	10	51	33	+18	60
4	Airdrieonians	36	16	12	8	42	35	+7	60
5	Greenock Morton	36	12	10	14	40	47	−7	46
6	St Mirren	36	11	8	17	41	53	−12	41
7	Ayr United	36	10	10	16	40	56	−16	40
8	Hamilton Academical	36	9	11	16	43	56	−13	38
9	Partick Thistle (R)	36	8	12	16	45	55	−10	36	Relegation to the Second Division
10	Stirling Albion (R)	36	8	10	18	40	56	−16	34

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

P	Name	Goals
1	James Grady (Dundee)	15
2	Alex Bone (Stirling Albion)	13
3	Eddie Annand (Dundee)	12
=	Brian McPhee (Airdrieonians)	12
=	David Moss (Falkirk)	12
6	Stephen Cooper (Airdrieonians)	11
7	Laurent D'Jaffo (Ayr United)	10
=	Paul Hartley (Raith Rovers)	10
=	Warren Hawke (Morton)	10
=	Marino Keith (Falkirk)	10

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1997–98 Scottish Second Division

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Stranraer (C, P)	36	18	7	11	62	44	+18	61	Promotion to the First Division
2	Clydebank (P)	36	16	12	8	48	31	+17	60
3	Livingston	36	16	11	9	56	40	+16	59
4	Queen of the South	36	15	9	12	57	51	+6	54
5	Inverness CT	36	13	10	13	65	51	+14	49
6	East Fife	36	14	6	16	51	59	−8	48
7	Forfar Athletic	36	12	10	14	51	61	−10	46
8	Clyde	36	10	12	14	40	53	−13	42
9	Stenhousemuir (R)	36	10	10	16	44	53	−9	40	Relegation to the Third Division
10	Brechin City (R)	36	7	11	18	42	73	−31	32

Source: "1997-1998 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL (in Malay). Retrieved 2021-04-29.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

P	Name	Goals
1	Iain Stewart (Inverness CT)	16
2	Graham Harvey (Livingston)	15
=	Ian Little (Stenhousemuir)	15
4	Martin McLauchan (Forfar Athletic)	14
5	Colin McDonald (Clydebank)	13
=	B Thomson (Inverness CT)	13
7	Ben Honeyman (Forfar Athletic)	12
8	Tommy Bryce (Queen of the South)	11
=	Matthew Dyer (East Fife)	11
=	Gordon Young (Stranraer)	11

Scottish League Division Three

Main article: 1997–98 Scottish Third Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Alloa Athletic (C, P)	36	24	4	8	78	39	+39	76	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Arbroath (P)	36	20	8	8	67	39	+28	68
3	Ross County	36	19	10	7	71	36	+35	67
4	East Stirlingshire	36	17	6	13	50	48	+2	57
5	Albion Rovers	36	13	5	18	60	73	−13	44
6	Berwick Rangers	36	10	12	14	47	55	−8	42
7	Queen's Park	36	10	11	15	42	55	−13	41
8	Cowdenbeath	36	12	2	22	33	57	−24	38
9	Montrose	36	10	8	18	53	80	−27	38
10	Dumbarton	36	7	10	19	42	61	−19	31

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

See also

• 1997–98 in Scottish football

References