Scottish Premier Division 1988/89
Final League Table:
PLD W D L F-A PTS
1. Rangers 36 26 4 6 62:26 56
2. Aberdeen 36 18 14 4 51:25 50
3. Celtic 36 21 4 11 66:44 46
4. Dundee United 36 16 12 8 44:26 44
5. Hibernian 36 13 9 14 37:36 35
6. Heart of Midlothian 36 9 13 14 35:42 31
7. St Mirren 36 11 7 18 39:55 29
8. Dundee 36 9 10 17 34:48 28
9. Motherwell 36 7 13 16 35:44 27
10. Hamilton Academical 36 6 2 28 19:76 14
Relegated: Hamilton Academical.
Saturday, 13th August 1988
Celtic - Hearts 1-0 McAvennie 52
Dundee - Aberdeen 1-1 Chisholm 57 / Dodds 64
Hamilton Accies - Rangers 0-2 Stevens 44, McCoist 65
Hibernian - Motherwell 1-0 McIntyre 85
St Mirren - Dundee Utd 0-1 Clark 47
Saturday, 20th August 1988
Aberdeen - St Mirren 1-1 Connor 48 / Godfrey 77
Dundee Utd - Celtic 1-0 Gallacher 18
Hearts - Hamilton Accies 3-2 Ferguson 11, Clark 51, Colquhoun 60 / Fairlie 33,
McNaught 81
Motherwell - Dundee 1-1 McBride 83 / Wright 5
Rangers - Hibernian 0-0
Saturday, 27th August 1988
Dundee Utd - Aberdeen 2-2 Meade 26, Clark 81 / Bett 50 pen, Hewitt 82
Hamilton Accies - Motherwell 1-0 Fairlie 79
Hibernian - Hearts 0-0
Rangers - Celtic 5-1 McCoist 10, 46, Wilkins 36, Drinkell 59, Walters 63 /
McAvennie 5
St Mirren - Dundee 0-0
Saturday, 3rd September 1988
Aberdeen - Hibernian 0-0
Celtic - Hamilton Accies 2-1 Miller 8, McAvennie 76 / Harris 81 pen
Dundee - Dundee Utd 0-3 Paatelainen 21, 71, Gallacher 37
Hearts - St Mirren 1-2 Foster 56 pen / Chalmers 12, B.Hamilton 42
Motherwell - Rangers 0-2 Drinkell 26, Durrant 34
Saturday, 17th September 1988
Celtic - Aberdeen 1-3 Miller 44 pen / Grant 27, Bett 33 pen, Dodds 59
Dundee Utd - Hibernian 1-1 Paatelainen 69 pen / Rae 40
Hamilton Accies - Dundee 1-0 Harris 51
Hearts - Rangers 1-2 Butcher 75 og / Durrant 47 pen, Nisbet 65
St Mirren - Motherwell 1-0 Martin 77
Saturday, 24th September 1988
Aberdeen - Hearts 1-0 Nicholas 11
Dundee - Celtic 1-0 Coyne 28
Hibernian - Hamilton Accies 1-0 Evans 62
Motherwell - Dundee Utd 1-2 kirk 5 / Redford 16, 63
Rangers - St Mirren 2-1 Cooper 61 pen, Walters 68 / Davies 12
Tuesday, 27th September 1988
Dundee Utd - Rangers 0-1 I.Ferguson 83
Hamilton Accies - Aberdeen 0-1 Connor 81
Wednesday, 28th September 1988
Celtic - Motherwell 3-1 Walker 15, McAvennie 47, 77 / Kirk 17
Hearts - Dundee 1-1 Ferguson 82 / Shannon 73
St Mirren - Hibernian 0-1 Evans 22
Saturday, 1st October 1988
Dundee Utd - Hearts 0-0
Hibernian - Celtic 3-1 Archibald 14, 20, Evans 41 / Walker 55
Motherwell - Aberdeen 1-1 Farningham 17 / Miller 15
Rangers - Dundee 2-0 Drinkell 11, Walters 85
St Mirren - Hamilton Accies 2-0 Davies 28, Chalmers 77
Saturday, 8th October 1988
Aberdeen - Rangers 2-1 Bett 55 pen, Nicholas 85 / N.Cooper 39
Celtic - St Mirren 7-1 McStay 4, McGhee 14, 34, 65, Stark 30, 68, Miller 62 /
Chalmers 26
Dundee - Hibernian 2-1 Chisholm 2, Coyne 26 / Archibald 15
Hamilton Accies - Dundee Utd 0-4 Paatelainen 2, 63, Meade 38, McPhee 77
Hearts - Motherwell 2-2 Moore 42, 52 / Farningham 59, Paterson 70
Tuesday, 11th October 1988
Hamilton Accies - Hearts 0-4 Ferguson 29, 86, Black 44, Colquhoun 66
Wednesday, 12th October 1988
Celtic - Dundee Utd 1-0 Miller 7
Dundee - Motherwell 1-1 Wright 89 / Boyd 78
Hibernian - Rangers 0-1 McCoist 20
St Mirren - Aberdeen 1-1 Martin 89 / Dodds 4
Saturday, 22nd October 1988
Dundee Utd - St Mirren 0-1 McWalter 15
Hearts - Celtic 0-2 McGhee 48, McAvennie 88
Motherwell - Hibernian 1-1 Cowan 78 / McIntyre 70
Saturday, 29th October 1988
Celtic - Dundee 2-3 Stark 5, Morris 15 / Frail 21, Harvey 36, Rafferty 44
Dundee Utd - Motherwell 1-1 Paatelainen 47 / Farningham 63
Hamilton Accies - Hibernian 0-3 Archibald 29, McCluskey 85 pen, Collins 87
Hearts - Aberdeen 1-1 Jardine 78 / Whittaker 45 og
St Mirren - Rangers 1-1 McWalter 61 / Gray 87
Tuesday, 1st November 1988
Motherwell - St Mirren 1-2 Kirk 76 / Davies 10, McGarvey 75
Rangers - Hearts 3-0 Gough 56, Walters 64 pen, Gray 79
Wednesday, 2nd November 1988
Aberdeen - Celtic 2-2 Dodds 15, Nicholas 16 / Stark 39, 64
Dundee - Hamilton Accies 5-2 Harvey 23, Wright 28, Coyne 62, 67, 82 / Harris 78,
Fairlie 89
Hibernian - Dundee Utd 1-1 McCluskey 19 / Meade 70
Saturday, 5th November 1988
Dundee Utd - Dundee 2-0 Meade 11, Paatelainen 32
Hamilton Accies - Celtic 0-8 McAvennie 32, 42, 49 pen, Stark 47, McGhee 61, 64, 89,
Miller 73
Hibernian - Aberdeen 1-2 Archibald 1 / Nicholas 52, 80
Rangers - Motherwell 2-1 Brown 18, Drinkell 90 / Russell 43
St Mirren - Hearts 1-1 McWalter 63 / Godfrey 90 og
Saturday, 12th November 1988
Aberdeen - Dundee Utd 1-1 Mason 42 / Preston 70
Celtic - Rangers 3-1 Butcher 28 og, McGhee 36, Stark 43 / Walters 18 pen
Dundee - St Mirren 0-1 Chalmers 38
Hearts - Hibernian 1-2 McPherson 90 / Kane 14, Archibald 82
Motherwell - Hamilton Accies 1-1 McAdam 21 / Gallagher 67
Wednesday, 16th Novemebr 1988
Aberdeen - Dundee 1-0 Wright 82
Rangers - Hamilton Accies 3-1 Gray 43, I.Ferguson 52, Drinkell 83 / Jamieson 34
Saturday, 19th November 1988
Aberdeen - Motherwell 2-1 Hewitt 40, Nicholas 44 / Russell 84
Celtic - Hibernian 1-0 McAvennie 61
Dundee - Rangers 0-0
Hamilton Accies - St Mirren 2-4 Harris 18, Gallagher 75 / Weir 37, Chalmers 43, 85,
Davies 64
Hearts - Dundee Utd 0-0
Saturday, 26th November 1988
Dundee Utd - Hamilton Accies 1-0 Bowman 59
Hibernian - Dundee 1-1 Archibald 30 / Coyne 26
Motherwell - Hearts 2-0 Kirk 9, Cowan 84
Rangers - Aberdeen 1-0 Gough 43
St Mirren - Celtic 2-3 Weir 50 pen, McWalter 87 / Burns 44, 56, McAvennie 83
Saturday, 3rd December 1988
Aberdeen - Hamilton Accies 1-1 Nicholas 78 / Gallagher 49
Dundee - Hearts 1-1 Harvey 84 / Colquhoun 51
Hibernian - St Mirren 2-0 Archibald 2, Hunter 67
Motherwell - Celtic 1-3 Kirk 38 / McGhee 18, McStay 33, McAvennie 48
Rangers - Dundee Utd 0-1 Beaumont 77
Saturday, 10th December 1988
Celtic - Aberdeen 0-0
Dundee Utd - Hibernian 4-1 French 11, Mitchell 17 og, McKinlay 63, Gallacher 73
Hamilton Accies - Dundee 1-0 Gordon 63
Hearts - Rangers 2-0 Galloway 26, Ferguson 82
St Mirren - Motherwell 2-1 Cameron 78, Chalmers 86 / Russell 31
Saturday, 17th December 1988
Aberdeen - St Mirren 3-1 C.robertson 19, Irvine 47, Hewitt 75 / McWalter 88
Dundee Utd - Celtic 2-0 Paatelainen 64 pen, Baillie 88 og
Hearts - Hamilton Accies 2-0 McLaren 16, McPherson 89
Motherwell - Dundee 1-0 Kirk 39
Rangers - Hibernian 1-0 McCall 66
Saturday, 31st December 1988
Celtic - Hearts 4-2 Stark 21, 89, McGhee 40, 62 / Robertson 28 pen, 61
Dundee - Aberdeen 2-0 Coyne 9, 65
Hamilton Accies - Rangers 0-1 D.Ferguson 75
Hibernian - Motherwell 2-0 Kane 4, May 78
St Mirren - Dundee Utd 0-1 Gallacher 34
Tuesday, 3rd January 1989
Dundee Utd - Aberdeen 1-1 French 14 / Nicholas 42
Hamilton Accies - Motherwell 0-2 Kirk 49, Russell 89
Rangers - Celtic 4-1 Butcher 16, Walters 20 pen, 79, I.Ferguson 45 / Morris 1
St Mirren - Dundee 1-1 Weir 42 pen / Wright 19
Wednesday, 4th January 1989
Hibernian - Hearts 1-0 May 13
Saturday, 7th January 1989
Aberdeen - Hibernian 2-0 Nicholas 62, 82
Celtic - Hamilton Accies 2-0 Walker 14, Miller 79
Dundee - Dundee Utd 0-1 French 44
Hearts - St Mirren 2-0 Colquhoun 3, McKinlay 63
Motherwell - Rangers 2-1 Wishart 46, Gough 60 og / Drinkell 21
Saturday, 14th January 1989
Aberdeen - Rangers 1-2 Nicholas 37 / Munro 11, D.ferguson 23
Celtic - St Mirren 2-1 Morris 16, Walker 31 pen / Lambert 77
Dundee - Hibernian 1-2 Mcbride 69 / Evans 25, Archibald 83
Hamilton Accies - Dundee Utd 0-5 Paatelainen 4, Gallacher 12, 17, 62, McInally 78
Hearts - Motherwell 0-0
Saturday, 21st Janaury 1989
Dundee Utd - Hearts 0-0
Hibernian - Celtic 1-3 Kane 12 / McGhee 2, McStay 42, Walker 55
Motherwell - Aberdeen 0-2 Van der Ark 27, Connor 36
Rangers - Dundee 3-1 I.Ferguson 38, Butcher 49, McCoist 86 / Wright 43
St Mirren - Hamilton Accies 1-0 Weir 44 pen
Saturdasy, 11th February 1989
Celtic - Motherwell 1-2 Walker 65 / Gahagen 7, Russell 88
Dundee Utd - Rangers 1-1 Stevens 89 og / Munro 39
Hearts - Dundee 3-1 Colquhoun 30, Bannon 41, Mackay 58 / Lawrence 5
Tuesday, 14th February 1989
Hamilton Accies - Aberdeen 0-2 Connor 40, Wright 60
Tuesday, 21st February 1989
St Mirren - Hibernian 3-1 McGarvey 7, Lambert 62, Cameron 81 / Kane 32
Saturday, 25th February 1989
Aberdeen - Hearts 3-0 Irvine 23, Wright 30, 36
Dundee - Celtic 0-3 Walker 20, McStay 49, McCarrison 80
Rangers - St Mirren 3-1 I.Ferguson 8, McCoist 75, Walters 78 / Chalmers 44
Wednesday, 1st March 1989
Hibernian - Hamilton Accies 2-1 Collins 60, Evans 62 / Gordon 17
Saturday, 11th March 1989
Aberdeen - Dundee 2-0 Nicholas 37, Wright 65
Dundee Utd - St Mirren 1-4 Malpas 23 / Hegarty 1 og, Shaw 50, Chalmers 75,
Walker 80
Hearts - Celtic 0-1 McGhee 55
Motherwell - Hibernian 0-0
Rangers - Hamilton Accies 3-0 I.ferguson 46, Sterland 75, Gough 89
Tuesday, 14th March 1989
Motherwell - Dundee Utd 1-2 O'Neill 46 pen / Gallacher 38, Krivokapic 81
Saturday, 25th March 1989
Celtic - Dudnee Utd 1-0 McGhee 44
Dundee - Motherwell 2-1 McBride 16, Chisholm 56 / Kirk 12
Hamilton Accies - Hearts 0-2 Mackay 39, McPherson 77
Hibernian - Rangers 0-1 Drinkell 42
St Mirren - Aberdeen 1-3 Chalmers 44 / Wright 10, Nicholas 48, Mason 53
Saturday, 1st April 1989
Aberdeen - Dundee Utd 1-0 Nicholas 67
Celtic - Rangers 1-2 Walker 48 / Drinkell 5, McCoist 32
Dundee - St Mirren 2-1 Craig 49, D.Campbell 81 / Chalmers 9
Hearts - Hibernian 2-1 Bannon 28, Robertson 82 / Houchen 24
Motherwell - Hamilton Accies 1-0 Kirk 52
Saturday, 8th April 1989
Dundee Utd - Dundee 2-1 Sturrock 10, Gallacher 28 / Saunders 58
Hamilton accies - Celtic 2-0 Gordon 4, 64
Hibernian - Aberdeen 1-2 Houchen 43 / Mason 16, Bett 57 pen
Rangers - Motherwell 1-0 McCoist 59
St Mirren - Hearts 1-1 Weir 30 / Robertson 77
Wednesday, 12th April 1989
Motherwell - Celtic 2-2 Gahagen 35, Arnott 57 / McGhee 51, McStay 68
Saturday, 15th April 1989
Aberdeen - Hamilton Accies 3-0 Mason 17, Nicholas 53, 74
Dundee - Hearts 2-1 Chisholm 72, Wright 87 / McPherson 19
Wednesday, 19th April 1989
Hibernian - St Mirren 1-0 Archibald 29
Saturday, 22nd April 1989
Celtic - Dundee 2-1 Rogan 61, McGhee 73 / Harvey 44 pen
Dundee Utd - Motherwell 1-1 Hegarty 85 / Kirk 76
Hamilton Accies - Hibernian 0-3 Archibald 2, 29, Kane 51
Hearts - Aberdeen 1-0 Galloway 14
St Mirren - Rangers 0-2 I.Ferguson 40, McCoist 85
Saturday, 29th April 1989
Aberdeen - Celtic 0-0
Dundee - Hamilton Accies 1-0 Craig 74
Hibernian - Dundee Utd 1-2 McCluskey 29 / Irvine 1, Paatelainen 50
Motherwell - St Mirren 4-0 Kirk 34, 40, 51, 80 pen
Rangers - Hearts 4-0 Sterland 17, 40, Drinkell 57, 70
Tuesday, 2nd May 1989
Rangers - Dundee Utd 2-0 Drinkell 16, McCoist 34
Saturday, 6th May 1989
Aberdeen - Motherwell 0-0
Celtic - Hibernian 1-0 Miller 61
Dundee - Rangers 1-2 Wright 27 / Gray 66, 75
Hamilton Accies - St Mirren 2-1 Archer 43, Gordon 46 / Weir 27 pen
Hearts - Dundee Utd 0-0
Saturday, 13th May 1989
Dundee Utd - Hamilton Accies 0-1 Harris 12 pen
Hibernian - Dundee 1-1 Findlay 50 / Wright 82
Motherwell - Hearts 1-1 O'Neill 59 pen / Berry 77
Rangers - Aberdeen 0-3 Wright 43, Bett 51, Van der Ark 72
St Mirren - Celtic 0-1 Miller 58
Top Goalscorers 1988/89: Mark McGhee (Celtic) 16; Charles Nicholas (Aberdeen) 16;
Steven Kirk (Motherwell) 14; Steve Archibald (Hibernian) 13;
Kevin Drinkell (Rangers) 12; Frank McAvennie (Celtic) 12.
Apps & Goals of champions Rangers:
APPS GOALS
Richard Gough 35 3
Gary Stevens (England) 35 1
Terry Butcher (England) 34 2
Kevin Drinkell (England) 32 11
Raymond Wilkins (England) 31 1
Mark Walters (England) 31 8
Ian Ferguson 30 8
John Brown 29 1
Christopher Woods (England) 24 -
David Cooper 23 1
Stuart Munro 22 2
Alistair McCoist 19 9
Derek Ferguson 16 2
Andrew Gray 14 5
Neale Cooper 14 1
Nicky Walker 12 -
Mel Sterland (England) 9 3
Ian Durrant 8 2
Scott Nisbet 7 1
Graeme Souness 6 -
Ian McCall 5 1
Thomas Cowan 4 -
Kevin MacDonald 3 -
David Kirkwood 2 -
Sandy Robertson 2 -
Gary McSwegan 1 -
James Nicholl (N.Ireland) 1 -
Manager: Graeme Souness