Scottish Premier Division 1995/96


Premier Division Final Table:

			       PLD    W   D   L    F-A   PTS
 1. Rangers			36   27   6   3   85:25   87
 2. Celtic			36   24  11   1   74:25   83
 3. Aberdeen			36   16   7  13   52:45   55
 4. Heart of Midlothian		36   16   7  13   55:53   55
 5. Hibernian			36   11  10  15   43:57   43
 6. Raith Rovers		36   12   7  17   41:57   43
 7. Kilmarnock			36   11   8  17   39:54   41
 8. Motherwell			36    9  12  15   28:39   39
 9. Partick Thistle		36    8   6  22   29:62   30
10. Falkirk			36    6   6  24   31:60   24

Relegated:

Promoted:

Saturday, 26th August 1995
Falkirk - Aberdeen		2-3	McLaughlin 54, Kirk 68 / Inglis 30, Dodds 42, Booth 63
Hearts - Motherwell		1-1	Hagen 67 / Arnott 64
Partick Thistle - Hibernian	1-1	Gibson 46 / O'Neill 54
Raith Rovers - Celtic		0-1	van Hooijdonk 79
Rangers - Kilmarnock		1-0	McCall 79

Saturday, 9th September 1995
Hearts - Falkirk		4-1	Lawrence 13, Colquhoun 20, 51, Robertson 66 pen
Kilmarnock - Hibernian		0-3	Wright 24, 39, Evans 42
Motherwell - Partick Thistle	1-1	Walker 87 og / R.McDonald 82
Rangers - Raith Rovers		4-0	McCoist 16, 87, Miller 23, Robertson 29

Sunday, 10th September 1995
Aberdeen - Celtic		2-3	Boyd 7 og, Jess 10 / Collins 21, 38, Thom 33

Saturday, 16th September 1995
Celtic - Motherwell		1-1	O'Donnell 6 / Arnott 69
Falkirk - Rangers		0-2	Salenko 32, Robertson 75
Hibernian - Aberdeen		1-1	D.Jackson 74 / Shearer 72
Partick Thistle - Hearts	2-0	McWilliams 11, Docherty 89
Raith Rovers - Kilmarnock	2-0	Graham 52, Dair 84

Saturday, 23rd September 1995
Falkirk - Motherwell		0-0
Hearts - Celtic			0-4	McLaughlin 6, 9, Walker 48, 72
Kilmarnock - Aberdeen		1-2	Brown 38 / Miller 30, Woodthorpe 42
Raith Rovers - Partick Thistle	3-1	Cameron 6, 64, Dair 37 / R.McDonald 78
Rangers - Hibernian		0-1	D.Jackson 63 pen

Saturday, 30th September 1995
Aberdeen - Raith Rovers		3-0	Booth 6, 71, Miller 26
Celtic - Rangers		0-2	Cleland 44, Gascoigne 56
Motherwell - Kilmarnock		3-0	Coyne 32, 69 pen, May 52
Partick Thistle - Falkirk	1-1	Craig 50 / Johnston 56 pen

Sunday, 1st October 1995
Hibernian - Hearts		2-2	Donald 60, McGinlay 72 / McPherson 40, Robertson 90

Tuesday, 3rd October 1995
Rangers - Motherwell		2-1	Gascoigne 10, McCoist 68 / McSkimming 51

Wednesday, 4th October 1995
Falkirk - Celtic		0-1	Hughes 79
Hearts - Aberdeen		1-2	Robertson 24 / Dodds 18, Booth 60
Partick Thistle - Kilmarnock	1-1	Craig 20 pen / Watson 40 og
Raith Rovers - Hibernian	3-0	Cameron 13, 56, Sinclair 53

Saturday, 7th October 1995
Aberdeen - Rangers		0-1	Moore 79
Celtic - Partick Thistle	2-1	van Hooijdonk 59, Collins 67 / Smith 89
Hibernian - Falkirk		2-1	D.Jackson 30 pen, McAllister 58 / Mackenzie 68
Kilmarnock - Hearts		3-1	Brown 43, McKee 45, 62 / Lawrence 9
Motherwell - Raith Rovers	0-2	Dair 42, Sinclair 68

Saturday, 14th October 1995
Celtic - Hibernian		2-2	Collins 29, van Hooijdonk 64 / Harper 27, D.Jackson 
					83 pen
Falkirk - Kilmarnock		0-2	Mitchell 3, Wright 45
Hearts - Raith Rovers		4-2	Millar 10, Lawrence 12, 77, Robertson 66 / Graham 14, 
					Crawford 81
Motherwell - Aberdeen		2-1	Coyne 41, Lambert 55 / Booth 23
Partick Thistle - Rangers	0-4	Gough 25, Durie 40, 49, 83

Saturday, 21st October 1995
Aberdeen - Partick Thistle	3-0	Craig 25 og, Jess 54, Bernard 79
Hibernian - Motherwell		4-2	Jackson 2, 19 pen, Wright 30, O'Neill 88 / Hendry 74, 90
Kilmarnock - Celtic		0-0
Raith Rovers - Falkirk		0-1	McGrillen 44
Rangers - Hearts		4-1	Gascoigne 1, Salenko 25, 84, Durie 36 / Millar 79

Saturday, 28th October 1995
Celtic - Aberdeen		2-0	McLaughlin 40, van Hooijdonk 58 pen
Falkirk - Hearts		2-0	Weir 24, Johnston 90
Hibernian - Kilmarnock		2-0	O'Neill 45, Wright 65
Partick Thistle - Motherwell	1-0	Docherty 90
Raith Rovers - Rangers		2-2	Lennon 51, Cameron 67 / Gough 57, Petric 66

Saturday, 4th November 1995
Aberdeen - Hibernian		1-2	Glass 53 / Wright 23, O'Neill 76
Hearts - Partick Thistle	3-0	McWilliams 10 og, Millar 65, Eskillson 67
Kilmarnock - Raith Rovers	5-1	Henry 8, 42, Wright 53, 67, Brown 62 / Cameron 46
Motherwell - Celtic		0-2	Donnelly 57, Collins 89
Rangers - Falkirk		2-0	McCoist 34, 41

Tuesday, 7th November 1995
Motherwell - Hearts		0-0

Wednesday, 8th November 1995
Aberdeen - Falkirk		3-1	Dodds 3, Miller 24, McGowan 58 og / Grant 36 og
Celtic - Raith Rovers		0-0
Kilmarnock - Rangers		0-2	McLaren 87, Salenko 89

Saturday, 11th November 1995
Falkirk - Hibernian		2-0	Johnston 47, 72
Hearts - Kilmarnock		2-1	Locke 60, Robertson 77 / McKee 85
Partick Thistle - Celtic	1-2	Docherty 39 / van Hooijdonk 36, 56
Raith Rovers - Motherwell	0-0
Rangers - Aberdeen		1-1	Salenko 42 / Jess 27

Saturday, 18th November 1995
Falkirk - Partick Thistle	0-1	Foster 59
Kilmarnock - Motherwell		1-1	Mitchell 24 / Burns 7
Raith Rovers - Aberdeen		1-0	Lennon 17 pen

Sunday, 19th November 1995
Hearts - Hibernian		2-1	Millar 32, Robertson 56 pen / C.Jackson 52
Rangers - Celtic		3-3	Laudrup 39, McCoist 63, Mckinlay 70 og / Thom 9,
					Collins 51 pen, van Hooijdonk 72

Wednesday, 22nd November 1995
Hibernian - Partick Thistle	3-0	D.Jackson 20, Weir 70, McAllister 74

Saturday, 25th November 1995
Celtic - Hearts			3-1	Collins 33 pen, 64, 89 / Bruno 46
Hibernian - Rangers		1-4	D.Jackson 16 / McCoist 14, Dods 33 og, Miller 49, 
					Durie 67
Motherwell - Falkirk		1-1	Burns 74 / Clark 68
Partick Thistle - Raith Rovers	0-2	Graham 7, Crawford 31

Saturday, 2nd December 1995
Celtic - Kilmarnock		4-2	Grant 43, Thom 44, van Hooijdonk 60, 64 / Mitchell 12,
					Brown 23
Falkirk - Raith Rovers		2-1	McGrillen 52, 59 / Graham 57
Hearts - Rangers		0-2	McCoist 64 pen, Gascoigne 68
Motherwell - Hibernian		0-2	Wright 51, 78
Partick Thistle - Aberdeen	1-0	Smith 64

Saturday, 9th December 1995
Aberdeen - Motherwell		1-0	Shearer 57
Hibernian - Celtic		0-4	McNamara 11, O'Donnell 26, van Hooijdonk 78, Donnelly 86
Kilmarnock - Falkirk		4-0	Brown 23, 28, Black 46 pen, MacPherson 78
Raith Rovers - Hearts		1-1	Lennon 28 pen / Robertson 53
Rangers - Partick Thistle	1-0	Durie 48

Wednesday, 13th December 1995
Aberdeen - Kilmarnock		4-1	Miller 12, 28, 65, Windass 89 / Wright 22

Saturday, 16th December 1995
Aberdeen - Hearts		1-2	Windass 1 / Johnston 81, Colquhoun 83
Celtic - Falkirk		1-0	van Hooijdonk 16
Hibernian - Raith Rovers	1-2	McGinlay 17 / Crawford 58, Graham 64
Kilmarnock - Partick Thistle	2-1	Wright 30, 65 / McWilliams 1

Tuesday, 19th December 1995
Motherwell - Rangers		0-0

Tuesday, 26th December 1995
Rangers - Kilmarnock		3-0	Salenko 24, Durie 45 pen, Gascoigne 89

Saturday, 30th December 1995
Rangers - Hibernian		7-0	Miller 30, Durie 40, 52, 77, 85, Gascoigne 76, Salenko 82

Monday, 1st January 1996
Hibernian - Hearts		2-1	O'Neill 29, Harper 41 / Pointon 7

Wednesday, 3rd January 1996
Celtic - Rangers		0-0

Saturday, 6th January 1996
Celtic - Motherwell		1-0	van Hooijdonk 27
Falkirk - Rangers		0-4	Durie 2, McCoist 27, 75 pen, Robertson 38
Partick Thistle - Hearts	0-1	McManus 89
Raith Rovers - Kilmarnock	1-1	Lennon 33 / Black 87 pen

Monday, 8th January 1996
Hibernian - Aberdeen		1-2	Harper 88 / Miller 11, Dodds 32

Tuesday, 9th January 1996
Partick Thistle - Falkirk	0-3	Craig 31, McGowan 41, Weir 90
Raith Rovers - Celtic		1-3	Cameron 83 / O'Donnell 16, Collins 38, van Hooijdonk 78

Wednesday, 10th January 1996
Hearts - Motherwell		4-0	Fulton 17, Colquhoun 32, Johnston 50, 85

Saturday, 13th January 1996
Hearts - Falkirk		2-1	Robertson 31, Fulton 72 / Kirk 64
Kilmarnock - Hibernian		3-2	Maskrey 57, Wright 64, Henry 90 / O'Neill 21, Wright 40
Motherwell - Partick Thistle	0-2	Turner 44, Watson 51
Rangers - Raith Rovers		4-0	McCoist 21, Durie 39, 45, Ferguson 81

Sunday, 14th January 1996
Aberdeen - Celtic		1-2	Dodds 18 / Collins 50, van Hooijdonk 55

Tuesday, 16th January 1996
Falkirk - Aberdeen		1-1	Clark 31 / Windass 66
Motherwell - Kilmarnock		0-1	Wright 58
Partick Thistle - Hibernian	0-0

Wednesday, 17th January 1996
Hearts - Celtic			1-2	Robertson 41 / van Hooijdonk 76, Walker 83

Saturday, 20th January 1996
Aberdeen - Partick Thistle	1-0	Dodds 59 pen
Hibernian - Motherwell		0-0
Kilmarnock - Celtic		0-0
Raith Rovers - Falkirk		1-0	Sinclair 70
Rangers - Hearts		0-3	Johnston 6, 61, 83

Tuesday, 23rd January 1996
Falkirk - Motherwell		0-1	McLaughlin 36 og
Kilmarnock - Aberdeen		1-1	Wright 82 / Irvine 3
Raith Rovers - Partick Thistle	0-2	R.McDonald 73, 89

Saturday, 3rd February 1996
Celtic - Hibernian		2-1	van Hooijdonk 60, McStay 68 / D.Jackson 35
Falkirk - Kilmarnock		4-2	Finnigan 7, Craig 31, Iorfa 52, Kirk 60 / Wright 7, 12
Hearts - Raith Rovers		2-0	Robertson 42, Locke 53
Partick Thistle - Rangers	1-2	R.McDonald 35 / Gascoigne 27, 37

Wednesday, 7th February 1996
Aberdeen - Raith Rovers		1-0	Windass 16

Saturday, 10th February 1996
Falkirk - Celtic		0-0
Hearts - Aberdeen		1-3	Irvine 30 og / Windass 2, Shearer 19, Glass 70
Partick Thistle - Kilmarnock	0-1	Black 5 pen
Raith Rovers - Hibernian	1-0	Kirkwood 39
Rangers - Motherwell		3-2	Ferguson 1, McLaren 65, McCoist 77 pen / Martin 53,
					Falconer 69

Tuesday, 13th February 1996
Motherwell - Aberdeen		1-0	Burns 65

Saturday, 24th February 1996
Celtic - Partick Thistle	4-0	Grant 8, van Hooijdonk 27, 81 pen, Wieghorst 88
Hibernian - Falkirk		2-1	Evans 49, Wright 88 / Kirk 67 pen
Kilmarnock - Hearts		0-2	Colquhoun 29, Robertson 43
Motherwell - Raith Rovers	1-0	Falconer 57

Sunday, 25th February 1996
Aberdeen - Rangers		0-1	Gascoigne 32 pen

Saturday, 2nd March 1996
Aberdeen - Kilmarnock		3-0	Booth 33, 50, Miller 73
Celtic - Hearts			4-0	McStay 7, van Hooijdonk 12, McLaughlin 17, Donnelly 85
Motherwell - Falkirk		1-0	Falconer 41
Partick Thistle - Raith Rovers	0-3	Cameron 39, Duffield 64, Kirkwood 69 pen

Sunday, 3rd March 1996
Hibernian - Rangers		0-2	Mitchell 31 og, Laudrup 71 pen

Saturday, 16th March 1996
Falkirk - Partick Thistle	1-2	Weir 88 / Lyons 24, 63
Hearts - Hibernian		1-1	Mackay 83 / Dow 50
Kilmarnock - Motherwell		0-1	Lambert 19 pen
Raith Rovers - Aberdeen		2-2	Kirk 10, Cameron 34 / Miller 24, Buchan 84

Sunday, 17th March 1996
Rangers - Celtic		1-1	McLaren 41 / Hughes 87

Saturday, 23rd March 1996
Aberdeen - Hibernian		2-1	Dodds 71, Booth 78 / McAllister 35
Hearts - Partick Thistle	2-5	Johnston 36, Eskillson 84 / Lyons 18, 74, Turner 46,
					McDonald 72, Cameron 81
Kilmarnock - Raith Rovers	2-0	McKee 67, Wright 75
Motherwell - Celtic		0-0
Rangers - Falkirk		3-2	Gascoigne 7, Andersen 27, 79 / Johnston 55, James 82

Saturday, 30th March 1996
Falkirk - Hearts		0-2	Ritchie 14, Locke 78
Hibernian - Kilmarnock		1-1	McAllister 42 / Wright 76
Partick Thistle - Motherwell	0-2	Davies 26, van der Gaag 59
Rath Rovers - Rangers		2-4	Duffield 30, Kirkwood 69 pen / McCoist 39 pen, 83, 89,
					Durie 90 pen

Monday, 1st April 1996
Celtic - Aberdeen		5-0	Donnelly 2, 68, van Hooijdonk 18, 74, Cadete 75

Saturday, 6th April 1996
Motherwell - Hibernian		3-0	Falconer 12, Martin 27, Coyne 51
Falkirk - Raith Rovers		2-3	James 13, Craig 32 / Rougier 25, Raeside 69, Duffield 79

Wednesday, 10th April 1996
Celtic - Kilmarnock		1-1	van Hooijdonk 89 / McIntyre 44
Hearts - Rangers		2-0	Pointon 35, Johnston 81

Saturday, 13th April 1996
Aberdeen - Motherwell		2-1	McCart 53 og, irvine 87 / Falconer 41
Kilmarnock - Falkirk		1-0	McIntyre 54
Raith Rovers - Hearts		1-3	Lennon 74 pen / Cameron 42, Pointon 47, Mackay 73
Rangers - Partick Thistle	5-0	Andersen 18, 21, 63, McCall 87, Gough 89

Sunday, 14th April 1996
Hibernian - Celtic		1-2	McGinlay 50 / van Hooijdonk 69, 82

Tuesday, 16th April 1996
Partick Thistle - Aberdeen	1-1	McWilliams 10 / Booth 2

Saturday, 20th April 1996
Aberdeen - Hearts		1-1	Windass 53 pen / Windass 65 og
Celtic - Falkirk		4-0	Thom 11, 41, Cadete 87, Donnelly 90
Hibernian - Raith Rovers	1-1	McGinlay 83 / Millar 47
Kilmarnock - Partick Thistle	2-1	Skilling 63, Black 85 pen / Turner 73
Motherwell - Rangers		1-3	Arnott 69 / McCall 5, Andersen 42, Gascoigne 58

Saturday, 27th April 1996
Falkirk - Hibernian		1-1	Mcgrillen 55 / McGinlay 59
Hearts - Kilmarnock		1-0	McManus 59
Partick Thistle - Celtic	2-4	Henderson 7, Lyons 32 / van Hooijdonk 21, 71 pen,
					Cadete 55, Mackay 85
Raith Rovers - Motherwell	2-0	Duffield 33, Thomson 55

Sunday, 28th April 1996
Rangers - Aberdeen		3-1	Gascoigne 21, 81, 86 pen / Irvine 19

Saturday, 4th May 1996
Aberdeen - Falkirk		2-1	Glass 16, McGowan 46 og / McGrillen 45
Celtic - Raith Rovers		4-1	Cadete 1, 60, Gray 37, Grant 42 / Duffield 50
Hibernian - Partick Thistle	1-0	D.Jackson 87
Kilmarnock - Rangers		0-3	McCoist 22, Durie 41, 73
Motherwell - Hearts		1-1	Davies 47 / Cameron 38


Top Goalscorers 1995/96:  Pierre van Hooijdonk (Celtic) 26;  Gordon Durie (Rangers) 17;
			  Ally McCoist (Rangers) 16;  Paul Gascoigne (Rangers) 14;
			  Paul Wright (Kilmarnock) 13.

Apps & Goals of Champions Rangers:

				APPS	GOALS
Alan McLaren			 36       3
Gordan Petric (Yugoslavia)	 33       1
Andrew Goram			 30       -
Richard Gough			 29       3
Paul Gascogine (England)	 28	 14
Gordon Durie			 27	 17
David Robertson			 25       3
Alistair McCoist		 25	 16
Alexander Cleland		 25	  1
Charles Miller			 23	  3
Brian Laudrup (Denmark)		 22	  2
Stuart McCall			 21	  3
Ian Ferguson			 18	  2
Oleg Salenko (Russia)		 16       7
Ian Durrant			 15       -
John Brown			 14       -
Craig Moore (Australia)		 11       1
Alexei Mikhailichenko (Russia)	 11       -
Peter Van Vossen (Holland)	  7       -
Trevor Steven (England)		  6       -
Erik Bo Andersen (Denmark)	  6       6
Stephen Wright			  6       -
Derek McInnes			  6       -
Neil Murray			  5       -
Gary Bollan			  4       -
Colin Scott			  3	  -
Brian McGinty			  2	  -
Theo Snelders (Holland)		  2       -
William Thomson			  1	  -
Greg Shields			  1	  -
Own Goals				  3

Manager:  Walter Smith