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in the late 1960s and early 1970s led to criticism that the league had become too predictable. Most of the major clubs, including Celtic, recorded drops in attendance in the 1972–73 season. In the summer of 1974, the clubs voted in favour of a three division setup, with 10 clubs in the top tier. It
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Following a decline in attendances in the early 1960s the SFL management committee wrote to its member clubs in early 1965 proposing change to a three division setup, with 14 clubs in the top flight. The committee proposed to allocate clubs to each division based on attendance, rather than league
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The high probability of relegation led to calls for a 12 club Premier Division, but there was insufficient support due to clubs either having to play each other three times or playing a 44-game schedule. The new setup did result in an increase in attendances, but the risk of relegation caused
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A major change made in February 1981, that passed almost unnoticed at the time, was the abolition of gate sharing. This meant that clubs retained all of the revenue from their home attendances, and were able to vary the cost of admission for different opposing clubs.
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problems such as defensive playing styles, less young players developing and clubs were unable to plan for the long term. Aberdeen made those points in conjunction with a proposal to cut relegation to one club, but this did not attract enough support. A proposal by
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position at the end of the previous season, because previous proposals had failed due to uncertainty about where clubs would finish in a given season. This proposal failed to attract enough support, as did one made the following year for a 16 club top flight.
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because many of the clubs had bad memories of the previous incarnations of Division Three, which had included reserve teams and had not lasted. The allocation of the clubs in the new divisions was determined by their league position in the
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would ever be involved in a relegation battle, given their historic dominance. This meant that the other eight clubs were at a very high risk of relegation each season. For example, in the first season of operation
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Initially and for most of its existence, the Premier Division had 10 clubs that played each other four times, giving a total of 36 games for each club in a season. There was initially two clubs automatically
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in 1992. The Scottish Football League did not reform the Premier Division, instead leaving the league with just the First, Second and Third Divisions.
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The move to a three division system also had the effect of widening the gap in playing standards between the clubs. Writing in 1990,
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Initially, two clubs were relegated each season from a 10 club Premier Division. It was highly unlikely that either Celtic or
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This article is about the top division of Scottish football between 1975 and 1998. For the top flight from 1998 to 2013, see
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was held each year between the second-from bottom in the Premier Division and the runner-up in the First Division.
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List of Scottish football champions Β§ Scottish Football League Premier Division (1975–1998)
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to revert to the old two division setup attracted nearly as much support as the Aberdeen plan.
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Highest level football league competition in Scotland from 1975 to 1998
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The clubs listed below competed in the Scottish Premier Division.
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is the only UEFA member association without a national league.
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from the Premier Division to the First Division each season.
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did go down, for the first time since the 1930s. In the
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were relegated for the first time in their history.
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