Struggling St Mirren suffered their 11th defeat in 15 Premiership matches this season as improving St Johnstone took all three points away from Paisley with a 1-0 victory. Hibernian finished 11th in the Premiership and were eventually relegated after a play-off against Hamilton Academical, losing a penalty shoot-out following a 22 draw on aggregate over two legs. More Details. Statistics of the Scottish Professional Football League in season 201415. [8] In their third qualifying round tie, Celtic lost 41 to Legia Warsaw in Poland and 20 at Murrayfield, which appeared to give Legia a 61 aggregate victory. Here are the must-see games over the holiday season. This is used to prevent the need for a 44-game schedule, based on playing each other four times. Last edited on 25 September 2022, at 20:59, List of Scottish Professional Football League monthly award winners, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=201415_Scottish_Professional_Football_League&oldid=1112335068, This page was last edited on 25 September 2022, at 20:59. At the beginning of each season, the SPFL 'predicts' the likely positions of each club in order to produce a fixture schedule that ensures the best possible chance of all clubs playing each other twice at home and twice away. Partick Thistle 50 Hamilton(21 January 2015). Source: Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. After the first phase is completed, clubs cannot move out of their own half in the league, even if they achieve more or fewer points than a higher or lower ranked team, respectively. The bottom team ( SC Cambuur Leeuwarden) need 7 more points to escape automatic relegation. The 2014-15 season was the 126th season of competitive football by Celtic. Celtic ace Aaron Mooy is at the vanguard of a wave of Australians that are taking the Scottish Premiership by storm. The opening exchanges were a fraught affair with both sides unable to take command of the proceedings and opportunities at a minimum. UEFA grants European places to the Scottish Football Association, determined by Scotland's position in the UEFA country coefficient rankings. An early Michael O'Halloran goal was enough to claim the victory for Tommy Wright's men, and heap more pressure onto Buddies boss Tommy Craig. Should the winners of that competition have already qualified for European competition, then the fifth placed team also enters the Europa Conference League second qualifying round, while third placed team (unless they are cup winners themselves) are promoted from Europa Conference League to the Europa League third qualifying round. 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Can you list the top facts and stats about 2014-15 Scottish Championship? Veteran striker Steven Thompson did well to hold the ball up and slide a pass into the path of Adam Drury but the midfielder's shot was tame and hit straight at Alan Mannus. How does it work, and who does it best? [1] The 2014-15 Scottish Professional Football League season commenced on 9 August, the weekend after the conclusion of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Not long after, Crawford again spurned a glorious opportunity to get his name on the goalsheet when he powered an effort which Kello was able to get behind more comfortably than he really ought to. In the initial phase of the season, the 12 teams played a round-robin tournament whereby each team played each one of the other teams three times. With eight minutes remaining Curier was substituted with experienced former Trinidad and Tobago internationalist Jason Scotland coming on. Livingston were deducted 5 points due to failure of tax payments. 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The home team almost drew level a minute later when Gary Irvine forced his way forward from the left-back spot and unleashed a right-foot shot which went just inches wide of Ridgers' near post. 2015 Euro Under-17 Each club plays a further five matches, one against each of the other five teams in their own section. Anderson's team-mates remonstrated with the stopper as Celtic immediately stepped up the tempo, McGregor coming close with a drive which just escaped the near post. Get a report of the St Johnstone vs. Celtic 2014-15 Scottish Premier League, 2014/2015 Scottish Premier League football match. Complete table of Scottish Premiership standings for the 2022/2023 Season, plus access to tables from past seasons and other Football leagues. The team that finished 12th (St Mirren) was relegated to the Championship, while the champion of that league (Heart of Midlothian) was promoted to the Premiership for the 201516 season. Association football top division in Scotland, This article is about the top division of Scottish football since 2013. It was end-to-end stuff and next up to try his luck was Tankulic. [11], The report stated that this disparity was the third-greatest from the 18 leagues surveyed, and that the Scottish Premiership offered the third-lowest salaries of those leagues; by contrast, Celtic's opponents in the Champions League that year paid average wages of 6.5m (Paris Saint-Germain) and 5.2m (Bayern Munich), seven times higher than the Scottish club.[11]. Min odds, bet and payment method exclusions apply. Time limits and T&Cs apply. Celtic. 11 July: Jim Geddes, 84, Motherwell defender and midfielder. Time limits and T&Cs apply. Celtic began the defence of their Scottish Premiership title with a 3-0 win over St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park but not without some help and some controversy. And McLean rounded things off with a 78th-minute penalty which saw Dundee defender Paul McGinn red-carded and meant Saints leapfrogged fellow strugglers Ross County, despite Gary Irvine hitting a late consolation for the home team six minutes from time. Teams play each other four times in this league. Min odds, bet and payment method exclusions apply. Rangers missed a gilt-edged opportunity to cut Celtic's lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership down to six points. Difference between Celtic FC at 1st and Rangers FC at 2nd is 9 points. 7 December: Tom Mealyou, Berwick Rangers goalkeeper. [5] If the clubs do not finish in the half where they are predicted to finish, then anomalies can be created in the fixture list. Updated to match(es) played on 27 December 2014. That format was used in the Scottish Premier Division in the mid-1980s and early 1990s, but it is now too high a number of games in a league season. The 2014-15 Scottish Premiership was the second season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football. Saints were making little impact in a positive sense but in the 21st minute Gordon, playing his first competitive game in over two seasons, was asked to make his first save which he did with some assurance, parrying a 20-year-old strike from Steven MacLean, after Biton had failed to clear his area properly. The season is due to begin on 9 August 2014. Scottish PremiershipSeason2014-15Dates9 August 2014 - 31 May 2015ChampionsCeltic2nd Premiership title46th Scottish titleRelegatedSt MirrenChampions LeagueCelticEuropa LeagueAberdeenInverness CTSt JohnstoneMatches played228Goals scored587 (2.57 per match)Top goalscorerAdam Rooney (18)Biggest home winCeltic 6-1 Dundee United(16 August 2014)Hamilton 5-0 Motherwell(1 January 2015)Partick . More Details. Rangers end the Scottish Premiership season unbeaten with a comfortable win over Aberdeen as they officially lift the Scottish title for the 55th time. Celtic ace Aaron Mooy is at the vanguard of a wave of Australians that are taking the Scottish Premiership by storm. At the end of the 202021 season, Scotland was ranked 11th in Europe granting them two teams in the UEFA Champions League, one team in the UEFA Europa League, and two teams in the UEFA Europa Conference League. 5 April: Turnbull Hutton, 68, Raith Rovers chairman. Celtic were the defending champions. St Mirren moved off the bottom of the Scottish Premiership table thanks to a deserved 3-1 win over 10-man Dundee at Dens Park. Complete table of Scottish Premiership standings for the 2019/2020 Season, plus access to tables from past seasons and other Football leagues. How does it work, and who does it best? The 2014-15 season was Kilmarnock's second season in the Scottish Premiership. On 2 May, Celtic clinched their fourth title in a row after Aberdeen lost 10 away at Dundee United, leaving Celtic 11 points clear with three games to play.[3][4]. The Saints stopper took far too long on the ball 35 yards from goal, allowing Commons to put in a tackle with the loose ball breaking to Stokes who rounded Mannus before slipping the ball in from an acute angle. [11] The lowest salary offered by any of the twelve member clubs was Hamilton's 41,488 17 times less than Celtic, whose wages were close to the sum of the other eleven clubs combined. St Johnstone also competed in the League Cup, the Scottish Cup and the Europa League. McLean struck after 28 minutes and Mallan added another in the 68th minute to put the visitors on the road to a surprise win. Celtic ace Aaron Mooy is at the vanguard of a wave of Australians that are taking the Scottish Premiership by storm. Celtic ace Aaron Mooy is at the vanguard of a wave of Australians that are taking the Scottish Premiership by storm. In the 68th minute Tommy Craig made his last throw of the dice as Thomas Reilly replaced Adam Brown. Time limits and T&Cs apply. Returns exclude Bet Credits stake. Hibernian finished in the play-off position in the Scottish Premiership. The second half started with Dundee going in search of an equaliser but too many times their final ball let them down. The league attempts to balance the fixture list so that teams in the same section play each other twice at home and twice away, but sometimes this is impossible. [2] The season began on 2 August 2013 and concluded on 11 May 2014. [1] Thistle also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup. The Scottish Premiership, known as the cinch Premiership for sponsorship reasons,[1] is the top division of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL), the league competition for men's professional football clubs in Scotland. Argentina are still celebrating the World Cup, but club soccer is resuming across Europe. Here are the must-see games over the holiday season. Main article: 2014-15 Scottish Championship Source: Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored (C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated Notes: ^ Livingston were deducted 5 points due to failure of tax payments. If the points, goal difference, goals scored, and head-to-head results between teams are equal, a play-off game held at a neutral venue shall be played to determine the final placings. 201415 Scottish Professional Football League, Inverness Caledonian Thistle qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the, Teams in the bottom six at the time of the split (33 games) cannot pass teams in the top six. The 2014-15 season was Partick Thistle's second consecutive season in the Scottish Premiership and their second season back in the top-flight of Scottish football, having been promoted from the First Division at the end of the 2012-13 season. Here are the must-see games over the holiday season. McLean tested Mannus with two long-range free kicks, but the visiting keeper was equal to them to keep his side in front. Stay on current site or go to US version. But it was Accies who continued to be the more threatening and Martin Canning was denied a third for the newly-promoted side when Teale cleared his goalbound effort away inches from the line only for Antoine-Curier to pounce moments later before slicing his effort wide of the left hand post. The third placed team (Heart of Midlothian) entered the Europa League in the playoff round, while the fourth (Dundee United) and fifth (Motherwell) placed teams entered the Europa Conference League in the third and second qualifying rounds respectively. St Johnstone weathered more lighthearted St Mirren attacks as the hosts slumped to yet another defeat, and one that casts more clouds of uncertainty over the future of Craig. Tankulic's cross was met by Mallan, who attempted to head clear but in doing so nodded off his own post before the visitors scrambled the ball to safety. For faster navigation, this Iframe is preloading the Wikiwand page for 2014-15 Kilmarnock F.C. Scottish Premier League (1998-2013) Scottish Premiership (2013-) League records. Former Hearts and Sunderland keeper Craig Gordon, signed on a free during the summer, was nominated by Hoops boss Ronny Deila as number one following the departure of Fraser Forster to Southampton with Lukasz Zaluska remaining as back-up. [7], The bottom placed Premiership club at the end of the season is relegated, and swaps places with the winner of the Scottish Championship,[3] provided that the winner satisfies Premiership entry criteria. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. [4] During this period the Scottish Premier League, and now the Scottish Premiership, has operated a "split" format. To the anger of the Saints players and fans, skipper Dave Mackay was shown a straight red card in the 75th minute by referee John Beaton for a foul on Hoops substitute Derk Boerrigeter inside the box with Nir Biton converting from the spot-kick as the Perth claims of a dive by the Dutchman continued. Dundee's McGinn was red-carded and up stepped McLean, who drove the ball high into the net to kill any hopes Dundee had of a comeback. [10] Celtic were instead given a 30 victory in the second leg, which meant that they won the tie on the away goals rule. Kick-off Times; Kick-off times are converted to your local PC time. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! And 10 minutes later Saints completed the rout after Paul McGinn had committed a last-man foul on McLean, who was trying to connect with John McGinn's pass inside the box. The home side continued to press for the equaliser but could not get past Mannus in the Saints goal, the Northern Irishman denying substitute Sean Kelly with 13 minutes to go. Scottish Championship is a relative new league, but it should be seen as the new name of an old league, one of the oldest actually. 21 January: Douglas Cromb, 84, Hibernian chairman. 2014-15 Scottish Premier League, 2014/2015 Scottish Premier League. This is known as the league seeding and is based on clubs' performance in the previous season. Scottish Premiership 2d Aberdeen edge Livingston to jump into top six Scottish Premiership 3d Ross County hit four as Dundee Utd slip further Scottish Premiership 3d How Taylor became 'player. Friday night magazine programme, Goal Clips during the Sports section of their. Returns exclude Bet Credits stake. Dundee almost got back on level terms six minutes before the interval. The exact matches were determined upon the league table at the time of the split. Heart of Midlothian were promoted as 2014-15 Scottish Championship winners. Atlanta United has completed the signing of Greece striker Giorgos Giakoumakis from Scottish champions Celtic, the clubs announced Wednesday. Min deposit requirement. Hamilton 50 Motherwell(1 January 2015) 38 delayed matches on Saturday evenings and live Championship and League One Playoff Matches. Goalscorer O'Halloran went down after being put through on goal but, while the Irishman felt he was clipped by Jack Baird, Clancy awarded a goal-kick much to the frustration of Wright in the Saints dugout. Points achieved during the first phase of 33 matches are carried forward to the second phase, but the teams compete only within their own sections during the second phase. Scottish League One [ edit] The 2013-14 Scottish Premiership was the first season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football. A strike from Ali Crawford and an unlucky own-goal conceded by Marc McAusland earned Scottish Premiership new boys Hamilton a deserved three points against St Mirren. Hamilton also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup. Rangers missed a gilt-edged opportunity to cut Celtic's lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership down to six points. Get a report of the Dundee vs. St Mirren 2014-15 Scottish Premier League, 2014/2015 Scottish Premier League football match. Celtic were the defending champions. The World Cup showed us that possession didn't help you win games, and we're seeing it in the club game. After this first phase of matches, by which time all clubs have played 33 games, the league splits into two halves - a 'top six' section and a 'bottom six' section. Min deposit requirement. Jason Denayer, the 19-year-old defender who signed on a year-long loan from Manchester City, started on the bench for the champions as Brian Easton, Lee Croft and Liam Caddis came in for Frazer Wright, David Wotherspoon and Scott Brown, who all started on the bench for the home side. And it was Hamilton who were to finish the encounter the strongest leaving the home support frustrated and concerned about the likelihood of another fraught season ahead. Bet 10 & Get 50 in Free Bets for new customers at bet365. 2014-15 Episodes Available now (0) Next on (0) Back up to: Scottish Premiership Highlights - Motherwell v Hamilton Highlights from the Scottish Premiership as Motherwell take on. Wotherspoon replaced Liam Caddis for the start of the second half and it was the home side who had the first real chance five minutes later when Michael O'Halloran cut in from the left before unleashing a shot which inadvertently came off MacLean and past the post, with Gordon not knowing too much about it. No points are awarded for a loss. [3] Billy Reid. In an attempt to find an elusive way to goal Saints introduced veteran player/coach Gary Teale in the 57th minute with the Lanarkshire outfit making a second change themselves as Andrew Ryan took to the field at the expense of Daniel Redmond. Rangers were promoted as 201314 Scottish League One champions, whilst Heart of Midlothian were relegated from the 201314 Scottish Premiership. Forrest, the pick of the Parkhead players in the first half, took possession of a Commons pass inside the box in the 14th minute, turned inside Easton with some ease but fired wide of the near post. 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Get a report of the St Mirren vs. St Johnstone 2014-15 Scottish Premier League, 2014/2015 Scottish Premier League football match. Four minutes later and Alex Neil decided time was right for him to divert his energies from the touchline as he went off to be replaced by Stephen Hendrie. Teams are ranked by total points, then goal difference, and then goals scored. As tackles began to fly in, referee Kevin Clancy brandished yellows cards to Wotherspoon and Dave Mackay for late challenges, and then waved away a St Johnstone penalty claim. The 12 clubs listed below are competing in the Scottish Premiership during the 202223 season. St Mirren came close to grabbing an equaliser minutes later when James Marwood sent over a dangerous ball across the goal but Accies Jesus Garcia Tena was in prime position to clear it away. The early goal seemed to kill the momentum of both sides, with the Buddies having to wait until midway through the first half to create their first real chance of the game. Sixteen clubs have played in the Scottish Premiership since its creation in the 201314 season. More Details. Adam Drury also came into the starting XI in place of captain Jim Goodwin. However in the 50th minute Accies did indeed go two ahead when a Crawford shot took a wicked deflection off McAusland and spun into the net past the helpless Marion Kello. The last time the championship was won by a club other than Rangers or Celtic was in 198485, by Aberdeen. Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions. Substitute Reilly then wasted an excellent chance to pull a goal back after he blazed high over the bar after some neat play from John McGinn on the left hand side. Free Bets are paid as Bet Credits and are available for use upon settlement of bets to value of qualifying deposit. Won 2 - 0 against Dundee United on January 29th 2023. Dundee defender Thomas Konrad lost possession and McLean quickly played a pass out wide to Sean Kelly, who in turn cut the ball back for the midfielder to dispatch a perfect left-foot finish low into home keeper Kyle Letheren's far corner from 18 yards. This page was last edited on 4 February 2023, at 22:05. A friendly between Almeria and Hearts was abandoned on Sunday after a first-half brawl involving both teams. They lost to Hamilton Academical who took the final place in the second edition of the competition, a result which left the Scottish capital Edinburgh without a club in the top flight of Scottish football for the 201415 season. The team that finished 11th in the Premiership (Motherwell) played the winner of the Championship playoffs (Rangers) in two playoff games, with the winner (Motherwell) securing a Premiership spot for the 201516 season. Clubs[ eedit | eedit soorce] Contents 1 Teams However, the Paisley side went ahead in style after 28 minutes. For the 202122 season, the Scottish Premiership winners (Celtic) gained qualification to the Champions League group stage, whilst the second placed team (Rangers) entered at the third qualifying round.
