Former Celt Tommy Docherty had replaced Bobby Brown as Scotland manager by the time the qualification phase commenced for the 1974 World Cup Finals, to be held in West Germany, with a tricky tie in Copenhagen in the autumn of ‘72. A near-post header from Celtic striker Lou Macari put the white-shirted Scots ahead after
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Hearts | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 30 |
| 2 | Celtic | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 23 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 | Rangers | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Falkirk | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 21 | -5 | 16 |
| 6 | Motherwell | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Dundee United | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 11 |
| 9 | St Mirren | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 10 |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -9 | 10 |
| 11 | Dundee | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -13 | 9 |
| 12 | Livingston | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -9 | 8 |
