1977–78 in Scottish football

1977–78 in Scottish football
Premier Division champions
Rangers
Division One champions
Morton
Division Two champions
Clyde
Scottish Cup winners
Rangers
League Cup winners
Rangers
Junior Cup winners
Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
Teams in Europe
Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Rangers
Scotland national team
1978 BHC, 1978 World Cup qualification, 1978 World Cup

The 1977–78 season was the 81st season of competitive football in Scotland. ^[1]

Contents 1 Scottish Premier Division 2 Scottish League Division One 3 Scottish League Division Two 4 Other honours 4.1 Cup honours 4.2 Individual honours 5 Scottish national team 6 Notes and references

Scottish Premier Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	36	24	7	5	76	39	37	55
2	Aberdeen	36	22	9	5	68	29	39	53
3	Dundee United	36	16	8	12	42	32	10	40
4	Hibernian	36	15	7	14	52	43	9	37
5	Celtic	36	15	6	15	63	54	9	36
6	Motherwell	36	13	7	16	45	52	−7	33
7	Partick Thistle	36	14	5	17	52	64	−12	33
8	St. Mirren	36	11	8	17	52	63	−11	30
9	Ayr United	36	9	6	21	36	68	−32	24
10	Clydebank	36	6	7	23	23	64	−41	19

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Ayr United, Clydebank

Scottish League Division One

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Morton	39	25	8	6	85	42	43	58
2	Heart of Midlothian	39	24	10	5	77	42	35	58
3	Dundee	39	25	7	7	91	44	47	57
4	Dumbarton	39	16	17	6	65	48	17	49
5	Stirling Albion	39	15	12	12	60	52	8	42
6	Kilmarnock	39	14	12	13	52	46	6	40
7	Hamilton Ac.	39	12	12	15	54	56	−2	36
8	St. Johnstone	39	15	6	18	52	64	−12	36
9	Arbroath	39	11	13	15	42	55	−13	35
10	Airdrieonians	39	12	10	17	50	64	−14	34
11	Montrose	39	10	9	20	55	71	−16	29
12	Queen of the South	39	8	13	18	44	68	−24	29
13	Alloa Athletic	39	8	8	23	44	84	−40	24
14	East Fife	39	4	11	24	39	74	−35	19

Promoted: Morton, Hearts
Relegated: Alloa, East Fife

Scottish League Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Clyde	39	21	11	7	71	32	39	53
2	Raith Rovers	39	19	15	5	63	34	29	53
3	Dunfermline Ath	39	18	12	9	64	41	23	48
4	Berwick Rangers	39	16	16	7	68	51	17	48
5	Falkirk	39	15	14	10	51	46	5	44
6	Forfar Athletic	39	17	8	14	61	55	6	42
7	Queen's Park	39	13	15	11	52	51	1	41
8	Albion Rovers	39	16	8	15	68	68	0	40
9	East Stirlingshire	39	15	8	16	55	65	−10	38
10	Cowdenbeath	39	13	8	18	75	78	−3	34
11	Stranraer	39	13	7	19	54	63	−9	33
12	Stenhousemuir	39	10	10	19	43	67	−24	30
13	Meadowbank Thistle	39	6	10	23	43	89	−46	22
14	Brechin City	39	7	6	26	45	73	−28	20

Promoted: Clyde, Raith Rovers

Other honours

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1977–78	Rangers	2 – 1	Aberdeen
League Cup	Rangers	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Celtic
Junior Cup	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	1 – 0	Stonehouse Violet

Individual honours

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	Derek Johnstone	Rangers
Players' Player of the Year	Derek Johnstone	Rangers
Young Player of the Year	Graeme Payne	Dundee United

Scottish national team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[2]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
7 September 1977	Stadion der Weltjugend, East Berlin (A)	East Germany	0–1	Friendly
21 September 1977	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Czechoslovakia	3–1	WCQG7	Joe Jordan, Asa Hartford, Kenny Dalglish
12 October 1977	Anfield Stadium, Liverpool (A)	Wales	2–0	WCQG7	Don Masson (pen.), Kenny Dalglish
22 February 1978	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Bulgaria	2–1	Friendly	Archie Gemmill (pen.), Ian Wallace
13 May 1978	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	1–1	BHC	Derek Johnstone
17 May 1978	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	1–1	BHC	Derek Johnstone
20 May 1978	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	0–1	BHC
3 June 1978	Córdoba (N)	Peru	1–3	WCG4	Joe Jordan
7 June 1978	Córdoba (N)	Iran	1–1	WCG4	own goal
11 June 1978	Estadio San Martin, Mendoza (N)	Netherlands	3–2	WCG4	Archie Gemmill (2), Kenny Dalglish (pen.)

1978 British Home Championship - Third Place

Key:

• (H) = Home match
• (A) = Away match
• WCQG7 = World Cup qualifying - Group 7
• WCG4 = World Cup - Group 4
• BHC = British Home Championship

Notes and references

Seasons in Scottish football 1972–73 | 1973–74 | 1974–75 | 1975–76 | 1976–77 | 1977–78 | 1978–79 | 1979–80 | 1980–81 | 1981–82 | 1982–83