1978–79 in Scottish football

1978–79 in Scottish football
Premier Division champions
Celtic
Division One champions
Dundee
Division Two champions
Berwick Rangers
Scottish Cup winners
Rangers
League Cup winners
Rangers
Junior Cup winners
Cumnock Juniors
Teams in Europe
Aberdeen, Dundee United, Hibernian, Rangers
Scotland national team
1979 BHC, UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying

The 1978-1979 season was the 82nd 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 Scotland national team 6 Notes and references

Scottish Premier Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	36	21	6	9	61	37	24	48
2	Rangers	36	18	9	9	52	35	17	45
3	Dundee United	36	18	8	10	56	37	19	44
4	Aberdeen	36	13	14	9	59	36	23	40
5	Hibernian	36	12	13	11	44	48	−4	37
6	St. Mirren	36	15	6	15	45	41	4	36
7	Morton	36	12	12	12	52	53	−1	36
8	Partick Thistle	36	13	8	15	42	39	3	34
9	Heart of Midlothian	36	8	7	21	39	71	−32	23
10	Motherwell	36	5	7	24	33	86	−53	17

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Hearts, Motherwell

Scottish League Division One

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dundee	39	24	7	8	69	36	33	55
2	Kilmarnock	39	22	10	7	72	36	36	54
3	Clydebank	39	24	6	9	78	50	28	54
4	Ayr United	39	21	5	13	73	54	19	47
5	Hamilton Academical	39	17	9	13	63	61	2	43
6	Airdrieonians	39	16	8	15	72	61	11	40
7	Dumbarton	39	14	11	14	58	50	8	39
8	Stirling Albion	39	13	9	17	43	55	−12	35
9	Clyde	39	13	8	18	54	65	−11	34
10	Arbroath	39	11	11	17	50	61	−11	33
11	Raith Rovers	39	12	8	19	48	55	−7	32
12	St. Johnstone	39	10	11	18	57	66	−9	31
13	Montrose	39	8	9	22	55	92	−37	25
14	Queen of the South	39	8	8	23	43	93	−50	24

Promoted: Dundee, Kilmarnock
Relegated: Montrose, Queen of the South

Scottish League Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Berwick Rangers	39	22	10	7	82	44	38	54
2	Dunfermline Athletic	39	19	14	6	66	40	26	52
3	Falkirk	39	19	12	8	66	37	29	50
4	East Fife	39	17	9	13	64	53	11	43
5	Cowdenbeath	39	16	10	13	63	58	5	42
6	Alloa Athletic	39	16	9	14	57	62	−5	41
7	Albion Rovers	39	15	10	14	57	56	1	40
8	Forfar Athletic	39	13	12	14	55	52	3	38
9	Stranraer	39	18	2	19	52	66	−14	38
10	Stenhousemuir	39	12	8	19	54	58	−4	32
11	Brechin City	39	9	14	16	49	65	−16	32
12	East Stirlingshire	39	12	8	19	61	87	−26	32
13	Queen's Park	39	8	12	19	46	57	−11	28
14	Meadowbank Thistle	39	8	8	23	37	74	−37	24

Promoted: Berwick Rangers, Dunfermline Athletic

Other honours

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1978–79	Rangers	3 – 2 (2nd rep.)	Hibernian
League Cup	Rangers	2 – 1	Aberdeen
Junior Cup	Cumnock Juniors	1 – 0	Bo'ness United

Individual honours

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	Andy Ritchie	Morton
Players' Player of the Year	Paul Hegarty	Dundee United
Young Player of the Year	Ray Stewart	Dundee United

Scotland national team

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score[2]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
20 September 1978	Praterstadion, Vienna (A)	Austria	2–3	ECQG2	Gordon McQueen, Andy Gray
25 October 1978	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Norway	3–2	ECQG2	Kenny Dalglish (2), Archie Gemmill
29 November 1978	Estadio da Luz, Lisbon (A)	Portugal	0–1	ECQG2
19 May 1979	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	0–3	BHC
22 May 1979	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	1–0	BHC	Arthur Graham
26 May 1979	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	1–3	BHC	John Wark
2 June 1979	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Argentina	1–3	Friendly	Arthur Graham
7 June 1979	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (A)	Norway	4–0	ECQG2	Kenny Dalglish, Joe Jordan, Gordon McQueen, John Robertson

1979 British Home Championship - Third Place

Key:

• (H) = Home match
• (A) = Away match
• ECQG2 = European Championship qualifying - Group 2
• BHC = British Home Championship

Notes and references

Seasons in Scottish football 1973–74 | 1974–75 | 1975–76 | 1976–77 | 1977–78 | 1978–79 | 1979–80 | 1980–81 | 1981–82 | 1982–83 | 1983–84