1977–78 Scottish First Division

Scottish First Division
Season	1977–78
Champions	Morton
Promoted	Morton Heart of Midlothian
Relegated	Alloa Athletic East Fife
Matches played	273
Goals scored	810 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorer	William Pirie (35)^[1]
Biggest home win	Dundee 6–0 Alloa Athletic, 14.01.1978
Biggest away win	Arbroath 0–7 Heart of Midlothian, 24.12.1977
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 Scottish First Division season was won by Morton, who were promoted along with Heart of Midlothian to the Premier Division. Alloa Athletic and East Fife were relegated to the Second Division.^[2]

Table


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

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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References

↑ "Scottish Football League - Top goalscorers per division". Scottish-football-historical-archive.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
↑ "Scottish Division One 1977-1978 Table". statto.com. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
↑ "Scottish Division One 1977-1978 Season Summary". statto.com. Retrieved 2012-04-12.

Second division football seasons in Scotland
Division Two	1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75
First Division	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
Scottish Championship	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

1977–78 in Scottish football
« 1976–77 1978–79 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Related to national team	Results World Cup 1978 qualifying (Group 7) 1978 FIFA World Cup British Home Championship
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Ayr United Celtic Clydebank Dundee United Hibernian Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrieonians Alloa Athletic Arbroath Dundee Dumbarton East Fife Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Kilmarnock Montrose Morton Queen of the South St. Johnstone Stirling Albion
Second Division	Albion Rovers Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic East Stirlingshire Falkirk Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Raith Rovers Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer

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