1978–79 Scottish First Division

Scottish First Division
Season	1978–79
Champions	Dundee
Promoted	Dundee Kilmarnock
Relegated	Montrose Queen of the South
Matches played	273
Goals scored	830 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	Blair Millar (28)^[1]
Biggest home win	Airdrieonians 8–2 Montrose, 05.05.1979
Biggest away win	Arbroath 0–5 Raith Rovers, 30.09.1978
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The 1978–79 Scottish First Division season was won by Dundee, who were promoted along with Kilmarnock to the Premier Division. Montrose and Queen of the South were relegated to the Second Division.^[2]

Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dundee !Dundee (C) (P)	39	24	7	8	69	36	+33	55	Premier Division
2	Kilmarnock !Kilmarnock (P)	39	22	10	7	72	36	+36	54	Premier Division
3	Clydebank !Clydebank	39	24	6	9	78	50	+28	54
4	Ayr United !Ayr United	39	21	5	13	73	54	+19	47
5	Hamilton Academical !Hamilton Academical	39	17	9	13	63	61	+2	43
6	Airdrieonians !Airdrieonians	39	16	8	15	72	61	+11	40
7	Dumbarton !Dumbarton	39	14	11	14	58	50	+8	39
8	Stirling Albion !Stirling Albion	39	13	9	17	43	55	−12	35
9	Clyde !Clyde	39	13	8	18	54	65	−11	34
10	Arbroath !Arbroath	39	11	11	17	50	61	−11	33
11	Raith Rovers !Raith Rovers	39	12	8	19	48	55	−7	32
12	St Johnstone !St Johnstone	39	10	11	18	57	66	−9	31
13	Montrose !Montrose (R)	39	8	9	22	55	92	−37	25	Second Division
14	Queen of the South !Queen of the South (R)	39	8	8	23	43	93	−50	24	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 1978-1979 Table". statto.com. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
↑ "Scottish Division One 1978-1979 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

1978–79 in Scottish football
« 1977–78 1979–80 »
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 Euro 1980 qualifying (Group 2) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrieonians Arbroath Ayr United Clyde Clydebank Dundee Dumbarton Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Montrose Queen of the South Raith Rovers St. Johnstone Stirling Albion
Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic East Fife East Stirlingshire Falkirk Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stranraer

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