Premier Division 1975/76
Premier Division Final Table 1975/76:
PLD W D L F-A PTS
1. Rangers 36 23 8 5 60:24 54:18
2. Celtic 36 21 6 9 71:42 48:24
3. Hibernian 36 18 7 11 55:43 43:29
4. Motherwell 36 16 8 12 57:49 40:32
5. Heart of Midlothian 36 13 9 14 39:45 35:37
6. Ayr United 36 14 5 17 46:59 33:39
7. Aberdeen 36 11 10 15 49:50 32:40
8. Dundee United 36 12 8 16 46:48 32:40
9. Dundee 36 11 10 15 49:62 32:40
10. St Johnstone 36 3 5 28 29:79 11:61
Saturday, 30th August 1975
Dundee - Aberdeen 3-2 Ford 2, Gemmell 79 pen, Hoggan 86 - Smith 3, Williamson 38
Hibernian - Hearts 1-0 Harper 43
Motherwell - Ayr United 1-1 Stevens 49 - Graham 27 pen
Rangers - Celtic 2-1 Johnstone 55, Young 65 - Dalglish 43
St Johnstone - Dundee Utd 1-0 Muir 86
Saturday, 6th September 1975
Aberdeen - Motherwell 2-2 Robb 17, Williamson 38 - Pettigrew 19, 73
Ayr United - St Johnstone 1-0 Doyle 58
Celtic - Dundee 4-0 Lennox 37, 65, 78, McNamara 80
Dundee United - Hibernian 1-0 Payne 2 pen
Hearts - Rangers 0-2 Anderson 7 og, Murray 33 og
Saturday 13th September 1975
Aberdeen - Dundee United 1-3 Scott 25 - Sturrock 22, Hegarty 44, Copland 67
Dundee - Hearts 2-3 Martin 21, Johnston 31 - Busby 27 pen, Park 48, 68
Hibernian - Ayr United 1-0 Brownlie 68 pen
Motherwell - Celtic 1-1 Davidson 10 - Dalglish 42
Rangers - St Johnstone 2-0 Stein 67, Johnstone 77
Saturday, 20th September 1975
Ayr United - Dundee 2-1 Graham 74 pen, 88 - Wallace 51
Dundee United - Motherwell 1-1 Sturrock 57 - Millar 11 pen
Hearts - Aberdeen 2-2 Gibson 4, Prentice 5 - Scott 17, Williamson 18
Rangers - Hibernian 1-1 Blackley 9 og - Johnstone 54 og
St Johnstone - Celtic 1-2 P.McCluskey 77 og - P.McCluskey 41 pen, 76 pen
Saturday, 27th September 1975
Aberdeen - Ayr United 3-1 Williamson 33, Scott 48, 76 - Graham 75
Celtic - Dundee United 2-1 Dalglish 53, McDonald 67 - Payne 73 pen
Dundee - Rangers 0-0
Hibernian - St Johnstone 4-2 Munro 1, Duncan 34, MacLeod 76, Harper 81 - Lambie 30,
O'Rourke 64
Motherwell - Hearts 1-1 Pettigrew 35 - Busby 27
Saturday, 4th October 1975
Celtic - Hearts 3-1 Deans 13, Hood 18, Wilson 21 - Busby 71
Dundee Utd - Ayr United 3-2 Hall 30, Addison 36, Houston 62 - Wells 71, 76
Hibernian - Dundee 1-1 Edwards 51 - Wallace 42
Rangers - Aberdeen 1-0 McDougall 16
St Johnstone - Motherwell 2-1 O'Rourke 19, 58 - Pettigrew 85
Saturday, 11th October 1975
Aberdeen - Celtic 1-2 Scott 59 - Dalglish 15, Deans 44
Ayr United - Rangers 3-0 McCulloch 29, Ingram 30, Graham 58
Dundee - St Johnstone 4-3 Gordon 26, Hoggan 45 pen, 81 pen, Wallace 85 -
Muir 22, Thomson 29, Cramond 56
Hearts - Dundee United 1-0 Prentice 26
Motherwell - Hibernian 2-1 Pettigrew 73, Stevens 90 - Harper 35
Saturday, 18th October 1975
Aberdeen - St Johnstone 2-0 Pirie 55, 63
Dundee United - Dundee 1-2 Houston 3 - Wallace 35, Hoggan 74 pen
Hearts - Ayr United 2-1 Brown 52, Busby 64 - Ingram 37
Motherwell - Rangers 2-1 Pettigrew 75, Davidson 83 - Johnstone 8
Saturday, 25th October 1975
Dundee - Motherwell 3-6 Gordon 17, Strachan 66 pen, Wallace 72 -
Pettigrew 6, 28, 69, 89, Taylor 13, 63
Hibernian - Aberdeen 3-1 Jarvie 32 og, Bremner 48, Smith 88 - Robb 47
St Johnstone - Hearts 0-1 Aird 47
Saturday, 1st November 1975
Aberdeen - Dundee 2-0 Scott 72, Williamson 74 pen
Ayr United - Motherwell 2-0 Phillips 29, Doyle 76
Celtic - Rangers 1-1 Wilson 78 - Parlane 75
Dundee Utd - St Johnstone 3-1 McAdam 18, 66, Hegarty 61 pen - G.Smith 51 pen
Hearts - Hibernian 1-1 Callachan 59 - Stanton 89
Saturday, 8th November 1975
Dundee - Celtic 1-0 Robinson 87
Hibernian - Dundee United 1-1 Brownlie 7 pen - McAdam 69
Motherwell - Aberdeen 3-0 Taylor 20 og, Graham 38, Millar 78 pen
Rangers - Hearts 1-2 Henderson 46 - Gibson 13, 28
St Johnstone - Ayr United 0-1 Phillips 15
Wednesday, 12th November 1975
Ayr United - Celtic 2-7 Graham 43 pen, Doyle 55 - Edvaldsson 5, 19, 75, Deans 27, 85,
Dalglish 32, McDonald 35
Rangers - Dundee United 4-1 Parlane 30, Johnstone 59, Jackson 85, MacDonald 87 - Sturrock 63
Saturday, 15th November 1975
Ayr United - Hibernian 1-3 Doyle 4 - Duncan 19, 60, MacLeod 46
Celtic - Motherwell 0-2 Pettigrew 44, 51
Dundee United - Aberdeen 1-2 Hegarty 57 - Williamson 4 pen, Scott 60
Hearts - Dundee 1-1 Gibson 72 - Strachan 10
St Johnstone - Rangers 1-5 Muir 74 - I.MacDonald 20 og, Parlane 42, McKean 53, McLean 57,
Jardine 65
Saturday, 22nd November 1975
Aberdeen - Hearts 0-0
Celtic - St Johnstone 3-2 Lennox 23, 49, Dalglish 51 - O'Rourke 35, C.Smith 36
Dundee - Ayr United 2-2 Gordon 64, Strachan 87 - McDonald 69, Doyle 78
Hibernian - Rangers 2-1 Stanton 45, 66 - Young 83
Motherwell - Dundee United 2-1 McIlwraith 55, Davidson 84 - McAdam 33
Saturday, 29th November 1975
Ayr United - Aberdeen 1-0 Murphy 50
Dundee United - Celtic 1-3 Hegarty 83 - Deans 3, Lennox 59, Lynch 71
Hearts - Motherwell 3-3 Aird 63, Brown 66, Busby 78 pen - Pettigrew 6, Gardner 62, 74
Rangers - Dundee 2-1 Henderson 13, 36 - Wallace 14
St Johnstone - Hibernian 3-4 C.Smith 3, 16, G.Smith 85 pen - Duncan 2, 21, 49, Brownlie 19 pen
Saturday, 6th December 1975
Aberdeen - Rangers 1-0 Jarvie 83
Ayr United - Dundee United 2-2 Graham 70, 88 - Hall 7, McAdam 36
Dundee - Hibernian 2-0 Caldwell 58, 85
Hearts - Celtic 0-1 Deans 78
Motherwell - St Johnstone 2-1 Millar 53 pen, Pettigrew 56 - McGregor 88
Wednesday, 10th December 1975
Celtic - Hibernian 1-1 Deans 60 - Schaedler 72
Saturday, 13th December 1975
Celtic - Aberdeen 0-2 Jarvie 6, Graham 33
Dundee United - Hearts 0-1 Callachan 36
Hibernian - Motherwell 1-0 Stanton 21
Rangers - Ayr United 3-0 Jardine 51 pen, Henderson 78, McKean 88
St Johnstone - Dundee 1-3 O'Rourke 73 - Wallace 32, 58, 64
Saturday, 20th December 1975
Ayr United - Hearts 1-1 Graham 36 pen - Aird 77
Dundee - Dundee United 0-0
Hibernian - Celtic 1-3 Duncan 19 - Deans 12, Edvaldsson 20, McNamara 89
Rangers - Motherwell 3-2 Johnstone 5, 53, Henderson - Pettigrew 15, McLaren 86
St Johnstone - Aberdeen 1-1 O'Rourke 83 - Williamson 80
Saturday, 27th December 1975
Aberdeen - Hibernian 2-2 McMaster 18, Williamson 55 - Bremner 10, Duncan 20
Celtic - Ayr United 3-1 Edvaldsson 37, 63, Dalglish 85 - McCulloch 49
Dundee United - Rangers 0-0
Hearts - St Johnstone 2-0 Aird 42, Busby 57 pen
Motherwell - Dundee 3-2 Pettigrew 3, Graham 5, 37 - Wallace 46, Laing 59
Thursday, 1st January 1976
Dundee - Aberdeen 1-3 Hutchinson 4 - Robb 14, Scott 28, Graham 62
Hibernian - Hearts 3-0 Duncan 19, 23, Smith 15
Motherwell - Ayr United 1-0 McLaren 60
Rangers - Celtic 1-0 Johnstone 30
St Johnstone - Dundee Utd 1-1 O'Rourke 67 - Rolland 29
Saturday, 3rd January 1976
Aberdeen - Motherwell 0-0
Ayr united - St Johnstone 2-0 Graham 42, Doyle 84
Hearts - Rangers 1-2 Forsyth 71 og - Henderson 53, 86
Celtic - Dundee 3-3 Deans 18, Dalglish 43, 51 - Lynch 13 og, Hoggan 59, McIntosh 82
Saturday, 10th January 1976
Rangers - St Johnstone 4-0 Miller 33 pen, Hamilton 77, Johnstone 85, McKean 88
Dundee - Hearts 4-1 Wallace 53, Martin 64, Hutchinson 67, Robinson 80 - Shaw 90
Aberdeen - Dundee United 5-3 Graham 24, 89, Scott 26 pen, 52 pen, 72 - Reid 63, 81 pen,
Hegarty 66
Motherwell - Celtic 1-3 Davidson 63 - Deans 53, 60, Dalglish 82
Hibernian - Ayr United 3-0 Brownlie 28 pen, Harper 36, 77
Saturday, 17th January 1976
Ayr United - Dundee 3-1 Graham 11, 69, Ingram 74 - Hutchinson 61
Dundee Utd - Motherwell 1-4 Copland 45 - Pettigrew 36, R.Watson 60, Graham 64, Marinello 75
Hearts - Aberdeen 3-3 Gibson 27, Anderson 76, Prentice 87 - McMaster 13, Scott 58,
Pirie 84
Rangers - Hibernian 2-0 Parlane 68, McLean 82
St Johnstone - Celtic 3-4 Lambie 17, Thomson 33, Cramond 46 - Dalglish 26, Deans 45,
McDonald 70, Edvaldsson 88
Saturday, 31st January 1976
Aberdeen - Ayr United 2-1 Pirie 43, McMaster 61 - Graham 79 pen
Celtic - Dundee United 2-1 Dalglish 13, Wilson 37 - Hall 1
Dundee - Rangers 1-1 Johnston 64 - Johnstone 47
Hibernian - St Johnstone 5-0 Smith 22, MacLeod 32, 85, Roberts 67 og, Duncan 76
Motherwell - Hearts 2-0 Pettigrew 33, 43
Saturday, 7th February 1976
Celtic - Hearts 2-0 Dalglish 59, 81
Hibernian - Dundee 4-0 Smith 40, Macleod 54, Duncan 56, Stanton 86
Rangers - Aberdeen 2-1 Henderson 24, MacDonald 43 - Pirie 77
St Johnstone - Motherwell 1-3 O'Rourke 5 - Taylor 9, Anderson 38 og, Pettigrew 58
Saturday, 21st February 1976
Aberdeen - Celtic 0-1 Lennox 79
Ayr United - Rangers 0-1 McKean 53
Dundee - St Johnstone 3-0 Strachan 60 pen, 62, Wallace 80
Hearts - Dundee United 0-1 Hall 70
Motherwell - Hibernian 0-1 Smith 30
Saturday, 28th February 1976
Aberdeen - St Johnstone 3-0 Pirie 32, 70, Scott 55
Celtic - Hibernian 4-0 Deans 13 pen, Lennox 38, Wilson 44, Dalglish 65
Dundee United - Dundee 1-0 McAdam 72
Hearts - Ayr United 1-0 Gibson 32
Motherwell - Rangers 0-1 Johnstone 23
Wednesday, 3rd March 1976
Dundee Utd - Ayr United 5-0 Reid 15, McAdam 19, 34, 79, Hegarty 49
Saturday, 13th March 1976
Aberdeen - Dundee 0-1 Hutchinson 88
Hearts - Hibernian 0-1 Duncan 3
Saturday, 20th March 1976
Dundee - Celtic 0-1 Dalglish 58
Hibernian - Dundee United 0-1 Hall 40
Motherwell - Aberdeen 2-1 Pettigrew 5, Davidson 88 - Fleming 73
Rangers - Hearts 3-1 Johnstone 16, Jackson 55, McLean 75 - Aird 50
St Johnstone - Ayr United 1-2 Lambie 57 - Robertson 65, 89
Saturday, 27th March 1976
Ayr United - Hibernian 2-0 Fleming 49, Robertson 85
Celtic - Motherwell 4-0 Dalglish 15, 35, Deans 25, Lennox 40
Dundee United - Aberdeen 1-0 Fleming 63
Hearts - Dundee 3-0 Busby 8 pen, Aird 68, Shaw 78
St Johnstone - Rangers 0-3 Greig 4, Johnstone 52, 53
Wednesday, 31st March 1976
Dundee Utd - St Johnstone 1-1 Hegarty 84 - McGregor 56
Hibernian - Aberdeen 3-2 Murray 24, Muir 49, Blackley 89 - Scott 14, Fleming 50
Saturday, 3rd April 1976
Celtic - St Johnstone 1-0 Dalglish 23
Dundee - Ayr United 1-2 Strachan 80 pen - Robertson 66, Graham 75
Hibernian - Rangers 0-3 MacDonald 20, Henderson 50, Johnstone 55
Motherwell - Dundee Utd 3-2 McVie 13, Millar 55 pen, Stevens 87 - Fleming 44, Hall 69
Wednesday, 7th April 1976
Aberdeen - Hearts 0-3 Gibson 7, 84, Aird 40
Saturday, 10th April 1976
Ayr United - Aberdeen 1-1 Graham 50 - Jarvie 87
Dundee United - Celtic 3-2 McAdam 44, 85, Fleming 63 - Dalglish 60, 87
Hearts - Motherwell 1-2 Busby 38 - Graham 19, Gardner 25
Rangers - Dundee 3-0 McKean 14, Greig 35, Johnstone 49
St Johnstone - Hibernian 0-2 McGhee 31, Bremner 35
Wednesday, 14th April 1976
Aberdeen - Rangers 0-0
Ayr United - Dundee Utd 1-0 Ingram 56
Dundee - Hibernian 1-1 Ford 73 - McGhee 59
Motherwell - St Johnstone 2-0 Pettigrew 1, Marinello 72 pen
Saturday, 17th April 1976
Celtic - Aberdeen 1-1 Dalglish 26 - Edvaldsson 40 og
Dundee United - Hearts 2-0 Hegarty 22, McAdam 69
Hibernian - Motherwell 2-0 McGhee 30, MacLod 56 pen
Rangers - Ayr United 2-1 MacDonald 13, Parlane 71 - Ingram 1
St Johnstone - Dundee 1-1 Anderson 64 - Gemmell 61 pen
Wednesday, 21st April 1976
Rangers - Motherwell 2-1 McLean 26, Henderson 77 - Stevens 54
Dundee - Dundee United 2-1 Gemmell 44 pen, Sinclair 53 - Hall 75
Hibernian - Celtic 2-0 Smith 24, MacLeod 64 pen
Ayr United - Hearts 0-1 Park 65
St Johnstone - Aberdeen 2-0 Hotson 35, Thomson 63
Saturday, 24th April 1976
Aberdeen - Hibernian 3-0 Jarvie 30, Smith 67, Robb 68
Celtic - Ayr United 1-2 Deans 58 pen - Robertson 47 pen, 56
Dundee United - Rangers 0-1 Johnstone 22 Seconds (Fastest ever Rangers Goal)
Hearts - St Johnstone 1-0 Thomson 88 og
Motherwell - Dundee 1-1 Marinello 63 - Hutchinson 15
Monday, 26th April 1976
Celtic - Rangers 0-0
St Johnstone - Hearts 0-0
Wednesday, 28th April 1976
Dundee Utd - Hibernian 2-0 McAlpine 13 pen, Hall 19
Saturday, 1st May 1976
Ayr United - Celtic 3-5 Graham 17, McCulloch 18, Phillips 57 - Ritchie 36,
P.McCluskey 64 pen, Lennox 65, Dalglish 68, 85
Dundee - Motherwell 1-0 Sinclair 55
Monday, 3rd May 1976
Ayr United - Motherwell 2-1 McCulloch 75, Phillips 79 - Gardner 10
Hearts - Celtic 1-0 Brown 52
Tuesday, 4th May 1976
Rangers - Dundee United 0-0
Top Goalscorer: Kenneth Dalglish (Celtic) 24; William Pettigrew (Motherwell) 22;
John Graham (Ayr United) 16; Derek Johnstone (Rangers) 16.
Apps & Goals of champions Rangers:
PLAYER Apps Goals
John Greig 36 2
Alexander MacDonald 35 4
Thomas McLean 35 4
Colin Jackson 33 2
Derek Johnstone 33 16
Robert McKean 33 5
Thomas Forsyth 28 -
Alexander Miller 27 1
Martin Henderson 26 10
William (Sandy) Jardine 25 2
Peter McCloy 25 -
Derek Parlane 24 5
Johnny Hamilton 22 1
Stewart Kennedy 11 -
James Denny 9 -
Quinton Young 8 2
Colin Stein 6 1
Ian McDougall 4 1
Alexander O'Hara 4 -
Alistair Dawson 3 -
Graham Fyfe 3 -
Alistair Scott 2 -
Gordon Boyd 1 -
Manager: Jock Wallace
Apps & Goals of Celtic:
PLAYER Apps Goals
Peter Latchford 35
Daniel McGrain 35
Johannes Edvaldsson 35 7
Kenneth Dalglish 35 24
Andrew Lynch 34 1
Patrick McCluskey 34 3
Robert Lennox 30 10
John (Dixie) Deans 29 15
Roderick MacDonald 27 3
Paul Wilson 26 4
Thomas Callaghan 22
Jackie McNarama 18 2
Henry Hood 14 1
Roy Aitken 12
Ronald Glavin 10
Andrew Ritchie 8 1
John Doyle 5
Thomas Burns 5
George McCluskey 4
George Connelly 3
Stephen Murray 3
Robert Hannah 2
James Casey 1
Alistair Hunter 1
Apps & Goals of Hibernian:
PLAYER APPS GOALS
Arthur Duncan 36 13
John Blackley 34 1
John Brownlie 33 4
Eric Schaedler 33 1
Patrick Stanton 33 5
Desmond Bremner 32 3
Roy Barry 25
Alex Edwards 25 1
Robert Smith 23 6
Joseph Harper 22 5
James McArthur 20
Ally MacLeod 17 7
Iain Munro 17 1
Derek Spalding 17
Mike McDonald 15
Lindsay Muir 10 1
William Murray 9 1
Alexander McGhee 6 3
Tony Higgins 4
Mike Wilson 3
William Paterson 3
Patrick Carroll 1
Hugh Whyte 1
OWN GOALS 3
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