Scottish Premier Division 1976/77


Premier Division Final Table 1976/77:
			PLD   W    D    L    F-A      PTS
 1. Celtic		36   23    9    4   79:39    55:17
 2. Rangers		36   18   10    8   62:37    46:26
 3. Aberdeen		36   16   11    9   56:42    43:29
 4. Dundee United	36   16    9   11   54:45    41:31
 5. Partick Thistle	36   11   13   12   40:44    35:37
 6. Hibernian		36    8   18   10   34:35    34:38
 7. Motherwell		36   10   12   14   57:60    32:40
 8. Ayr United		36   11    8   17   44:68    30:42
 9. Heart of Midlothian	36    7   13   16   49:66    27:45  
10. Kilmarnock		36    4    9   23   32:71    17:55

Saturday, 4th September 1976
Aberdeen - Hearts	        2-2   Fleming 5, Robb 85 / Busby 1, Park 87
Celtic - Rangers		2-2   Wilson 54, 86 / Johnstone 9, Parlane 35
Hibernian - Dundee United	1-2   Brownlie 37 pen / McAlpine 67 pen, Wallace 89
Kilmarnock - Motherwell 	1-1   Clarke 11 / McVie 17
Partick Thistle - Ayr United	0-2   Graham 45 pen, 78

Saturday, 11th September 1976
Ayr United - Aberdeen		0-5   Fleming 28, Sullivan 40, 86, Harper 61, 85
Dundee United - Celtic		1-0   Wallace 20
Hearts - Partick Thistle	0-0
Motherwell - Hibernian		2-2   Graham 16, Marinello 88 / Scott 1, Murray 67
Rangers - Kilmarnock		0-0

Saturday, 18th September 1976
Aberdeen - Kilmarnock   	2-0   Jarvie 83, Gibson 89
Ayr United - Dundee United	1-4   Ingram 89 / McAdam 8, Hegarty 9, Sturrock 20, Wallace 49
Celtic - Hearts			2-2   Glavin 11, G.McCluskey 80 / Busby 32 pen, Shaw 60
Hibernian - Rangers		1-1   Smith 46 / Parlane 34
Partick Thistle - Motherwell	2-0   Somner 31, Melrose 86

Saturday, 25th September 1976
Dundee Utd - Partick Thistle	2-1   McAdam 44, 67 / Somner 3
Hibernian - Aberdeen		0-0
Kilmarnock - Celtic		0-4   Craig 44, Glavin 45, Doyle 61, McDonald 77
Motherwell - Ayr United 	4-1   O'Rourke 37, 84, Pettigrew 60, 67 / McCall 75
Rangers - Hearts		4-2   Hamilton 27, Miller 41 pen, Parlane 70, Johnstone 89 / 
				      Gibson 14, Miller 32 og

Saturday, 2nd October 1976
Ayr United - Rangers		1-1   Robertson 81 / Parlane 70
Celtic - Hibernian		1-1   Dalglish 57 pen / Higgins 33
Dundee United - Motherwell	2-0   Hegarty 52, Sturrock 56
Hearts - Kilmarnock		2-2   Gallacher 42, 72 / McCulloch 21, McDicken 26
Partick Thistle - Aberdeen	2-2   Somner 24 pen, McQuade 62 / Harper 11, Fleming 44

Saturday, 9th October 1976
Hearts - Ayr United		2-2   Park 20, Shaw 44 / McCall 57, Fillipi 89

Saturday, 16th October 1976
Ayr United - Celtic		0-2   Glavin 69, Craig 89
Hibernian - Partick Thistle	0-0
Motherwell - Hearts		1-1   O'Rourke 1 / Gibson 29
Rangers - Aberdeen		1-0   MacDonald 78

Wednesday, 20th October 1976
Celtic - Dundee United		5-1   Glavin 1, 75, 80, Craig 68, Lennox 83 / Sturrock 86

Saturday, 23rd October 1976
Aberdeen - Celtic		2-1   Harper 64, 76 pen / Dalglish 56 pen
Ayr United - Hibernian		2-3   Graham 36 pen, Ingram 89 / Brownlie 7 pen, Smith 78, 
				      Duncan 88
Hearts - Dundee United   	1-2   Gibson 55 / Fraser 20 og, Wallace 76
Motherwell - Rangers		3-1   Wark 8, Pettigrew 38, 84 / Hamilton 7
Partick Thistle - Kilmarnock	2-1   Frame 25, Johnston 65 / Fallis 80

Tuesday, 26th October 1976
Kilmarnock - Hibernian		1-1   Smith 40 / Bremner 70

Saturday, 30th October 1976
Aberdeen - Dundee United	3-2   Jarvie 21, Harper 46, Williamson 57 / Sturrock 11, 
			   	      Wallace 83
Celtic - Motherwell		2-0   Dalglish 56, 63
Hibernian - Hearts		1-1   Paterson 1 / Prentice 83
Kilmarnock - Ayr United 	6-1   Sheed 12, McDicken 14, Fallis 29, 34, 53, Murdoch 89 / 
				      Masterton 88
Partick Thistle - Rangers	2-1   Somner 75, Whittaker 89 / Watson 53

Tuesday, 2nd November 1976
Aberdeen - Motherwell		3-1   Jarvie 64, Sullivan 71, Harper 85 / O'Rourke 89

Wednesday, 3rd November 1976
Dundee United - Kilmarnock	3-0   Sturrock 3, Hegarty 35, Rolland 85

Saturday, 6th November 1976
Ayr United - Partick Thistle	2-1   McCall 59, 77 / Somner 85 pen
Dundee United - Hibernian	2-1   Wallace 7, McAdam 81 / Smith 56
Motherwell - Kilmarnock 	5-4   O'Rourke 51, 61, 65, Pettigrew 71, Davidson 74 / 
				      Fallis 5, 13, Maxwell 67, Smith 68

Tuesday, 9th November 1976
Rangers - Dundee United 	3-0   Jackson 9, McKean 12, Parlane 46

Wednesday, 10th November 1976
Hearts - Aberdeen		2-1   Jefferies 40, 52 / Harper

Saturday, 13th November 1976
Kilmarnock - Rangers		0-4   McKean 20, Jackson 26, 58, Parlane 33

Saturday, 20th November 1976
Dundee United - Ayr United	2-2   Sturrock 9, Wallace 85 / McCall 43, Masterton 47
Hearts - Celtic			3-4   Gibson 8, 10, 33 / McDonald 21, Lennox 36, Dalglish 61, 
				      Glavin 87
Kilmarnock - Aberdeen   	1-2   Smith 42 pen / Scott 55, Kennedy 80
Motherwell - Partick Thistle	3-0   Pettigrew 20, 26, Davidson 63
Rangers - Hibernian		1-1   Parlane 26 / Steele 44 og

Wednesday, 24th November 1976
Aberdeen - Ayr United		1-0   Harper 70 pen
Hibernian - Motherwell		0-2   Pettigrew 7, Graham 72
Rangers - Celtic		0-1   Craig 36

Saturday, 27th November 1976
Aberdeen - Hibernian		1-0   Harper 35
Ayr United - Motherwell 	4-1   Fillipi 16, Cramond 19, McCall 54, 61 / Marinello 20
Celtic - Kilmarnock		2-1   Craig 43, Wilson 44 / McCulloch 4
Hearts - Rangers		0-1   Parlane 32
Partick Thistle - Dundee Utd	1-5   J.Hansen 25 / Wallace 4, 39, Sturrock 15, 67, Fleming 89

Tuesday, 30th November 1976
Partick Thistle - Hearts	2-1   A.Hansen 47, J.Hansen 89 / Shaw 63

Saturday, 11th December 1976
Ayr United - Hearts		0-1   Gibson 1

Saturday, 18th December 1976
Celtic - Ayr United		3-0   Doyle 10, Wilson 15, Dalglish 17
Hearts - Motherwell		2-1   Shaw 49, Stevens 83 og / Stevens 56
Kilmarnock - Dundee United	1-0   Fallis 75
Partick Thistle - Hibernian	1-1   Somner 65 / Fyfe 63

Friday, 24th December 1976
Hibernian - Ayr United		1-0   Fillipi og

Sunday, 26th December 1976
Rangers - Motherwell		1-0   O'Hara 75
Celtic - Aberdeen		2-2   Craig 32, 44 / Jarvie 23, 37

Monday, 27th December 1976
Dundee United - Hearts  	1-1   Payne 53 / Callachan 18
Kilmarnock - Partick Thistle	0-0

Saturday, 1st January 1977
Ayr United - Kilmarnock 	3-1   Masterton 6, 60, McCulloch 65 / Smith 33
Rangers - Partick Thistle	1-0   Johnstone 82

Monday, 3rd January 1977
Aberdeen - Hearts		4-1   Harper 21, 39, 58, Jarvie 45 / Callachan 60 pen
Kilmarnock - Motherwell 	2-2   Fallis 37, Maxwell 80 / Pettigrew 1, 9

Wednesday, 5th January 1977
Hibernian - Dundee United	0-0

Saturday, 8th January 1977
Ayr United - Aberdeen		0-0
Dundee United - Celtic		1-2   McAdam 53 / Dalglish 12, Doyle 86
Hearts - Partick Thistle	1-0   Whittaker 54 og
Motherwell - Hibernian		1-1   O'Rourke 48 / Brownlie 23
Rangers - Kilmarnock		3-0   Parlane 44, 67, O'Hara 84

Tuesday, 11th January 1977
Celtic - Rangers		1-0   Jackson 76 og

Wednesday, 12th January 1977
Aberdeen - Partick Thistle	1-1   Harper 29 / Melrose 84

Wednesday, 19th January 1977
Aberdeen - Rangers		3-3   Jarvie 41, Scott 60, Smith 65 / Miller 44 pen, 
				      MacDonald 80, Johnstone 86

Saturday, 22nd January 1977
Hibernian - Aberdeen		0-0
Kilmarnock - Celtic		1-3   Fallis 28 / Glavin 38, 66 pen, Wilson 53
Motherwell - Ayr United 	2-4   Pettigrew 33, O'Rourke 56 / McSherry 18, Masterton 47, 
				      McCall 67, 87
Rangers - Hearts		3-2   MacDonald 10, 36, Johnstone 30 / Gallacher 37, Shaw 82

Wednesday, 26th January 1977
Hearts - Hibernian		0-1   MacLeod 68

Saturday, 5th February 1977
Ayr United - Rangers		0-2   Johnstone 2, McLean 70
Celtic - Hibernian		4-2   Edvaldsson 21, Glavin 31, 72, Craig 57 / Smith 38, 
				      MacLeod 85
Hearts - Kilmarnock		4-0   Jefferies 32, Gibson 34, 41, 43
Partick Thistle - Aberdeen	2-1   Melrose 25, Somner 50 / Jarvie 69

Monday, 7th February 1977
Aberdeen - Kilmarnock       	2-0   McLelland 72, Graham 85
Ayr United - Dundee United	1-4   Masterton 17 / Wallace 41, Narey 46, Sturrock 49, 
				      Hegarty 70
Celtic - Hearts			5-1   Edvaldsson 16, Craig 44, Glavin 46 pen, Lynch 84, 
				      Dalglish 87 / Gibson 86

Saturday, 12th February 1977
Celtic - Partick Thistle	2-0   Glavin 67, Dalglish 82
Kilmarnock - Hibernian		0-1   MacLeod 66
Rangers - Dundee United 	2-3   Jackson 17, MacDonald 20 / Sturrock 38, McAlpine 50 pen, 
				      Wallace 79

Tuesday, 15th February 1977
Kilmarnock - Hearts		2-1   Robertson 12, McDicken 87 / Shaw 37

Wednesday, 16th February 1977
Dundee United - Motherwell	1-1   Sturrock 72 / Pettigrew 78
Hibernian - Rangers		0-0
Partick Thistle - Ayr United	0-1   McCall 22 pen

Saturday, 19th February 1977
Ayr United - Celtic		2-4   McCall 27, Masterton 39 / Craig 38, Lynch 64, 
			 	      Dalglish 79, 82
Dundee United - Kilmarnock	4-0   McAdam 2, 13, Wallace 9, 62
Hibernian - Partick Thistle	1-1   Smith 41 / McQuade 85
Motherwell - Hearts		2-1   Pettigrew 1, O'Rourke 65 / Gibson 40
Rangers - Aberdeen		1-0   Miller 89 pen

Tuesday, 22nd February 1977
Partick Thistle - Celtic	2-4   McQuade 52, Edvaldsson 60 og / A.Hansen 3 og, 
				      Glavin 17 pen, Aitken 44, Craig 49
Tuesday, 1st March 1977
Dundee Utd - Partick Thistle	0-0

Saturday, 5th March 1977
Aberdeen - Celtic		2-0   Graham 22, Harper 90
Ayr United - Hibernian		1-2   McCall 35 / Duncan 46, Higgins 57
Hearts - Dundee United  	1-1   Brown 28 / Sturrock 25
Motherwell - Rangers		0-2   MacDonald 19, Watson 89
Partick Thistle - Kilmarnock	3-1   Houston 32, McQuade 37, Somner 60 / Smith 27 pen

Tuesday, 8th March 1977
Dundee United - Rangers 	0-0

Wednesday, 9th March 1977
Celtic - Partick Thistle	2-1   Conn 41, Doyle 52 / Somner 89
Hibernian - Kilmarnock		2-0   Smith 14, Macleod 42

Saturday, 12th March 1977
Aberdeen - Dundee United	0-1   Sturrock 14
Kilmarnock - Ayr United 	0-1   McSherry 63

Tuesday, 15th March 1977
Partick Thistle - Rangers	4-3   Johnston 20, Melrose 54, A.Hansen 67, 85 pen / 
				      Johnstone 32, Watson 59, Parlane 64

Wednesday, 16th March 1977
Celtic - Motherwell		2-2   Glavin 2 pen, Edvaldsson 54 / Graham 44, Davidson 79
Dundee United - Aberdeen	3-2   Narey 2, Hegarty 6, McAdam 34 / Smith 8, Harper 72

Saturday, 19th March 1977
Ayr United - Partick Thistle	1-1   McCall 23 pen / A.Hansen 52 pen
Dundee United - Hibernian	1-0   Hegarty 29
Hearts - Aberdeen		1-1   Park 78 / Fleming 6
Motherwell - Kilmarnock 	2-0   Graham 28, 63
Rangers - Celtic		2-2   Parlane 22, 80 / Aitken 12, 84

Wednesday, 23rd March 1977
Aberdeen - Motherwell		2-1   Davidson 76, Graham 89 / Wark 20
Hibernian - Hearts		3-1   MacLeod 17, Smith 49, Scott 66 / Gibson 59
Rangers - Ayr United		1-1   Johnstone 36 / Fillipi 86

Saturday, 26th March 1977
Aberdeen - Ayr United		0-2   McCall 2, Masterton 65
Celtic - Dundee United		2-0   Craig 44, Glavin 50 pen
Hibernian - Motherwell		1-2   MacLeod 27 / Pettigrew 57, 75
Kilmarnock - Rangers		1-0   Robertson 59
Partick Thistle - Hearts	2-0   Somner 35, Gibson 67

Wednesday, 30th March 1977
Partick Thistle - Motherwell	0-0
Hibernian - Celtic		1-1   MacLeod 34 / Glavin 36

Saturday, 2nd April 1977
Dundee United - Ayr United	0-1   Masterton 44
Hearts - Celtic			0-3   Aitken 10, Craig 28, Glavin 46
Kilmarnock - Aberdeen   	1-2   McCulloch 10 / Graham 44, Davidson 46
Motherwell - Partick Thistle	1-1   Davidson 75 / Gibson 76
Rangers - Hibernian		2-1   Parlane 43, Johnstone 44 / Smith 29

Tuesday, 5th April 1977
Motherwell - Aberdeen		1-1   Pettigrew 67 / Harper 89

Wednesday, 6th April 1977
Hearts - Ayr United		1-2   Brown 42 / Cramond 5, McCall 56

Saturday, 9th April 1977
Aberdeen - Hibernian		0-0
Ayr United - Motherwell 	3-2   Cramond 43, 60, 78 / Pettigrew 32, 52
Celtic - Kilmarnock		1-0   Craig 78
Hearts - Rangers		1-3   Busby 88 / Johnstone 29, Parlane 58, Jardine 86 pen
Partick Thistle - Dundee Utd	0-0

Wednesday, 13th April 1977
Ayr United - Kilmarnock 	1-1   McCall 19 / Smith 89 pen
Dundee United - Aberdeen	2-3   Sturrock 6, Rolland 40 / Scott 5, Rougvie 52, Smith 65
Hearts - Hibernian		2-2   Gibson 25, Brown 88 / Bremner 39, 44
Motherwell - Celtic		3-0   Kennedy 42, Lynch 87 og, 89 og
Rangers - Partick Thistle	2-1   Johnstone 12, Jardine 23 pen / Johnston 53

Saturday, 16th April 1977
Aberdeen - Partick Thistle	0-2   Deans 36, 51
Hibernian - Celtic		0-1   Craig 63
Kilmarnock - Hearts		2-2   McDicken 4, Smith 45 pen / Smith 80, Prentice 88
Rangers - Ayr United		5-1   Johnstone 26, MacDonald 34, 73, Hamilton 62, 
				      Miller 69 pen / McDonald 53

Sunday, 17th April 1977
Motherwell - Dundee United	4-0   Pettigrew 8, Graham 21, 47, Davidson 51

Wednesday, 20th April 1977
Celtic - Aberdeen		4-1   Conn 19, Glavin 37, Craig 61, Dalglish 86 / Jarvie 30
Dundee United - Hearts  	1-2   Kirkwood 24 / Robertson 21, Shaw 55
Hibernian - Ayr United		2-0   Scott 49, Bremner 76
Kilmarnock - Partick Thistle	1-3   Provan 80 / Melrose 15, 24, 35
Rangers - Motherwell		4-1   Johnstone 61, MacDonald 73, Parlane 76, Robertson 79 pen /
				      Pettigrew 6

Saturday, 23rd April 1977
Ayr United - Hearts		1-1   McCulloch 52 / Gallacher 7
Dundee United - Rangers 	0-1   Johnstone 51
Hibernian - Kilmarnock		0-0
Motherwell - Aberdeen		1-3   Kennedy 29 / Davidson 78, 84, Graham 83
Partick Thistle - Celtic	1-1   Somner 85 / Aitken 13

Saturday, 30th April 1977
Aberdeen - Rangers		2-1   Harper 10 pen, Davidson 34 / Johnstone 25
Celtic - Ayr United		2-0   Dalglish 37, Edvaldsson 78
Hearts - Motherwell		3-2   Gibson 34, Smith 51, Bannon 80 / Pettigrew 12, Robertson 71 og
Kilmarnock - Dundee United	1-2   Fallis 21 / McAdam 1, Sturrock 82
Partick Thistle - Hibernian	1-0   Melrose 54

Wednesday, 4th May 1977
Motherwell - Dundee United	1-1   Graham 45 / Williamson 58

Tuesday, 10th May 1977
Motherwell - Celtic		2-2   Stevens 42, Marinello 43 / Burns 60, Dalglish 69


Top Goalscorers:


			 Apps   Goals
Daniel McGrain		  36   	  -		
Patrick Stanton		  36      -		
Kenneth Dalglish          35     14		
John Doyle		  35      4		
Ronald Glavin		  34     19		
Joseph Craig		  34     16		
Roy Aitken		  33      5		
Peter Latchford		  31      -		
Andrew Lynch		  30      2		
Roderick MacDonald	  24      2		
Paul Wilson		  24      5		
Thomas Burns		  22      1		
Johannes Edvaldsson	  17      4		
Alfred Conn		  14      2		
Roy Baines		   5      -		
Patrick McCluskey	   9      1		
Robert Lennox	           5      2		
John Gibson		   3      -		
Thomas Callaghan	   1      -		
Own Goals		          2

Manager:  Jock Stein