Scottish Premier Division 1977/78
Premier Division Final Table 1977/78
PLD W D L F-A PTS
1. Rangers 36 24 7 5 76:39 55:17
2. Aberdeen 36 22 9 5 68:29 53:19
3. Dundee United 36 16 8 12 42:32 40:32
4. Hibernian 36 15 7 14 51:43 37:35
5. Celtic 36 15 6 15 63:54 36:36
6. Motherwell 36 13 7 16 45:52 33:39
7. Partick Thistle 36 14 5 17 52:64 33:39
8. St Mirren 36 11 8 17 52:63 30:42
9. Ayr United 36 9 6 21 36:68 24:48
10. Clydebank 36 6 7 23 23:64 19:53
Saturday, 13th August 1977
Aberdeen - Rangers 3-1 Jarvie 11, 60, Harper 62 / Russell 31
Celtic - Dundee United 0-0
Hibernian - Motherwell 0-0
Partick Thistle - Ayr United 2-2 Houston 25, Somner 40 pen / McCall 30 pen, Masterton 52
St Mirren - Clydebank 1-1 Torrance 28 pen / Larnach 32
Saturday, 20th August 1977
Ayr United - Celtic 2-1 McCall 56, 60 / Craig 17
Clydebank - Aberdeen 1-3 Larnach 27 / Garner 71, Harper 76, Davidson 78
Dundee United - St Mirren 2-1 Wallace 21, Addison 65 / McGarvey 12
Motherwell - Partick Thistle 3-0 Davidson 51, McAdam 60, Purdie 83
Rangers - Hibernian 0-2 Rae 4, Bremner 89
Saturday, 27th August 1977
Aberdeen - Dundee United 0-0
Celtic - Motherwell 0-1 Davidson 80
Hibernian - Clydebank 2-0 Scott 13, Brazil 44
Partick Thistle - Rangers 0-4 Miller 44 pen, Smith 54, 89, Russell 85
St Mirren - Ayr United 2-0 Reid 37, McGarvey 67
Saturday, 10th September 1977
Ayr United - Aberdeen 0-1 Harper 89
Clydebank - Partick Thistle 0-4 Love 1, 29, Melrose 39, Somner 86
Dundee United - Hibernian 2-0 Kirkwood 11, Rolland 42 pen
Motherwell - St Mirren 0-3 McGarvey 10, Abercrombie 84, Fitzpatrick 89 pen
Rangers - Celtic 3-2 Smith 53, 81, Johnstone 64 / Edvaldsson 18, 31
Saturday, 17th September 1977
Aberdeen - Celtic 2-1 Fleming 58, 68 / Garner 49 og
Clydebank - Dundee United 0-3 Sturrock 30, Bourke 66, Fleming 82
Motherwell - Ayr United 5-0 McAdam 44, Purdie 55, Miller 65, Davidson 79,
O'Rourke 88
Partick Thistle - Hibernian 1-0 Houston 54
St Mirren - Rangers 3-3 Docherty 33, McGarvey 42 pen, 75 / Jardine 26, Cooper 61,
Johnstone 67
Saturday, 24th September 1977
Aberdeen - Partick Thistle 2-1 Harper 32 pen, 48 / Houston 6
Celtic - Clydebank 1-0 McAdam 24
Dundee United - Motherwell 3-2 Fleming 1, Sturrock 24, Bourke 60 /Purdie 65, Pettigrew 82
Hibernian - St Mirren 2-0 Higgins 24, McLeod 40
Rangers - Ayr United 2-0 Smith 25, 49
Saturday, 1st October 1977
Ayr United - Dundee United 0-2 Hegarty 48, McAnespie 68 og
Celtic - Hibernian 3-1 Edvaldsson 44, Glavin 60, Craig 62 / McKay 86
Motherwell - Aberdeen 1-1 O'Neill 55 / McMaster 20
Rangers - Clydebank 4-1 Cooper 53, 88, Smith 67, 89 / Colgan 22
St Mirren - Partick Thistle 2-1 McGarvey 52 pen, Copland 82 / Somner 46
Saturday, 8th October 1977
Clydebank - Motherwell 2-1 Hay 12, McCormack 70 / Marinello 81
Dundee United - Rangers 0-1 Russell 73
Hibernian - Ayr United 1-2 Tait 65 og / Cramond 69, Christie 85
Partick Thistle - Celtic 1-0 Somner 61
St Mirren - Aberdeen 0-4 Jarvie 24, 41, 83, Fleming 65
Saturday, 15th October 1977
Aberdeen - Hibernian 1-2 Jarvie 12 / Smith 22 og, McLeod 66
Ayr United - Clydebank 2-0 McCall 33, Masterton 71
Celtic - St Mirren 1-2 McAdam 65 / Munro 60 og, Stark 69
Motherwell - Rangers 1-4 O'Rourke 70 / Smith 14, Johnstone 24, 28, 33
Partick Thistle - Dundee Utd 2-1 Melrose 55, Somner 76 / Sturrock 89
Saturday, 22nd October 1977
Ayr United - Partick Thistle 1-2 Cramond 70 / Gibson 60, O'Hara 86
Clydebank - St Mirren 2-2 Larnach 22, 37 / Hyslop 13, Stark 74
Dundee United - Celtic 1-2 Fleming 2 / Glavin 36 pen, Wilson 79
Motherwell - Hibernian 1-0 Stevens 71
Rangers - Aberdeen 3-1 Jardine 30 pen, Smith 69, MacDonald 73 / Harper 39 pen
Saturday, 29th October 1977
Aberdeen - Clydebank 1-1 Harper 52 / McCallan 64
Celtic - Ayr United 3-2 McAdam 1, Glavin 67, McDonald 84 / Cramond 17,
McCall 20
Hibernian - Rangers 0-1 Jardine 70 pen
Partick Thistle - Motherwell 1-0 Houston 73
St Mirren - Dundee United 0-1 Bourke 31
Saturday, 5th November 1977
Ayr United - St Mirren 3-2 Masterton 6, McCall 75, McLaughlin 80 / Stark 56,
Munro 69
Clydebank - Hibernian 1-0 McColl 34
Dundee United - Aberdeen 0-1 Fleming 89
Motherwell - Celtic 2-3 McAdam 54, O'Rourke 65 / Craig 51, 68, McDonald 78
Rangers - Partick Thistle 3-3 Parlane 22, 48, MacDonald 80 / Somner 15, Melrose 17,
Gibson 50
Saturday, 12th November 1977
Aberdeen - Ayr United 0-0
Celtic - Rangers 1-1 McAdam 50 / Johnstone 27
Hibernian - Dundee United 0-0
Partick Thistle - Clydebank 1-0 Gibson 14
St Mirren - Motherwell 1-0 McGarvey 46
Saturday, 19th November 1977
Ayr United - Motherwell 1-1 McCall 10 / Pettigrew 40
Celtic - Aberdeen 3-2 Lynch 33 pen, Aitken 47, Edvaldsson 75 / Jarvie 15,
Harper 71 pen
Dundee United - Clydebank 4-0 Fleming 21, Bourke 29, Wallace 53, Hegarty 56
Hibernian - Partick Thistle 2-3 McLeod 37, Stewart 53 / Bremner 10 og, Anderson 28,
Somner 70 pen
Rangers - St Mirren 2-1 Johnstone 46, Miller 74 pen / Stark 61
Saturday, 26th November 1977
Ayr United - Rangers 0-5 Johnstone 43, 64, 75, Jackson 68, Parlane 85
Motherwell - Dundee United 0-0
Partick Thistle - Aberdeen 1-0 Somner 8
St Mirren - Hibernian 3-0 McGarvey 9, Stark 11, Reid 80
Saturday, 3rd December 1977
Aberdeen - Motherwell 4-1 Robb 12, 50, 73, Strachan 16 / Pettigrew 32
Saturday, 10th December 1977
Aberdeen - St Mirren 3-1 Robb 7, Gibson 47, 53
Ayr United - Hibernian 0-1 Duncan 36
Celtic - Partick Thistle 3-0 McAdam 10, McDonald 42, Lynch 52 pen
Motherwell - Clydebank 2-1 Marinello 61, Davidson 67 / McCallan 50
Rangers - Dundee United 2-0 McLean 3, Smith 67
Saturday, 17th December 1977
Clydebank - Ayr United 0-2 McCutcheon 18, McCall 58
Dundee Utd - Partick Thistle 2-2 G.G.Wallace 26, 40 / Somner 16 pen, O'Hara 57
Hibernian - Aberdeen 2-0 Murray 32, Duncan 53
Rangers - Motherwell 3-1 Smith 25, 85, Johnstone 50 / Millar 72
St Mirren - Celtic 3-3 Stark 11, McGarvey 69, Munro 76 / McAdam 8, Lynch
79 pen, Craig 88
Saturday, 24th December 1977
Aberdeen - Rangers 4-0 Gibson 31, Robb 41, Harper 77, Jarvie 85
Celtic - Dundee United 1-0 Edvaldsson 82
Hibernian - Motherwell 2-1 McLeod pen, Paterson 53 / Pettigrew 48
Partick Thistle - Ayr United 4-1 O'Hara 4, 65, 89, Houston 80 / McLaughlin 69
St Mirren - Clydebank 2-0 McGarvey 5, Hyslop 70
Saturday, 31st December 1977
Ayr United - Celtic 2-1 Masterton 8, McLaughlin / Edvaldsson 46
Clydebank - Aberdeen 0-1 McMaster 35
Dundee United - St Mirren 2-1 Dodds 64, Hegarty / Hyslop 35
Motherwell - Partick Thistle 2-0 McLaren 57, Stevens 66
Rangers - Hibernian 0-0
Monday, 2nd January 1978
Aberdeen - Dundee United 1-0 Fleming
Celtic - Motherwell 0-1 O'Rourke
Hibernian - Clydebank 2-0 McGhee, McLeod
Partick Thistle - Rangers 1-2 Frame / Johnstone, Smith
St Mirren - Ayr United 2-3 Abercrombie, Munro / McCall (3)
Saturday, 7th January 1978
Ayr United - Aberdeen 1-1 McCall 62 / McMaster 1
Clydebank - Partick Thistle 2-0 O'Brien 70, Murray 78
Dundee United - Hibernian 1-1 Bourke 10 / McLeod 34
Motherwell - St Mirren 1-0 Stevens 53
Rangers - Celtic 3-1 Smith 35, Greig 37, Parlane 88 / Edvaldsson 65
Saturday, 14th January 1978
Aberdeen - Celtic 2-1 Sullivan 31, 71 / McDonald 75
Motherwell - Ayr United 3-0 Pettigrew 5, Marinello 57, Stevens 64
St Mirren - Rangers 0-2 Johnstone 21, Smith 73
Saturday, 4th February 1978
Ayr United - Dundee United 0-1 Fleming 47
Motherwell - Aberdeen 0-0
Rangers - Clydebank 1-0 Johnstone 82
St Mirren - Partick Thistle 1-1 Reid 68 / Craig 54 pen
Sunday, 19th February 1978
Clydebank - Rangers 0-3 Johnstone 6, 37, Cooper 71
Saturday, 25th February 1978
Aberdeen - Hibernian 3-0 Stewart 21 og, Davidson 49, Miller 71
Ayr United - Clydebank 0-0
Celtic - St Mirren 1-2 G.McCluskey 73 / Bone 30, McGarvey 51
Motherwell - Rangers 3-5 O'Rourke 25, Davidson 28, 67 / Johnstone 36, 57, Smith
37, Cooper 48, McVie 62 og
Partick Thistle - Dundee Utd 0-2 Fleming 7, Kirkwood 48
Saturday, 4th March 1978
Clydebank - St Mirren 2-2 McColl 11, McCormack 17 / Reid 15, Richardson 85
Dundee United - Celtic 0-1 Narey 69 og
Rangers - Aberdeen 0-3 Archibald 23, 79, Harper 38
Saturday, 11th March 1978
Celtic - Ayr United 3-0 Edvaldsson 30, Glavin 36, G.McCluskey 39
Clydebank - Motherwell 0-2 McLaren 51, Davidson 54
Hibernian - St Mirren 5-1 Brazil 10, Higgins 37, Hutchinson 47, 53, McLeod 60 pen /
Abercrombie 7
Wednesday, 15th March 1978
Ayr United - Partick Thistle 1-3 McCall 60 / O'Hara 35, Houston 46, Somner 77
Motherwell - Hibernian 2-4 Stevens 24, Davidson 72 / Bremner 11, Murray 14,
McLeod 78, 86
St Mirren - Dundee United 1-2 Copland 15 / Holt 7, Fleming 53
Saturday, 18th March 1978
Ayr United - St Mirren 0-1 McGarvey 87
Clydebank - Hibernian 0-3 Hutchinson 16, McLeod 45, 68
Dundee United - Aberdeen 0-0
Partick Thistle - Motherwell 2-3 O'Hara 60, Houston 77 / Pettigrew 31, Clinging 48, 56
Tuesday, 21st March 1978
Aberdeen - Clydebank 2-0 Davidson 58, Archibald 67
Rangers - Partick Thistle 2-1 MacDonald 50, Jardine 89 / Somner 74
Wednesday, 22nd March 1978
Hibernian - Ayr United 4-2 Murray 14, Hutchinson 25, 28, McLeod 70 pen / Masterton
48, McCulloch 61
Motherwell - Celtic 2-1 Marinello 49, 54 / Craig 37
Saturday, 25th March 1978
Aberdeen - Ayr United 4-1 Davidson 18, Archibald 34, Jarvie 48, 75 / Masterton 62
Celtic - Rangers 2-0 Glavin 32, McDonald 39
Hibernian - Dundee United 3-1 Higgins 11, 49, McLeod 27 / Payne 42
Partick Thistle - Clydebank 0-0
St Mirren - Motherwell 1-1 McGarvey 53 / Clinging 43
Wednesday, 29th March 1978
Dundee United - Motherwell 1-1 Holt 81 / Stevens 62
Hibernian - Rangers 1-1 McLeod 80 pen / Parlane 36
Partick Thistle - Celtic 0-4 Burns 26, 29, McDonald 55, McAdam 85
St Mirren - Aberdeen 1-2 Stark 61 / Davidson 37, Archibald 66
Saturday, 1st April 1978
Ayr United - Motherwell 0-1 Pettigrew 70
Celtic - Aberdeen 2-2 Glavin 34, Edvaldsson 58 / Davidson 57, Sullivan 67
Hibernian - Partick Thistle 3-1 Hutchinson 26, Duncan 43, McLeod 89 / O'Hara 37
Rangers - St Mirren 1-1 Johnstone 45 / McGarvey 44
Tuesday, 4th April 1978
Aberdeen - Partick Thistle 2-1 Harper 12, 16 / Frame 27
Wednesday, 5th April 1978
Celtic - Hibernian 2-1 McCluskey 58, 87 / McLeod 51 pen
Saturday, 8th April 1978
Ayr United - Rangers 2-5 McCulloch 5, McLaughlin 84 pen / Johnstone 30, 68, Greig
34, Smith 54, 78
Clydebank - Celtic 3-2 McCormack 10, Lumsden 60, Colgan 86 / McCluskey 14,
Burns 17
Motherwell - Dundee United 0-1 Fleming 4
Partick Thistle - Aberdeen 0-2 Harper 17, McMaster 23
St Mirren - Hibernian 3-0 Leonard 43, Reid 74, McGarvey 83
Wednesday, 12th April 1978
Dundee United - Clydebank 1-0 Hegarty 80
Hibernian - Celtic 1-1 Higgins 19 / McCluskey 31
Rangers - Ayr United 1-1 Johnstone 20 / Phillips 35
Saturday, 15th April 1978
Aberdeen - Motherwell 5-0 Jarvie 8, 16, Harper 13 pen, Davidson 38, 59
Clydebank - Rangers 0-2 Johnstone 56, 82
Dundee United - Ayr United 1-0 Kirkwood 5
Hibernian - Celtic 4-1 Duncan 8, Higgins 15, 83, McGhee 89 / Conroy 88
Partick Thistle - St Mirren 2-1 Somner 55, Craig 59 / Bone 23
Monday, 17th April 1978
Celtic - Clydebank 5-2 Edvaldsson 29, Glavin 40, McDonald 41, McAdam 62,
Aitken 77 / McColl 72, McCormack 74
Wednesday, 19th April 1978
Dundee United - Rangers 0-1 Johnstone 16
Partick Thistle - Hibernian 2-1 Gibson 40, O'Hara 80 / McGhee 25
Saturday, 22nd April 1978
Aberdeen - St Mirren 4-2 Harper 42, 61, 83, Miller 49 / McGarvey 1, Bone 10
Ayr United - Hibernian 2-0 Phillips 10, McLelland 82
Celtic - Partick Thistle 5-2 Glavin 19, Marr 21 og, Doyle 23, 70, Craig 63 /
Somner 60, 65
Motherwell - Clydebank 0-1 McCormack 68 pen
Rangers - Dundee United 3-0 Jackson 5, Jardine 20 pen, Cooper 75
Wednesday, 26th April 1978
Dundee United - Ayr United 3-1 Holt 2, Fleming 7, G.Wallace 35 / McAllister 48
Partick Thistle - St Mirren 5-0 McQuade 10, 42, Melrose 14, McAdam 32, O'Hara 69
Clydebank - Celtic 1-1 Houston 85 / Conroy 61
Saturday, 29th April 1978
Clydebank - Ayr United 0-2 McLaughlin 44 pen, Cramond 48
Dundee Utd - Partick Thistle 5-2 G.Wallace 16, Addison 20, 36, Stewart 58, Kirkwood 79 /
McAdam 54, Somner 64
Hibernian - Aberdeen 1-1 Duncan 87 / Scanlon 79
Rangers - Motherwell 2-0 Jackson 6, Smith 19
St Mirren - Celtic 3-1 Fitzpatrick 35, McGarvey 65, Bell 86 / Glavin 30 pen
Tuesday, 2nd May 1978
Clydebank - Dundee United 2-0 Gervaise 2, Miller 73
Top Goalscorers: Derek Johnstone (Rangers) 25; Gordon Smith (Rangers) 20;
Joe Harper (Aberdeen) 17; Frank McGarvey (St Mirren) 17.
Apps & Goals of champions Rangers:
Apps Goals
Colin Jackson 35 3
David Cooper 35 6
Gordon Smith 35 20
Alexander MacDonald 34 3
Derek Johnstone 33 25
Robert Russell 33 3
William (Sandy) Jardine 32 5
Thomas Forsyth 31 -
Thomas McLean 31 1
John Greig 29 2
Alexander Miller 24 2
Stewart Kennedy 22 -
Derek Parlane 22 5
Peter McCloy 14 -
Robert McKean 10 -
Kenneth Watson 4 -
Johnny Hamilton 4 -
Christopher Robertson 3 -
Alistair Dawson 2 -
William Mackay 1 -
Own Goals 1
Manager: Jock Wallace