Scottish Premier Division 1978/79
Premier Division Final Table 1978/79
PLD W D L F-A PTS
1. Celtic 36 21 6 9 61:37 48:24
2. Rangers 36 18 9 9 52:35 45:27
3. Dundee United 36 18 8 10 56:37 44:28
4. Aberdeen 36 13 14 9 59:36 40:32
5. Hibernian 36 12 13 11 44:48 37:35
6. St Mirren 36 15 6 15 45:41 36:36
7. Morton 36 12 12 12 52:53 36:36
8. Partick Thistle 36 13 8 15 42:39 34:38
9. Heart of Midlothian 36 8 7 21 39:71 23:49
10. Motherwell 36 5 7 24 33:86 17:55
Saturday, 12th August 1978
Dundee United - Hibernian 0-0
Hearts - Aberdeen 1-4 Bannon 4 / Davidson 24, Harper 36, Archibald 64, 84
Morton - Celtic 1-2 Ritchie 75 / Glavin 32, McDonald 70
Motherwell - Partick Thistle 0-1 Sheed 36
Rangers - St Mirren 0-1 Torrance 86
Saturday, 19th August 1978
Aberdeen - Morton 3-1 Harper 2, 55, 81 / Ritchie 38
Celtic - Hearts 4-0 McAdam 8, Burns 18, Conn 74, 77
Hibernian - Rangers 0-0
Partick Thistle - Dundee Utd 1-1 Houston 73 / Frye 8
St Mirren - Motherwell 0-1 Stevens 41
Saturday, 26th August 1978
Dundee United - Aberdeen 1-1 Hegarty 78 / Harper 20
Hearts - Hibernian 1-1 Park 8 / McLeod 90
Morton - St Mirren 1-3 Ritchie 70 / McGarvey 32, Fitzpatrick 63, Abercrombie 81
Motherwell - Celtic 1-5 Edvaldsson 41 og / Conn 25, 80, Aitken 50, 86,
McAdam 52
Rangers - Partick Thistle 0-0
Saturday, 9th September 1978
Aberdeen - Motherwell 4-0 Harper 39, 50 pen, Archibald 67, 73
Celtic - Rangers 3-1 McAdam 2, 76, McCluskey 21 / Parlane 49
Dundee United - Morton 1-2 Hegarty 74 / Rooney 66 pen, Russell 84
Hibernian - St Mirren 1-0 Higgins 15
Partick Thistle - Hearts 3-2 Melrose 15, Somner 43, 58 pen / Bannon 78 pen, Busby 81
Saturday, 16th September 1978
Celtic - Hibernian 0-1 Temperley 25
Hearts - Morton 1-1 McQuade 88 / Thomson 35
Motherwell - Dundee United 0-1 Dodds 23
Rangers - Aberdeen 1-1 A.Forsyth 38 pen / Sullivan 90
St Mirren - Partick Thistle 1-0 Stark 62
Saturday, 23rd September 1978
Hibernian - Aberdeen 2-1 Rae 8, McLeod 41 pen / Jarvie 18
Morton - Rangers 2-2 Ritchie 24, Scott 72 / Parlane 47, Johnstone 67
Motherwell - Hearts 0-1 Robertson 47
Partick Thistle - Celtic 2-3 Melrose 35, Somner 39 pen / Aitken 7, Lynch 48 pen,
McDonald 50
St Mirren - Dundee United 1-3 Bone 7 / Dodds 16, Narey 33, Kirkwood 57
Saturday, 30th September 1978
Aberdeen - Partick Thistle 1-1 Archibald 56 / Somner 43 pen
Celtic - St Mirren 2-1 Lynch 35 pen, Conn 76 / Hyslop 82
Dundee United - Hearts 3-1 Kirkwood 12, 44, Kopel 40 / Bannon 54
Hibernian - Morton 1-1 Mcleod 88 / Scott 10
Rangers - Motherwell 4-1 McLean 21, Smith 26, 66, Johnstone 37 / Clinging 7
Saturday, 7th October 1978
Aberdeen - Celtic 4-1 Archibald 22, 54, Harper 24 pen, Jarvie 32 / McAdam 43
Hearts - St Mirren 1-1 Gibson 12 / Fitzpatrick 51
Morton - Partick Thistle 1-0 McNeill 85
Motherwell - Hibernian 2-3 Clinging 31, Larnach 45 / Hutchinson 2, McLeod 52 pen,
Rae 60
Rangers - Dundee United 1-1 MacDonald 82 / Kirkwood 20
Saturday, 14th October 1978
Dundee United - Celtic 1-0 Kopel 1
Hearts - Rangers 0-0
Morton - Motherwell 1-2 Ritchie 52 pen / Pettigrew 49, Lindsay 61 pen
Partick Thistle - Hibernian 2-1 O'Hara 27, 70 / McKinnon 37 og
St Mirren - Aberdeen 2-1 Bone 59, McGarvey 65 / Harper 84
Saturday, 21st october 1978
Aberdeen - Hearts 1-2 Harper 59 pen / O'Connor 1, McQuade 79
Celtic - Morton 0-0
Hibernian - Dundee United 1-1 Rae 36 / Payne 74
Partick Thistle - Motherwell 2-0 Somner 62, 88
St Mirren - Rangers 0-1 A.Forsyth 24 pen
Saturday, 28th October 1978
Dundee Utd - Partick Thistle 2-0 Dodds 56, Narey 64
Hearts - Celtic 2-0 Busby 52, 68
Morton - Aberdeen 2-1 Ritchie 18, Russell 20 / Jarvie 17
Motherwell - St Mirren 1-2 Pettigrew 41 / Richardson 33, Stark 61 pen
Rangers - Hibernian 2-1 A.Forsyth 26 pen, Smith 30 / McLeod 35
Saturday, 4th November 1978
Aberdeen - Dundee United 1-0 Harper 7 pen
Celtic - Motherwell 1-2 McAdam 12 / Stevens 38, McLaren 81
Hibernian - Hearts 1-2 Rae 87 / McQuade 47, O'Connor 58
Partick Thistle - Rangers 1-0 Houston 57
St Mirren - Morton 0-0
Saturday, 11th November 1978
Hearts - Partick Thistle 0-1 O'Hara 43
Morton - Dundee United 3-1 Ritchie 14, 47 pen, 73 / Addison 64
Motherwell - Aberdeen 1-1 Wilson 55 / Scanlon 56
Rangers - Celtic 1-1 A.Forsyth 57 pen / Lynch 52
St Mirren - Hibernian 1-0 Stark 83
Saturday, 18th November 1978
Aberdeen - Rangers 0-0
Dundee United - Motherwell 2-1 Stewart 6, Kirkwood 21 / Larnach 40
Hibernian - Celtic 2-2 Hutchinson 32, Callachan 83 / Provan 38, MacLeod 82
Morton - Hearts 3-2 Thomson 6, Ritchie 16, Hutchison 75 / Bannon 17 pen,
O'Connor 73
Partick Thistle - St Mirren 2-1 Melrose 25, Anderson 45 / Young 45
Saturday, 25th November 1978
Aberdeen - Hibernian 4-1 Fleming 20, Sullivan 37, Harper 69, 80 / Hutchinson 85
Celtic - Partick Thistle 1-0 McAdam 47
Dundee United - St Mirren 1-1 Kirkwood 4 / Torrance 19
Hearts - Motherwell 3-2 O'Connor 20, Robertson 55, Fraser 62 / Marinello 16,
Larnach 89
Rangers - Morton 3-0 Johnstone 39, Cooper 54, Smith 81
Saturday, 9th December 1978
Celtic - Aberdeen 0-0
Dundee United - Rangers 3-0 Dodds 3, Fleming 21, Narey 84 pen
Hibernian - Motherwell 2-2 Hutchinson 27, Higgins 69 / Pettigrew 1, 85
Partick Thistle - Morton 2-1 Houston 4, Somner 56 / Scott 57
St Mirren - Hearts 4-0 Stark 36, 65, Torrance 58, Hyslop 76
Saturday, 16th December 1978
Aberdeen - St Mirren 1-1 McMaster 55 / Stark 19
Celtic - Dundee United 1-1 Lynch 45 pen / Narey 74
Hibernian - Partick Thistle 0-0
Motherwell - Morton 1-1 Pettigrew 79 / Ritchie 55 pen
Rangers - Hearts 5-3 Johnstone 8, 22, 65, 80, Watson 25 / Busby 34, 81,
Jackson 59 og
Saturday, 23rd December 1978
Dundee United - Hibernian 2-1 McNamara 14 og, Payne 53 / Bremner 75
Hearts - Aberdeen 0-0
Morton - Celtic 1-0 Ritchie 88 pen
Motherwell - Partick Thistle 1-1 Millar 83 pen / Somner 13
Rangers - St Mirren 1-0 Johnstone 69
Saturday, 30th December 1978
Aberdeen - Morton 1-2 Harper 88 / Ritchie 59, McNeill 67
Saturday, 20th January 1979
Hibernian - Aberdeen 1-1 Duncan 51 / Harper 14
Morton - Rangers 0-2 MacDonald 58, Watson 70
Motherwell - Hearts 3-2 Pettigrew 43, Stevens 65, Clinging 71 / Robertson 30,
O'Connor 72
St Mirren - Dundee United 2-1 Bone 8, Torrance 77 / Sturrock 76
Saturday, 10th February 1979
Hearts - St Mirren 1-2 Gibson 17 / Fitzpatrick 46, Bone 66
Motherwell - Hibernian 0-3 Bremner 15, Callachan 59, McLeod 90
Rangers - Dundee United 1-0 Robertson 81
Saturday, 17th February 1979
Morton - Partick Thistle 2-2 Thomson 12, Ritchie 32 / McAdam 6, Houston 68
St Mirren - Motherwell 1-0 McGarvey 10
Saturday, 24th February 1979
Hearts - Rangers 3-2 Robertson 2, O'Connor 15, 71 / Smith 21, Parlane 25
Hibernian - Morton 1-1 Bremner 16 / Thomson 57
St Mirren - Aberdeen 2-2 McGarvey 61, Copland 84 / Archibald 23, Strachan 57
Wednesday, 28th February 1979
Aberdeen - Partick Thistle 2-1 McMaster 74, Archibald 85 / Gibson 84
Saturday, 3rd March 1979
Celtic - Aberdeen 1-0 Conn 65
Hibernian - Dundee United 1-0 Bremner 46
Partick Thistle - Motherwell 0-0
Wednesday, 7th March 1979
Motherwell - Dundee United 0-4 Sturrock 1, 33, Narey 9, Stewart 76 pen
Saturday, 10th March 1979
Dundee United - Morton 4-1 Sturrock 13, 27, Stark 15, Kirkwood 58 / Stark 23 og
Motherwell - St Mirren 0-3 McGarvey 1, 37, 64
Wednesday, 14th March 1979
Morton - Motherwell 6-0 Ritchie 12, Thomson 20, 35, Tolmie 36, 46, Russell 80
Rangers - Hibernian 1-0 Smith 59
Dundee Utd - Partick Thistle 2-1 Holt 2, Hegarty 76 / McAdam 58
Saturday, 17th March 1979
Aberdeen - Dundee United 0-2 Sturrock 55, Fleming 70
Celtic - Motherwell 2-1 Lennox 14, 50 / Donnelly 62
Hibernian - Hearts 1-1 Campbell 17 / Gibson 26 pen
Partick Thistle - Rangers 0-2 Cooper 28, Urquhart 86
St Mirren - Morton 3-1 McGarvey 9, 88, Bone 76 / Ritchie 57
Saturday, 24th March 1979
Morton - Dundee United 3-1 McNeill 71, Anderson 81, Tolmie 88 / Dodds 6
St Mirren - Hibernian 2-3 McGarvey 3, Bone 70 / McLeod 27, Higgins 75,
Campbell 79
Monday, 26th March 1979
Aberdeen - Motherwell 8-0 Harper 21, 44, 48, McMaster 40, Archibald 51, 86,
Strachan 78, Davidson 88
Tuesday, 27th March 1979
St Mirren - Rangers 1-2 Stark 22 / Urquhart 21, 72
Wednesday, 28th March 1979
Celtic - Morton 3-0 Provan 6, Burns 43, Glavin 80
Hearts - Hibernian 1-2 Gibson 16 / McLeod 6, Callachan 43
Partick Thistle - Dundee Utd 1-2 Melrose 15 / Kirkwood 4, Fleming 89
Saturday, 31st March 1979
Dundee United - Motherwell 2-1 Addison 86, 89 / Irvine 78
Hibernian - Celtic 2-1 Stewart 3, Rae 16 / Glavin 83 pen
Morton - Hearts 2-2 Ritchie 25 pen, Thomson 85 / Busby 36, Gibson 50 pen
Partick Thistle - St Mirren 3-1 McAdam 25, 63, Melrose 82 / Bone 83
Wednesday, 4th April 1979
Motherwell - Celtic 3-4 Clinging 20, Stevens 70, Larnach 85 / McGrain 23, Doyle
32, Davidson 43, Lennox 79 pen
Hearts - Dundee United 2-0 Shaw 15, O'Connor 83
Morton - Aberdeen 0-1 Cooper 24
Hibernian - St Mirren 0-2 McGarvey 44, Stark 70
Saturday, 7th April 1979
Aberdeen - Hibernian 0-0
Celtic - Partick Thistle 2-0 Conroy 8, Lynch 60
Dundee United - St Mirren 2-0 Hegarty 58, Kirkwood 76
Hearts - Motherwell 3-0 Dempsey 36 og, Fraser 54, 87 pen
Rangers - Morton 1-1 Cooper 63 / Russell 31
Tuesday, 10th April 1979
Rangers - Motherwell 3-0 Cooper 21, MacDonald 41, Smith 85
Wednesday, 11th April 1979
Morton - St Mirren 1-0 Ritchie 42
Hearts - Partick Thistle 0-2 Somner 32, Park 88
Dundee United - Celtic 2-1 Holt 38, Dodds 71 / Davidson 21
Saturday, 14th April 1979
Hearts - Dundee United 0-3 Dodds 5, 11, Kirkwood 64
Morton - Hibernian 2-2 Thomson 13, Ritchie 84 pen / Callachan 52, 87
Motherwell - Rangers 2-0 Clinging 58, Donnelly 70
Partick Thistle - Aberdeen 0-1 McGhee 4
St Mirren - Celtic 0-1 McCluskey 44
Wednesday, 18th April 1979
Hearts - Celtic 0-3 MacLeod 11, Conroy 61, Burns 76
Morton - Hibernian 3-0 Russell 9, McNeill 55, Ritchie 60
Motherwell - Aberdeen 1-1 Stevens 73 / McLeish 79
Saturday, 21st April 1979
Aberdeen - Celtic 1-1 Strachan 24 / Lynch 41 pen
Dundee United - Rangers 1-2 Stewart 57 pen / Dawson 23, Smith 30
Hibernian - Motherwell 4-0 Rae 24, Callachan 33, Bremner 39, Campbell 62
Partick Thistle - Morton 2-1 O'Hara 52, McLaren 57 og / Ritchie 88 pen
St Mirren - Hearts 2-1 Torrance 16, Abercrombie 36 / McQuade 6
Wednesday, 25th April 1979
Aberdeen - Rangers 2-1 Archibald 5, McGhee 83 / Smith 60
Celtic - St Mirren 2-1 Edvaldsson 75, Aitken 88 / McGarvey 24
Dundee United - Hearts 2-1 Dodds 20, Kirkwood 40 / Gibson 85 pen
Partick Thistle - Hibernian 6-1 Park 1, Melrose 6, 20, 49, Somner 14, O'Hara 69 /
Callachan 52
Saturday, 28th April 1979
Aberdeen - St Mirren 1-2 Archibald 15 / Torrance 67, Stark 68
Celtic - Dundee United 2-1 Doyle 58, Lynch 68 pen / Dodds 43
Hibernian - Partick Thistle 1-0 Callachan 63
Motherwell - Morton 3-3 Irvine 47, 51, Stevens 73 / Thomson 8, 12, Ritchie 77
Rangers - Hearts 4-0 Russell 10, 28, 61, Parlane 20
Wednesday, 2nd May 1979
Aberdeen - Hearts 5-0 McGhee 24, 70, Strachan 32, Scanlon 60, Sullivan 78
Celtic - Hibernian 3-1 Conroy 32, Provan 67, McGrain 69 / Callachan 86
Motherwell - Rangers 1-2 Irvine 18 / Smith 55, Jackson 88
St Mirren - Partick Thistle 1-1 McGarvey 26 / O'Hara 73
Saturday, 5th May 1979
Dundee United - Aberdeen 2-2 Payne 37, Stewart 66 / Jarvie 58, Strachan 83 pen
Partick Thistle - Hearts 2-0 Melrose 11, O'Hara 89
Rangers - Celtic 1-0 MacDonald 57
Monday, 7th May 1979
Hearts - Morton 0-1 Thomson 44
Partick Thistle - Celtic 1-2 Somner 3 / Provan 14, McCluskey 71
Rangers - Aberdeen 2-0 Smith 59, Cooper 62
Friday, 11th May 1979
St Mirren - Celtic 0-2 McCluskey 68, Lennox 80
Partick Thistle - Aberdeen 1-2 O'Hara 76 / Harper 24, Sullivan 89
Monday, 14th May 1979
Celtic - Hearts 1-0 Conroy 55
Monday, 21st May 1979
Celtic - Rangers 4-2 Aitken 66, McCluskey 74, Jackson 84 og, MacLeod 90 /
MacDonald 9, Russell 76
Wednesday, 23rd May 1979
Rangers - Partick Thistle 1-0 Johnstone 50
Thursday, 31st May 1979
Hibernian - Rangers 2-1 Brazil 25, Rae 83 / Urquhart 57
Top Goalscorers: Andrew Ritchie (Morton) 22; Joe Harper (Aberdeen) 19;
Steve Archibald (Aberdeen) 13; Frank McGarvey (St Mirren) 13.
Apps & Goals of champions Celtic:
Apps Goals
Roy Aitken 36 5
Johannes Edvaldsson 34 1
David Provan 30 4
Thomas Burns 29 3
Andrew Lynch 28 7
Peter Latchford 27 -
John Doyle 26 2
Thomas McAdam 26 7
Murdo MacLeod 23 3
Michael Conroy 21 4
Joseph Fillipi 20 -
George McCluskey 21 5
Roderick MacDonald 18 2
Daniel McGrain 18 3
Alfred Conn 13 6
Robert Lennox 14 4
Victor Davidson 12 1
Ronald Glavin 10 3
Roy Baines 7 -
James Casey 5 -
Alan Sneddon 4 -
Peter Mackie 3 -
Patrick Bonner 2 -
Joseph Craig 1 -
Paul Wilson 1 -
Manager: William McNeill