Scottish Premier Division 1979/80
Premier Division Final Table 1979/80
PLD W D L F-A PTS
1. Aberdeen 36 19 10 7 68:36 48:24
2. Celtic 36 18 11 7 61:38 47:25
3. St Mirren 36 15 12 9 56:49 42:30
4. Dundee United 36 12 13 11 43:30 37:35
5. Rangers 36 15 7 14 50:46 37:35
6. Morton 36 14 8 14 51:46 36:36
7. Partick Thistle 36 11 14 11 43:47 36:36
8. Kilmarnock 36 11 11 14 36:52 33:39
9. Dundee 36 10 6 20 47:73 26:46
10. Hibernian 36 6 6 24 29:67 18:54
Saturday, 11th August 1979
Celtic - Morton 3-2 McCluskey 29, Provan 31, MacLeod 67 pen / Ritchie 46, 85
Dundee United - Dundee 3-0 Sturrock 21, Kirkwood 68, Stark 81
Hibernian - Rangers 1-3 Rae 56 / A.MacDonald 34, Cooper 41, Russell 62
Partick Thistle - Aberdeen 1-0 McAdam 90 pen
St Mirren - Kilmarnock 2-2 Stark 9, Torrance 86 / Docherty 71, P.Clarke 88
Saturday, 18th August 1979
Aberdeen - Hibernian 3-0 Archibald 45, McMaster 73, 89
Dundee - St Mirren 4-1 Redford 11 pen, 23, 59, 69 / Torrance 46
Kilmarnock - Dundee United 1-0 Street 57
Morton - Partick Thistle 2-1 Thomson 75, Scott 77 / Whittaker 22
Rangers - Celtic 2-2 J.MacDonald 48, Russell 53 / Sneddon 83, McAdam 86
Saturday, 25th August 1979
Celtic - Kilmarnock 5-0 McCluskey 1, 46, 52 pen, Davidson 29, 33
Dundee United - Aberdeen 1-3 Sturrock 90 / McGhee 24, Harper 58, Archibald 63
Hibernian - Dundee 5-2 McLeod 19, Callachan 33, Hutchinson 39, 85, Rae 71 /
Paterson 13 og, Redford 45 pen
Partick Thistle - Rangers 2-1 Melrose 9, McAdam 76 pen / Johnstone 82
St Mirren - Morton 0-3 Thomson 8, Ritchie 20, 65
Saturday, 8th September 1979
Celtic - Dundee United 2-2 McCluskey 20, 59 / Pettigrew 45 pen, Milne 76
Dundee - Partick Thistle 2-2 Sinclair 62, Redford 75 / McAdam 48, 87
Kilmarnock - Hibernian 1-0 Jardine 88
Morton - Aberdeen 3-2 Thomson 20, 64, Ritchie 67 pen / Archibald 32, McMaster 72
Rangers - St Mirren 3-1 Johnstone 15, Smith 50, Miller 85 pen / Stark 55
Saturday, 15th September 1979
Aberdeen - Rangers 3-1 McMaster 18, Strachan 75 pen, Rougvie 81 / Johnstone 34
Dundee - Morton 4-3 McLaren 44, Sinclair 64, Murphy 71, Redford 86 /
Hutchison 42, Ritchie 51, McNeill 87
Hibernian - Celtic 1-3 Higgins 20 / Lennox 37, Conroy 58, MacLeod 75 pen
Partick Thistle - Kilmarnock 0-0
St Mirren - Dundee United 3-2 Somner 14, 70, McDougall 40 / Pettigrew 63, 82
Saturday, 22nd September 1979
Aberdeen - Celtic 1-2 Strachan 2 / Aitken 40, Doyle 74
Dundee Utd - Partick Thistle 2-1 Pettigrew 33, Kopel 45 / O'Hara 47
Hibernian - St Mirren 0-2 Bone 9, McDougall 19
Morton - Kilmarnock 3-1 Ritchie 32 pen, McLaughlin 56, Thomson 79 / Gibson 44
Rangers - Dundee 2-0 McGeachie 62 og, Glennie 83 pen
Saturday, 29th September 1979
Celtic - St Mirren 3-1 MacLeod 2, McDonald 29, McAdam 90 / Stark 76
Dundee - Aberdeen 0-4 Jarvie 9, 10, Harper 77, Archibald 80
Kilmarnock - Rangers 2-1 Clark 8, Cairney 79 / Johnstone 80
Morton - Dundee United 4-1 Ritchie 53, 65, 66, Scott 60 / Pettigrew 52
Partick Thistle - Hibernian 2-1 McAdam 41, Melrose 55 / Campbell 68 og
Saturday, 6th October 1979
Dundee United - Rangers 0-0
Hibernian - Morton 1-1 MacLeod 41 / Hutchison 14
Kilmarnock - Dundee 3-1 Bourke 39, Maxwell 42, 54 / McLaren 3
Partick Thistle - Celtic 0-0
St Mirren - Aberdeen 2-2 Stark 14, McDougall 90 / Archibald 7, Harper 68
Saturday, 13th October 1979
Aberdeen - Kilmarnock 3-1 Scanlon 35, Strachan 44 pen, Jarvie 90 / Houston 11
Celtic - Dundee 3-0 MacLeod 41 pen, McAdam 56, 82
Dundee United - Hibernian 2-0 Pettigrew 27, Milne 74
Rangers - Morton 2-2 Johnstone 40, 51 / Brown 5, orr 80
St Mirren - Partick Thistle 1-2 Torrance 74 / Gibson 31, McAdam 41
Saturday, 20th October 1979
Aberdeen - Partick Thistle 1-1 Davidson 63 / Doyle 44
Dundee - Dundee United 1-0 Sinclair 41
Kilmarnock - St Mirren 1-1 Houston 16 / Stark 72
Morton - Celtic 1-0 Thomson 32
Rangers - Hibernian 2-0 Smith 43, Miller 57 pen
Saturday, 27th October 1979
Celtic - Rangers 1-0 McDonald 76
Dundee United - Kilmarnock 4-0 Pettigrew 15, Fleming 24, 83, Kirkwood 50
Hibernian - Aberdeen 1-1 Hutchinson 18 / Watson 89
Partick Thistle - Morton 1-4 McAdam 33 pen / Holmes 20, Ritchie 40, McNeill 53,
Thomson 74
St Mirren - Dundee 4-2 Stark 5, Somner 14, 50, Weir 34 / McGeachie 10, Murphy
70
Saturday, 3rd November 1979
Aberdeen - Dundee United 0-3 Pettigrew 12, Phillip 14, Bannon 80
Dundee - Hibernian 2-1 Millar 52, Fletcher 57 / McLeod 1 pen
Kilmarnock - Celtic 2-0 Street 11, Gibson 59
Morton - St Mirren 0-0
Rangers - Partick Thistle 2-1 Urquhart 12, 43 / Jardine 57
Saturday, 10th November 1979
Aberdeen - Morton 1-2 McLeish 4 / Thomson 15, Ritchie 78
Dundee United - Celtic 0-1 Edvaldsson 77
Hibernian - Kilmarnock 1-1 McLeod 10 / Maxwell 78
Partick Thistle - Dundee 2-3 Park 14, McAdam 38 / Millar 50, Pirie 75, Sinclair 83
St Mirren - Rangers 2-1 Bone 39, Somner 73 pen / Forsyth 27
Saturday, 17th November 1979
Celtic - Hibernian 3-0 Lennox 33, Sullivan 42, Edvaldsson 63
Dundee United - St Mirren 0-0
Kilmarnock - Partick Thistle 0-1 Park 36
Morton - Dundee 2-0 Ritchie 19 pen, Anderson 50
Rangers - Aberdeen 0-1 Archibald 86
Saturday, 24th November 1979
Dundee - Rangers 3-1 Pirie 23, Sinclair 31, Shirra 59 / Jackson 76
St Mirren - Hibernian 2-1 Somner 42, 88 / Best 89
Wednesday, 28th November 1979
Partick Thistle - Dundee Utd 1-1 McAdam 25 / Sturrock 19
Saturday, 1st December 1979
Hibernian - Partick Thistle 2-1 McLeod 10 pen, Whittaker 33 og / O'Hara 72
Rangers - Kilmarnock 2-1 Johnstone 9, Russell 46 / Houston 34
St Mirren - Celtic 2-1 Somner 2 pen, McDougall 55 / MacDonald 77
Saturday, 8th December 1979
Morton - Rangers 0-1 Johnstone 65
Saturday, 15th December 1979
Aberdeen - St Mirren 2-0 McLeish 65, Hamilton 70
Celtic - Partick Thistle 5-0 McAdam 9, 21, MacDonald 65, Lennox 70, Sullivan 77
Dundee - Kilmarnock 3-1 Mackie 2, Ferguson 49, Pirie 89 / Glennie 27 og
Morton - Hibernian 2-0 Ritchie 77, Tolmie 85
Rangers - Dundee United 2-1 Kopel 5 og, Johnstone 78 / Dodds 23
Saturday, 22nd December 1979
Celtic - Morton 3-1 McAdam 44, Sullivan 71, Doyle 89 / Tolmie 46
Dundee United - Dundee 2-0 Holt 32, Pettigrew 41
Hibernian - Rangers 2-1 Higgins 74, Campbell 78 / McLean 37
Saturday, 29th December 1979
Kilmarnock - Dundee United 0-0
Morton - Partick Thistle 1-3 Hutchison 78 / McAdam 16, Melrose 45, 54
Rangers - Celtic 1-1 Johnstone 73 / Lennox 74
Tuesday, 1st January 1980
St Mirren - Morton 2-2 Somner 5, 87 / Ritchie pen, Hutchison
Saturday, 5th Janaury 1980
Celtic - Dundee United 1-0 MacLeod 38 pen
Dundee - Partick Thistle 1-1 Pirie 51 / McAdam 85
Kilmarnock - Hibernian 3-1 Street 20, 25, 58 / Campbell 79
Morton - Aberdeen 1-0 McLaren 79
Rangers - St Mirren 1-2 Jardine 71 pen / McDougall 43, Somner 88
Saturday, 12th Janaury 1980
Aberdeen - Rangers 3-2 Strachan 2, Archibald 70, Hamilton 89 / J.MacDonald 12,
Jackson 49
Dundee - Morton 1-0 Redford 28
Hibernian - Celtic 1-1 Best 26 / Aitken 36
Partick Thistle - Kilmarnock 1-1 McAdam 76 / Street 72
St Mirren - Dundee United 2-1 Somner 7, 51 pen / Narey 35
Saturday, 19th January 1980
Aberdeen - Celtic 0-0
Morton - Kilmarnock 1-2 Holmes 69 / Clarke 56, Cramond 84
Saturday, 2nd February 1980
Dundee - Aberdeen 1-3 Redford 19 / Jarvie 2, 84, Hamilton 69
Saturday, 9th February 1980
Hibernian - Morton 3-2 Murray 8, McLeod 20, 25 / McLaughlin 16, Thomson 65
Kilmarnock - Dundee 1-1 Houston 10 / Fleming 2
Partick Thistle - Celtic 1-1 Melrose 90 / MacLeod 75
St Mirren - Aberdeen 1-1 Somner 59 pen / Strachan 46
Saturday, 23rd February 1980
Aberdeen - Kilmarnock 1-2 Archibald 89 / Street 4, Garner 42 og
Celtic - Dundee 2-2 McCluskey 21, Mac Leod 22 / Murphy 15, Aitken 83 og
Dundee United - Hibernian 1-0 Pettigrew 40
Rangers - Morton 3-1 Russell 21, Smith 38, J.MacDonald 44 / Hutchison 43
St Mirren - Partick Thistle 3-0 Logan 2, Stark 58, Somner 70
Saturday, 1st March 1980
Aberdeen - Partick Thistle 1-1 Jarvie 41 / Melrose 29
Dundee - Dundee United 1-1 Shirra 38 / Sturrock 17
Kilmarnock - St Mirren 1-1 Mauchlen 76 / Logan 69
Morton - Celtic 0-1 Doyle 9
Rangers - Hibernian 1-0 Johnstone 26
Saturday, 8th March 1980
Dundee United - Kilmarnock 0-0
St Mirren - Dundee 2-1 Somner 2, 84 / Sinclair 87
Wednesday, 12th March 1980
Rangers - Dundee 1-0 Stevens 60
Celtic - St Mirren 2-2 McCluskey 20, Doyle 52 / Somner 69 pen, 75
Dundee Utd - Partick Thistle 0-0
Kilmarnock - Morton 1-1 Mauchlen 47 / Thomson 57
Saturday, 15th March 1980
Aberdeen - Dundee United 2-1 Jarvie 41, Watson 72 / Kirkwood 56
Dundee - Hibernian 3-0 Corrigan 16, Shirra 75, Ferguson 84
Kilmarnock - Celtic 1-1 Street 1 / Lennox 85
Morton - St Mirren 2-1 Ritchie 40 pen, Young 57 og / Bone 23
Rangers - Partick Thistle 0-0
wednesday, 19th March 1980
Dundee United - Rangers 0-0
Aberdeen - Dundee 3-0 Watson 29, Jarvie 80, Miller 87
Saturday, 22nd March 1980
Aberdeen - Morton 1-0 Jarvie 55
Tuesday, 25th March 1980
Hibernian - Dundee 2-0 Best 24, Murray 40
Saturday, 29th March 1980
Celtic - Hibernian 4-0 Lennox 46 pen, McGarvey 64, Doyle 67, MacDonald 70
Dundee United - St Mirren 0-0
Kilmarnock - Partick Thistle 0-1 McAdam 88
Morton - Dundee 1-1 Rooney 20 pen / McLaren 58
Rangers - Aberdeen 2-2 Jardine 45 pen, J.MacDonald 60 / Archibald 35, Jarvie 83
Tuesday, 1st April 1980
Kilmarnock - Aberdeen 0-4 P.Clarke 27 og, Strachan 70, Kennedy 78, McGhee 86
Wednesday, 2nd April 1980
Celtic - Rangers 1-0 McGarvey 85
Dundee - St Mirren 1-3 Ferguson 71 / Logan 29, Bone 38, Stark 78
Hibernian - Dundee United 0-2 Dodds 54, Pettigrew 72
Partick Thistle - Morton 0-1 Scott 88
Saturday, 5th April 1980
Celtic - Aberdeen 1-2 Doyle 23 / Jarvie 19, McGhee 56
Dundee - Rangers 1-4 Sinclair 23 / Cooper 20, Johnstone 53, 78, Smith 76
Kilmarnock - Morton 0-2 Thomson 8, Ritchie 85
Partick Thistle - Dundee Utd 2-2 Doyle 55, McDonald 84 / Dodds 23, Holt 74
St Mirren - Hibernian 2-0 Logan 48, Richardson 66
Monday, 7th April 1980
Aberdeen - Dundee 2-1 Strachan 60 pen, Jarvie 75 / Fleming 3
Tuesday, 8th April 1980
Dundee United - Celtic 3-0 Dodds 49, 61, Holt 78
Wednesday, 9th April 1980
Partick Thistle - St Mirren 1-1 McAdam 54 / Logan 76
Saturday, 12th April 1980
Dundee United - Morton 2-0 Pettigrew 18, Bannon 30 pen
St Mirren - Kilmarnock 3-1 Richardson 55, Somner 68 pen, Bone 80 / Clarke 25
Sunday, 13th April 1980
Partick Thistle - Dundee 3-0 McAdam 9, Melrose 34, McDonald 55
Wednesday, 16th April 1980
Aberdeen - Hibernian 1-1 Watson 80 / Rae 65
Celtic - Kilmarnock 2-0 MacDonald 1, Doyle 46
Saturday, 19th April 1980
Dundee - Celtic 5-1 Ferguson 16, 26 pen, Fleming 43, Sinclair 59, Mackie 71 /
Aitken 7
Hibernian - Dundee United 0-2 Pettigrew 75, Bannon 78
Kilmarnock - Aberdeen 1-3 Gibson 14 pen / Strachan 13, McGhee 25, Archibald 26
Morton - Rangers 0-1 Russell 70
Partick Thistle - St Mirren 1-2 Gibson 65 / Somner 21, Weir 42
Monday, 21st April 1980
Hibernian - Kilmarnock 1-2 McLeod 62 pen / Houston 6, 70
Wednesday, 23rd April 1980
Celtic - Aberdeen 1-3 McCluskey 10 pen / Archibald 8, McGhee 45, Strachan 64
Dundee United - Morton 2-0 Dodds 63, Bannon 86 pen
Kilmarnock - Rangers 1-0 Street 11
Partick Thistle - Hibernian 1-0 McAdam 12
Saturday, 26th April 1980
Aberdeen - St Mirren 2-0 Scanlon 26, Rougvie 41
Celtic - Partick Thistle 2-1 McCluskey 46, McAdam 56 / Melrose 88
Dundee - Kilmarnock 0-2 McDicken 51, Cairney 60
Morton - Hibernian 1-1 Ritchie 38 pen / Callachan 88
Rangers - Dundee United 2-1 Jardine 51 pen, McLean 75 / Pettigrew 64
Tuesday, 29th April 1980
Dundee United - Aberdeen 1-1 Holt 49 / Strachan 16
Hibernian - St Mirren 2-1 Rae 33, Torrance 60 / Somner 31 pen
Wednesday, 30th April 1980
Dundee - Celtic 0-2 Conroy 62, Sullivan 88
Rangers - Kilmarnock 1-0 J.MacDonald 8
Thursday, 1st May 1980
Morton - Dundee United 0-0
Saturday, 3rd May 1980
Hibernian - Aberdeen 0-5 Archibald 27, Watson 28, Scanlon 66, 88, McGhee 83
Partick Thistle - Rangers 4-3 O'Hara 37, 44, McAdam 50, McDonald 78 / Russell 27,
87, Johnstone 83
St Mirren - Celtic 0-0
Monday, 5th May 1980
Hibernian - Partick Thistle 0-1 O'Hara 15
Wednesday, 7th May 1980
Partick Thistle - Aberdeen 1-1 Melrose 23 / Mckinnon 24 og
St Mirren - Rangers 4-1 Somner 10, 40, 86, Bone 18 / Miller 44
Top Goalscorers: Dougie Somner (St Mirren) 25; Andrew Ritchie (Morton) 19;
Colin McAdam (Partick Thistle) 17.
Apps & Goals of champions Aberdeen:
Apps Goals
Robert Clark 35 -
Alexander McLeish 35 2
Stewart Kennedy 35 1
Steven Archibald 34 12
John McMaster 34 4
Gordon Strachan 33 10
William Miller 31 1
Andrew Jarvie 30 12
Ian Scanlon 29 4
Douglas Rougvie 25 2
Mark McGhee 21 6
William Garner 20 -
Andrew Watson 17 5
Douglas Consadine 14 -
Derek Hamilton 13 3
Joseph Harper 11 3
Douglas Bell 10 -
Duncan Davidson 7 1
Dominic Sullivan 5 -
John Hewitt 4 -
Neil Cooper 1 -
James Leighton 1 -
Manager: Alex Ferguson