1978–79 in Scottish football

1978–79 in Scottish football
Premier Division champions
Celtic
First Division champions
Dundee
Second Division champions
Berwick Rangers
Scottish Cup winners
Rangers
League Cup winners
Rangers
Junior Cup winners
Cumnock Juniors
Teams in Europe
Aberdeen, Dundee United, Hibernian, Rangers
Scotland national team
1979 BHC, UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying

The 1978–79 season was the 106th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 82nd season of Scottish league football. [1]

Scottish Premier Division

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Main article: 1978–79 Scottish Premier Division
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 36 21 6 9 61 37 +24 48 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Rangers 36 18 9 9 52 35 +17 45 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Dundee United 36 18 8 10 56 37 +19 44 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Aberdeen 36 13 14 9 59 36 +23 40
5 Hibernian 36 12 13 11 44 48 −4 37
6 St Mirren 36 15 6 15 45 41 +4 36
7 Morton 36 12 12 12 52 53 −1 36
8 Partick Thistle 36 13 8 15 42 39 +3 34
9 Heart of Midlothian (R) 36 8 7 21 39 71 −32 23 Relegation to the 1979–80 Scottish First Division
10 Motherwell (R) 36 5 7 24 33 86 −53 17
Source: Statto and RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Hearts, Motherwell

Scottish League First Division

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Main article: 1978–79 Scottish First Division
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Dundee (C, P) 39 24 7 8 69 36 +33 55 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Kilmarnock (P) 39 22 10 7 72 36 +36 54
3 Clydebank 39 24 6 9 78 50 +28 54
4 Ayr United 39 21 5 13 73 54 +19 47
5 Hamilton Academical 39 17 9 13 63 61 +2 43
6 Airdrieonians 39 16 8 15 72 61 +11 40
7 Dumbarton 39 14 11 14 58 50 +8 39
8 Stirling Albion 39 13 9 17 43 55 −12 35
9 Clyde 39 13 8 18 54 65 −11 34
10 Arbroath 39 11 11 17 50 61 −11 33
11 Raith Rovers 39 12 8 19 48 55 −7 32
12 St Johnstone 39 10 11 18 57 66 −9 31
13 Montrose (R) 39 8 9 22 55 92 −37 25 Relegation to the Second Division
14 Queen of the South (R) 39 8 8 23 43 93 −50 24
Source: RSSSF and statto[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promoted: Dundee, Kilmarnock
Relegated: Montrose, Queen of the South

Scottish League Second Division

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Main article: 1978–79 Scottish Second Division
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Berwick Rangers (C, P) 39 22 10 7 82 44 +38 54 Promotion to the First Division
2 Dunfermline Athletic (P) 39 19 14 6 66 40 +26 52
3 Falkirk 39 19 12 8 66 37 +29 50
4 East Fife 39 17 9 13 64 53 +11 43
5 Cowdenbeath 39 16 10 13 63 58 +5 42
6 Alloa Athletic 39 16 9 14 57 62 −5 41
7 Albion Rovers 39 15 10 14 57 56 +1 40
8 Forfar Athletic 39 13 12 14 55 52 +3 38
9 Stranraer 39 18 2 19 52 66 −14 38
10 Stenhousemuir 39 12 8 19 54 58 −4 32
11 Brechin City 39 9 14 16 49 65 −16 32
12 East Stirlingshire 39 12 8 19 61 87 −26 32
13 Queen's Park 39 8 12 19 46 57 −11 28
14 Meadowbank Thistle 39 8 8 23 37 74 −37 24
Source: "1978-1979 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Promoted: Berwick Rangers, Dunfermline Athletic

Cup honours

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Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1978–79 Rangers 3 – 2 (2nd rep.) Hibernian
League Cup 1978–79 Rangers 2 – 1 Aberdeen
Junior Cup Cumnock Juniors 1 – 0 Bo'ness United

Other honours

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National

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Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup – North Brora Rangers 5 – 0 † Peterhead
Scottish Qualifying Cup – South Spartans 2 – 0 * Coldstream

County

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Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Peterhead
Ayrshire Cup Kilmarnock 4 – 0 Girvan
Fife Cup East Fife 2 – 2 * ‡ Raith Rovers
Forfarshire Cup Forfar Athletic 3 – 1 Dundee
Glasgow Cup Rangers 3 – 1 Celtic
Renfrewshire Cup St Mirren 10 – 1 * Morton
Stirlingshire Cup Clydebank 1 – 0 Dumbarton

* – aggregate over two legs
† – replay
‡ – won on penalties

Highland League

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Top Three
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Keith 30 21 6 3 67 25 +42 48
2 Inverness Caledonian 30 20 5 5 67 25 +42 45
3 Peterhead 30 19 5 6 62 32 +30 43
Source: [citation needed]

Individual honours

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Award Winner Club
Footballer of the Year Scotland Andy Ritchie Morton
Players' Player of the Year Scotland Paul Hegarty Dundee United
Young Player of the Year Scotland Ray Stewart Dundee United

Scotland national team

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Main article: Scotland national football team 1960–79 results
Date Venue Opponents Score[3] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
20 September 1978 Praterstadion, Vienna (A)  Austria 2–3 ECQG2 Gordon McQueen, Andy Gray
25 October 1978 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  Norway 3–2 ECQG2 Kenny Dalglish (2), Archie Gemmill
29 November 1978 Estadio da Luz, Lisbon (A)  Portugal 0–1 ECQG2
19 May 1979 Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)  Wales 0–3 BHC
22 May 1979 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  Northern Ireland 1–0 BHC Arthur Graham
26 May 1979 Wembley Stadium, London (A)  England 1–3 BHC John Wark
2 June 1979 Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  Argentina 1–3 Friendly Arthur Graham
7 June 1979 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (A)  Norway 4–0 ECQG2 Kenny Dalglish, Joe Jordan, Gordon McQueen, John Robertson

1979 British Home Championship – Third Place

Key:

  • (H) = Home match
  • (A) = Away match
  • ECQG2 = European Championship qualifying – Group 2
  • BHC = British Home Championship

Notes and references

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  1. ^ "1978/79 - the Scottish Football League". Archived from the original on 10 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Scottish Division One 1978-1979 Season Summary". statto.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  3. ^ Scotland's score is shown first.
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