1978–79 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

September 2020 Heart of Midlothian 1978–79 Willie Ormond Tynecastle Stadium Scottish Premier Division 10th Scottish Cup Third Round League Cup Second Round East of Scotland Shield Winner Willie Pettigrew (16) Willie Pettigrew (20) 1977–78 1979–80 During the 1978–79 season, Heart of Midlothian F.C. competed in the Scottish Premier Division, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup, the Anglo-Scottish Cup and the East of Scotland Shield. Fixtures Friendlies W 9 August 1978 Friendly 3–0 Hearts Middlesbrough Gary Liddell Paul O'Brien Gerry McCoy Tynecastle Park D 19 November 1978 Testimonial 0–0 East Fife Hearts Gary Liddell Paul O'Brien Gerry McCoy Bayview Park Tennents Caledonian Cup W 5 August 1978 Tennents Caledonian Cup Semi-final 3–1 Rangers Hearts Gerry McCoy Gary Liddell Peter Shields Gerry McCoy Ibrox Park W 6 August 1978 Tennents Caledonian Cup 3rd place match 2–0 Hearts West Bromwich Albion Chris Robertson Tynecastle Park Anglo-Scottish Cup L 16 August 1978 Anglo-Scottish Cup 2–1 Partick Thistle Hearts Firhill Park D 23 August 1978 Anglo-Scottish Cup 1–1 Hearts Partick Thistle Tynecastle Park League Cup 1978–79 Scottish League Cup W 30 August 1978 League Cup R2 1st leg 1–3 Hearts Morton Chris Robertson Tynecastle Park 6,729 L 2 September 1978 League Cup R2 2nd leg 4–1 Morton Chris Robertson Hearts Cappielow Park 5,249 Scottish Cup 1978–79 Scottish Cup W 27 January 1979 Scottish Cup R3 0–2 Raith Rovers Billy Howitt Hearts Roddie MacDonald Chris Robertson Peter Marinello Pat Byrne Stark's Park 10,000 D 3 March 1979 Scottish Cup R4 1–1 Hearts Morton Stephen Hancock Tynecastle Park 9,000 W 5 March 1979 Scottish Cup R4 replay 0–1 Morton Billy Howitt Hearts Roddie MacDonald Chris Robertson Peter Marinello Pat Byrne Cappielow Park 8,000 L 10 March 1979 Scottish Cup R5 2–1 Hibernian Billy Howitt Hearts Roddie MacDonald Chris Robertson Peter Marinello Pat Byrne Easter Road 22,618 East of Scotland Shield East of Scotland Shield L 10 October 1978 Final 1–3 Hearts Meadowbank Thistle Willie Pettigrew Pat Byrne Willie Pettigrew Willie Pettigrew Willie Pettigrew Tynecastle Park Scottish Premier Division 1978–79 Scottish Premier Division L 12 August 1978 Scottish Premier Division 1–4 Hearts Aberdeen Jimmy Bone Tynecastle Park 11,091 L 19 August 1978 Scottish Premier Division 4–0 Celtic John Robertson 57John Robertson 70Jimmy Bone 77 Hearts Ralph Callachan 11William Irvine 65 Celtic Park 22,907 D 26 August 1978 Scottish Premier Division 1–1 Hearts Alex MacDonald 9John Robertson 29Jimmy Bone 47 Hibernian David Mitchell 62 Tynecastle Park 19,663 L 9 September 1978 Scottish Premier Division 3–2 Partick Thistle Iain Ferguson 36 pen. Hearts Jimmy Bone 70John Robertson 90 Firhill Park 5,117 D 16 September 1978 Scottish Premier Division 1–1 Hearts Morton Roddie MacDonald 8 Tynecastle Park 6,945 W 23 September 1978 Scottish Premier Division 0–1 Motherwell Hearts Peter Weir 28Peter Weir Fir Park 5,219 L 30 September 1978 Scottish Premier Division 3–1 Dundee United Hearts Tannadice Park 6,312 D 7 October 1978 Scottish Premier Division 1–1 Hearts Frank McGarvey 44 St Mirren Jimmy Bone 48 Tynecastle Park 9,192 D 14 October 1978 Scottish Premier Division 0–0 Hearts David Dodds 36 Rangers Tynecastle Park 17,910 W 21 October 1978 Scottish Premier Division 1–2 Aberdeen John Robertson 13 27 pen. Hearts Pittodrie Stadium 13,707 W 28 October 1978 Scottish Premier Division 2–0 Hearts Bobby Thomson 66 Celtic John Robertson Tynecastle Park 19,269 W 4 November 1978 Scottish Premier Division 1–2 Hibernian Gary Mackay 66 pen. Hearts Tosh McKinlay 18McCall 57 73 Easter Road 20,120 L 11 November 1978 Scottish Premier Division 0–1 Hearts Doug Rougvie 33Neil Simpson 89 Partick Thistle Tynecastle Park 11,967 L 18 November 1978 Scottish Premier Division 3–2 Morton Gary Mackay 21 pen. 67 Hearts Frank McAvennie 12Frank McDougall Cappielow Park 7,765 W 25 November 1978 Scottish Premier Division 3–2 Hearts Sandy Clark 34 70John MacDonald 78 Motherwell Tynecastle Park 8,984 L 9 December 1978 Scottish Premier Division 4–0 St Mirren Hearts St Mirren Park, Love Street 5,183 L 16 December 1978 Scottish Premier Division 5–3 Rangers John Robertson Hearts Brian McClair 26 81James Dobbin Ibrox Park 19,754 D 23 December 1978 Scottish Premier Division 0–0 Hearts Johannes Edvaldsson Aberdeen Jimmy Bone Tynecastle Park 9,199 L 20 January 1979 Scottish Premier Division 3–2 Motherwell Ian Gibson 19 Hearts Donald Park 31George Cowie Tannadice Park 3,881 L 10 February 1979 Scottish Premier Division 1–2 Hearts Donald Park St Mirren William Irvine Tynecastle Park 7,803 W 24 February 1979 Scottish Premier Division 3–2 Hearts Robert Glennie McCall Iain Ferguson Fraser Rangers John Robertson Tynecastle Park 16,050 D 17 March 1979 Scottish Premier Division 1–1 Hibernian Derek O'Connor 88John Robertson 91 Hearts Ally McCoist 31Bobby Williamson 47 Easter Road 13,297 L 28 March 1979 Scottish Premier Division 1–2 Hearts John Robertson 36 71 Hibernian John Gahagan 28 Tynecastle Park 16,042 D 31 March 1979 Scottish Premier Division 2–2 Morton Brian McClair 22 37 79John Colquhoun 75 Hearts Donald Park 87 Cappielow Park 5,767 W 4 April 1979 Scottish Premier Division 2–0 Hearts Eamonn Bannon 20Tommy Coyne 24 82 Dundee United Walter Kidd 7 Tynecastle Park 6,480 W 7 April 1979 Scottish Premier Division 3–0 Hearts Steve Clarke 65 Motherwell Willie Johnston 87 Tynecastle Park 6,651 L 11 April 1979 Scottish Premier Division 0–3 Hearts John Robertson 18Jimmy Bone 45 Partick Thistle Rowan Alexander 66 Tynecastle Park 8,265 L 14 April 1979 Scottish Premier Division 0–3 Hearts Dundee United John Robertson 8 pen. Tynecastle Park 7,564 L 18 April 1979 Scottish Premier Division 0–3 Hearts Celtic Tynecastle Park 10,633 L 21 April 1979 Scottish Premier Division 2–1 St Mirren Ian Porteous 46 Hearts John Robertson 62 St Mirren Park, Love Street 6,049 L 25 April 1979 Scottish Premier Division 2–1 Dundee United Hearts Tannadice Park 6,005 L 28 April 1979 Scottish Premier Division 4–0 Rangers Hearts Ibrox Park 20,464 L 2 May 1979 Scottish Premier Division 5–0 Aberdeen Roddie MacDonald Donald Park 82 Hearts John Brogan 54Raymond Blair 83 Pittodrie Stadium 6,602 L 5 May 1979 Scottish Premier Division 2–0 Partick Thistle Hearts Stewart McKimmie 62 Firhill Park 4,605 L 7 May 1979 Scottish Premier Division 0–1 Hearts Willie Johnston Morton Tommy Burns 45 Tynecastle Stadium 2,253 L 14 May 1979 Scottish Premier Division 1–0 Celtic Gary Mackay 10 Hearts Jim McInally 50 Celtic Park 16,507 Scottish Premier Division table HOM Squad information Scottish Premier Division Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup John Brough GK SCO 2 0 2 0 2 0 Thomson Allan GK SCO 16 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Gibson FW SCO 34 0 4 0 1 0 Cammy Fraser MF SCO 36 0 3 0 0 0 Jim Brown MF SCO 26 0 4 0 2 0 Drew Busby FW SCO 26 0 3 0 2 0 Walter Kidd DF SCO 30 0 4 0 0 0 Bobby Prentice DF SCO 12 0 0 0 1 0 Jim Jeffries DF SCO 28 0 4 0 2 0 Malcolm Robertson MF SCO 29 0 4 0 2 0 Graham Shaw MF SCO 8 0 2 0 2 0 Ian Black DF SCO 14 0 3 0 0 0 Frank Liddell DF SCO 31 0 3 0 2 0 Derek O'Connor FW SCO 18 0 4 0 0 0 Colin More DF SCO 4 0 0 0 0 0 John Craig MF SCO 19 0 3 0 0 0 Dave McNicoll MF SCO 17 0 1 0 2 0 Lawrie Tierney MF SCO 14 0 0 0 1 0 Eamonn Bannon MF SCO 19 0 0 0 2 0 Ray Dunlop GK SCO 18 0 2 0 0 0 Denis McQuade MF SCO 23 0 1 0 0 0 Rab Stewart FW SCO 5 0 0 0 0 0 David Scott FW SCO 5 0 0 0 0 0 Des O'Sullivan FW SCO 2 0 0 0 0 0 Donald Park FW SCO 3 0 0 0 1 0 Paul Rodger DF SCO 2 0 0 0 1 0 Kenny McLeod FW SCO 3 0 0 0 0 0 Gordon James Smith FW SCO 1 0 0 0 2 0 Ian Paterson FW SCO 2 0 0 0 0 0 Peter Johnstone MF SCO 1 0 0 0 0 0 |} See also List of Heart of Midlothian F.C. seasons References 30em Statistical Record 78-79 External links Official Club website Category:Heart of Midlothian F.C. seasons Heart of Midlothian