1977–78 Scottish Premier Division

72nd season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Premier Division 1977–78 Rangers 2nd Premier Division title 37th Scottish title Ayr UnitedClydebank European Cup Rangers UEFA Cup HibernianDundee United Cup Winners' Cup Aberdeen SCO Derek Johnstone (25) 180 508 1976–77 1978–79 The 1977–78 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Rangers, two points ahead of Aberdeen. Ayr United and Clydebank were relegated. Table main WDL QR 5 2 RAN Rangers ABD Aberdeen DNU Dundee United HIB Hibernian CEL Celtic MOT Motherwell PAR Partick Thistle STM St Mirren AYR Ayr United CLB Clydebank 24 7 5 76 39 C 22 9 5 68 29 16 8 12 42 32 15 7 14 51 43 15 6 15 63 54 13 7 16 45 52 14 5 17 52 62 11 8 17 52 63 9 6 21 36 68 R 6 7 23 23 64 R green1 Qualification for the European Cup first round EC1 yellow1 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round ECWC1 blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round UC1 UC1 red1 Relegation to the 1978–79 Scottish First Division R R complete 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Statto Results Matches 1–18 During matches 1–18 each team plays every other team twice (home and away). main FBR grey ABE AYR CEL CLY DNU HIB MOT PAR RAN STM Aberdeen 0-0 2–1 1-1 0–0 1-2 4-1 2–1 3-1 3-1 Ayr United 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–5 3–2 Celtic 3–2 3–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 Clydebank 1–3 0–2 1–1 0–3 1–0 2–1 0–4 0–3 2–2 Dundee United 0–1 3–1 1–2 4–0 2–0 3–2 2–2 0–1 2–1 Hibernian 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 0-0 2–3 0–1 2–0 Motherwell 1–1 5–0 2–3 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–4 0–3 Partick Thistle 1–0 2-2 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–4 2–1 Rangers 3–1 2–0 3–2 4–1 2–0 0–2 3–1 3–3 2–1 St Mirren 0–4 2–0 3–3 1-1 0-1 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–3 complete Matches 19–36 main FBR grey ABE AYR CEL CLY DNU HIB MOT PAR RAN STM Aberdeen 4-1 2–1 2–0 1–0 3-0 5–0 2–1 4–0 4–2 Ayr United 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–3 2–5 0–1 Celtic 2–2 3–0 5–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 5-2 2–0 1–2 Clydebank 0–1 0–2 3–2 2-0 0–3 0–2 2–0 0–2 2–2 Dundee United 0–0 1–0 0-1 1–0 1–1 1–1 5–2 0–1 2–1 Hibernian 1–1 4–2 4–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 5–1 Motherwell 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–4 2–0 3–5 1–0 Partick Thistle 0–2 4–1 0–4 0–0 0–2 2–1 2–3 1–2 5–0 Rangers 0–3 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 2-0 2–1 1–1 St Mirren 1–2 2–3 3–1 2-0 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 complete Awards AwardWinnerClubPFA Players' Player of the YearSCO Derek JohnstoneRangersPFA Young Player of the YearSCO Graeme PayneDundee UnitedSFWA Footballer of the YearSCO Derek JohnstoneRangers References 1977–78 Scottish Premier Division – Statto Category:Scottish Premier Division seasons Category:1977–78 Scottish Football League Scot