1978–79 Scottish Premier Division

73rd season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Premier Division 1978–79 Celtic 2nd Premier Division title 31st Scottish title Heart of MidlothianMotherwell European Cup Celtic UEFA Cup Dundee UnitedAberdeen Cup Winners' Cup Rangers Andy Ritchie (22) 180 483 Aberdeen 8–0 Motherwell Motherwell 1–5 Celtic 1977–78 1979–80 The 1978–79 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Celtic, three points ahead of Rangers. Severe winter conditions meant that many games had to be rescheduled, with clubs finishing their fixture lists at different times.https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/long-break-41-years-ago-helped-celtic-to-claim-title-dsh5dt2s3 Long break 41 years ago helped Celtic to claim title Ewing Grahame The Times 15 April 2020 15 April 2020 When Dundee United finished their season they were three points ahead of Rangers and four in front of Celtic, but both Old Firm clubs had four games left to play. Celtic subsequently clinched the championship in their final match with a 4–2 Old Firm derby victory against Rangers;‘Parkhead erupted as it had never done so before,’ David Potter’s 7 Magnificently Random Celtic Stories, The Celtic Star, 23 October 2019 although Rangers still had two further matches still to play, the resulting 5-point gap could not be closed. Heart of Midlothian and Motherwell were relegated. Table main WDL QR 5 2 CEL Celtic RAN Rangers DNU Dundee United ABD Aberdeen HIB Hibernian STM St Mirren GMF Morton PAR Partick Thistle HOM Heart of Midlothian MOT Motherwell 21 6 9 61 37 C 18 9 9 52 35 18 8 10 56 37 13 14 9 59 36 12 13 11 44 48 15 6 15 45 41 12 12 12 52 53 13 8 15 42 39 8 7 21 39 71 R 5 7 24 33 86 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 1979–80 Scottish First Division R R complete 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Statto and RSSSF Results Matches 1–18 During matches 1–18 each team plays every other team twice (home and away). main FBR grey ABE CEL DNU HOM HIB MOR MOT PAR RAN STM Aberdeen 1–1 0–2 5–0 0–0 1–2 8–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 Celtic 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 4–2 2–1 Dundee United 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 Heart of Midlothian 0–0 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–1 3–0 0–2 3–2 1–2 Hibernian 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 Morton 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 3–0 6–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 Motherwell 1–1 3–4 0–4 3–2 0–3 3–3 1–1 1–2 0–3 Partick Thistle 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–0 6–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 3–1 Rangers 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 St Mirren 2–2 0–2 2–1 2–1 2–3 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 complete Matches 19–36 During matches 19–36 each team plays every other team twice (home and away). main FBR grey ABE CEL DNU HOM HIB MOR MOT PAR RAN STM Aberdeen 4–1 1–0 1–2 4–1 3–1 4–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 Celtic 0–0 1–1 4–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 Dundee United 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 Heart of Midlothian 1–4 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 Hibernian 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 Morton 2–1 1–2 3–1 3–2 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–3 Motherwell 1–1 1–5 0–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 Partick Thistle 0–1 2–3 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 Rangers 1–1 1–1 1–1 5–3 2–1 3–0 4–1 0–0 0–1 St Mirren 2–1 0–1 1–3 4–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 complete Awards AwardWinnerClubPFA Players' Player of the YearSCO Paul HegartyDundee UnitedPFA Young Player of the YearSCO Ray Stewart Scottish footballerDundee UnitedSFWA Footballer of the YearSCO Andy Ritchie Scottish footballerMorton References 1978–79 Scottish Premier Division – Statto Category:Scottish Premier Division seasons Category:1978–79 Scottish Football League Scot