1976–77 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

October 2022 Heart of Midlothian 1976–77 John Hagart (to April) Bert Paton (caretaker manager) Tynecastle Park Scottish Premier Division 9th Scottish Cup Semi-final League Cup Semi-final European Cup Winners' Cup Second Round East of Scotland Shield Winner Willie Pettigrew (16) Willie Pettigrew (20) 1975–76 1977–78 During the 1976–77 season, Heart of Midlothian F.C. competed in the Scottish Premier Division, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup, the European Cup Winners' Cup and the East of Scotland Shield. Fixtures Friendlies W 5 August 1976 Friendly 3–0 Hearts Southampton Gary Liddell Paul O'Brien Gerry McCoy Tynecastle Park W 13 November 1976 Testimonial 0–3 Middlesbrough Hearts Gary Liddell Paul O'Brien Gerry McCoy Ayresome Park East of Scotland Shield East of Scotland Shield W 7 August 1976 Final 8–0 Hearts Meadowbank Thistle Tynecastle Park European Cup Winners' Cup 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup L 15 September 1976 European Cup Winners' Cup R1 1st Leg 2–0 Lokomotive Leipzig Hearts Bruno-Plache-Stadion 24,000 W 29 September 1976 European Cup Winners' Cup R1 2nd Leg 5–1 Hearts Lokomotive Leipzig Tynecastle Park 17,247 L 20 October 1976 European Cup Winners' Cup R2 1st Leg 4–2 Hamburg Hearts Volksparkstadion 22,000 L 3 November 1976 European Cup Winners' Cup R2 2nd Leg 1–4 Hearts Hamburg Tynecastle Park 24,230 League Cup 1976–77 Scottish League Cup W 14 August 1976 League Cup Group 2–0 Hearts Dundee Chris Robertson Tynecastle Park 9,401 W 18 August 1976 League Cup Group 0–2 Partick Thistle Chris Robertson Hearts Firhill Park 5,364 W 21 August 1976 League Cup Group 2–1 Hearts Motherwell Chris Robertson Tynecastle Park 12,516 D 25 August 1976 League Cup Group 3–3 Hearts Partick Thistle Chris Robertson Tynecastle Park 11,333 W 28 August 1976 League Cup Group 0–2 Motherwell Chris Robertson Hearts Fir Park 7,874 D 1 September 1976 League Cup Group 2–2 Dundee Hearts Chris Robertson Dens Park 4,733 W 22 September 1976 League Cup Quarter-final 1st Leg 4–1 Hearts Chris Robertson Falkirk Tynecastle Park 13,368 L 6 October 1976 League Cup Quarter-final 2nd Leg 4–3 Falkirk Chris Robertson Hearts Brockville Park 11,004 L 25 October 1976 League Cup Semi-final 2–1 Celtic Chris Robertson Hearts Hampden Park 21,816 Scottish Cup 1976–77 Scottish Cup D 29 January 1977 Scottish Cup R3 1–1 Hearts Billy Howitt Dumbarton Roddie MacDonald Chris Robertson Peter Marinello Pat Byrne Tynecastle Park 7,969 W 2 February 1977 Scottish Cup R3 Replay 0–1 Dumbarton Billy Howitt Hearts Roddie MacDonald Chris Robertson Peter Marinello Pat Byrne Boghead Park 3,000 W 26 February 1977 Scottish Cup R4 1–0 Hearts Clydebank Stephen Hancock Tynecastle Park 13,618 D 12 March 1977 Scottish Cup R5 0–0 Hearts Billy Howitt East Fife Roddie MacDonald Chris Robertson Peter Marinello Pat Byrne Tynecastle Park 13,350 W 15 March 1977 Scottish Cup R5 Replay 2–3 East Fife Billy Howitt Hearts Roddie MacDonald Chris Robertson Peter Marinello Pat Byrne Bayview Park 8,658 L 30 March 1977 Scottish Cup Semi-final 2–0 Rangers Billy Howitt Hearts Roddie MacDonald Chris Robertson Peter Marinello Pat Byrne Hampden Park 23,332 Scottish Premier Division 1976–77 Scottish Premier Division D 4 September 1976 Scottish Premier Division 2–2 Aberdeen Hearts Jimmy Bone Pittodrie Stadium 12,685 D 11 September 1976 Scottish Premier Division 0–0 Hearts John Robertson 57John Robertson 70Jimmy Bone 77 Partick Thistle Ralph Callachan 11William Irvine 65 Tynecastle Park 9,620 D 18 September 1976 Scottish Premier Division 1–1 Celtic Alex MacDonald 9John Robertson 29Jimmy Bone 47 Hearts David Mitchell 62 Celtic Park 26,131 L 25 September 1976 Scottish Premier Division 2–4 Hearts Iain Ferguson 36 pen. Rangers Jimmy Bone 70John Robertson 90 Ibrox Park 24,329 D 2 October 1976 Scottish Premier Division 2–2 Hearts Kilmarnock Roddie MacDonald 8 Tynecastle Park 9,333 D 9 October 1976 Scottish Premier Division 2–2 Hearts Ayr United Peter Weir 28Peter Weir Tynecastle Park 10,314 D 16 October 1976 Scottish Premier Division 1–1 Motherwell Hearts Fir Park 7,932 L 23 October 1976 Scottish Premier Division 1–2 Hearts Frank McGarvey 44 Dundee United Jimmy Bone 48 Tynecastle Park 11,516 D 30 October 1976 Scottish Premier Division 1–1 Hibernian David Dodds 36 Hearts Easter Road 23,773 W 10 November 1976 Scottish Premier Division 2–1 Hearts John Robertson 13 27 pen. Aberdeen Tynecastle Park 10,079 L 20 November 1976 Scottish Premier Division 3–4 Hearts Bobby Thomson 66 Celtic John Robertson Tynecastle Park 19,775 L 27 November 1976 Scottish Premier Division 1–2 Hearts Gary Mackay 66 pen. Rangers Tosh McKinlay 18McCall 57 73 Tynecastle Park 18,321 L 30 November 1976 Scottish Premier Division 2–1 Partick Thistle Doug Rougvie 33Neil Simpson 89 Hearts Firhill Park 2,809 W 11 December 1976 Scottish Premier Division 0–1 Ayr United Gary Mackay 21 pen. 67 Hearts Frank McAvennie 12Frank McDougall Somerset Park 5,126 W 18 December 1976 Scottish Premier Division 2–1 Hearts Sandy Clark 34 70John MacDonald 78 Motherwell Tynecastle Park 8,978 D 27 December 1976 Scottish Premier Division 1–1 Dundee United Hearts Tannadice Park 9,615 L 3 January 1977 Scottish Premier Division 4–1 Aberdeen John Robertson Hearts Brian McClair 26 81James Dobbin Pittodrie Stadium 19,754 W 8 January 1977 Scottish Premier Division 1–0 Hearts Johannes Edvaldsson Partick Thistle Jimmy Bone Tynecastle Park 8,693 L 22 January 1977 Scottish Premier Division 3–2 Rangers Ian Gibson 19 Hearts Donald Park 31George Cowie Ibrox Park 20,966 L 26 January 1977 Scottish Premier Division 0–1 Hearts Donald Park Hibernian William Irvine Tynecastle Park 24,068 W 5 February 1977 Scottish Premier Division 4–0 Hearts Robert Glennie McCall Iain Ferguson Fraser Kilmarnock John Robertson Tynecastle Park 7,286 L 7 February 1977 Scottish Premier Division 5–1 Celtic Derek O'Connor 88John Robertson 91 Hearts Ally McCoist 31Bobby Williamson 47 Celtic Park 20,192 L 15 February 1977 Scottish Premier Division 2–1 Kilmarnock John Robertson 36 71 Hearts John Gahagan 28 Rugby Park 3,182 L 19 February 1977 Scottish Premier Division 2–1 Motherwell Brian McClair 22 37 79John Colquhoun 75 Hearts Donald Park 87 Fir Park 6,900 D 5 March 1977 Scottish Premier Division 1–1 Hearts [/Eamonn Bannon 20Tommy Coyne 24 82 Dundee United Walter Kidd 7 Tynecastle Park 7,820 D 19 March 1977 Scottish Premier Division 1–1 Hearts Steve Clarke 65 Aberdeen Willie Johnston 87 Tynecastle Park 8,183 L 23 March 1977 Scottish Premier Division 3–1 Hibernian John Robertson 18Jimmy Bone 45 Hearts Rowan Alexander 66 Easter Road 13,625 L 26 March 1977 Scottish Premier Division 2–0 Partick Thistle Hearts John Robertson 8 pen. Firhill Park 5,117 L 2 April 1977 Scottish Premier Division 0–3 Hearts Celtic Tynecastle Park 16,801 L 6 April 1977 Scottish Premier Division 1–2 Hearts Ian Porteous 46 Ayr United John Robertson 62 Tynecastle Park 11,044 L 9 April 1977 Scottish Premier Division 1–3 Hearts Rangers Tynecastle Park 12,021 D 13 April 1977 Scottish Premier Division 2–2 Hearts Hibernian Tynecastle Park 10,686 D 16 April 1977 Scottish Premier Division 2–2 Kilmarnock Roddie MacDonald Donald Park 82 Hearts John Brogan 54Raymond Blair 83 Rugby Park 2,471 W 20 April 1977 Scottish Premier Division 1–2 Dundee United Hearts Stewart McKimmie 62 Tannadice Park 3,262 D 23 April 1977 Scottish Premier Division 1–1 Ayr United Willie Johnston Hearts Tommy Burns 45 Somerset Park 3,871 W 30 April 1977 Scottish Premier Division 3–2 Hearts Gary Mackay 10 Motherwell Jim McInally 50 Tynecastle Park 6,214 Scottish Premier Division table HOM Squad information Scottish Premier Division Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Pat Byrne MF IRE 0 0 0 0 0 0 Peter Shields DF SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stewart MacLaren DF SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 Roddie MacDonald MF SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 Henry Smith GK SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Pettigrew FW SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Robertson FW SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 Walter Kidd DF SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 Derek Addison MF SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alex Hamill MF SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gerry McCoy FW SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Bowman MF SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alex MacDonald MF SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gary Mackay MF SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 Peter Marinello MF SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brian McNeill DF ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gary Liddell FW SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 Derek O'Connor FW SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 Colin More DF SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 John Brough GK SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stuart Gauld DF SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 Frank Liddell DF SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paul O'Brien FW SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 Derek Strickland FW SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 John Robertson FW SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 |} See also List of Heart of Midlothian F.C. seasons References Statistical Record 76–77 External links Official Club website Category:Heart of Midlothian F.C. seasons Heart of Midlothian