1976–77 Scottish Premier Division

71st season of top-tier football league in Scotland March 2026 Scottish Premier Division 1976–77 Celtic 1st Premier Division title 30th Scottish title Heart of MidlothianKilmarnock European Cup Celtic UEFA Cup AberdeenDundee United Cup Winners' Cup Rangers Willie Pettigrew (21) 180 507 Kilmarnock 6–1 Ayr United Ayr United 0–5 Aberdeen 1975–76 1977–78 The 1976–77 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Celtic, nine points ahead of Rangers. Heart of Midlothian and Kilmarnock were relegated. Table main WDL QR 5 2 CEL Celtic RAN Rangers ABD Aberdeen DNU Dundee United PAR Partick Thistle HIB Hibernian MOT Motherwell AYR Ayr United HOM Heart of Midlothian KIL Kilmarnock 23 9 4 79 39 C 18 10 8 62 37 16 11 9 56 42 16 9 11 54 45 11 13 12 40 44 8 18 10 34 35 10 12 14 57 60 11 8 17 44 68 7 13 16 49 66 R 4 9 23 32 71 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 1977–78 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 DNU HOM HIB KIL MOT PAR RAN Aberdeen 1-0 2–1 3–2 2-2 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 3-3 Ayr United 0–5 0-2 1–4 0–1 2–3 3–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 Celtic 2-2 3–0 5–1 2–2 1-1 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 Dundee United 3–2 2-2 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 Heart of Midlothian 2–1 2–2 3–4 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 Hibernian 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 1-1 Kilmarnock 1–2 6–1 0–4 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0-0 0–4 Motherwell 1–1 4-1 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 5–4 3–0 3–1 Partick Thistle 2–2 0–2 2-4 1-5 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 Rangers 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 4–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 complete Matches 19–36 During matches 19–36 each team plays every other team twice (home and away). main FBR grey ABE AYR CEL DNU HOM HIB KIL MOT PAR RAN Aberdeen 0–2 2–0 0–1 4-1 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 2-1 Ayr United 0–0 2-4 1–4 1-1 1-2 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–2 Celtic 4-1 2–0 2–0 5–1 4–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 Dundee United 2–3 0-1 1–2 1–2 1-0 4–0 1–1 0-0 0–1 Heart of Midlothian 1-1 1–2 0–3 1–1 2–2 4-0 3-2 1-0 1–3 Hibernian 0–0 2-0 0-1 0-0 3–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 Kilmarnock 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–2 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–0 Motherwell 1–3 2-4 3–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 Partick Thistle 2–1 0–1 1-1 0-0 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 4–3 Rangers 1–0 5–1 2–2 2-3 3–2 2–1 3–0 4–1 2–1 complete Awards AwardWinnerClubSFWA Footballer of the YearSCO Danny McGrainCeltic References 1976–77 Scottish Premier Division – Statto Category:Scottish Premier Division seasons Category:1976–77 Scottish Football League Scot