1977–78 Scottish Premier Division

The 1977–78 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Rangers, two points ahead of Aberdeen. Ayr United and Clydebank were relegated.

Scottish Premier Division

Season	1977–78
Champions	Rangers 2nd Premier Division title 37th Scottish title
Relegated	Ayr United Clydebank
European Cup	Rangers
UEFA Cup	Hibernian Dundee United
Cup Winners' Cup	Aberdeen
Matches played	180
Goals scored	508 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	Derek Johnstone (25)
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C)	36	24	7	5	76	39	37	55	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Aberdeen	36	22	9	5	68	29	39	53	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Dundee United	36	16	8	12	42	32	10	40	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Hibernian	36	15	7	14	51	43	8	37
5	Celtic	36	15	6	15	63	54	9	36
6	Motherwell	36	13	7	16	45	52	−7	33
7	Partick Thistle	36	14	5	17	52	62	−10	33
8	St Mirren	36	11	8	17	52	63	−11	30
9	Ayr United (R)	36	9	6	21	36	68	−32	24	Relegation to the 1978–79 Scottish First Division
10	Clydebank (R)	36	6	7	23	23	64	−41	19

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Matches 1–18

During matches 1–18 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away	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	1–1		2–0	0–3	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–2
Dundee United	0–0	3–1	0–1	1–0		1–1	1–1	3–2	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

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 19–36

Home \ Away	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	3–2		0–3	1–0	2–1	0–4	0–3	2–2
Dundee United	0–1	1–0	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

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

• 1977–78 Scottish Premier Division – Statto