1976–77 Scottish Premier Division

Scottish Premier Division
Season 1976–77
Champions Celtic
Relegated Heart of Midlothian
Kilmarnock
European Cup Celtic
UEFA Cup Aberdeen
Dundee United
Cup Winners' Cup Rangers
Matches played 180
Goals scored 507 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer Willie Pettigrew (21)
Biggest home win Kilmarnock 6–1 Ayr United
Biggest away win Ayr United 0–5 Aberdeen

The 1976–77 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Celtic, six points ahead of Rangers. Heart of Midlothian and Kilmarnock were relegated.

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 36 23 9 4 79 39+40 55 1977–78 European Cup First round
2 Rangers 36 18 10 8 62 37+25 46 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup First round
3 Aberdeen 36 16 11 9 56 42+14 43 1977–78 UEFA Cup First round
4 Dundee United 36 16 9 11 54 45+9 41
5 Partick Thistle 36 11 13 12 40 444 35
6 Hibernian 36 8 18 10 34 351 34
7 Motherwell 36 10 12 14 57 603 32
8 Ayr United 36 11 8 17 44 6824 30
9 Heart of Midlothian (R) 36 7 13 16 49 6617 27 Relegation to First Division
10 Kilmarnock (R) 36 4 9 23 32 7139 17

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

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