1976–77 in Scottish football

1976–77 in Scottish football
Premier Division champions
Celtic
Division One champions
St Mirren
Division Two champions
Stirling Albion
Scottish Cup winners
Celtic
League Cup winners
Aberdeen
Junior Cup winners
Kilbirnie Ladeside
Teams in Europe
Celtic, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian, Rangers
Scotland national team
1977 BHC, 1978 World Cup qualification

Season 1976–1977 was the 104th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 80th season of Scottish league football. [1]

After the failure of the Spring Cup and the 26 game season in the 1st & 2nd Divisions, a 39 game season was instituted in these divisions with a slight imbalance in the amount of home and away games played by each team; however, this was seen as preferable to a lengthy 52 game season.

Scottish Premier Division

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Celtic 36 23 9 4 79 39 40 55
2 Rangers 36 18 10 8 62 37 25 46
3 Aberdeen 36 16 11 9 56 42 14 43
4 Dundee United 36 16 9 11 54 45 9 41
5 Partick Thistle 36 11 13 12 40 44 −4 35
6 Hibernian 36 8 18 10 34 35 −1 34
7 Motherwell 36 10 12 14 57 60 −3 32
8 Ayr United 36 11 8 17 44 68 −24 30
9 Heart of Midlothian 36 7 13 16 49 66 −17 27
10 Kilmarnock 36 4 9 23 32 71 −39 17

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Hearts, Kilmarnock

Scottish League Division One

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 St Mirren 39 25 12 2 91 38 53 62
2 Clydebank 39 24 10 5 89 38 51 58
3 Dundee 39 21 9 9 90 55 35 51
4 Morton 39 20 10 9 77 52 25 50
5 Montrose 39 16 9 14 61 62 −1 41
6 Airdrieonians 39 13 12 14 63 58 5 38
7 Dumbarton 39 14 9 16 63 68 −5 37
8 Arbroath 39 17 3 19 46 62 −16 37
9 Queen of the South 39 11 13 15 58 65 −7 35
10 Hamilton Academical 39 11 10 18 44 59 −15 32
11 St Johnstone 39 8 13 18 42 64 −22 29
12 East Fife 39 8 13 18 40 71 −31 29
13 Raith Rovers 39 8 11 20 45 68 −23 27
14 Falkirk 39 6 8 25 36 85 −49 20

Promoted: St. Mirren, Clydebank
Relegated: Raith Rovers, Falkirk

Scottish League Division Two

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Stirling Albion 39 22 11 6 59 29 30 55
2 Alloa Athletic 39 19 13 7 73 45 28 51
3 Dunfermline Athletic 39 20 10 9 52 36 16 50
4 Stranraer 39 20 6 13 74 53 21 46
5 Queen's Park 39 17 11 11 65 51 14 45
6 Albion Rovers 39 15 12 12 74 61 13 42
7 Clyde 39 15 11 13 68 64 4 41
8 Berwick Rangers 39 13 10 16 37 51 −14 36
9 Stenhousemuir 39 15 5 19 38 49 −11 35
10 East Stirlingshire 39 12 8 19 47 63 −16 32
11 Meadowbank Thistle 39 8 16 15 41 57 −16 32
12 Cowdenbeath 39 13 5 21 46 64 −18 31
13 Brechin City 39 7 12 20 51 77 −26 26
14 Forfar Athletic 39 7 10 22 43 68 −25 24

Promoted: Stirling Albion, Alloa Athletic

Cup honours

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1976–77 Celtic 1 – 0 Rangers
League Cup 1976–77 Aberdeen 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Celtic
Junior Cup Kilbirnie Ladeside 3 – 1 Kirkintilloch Rob Roy

Other Honours

National

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup - North Peterhead 2 – 1 Inverness Caledonian
Scottish Qualifying Cup - South Selkirk 2 – 1 * dagger Civil Service Strollers

County

Competition Winner Score Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup Peterhead
Ayrshire Cup Ayr United 2 – 2 double-dagger Kilmarnock
East of Scotland Shield Hibernian 1 – 0 Hearts
Fife Cup Dunfermline Athletic 5 – 2 * Cowdenbeath
Forfarshire Cup Dundee United 3 – 0 Arbroath
Lanarkshire Cup Motherwell Airdrie
Renfrewshire Cup St Mirren 5 – 2 * Morton
Stirlingshire Cup Stirling Albion 0 – 0 double-dagger Clydebank

* - aggregate over two legs
dagger - play off
double-dagger - won on penalties

Highland League

Top Three

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Inverness Caledonian 30 21 4 5 80 31 49 46
2 Peterhead 30 21 4 5 77 35 42 46
3 Nairn County 30 19 3 8 64 39 25 41

Individual honours

Award Winner Club
Footballer of the Year Scotland Danny McGrain Celtic

Scotland national team

Date Venue Opponents Score[2] Competition Scotland scorer(s)
8 September Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  Finland 6–0 Friendly Andy Gray (2), Eddie Gray, Kenny Dalglish, Bruce Rioch, Don Masson (pen.)
13 October Sparta Stadion, Prague (A)  Czechoslovakia 0–2 WCQG7
17 November Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  Wales 1–0 WCQG7 Own goal
27 April Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  Sweden 3–1 Friendly Asa Hartford, Kenny Dalglish, Joe Craig
28 May The Racecourse, Wrexham (A)  Wales 0–0 BHC
1 June Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  Northern Ireland 3–0 BHC Kenny Dalglish (2), Gordon McQueen
4 June Wembley Stadium, London (A)  England 2–1 BHC Gordon McQueen, Kenny Dalglish
15 June Estadio Nacional, Santiago (A)  Chile 4–2 Friendly Lou Macari (2), Kenny Dalglish, Asa Hartford
18 June Boca Junior Stadium, Buenos Aires (A)  Argentina 1–1 Friendly Don Masson
23 June Estadio do Maracana, Rio de Janeiro (A)  Brazil 0–2 Friendly

1977 British Home Championship - Winners

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1970-1979/197677/
  2. ↑ Scotland's score is shown first.
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