1977–78 Rangers F.C. season

Rangers played a total of 53 competitive matches during the 1977–78 season. Wallace presided over the club's fourth domestic treble and second in three years. During the close season Rangers spent heavily in the transfer market, bringing in Davie Cooper from Clydebank for £100,000 and Gordon Smith from Kilmarnock for £65,000. They were joined at the club by Bobby Russell who arrived from Shettleston Juniors for free.

However, even with these expensive signings the side did not make the best start to the league campaign, losing the opening two matches to Aberdeen and Hibernian. Order was restored the following week with a 4-0 defeat of Partick Thistle. A resounding 3-2 win over Celtic in the first Old Firm match of the season set the tone of the season. Rangers had been 2-0 down at half-time but recovered to win the game after outclassing Jock Stein's side in the second 45 minutes. In March 1978, second placed Aberdeen won 3-0 at Ibrox to set up a tense title run in. Rangers dropped seven points from twenty-one but held on winning the final four fixtures and the league.

The League Cup was won by defeating Celtic 2-1 after extra time. Goals from season new boys Davie Cooper and Gordon Smith completed the first leg of the treble. The 2-1 1978 Scottish Cup Final win over Aberdeen made Wallace the first and only Rangers' manager to win two domestic treble's. Surprisingly despite this unprecedented success Wallace resign from his position on 23 May 1978.

Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

Scottish Premier Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 August 1977	Aberdeen	A	1–3	21,500	Russell
20 August 1977	Hibernian	H	0–2	20,800
27 August 1977	Partick Thistle	A	4–0	18,584	Smith (2), Miller (pen.), Russell
10 September 1977	Celtic	H	3–2	48,788	Smith (2), Johnstone
17 September 1977	St. Mirren	A	3–3	26,000	Jardine, Cooper, Johnstone
24 September 1977	Ayr United	H	2–0	20,000	Smith (2)
1 October 1977	Clydebank	H	4–1	13,250	Cooper (2), Smith (2)
8 October 1977	Dundee United	A	1–0	18,658	Russell
15 October 1977	Motherwell	A	4–1	20,050	Johnstone (3), Smith
22 October 1977	Aberdeen	H	3–1	40,000	Jardine (pen.), Smith, MacDonald
29 October 1977	Hibernian	A	1–0	22,750	Jardine (pen.)
5 November 1977	Partick Thistle	H	3–3	28,200	Parlane (2), MacDonald
12 November 1977	Celtic	A	1–1	57,000	Johnstone
19 November 1977	St. Mirren	H	2–1	25,000	Johnstone, Miller (pen.)
26 November 1977	Ayr United	A	5–0	15,300	Johnstone (3), Jackson, Parlane
10 December 1977	Dundee United	H	2–0	25,000	McLean, Smith
17 December 1977	Motherwell	H	3–1	15,300	Smith (2), Johnstone
24 December 1977	Aberdeen	A	0–4	21,000
31 December 1977	Hibernian	H	0–0	25,000
2 January 1978	Partick Thistle	A	2–1	30,000	Johnstone, Smith
7 January 1978	Celtic	H	3–1	54,000	Smith, Grieg, Parlane
14 January 1978	St. Mirren	A	2–0	24,300	Johnstone, Smith
4 February 1978	Clydebank	H	1–0	16,492	Johnstone
19 February 1978	Clydebank	A	3–0	10,000	Johnstone (2), Cooper
25 February 1978	Motherwell	A	5–3	20,387	Johsntone (2), Smith, Cooper, McVie (o.g.)
4 March 1978	Aberdeen	H	0–3	34,500
21 March 1978	Partick Thistle	H	2–1	20,000	MacDonald, Jardine
25 March 1978	Celtic	A	0–2	51,000
29 March 1978	Hibernian	A	1–1	21,245	Parlane
1 April 1978	St. Mirren	H	1–1	20,500	Johnstone
8 April 1978	Ayr United	A	5–2	13,400	Johnstone (2), Smith (2), Greig
12 April 1978	Ayr United	H	1–1	12,282	Johnstone
15 April 1978	Clydebank	A	2–0	9,800	Johnstone (2)
19 April 1978	Dundee United	A	1–0	17,293	Johnstone
22 April 1978	Dundee United	H	3–0	27,050	Jackson, Jardine (pen.), Cooper
29 April 1978	Motherwell	H	2–0	43,500	Jackson, Smith

Cup Winners' Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1977	QR	Young Boys Bern	H	1–0	30,000	Greig
31 August 1977	QR	Young Boys Bern	A	2–2	21,000	Johnstone, Smith
14 September 1977	R1	FC Twente	H	0–0	40,000
28 September 1977	R1	FC Twente	A	0–3	20,000

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
28 January 1978	R3	Berwick Rangers	A	4–2	10,500	Jackson (2), Johnstone (2)
18 February 1978	R4	Stirling Albion	H	1–0	15,500	Johnstone
11 March 1978	QF	Kilmarnock	H	4–1	28,000	Johnstone, Hamilton, MacDonald, Cooper (pen.)
5 April 1978	SF	Dundee United	N	2–0	25,619	Johnstone, Greig
6 May 1978	F	Aberdeen	N	2–1	61,563	MacDonald, Johnstone

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
24 August 1977	R2	St. Johnstone	H	3–1	10,000	Johnstone (2), Parlane
3 September 1977	R2	St. Johnstone	A	3–0	11,200	Parlane, Miller (pen.), Smith
5 October 1977	R3	Aberdeen	H	6–1	25,000	Smith (3), Johnstone, Miller (pen.), MacDonald
26 October 1977	R3	Aberdeen	A	1–3	15,600	Smith
9 November 1977	QF	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–1	12,000	McLean (2), Jackson
16 November 1977	QF	Dunfermline Athletic	A	3–1	8,274	Greig, Jardine (pen.), Johnstone
27 February 1978	SF	Forfar Athletic	N	5–2	12,799	Johnstone (2), Parlane (2), MacDonald
18 March 1978	F	Celtic	N	2–1	60,158	Cooper, Smith

Appearances

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
Peter McCloy	GK	21	0
Sandy Jardine	DF	48	6
Alex Miller	DF	36	5
Tom Forsyth	DF	46	0
Colin Jackson	DF	51	6
Alex MacDonald	MF	59	7
Billy MacKay	MF	3	0
Bobby Russell	MF	48	3
Derek Parlane	FW	31	8
Chris Robertson	FW	4	0
Davie Cooper	MF	52	8
Bobby McKean	MF	15	0
Tommy McLean	MF	44	3
Gordon Smith	FW	52	27
Derek Johnstone	FW	47	38
John Greig	DF	41	5
Kenny Watson	MF	8	0
Stewart Kennedy	GK	32	0
Ally Dawson	DF	2	0
Johnny Hamilton	MF	3	0
Eric Morris	DF	1	0
Martin Henderson	FW	2	0

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