1976–77 Scottish Premier Division

71st season of top-tier football league in Scotland Football league season

Scottish Premier Division
Season	1976–77
Champions	Celtic 1st Premier Division title 30th Scottish title
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
← 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic (C)	36	23	9	4	79	39	+40	55	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Rangers	36	18	10	8	62	37	+25	46	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Aberdeen	36	16	11	9	56	42	+14	43	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Dundee United	36	16	9	11	54	45	+9	41	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
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 (R)	36	7	13	16	49	66	−17	27	Relegation to the 1977–78 Scottish First Division
10	Kilmarnock (R)	36	4	9	23	32	71	−39	17	Relegation to the 1977–78 Scottish First Division

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	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	2–1	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	2–2	1–1	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

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

Matches 19–36

During matches 19–36 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

Home \ Away	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	2–0	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	3–0	4–0	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

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

References

1976–77 Scottish Premier Division – Statto

v t e Top division football seasons in Scotland
Football League	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93
Division One	1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15
Football League	1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21
Division One / A	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75
Premier Division	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98
Premier League	1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
Premiership	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Winners	List of champions Winning managers

v t e 1976–77 in European football (UEFA)
« 1975–76 1977–78 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '76 '77 England Faroe Islands '76 '77 Finland '76 '77 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '76 '77 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '76 '77 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '76 '77 Spain Sweden '76 '77 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '76 '77 Finland '76 '77 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '76 '77 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '76 '77 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland
Super cups	Soviet Union
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '76 '77

v t e 1976–77 in Scottish football
« 1975–76 1977–78 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Anglo-Scottish Cup
Related to national team	Results World Cup 1978 qualifying (Group 7) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Ayr United Celtic Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers
First Division	Airdrieonians Arbroath Clydebank Dundee Dumbarton East Fife Falkirk Hamilton Academical Montrose Morton Queen of the South Raith Rovers St. Johnstone St. Mirren
Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Meadowbank Thistle Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

Categories: