1976-77 in Scottish football

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Season 1976–1977 was the 80th season of Scottish league football.

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 or away games played by each team, however, this was seen as preferable to a lengthy 52 game season.

1 Scottish Premier Division
2 Scottish League Division One
3 Scottish League Division Two
4 Other honours
- 4.1 Cup honours
- 4.2 Individual honours
5 Scotland national team
6 Notes and references

[edit] 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	Hearts	36	7	13	16	49	66	-17	27
10	Kilmarnock	36	4	9	23	32	71	-39	17

Champions: Celtic
Relegated: Hearts, Kilmarnock

[edit] 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	Greenock 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Other honours

[edit] Cup honours

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

[edit] Individual honours

Award	Winner	Club
Footballer of the Year	Danny McGrain	Celtic

[edit] Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team results and fixtures

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