1978–79 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

During the 1978–79 season, Heart of Midlothian F.C. competed in the Scottish Premier Division, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup, the Anglo-Scottish Cup and the East of Scotland Shield.

Heart of Midlothian
1978–79 season
ManagerScotland Willie Ormond
StadiumTynecastle Stadium
Scottish Premier Division10th
Scottish CupThird Round
League CupSecond Round
East of Scotland ShieldWinner
Top goalscorerLeague:
Scotland Willie Pettigrew (16)

All:
Scotland Willie Pettigrew (20)

Fixtures

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Friendlies

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9 August 1978 Friendly Hearts 3–0 Middlesbrough Tynecastle Park
  Gary Liddell  
Paul O'Brien  
Gerry McCoy  
19 November 1978 Testimonial East Fife 0–0 Hearts Bayview Park
  Gary Liddell  
Paul O'Brien  
Gerry McCoy  

Tennents Caledonian Cup

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5 August 1978 Tennents Caledonian Cup Semi-final Rangers 3–1 Hearts Ibrox Park
 
 
Gerry McCoy  
Gary Liddell  
Peter Shields  
Gerry McCoy  
6 August 1978 Tennents Caledonian Cup 3rd place match Hearts 2–0 West Bromwich Albion Tynecastle Park
  Chris Robertson  

Anglo-Scottish Cup

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League Cup

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30 August 1978 League Cup R2 1st leg Hearts 1–3 Morton Tynecastle Park
Chris Robertson   Attendance: 6,729
2 September 1978 League Cup R2 2nd leg Morton 4–1 Hearts Cappielow Park
Chris Robertson   Attendance: 5,249

Scottish Cup

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3 March 1979 Scottish Cup R4 Hearts 1–1 Morton Tynecastle Park
Stephen Hancock   Attendance: 9,000
10 March 1979 Scottish Cup R5 Hibernian 2–1 Hearts Easter Road
Billy Howitt   Roddie MacDonald  
Chris Robertson  
Peter Marinello  
Pat Byrne  
Attendance: 22,618

East of Scotland Shield

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Scottish Premier Division

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16 September 1978 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 1–1 Morton Tynecastle Park
Roddie MacDonald   8' Attendance: 6,945
23 September 1978 Scottish Premier Division Motherwell 0–1 Hearts Fir Park
Peter Weir   28'
Peter Weir  
Attendance: 5,219
14 October 1978 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 0–0 Rangers Tynecastle Park
David Dodds   36' Attendance: 17,910
21 October 1978 Scottish Premier Division Aberdeen 1–2 Hearts Pittodrie Stadium
John Robertson   13', 27' (pen.) Attendance: 13,707
4 November 1978 Scottish Premier Division Hibernian 1–2 Hearts Easter Road
Gary Mackay   66' (pen.) Tosh McKinlay   18'
McCall   57', 73'
Attendance: 20,120
18 November 1978 Scottish Premier Division Morton 3–2 Hearts Cappielow Park
Gary Mackay   21' (pen.), 67' Frank McAvennie   12'
Frank McDougall  
Attendance: 7,765
25 November 1978 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 3–2 Motherwell Tynecastle Park
Sandy Clark   34', 70'
John MacDonald   78'
Attendance: 8,984
9 December 1978 Scottish Premier Division St Mirren 4–0 Hearts St Mirren Park, Love Street
Attendance: 5,183
16 December 1978 Scottish Premier Division Rangers 5–3 Hearts Ibrox Park
John Robertson   Brian McClair   26', 81'
James Dobbin  
Attendance: 19,754
20 January 1979 Scottish Premier Division Motherwell 3–2 Hearts Tannadice Park
Ian Gibson   19' Donald Park   31'
George Cowie  
Attendance: 3,881
24 February 1979 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 3–2 Rangers Tynecastle Park
Robert Glennie  
McCall  
Iain Ferguson  
Fraser  
John Robertson   Attendance: 16,050
28 March 1979 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 1–2 Hibernian Tynecastle Park
John Robertson   36', 71' John Gahagan   28' Attendance: 16,042
31 March 1979 Scottish Premier Division Morton 2–2 Hearts Cappielow Park
Brian McClair   22', 37', 79'
John Colquhoun   75'
Donald Park   87' Attendance: 5,767
18 April 1979 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 0–3 Celtic Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 10,633
21 April 1979 Scottish Premier Division St Mirren 2–1 Hearts St Mirren Park, Love Street
Ian Porteous   46' John Robertson   62' Attendance: 6,049
28 April 1979 Scottish Premier Division Rangers 4–0 Hearts Ibrox Park
Attendance: 20,464
14 May 1979 Scottish Premier Division Celtic 1–0 Hearts Celtic Park
Gary Mackay   10' Jim McInally   50' Attendance: 16,507

Scottish Premier Division table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 St Mirren 36 15 6 15 45 41 +4 36
7 Morton 36 12 12 12 52 53 −1 36
8 Partick Thistle 36 13 8 15 42 39 +3 34
9 Heart of Midlothian (R) 36 8 7 21 39 71 −32 23 Relegation to the 1979–80 Scottish First Division
10 Motherwell (R) 36 5 7 24 33 86 −53 17
Source: Statto and RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Squad information

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Premier Division Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO John Brough 6 0 2 0 2 0 2 0
GK   SCO Thomson Allan 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Willie Gibson 39 0 34 0 4 0 1 0
MF   SCO Cammy Fraser 39 0 36 0 3 0 0 0
MF   SCO Jim Brown 32 0 26 0 4 0 2 0
FW   SCO Drew Busby 31 0 26 0 3 0 2 0
DF   SCO Walter Kidd 34 0 30 0 4 0 0 0
DF   SCO Bobby Prentice 13 0 12 0 0 0 1 0
DF   SCO Jim Jeffries 34 0 28 0 4 0 2 0
MF   SCO Malcolm Robertson 35 0 29 0 4 0 2 0
MF   SCO Graham Shaw 12 0 8 0 2 0 2 0
DF   SCO Ian Black 17 0 14 0 3 0 0 0
DF   SCO Frank Liddell 36 0 31 0 3 0 2 0
FW   SCO Derek O'Connor 22 0 18 0 4 0 0 0
DF   SCO Colin More 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO John Craig 22 0 19 0 3 0 0 0
MF   SCO Dave McNicoll 20 0 17 0 1 0 2 0
MF   SCO Lawrie Tierney 15 0 14 0 0 0 1 0
MF   SCO Eamonn Bannon 21 0 19 0 0 0 2 0
GK   SCO Ray Dunlop 20 0 18 0 2 0 0 0
MF   SCO Denis McQuade 24 0 23 0 1 0 0 0
FW   SCO Rab Stewart 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO David Scott 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Des O'Sullivan 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Donald Park 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
DF   SCO Paul Rodger 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
FW   SCO Kenny McLeod 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Gordon James Smith 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
FW   SCO Ian Paterson 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Peter Johnstone 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

See also

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References

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