<- Team <- Date <- Comp -> Comp -> Date -> Team
Hearts Team Opponents Scoring Seq Penalties Table Streaks Discipline Statistics Games played
Wed 30 Aug 1978 19:30
Hearts 1 Greenock Morton 3
League Cup R1
Tynecastle Park Edinburgh Scotland
6729
Ref: Willie Anderson East Kilbride
Scorers Graham Shaw 53 Opp Scorers [Andrew Ritchie pen 81] ;[Alistair Scott 87] ;[John McNeil 89:50]
Manager Cumulative to date
Manager Type G W D L F A PenW PenL William Esplin Ormond COMPH 27 16 6 5 47 28 0 0 William Esplin Ormond COMP 55 29 13 13 98 68 0 0
MR NR Season Team Venue FT HT Agg Comp Round Crowd TV 1978-79 Greenock Morton Tynecastle Park Edinburgh Scotland
0-0 League Cup
R1 6729
Notes Hearts introduce fan segregation after trouble at the Derby on Sat 26th Aug 1978
Hearts Line Up - NB Average ages only shown where there are 8 or more 'known' ages Number of Team Changes (Competitive Games Only) = 2
Team Changes Compared to Last League Team (League Games Only) = -No Sq
NoPlayer Cap Nat Tot App Age Gls Pens Tot
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TimeGoals
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OppPrev Next 1 John Brough 7 18y 04m 30d / 1978-08-26 sat 1978-09-02 sat 2 Jim Brown 355 28y 00m 19d / 1978-08-06 sun 1978-09-02 sat 3 Jim Jefferies (C) 226 27y 09m 08d / 1978-08-26 sat 1978-09-02 sat 4 Dave McNicoll 36 26y 11m 07d / 1978-08-26 sat 1978-09-02 sat 5 Frank Liddell 6 25y 01m 20d / 1978-08-26 sat 1978-09-02 sat 6 Graham Shaw 109 26y 10m 22d 1 20 1 / 1 1978-08-26 sat 1978-09-02 sat 7 Malcolm Robertson 49 27y 01m 23d / 1978-08-26 sat 1978-09-02 sat 8 Eamonn Bannon 74 20y 04m 12d Busby Drew 57 / 4 1978-08-26 sat 1978-09-02 sat 9 Willie Gibson 194 25y 04m 27d / 4 1978-08-26 sat 1978-09-09 sat 10 Lawrie Tierney 42 19y 04m 26d R43 / 1978-08-26 sat 1978-09-09 sat 11 Bobby Prentice 201 24y 11m 03d Smith Gordon James / 1978-08-26 sat 1978-09-02 sat Total Starting App->> 1299 24.59 <<-Average Starting Age –––––– Substitutes –––––– S08 Drew Busby 226 30y 08m 22d Bannon Eamonn 57 / 4 1978-08-05 sat 1978-09-02 sat S11 Gordon James Smith 11 19y 02m 18d Prentice Bobby / 1978-08-26 sat 1978-09-02 sat 24.65 <<-Average Age of Players who played
Opponents
Manager Bernard Rooney
Team Managed 06 of 19
Total Managed 06 of 19
No Player Nat Age Gls Pens OGs Pen
SavePen
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Time1 Denis Connaghan 33y 07m 21d 04 of 09 11 of 18 2 Archibald David Mackie Hayes 25y 02m 20d 15 of 27 15 of 27 3 James Black Holmes 23y 08m 22d 05 of 27 05 of 28 4 George Anderson 24y 08m 05d 16 of 20 16 of 26 5 Neil Orr SCO 19y 03m 17d 06 of 19 06 of 34 6 James Rooney 22y 07m 29d 01 of 12 01 of 20 John McNeil 57 7 Robert Shearer Russell 23y 03m 08d 01 of 07 02 of 16 David George Rae 57 8 James Miller 25y 07m 26d 02 of 08 05 of 15 9 Bobby Thomson SCO 23y 05m 09d 01 of 13 09 of 26 10 Alistair Scott SCO 28y 00m 04d 1 01 of 07 07 of 13 11 Andrew Ritchie 22y 06m 07d 1 1 06 of 18 08 of 21 24.74 <<-Average Starting Age –––––– Substitutes –––––– S06 John McNeil 19y 06m 18d 1 03 of 19 03 of 19 James Rooney 57 S07 David George Rae 19y 06m 18d 02 of 03 02 of 06 Robert Shearer Russell 57 23.94 <<-Average Age of players who played
Scoring Sequence No Score Scorer Scores For Time 1 1-0
Graham Shaw Heart of Midlothian 53 2 1-1
Andrew Ritchie(pen) Greenock Morton 81 3 1-2
Alistair Scott Greenock Morton 87 4 1-3
John McNeil Greenock Morton 89:50
Penalties Taker Team Outcome Given Away By Won By Time Score if Missed Andrew Ritchie Greenock Morton Scored John Brough Alistair Scott 81
Discipline
Referee Willie Anderson Hearts Redcards 1 Linesman 1 Opponents Redcards Linesman 2 Hearts Yellowcards Fourth Official Opponents Yellowcards
Discipline Events
Click on heading to sortType Team Player Cd Tm Time Notes REDCARD Heart of Midlothian Lawrie Tierney 43 Elbows Russell off the ball and is sent off on advice of the linesman
League Tables Before - Saturday 26 Aug 1978 After - Saturday 26 Aug 1978
Pos Team G W D L F A Diff Avg Pts Note 1 Celtic 3 3 0 0 11 2 9 5.5000 6 2 Aberdeen 3 2 1 0 8 3 5 2.6667 5 3 St Mirren 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 2.0000 4 4 Partick Thistle 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 2.0000 4 5 Dundee United 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 1.0000 3 6 Hibernian 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 1.0000 3 7 Rangers 3 0 2 1 0 1 -1 .0000 2 8 Motherwell 3 1 0 2 2 6 -4 .3333 2 9 Heart Of Midlothian 3 0 1 2 2 9 -7 .2222 1 10 Morton 3 0 0 3 3 8 -5 .3750 0
Pos Diff Team G W D L F A Diff Avg Pts Note 1 1 Celtic 3 3 0 0 11 2 9 5.5000 6 2 -1 Aberdeen 3 2 1 0 8 3 5 2.6667 5 3 1 St Mirren 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 2.0000 4 4 -1 Partick Thistle 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 2.0000 4 5 -1 Dundee United 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 1.0000 3 6 1 Hibernian 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 1.0000 3 7 1 Rangers 3 0 2 1 0 1 -1 .0000 2 8 -4 Motherwell 3 1 0 2 2 6 -4 .3333 2 9 1 Heart Of Midlothian 3 0 1 2 2 9 -7 .2222 1 10 -1 Morton 3 0 0 3 3 8 -5 .3750 0
League Games Played
Home F Away A Crowd Dundee United 1 Aberdeen 1 10092 Greenock Morton 1 St Mirren 3 7992 Heart of Midlothian 1 Hibernian 1 19663 Motherwell 1 Celtic 5 19710 Rangers 0 Partick Thistle 0 25536
League Games Played
The specified statement did not generate any data Home F Away A Crowd
Type Streaks by Date Last 10 Cumulative by Date W D L Unb NoW G W D L F A Competitive
1
6
L
D
D
L
L
L
W
W
D
W
3528
1694
735
1099
7220
5230
LC only
2
2
268
141
43
84
576
391
Type Streaks by Team Cumulative by Team W D L Unb NoW G W D L F A Competitive
1
1
124
67
26
31
261
158
LC only
2
2
9
6
0
3
19
7
Match Statistics
Hearts What Opponents 0 Goal Attempts 0 0 On Target 0 0 Off Target 0 0 Woodwork 0 0 Corners 0 0 Fouls 0 0 Offside 0
Games played during this week
Click on heading to sortSortDate Date Comp Rd Home F Away A Crowd 19780828 Mon 28 Aug 1978 League Cup R2 Montrose 1 East Stirlingshire 1 1004 19780828 Mon 28 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Sheffield United 1 Liverpool 0 19780829 Tue 29 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Birmingham City 2 Southampton 5 19780829 Tue 29 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Bolton Wanderers 2 Chelsea 1 19780829 Tue 29 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Brighton and Hove Albion 1 Millwall 0 19780829 Tue 29 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Bristol City 1 Crystal Palace 2 19780829 Tue 29 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Burnley 1 Bradford City 1 19780829 Tue 29 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Everton 8 Wimbledon 0 19780829 Tue 29 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Exeter City 2 Blackburn Rovers 1 19780829 Tue 29 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Fulham 2 Darlington 2 19780829 Tue 29 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Leyton Orient 1 Chesterfield 2 19780829 Tue 29 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Luton Town 2 Wigan Athletic 0 19780829 Tue 29 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Manchester City 2 Grimsby Town 0 19780829 Tue 29 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Middlesbrough 0 Peterborough United 0 19780829 Tue 29 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Northampton Town 0 Hereford United 0 19780829 Tue 29 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Oldham Athletic 0 Nottingham Forest 0 19780829 Tue 29 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Preston North End 1 Queens Park Rangers 3 19780829 Tue 29 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Rotherham United 3 Arsenal 1 19780829 Tue 29 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Swansea City 2 Tottenham Hotspur 2 19780829 Tue 29 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Walsall 1 Charlton Athletic 2 19780829 Tue 29 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Watford 2 Newcastle United 1 19780829 Tue 29 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 West Bromwich Albion 0 Leeds United 0 19780829 Tue 29 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Wrexham 1 Norwich City 3 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 League Cup R2 Airdrieonians 3 Dunfermline Athletic 0 1699 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 League Cup R2 Ayr United 1 Stranraer 0 2683 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 League Cup R2 Berwick Rangers 1 St Mirren 3 1788 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 League Cup R2 Brechin City 0 Hibernian 3 1645 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 League Cup R2 Clyde 3 Motherwell 1 2046 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 League Cup R2 Cowdenbeath 3 Hamilton Academical 2 691 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 League Cup R2 Dundee United 2 Celtic 3 12648 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 League Cup R2 East Fife 0 Arbroath 1 919 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 League Cup R2 Heart of Midlothian 1 Greenock Morton 3 6729 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 League Cup R2 Kilmarnock 2 Alloa Athletic 0 2080 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 League Cup R2 Livingston (Meadowbank Thistle) 0 Aberdeen 5 1676 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 League Cup R2 Partick Thistle 1 Falkirk 1 2789 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 League Cup R2 Raith Rovers 4 Queens Park 2 1632 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 League Cup R2 Rangers 3 Forfar Athletic 0 8721 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 League Cup R2 Stenhousemuir 1 Clydebank[4] 0 357 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 European Cup PR Steaua Bucharest 2 Monaco 0 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 EC G2 Norway 0 Austria 2 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Aston Villa 1 Sheffield Wednesday 0 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Blackpool 2 Ipswich Town 0 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Chester City 2 Coventry City 1 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Crewe Alexandra 2 Notts County 0 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Leicester City 0 Derby County 1 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Manchester United 3 Stockport County 2 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Oxford United 1 Plymouth Argyle 1 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Reading 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 Sunderland 0 Stoke City 2 19780830 Wed 30 Aug 1978 E LCup R2 West Ham United 1 Swindon Town 2 19780901 Fri 01 Sep 1978 E Div 3 04 of 46 Southend United 2 Plymouth Argyle 1 19780901 Fri 01 Sep 1978 E Div4 03 of 46 Doncaster Rovers 0 Scunthorpe United 0 19780901 Fri 01 Sep 1978 E Div4 04 of 46 Stockport County 0 Wimbledon 1 19780901 Fri 01 Sep 1978 EC G5 France 2 Sweden 2 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 League Cup R2 Aberdeen 4 Livingston (Meadowbank Thistle) 0 7692 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 League Cup R2 Alloa Athletic 1 Kilmarnock 1 1301 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 League Cup R2 Arbroath 1 East Fife 0 1006 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 League Cup R2 Celtic 1 Dundee United 0 28583 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 League Cup R2 Clydebank[4] 4 Stenhousemuir 1 1190 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 League Cup R2 Dunfermline Athletic 0 Airdrieonians 5 1896 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 League Cup R2 East Stirlingshire 0 Montrose 2 249 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 League Cup R2 Falkirk 2 Partick Thistle 2 4573 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 League Cup R2 Forfar Athletic 1 Rangers 4 5916 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 League Cup R2 Greenock Morton 4 Heart of Midlothian 1 5249 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 League Cup R2 Hamilton Academical 2 Cowdenbeath 0 1778 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 League Cup R2 Hibernian 3 Brechin City 1 5254 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 League Cup R2 Motherwell 3 Clyde 0 3803 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 League Cup R2 Queens Park 4 Raith Rovers 2 804 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 League Cup R2 St Mirren 5 Berwick Rangers 1 5228 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 League Cup R2 Stranraer 1 Ayr United 3 2104 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 1 04 of 42 Arsenal 5 Queens Park Rangers 1 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 1 04 of 42 Aston Villa 1 Southampton 1 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 1 04 of 42 Bolton Wanderers 2 Birmingham City 2 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 1 04 of 42 Chelsea 0 Leeds United 3 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 1 04 of 42 Derby County 0 Coventry City 2 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 1 04 of 42 Liverpool 7 Tottenham Hotspur 0 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 1 04 of 42 Manchester United 1 Everton 1 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 1 04 of 42 Middlesbrough 0 Ipswich Town 0 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 1 04 of 42 Norwich City 1 Manchester City 1 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 1 04 of 42 Nottingham Forest 0 West Bromwich Albion 0 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 1 04 of 42 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 Bristol City 0 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 2 04 of 42 Blackburn Rovers 3 Leyton Orient 0 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 2 04 of 42 Bristol Rovers 4 Cardiff City 2 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 2 04 of 42 Burnley 2 Notts County 1 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 2 04 of 42 Cambridge United 0 Newcastle United 0 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 2 04 of 42 Luton Town 3 Charlton Athletic 0 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 2 04 of 42 Millwall 1 Brighton and Hove Albion 4 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 2 04 of 42 Oldham Athletic 1 Stoke City 1 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 2 04 of 42 Sheffield United 0 Crystal Palace 2 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 2 04 of 42 Sunderland 3 Preston North End 1 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 2 04 of 42 West Ham United 0 Fulham 1 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 2 04 of 42 Wrexham 0 Leicester City 0 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 3 03 of 46 Exeter City 2 Brentford 2 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 3 03 of 46 Hull City 3 Chester City 0 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 3 03 of 46 Peterborough United 1 Tranmere Rovers 0 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 3 04 of 46 Blackpool 3 Carlisle United 1 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 3 04 of 46 Chesterfield 1 Oxford United 1 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 3 04 of 46 Colchester United 0 Rotherham United 0 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 3 04 of 46 Gillingham 2 Watford 3 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 3 04 of 46 Lincoln City 1 Sheffield Wednesday 2 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 3 04 of 46 Swansea City 2 Bury 0 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 3 04 of 46 Swindon Town 1 Mansfield Town 0 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div 3 04 of 46 Walsall 1 Shrewsbury Town 1 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div4 04 of 46 Aldershot 1 Halifax Town 0 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div4 04 of 46 Barnsley 3 York City 0 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div4 04 of 46 Bournemouth 0 Hartlepool United 1 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div4 04 of 46 Grimsby Town 3 Torquay United 0 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div4 04 of 46 Hereford United 1 Darlington 0 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div4 04 of 46 Huddersfield Town 1 Reading 1 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div4 04 of 46 Northampton Town 1 Bradford City 0 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div4 04 of 46 Port Vale 1 Rochdale 1 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div4 04 of 46 Portsmouth 3 Crewe Alexandra 0 19780902 Sat 02 Sep 1978 E Div4 04 of 46 Wigan Athletic 2 Newport County 3