<- Team <- Date <- Comp -> Comp -> Date -> Team
Hearts Team Opponents Scoring Seq Penalties Table Streaks Discipline Statistics Games played
Sat 31 Mar 1979 15:00
Greenock Morton 2 Hearts 2
Premier 24 of 36
Cappielow Park Greenock Scotland
5767
Ref: K Stewart Glasgow
Scorers Drew Busby 36 ;Willie Gibson pen 50 Opp Scorers [Andrew Ritchie pen 25] ;[Bobby Thomson 85]
Manager Cumulative to date
Manager Type G W D L F A PenW PenL William Esplin Ormond LA 32 14 8 10 58 54 0 0 William Esplin Ormond COMPA 43 18 9 16 74 72 0 0 William Esplin Ormond L 63 30 17 16 109 88 0 0 William Esplin Ormond COMP 81 37 20 24 134 112 0 0
MR NR Season Team Venue FT HT Agg Comp Round Crowd TV 1978-79 Greenock Morton Cappielow Park Greenock Scotland
1-1 Premier
24 of 36 5767
Notes
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) = 2No Sq
NoPlayer Cap Nat Tot App Age Gls Pens Tot
GlsOGs Pen
SavePen
MissDiscipline Sub
MrkSubstitued by Sub
TimeGoals
vs
OppPrev Next 1 Thomson Allan 4 32y 05m 26d / 1979-03-28 wed 1979-04-04 wed 2 Walter Kidd 55 21y 00m 21d / 1979-03-28 wed 1979-04-04 wed 3 Jim Brown 374 28y 07m 20d Y26 / 1979-03-28 wed 1979-04-04 wed 4 Jim Jefferies (C) 250 28y 04m 09d / 1979-03-28 wed 1979-04-04 wed 5 Frank Liddell 28 25y 08m 21d / 1979-03-28 wed 1979-04-04 wed 6 Graham Shaw 114 27y 05m 23d / 1 1979-03-17 sat 1979-04-04 wed 7 Willie Gibson 217 25y 11m 28d 1 1 89 4 / 4 1979-03-28 wed 1979-04-04 wed 8 Cammy Fraser 136 21y 08m 09d / 1 1979-03-28 wed 1979-04-04 wed 9 Derek O'Connor 19 24y 02m 23d / 2 1979-03-28 wed 1979-04-04 wed 10 Drew Busby 250 31y 03m 23d 1 85 4 / 4 1979-03-28 wed 1979-04-04 wed 11 Malcolm Robertson 74 27y 08m 24d Black Ian George / 1979-03-28 wed 1979-04-04 wed Total Starting App->> 1521 26.79 <<-Average Starting Age –––––– Substitutes –––––– S11 Ian George Black 6 19y 01m 27d Robertson Malcolm / 1979-03-28 wed 1979-04-04 wed U2 Denis McQuade 28y 02m 25d / 1 1979-03-28 wed 1979-04-04 wed 26.15 <<-Average Age of Players who played
Opponents
Manager Bernard Rooney
Team Managed 12 of 19
Total Managed 12 of 19
No Player Nat Age Gls Pens OGs Pen
SavePen
MissDiscipline Team
AppsTotal
AppsSub
MrkSubstitued by Sub
Time1 Roy Baines ENG 29y 01m 24d 08 of 15 10 of 19 2 Archibald David Mackie Hayes 25y 09m 21d 21 of 27 21 of 27 3 James Black Holmes 24y 03m 23d 11 of 27 11 of 28 4 George Anderson 25y 03m 06d 20 of 20 20 of 26 5 Neil Orr SCO 19y 10m 18d 12 of 19 12 of 34 6 Bobby Thomson SCO 24y 00m 10d 1 06 of 13 14 of 26 7 John McNeil 20y 01m 19d 09 of 19 09 of 19 8 James Miller 26y 02m 27d 07 of 08 10 of 15 9 Roderick Hutchison 24y 00m 06d 08 of 12 08 of 12 10 James Tolmie 18y 04m 10d 02 of 08 02 of 08 Robert Shearer Russell 11 Andrew Ritchie 23y 01m 08d 1 1 12 of 18 14 of 21 23.66 <<-Average Starting Age –––––– Substitutes –––––– S10 Robert Shearer Russell 23y 10m 09d 06 of 07 07 of 16 James Tolmie U1 William McLaren 30y 09m 24d of 04 of 14 23.68 <<-Average Age of players who played
Scoring Sequence No Score Scorer Scores For Time 1 0-1
Andrew Ritchie(pen) Greenock Morton 25 2 1-1
Drew Busby Heart of Midlothian 36 3 2-1
Willie Gibson(pen) Heart of Midlothian 50 4 2-2
Bobby Thomson Greenock Morton 85
Penalties Taker Team Outcome Given Away By Won By Time Score if Missed Andrew Ritchie Greenock Morton Scored Jim Brown James Tolmie 25 Willie Gibson Heart of Midlothian Scored George Anderson Derek O'Connor 50
Discipline
Referee K Stewart Hearts Redcards Linesman 1 Opponents Redcards Linesman 2 Hearts Yellowcards 1 Fourth Official Opponents Yellowcards
Discipline Events
Click on heading to sortType Team Player Cd Tm Time Notes YELLOWCARD Heart of Midlothian Jim Brown 26 Handball
League Tables Before - Wednesday 28 Mar 1979 After - Saturday 31 Mar 1979
Pos Team G W D L F A Diff Avg Pts Note 1 Dundee United 27 13 7 7 41 26 15 1.5769 33 2 Rangers 24 11 8 5 32 22 10 1.4545 30 3 St Mirren 26 12 5 9 36 27 9 1.3333 29 4 Hibernian 26 8 11 7 31 30 1 1.0333 27 5 Aberdeen 25 8 10 7 43 26 17 1.6538 26 6 Morton 27 9 8 10 38 42 -4 .9048 26 7 Celtic 21 10 5 6 32 22 10 1.4545 25 8 Partick Thistle 24 8 7 9 24 26 -2 .9231 23 9 Heart Of Midlothian 23 6 6 11 30 44 -14 .6818 18 10 Motherwell 27 4 5 18 22 64 -42 .3438 13
Pos Diff Team G W D L F A Diff Avg Pts Note 1 0 Dundee United 28 14 7 7 43 27 16 1.5926 35 2 0 Rangers 24 11 8 5 32 22 10 1.4545 30 3 0 St Mirren 27 12 5 10 37 30 7 1.2333 29 4 0 Hibernian 27 9 11 7 33 31 2 1.0645 29 5 1 Morton 28 9 9 10 40 44 -4 .9091 27 6 -1 Aberdeen 25 8 10 7 43 26 17 1.6538 26 7 0 Celtic 22 10 5 7 33 24 9 1.3750 25 8 0 Partick Thistle 25 9 7 9 27 27 0 1.0000 25 9 0 Heart Of Midlothian 24 6 7 11 32 46 -14 .6957 19 10 0 Motherwell 28 4 5 19 23 66 -43 .3485 13
League Games Played
Home F Away A Crowd Celtic 3 Greenock Morton 0 14728 Heart of Midlothian 1 Hibernian 2 16042 Partick Thistle 1 Dundee United 2 3123
League Games Played
Home F Away A Crowd Dundee United 2 Motherwell 1 5675 Greenock Morton 2 Heart of Midlothian 2 5767 Hibernian 2 Celtic 1 16071 Partick Thistle 3 St Mirren 1 5573
Type Streaks by Date Last 10 Cumulative by Date W D L Unb NoW G W D L F A Competitive
1
1
4
D
L
D
L
W
D
W
L
W
L
3554
1702
742
1110
7256
5274
L only
1
1
3
2849
1340
609
900
5705
4291
Type Streaks by Team Cumulative by Team W D L Unb NoW G W D L F A Competitive
1
3
1
130
68
29
33
269
169
L only
1
1
3
111
56
26
29
229
150
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 19790326 Mon 26 Mar 1979 P 25 of 36 Aberdeen 8 Motherwell 0 7041 19790326 Mon 26 Mar 1979 E Div 1 28 of 42 West Bromwich Albion 2 Derby County 1 19790326 Mon 26 Mar 1979 E Div 1 30 of 42 Bolton Wanderers 4 Arsenal 2 19790326 Mon 26 Mar 1979 E Div 3 30 of 46 Mansfield Town 1 Exeter City 1 19790326 Mon 26 Mar 1979 E Div 3 34 of 46 Brentford 2 Shrewsbury Town 3 19790326 Mon 26 Mar 1979 E Div 3 34 of 46 Tranmere Rovers 0 Lincoln City 0 19790327 Tue 27 Mar 1979 P 26 of 36 St Mirren 1 Rangers 2 18100 19790327 Tue 27 Mar 1979 L1 29 of 39 St Johnstone 1 Airdrieonians 3 1646 19790327 Tue 27 Mar 1979 L2 29 of 39 Queens Park 3 Livingston (Meadowbank Thistle) 0 244 19790327 Tue 27 Mar 1979 E Div 1 31 of 42 Birmingham City 1 Norwich City 0 19790327 Tue 27 Mar 1979 E Div 1 31 of 42 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Manchester City 1 19790327 Tue 27 Mar 1979 E Div 1 32 of 42 Middlesbrough 2 Manchester United 2 19790327 Tue 27 Mar 1979 E Div 2 31 of 42 Notts County 1 Cardiff City 0 19790327 Tue 27 Mar 1979 E Div 2 33 of 42 Charlton Athletic 1 Crystal Palace 1 19790327 Tue 27 Mar 1979 E Div 2 33 of 42 Stoke City 0 Sunderland 1 19790327 Tue 27 Mar 1979 E Div 2 34 of 42 Leyton Orient 1 Fulham 0 19790327 Tue 27 Mar 1979 E Div 3 31 of 46 Rotherham United 1 Gillingham 1 19790327 Tue 27 Mar 1979 E Div 3 31 of 46 Sheffield Wednesday 3 Peterborough United 0 19790327 Tue 27 Mar 1979 E Div 3 32 of 46 Bury 0 Swindon Town 1 19790327 Tue 27 Mar 1979 E Div 3 34 of 46 Watford 3 Walsall 1 19790327 Tue 27 Mar 1979 E Div 3 35 of 46 Swansea City 4 Colchester United 1 19790327 Tue 27 Mar 1979 E Div 3 36 of 46 Carlisle United 2 Hull City 2 19790327 Tue 27 Mar 1979 E Div4 31 of 46 Darlington 0 Stockport County 1 19790327 Tue 27 Mar 1979 E Div4 31 of 46 Wimbledon 3 Aldershot 1 19790327 Tue 27 Mar 1979 E Div4 31 of 46 York City 2 Rochdale 1 19790327 Tue 27 Mar 1979 E Div4 32 of 46 Halifax Town 0 Barnsley 2 19790327 Tue 27 Mar 1979 E Div4 32 of 46 Scunthorpe United 2 Port Vale 0 19790328 Wed 28 Mar 1979 P 21 of 36 Celtic 3 Greenock Morton 0 14728 19790328 Wed 28 Mar 1979 P 23 of 36 Heart of Midlothian 1 Hibernian 2 16042 19790328 Wed 28 Mar 1979 P 24 of 36 Partick Thistle 1 Dundee United 2 3123 19790328 Wed 28 Mar 1979 L1 26 of 39 Dumbarton 3 Raith Rovers 0 585 19790328 Wed 28 Mar 1979 L1 30 of 39 Montrose 1 Clydebank[4] 2 601 19790328 Wed 28 Mar 1979 L1 30 of 39 Stirling Albion 0 Dundee 1 1456 19790328 Wed 28 Mar 1979 L2 26 of 39 Brechin City 1 Stenhousemuir 3 360 19790328 Wed 28 Mar 1979 L2 26 of 39 Dunfermline Athletic 1 East Fife 1 2319 19790328 Wed 28 Mar 1979 L2 28 of 39 Berwick Rangers 5 Albion Rovers 1 603 19790328 Wed 28 Mar 1979 L2 28 of 39 Falkirk 1 East Stirlingshire 1 1766 19790328 Wed 28 Mar 1979 L2 28 of 39 Forfar Athletic 2 Alloa Athletic 0 859 19790328 Wed 28 Mar 1979 E Div 1 28 of 42 Nottingham Forest 6 Chelsea 0 19790328 Wed 28 Mar 1979 E Div 1 29 of 42 Aston Villa 1 Coventry City 1 19790328 Wed 28 Mar 1979 E Div 1 31 of 42 Tottenham Hotspur 0 Southampton 0 19790328 Wed 28 Mar 1979 E Div 2 30 of 42 Blackburn Rovers 1 Cambridge United 0 19790328 Wed 28 Mar 1979 E Div 2 31 of 42 Leicester City 3 Luton Town 0 19790328 Wed 28 Mar 1979 E Div 3 34 of 46 Oxford United 1 Blackpool 0 19790328 Wed 28 Mar 1979 E Div 3 36 of 46 Chester City 3 Chesterfield 0 19790328 Wed 28 Mar 1979 E Div4 32 of 46 Bradford City 2 Portsmouth 0 19790328 Wed 28 Mar 1979 E Div4 34 of 46 Crewe Alexandra 3 Huddersfield Town 3 19790328 Wed 28 Mar 1979 E Div4 34 of 46 Torquay United 2 Doncaster Rovers 1 19790328 Wed 28 Mar 1979 E Div4 35 of 46 Wigan Athletic 0 Hereford United 0 19790328 Wed 28 Mar 1979 E Div4 36 of 46 Reading 4 Grimsby Town 0 19790328 Wed 28 Mar 1979 EC G2 Belgium 1 Austria 1 19790328 Wed 28 Mar 1979 EC G4 Netherlands 3 Switzerland 0 19790330 Fri 30 Mar 1979 L2 30 of 39 Queens Park 0 Dunfermline Athletic 1 840 19790330 Fri 30 Mar 1979 E Div 1 33 of 42 Everton 2 Norwich City 2 19790330 Fri 30 Mar 1979 E Div 3 35 of 46 Tranmere Rovers 1 Southend United 2 19790330 Fri 30 Mar 1979 E Div4 32 of 46 Barnsley 1 Portsmouth 1 19790330 Fri 30 Mar 1979 E Div4 35 of 46 Stockport County 0 Torquay United 1 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 P 25 of 36 Partick Thistle 3 St Mirren 1 5573 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 P 27 of 36 Hibernian 2 Celtic 1 16071 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 P 28 of 36 Dundee United 2 Motherwell 1 5675 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 P 28 of 36 Greenock Morton 2 Heart of Midlothian 2 5767 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 L1 27 of 39 Dumbarton 0 Arbroath 1 823 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 L1 30 of 39 St Johnstone 4 Montrose 0 1235 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 L1 32 of 39 Ayr United 1 Dundee 2 2970 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 L1 32 of 39 Clyde 1 Raith Rovers 1 630 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 L1 32 of 39 Clydebank[4] 1 Kilmarnock 2 2519 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 L1 32 of 39 Queen of the South 1 Airdrieonians 5 984 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 L1 34 of 39 Hamilton Academical 2 Stirling Albion 0 1558 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 L2 26 of 39 Albion Rovers 2 East Fife 0 298 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 L2 27 of 39 Brechin City 2 Cowdenbeath 1 376 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 L2 29 of 39 Berwick Rangers 1 Falkirk 1 1287 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 L2 29 of 39 East Stirlingshire 1 Stenhousemuir 3 307 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 L2 29 of 39 Forfar Athletic 2 Livingston (Meadowbank Thistle) 3 860 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 L2 31 of 39 Alloa Athletic 0 Stranraer 1 454 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 League Cup F Rangers 2 Aberdeen 1 52871 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 1 29 of 42 Nottingham Forest 1 Bolton Wanderers 1 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 1 31 of 42 Southampton 2 Leeds United 2 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 1 32 of 42 Ipswich Town 2 Manchester City 1 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 1 33 of 42 Middlesbrough 1 Tottenham Hotspur 0 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 1 33 of 42 Queens Park Rangers 2 Derby County 2 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 1 34 of 42 Bristol City 2 Birmingham City 1 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 2 31 of 42 Burnley 1 Cambridge United 1 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 2 31 of 42 Oldham Athletic 1 Newcastle United 3 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 2 31 of 42 Sheffield United 1 Bristol Rovers 0 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 2 31 of 42 West Ham United 1 Leicester City 1 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 2 32 of 42 Fulham 3 Charlton Athletic 1 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 2 32 of 42 Preston North End 1 Leyton Orient 1 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 2 33 of 42 Crystal Palace 2 Cardiff City 0 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 2 34 of 42 Stoke City 1 Blackburn Rovers 2 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 2 34 of 42 Sunderland 1 Luton Town 0 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 2 35 of 42 Brighton and Hove Albion 0 Notts County 0 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 3 32 of 46 Hull City 0 Lincoln City 0 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 3 33 of 46 Bury 3 Shrewsbury Town 0 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 3 33 of 46 Chesterfield 0 Walsall 0 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 3 34 of 46 Exeter City 2 Rotherham United 0 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 3 34 of 46 Peterborough United 1 Colchester United 2 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 3 35 of 46 Brentford 3 Blackpool 2 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 3 35 of 46 Gillingham 2 Swindon Town 2 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 3 35 of 46 Oxford United 5 Carlisle United 1 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 3 35 of 46 Watford 1 Sheffield Wednesday 0 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 3 36 of 46 Swansea City 2 Plymouth Argyle 1 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div 3 37 of 46 Chester City 1 Mansfield Town 1 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div4 32 of 46 Wimbledon 2 Hereford United 0 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div4 32 of 46 York City 1 Aldershot 1 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div4 33 of 46 Bradford City 0 Darlington 0 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div4 33 of 46 Huddersfield Town 2 Hartlepool United 0 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div4 33 of 46 Northampton Town 1 Rochdale 0 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div4 33 of 46 Scunthorpe United 0 Crewe Alexandra 1 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div4 36 of 46 Doncaster Rovers 0 Grimsby Town 1 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div4 36 of 46 Newport County 2 Halifax Town 0 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div4 36 of 46 Wigan Athletic 1 Bournemouth 0 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 E Div4 37 of 46 Reading 0 Port Vale 0 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 FA Cup SF Arsenal 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 19790331 Sat 31 Mar 1979 FA Cup SF Manchester United 2 Liverpool 2 19790401 Sun 01 Apr 1979 EC G3 Cyprus 0 Yugoslavia 3 19790401 Sun 01 Apr 1979 EC G7 Turkey 0 West Germany 0