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1978-79
1977-78	Scores by Season	1979-80

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League Table
Div	Pos	Team	G	Home					Away					Total					GD	Pts	Notes
				W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A
1	1	Celtic	36	13	3	2	32	12	8	3	7	29	25	21	6	9	61	37	24	48	CHAMPIONS
1	2	Rangers	36	12	5	1	32	10	6	4	8	20	25	18	9	9	52	35	17	45
1	3	Dundee United	36	12	4	2	33	16	6	4	8	23	21	18	8	10	56	37	19	44
1	4	Aberdeen	36	9	5	4	39	16	4	9	5	20	20	13	14	9	59	36	23	40
1	5	Hibernian	36	7	9	2	23	16	5	4	9	21	32	12	13	11	44	48	-4	37
1	6	St Mirren	36	8	3	7	23	20	7	3	8	22	21	15	6	15	45	41	4	36
1	7	Greenock Morton	36	9	4	5	34	23	3	8	7	18	30	12	12	12	52	53	-1	36
1	8	Partick Thistle	36	10	2	6	31	21	3	6	9	11	18	13	8	15	42	39	3	34
1	9	Heart Of Midlothian	36	5	5	8	19	25	3	2	13	20	46	8	7	21	39	71	-32	23	Relegated
1	10	Motherwell	36	2	5	11	20	38	3	2	13	13	48	5	7	24	33	86	-53	17	Relegated
2	1	Dundee	39	13	5	1	36	12	11	2	7	32	24	24	7	8	68	36	32	55	Promoted
2	2	Kilmarnock	39	13	5	1	41	14	9	5	6	31	21	22	10	7	72	35	37	54	Promoted
2	3	Clydebank[4]	39	15	2	3	48	23	9	4	6	30	27	24	6	9	78	50	28	54
2	4	Ayr United	39	12	3	5	39	19	9	2	8	32	33	21	5	13	71	52	19	47
2	5	Hamilton Academical	39	13	4	2	39	17	4	5	11	23	43	17	9	13	62	60	2	43
2	6	Airdrieonians	39	9	4	7	44	33	7	4	8	28	28	16	8	15	72	61	11	40
2	7	Dumbarton	39	9	3	8	30	21	5	8	6	28	28	14	11	14	58	49	9	39
2	8	Stirling Albion	39	6	4	9	23	29	7	5	8	20	26	13	9	17	43	55	-12	35
2	9	Clyde	39	8	3	8	30	29	5	5	10	24	36	13	8	18	54	65	-11	34
2	10	Arbroath	39	8	6	6	33	26	3	5	11	17	35	11	11	17	50	61	-11	33
2	11	Raith Rovers	39	8	3	8	29	21	4	5	11	18	34	12	8	19	47	55	-8	32
2	12	St Johnstone	39	6	8	6	32	28	4	3	12	25	38	10	11	18	57	66	-9	31
2	13	Montrose	39	4	6	9	31	37	4	3	13	24	55	8	9	22	55	92	-37	25	Relegated
2	14	Queen Of The South	39	8	4	8	31	35	0	4	15	12	58	8	8	23	43	93	-50	24	Relegated
3	1	Berwick Rangers	39	11	6	3	45	22	11	4	4	37	22	22	10	7	82	44	38	54	Promoted
3	2	Dunfermline Athletic	39	13	6	1	41	19	6	8	5	25	21	19	14	6	66	40	26	52	Promoted
3	3	Falkirk	39	13	4	3	39	16	6	8	5	27	21	19	12	8	66	37	29	50
3	4	East Fife	39	10	2	7	33	22	7	7	6	31	31	17	9	13	64	53	11	43
3	5	Cowdenbeath	39	10	5	4	37	22	6	5	9	26	36	16	10	13	63	58	5	42
3	6	Alloa Athletic	39	10	7	3	36	26	6	2	11	21	36	16	9	14	57	62	-5	41
3	7	Albion Rovers	39	9	6	4	28	17	6	4	10	29	39	15	10	14	57	56	1	40
3	8	Forfar Athletic	39	9	7	4	35	25	4	5	10	20	27	13	12	14	55	52	3	38
3	9	Stranraer	39	11	1	7	32	27	7	1	12	20	39	18	2	19	52	66	-14	38
3	10	Stenhousemuir	39	6	4	10	34	30	6	4	9	20	28	12	8	19	54	58	-4	32
3	11	Brechin City	39	8	7	5	31	33	1	7	11	18	32	9	14	16	49	65	-16	32
3	12	East Stirlingshire	39	10	4	5	42	31	2	4	14	19	56	12	8	19	61	87	-26	32
3	13	Queens Park	39	4	7	8	19	19	4	5	11	27	38	8	12	19	46	57	-11	28

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League Cup Table
P	Team	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	G Avg	Pt

Summary by Competition
Comp	Venue	Games							Goals			Poi nts	Crowds
		G	W	D	L	W%	D%	L%	F	A	Diff		Min	Max	Tot	Avg
AT	H	1	0	1	0	0%	100%	0%	1	1	0	0	7500	7500	7500	7500
AT	A	1	0	0	1	0%	0%	100%	1	2	-1	0	3000	3000	3000	3000
F	H	1	1	0	0	100%	0%	0%	3	0	3	0	7500	7500	7500	7500
L Premier	H	18	5	5	8	27%	27%	44%	19	25	-6	15	2253	19663	195961	10886
L Premier	A	18	3	2	13	16%	11%	72%	20	46	-26	8	3103	22907	188692	10482
LC	H	1	0	0	1	0%	0%	100%	1	3	-2	0	6729	6729	6729	6729
LC	A	1	0	0	1	0%	0%	100%	1	4	-3	0	5249	5249	5249	5249
Other Cup	N	1	1	0	0	100%	0%	0%	2	0	2	0	10000	10000	10000	10000
Other Cup	A	1	0	0	1	0%	0%	100%	1	3	-2	0	25000	25000	25000	25000
SC	H	1	0	1	0	0%	100%	0%	1	1	0	0	7283	7283	7283	7283
SC	A	3	2	0	1	66%	0%	33%	4	2	2	0	7079	22618	38454	12818
Shield	H	1	0	0	1	0%	0%	100%	1	3	-2	0	2089	2089	2089	2089
AT		2	0	1	1	0%	50%	50%	2	3	-1	0	3000	7500	10500	5250
F		1	1	0	0	100%	0%	0%	3	0	3	0	7500	7500	7500	7500
L Premier		36	8	7	21	22%	19%	58%	39	71	-32	23	2253	22907	384653	10684
LC		2	0	0	2	0%	0%	100%	2	7	-5	0	5249	6729	11978	5989
Other Cup		2	1	0	1	50%	0%	50%	3	3	0	0	10000	25000	35000	17500
SC		4	2	1	1	50%	25%	25%	5	3	2	0	7079	22618	45737	11434
Shield		1	0	0	1	0%	0%	100%	1	3	-2	0	2089	2089	2089	2089
Competitive Games Only
	H	21	5	7	9	23%	33%	42%	22	30	-8	15	2253	19663	217473	10355
	A	23	5	2	16	21%	8%	69%	26	54	-28	8	3000	22907	235395	10234
		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	-36	23	2253	22907	452868	10292

Players Winning Caps
No	Hearts Caps	Total Caps	Player	Match	Type
1	1	1	Eamonn Bannon	Wed 01 Nov 1978 SFL 1 Irish League 1	Scottish FL

Players making Competitive Debut. Total = 11
Rk	Player	Nat	Date	Time	Comp	V	Team	Score	Scorers
1	Frank Liddell		1978-08-12 Sat	1	L Premier	H	Aberdeen	1-4	Eamonn Bannon 4
2	John Craig		1978-09-09 Sat	1	L Premier	A	Partick Thistle	2-3	Eamonn Bannon pen 78 ;Drew Busby 81
2	Denis McQuade		1978-09-09 Sat	1	L Premier	A	Partick Thistle	2-3	Eamonn Bannon pen 78 ;Drew Busby 81
4	Derek O'Connor		1978-10-21 Sat	1	L Premier	A	Aberdeen	2-1	Derek O'Connor 0:50 ;Denis McQuade 79
5	Ian George Black		1979-01-27 Sat	1	SC	A	Raith Rovers	2-0	Malcolm Robertson 43 ;Malcolm Robertson 49
6	Thomson Allan		1979-02-24 Sat	1	L Premier	H	Rangers	3-2	Derek O'Connor 2 ;Malcolm Robertson 15 ;Derek O'Connor 71
7	David Scott		1979-04-25 Wed	1	L Premier	A	Dundee United	1-2	Willie Gibson pen 85
8	Rab Stewart		1979-04-28 Sat	1	L Premier	A	Rangers	0-4	-----
9	Colin More		1979-05-02 Wed	1	L Premier	A	Aberdeen	0-5	-----
10	Kenny McLeod		1979-05-05 Sat	64	L Premier	A	Partick Thistle	0-2	-----
11	Des O'Sullivan		1979-05-07 Mon	1	L Premier	H	Greenock Morton	0-1	-----

Players scoring their first Competitive goal. Total = 2
Rk	Player	Nat	Game No	Date	Time	Comp	V	Team	Score	Scorers
1	Denis McQuade		2	1978-09-16 Sat	88	L Premier	H	Greenock Morton	1-1	Denis McQuade 88
2	Derek O'Connor		1	1978-10-21 Sat	1	L Premier	A	Aberdeen	2-1	Derek O'Connor 0:50 ;Denis McQuade 79

Summary by Team Competitive Games											Points				Crowds
Team	G	W	D	L	W%	D%	L%	F	A	GD	Hearts	%	Opps	%	Min	Max	Total	Avg
Greenock Morton	8	1	3	4	12%	37%	50%	9	15	-6	2	25%	6	75%	2253	7765	49070	6133
Partick Thistle	6	0	1	5	0%	16%	83%	4	11	-7	0	0%	8	100%	3000	11967	38440	6406
Hibernian	5	1	2	2	20%	40%	40%	6	7	-1	4	50%	4	50%	13297	22618	91740	18348
Motherwell	4	3	0	1	75%	0%	25%	9	5	4	6	75%	2	25%	3881	8984	24735	6183
Rangers	4	1	1	2	25%	25%	50%	6	11	-5	3	37%	5	62%	16050	20464	74178	18544
Aberdeen	4	1	1	2	25%	25%	50%	3	10	-7	3	37%	5	62%	6602	13707	40599	10149
Dundee United	4	1	0	3	25%	0%	75%	4	8	-4	2	25%	6	75%	6005	7564	26361	6590
Celtic	4	1	0	3	25%	0%	75%	2	8	-6	2	25%	6	75%	10633	22907	69316	17329
St Mirren	4	0	1	3	0%	25%	75%	3	9	-6	1	12%	7	87%	6049	9192	29672	7418
Raith Rovers	1	1	0	0	100%	0%	0%	2	0	2	0	n/a%	0	n/a%	8757	8757	8757	8757

Summary by Team											Points				Crowds
Team	G	W	D	L	W%	D%	L%	F	A	GD	Hearts	%	Opps	%	Min	Max	Total	Avg
Greenock Morton	8	1	3	4	12%	37%	50%	9	15	-6	2	25%	6	75%	2253	7765	49070	6133
Partick Thistle	6	0	1	5	0%	16%	83%	4	11	-7	0	0%	8	100%	3000	11967	38440	6406
Hibernian	5	1	2	2	20%	40%	40%	6	7	-1	4	50%	4	50%	13297	22618	91740	18348
Rangers	5	1	1	3	20%	20%	60%	7	14	-7	3	37%	5	62%	16050	25000	99178	19835
Motherwell	4	3	0	1	75%	0%	25%	9	5	4	6	75%	2	25%	3881	8984	24735	6183
Aberdeen	4	1	1	2	25%	25%	50%	3	10	-7	3	37%	5	62%	6602	13707	40599	10149
Dundee United	4	1	0	3	25%	0%	75%	4	8	-4	2	25%	6	75%	6005	7564	26361	6590
Celtic	4	1	0	3	25%	0%	75%	2	8	-6	2	25%	6	75%	10633	22907	69316	17329
St Mirren	4	0	1	3	0%	25%	75%	3	9	-6	1	12%	7	87%	6049	9192	29672	7418
Middlesbrough	1	1	0	0	100%	0%	0%	3	0	3	0	0%	0	0%	7500	7500	7500	7500
Raith Rovers	1	1	0	0	100%	0%	0%	2	0	2	0	0%	0	0%	8757	8757	8757	8757
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	0	0	100%	0%	0%	2	0	2	0	0%	0	0%	10000	10000	10000	10000
Livingston (Meadowbank Thistle)	1	0	0	1	0%	0%	100%	1	3	-2	0	0%	0	0%	2089	2089	2089	2089

Summary by Goal Difference Competitive games Only
Diff	Total	F	A
3	1	3	0
2	3	6	0
1	6	12	6
0	9	8	8
-1	12	12	24
-2	5	5	15
-3	4	2	14
-4	3	0	12
-5	1	0	5
Goal Difference Most First
-1	12	12	24
0	9	8	8
1	6	12	6
-2	5	5	15
-3	4	2	14
2	3	6	0
-4	3	0	12
3	1	3	0
-5	1	0	5

Summary by Score
Score	League			SC			LC			F			Europe			Other			Total			Comp Tot	Per Cent
	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot
1-1	3	1	4	1		1													5	1	6	6	13.64%
1-2	2	2	4		1	1													2	4	6	6	13.64%
2-0	2		2		1	1											1	1	2	2	4	3	6.82%
1-3		1	1				1		1								1	1	2	2	4	2	4.55%
0-1	2	1	3																2	1	3	3	6.82%
0-4		3	3																	3	3	3	6.82%
2-3		3	3																	3	3	3	6.82%
1-0		1	1		1	1														2	2	2	4.55%
2-1		2	2																	2	2	2	4.55%
3-0	1		1							1		1							2		2	1	2.27%
3-2	2		2																2		2	2	4.55%
0-0	2		2																2		2	2	4.55%
0-2	1	1	2																1	1	2	2	4.55%
0-3	2		2																2		2	2	4.55%
1-4	1		1					1	1										1	1	2	2	4.55%
2-2		1	1																	1	1	1	2.27%
0-5		1	1																	1	1	1	2.27%
3-5		1	1																	1	1	1	2.27%

Players Sent Off
Total Hearts =		6
Total Opponents =		3
Player	For		Time	Reason	Date	Comp	V	Team	Score
Donald Park		Heart of Midlothian	57	Dissent after being warned about a foul on McLeod	1978-08-26 Sat	L Premier	H	Hibernian	1-1
Jim Jefferies		Heart of Midlothian	88	2nd booking for intervening in a fight between players	1978-08-26 Sat	L Premier	H	Hibernian	1-1
Lawrie Tierney		Heart of Midlothian	43	Elbows Russell off the ball and is sent off on advice of the linesman	1978-08-30 Wed	LC	H	Greenock Morton	1-3
Malcolm Robertson		Heart of Midlothian	65	Clash with Lynch	1978-10-28 Sat	L Premier	H	Celtic	2-0
Peter Marinello		Motherwell	81	Fouled by Jefferies he punches him	1978-11-25 Sat	L Premier	H	Motherwell	3-2
Bobby Thomson		Greenock Morton	89	Foul on Dunlop involved in resultant brawl	1979-03-03 Sat	SC	H	Greenock Morton	1-1
Ray Dunlop		Heart of Midlothian	89	Retaliation to foul by Thomson	1979-03-03 Sat	SC	H	Greenock Morton	1-1
Roderick David Hutchison		Greenock Morton	89	Involved in resultant brawl after foul on Dunlop	1979-03-03 Sat	SC	H	Greenock Morton	1-1
Cammy Fraser		Heart of Midlothian	89	Scythed down Burns	1979-04-18 Wed	L Premier	H	Celtic	0-3

Bookings and Sendings-Off
Player	Nat	Sent- Off	Booked	Games Plays in	Book -ing avg
Cammy Fraser		1	8	45	.1778
Jim Jefferies		1	5	39	.1282
Malcolm Robertson		1	3	40	.0750
Lawrie Tierney		1	1	18	.0556
Donald Park		1		9	n/a
Ray Dunlop		1		26	n/a
Drew Busby			6	32	.1875
Frank Liddell			6	42	.1429
Walter Kidd			5	40	.1250
Jim Brown			3	33	.0909
Paul Rodger			2	3	.6667
Derek O'Connor			2	22	.0909
Dave McNicoll			2	25	.0800
John Craig			1	23	.0435
Eamonn Bannon			1	26	.0385

Referees
					Hearts		Opps
Referee	Games	W	D	L	Sent-Off	Booked	Sent-Off	Booked
David FT Syme	4	1	0	3	0	3	0	4
AJ McFaull	3	2	0	1	0	2	1	4
Robert Bonar (Bob) Valentine	3	2	0	1	1	3	0	4
Brian McGinlay	3	1	1	1	1	4	2	4
Willie Anderson	3	1	0	2	1	2	0	0
K Stewart	3	0	2	1	0	4	0	2
IMD Foote	3	0	2	1	3	8	0	4
Hugh Alexander	3	0	0	3	0	2	0	2
	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
T Muirhead	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0
D Murdoch	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	5
John Robertson Proudfoot Gordon	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
JRS Renton	2	0	0	2	0	4	0	1
B Robertson	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
TE Kellock	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0
Mike Delaney	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0
T Kyle	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
A McGunnigle	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
George B Smith	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kenneth James (Kenny) Hope	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
A Harris	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
Alan Ferguson	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
CJ White	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
R Cuthill	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

Time of Goals Scored
Time	League			Scottish			L Cup			Europe Texaco/Anglo Challenge Cup			Total
	F	A	Diff	F	A	Diff	F	A	Diff	F	A	Diff	F	A	Diff
0-15	8	11	-3			0			0			0	8	11	-3
16-30	6	15	-9	1		1	1	1	0			0	8	16	-8
31-45	3	14	-11	1	1	0			0			0	4	15	-11
46-60	9	7	2	2	1	1	1		1			0	12	8	4
61-75	5	11	-6			0		1	-1			0	5	12	-7
76-90	8	12	-4	1	1	0		5	-5			0	9	18	-9
91-105		1	-1			0			0			0		1	-1
106-120			0			0			0			0			0

By no of different players in League starting XI
No of Changes	Games	W	D	L	W	D	L	F	A	Diff
2	12	1	2	9	8%	16%	75%	12	32	-20
1	9	4	2	3	44%	22%	33%	10	12	-2
0	7	2	0	5	28%	0%	71%	8	11	-3
3	6	1	2	3	16%	33%	50%	6	12	-6
4	1	0	1	0	0%	100%	0%	1	1	0
5	1	0	0	1	0%	0%	100%	2	3	-1
60	36	League Average =						1.666666666666
All Competitive Games
2	18	3	5	10	16%	27%	55%	19	38	-19
1	10	4	2	4	40%	20%	40%	11	14	-3
0	8	2	0	6	25%	0%	75%	9	13	-4
3	6	1	1	4	16%	16%	66%	7	14	-7
4	2	0	1	1	0%	50%	50%	2	5	-3
72	44	All Comp Games Average =						1.636363636363

Appearances NB Total excludes Friendlies G=Games Played in,St=Starts,Sb=Is Sub,Ud=Sub Used,Of=Taken Off
			League					S Cup					L Cup					Europe					Friendlies					Total ex F
Rank	Player	Nat	G	St	Sb	Ud	Of	G	St	Sb	Ud	Of	G	St	Sb	Ud	Of	G	St	Sb	Ud	Of	G	St	Sb	Ud	Of	G	St	Sb	Ud	Of
1 equal	Cammy Fraser		36	36			1	3	3														1	1		0		41	41		0	1
1 equal	Willie Gibson		34	33	1	1	10	4	4			1	1	1									1	1		0		41	40	1	1	11
3	Frank Liddell		31	31			1	3	3				2	2									1	1		0		38	38		0	1
4 equal	Walter Kidd		30	29	1	1	1	4	4														1	1		0		36	35	1	1	2
4 equal	Malcolm Robertson		29	27	2	2	10	4	4				2	2									1		1	1	1	36	34	2	2	10
4 equal	Jim Jefferies		28	26	2	2	2	4	4				2	2									1	1		0		36	34	2	2	2
7	Jim Brown		26	22	8	4	2	4	4				2	2									0			0		32	28	8	4	2
8	Drew Busby		26	25	1	1	3	3	3			2	2	1	1	1							0			0		31	29	2	2	5
9	Denis McQuade		23	13	15	10	3	1		4	1												0			0		24	13	19	11	3
10	Eamonn Bannon		19	19			1						2	2			1						1	1		0	1	23	23		0	2
11 equal	Ray Dunlop		18	18				2	2														1	1		0		22	22		0
11 equal	Derek O'Connor		18	18			1	4	4														0			0		22	22		0	1
11 equal	Dave McNicoll		17	16	1	1	1	1	1				2	2									1	1		0		22	21	1	1	1
11 equal	John Craig		19	14	7	5	2	3	3														0			0		22	17	7	5	2
15	Ian George Black		14	10	7	4	1	3	2	2	1												0			0		17	12	9	5	1
16 equal	Thomson Allan		16	16																			0			0		16	16		0
16 equal	Lawrie Tierney		14	8	8	6	5			1			1	1									1		1	1		16	9	11	7	5
18 equal	Graham Shaw		8	8	1		3	2	1	1	1		2	1	1	1							1	1		0		14	12	3	2	3
18 equal	Bobby Prentice		12	6	9	6	1						1	1	1		1						1	1		0		14	8	11	6	2
20 equal	John Brough		2	2				2	2				2	2									0			0		6	6		0
20 equal	Donald Park		3	2	1	1							1	1									1	1		0	1	6	5	1	1
22 equal	Rab Stewart		5	4	1	1																	0			0		5	4	1	1
22 equal	David Scott		5	3	2	2	1																0			0		5	3	2	2	1
24	Colin More		4	4																			0			0		4	4		0
25 equal	Paul Rodger		2	2									1	1									0			0		3	3		0
25 equal	Kenny McLeod		3	2	1	1	1																0			0		3	2	1	1	1
25 equal	Gordon James Smith		1		1	1							2	1	1	1	1						0			0		3	1	2	2	1
28 equal	Des O'Sullivan		2	2			1																0			0		2	2		0	1
28 equal	Ian Paterson		2		2	2																	1		1	1		2		3	2
n/a	Grant Tierney																						0			0		0			0
n/a	Peter Johnstone				1																		0			0		0		1	0

With and Without Competitive games with and without the named player
		All Games									With Player									Without Player
Player	Nat	G	W	D	L	W	D	L	F	A	G	W	D	L	W	D	L	F	A	G	W	D	L	W	D	L	F	A
Cammy Fraser		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	41	10	9	22	24%	21%	53%	45	75	3	0	0	3	0%	0%	100%	3	9
Willie Gibson		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	41	9	9	23	21%	21%	56%	44	74	3	1	0	2	33%	0%	66%	4	10
Frank Liddell		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	38	9	8	21	23%	21%	55%	42	75	6	1	1	4	16%	16%	66%	6	9
Jim Jefferies		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	36	10	8	18	27%	22%	50%	45	65	8	0	1	7	0%	12%	87%	3	19
Walter Kidd		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	36	8	8	20	22%	22%	55%	39	66	8	2	1	5	25%	12%	62%	9	18
Malcolm Robertson		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	36	9	8	19	25%	22%	52%	44	67	8	1	1	6	12%	12%	75%	4	17
Jim Brown		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	32	8	3	21	25%	9%	65%	37	66	12	2	6	4	16%	50%	33%	11	18
Drew Busby		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	31	10	6	15	32%	19%	48%	41	53	13	0	3	10	0%	23%	76%	7	31
Denis McQuade		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	24	6	4	14	25%	16%	58%	27	49	20	4	5	11	20%	25%	55%	21	35
Eamonn Bannon		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	23	5	6	12	21%	26%	52%	28	47	21	5	3	13	23%	14%	61%	20	37
John Craig		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	22	2	3	17	9%	13%	77%	21	53	22	8	6	8	36%	27%	36%	27	31
Ray Dunlop		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	22	6	6	10	27%	27%	45%	27	39	22	4	3	15	18%	13%	68%	21	45
Dave McNicoll		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	22	6	5	11	27%	22%	50%	26	40	22	4	4	14	18%	18%	63%	22	44
Derek O'Connor		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	22	9	4	9	40%	18%	40%	34	34	22	1	5	16	4%	22%	72%	14	50
Ian George Black		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	17	4	2	11	23%	11%	64%	15	29	27	6	7	14	22%	25%	51%	33	55
Thomson Allan		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	16	3	2	11	18%	12%	68%	14	32	28	7	7	14	25%	25%	50%	34	52
Lawrie Tierney		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	16	2	4	10	12%	25%	62%	14	37	28	8	5	15	28%	17%	53%	34	47
Bobby Prentice		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	14	1	5	8	7%	35%	57%	12	32	30	9	4	17	30%	13%	56%	36	52
Graham Shaw		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	14	2	5	7	14%	35%	50%	16	27	30	8	4	18	26%	13%	60%	32	57
John Brough		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	6	1	1	4	16%	16%	66%	7	13	38	9	8	21	23%	21%	55%	41	71
Donald Park		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	6	0	2	4	0%	33%	66%	5	16	38	10	7	21	26%	18%	55%	43	68
David Scott		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	5	0	0	5	0%	0%	100%	1	14	39	10	9	20	25%	23%	51%	47	70
Rab Stewart		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	5	0	0	5	0%	0%	100%	0	13	39	10	9	20	25%	23%	51%	48	71
Colin More		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	4	0	0	4	0%	0%	100%	0	9	40	10	9	21	25%	22%	52%	48	75
Kenny McLeod		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	3	0	0	3	0%	0%	100%	0	4	41	10	9	22	24%	21%	53%	48	80
Paul Rodger		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	3	0	0	3	0%	0%	100%	2	8	41	10	9	22	24%	21%	53%	46	76
Gordon James Smith		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	3	0	1	2	0%	33%	66%	3	8	41	10	8	23	24%	19%	56%	45	76
Des O'Sullivan		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	2	0	0	2	0%	0%	100%	0	2	42	10	9	23	23%	21%	54%	48	82
Ian Paterson		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	2	0	0	2	0%	0%	100%	1	5	42	10	9	23	23%	21%	54%	47	79
Peter Johnstone		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	0	0	0	0	----	----	----	0	0	44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84
Grant Tierney		44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84	0	0	0	0	----	----	----	0	0	44	10	9	25	22%	20%	56%	48	84

Scorers NB Total excludes Friendlies
			League			S Cup			L Cup			Europe			Other			Friendlies			Total
Rank	Player	Nat	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot
1 eq	Derek O'Connor		4	4	8		1	1													4	5	9
1 eq	Willie Gibson		3	3	6	1		1								1	1	1		1	4	5	9
3	Eamonn Bannon		1	4	5					1	1					1	1				2	6	8
4	Drew Busby		2	4	6		1	1													2	5	7
5	Malcolm Robertson		2	2	4		2	2													2	4	6
6	Denis McQuade		1	3	4																1	3	4
7	Cammy Fraser		3		3																3		3
8 eq	Donald Park		1		1											1	1	1		1	1	1	2
8 eq	Graham Shaw		1		1				1		1										2		2
10	Walter Kidd														1		1				1		1
n/a	Bobby Prentice																	1		1

Results click on links for details Click on Prg Cvr to see the Programme Cover Ch = No of Changes in team L Ch = League Avg Age = Age of Starting XI Nat=No of Diff Nationalities, No Sc = No of Scots in Starting XI																		Streaks					Scorers Hearts Opponents
Date	KO Time	MR	NR	Prg Cvr	Comp	Round	V	Team	Sc	Agg	Ref	Ch	L Ch	Avg Age	Nat	No Sc	Crowd	W	D	L	Un	NW
1978-08-05 Sat	15:45				Tennant Caledonian Cup	SF	A	Rangers	1-3		David FT Syme	-	-	24.85	0	0	25000	0	0	0	0	0	Donald Park 40
																							[Alex MacDonald 50] ;[Gordon Smith 58] ;[Gordon Smith 89]
1978-08-06 Sun	14:00				Tennant Caledonian Cup	3rd Place	N	West Bromwich Albion	2-0		George B Smith	-	-	24.85	0	0	10000	0	0	0	0	0	Willie Gibson 64 ;Eamonn Bannon 85
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1978-08-08 Tue					Friendly		H	Middlesbrough	3-0			-	-	24.66	0	0	7500	0	0	0	0	0	Donald Park 5 ;Willie Gibson 52 ;Bobby Prentice pen 79
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1978-08-12 Sat	15:00				Premier	01 of 36	H	Aberdeen	1-4		David FT Syme	2	2	24.87	1	11	11091	0	0	1	0	1	Eamonn Bannon 4
																							[Duncan Davidson 24] ;[Joe Harper 36] ;[Steve Archibald 64] ;[Steve Archibald 84]
1978-08-16 Wed					Anglo Scottish Cup	R1	A	Partick Thistle	1-2		D Murdoch	0	-	24.88	1	11	3000	0	0	2	0	2	Willie Gibson 25
																							[Doug Somner 80] ;[Jim Melrose 86]
1978-08-19 Sat	15:00				Premier	02 of 36	A	Celtic	0-4		Robert Bonar (Bob) Valentine	1	1	24.87	1	11	22907	0	0	3	0	3	-----
																							[Tom McAdam 8] ;[Tommy Burns 18] ;[Alfie Conn Jnr 74] ;[Alfie Conn Jnr 77]
1978-08-23 Wed	19:30				Anglo Scottish Cup	R1	H	Partick Thistle	1-1	2-3	D Murdoch	1	-	24.70	1	11	7500	0	1	0	1	4	Eamonn Bannon 76
																							[Doug Somner 89]
1978-08-26 Sat	15:00				Premier	03 of 36	H	Hibernian	1-1		IMD Foote	2	3	23.76	1	11	19663	0	2	0	2	5	Donald Park 8
																							[Ally MacLeod 90+2]
1978-08-30 Wed	19:30				League Cup	R1	H	Greenock Morton	1-3		Willie Anderson	2	-	24.59	1	11	6729	0	0	1	0	6	Graham Shaw 53
																							[Andrew Ritchie pen 81] ;[Alistair Scott 87] ;[John McNeil 89:50]
1978-09-02 Sat	15:00				League Cup	R1	A	Greenock Morton	1-4	7-2	Willie Anderson	4	-	24.45	1	11	5249	0	0	2	0	7	Eamonn Bannon pen 27
																							[George Anderson 17] ;[Andrew Ritchie 64] ;[Robert Shearer Russell 85] ;[Robert Shearer Russell 89]
1978-09-09 Sat	15:00				Premier	04 of 36	A	Partick Thistle	2-3		JRS Renton	3	5	25.36	1	11	3103	0	0	3	0	8	Eamonn Bannon pen 78 ;Drew Busby 81
																							[Jim Melrose 15] ;[Doug Somner 43] ;[Doug Somner pen 58]
1978-09-16 Sat	15:00				Premier	05 of 36	H	Greenock Morton	1-1		John Robertson Proudfoot Gordon	4	4	25.54	1	11	6945	0	1	0	1	9	Denis McQuade 88
																							[Bobby Thomson 35]
1978-09-23 Sat	15:00				Premier	06 of 36	A	Motherwell	1-0		A McGunnigle	1	1	24.88	1	11	5219	1	0	0	2	0	Malcolm Robertson 47
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1978-09-30 Sat	15:00				Premier	07 of 36	A	Dundee United	1-3		AJ McFaull	1	1	25.44	1	11	6312	0	0	1	0	1	Eamonn Bannon 54
																							[Billy Kirkwood 12] ;[Frank Kopel 40] ;[Billy Kirkwood 44]
1978-10-07 Sat	15:00				Premier	08 of 36	H	St Mirren	1-1		K Stewart	3	3	24.59	1	11	9192	0	1	0	1	2	Willie Gibson 12
																							[Anthony Charles Fitzpatrick 51]
1978-10-10 Tue					EoSS	SF	H	Livingston (Meadowbank Thistle)	1-3			-	-	22.57	0	0	2089	0	0	0	0	0	Walter Kidd
																							[Jim Hancock pen] ;[Kenny Davidson] ;[Gerrard William Adair]
1978-10-14 Sat	14:00				Premier	09 of 36	H	Rangers	0-0		T Muirhead	1	1	25.37	1	11	17910	0	2	0	2	3	-----
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1978-10-21 Sat	15:00				Premier	10 of 36	A	Aberdeen	2-1		T Kyle	1	1	25.28	1	11	13707	1	0	0	3	0	Derek O'Connor 0:50 ;Denis McQuade 79
																							[Joe Harper pen 59]
1978-10-28 Sat	14:00				Premier	11 of 36	H	Celtic	2-0		Robert Bonar (Bob) Valentine	1	1	25.99	1	11	19269	2	0	0	4	0	Drew Busby 52 ;Drew Busby 68
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1978-11-04 Sat	14:00				Premier	12 of 36	A	Hibernian	2-1		Willie Anderson	1	1	26.05	1	11	20120	3	0	0	5	0	Denis McQuade 47 ;Derek O'Connor 58
																							[Gordon Rae 87]
1978-11-11 Sat	15:00				Premier	13 of 36	H	Partick Thistle	0-1		John Robertson Proudfoot Gordon	0	0	26.07	1	11	11967	0	0	1	0	1	-----
																							[Alexander O'Hara 43]
1978-11-18 Sat	15:00				Premier	14 of 36	A	Greenock Morton	2-3		David FT Syme	2	2	25.55	1	11	7765	0	0	2	0	2	Eamonn Bannon pen 17 ;Derek O'Connor 73
																							[Bobby Thomson 6] ;[Andrew Ritchie 16] ;[Roderick Hutchison 76]
1978-11-25 Sat	15:00				Premier	15 of 36	H	Motherwell	3-2		AJ McFaull	3	3	25.33	1	11	8984	1	0	0	1	0	Derek O'Connor 20 ;Malcolm Robertson 55 ;Cammy Fraser 62
																							[Peter Marinello 16] ;[Mike Larnach 89]
1978-12-02 Sat					Premier		H	Dundee United	P-P					.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Postponed - Frozen
1978-12-09 Sat	15:00				Premier	16 of 36	A	St Mirren	0-4		JRS Renton	2	2	25.64	1	11	6628	0	0	1	0	1	-----
																							[Billy Stark 36] ;[Robert Ferguson Torrance 58] ;[Billy Stark 65] ;[Derek Hyslop 76]
1978-12-16 Sat	15:00				Premier	17 of 36	A	Rangers	3-5		TE Kellock	2	2	25.53	1	11	19754	0	0	2	0	2	Drew Busby 34 ;Eamonn Bannon 55 ;Drew Busby 81
																							[Derek Johnstone 8] ;[Derek Johnstone 22] ;[Kenneth Watson 25] ;[Derek Johnstone 65] ;[Derek Johnstone 80]
1978-12-23 Sat	15:00				Premier	18 of 36	H	Aberdeen	0-0		IMD Foote	2	2	25.45	1	11	9199	0	1	0	1	3	-----
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1978-12-30 Sat					Premier		A	Celtic	P-P					.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Postponed - Frozen
1979-01-01 Mon					Premier		H	Hibernian	P-P					.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Postponed - Snow
1979-01-06 Sat					Premier		A	Partick Thistle	P-P					.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Postponed - Frozen
1979-01-13 Sat					Premier		H	Greenock Morton	P-P					.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Postponed - Frozen
1979-01-20 Sat	15:00				Premier	19 of 36	A	Motherwell	2-3		TE Kellock	0	0	25.53	1	11	3881	0	0	1	0	4	Malcolm Robertson 30 ;Derek O'Connor 72
																							[Willie Pettigrew 43] ;[Gregor Stevens 65] ;[Ian Clinging 71]
1979-01-27 Sat	15:00				Scottish Cup	R3	A	Raith Rovers	2-0		Robert Bonar (Bob) Valentine	2	-	25.65	1	11	8757	1	0	0	1	0	Malcolm Robertson 43 ;Malcolm Robertson 49
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1979-02-03 Sat					Premier		A	Dundee United	P-P					.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Postponed - Frozen
1979-02-10 Sat	15:00				Premier	20 of 36	H	St Mirren	1-2		Hugh Alexander	1	1	26.35	1	11	7803	0	0	1	0	1	Willie Gibson 17
																							[Anthony Charles Fitzpatrick 46] ;[Jimmy Bone 66]
1979-02-17 Sat					Premier		A	Dundee United	P-P					.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Postponed - Frozen
1979-02-24 Sat	15:00				Premier	21 of 36	H	Rangers	3-2		Mike Delaney	2	2	26.62	1	11	16050	1	0	0	1	0	Derek O'Connor 2 ;Malcolm Robertson 15 ;Derek O'Connor 71
																							[Gordon Smith 21] ;[Derek Parlane 25]
1979-03-03 Sat	15:15				Scottish Cup	R4	H	Greenock Morton	1-1		Brian McGinlay	2	-	25.85	1	11	7283	0	1	0	2	1	Willie Gibson pen 22
																							[George Anderson 85]
1979-03-05 Mon					Scottish Cup	R4	A	Greenock Morton	1-0		Brian McGinlay	2	-	25.30	1	11	7079	1	0	0	3	0	Drew Busby 57
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1979-03-10 Sat	15:00				Scottish Cup	QF	A	Hibernian	1-2		Brian McGinlay	1	-	25.06	1	11	22618	0	0	1	0	1	Derek O'Connor 80
																							[George Stewart 38] ;[Gordon Rae 55]
1979-03-17 Sat	15:00				Premier	22 of 36	A	Hibernian	1-1		T Muirhead	2	1	25.73	1	11	13297	0	1	0	1	2	Willie Gibson pen 26
																							[Colin Campbell 17]
1979-03-21 Wed					Premier		H	Celtic	P-P					.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Postponed - Frozen
1979-03-24 Sat					Premier		H	Partick Thistle	P-P					.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Postponed - Cup Tie
1979-03-28 Wed	19:30				Premier	23 of 36	H	Hibernian	1-2		K Stewart	0	0	25.76	1	11	16042	0	0	1	0	3	Willie Gibson 16
																							[Ally MacLeod 6] ;[Ralph Callachan 43]
1979-03-31 Sat	15:00				Premier	24 of 36	A	Greenock Morton	2-2		K Stewart	2	2	26.79	1	11	5767	0	1	0	1	4	Drew Busby 36 ;Willie Gibson pen 50
																							[Andrew Ritchie pen 25] ;[Bobby Thomson 85]
1979-04-04 Wed	19:30				Premier	25 of 36	H	Dundee United	2-0		David FT Syme	0	0	26.80	1	11	6480	1	0	0	2	0	Graham Shaw 15 ;Derek O'Connor 83
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1979-04-07 Sat	15:00				Premier	26 of 36	H	Motherwell	3-0		AJ McFaull	0	0	26.81	1	11	6651	2	0	0	3	0	James Dempsey og 36 ;Cammy Fraser 54 ;Cammy Fraser pen 87
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1979-04-11 Wed	19:30				Premier	27 of 36	H	Partick Thistle	0-2		A Harris	2	2	25.25	1	11	8265	0	0	1	0	1	-----
																							[Doug Somner 32] ;[Donald Park 88]
1979-04-14 Sat	15:00				Premier	28 of 36	H	Dundee United	0-3		CJ White	3	3	26.43	1	11	7564	0	0	2	0	2	-----
																							[Davie Dodds 5] ;[Davie Dodds 11] ;[Billy Kirkwood 64]
1979-04-18 Wed	19:30				Premier	29 of 36	H	Celtic	0-3		IMD Foote	3	3	26.06	1	11	10633	0	0	3	0	3	-----
																							[Murdo MacLeod 11] ;[Michael Conroy 61] ;[Tommy Burns 76]
1979-04-21 Sat	15:00				Premier	30 of 36	A	St Mirren	1-2		Hugh Alexander	2	2	25.83	1	11	6049	0	0	4	0	4	Denis McQuade 6
																							[Robert Ferguson Torrance 16] ;[Billy Abercromby 36]
1979-04-25 Wed					Premier	31 of 36	A	Dundee United	1-2		B Robertson	3	3	24.84	1	11	6005	0	0	5	0	5	Willie Gibson pen 85
																							[Davie Dodds 20] ;[Billy Kirkwood 40]
1979-04-28 Sat	15:00				Premier	32 of 36	A	Rangers	0-4		R Cuthill	0	0	24.85	1	11	20464	0	0	6	0	6	-----
																							[Robert Russell 10] ;[Derek Parlane 20] ;[Robert Russell 28] ;[Robert Russell 61]
1979-05-02 Wed	19:30				Premier	33 of 36	A	Aberdeen	0-5		Hugh Alexander	2	2	23.83	1	11	6602	0	0	7	0	7	-----
																							[Mark McGhee 24] ;[Gordon Strachan 32] ;[Ian Scanlon 60] ;[Mark McGhee 70] ;[Dominic Sullivan 78]
1979-05-05 Sat	15:00				Premier	34 of 36	A	Partick Thistle	0-2		B Robertson	2	2	23.94	1	11	4605	0	0	8	0	8	-----
																							[Jim Melrose 11] ;[Alexander O'Hara 88]
1979-05-07 Mon					Premier	35 of 36	H	Greenock Morton	0-1		Kenneth James (Kenny) Hope	2	2	22.54	1	11	2253	0	0	9	0	9	-----
																							[Bobby Thomson 44]
1979-05-14 Mon	19:30				Premier	36 of 36	A	Celtic	0-1		Alan Ferguson	0	0	22.56	1	11	16507	0	0	10	0	10	-----
																							[Michael Conroy 55]