1978–79 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

During the 1978–79 season Hearts 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
Manager Willie Ormond
StadiumTynecastle Stadium
Scottish Premier Division10th
Scottish CupThird Round
League CupSecond Round
East of Scotland ShieldWinner
Top goalscorerLeague:
Willie Pettigrew (16)
All:
Willie Pettigrew (20)

Fixtures

Friendlies
9 August 1978 FriendlyHearts3 – 0MiddlesbroughTynecastle Park
Gary Liddell
Paul O'Brien
Gerry McCoy
19 November 1978 TestimonialEast Fife0 – 0HeartsBayview Park
Gary Liddell
Paul O'Brien
Gerry McCoy

Tennents Caledonian Cup
5 August 1978 Tennents Caledonian Cup Semi-finalRangers3 – 1HeartsIbrox Park

 Gerry McCoy
Gary Liddell
Peter Shields
Gerry McCoy
6 August 1978 Tennents Caledonian Cup 3rd place matchHearts2 – 0West Bromwich AlbionTynecastle Park
Chris Robertson

Anglo-Scottish Cup
16 August 1978 Anglo-Scottish CupPartick Thistle2 – 1HeartsFirhill Park
23 August 1978 Anglo-Scottish CupHearts1 – 1Partick ThistleTynecastle Park

League Cup
Main article: 1978–79 Scottish League Cup
30 August 1978 League Cup R2 1st legHearts1 – 3MortonTynecastle Park
Chris Robertson Attendance: 6,729
2 September 1978 League Cup R2 2nd legMorton4 – 1HeartsCappielow Park
Chris Robertson Attendance: 5,249

Scottish Cup
Main article: 1978–79 Scottish Cup
27 January 1979 Scottish Cup R3Raith Rovers0 – 2HeartsStark's Park
Billy Howitt Roddie MacDonald
Chris Robertson
Peter Marinello
Pat Byrne 		Attendance: 10,000
3 March 1979 Scottish Cup R4Hearts1 – 1MortonTynecastle Park
Stephen Hancock Attendance: 9,000
5 March 1979 Scottish Cup R4 replayMorton0 – 1HeartsCappielow Park
Billy Howitt Roddie MacDonald
Chris Robertson
Peter Marinello
Pat Byrne 		Attendance: 8,000
10 March 1979 Scottish Cup R5Hibernian2 – 1HeartsEaster Road
Billy Howitt Roddie MacDonald
Chris Robertson
Peter Marinello
Pat Byrne 		Attendance: 22,618

East Of Scotland Shield
Main article: East of Scotland Shield
10 October 1978 FinalHearts1 – 3Meadowbank ThistleTynecastle Park
Willie Pettigrew
Pat Byrne
Willie Pettigrew
Willie Pettigrew
Willie Pettigrew

Scottish Premier Division
Main article: 1978–79 Scottish Premier Division
12 August 1978 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts1 – 4AberdeenTynecastle Park
Jimmy Bone Attendance: 11,091
19 August 1978 Scottish Premier DivisionCeltic4 – 0HeartsCeltic Park
John Robertson  57'
John Robertson  70'
Jimmy Bone  77'		 Ralph Callachan  11'
William Irvine  65'		 Attendance: 22,907
26 August 1978 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts1 – 1HibernianTynecastle Park
Alex MacDonald  9'
John Robertson  29'
Jimmy Bone  47'		 David Mitchell  62' Attendance: 19,663
9 September 1978 Scottish Premier DivisionPartick Thistle3 – 2HeartsFirhill Park
Iain Ferguson  36' (pen.) Jimmy Bone  70'
John Robertson  90'		 Attendance: 5,117
16 September 1978 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts1 – 1MortonTynecastle Park
Roddie MacDonald  8' Attendance: 6,945
23 September 1978 Scottish Premier DivisionMotherwell0 – 1HeartsFir Park
Peter Weir  28'
Peter Weir 		Attendance: 5,219
30 September 1978 Scottish Premier DivisionDundee United3 – 1HeartsTannadice Park
Attendance: 6,312
7 October 1978 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts1 – 1St MirrenTynecastle Park
Frank McGarvey  44' Jimmy Bone  48' Attendance: 9,192
14 October 1978 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts0 – 0RangersTynecastle Park
David Dodds  36' Attendance: 17,910
21 October 1978 Scottish Premier DivisionAberdeen1 – 2HeartsPittodrie Stadium
John Robertson  13', 27' (pen.) Attendance: 13,707
28 October 1978 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts2 – 0CelticTynecastle Park
Bobby Thomson  66' John Robertson Attendance: 19,269
4 November 1978 Scottish Premier DivisionHibernian1 – 2HeartsEaster Road
Gary Mackay  66' (pen.) Tosh McKinlay  18'
McCall  57', 73'		 Attendance: 20,120
11 November 1978 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts0 – 1Partick ThistleTynecastle Park
Doug Rougvie  33'
Neil Simpson  89'		 Attendance: 11,967
18 November 1978 Scottish Premier DivisionMorton3 – 2HeartsCappielow Park
Gary Mackay  21' (pen.), 67' Frank McAvennie  12'
Frank McDougall 		Attendance: 7,765
25 November 1978 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts3 – 2MotherwellTynecastle Park
Sandy Clark  34', 70'
John MacDonald  78'		 Attendance: 8,984
9 December 1978 Scottish Premier DivisionSt Mirren4 – 0HeartsSt Mirren Park, Love Street
Attendance: 5,183
16 December 1978 Scottish Premier DivisionRangers5 – 3HeartsIbrox Park
John Robertson Brian McClair  26', 81'
James Dobbin 		Attendance: 19,754
23 December 1978 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts0 – 0AberdeenTynecastle Park
Johannes Edvaldsson Jimmy Bone Attendance: 9,199
20 January 1979 Scottish Premier DivisionMotherwell3 – 2HeartsTannadice Park
Ian Gibson  19' Donald Park  31'
George Cowie 		Attendance: 3,881
10 February 1979 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts1 – 2St MirrenTynecastle Park
Donald Park William Irvine Attendance: 7,803
24 February 1979 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts3 – 2RangersTynecastle Park
Robert Glennie
McCall
Iain Ferguson
Fraser 		John Robertson Attendance: 16,050
17 March 1979 Scottish Premier DivisionHibernian1 – 1HeartsEaster Road
Derek O'Connor  88'
John Robertson  91'		 Ally McCoist  31'
Bobby Williamson  47'		 Attendance: 13,297
28 March 1979 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts1 – 2HibernianTynecastle Park
John Robertson  36', 71' John Gahagan  28' Attendance: 16,042
31 March 1979 Scottish Premier DivisionMorton2 – 2HeartsCappielow Park
Brian McClair  22', 37', 79'
John Colquhoun  75'		 Donald Park  87' Attendance: 5,767
4 April 1979 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts2 – 0Dundee UnitedTynecastle Park
Eamonn Bannon  20'
Tommy Coyne  24', 82'		 Walter Kidd  7' Attendance: 6,480
7 April 1979 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts3 – 0MotherwellTynecastle Park
Steve Clarke  65' Willie Johnston  87' Attendance: 6,651
11 April 1979 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts0 – 3Partick ThistleTynecastle Park
John Robertson  18'
Jimmy Bone  45'		 Rowan Alexander  66' Attendance: 8,265
14 April 1979 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts0 – 3Dundee UnitedTynecastle Park
John Robertson  8' (pen.) Attendance: 7,564
18 April 1979 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts0 – 3CelticTynecastle Park
Attendance: 10,633
21 April 1979 Scottish Premier DivisionSt Mirren2 – 1HeartsSt Mirren Park, Love Street
Ian Porteous  46' John Robertson  62' Attendance: 6,049
25 April 1979 Scottish Premier DivisionDundee United2 – 1HeartsTannadice Park
Attendance: 6,005
28 April 1979 Scottish Premier DivisionRangers4 – 0HeartsIbrox Park
Attendance: 20,464
2 May 1979 Scottish Premier DivisionAberdeen5 – 0HeartsPittodrie Stadium
Roddie MacDonald
Donald Park  82'		 John Brogan  54'
Raymond Blair  83'		 Attendance: 6,602
5 May 1979 Scottish Premier DivisionPartick Thistle2 – 0HeartsFirhill Park
Stewart McKimmie  62' Attendance: 4,605
7 May 1979 Scottish Premier DivisionHearts0 – 1MortonTynecastle Stadium
Willie Johnston Tommy Burns  45' Attendance: 2,253
14 May 1979 Scottish Premier DivisionCeltic1 – 0HeartsCeltic Park
Gary Mackay  10' Jim McInally  50' Attendance: 16,507

Scottish Premier Division table
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
No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish Premier DivisionScottish CupScottish League Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK John Brough 60202020
GK Thomson Allan 1601600000
FW Willie Gibson 3903404010
MF Cammy Fraser 3903603000
MF Jim Brown 3202604020
FW Drew Busby 3102603020
DF Walter Kidd 3403004000
DF Bobby Prentice 1301200010
DF Jim Jeffries 3402804020
MF Malcolm Robertson 3502904020
MF Graham Shaw 120802020
DF Ian Black 1701403000
DF Frank Liddell 3603103020
FW Derek O'Connor 2201804000
DF Colin More 40400000
MF John Craig 2201903000
MF Dave McNicoll 2001701020
MF Lawrie Tierney 1501400010
MF Eamonn Bannon 2101900020
GK Ray Dunlop 2001802000
MF Denis McQuade 2402301000
FW Rab Stewart 50500000
FW David Scott 50500000
FW Des O'Sullivan 20200000
FW Donald Park 40300010
DF Paul Rodger 30200010
FW Kenny McLeod 30300000
FW Gordon James Smith 30100020
FW Ian Paterson 20200000
MF Peter Johnstone 10100000
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