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League Table
Div	Pos	Team	G	Home					Away					Total					GD	Pts	Notes
Div	Pos	Team	G	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	1	Rangers	36	12	4	2	35	18	12	3	3	41	21	24	7	5	76	39	37	55	CHAMPIONS
1	2	Aberdeen	36	14	3	1	43	13	8	6	4	25	16	22	9	5	68	29	39	53	n/a
1	3	Dundee United	36	9	4	5	28	17	7	4	7	14	15	16	8	12	42	32	10	40	n/a
1	4	Hibernian	36	10	5	3	35	16	5	2	11	16	27	15	7	14	51	43	8	37	n/a
1	5	Celtic	36	11	3	4	36	19	4	3	11	27	35	15	6	15	63	54	9	36	n/a
1	6	Motherwell	36	8	3	7	28	24	5	4	9	17	28	13	7	16	45	52	-7	33	n/a
1	7	Partick Thistle	36	10	2	6	25	23	4	3	11	27	41	14	5	17	52	64	-12	33	n/a
1	8	St Mirren	36	7	5	6	29	25	4	3	11	23	38	11	8	17	52	63	-11	30	n/a
1	9	Ayr United	36	5	3	10	17	28	4	3	11	19	40	9	6	21	36	68	-32	24	RELEGATED
2	1	Morton	39	12	3	5	45	23	13	5	1	40	19	25	8	6	85	42	43	58	n/a
2	2	Heart Of Midlothian	39	13	4	2	37	18	11	6	3	40	24	24	10	5	77	42	35	58	n/a
2	3	Dundee	39	14	2	3	52	20	11	5	4	39	24	25	7	7	91	44	47	57	n/a
2	4	Dumbarton	39	11	8	1	38	20	5	9	5	27	28	16	17	6	65	48	17	49	n/a
2	5	Stirling Albion	39	7	6	7	32	27	8	6	5	28	25	15	12	12	60	52	8	42	n/a
2	6	Kilmarnock	39	8	7	4	29	16	6	5	9	23	30	14	12	13	52	46	6	40	n/a
2	7	Hamilton Accies	39	10	5	5	40	27	2	7	10	14	29	12	12	15	54	56	-2	36	n/a
2	8	St Johnstone	39	7	2	10	19	21	8	4	8	33	43	15	6	18	52	64	-12	36	n/a
2	9	Arbroath	39	7	7	6	26	30	4	6	9	16	25	11	13	15	42	55	-13	35	n/a
2	10	Airdrieonians	39	8	5	7	31	30	4	5	10	19	34	12	10	17	50	64	-14	34	n/a
2	11	Montrose	39	7	5	7	27	25	3	4	13	28	46	10	9	20	55	71	-16	29	n/a
2	12	Queen Of The South	39	6	7	6	28	31	2	6	12	16	37	8	13	18	44	68	-24	29	n/a
2	13	Alloa Athletic	39	4	6	9	28	41	4	2	14	16	43	8	8	23	44	84	-40	24	R
2	14	East Fife	39	4	7	9	22	27	0	4	15	17	47	4	11	24	39	74	-35	19	R
3	1	Clyde	39	14	3	2	48	13	7	8	5	23	19	21	11	7	71	32	39	53	P
3	2	Raith Rovers	39	10	7	2	36	15	9	8	3	27	19	19	15	5	63	34	29	53	P
3	3	Dunfermline Athletic	39	11	6	2	41	14	7	6	7	23	27	18	12	9	64	41	23	48	n/a
3	4	Berwick Rangers	39	10	9	1	41	22	6	7	6	27	29	16	16	7	68	51	17	48	n/a
3	5	Falkirk	39	7	8	5	26	26	8	6	5	25	20	15	14	10	51	46	5	44	n/a
3	6	Forfar Athletic	39	12	3	4	40	24	5	5	10	21	31	17	8	14	61	55	6	42	n/a
3	7	Queens Park	39	6	8	6	19	22	7	7	5	33	29	13	15	11	52	51	1	41	n/a
3	8	Albion Rovers	39	8	5	6	36	26	8	3	9	32	42	16	8	15	68	68	0	40	n/a
3	9	East Stirlingshire	39	9	4	7	28	31	6	4	9	27	34	15	8	16	55	65	-10	38	n/a
3	10	Cowdenbeath	39	8	2	10	38	36	5	6	8	37	42	13	8	18	75	78	-3	34	n/a
3	11	Stranraer	39	9	3	8	33	29	4	4	11	21	34	13	7	19	54	63	-9	33	n/a
3	12	Stenhousemuir	39	7	7	6	26	28	3	3	13	17	39	10	10	19	43	67	-24	30	n/a
3	14	Brechin City	39	5	3	11	28	32	2	3	15	17	41	7	6	26	45	73	-28	20	n/a

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

Comp	Venue	Games							Goals			Poi nts	Crowds
Summary by Competition
Comp	Venue	G	W	D	L	W%	D%	L%	F	A	Diff	Poi nts	Min	Max	Tot	Avg
F	H	2	2	0	0	100%	0%	0%	3	1	2	0	7620	8000	15620	7810
F	A	1	0	0	1	0%	0%	100%	1	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0
L Div Two	H	19	13	4	2	68%	21%	10%	37	18	19	30	6736	19399	187395	9862
L Div Two	A	20	11	6	3	55%	30%	15%	40	24	16	28	2049	9074	100428	5021
LC	N	1	0	0	1	0%	0%	100%	0	2	-2	0	18940	18940	18940	18940
LC	H	3	3	0	0	100%	0%	0%	6	0	6	0	6307	11567	25119	8373
LC	A	3	1	0	2	33%	0%	66%	6	5	1	0	3362	7286	16610	5536
SC	H	1	0	0	1	0%	0%	100%	0	1	-1	0	12906	12906	12906	12906
SC	A	2	1	1	0	50%	50%	0%	4	3	1	0	6677	6893	13570	6785
Shield	H	1	1	0	0	100%	0%	0%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shield	A	1	0	0	1	0%	0%	100%	0	1	-1	0	16000	16000	16000	16000

F		3	2	0	1	66%	0%	33%	4	3	1	0	0	8000	15620	5206
L Div Two		39	24	10	5	61%	25%	12%	77	42	35	58	2049	19399	287823	7380
LC		7	4	0	3	57%	0%	42%	12	7	5	0	3362	18940	60669	8667
SC		3	1	1	1	33%	33%	33%	4	4	0	0	6677	12906	26476	8825
Shield		2	1	0	1	50%	0%	50%	1	1	0	0	0	16000	16000	8000
Competitive Games Only
	N	1	0	0	1	0%	0%	100%	0	2	-2	0	18940	18940	18940	18940
	H	23	16	4	3	69%	17%	13%	43	19	24	30	6307	19399	225420	9800
	A	25	13	7	5	52%	28%	20%	50	32	18	28	2049	9074	130608	5224
		49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	40	58	2049	19399	374968	7652

Player	Match	Type
Players Winning Caps
Eamonn Bannon	Wed 01 Nov 1978 SFL 1 Irish League 1	Scottish FL

Player		Date	Comp	V	Team	Score
Players making Competitive Debut. Total = 9
	Ray Dunlop	13 Aug 1977	L Div Two	A	Dumbarton	2-2
	Iain Smith	13 Aug 1977	L Div Two	A	Dumbarton	2-2
	Lawrie Tierney	13 Aug 1977	L Div Two	A	Dumbarton	2-2
	David Johnston	20 Aug 1977	L Div Two	H	Dundee	2-1
	Walter Kidd	15 Oct 1977	L Div Two	H	Airdrieonians	3-2
	Dave McNicoll	19 Oct 1977	L Div Two	A	Montrose	1-3
	Gordon Brown	16 Nov 1977	LC	H	Dundee United	2-0
	John Brough	08 Apr 1978	L Div Two	H	Arbroath	3-2
	Ian Paterson	08 Apr 1978	L Div Two	H	Arbroath	3-2

Player		Game No	Date	Comp	V	Team	Score
Players scoring their first Competitive goal. Total = 4
	Iain Smith	1	13 Aug 1977	L Div Two	A	Dumbarton	2-2
	Lawrie Tierney	14	22 Oct 1977	L Div Two	H	Dumbarton	2-1
	Walter Kidd	6	16 Nov 1977	LC	H	Dundee United	2-0
	Dave McNicoll	21	11 Mar 1978	L Div Two	A	Alloa Athletic	2-0

Summary by Team											Points				Crowds
Team	Games	W	D	L	W%	D%	L%	F	A	Diff	Hearts	%	Opps	%	Min	Max	Total	Avg
Dumbarton	5	1	3	1	20%	60%	20%	6	6	0	4	66%	2	33%	4448	12906	39709	7941
Morton	5	2	1	2	40%	20%	40%	8	8	0	3	50%	3	50%	5962	12033	44215	8843
Airdrieonians	4	4	0	0	100%	0%	0%	13	6	7	6	100%	0	0%	2987	9345	27477	6869
East Fife	4	2	0	2	50%	0%	50%	7	6	1	4	66%	2	33%	0	8874	20546	5136
Arbroath	3	3	0	0	100%	0%	0%	11	2	9	6	100%	0	0%	3165	9360	20914	6971
St Johnstone	3	3	0	0	100%	0%	0%	6	0	6	6	100%	0	0%	3897	8949	17070	5690
Stirling Albion	3	3	0	0	100%	0%	0%	8	3	5	6	100%	0	0%	4587	8234	19549	6516
Alloa Athletic	3	3	0	0	100%	0%	0%	5	1	4	6	100%	0	0%	4484	10951	22982	7660
Hamilton Accies	3	2	0	1	66%	0%	33%	3	2	1	4	66%	2	33%	5132	8616	20904	6968
Dundee	3	1	2	0	33%	66%	0%	5	4	1	4	66%	2	33%	9074	19399	40234	13411
Queen Of The South	3	1	2	0	33%	66%	0%	5	4	1	4	66%	2	33%	3159	12083	19469	6489
Kilmarnock	3	1	1	1	33%	33%	33%	5	3	2	3	50%	3	50%	5003	13063	25769	8589
Montrose	3	0	2	1	0%	66%	33%	3	5	-2	2	33%	4	66%	2049	8391	12990	4330
Stenhousemuir	2	2	0	0	100%	0%	0%	6	0	6	0	n/a%	0	n/a%	3362	6307	9669	4834
Dundee United	2	1	0	1	50%	0%	50%	3	3	0	0	n/a%	0	n/a%	7245	7286	14531	7265
Berwick Rangers	1	1	0	0	100%	0%	0%	1	0	1	0	n/a%	0	n/a%	0	0	0	0
Middlesbrough	1	1	0	0	100%	0%	0%	1	0	1	0	n/a%	0	n/a%	7620	7620	7620	7620
OFK Kikinda	1	1	0	0	100%	0%	0%	2	1	1	0	n/a%	0	n/a%	8000	8000	8000	8000
Hibernian	1	0	0	1	0%	0%	100%	0	1	-1	0	n/a%	0	n/a%	16000	16000	16000	16000
Celtic	1	0	0	1	0%	0%	100%	0	2	-2	0	n/a%	0	n/a%	18940	18940	18940	18940

Diff	Total	F	A
Summary by Goal Difference Competitive games Only
7	1	7	0
5	1	5	0
3	5	16	1
2	7	18	4
1	15	26	11
0	11	15	15
-1	2	1	3
-2	7	5	19
Goal Difference Most First
1	15	26	11
0	11	15	15
2	7	18	4
-2	7	5	19
3	5	16	1
-1	2	1	3
7	1	7	0
5	1	5	0

Score	League			SC			LC			F			Europe			Other			Total			Comp Tot	Per Cent
Summary by Score
Score	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	Comp Tot	Per Cent
1-0	3	3	6				1		1	1		1							6	3	9	7	14.29%
2-1	3	2	5							1		1							4	2	6	5	10.20%
1-1	2	3	5		1	1													2	4	6	6	12.24%
2-0	1	3	4				1		1										2	3	5	5	10.20%
3-0	3		3				1		1										4		4	4	8.16%
0-2	1	1	2					2	2										1	3	4	4	8.16%
3-2	2		2		1	1													2	1	3	3	6.12%
2-2	2	1	3																2	1	3	3	6.12%
4-2		2	2																	2	2	2	4.08%
0-1				1		1													1	1	2	1	2.04%
1-2	1		1								1	1							1	1	2	1	2.04%
1-3		1	1					1	1											2	2	2	4.08%
4-1	1		1																1		1	1	2.04%
5-0								1	1											1	1	1	2.04%
7-0		1	1																	1	1	1	2.04%
0-0		1	1																	1	1	1	2.04%
3-3		1	1																	1	1	1	2.04%
3-5		1	1																	1	1	1	2.04%

Player	For	Time	Date	Comp	V	Team	Score
Players Sent Off
Total Hearts =		2
Total Opponents =		0
Drew Busby	Heart of Midlothian		14 Sep 1977	L Div Two	A	Queen Of The South	3-3
Cammy Fraser	Heart of Midlothian		05 Nov 1977	L Div Two	H	Kilmarnock	1-2

Player		Sent- Off	Booked	Games Plays in	Book -ing avg
Bookings and Sendings-Off
	Drew Busby	1		49	n/a
	Cammy Fraser	1		53	n/a
	Bobby Prentice		1	37	.0270
	Jim Jefferies		1	51	.0196

Referee	Games	W	D	L	Sent-Off	Booked	Sent-Off	Booked
Referees
					Hearts		Opps
	53	32	10	11	1	0	0	0
H Alexander	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0

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Time	League			Scottish			L Cup			Europe			Total
Time of Goals Scored
Time	F	A	Diff	F	A	Diff	F	A	Diff	F	A	Diff	F	A	Diff

No of Changes	Games	W	D	L	W	D	L	F	A	Diff
By no of different players in League starting XI
1	13	10	2	1	76%	15%	7%	29	15	14
0	12	8	3	1	66%	25%	8%	25	9	16
2	10	5	4	1	50%	40%	10%	19	12	7
3	2	0	0	2	0%	0%	100%	1	4	-3
4	2	1	1	0	50%	50%	0%	3	2	1

47	39	League Average =						1.205128205128
All Competitive Games
1	17	13	2	2	76%	11%	11%	40	19	21
0	16	9	5	2	56%	31%	12%	28	12	16
2	12	6	3	3	50%	25%	25%	20	16	4
4	3	1	1	1	33%	33%	33%	4	4	0
3	1	0	0	1	0%	0%	100%	1	2	-1

56	49	All Comp Games Average =						1.142857142857

			League					S Cup					L Cup					Europe					Friendlies					Total ex F
Appearances NB Total excludes Friendlies G=Games Played in,St=Starts,Sb=Is Sub,Ud=Sub Used,Of=Taken Off
Player		Rank	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
	Eamonn Bannon	1 equal	39	39				3	3				7	7									2	2		0		49	49		0
	Cammy Fraser	1 equal	39	39				3	3				7	7									2	2		0		49	49		0
	Willie Gibson	1 equal	39	37	2	2		3	3				7	6	1	1							1	1		0		49	46	3	3
	Jim Jefferies	4	38	38				2	2				7	7									2	2		0		47	47		0
	Drew Busby	5	36	36				3	3				6	6									2	2		0		45	45		0
	Ray Dunlop	6	34	34				3	3				7	7									3	3		0		44	44		0
	Donald Park	7	33	32	1	1		3	3				7	6	1	1							1		2	1		43	41	2	2
	Malcolm Robertson	8 equal	27	24	4	3		3	3				7	6	1	1							2	2		0		37	33	5	4
	Lawrie Tierney	8 equal	30	25	9	5		3	3				4	3	3	1							1	1		0		37	31	12	6
	Graham Shaw	10 equal	26	23	3	3		2		3	2		5	4	1	1							2	2		0		33	27	7	6
	Bobby Prentice	10 equal	25	18	12	7		2		3	2		6	3	3	3							3	3		0		33	21	18	12
	Dave McNicoll	12 equal	25	25				3	3				2	2									0			0		30	30		0
	Walter Kidd	12 equal	24	22	2	2		3	3				3	3									1	1	2	0		30	28	2	2
	Jim Brown	14	15	15									4	4									3	3		0		19	19		0
	Paul Rodger	15 equal	5	5	16			1	1				3	3									1	1	1	0		9	9	16	0
	John Gallacher	15 equal	7	7									2	2									2	2		0		9	9		0
	Iain Smith	17	7	2	8	5							1	1	1								3	3		0		8	3	9	5
	John Brough	18 equal	5	5																			0		3	0		5	5		0
	Gordon Smith (2)	18 equal	5	2	7	3																	1		1	1		5	2	7	3
	Gordon Brown	20	2		10	2							1		3	1							1	1		0		3		13	3
	Ian Paterson	21	2		2	2																	0		1	0		2		2	2
	David Johnston	22	1	1																			2	1	1	1		1	1		0
	Stewart MacLaren	n/a			1																		1		1	1		0		1	0
	Ian Black	n/a			1																		0			0		0		1	0
	Hoggan	n/a																					1	1		0		0			0
	Frank Liddell	n/a																					0			0		0			0
	John Smyth	n/a																					1		1	1		0			0

		All Games									With Player									Without Player
With and Without Competitive games with and without the named player
Player		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
	Eamonn Bannon	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	0	0	0	0	----	----	----	0	0
	Cammy Fraser	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	0	0	0	0	----	----	----	0	0
	Willie Gibson	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	0	0	0	0	----	----	----	0	0
	Jim Jefferies	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	47	28	11	8	59%	23%	17%	90	52	2	1	0	1	50%	0%	50%	3	1
	Drew Busby	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	45	27	11	7	60%	24%	15%	84	44	4	2	0	2	50%	0%	50%	9	9
	Ray Dunlop	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	44	25	10	9	56%	22%	20%	84	49	5	4	1	0	80%	20%	0%	9	4
	Donald Park	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	43	26	8	9	60%	18%	20%	83	46	6	3	3	0	50%	50%	0%	10	7
	Malcolm Robertson	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	37	23	7	7	62%	18%	18%	67	34	12	6	4	2	50%	33%	16%	26	19
	Lawrie Tierney	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	37	22	9	6	59%	24%	16%	80	43	12	7	2	3	58%	16%	25%	13	10
	Bobby Prentice	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	33	18	7	8	54%	21%	24%	59	39	16	11	4	1	68%	25%	6%	34	14
	Graham Shaw	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	33	20	6	7	60%	18%	21%	59	37	16	9	5	2	56%	31%	12%	34	16
	Walter Kidd	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	30	19	6	5	63%	20%	16%	56	29	19	10	5	4	52%	26%	21%	37	24
	Dave McNicoll	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	30	18	8	4	60%	26%	13%	53	27	19	11	3	5	57%	15%	26%	40	26
	Jim Brown	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	19	10	4	5	52%	21%	26%	39	28	30	19	7	4	63%	23%	13%	54	25
	John Gallacher	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	9	5	3	1	55%	33%	11%	21	10	40	24	8	8	60%	20%	20%	72	43
	Paul Rodger	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	9	3	1	5	33%	11%	55%	11	13	40	26	10	4	65%	25%	10%	82	40
	Iain Smith	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	8	4	3	1	50%	37%	12%	19	14	41	25	8	8	60%	19%	19%	74	39
	John Brough	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	5	4	1	0	80%	20%	0%	9	4	44	25	10	9	56%	22%	20%	84	49
	Gordon Smith (2)	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	5	2	3	0	40%	60%	0%	8	5	44	27	8	9	61%	18%	20%	85	48
	Gordon Brown	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	3	2	1	0	66%	33%	0%	6	2	46	27	10	9	58%	21%	19%	87	51
	Ian Paterson	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	2	2	0	0	100%	0%	0%	4	2	47	27	11	9	57%	23%	19%	89	51
	David Johnston	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	1	1	0	0	100%	0%	0%	2	1	48	28	11	9	58%	22%	18%	91	52
	Ian Black	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	0	0	0	0	----	----	----	0	0	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53
	Frank Liddell	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	0	0	0	0	----	----	----	0	0	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53
	Stewart MacLaren	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	0	0	0	0	----	----	----	0	0	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53
	John Smyth	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53	0	0	0	0	----	----	----	0	0	49	29	11	9	59%	22%	18%	93	53

			League			S Cup			L Cup			Europe			Other			Friendlies			Total
Scorers NB Total excludes Friendlies
Player		Rank	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot
	Willie Gibson	1	8	12	20		1	1		2	2										8	15	23
	Drew Busby	2	7	8	15		1	1	2	1	3										10	10	20
	Eamonn Bannon	3	8	5	13		1	1	2	1	3										10	7	17
	Donald Park	4	2	4	6		1	1	1	1	2										3	6	9
	Malcolm Robertson	5	2	4	6																2	4	6
	Graham Shaw	6	2	1	3					1	1										2	2	4
	Iain Smith	7 eq	1	1	2													2	1	3	1	1	2
	Cammy Fraser	7 eq	1	1	2																1	1	2
	Bobby Prentice	7 eq	1	1	2																1	1	2
	Lawrie Tierney	7 eq	2		2																2		2
	Jim Jefferies	11 eq	1		1																1		1
	Dave McNicoll	11 eq		1	1																	1	1
	Walter Kidd	11 eq							1		1										1		1
	John Gallacher	n/a																1		1

Date		Prg Cvr	Comp	Round	V	Team		Sc	Agg	Ch	L Ch	Avg Age	Nat	No Sc	Crowd	W	D	L	Un	NW	Scorers Hearts Opponents
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
03 Aug 1977			Friendly		A	East Fife		1-2