1978–79 in Scottish football


The 1978-1979 season was the 106th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 82nd season of Scottish league football.

Scottish Premier Division

Champions: Celtic

Relegated: Hearts, Motherwell

Scottish League Division One

Promoted: Dundee, Kilmarnock

Relegated: Montrose, Queen of the South

Scottish League Division Two

Promoted: Berwick Rangers, Dunfermline Athletic

Cup honours

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up
Scottish Cup 1978–79Rangers3 – 2 Hibernian
League Cup 1978–79Rangers2 – 1Aberdeen
Junior CupCumnock Juniors1 – 0Bo'ness United

Other Honours

National

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup - NorthBrora Rangers5 – 0 Peterhead
Scottish Qualifying Cup - SouthSpartans2 – 0 *Coldstream

County

CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-up
Aberdeenshire CupPeterhead
Ayrshire CupKilmarnock4 – 0Girvan
Fife CupEast Fife2 – 2 * Raith Rovers
Forfarshire CupForfar Athletic3 – 1Dundee
Glasgow CupRangers3 – 1Celtic
Renfrewshire CupSt Mirren10 – 1 *Morton
Stirlingshire CupClydebank1 – 0Dumbarton

- aggregate over two legs
- replay
- won on penalties

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Individual honours

Scotland national team

DateVenueOpponentsCompetitionScotland scorer
20 September 1978Praterstadion, Vienna 2–3ECQG2Gordon McQueen, Andy Gray
25 October 1978Hampden Park, Glasgow 3–2ECQG2Kenny Dalglish, Archie Gemmill
29 November 1978Estadio da Luz, Lisbon 0–1ECQG2
19 May 1979Ninian Park, Cardiff 0–3BHC
22 May 1979Hampden Park, Glasgow 1–0BHCArthur Graham
26 May 1979Wembley Stadium, London 1–3BHCJohn Wark
2 June 1979Hampden Park, Glasgow 1–3FriendlyArthur Graham
7 June 1979Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo 4–0ECQG2Kenny Dalglish, Joe Jordan, Gordon McQueen, John Robertson

1979 British Home Championship - Third Place
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