1977–78 Scottish Premier Division
# 1977–78 Scottish Premier Division

The 1977–78 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Rangers, two points ahead of Aberdeen. Ayr United and Clydebank were relegated.

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rangers (C) | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 76 | 39 | +37 | 55 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 36 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 68 | 29 | +39 | 53 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Dundee United | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 40 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Hibernian | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 51 | 43 | +8 | 37 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Celtic | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 63 | 54 | +9 | 36 | |
| 6 | Motherwell | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 33 | |
| 7 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 52 | 62 | −10 | 33 | |
| 8 | St Mirren | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 52 | 63 | −11 | 30 | |
| 9 | Ayr United (R) | 36 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 36 | 68 | −32 | 24 | Relegation to the 1978–79 Scottish First Division |
| 10 | Clydebank (R) | 36 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 64 | −41 | 19 | Relegation to the 1978–79 Scottish First Division |

## Results

### Matches 1–18

During matches 1–18 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).

| Home \ Away | ABE | AYR | CEL | CLY | DNU | HIB | MOT | PAR | RAN | STM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aberdeen | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 |
| Ayr United | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 0–1 |
| Celtic | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Clydebank | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Dundee United | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Hibernian | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 |
| Motherwell | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | | 2–0 | 3–5 | 1–0 |
| Partick Thistle | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | | 1–2 | 5–0 |
| Rangers | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 |
| St Mirren | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |

**Matches 19–36**

| Home \ Away | ABE | AYR | CEL | CLY | DNU | HIB | MOT | PAR | RAN | STM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aberdeen | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Ayr United | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 3–2 |
| Celtic | 3–2 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Clydebank | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 |
| Dundee United | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Hibernian | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Motherwell | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–3 |
| Partick Thistle | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–4 | 2–1 |
| Rangers | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | | 2–1 |
| St Mirren | 0–4 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | |
