1979–80 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
# 1979–80 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

During the 1979–80 season, Heart of Midlothian F.C. competed in the Scottish First Division, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup and the East of Scotland Shield

## Scottish First Division table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Heart of Midlothian (C, P) | 39 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 58 | 39 | +19 | 53 | Promotion to Premier Division |
| 2 | Airdrieonians (P) | 39 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 78 | 47 | +31 | 51 | Promotion to Premier Division |
| 3 | Ayr United | 39 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 64 | 51 | +13 | 44 | |
| 4 | Dumbarton | 39 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 59 | 51 | +8 | 44 | |
| 5 | Raith Rovers | 39 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 43 | |

## Squad information

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Scottish Premier Division | Scottish Premier Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | Scottish League Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | John Brough | 34 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Gibson | 44 | 18 | 39 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Cammy Fraser | 41 | 13 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bobby Robinson | 39 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Walter Kidd | 37 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jim Denny | 37 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jim Jeffries | 36 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Malcolm Robertson | 34 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Graham Shaw | 25 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ian Black | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Frank Liddell | 42 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Derek O'Connor | 30 | 13 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Colin More | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stephen Hamilton | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Lawrie Tierney | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bobby Masterton | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Thomson Allan | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Crawford Boyd | 31 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Pat McShane | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Archie White | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Rab Stewart | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | David Scott | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Des O'Sullivan | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jim Docherty | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
