1977–78 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
# 1977–78 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

During the 1977–78 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 | Morton (C, P) | 39 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 85 | 42 | +43 | 58 | Promotion to Premier Division |
| 2 | Heart of Midlothian (P) | 39 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 77 | 42 | +35 | 58 | Promotion to Premier Division |
| 3 | Dundee | 39 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 91 | 44 | +47 | 57 | |
| 4 | Dumbarton | 39 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 65 | 48 | +17 | 49 | |
| 5 | Stirling Albion | 39 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 60 | 52 | +8 | 42 | |

## 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 |
| | MF | EIR | Pat Byrne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Peter Shields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stewart MacLaren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Roddie MacDonald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Henry Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie Pettigrew | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Chris Robertson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Walter Kidd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Derek Addison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Alex Hamill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Gerry McCoy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dave Bowman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Alex MacDonald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Gary Mackay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Peter Marinello | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Brian McNeill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Gary Liddell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Derek O'Connor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Colin More | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | John Brough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stuart Gauld | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Frank Liddell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Paul O'Brien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Derek Strickland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | John Robertson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
