1976–77 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season
# 1976–77 Heart of Midlothian F.C. season

During the 1976–77 season, Heart of Midlothian F.C. competed in the Scottish Premier Division, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup, the European Cup Winners' Cup and the East of Scotland Shield.

## Scottish Premier Division table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Hibernian | 36 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 34 | |
| 7 | Motherwell | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 57 | 60 | −3 | 32 | |
| 8 | Ayr United | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 44 | 68 | −24 | 30 | |
| 9 | Heart of Midlothian (R) | 36 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 49 | 66 | −17 | 27 | Relegation to the 1977–78 Scottish First Division |
| 10 | Kilmarnock (R) | 36 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 71 | −39 | 17 | Relegation to the 1977–78 Scottish First Division |

## 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 |
