# 1978–79 Scottish Premier Division

The 1978–79 Scottish Premier Division season was won by Celtic, three points ahead of Rangers.
Severe winter conditions meant that many games had to be rescheduled, with clubs finishing their fixture lists at different times. When Dundee United finished their season they were three points ahead of Rangers and four in front of Celtic, but both Old Firm clubs had four games left to play. Celtic subsequently clinched the championship in their final match with a 4–2 Old Firm derby victory against Rangers; although Rangers still had two further matches still to play, the resulting 5-point gap could not be closed.
Heart of Midlothian and Motherwell were relegated.

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Celtic (C) | 36 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 48 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Rangers | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 45 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Dundee United | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 44 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 36 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 59 | 36 | +23 | 40 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Hibernian | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 37 | |
| 6 | St Mirren | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 36 | |
| 7 | Morton | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 36 | |
| 8 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 34 | |
| 9 | Heart of Midlothian (R) | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 39 | 71 | −32 | 23 | Relegation to the 1979–80 Scottish First Division |
| 10 | Motherwell (R) | 36 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 33 | 86 | −53 | 17 | Relegation to the 1979–80 Scottish First Division |

## Results
### Matches 1–18

During matches 1–18 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).
| Home \ Away | ABE | CEL | DNU | HOM | HIB | MOR | MOT | PAR | RAN | STM |
| Aberdeen | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 8–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Celtic | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| Dundee United | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Hibernian | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Morton | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 6–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Motherwell | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 3–3 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Partick Thistle | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| Rangers | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| St Mirren | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |

### Matches 19–36

During matches 19–36 each team plays every other team twice (home and away).
| Home \ Away | ABE | CEL | DNU | HOM | HIB | MOR | MOT | PAR | RAN | STM |
| Aberdeen | | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Celtic | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Dundee United | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Hibernian | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Morton | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Motherwell | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Partick Thistle | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Rangers | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 |
| St Mirren | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |