Partick Thistle Season 1976-77

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1976-77

The 102nd season of Partick Thistle F.C.

Matches

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1. Mon-02-Aug-1976 [a] (0-1) L0-2 Rangers (Tennent Caledonian Cup Semi Final)

2. Tue-03-Aug-1976 [n] (0-3) L1-4 Manchester City (Tennent Caledonian Cup 3rd Place Play-Off)

3. Sat-07-Aug-1976 [a] (1-1) W2-1 Raith Rovers (Anglo-Scottish Cup Preliminary Round, 1st leg)

4. Wed-11-Aug-1976 [h] (0-1) W3-1 Raith Rovers (Anglo-Scottish Cup Preliminary Round, 2nd leg) agg: W5-2

5. Sat-14-Aug-1976 [a] (1-1) D1-1 Motherwell (League Cup Section 1 - game 1)

6. Wed-18-Aug-1976 [h] (0-1) L0-2 Heart of Midlothian (League Cup Section 1 - game 2)

7. Sat-21-Aug-1976 [a] (1-0) W2-0 Dundee (League Cup Section 1 - game 3)

8. Wed-25-Aug-1976 [a] (3-1) D3-3 Heart of Midlothian (League Cup Section 1 - game 4)

9. Sat-28-Aug-1976 [h] (0-0) L0-1 Dundee (League Cup Section 1 - game 5)

10. Wed-01-Sep-1976 [h] (1-0) W2-0 Motherwell (League Cup Section 1 - game 6)

11. Sat-04-Sep-1976 [h] (0-1) L0-2 Ayr United (SFL Premier Division - game 1)

12. Sat-11-Sep-1976 [a] (0-0) D0-0 Heart of Midlothian (SFL Premier Division - game 2)

13. Tue-14-Sep-1976 [a] (0-0) D0-0 Bolton Wanderers (Anglo-Scottish Cup Quarter Final, 1st leg)

14. Sat-18-Sep-1976 [h] (1-0) W2-0 Motherwell (SFL Premier Division - game 3)

15. Sat-25-Sep-1976 [a] (1-1) L1-2 Dundee United (SFL Premier Division - game 4)

16. Wed-29-Sep-1976 [h] (0-0) W1-0 Bolton Wanderers (Anglo-Scottish Cup Quarter Final, 2nd leg) agg: W1-0

17. Sat-02-Oct-1976 [h] (1-2) D2-2 Aberdeen (SFL Premier Division - game 5)

18. Sat-16-Oct-1976 [a] (0-0) D0-0 Hibernian (SFL Premier Division - game 6)

19. Sat-23-Oct-1976 [h] (1-0) W2-1 Kilmarnock (SFL Premier Division - game 7)

20. Sat-30-Oct-1976 [h] (0-0) W2-1 Rangers (SFL Premier Division - game 8)

21. Sat-06-Nov-1976 [a] (0-0) L1-2 Ayr United (SFL Premier Division - game 9)

22. Mon-08-Nov-1976 [h] (0-1) L0-1 Orient (Anglo-Scottish Cup Semi Final, 1st leg)

23. Sat-20-Nov-1976 [a] (0-2) L0-3 Motherwell (SFL Premier Division - game 10)

24. Wed-24-Nov-1976 [a] (0-1) L2-3 Orient (Anglo-Scottish Cup Semi Final, 2nd leg) agg: L2-4

25. Sat-27-Nov-1976 [h] (1-3) L1-5 Dundee United (SFL Premier Division - game 11)

26. Tue-30-Nov-1976 [h] (0-0) W2-1 Heart of Midlothian (SFL Premier Division - game 12)

27. Sat-18-Dec-1976 [h] (0-0) D1-1 Hibernian (SFL Premier Division - game 13)

28. Mon-27-Dec-1976 [a] (0-0) D0-0 Kilmarnock (SFL Premier Division - game 14)

29. Sat-01-Jan-1977 [a] (0-0) L0-1 Rangers (SFL Premier Division - game 15)

30. Sat-08-Jan-1977 [a] (0-0) L0-1 Heart of Midlothian (SFL Premier Division - game 16)

31. Wed-12-Jan-1977 [a] (0-1) D1-1 Aberdeen (SFL Premier Division - game 17)

32. Sat-05-Feb-1977 [h] (1-0) W2-1 Aberdeen (SFL Premier Division - game 18)

33. Sun-06-Feb-1977 [a] (0-0) L0-3 Hibernian (Scottish Cup 3rd Round)

34. Sat-12-Feb-1977 [a] (0-0) L0-2 Celtic (SFL Premier Division - game 19)

35. Wed-16-Feb-1977 [h] (0-1) L0-1 Ayr United (SFL Premier Division - game 20)

36. Sat-19-Feb-1977 [a] (0-1) D1-1 Hibernian (SFL Premier Division - game 21)

37. Tue-22-Feb-1977 [h] (0-3) L2-4 Celtic (SFL Premier Division - game 22)

38. Tue-01-Mar-1977 [a] (0-0) D0-0 Dundee United (SFL Premier Division - game 23)

39. Sat-05-Mar-1977 [h] (2-1) W3-1 Kilmarnock (SFL Premier Division - game 24)

40. Wed-09-Mar-1977 [a] (0-1) L1-2 Celtic (SFL Premier Division - game 25)

41. Tue-15-Mar-1977 [h] (1-1) W4-3 Rangers (SFL Premier Division - game 26)

42. Sat-19-Mar-1977 [a] (0-1) D1-1 Ayr United (SFL Premier Division - game 27)

43. Sat-26-Mar-1977 [h] (1-0) W2-0 Heart of Midlothian (SFL Premier Division - game 28)

44. Wed-30-Mar-1977 [h] (0-0) D0-0 Motherwell (SFL Premier Division - game 29)

45. Sat-02-Apr-1977 [a] (0-0) D1-1 Motherwell (SFL Premier Division - game 30)

46. Tue-05-Apr-1977 [a] (?-?) W3-0 Petershill (Neilly McGowan Testimonial)

47. Sat-09-Apr-1977 [h] (0-0) D0-0 Dundee United (SFL Premier Division - game 31)

48. Wed-13-Apr-1977 [a] (0-2) L1-2 Rangers (SFL Premier Division - game 32)

49. Sat-16-Apr-1977 [a] (1-0) W2-0 Aberdeen (SFL Premier Division - game 33)

50. Wed-20-Apr-1977 [a] (3-0) W3-1 Kilmarnock (SFL Premier Division - game 34)

51. Sat-23-Apr-1977 [h] (0-1) D1-1 Celtic (SFL Premier Division - game 35)

52. Sat-30-Apr-1977 [h] (0-0) W1-0 Hibernian (SFL Premier Division - game 36)

1976-77 summary

P52 W17 D16 L19 (1.288 ppg) Historical PT average: 1.41 ppg (@ 30-Mar-2024) The points-per-game measurements (ppg) above are calculated from our all games criteria, based on 1 point for a draw and 3 points for a win across all eras. How does this season compare? The answers are at your fingertips via our 21 (sortable) results summary tables → Thistle finish as Scotland's 5th club out of 38 in the Leagues. At the end of 1976-77, the club's historical average finish improves to 9th. + League finish averages Table limited to the official 123 League seasons. The evolving strength of Aberdeen and Dundee United as well as the emergence of a plethora of strong new clubs vying for Top 12 places has gradually eroded Thistle's position in the Scottish game, pushing the club down around 2½ places in the pecking order since the mid 60s. sortable table headers

see also: 1976-77 (reserves) →

Squad Stats (basic scorers)

full squad stats tables will be uploaded at a later date

SFL Premier Division Table

Promoted Partick Thistle (champions) and Kilmarnock (runners-up) were the new participants. 2 points for a win. Those finishing level on points were placed in order of superior goal difference, then by goals scored. Table figures supplied by John Litster, with the data integrity verified by the Thistle Archive.

League Cup Table

2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw. Teams finishing level on points were placed in order of superior goal difference, then by goals scored. Thistle were seeded in the top half of the group stage draw which pitted the top 16 from last season's SFL against each other, thus ensuring that 4 'lesser' teams would qualify for the two-legged Quarter Finals. Tabulated by The Thistle Archive by triple corroboration, using the match results published at Wikipedia and London Hearts before verifying them against our own database.

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