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DATE	OPPOSITION	ATT	V	COMP	SCORE	O	SCORERS
09/08/1975	EAST FIFE	2,127	H	LC	2-1	W	Borthwick(p), McGarvey
13/08/1975	Montrose	1,683	A	LC	1-1	D	Borthwick
16/08/1975	Raith Rovers	2,345	A	LC	0-1	L
20/08/1975	MONTROSE	2,297	H	LC	1-2	L	McGillivray
23/08/1975	RAITH ROVERS	2,441	H	LC	1-1	D	McDowell
27/08/1975	East Fife	1,104	A	LC	0-2	L
30/08/1975	Queen of the South	2,203	A	1D	2-2	D	Leonard (2)
06/09/1975	MORTON	3,378	H	1D	2-2	D	Stark, McDowell
13/09/1975	Clyde	1,477	A	1D	0-3	L
20/09/1975	MONTROSE	2,101	H	1D	3-1	W	Young, McDowell (2)
27/09/1975	Dunfermline Ath	2,238	A	1D	2-2	D	McDowell (2)
04/10/1975	Kilmarnock	3,577	A	1D	1-3	L	Ferguson
11/10/1975	EAST FIFE	2,458	H	1D	2-0	W	Ferguson, McDowell
18/10/1975	DUMBARTON	2,859	H	1D	3-2	W	McGillivray, McDowell, B Reid
25/10/1975	Hamilton Accies	2,630	A	1D	1-0	W	McGillivray(p)
01/11/1975	AIRDRIE	4,245	H	1D	2-2	D	McGillivray(p), McDowell
08/11/1975	FALKIRK	4,149	H	1D	1-0	W	McGarvey
15/11/1975	Arbroath	1,279	A	1D	1-4	L	Stark
22/11/1975	Partick This	4,692	A	1D	1-2	L	McGarvey
29/11/1975	DUNFERMLINE ATH	2,708	H	1D	2-0	W	McGillivray, McGarvey
06/12/1975	KILMARNOCK	5,916	H	1D	0-0	D
13/12/1975	East Fife	1,548	A	1D	2-0	W	McDowell, Stark
20/12/1975	Dumbarton	1,953	A	1D	0-2	L
27/12/1975	HAMILTON ACC	3,663	H	1D	2-2	D	Borthwick (2, 1 pen)
01/01/1976	Morton	2,009	A	1D	0-1	L
03/01/1976	CLYDE	4,135	H	1D	3-0	W	McDowell (2), Stark
17/01/1976	PARTICK THIS	8,097	H	1D	2-3	L	McDowell, McGarvey
24/01/1976	Cowdenbeath	1,242	A	SC3	0-3	L
31/01/1976	Montrose	1,373	A	1D	1-2	L	Borthwick(p)
07/02/1976	QUEEN OF STH	2,666	H	1D	0-2	L
14/02/1976	ARBROATH	1,698	H	1D	0-0	D
21/02/1976	Airdrie	1,747	A	1D	3-1	W	Mowatt, Stark (2, 1 pen)
28/02/1976	Falkirk	2,100	A	1D	1-1	D	McGarvey
06/03/1976	Meadowbank T	650	A	SPC/G	4-0	W	McGarvey, Stark, McDowell, Young
13/03/1976	FORFAR ATH	1,550	H	SPC/G	5-0	W	Borthwick (3), A Munro, Stark
20/03/1976	PARTICK THIS	8,070	H	SPC/G	1-2	L	Stark
27/03/1976	Forfar Athletic	250	A	SPC/G	1-0	W	McGillivray
03/04/1976	MEADOWBANK T	1,600	H	SPC/G	4-0	W	McGillivray, McGarvey (2), A Munro
10/04/1976	Partick This	4,500	A	SPC/G	3-1	W	McGarvey (2), Fitzpatrick
14/04/1976	ALLOA ATH	2,600	H	SPC2R/1L	3-0	W	Stark, McGarvey, Richardson
17/04/1976	Alloa Ath	900	A	SPC2R/2L	4-1	W	A Munro (2), Stark, McGillivray,
21/04/1976	Morton	3,000	A	SPCQF/1L	0-1	L
24/04/1976	MORTON	6,000	H	SPCQF/2L	0-1	L

KEY
1D	1st Division*
LCG	League Cup Group
SC	Scottish Cup
SP	Spring Cup

*New First Division after league reconstruction. This is now the second tier after the formation of the Premier League in 1975 meant a new three tier system.

PLAYER	SD1	GLS	SCP	GLS	LCP	GLS	SPC	GLS	TOTAL APP	TOTAL GLS
ABERCROMBY, Billy	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	1	0
BECKETT, Alex	20	0	–	–	2	0	6	0	28	0
BORTHWICK, Walter	17	3	1	0	5	2	7	3	30	8
CAMPBELL, Jim	3	0	–	–	6	0	–	–	9	0
DUNLOP, Andy	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	1	0
FERGUSON, Bert	16	2	–	–	1	0	6	0	23	2
FITZPATRICK, Tony	24	0	1	0	6	0	9	2	40	2
HUGHES, Alan	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0
HUNT, JOHN	1	0	–	–	4	0	1	0	6	0
HYSLOP, Derek	9	0	1	0	1	0	–	–	11	0
JOHNSTON, Billy	14	0	1	0	6	0	4	0	25	0
KINNEAR, Brian	24	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	25	0
LEONARD, Peter	4	2	–	–	3	0	–	–	7	2
McCONNELL, Dave	22	0	1	0	2	0	9	0	34	0
McDOWELL, Donnie	24	12	1	0	6	1	5	1	36	14
McGARVEY, Frank	25	5	1	0	5	1	9	5	40	11
McGILLIVRAY, Jack	22	4	1	0	5	1	7	3	35	8
MORRISON, Alex	3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0
MOWAT, John	6	1	1	0	–	–	10	0	17	1
MUNRO, Alan	8	0	–	–	4	0	8	5	20	5
PLOMMER, Joe	4	0	–	–	–	–	1	0	5	0
REID, Bobby	25	1	1	0	6	0	10	0	42	1
REID, Ian	8	0	–	–	4	0	–	–	12	0
RICHARDSON, Lex	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	1	6	1
STARK, Billy	21	6	1	0	2	0	10	5	34	11
STEVENSON, Billy	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0
YOUNG, John	26	1	1	0	5	0	10	0	42	1

APPEARANCES	SD1	SCP	LCP	SPC	TOTAL
REID, Bobby	25	1	6	10	42
YOUNG, John	26	1	5	10	42
FITZPATRICK, Tony	24	1	6	9	40
McGARVEY, Frank	25	1	5	9	40
McDOWELL, Donnie	24	1	6	5	36
McGILLIVRAY, Jack	22	1	5	7	35
McCONNELL, Dave	22	1	2	9	34
STARK, Billy	21	1	2	10	34
BORTHWICK, Walter	17	1	5	7	30
BECKETT, Alex	20	–	2	6	28
JOHNSTON, Billy	14	1	6	4	25
KINNEAR, Brian	24	1	–	–	25
FERGUSON, Bert	16	–	1	6	23
MUNRO, Alan	8	–	4	8	20
MOWAT, John	6	1	–	10	17
REID, Ian	8	–	4	–	12
HYSLOP, Derek	9	1	1	–	11
CAMPBELL, Jim	3	–	6	–	9
LEONARD, Peter	4	–	3	–	7
HUNT, JOHN	1	–	4	1	6
RICHARDSON, Lex	–	–	–	6	6
PLOMMER, Joe	4	–	–	1	5
MORRISON, Alex	3	–	–	–	3
HUGHES, Alan	2	–	–	–	2
STEVENSON, Billy	2	–	–	–	2
ABERCROMBY, Billy	–	–	–	1	1
DUNLOP, Andy	–	–	–	1	1

GOALSCORERS	SD1	SCP	LCP	SPC	TOTAL
McDOWELL, Donnie	12	–	1	1	14
McGARVEY, Frank	5	–	1	5	11
STARK, Billy	6	–	–	5	11
McGILLIVRAY, Jack	4	–	1	3	8
BORTHWICK, Walter	3	–	2	3	8
MUNRO, Alan	0	–	–	5	5
FITZPATRICK, Tony	–	–	–	2	2
FERGUSON, Bert	2	–	–	–	2
LEONARD, Peter	2	–	–	–	2
REID, Bobby	1	–	–	–	1
YOUNG, John	1	–	–	–	1
MOWAT, John	1	–	–	–	1
RICHARDSON, Lex	–	–	–	1	1

PLAYER	PENALTIES SCORED
BORTHWICK Walter	3
McGILLIVRAY Jack	2
STARK Billy	1

GOALKEEPER	NO OF SHUTOUTS
McCONNELL Dave	13

POS	CLUB	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Partick Th (C)	26	17	7	2	47	19	28	41
2	Kilmarnock (P)	26	16	3	7	44	29	15	35
3	Montrose	26	12	6	8	53	43	10	30
4	Dumbarton	26	12	4	10	53	46	7	28
5	Arbroath	26	11	4	11	41	39	2	26
6	St Mirren	26	9	8	9	37	37	0	26
7	Falkirk	26	10	5	11	38	35	3	25
8	Airdrieonians	26	7	11	8	44	41	3	25
9	Hamilton A	26	7	10	9	37	37	0	24
10	Queen of S	26	9	6	11	44	47	−3	24
11	Morton	26	7	9	10	31	40	−9	23
12	East Fife	26	8	7	11	39	53	−14	23
13	Dunfermline (R)	26	5	10	11	30	51	−21	20
14	Clyde (R)	26	5	4	17	34	52	−18	14

Manager: Alex Ferguson

League Position: 6th in First Division

Overall Scottish Position: 16/38

Scottish Cup: 3rd Round

League Cup: Group Stages

Spring Cup: Quarter Final

Longest Winning Run: 5

Longest Unbeaten Run: 5

Longest Losing Run: 5

Longest Winless Run: 8

Highest Home Attendance: 8,097 v Partick Thistle on 17/1/76 (First Division)

Lowest Home Attendance: 1,550 v Forfar 13/3/76 (Spring Cup)

Average Attendance: 3,560

Most Appearances: Frank McGarvey 43

Top Scorer: Donny McDowell 14

Clean Sheets: Dave McConnell 13

Number of Successful Penalties: 6

Cairters Corner – St Mirren database

EXTRA TIME

1975/76