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Heart of Midlothian
1980–81 season
Chairman Scotland Wallace Mercer
Manager Scotland Bobby Moncur
Stadium Tynecastle Stadium
Scottish Premier Division10th
Scottish CupThird Round
League CupSecond Round
East of Scotland ShieldWinner
Top goalscorerLeague:
Scotland Willie Pettigrew (16)

All:
Scotland Willie Pettigrew (20)

During the 1980–81 season, Heart of Midlothian F.C. competed in the Scottish Premier Division, the Scottish Cup, the Scottish League Cup, the Anglo-Scottish Cup and the East of Scotland Shield

Fixtures

Friendlies

26 July 1980 Friendly Hearts 0–1 Chelsea Tynecastle Stadium
Colin Viljoen 70' Attendance: 6,128
2 August 1980 Friendly Glenavon 3–3 Hearts Mourneview Park
Mickey McDonald 24'
Brenden Tully 41'
Mickey McDonald 62'
Derek O'Connor 18'
Chris Robertson 21'
Chris Robertson 84'
Attendance: 800

Anglo-Scottish Cup

30 July 1980 Anglo-Scottish Cup Hearts 0–3 Airdrieonians Tynecastle Stadium
David Thompson 24'
Robert Shearer Russell 69'
David Thompson 77'
Attendance: 2,000
6 August 1980 Anglo-Scottish Cup Airdrieonians 3–3 Hearts Broomfield Park
Tommy Walker 11'
Alexander Clark 73'
Tommy Walker 80'
Chris Robertson 5'
Derek O'Connor 24'
Derek O'Connor 60'
Attendance: 2,843

League Cup

27 August 1980 League Cup R1 1st leg Hearts 2–1 Montrose Tynecastle Stadium
Chris Robertson 15'
Alex MacDonald 73'
Douglas Robb 84' Attendance: 4,211
30 August 1980 League Cup R1 2nd leg Montrose 1–3 Hearts Links Park
Mike Milne 48' Chris Robertson 3'
Chris Robertson 5'
Chris Robertson 17'
Attendance: 1,548
3 September 1980 League Cup R2 1st leg Hearts 2–3 Ayr United Tynecastle Stadium
Chris Robertson 20'
Dave Bowman 47'
Robert Connor 32' ( pen.)
Ian Cashmore 53'
Robert Connor 89'
Attendance: 5,364
24 September 1980 League Cup R2 2nd leg Ayr United 4– 0 Hearts Somerset Park
Robert Connor 17'
Gerard Christie 84'
Derek Frye 85'
Eric Morris 89'
Attendance: 4,484

Scottish Cup

24 January 1981 Scottish Cup R3 Morton 0–0 Hearts Cappielow Park
Attendance: 6,052
28 January 1981 Scottish Cup R3 Replay Hearts 1–3 Morton Tynecastle Stadium
Alex MacDonald 83' James Tolmie 43'
James Rooney 82'
Bobby Thomson 86'
Attendance: 5,672

East of Scotland Shield

Scottish Premier Division

6 September 1980 Scottish Premier Division Kilmarnock 0–1 Hearts Rugby Park
Willie Gibson 87' Attendance: 3,995
13 September 1980 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 0–2 Celtic Tynecastle Stadium
David Provan 32'
Charlie Nicholas 53'
Attendance: 17,169
20 September 1980 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 0–1 Morton Tynecastle Stadium
John McNeil 24' Attendance: 5,996
4 October 1980 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 0–1 Aberdeen Tynecastle Stadium
Doug Rougvie 65' Attendance: 10,873
11 October 1980 Scottish Premier Division Rangers 3–1 Hearts Ibrox Park
Colin McAdam 50'
Jim Jefferies 77 og'
Colin McAdam 79'
Alex MacDonald 87' Attendance: 22,443
25 October 1980 Scottish Premier Division Airdrieonians 3–0 Hearts Broomfield Park
James A March 21'
David Thompson 36'
James A March 38'
Attendance: 4,512
1 November 1980 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 1–1 St Mirren Tynecastle Stadium
Alfie Conn 76' Doug Somner 18'
McCall 56'
Attendance: 5,707
22 November 1980 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 0–0 Rangers Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 16,315
6 December 1980 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 2–0 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Stadium
Alex MacDonald 57'
Paul O'Brien 59'
Attendance: 5,183
20 December 1980 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 0–0 Morton Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 5,946
1 January 1981 Scottish Premier Division Hearts 2–3 Airdireonians Tynecastle Stadium
Willie Gibson 58'
Paul O'Brien 65'
Jim Rodger 70' Willie McCulloch 85' Willie McCulloch 86' Attendance: 8,086
21 February 1981 Scottish Premier Division St Mirren 2–1 Hearts St Mirren Park, Love Street
Frank McDougall 44'
Jackie Copland 76'
Pat McShane 70' Attendance: 3,412
21 March 1981 Scottish Premier Division Morton 3–0 Hearts Cappielow Park
John McNeil 25'
Drew Busby 52'
John McNeil 77'
Attendance: 2,898

Scottish Premier Division table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Partick Thistle 36 10 10 16 32 48 −16 30
7 Airdrieonians 36 10 9 17 36 55 −19 29
8 Morton 36 10 8 18 36 58 −22 28
9 Kilmarnock (R) 36 5 9 22 23 65 −42 19 Relegation to the 1981–82 Scottish First Division
10 Heart of Midlothian (R) 36 6 6 24 27 71 −44 18
Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Squad information

No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Premier Division Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland  SCO John Brough 40 0 34 0 2 0 4 0
FW Scotland  SCO Willie Gibson 38 4 32 4 2 0 4 0
MF Scotland  SCO Alex MacDonald 34 5 28 3 2 1 4 1
DF Scotland  SCO Peter Shields 33 0 30 0 2 0 1 0
DF Scotland  SCO Walter Kidd 30 1 25 1 2 0 3 0
DF Scotland  SCO Frank Liddell 30 2 24 2 2 0 4 0
DF Scotland  SCO Colin More 26 0 24 0 2 0 0 0
MF Scotland  SCO Bobby Robinson 23 0 19 0 0 0 4 0
DF Scotland  SCO Alex Hamill 23 1 21 1 2 0 0 0
MF Scotland  SCO Dave Bowman 22 2 18 1 0 0 4 1
FW Scotland  SCO Derek O'Connor 20 4 16 4 0 0 4 0
DF Scotland  SCO Jim Denny 20 0 19 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland  SCO Alfie Conn 19 3 17 3 0 0 2 0
FW Scotland  SCO Chris Robertson 17 5 13 0 0 0 4 5
DF Scotland  SCO Jim Jeffries 17 0 13 0 0 0 4 0
FW Scotland  SCO Paul O'Brien 17 2 15 2 2 0 0 0
MF Scotland  SCO Gary Mackay 15 0 12 0 2 0 1 0
DF Scotland  SCO Stephen Hamilton 14 0 12 0 2 0 0 0
FW Scotland  SCO Gary Liddell 13 2 13 2 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland  SCO Willie McVie 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland  SCO Bobby Masterton 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland  SCO Malcolm Robertson 9 0 7 0 0 0 2 0
DF Scotland  SCO Crawford Boyd 8 0 5 0 0 0 3 0
FW Scotland  SCO Pat McShane 6 1 5 1 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland  SCO Archie White 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
GK Scotland  SCO Ian Westwater 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland  SCO Cammy Fraser 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland  SCO Scott Maxwell 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland  SCO Jim Docherty 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

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