Season 1977-78

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division
Re-elections
Lower League Key

FA Cup Final 1978						Venue	Gate	Notes

Cup Competition
D 1	Ipswich Town	1	0	Arsenal	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	100,000
	Osborne

FA Cup Semi-Finals 1978						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Arsenal	3	0	Orient	D 2	Stamford Bridge, London	49,098
	Macdonald 2, Rix
D 1	Ipswich Town	3	1	West Bromwich Albion	D 1	Highbury, London	50,922
	Talbot, Mills, Wark			Brown AJ (p)

League Cup Final 1978						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Nottingham Forest	0	0	Liverpool	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	100,000

League Cup Final 1978 Replay						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Nottingham Forest	1	0	Liverpool	D 1	Old Trafford, Manchester	54,375
	Robertson (p)

League Cup Semi-Finals 1978 1st & 2nd Leg						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Liverpool	2	1	Arsenal	D 1	Anfield Road, Liverpool	44,764
	Dalglish, Kennedy			Macdonald
D 1	Leeds United	1	3	Nottingham Forest	D 1	Elland Road, Leeds	43,222
	Gray E			Withe 2, O'Hare
D 1	Arsenal	0	0	Liverpool	D 1	Highbury, London	49,561	agg 1-2

D 1	Nottingham Forest	4	2	Leeds United	D 1	City Ground, Nottingham	38,131	agg 7-3
	Withe, Bowyer, O'Neill, Woodcock			Gray F, Graham

European Cup Final 1978						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Liverpool	1	0	Club Bruges		Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	92,500
	Dalglish

Final Table for Season 1977-78

				Home					Away
First Division
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro Comp
1	D 2	Nottingham Forest	42	15	6	0	37	8	10	8	3	32	16	45	64	Rd 6	Win
2	-1	Liverpool	42	15	4	2	37	11	9	5	7	28	23	31	57	Rd 3	Final	EC W
3	6	Everton	42	14	4	3	47	22	8	7	6	29	23	31	55	Rd 4	Rd 5
4	-2	Manchester City	42	14	4	3	46	21	6	8	7	28	30	23	52	Rd 4	Rd 5	UEFA Rd 1
5	3	Arsenal	42	14	5	2	38	12	7	5	9	22	25	23	52	Final	SF
6	1	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	5	3	35	18	5	9	7	27	35	9	50	SF	Rd 4
7	12	Coventry City	42	13	5	3	48	23	5	7	9	27	39	13	48	Rd 3	Rd 4
8	-4	Aston Villa	42	11	4	6	33	18	7	6	8	24	24	15	46	Rd 3	Rd 4	UEFA QF
9	1	Leeds United	42	12	4	5	39	21	6	6	9	24	32	10	46	Rd 3	SF
10	-4	Manchester United	42	9	6	6	32	23	7	4	10	35	40	4	42	Rd 4	Rd 2	CWC Rd 3
11	2	Birmingham City	42	8	5	8	32	30	8	4	9	23	30	-5	41	Rd 4	Rd 2
12	3	Derby County	42	10	7	4	37	24	4	6	11	17	35	-5	41	Rd 5	Rd 3
13	3	Norwich City	42	10	8	3	28	20	1	10	10	24	46	-14	40	Rd 3	Rd 2
14	-2	Middlesbrough	42	8	8	5	25	19	4	7	10	17	35	-12	39	Rd 6	Rd 3
15	D 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	7	8	6	30	27	5	4	12	21	37	-13	36	Rd 4	Rd 2
16	D 2	Chelsea	42	7	11	3	28	20	4	3	14	18	49	-23	36	Rd 5	Rd 2
17	1	Bristol City	42	9	6	6	37	26	2	7	12	12	27	-4	35	Rd 3	Rd 3
18	-15	Ipswich Town	42	10	5	6	32	24	1	8	12	15	37	-14	35	Win	Rd 4	UEFA Rd 3
19	-5	Queens Park Rangers	42	8	8	5	27	26	1	7	13	20	38	-17	33	Rd 5	Rd 3
20	-3	West Ham United	42	8	6	7	31	28	4	2	15	21	41	-17	32	Rd 4	Rd 2
21	-16	Newcastle United	42	4	6	11	26	37	2	4	15	16	41	-36	22	Rd 4	Rd 2	UEFA Rd 2
22	-11	Leicester City	42	4	7	10	16	32	1	5	15	10	38	-44	22	Rd 4	Rd 2

				Home					Away
Second Division
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro Comp
1	3	Bolton Wanderers	42	16	4	1	39	14	8	6	7	24	19	30	58	Rd 5	Rd 4
2	7	Southampton	42	15	4	2	44	16	7	9	5	26	23	31	57	Rd 4	Rd 3
3	D 1	Tottenham Hotspur	42	13	7	1	50	19	7	9	5	33	30	34	56	Rd 3	Rd 3
4	D 3	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	15	5	1	43	21	7	7	7	20	17	25	56	Rd 4	Rd 2
5	7	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	4	5	33	16	4	9	8	23	44	-4	45	Rd 4	Rd 2
6	D 1	Sunderland	42	11	6	4	36	17	3	10	8	31	42	8	44	Rd 3	Rd 2
7	D 1	Stoke City	42	13	5	3	38	16	3	5	13	15	33	4	42	Rd 4	Rd 2
8	5	Oldham Athletic	42	9	10	2	32	20	4	6	11	22	38	-4	42	Rd 3	Rd 3
9	D 3	Crystal Palace	42	9	7	5	31	20	4	8	9	19	27	3	41	Rd 3	Rd 2
10	7	Fulham	42	9	8	4	32	19	5	5	11	17	30	0	41	Rd 3	Rd 1
11	5	Burnley	42	11	6	4	35	20	4	4	13	21	44	-8	40	Rd 4	Rd 3
12	-1	Sheffield United	42	13	4	4	38	22	3	4	14	24	51	-11	40	Rd 3	Rd 2
13	-7	Luton Town	42	11	4	6	35	20	3	6	12	19	32	2	38	Rd 4	Rd 3
14	5	Orient	42	8	11	2	30	20	2	7	12	13	29	-6	38	SF	Rd 2
15	-7	Notts County	42	10	9	2	36	22	1	7	13	18	40	-8	38	Rd 5	Rd 3
16	-6	Millwall	42	8	8	5	23	20	4	6	11	26	37	-8	38	Rd 6	Rd 3
17	-10	Charlton Athletic	42	11	6	4	38	27	2	6	13	17	41	-13	38	Rd 3	Rd 2
18	-3	Bristol Rovers	42	10	7	4	40	26	3	5	13	21	51	-16	38	Rd 5	Rd 1
19	-1	Cardiff City	42	12	6	3	32	23	1	6	14	19	48	-20	38	Rd 3	Rd 2	CWC Rd 1
20	-15	Blackpool	42	7	8	6	35	25	5	5	11	24	35	-1	37	Rd 3	Rd 2
21	D 3	Mansfield Town	42	6	6	9	30	34	4	5	12	19	35	-20	31	Rd 4	Rd 1
22	-8	Hull City	42	6	6	9	23	25	2	6	13	11	27	-18	28	Rd 3	Rd 4

				Home					Away
Third Division
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro Comp
1	4	Wrexham	46	14	8	1	48	19	9	7	7	30	26	33	61	Rd 6	Rd 5
2	D 4	Cambridge United	46	19	3	1	49	11	4	9	10	23	40	21	58	Rd 2	Rd 1
3	3	Preston North End	46	16	5	2	48	19	4	11	8	15	19	25	56	Rd 2	Rd 2
4	12	Peterborough United	46	15	7	1	32	11	5	9	9	15	22	14	56	Rd 3	Rd 3
5	8	Chester	46	14	8	1	41	24	2	14	7	18	32	3	54	Rd 2	Rd 1
6	9	Walsall	46	12	8	3	35	17	6	9	8	26	33	11	53	Rd 5	Rd 3
7	5	Gillingham	46	11	10	2	36	21	4	10	9	31	39	7	50	Rd 2	Rd 1
8	D 4	Colchester United	46	10	11	2	36	16	5	7	11	19	28	11	48	Rd 2	Rd 3
9	9	Chesterfield	46	14	6	3	40	16	3	8	12	18	33	9	48	Rd 2	Rd 2
10	1	Swindon Town	46	12	7	4	40	22	4	9	10	27	38	7	48	Rd 3	Rd 4
11	-1	Shrewsbury Town	46	11	7	5	42	23	5	8	10	21	34	6	47	Rd 3	Rd 1
12	2	Tranmere Rovers	46	13	7	3	39	19	3	8	12	18	33	5	47	Rd 1	Rd 1
13	D 2	Carlisle United	46	10	9	4	32	26	4	10	9	27	33	0	47	Rd 3	Rd 1
14	-6	Sheffield Wednesday	46	13	7	3	28	14	2	9	12	22	38	-2	46	Rd 2	Rd 4
15	-8	Bury	46	7	13	3	34	22	6	6	11	28	34	6	45	Rd 1	Rd 5
16	-7	Lincoln City	46	10	8	5	35	26	5	7	11	18	35	-8	45	Rd 1	Rd 2
17	D 4	Exeter City	46	11	8	4	30	18	4	6	13	19	41	-10	44	Rd 3	Rd 2
18	-1	Oxford United	46	11	10	2	38	21	2	4	17	26	46	-3	40	Rd 1	Rd 2
19	D 2	Plymouth Argyle	46	7	8	8	33	28	4	9	10	28	40	-7	39	Rd 3	Rd 1
20	-16	Rotherham United	46	11	5	7	26	19	2	8	13	25	49	-17	39	Rd 3	Rd 2
21	-2	Port Vale	46	7	11	5	28	23	1	9	13	18	44	-21	36	Rd 2	Rd 1
22	D 4	Bradford City	46	11	6	6	40	29	1	4	18	16	57	-30	34	Rd 1	Rd 1
23	D 2	Hereford United	46	9	9	5	28	22	0	5	18	6	38	-26	32	Rd 1	Rd 1
24	-4	Portsmouth	46	4	11	8	31	38	3	6	14	10	37	-34	31	Rd 2	Rd 3

				Home					Away
Fourth Division
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro Comp
1	6	Watford	46	18	4	1	44	14	12	7	4	41	24	47	71	Rd 3	Rd 3
2	8	Southend United	46	15	5	3	46	18	10	5	8	20	21	27	60	Rd 3	Rd 1
3	2	Swansea City	46	16	5	2	54	17	7	5	11	33	30	40	56	Rd 3	Rd 1
4	11	Brentford	46	15	6	2	50	17	6	8	9	36	37	32	56	Rd 2	Rd 1
5	12	Aldershot	46	15	8	0	45	16	4	8	11	22	31	20	54	Rd 1	Rd 1
6	D 3	Grimsby Town	46	14	6	3	30	15	7	5	11	27	36	6	53	Rd 3	Rd 2
7	-1	Barnsley	46	15	4	4	44	20	3	10	10	17	29	12	50	Rd 2	Rd 1
8	D 3	Reading	46	12	7	4	33	23	6	7	10	22	29	3	50	Rd 2	Rd 1
9	7	Torquay United	46	12	6	5	43	25	4	9	10	14	31	1	47	Rd 1	Rd 1
10	D 3	Northampton Town	46	9	8	6	32	30	8	5	10	31	38	-5	47	Rd 2	Rd 2
11	-2	Huddersfield Town	46	13	5	5	41	21	2	10	11	22	34	8	45	Rd 1	Rd 2
12	-4	Doncaster Rovers	46	11	8	4	37	26	3	9	11	15	39	-13	45	Rd 1	Rd 1
13	SL	Wimbledon	46	8	11	4	39	26	6	5	12	27	41	-1	44	Rd 1	Rd 2
14	6	Scunthorpe United	46	12	6	5	31	14	2	10	11	19	41	-5	44	Rd 1	Rd 2
15	-3	Crewe Alexandra	46	11	8	4	34	25	4	6	13	16	44	-19	44	Rd 2	Rd 1
16	3	Newport County	46	14	6	3	43	22	2	5	16	22	51	-8	43	Rd 1	Rd 1
17	-4	AFC Bournemouth	46	12	6	5	28	20	2	9	12	13	31	-10	43	Rd 1	Rd 2
18	-4	Stockport County	46	14	4	5	41	19	2	6	15	15	37	0	42	Rd 2	Rd 1
19	-8	Darlington	46	10	8	5	31	22	4	5	14	21	37	-7	41	Rd 1	Rd 1
20	1	Halifax Town	46	7	10	6	28	23	3	11	9	24	39	-10	41	Rd 1	Rd 1
21	1	Hartlepool United	46	12	4	7	34	29	3	3	17	17	55	-33	37	Rd 4	Rd 1
22	D 3	York City	46	8	7	8	27	31	4	5	14	23	38	-19	36	Rd 1	Rd 1
23	0	Southport	46	5	13	5	30	32	1	6	16	22	44	-24	31	Rd 1	Rd 2
24	-6	Rochdale	46	8	6	9	29	28	0	2	21	14	57	-42	24	Rd 1	Rd 2

League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	League Cup	Ballot	Result
1978 Election to the Fourth Division of the Football League
D 4	York City	2,222	Rd 1	Rd 1	49	Re-elected
D 4	Rochdale	1,275	Rd 1	Rd 2	39	Re-elected
D 4	Hartlepool United	2,833	Rd 4	Rd 1	33	Re-elected
D 4	Southport	1,873	Rd 1	Rd 2	26	Tie
NPL	Wigan Athletic		Rd 3		26	Tie
SL	Bath City		Rd 1		23	Failed
2nd Ballot
League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	League Cup	Ballot	Result
NPL	Wigan Athletic		Rd 3		29	Elected
D 4	Southport	1,873	Rd 1	Rd 2	20	Not Re-elected