1977-78 in English football

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The 1977-1978 season was the 98th season of competitive football (soccer) in England, from August 1977 to July 1978:

Contents 1 Overview 1.1 First Division 1.2 Second Division 1.3 Third Division 1.4 Fourth Division 1.5 Non-league 1.6 FA Cup 1.7 European football 2 Honours 3 Non-League honours 4 Awards 5 National team 6 League table 6.1 First Division 6.2 Second Division 6.3 Third Division 6.4 Fourth Division 7 European competitions 7.1 European Super Cup 7.2 European Cup 7.3 Cup Winners' Cup 7.4 UEFA Cup 8 Transfer deals 9 Deaths 10 References

[edit] Overview

[edit] First Division

Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest side took on the First Division by storm, by winning the League Cup on 22 March and confirming themselves as league champions the following month. They joined a small and exclusive company of clubs to have won the league championship one season after promotion.

Manchester United broke the British transfer fee record on 9 February by paying Leeds United £495,000 for Scottish defender Gordon McQueen.

West Ham United, Newcastle United and Leicester City were all relegated.

[edit] Second Division

Bolton Wanderers, Southampton F.C. and Tottenham Hotspur were all promoted, while Blackpool F.C., Mansfield Town and Hull City were all relegated

[edit] Third Division

Wrexham, Cambridge United and Preston North End were all promoted, while Portsmouth F.C., Port Vale, Bradford City and Hereford United were all relegated.

[edit] Fourth Division

Wimbledon play their first season in the Football League, replacing Workington. Watford F.C., Southend United, Swansea City and Brentford F.C. were all promoted, while Southport F.C. were relegated.

[edit] Non-league

Wigan Athletic were elected to the Football League in place of Southport. The club had applied for Football League membership 28 times since it was formed in 1932 in place of a previous club, Wigan Borough, who had briefly been league members during the 1920s.

[edit] FA Cup

Despite a poor League finishing position, Manager Bobby Robson led Ipswich Town to victory in the FA Cup.

Northern League side Blyth Spartans beat Second Division Stoke City 3-2 away to become the first non-League team to reach the Fifth Round of the FA Cup since 1949. They were seconds away from reaching the quarter-finals, but Wrexham equalised from a retaken corner kick before winning a replay. Blyth gained some revenge by being the final winners of the Debenhams Cup against Wrexham later in the season.

[edit] European football

Liverpool thrashed Hamburg 6-0 to win the European Super Cup 7-1 on aggregate. In the Hamburg side was former Liverpool striker Kevin Keegan. They went on to beat Club Brugge 1-0 on 10 May thanks to a Kenny Dalglish goal and thus retained the European Cup.

Manchester United were thrown out of the Cup Winners' Cup on 19 September due to the behaviour of their fans in the away leg of their tie against St. Etienne four days earlier. They were reinstated a week later, but had to play the second leg at least 300km from Manchester and the venue was Plymouth Argyle's Home Park ground.

[edit] Honours

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
First Division	Nottingham Forest	Liverpool
Second Division	Bolton Wanderers	Southampton
Third Division	Wrexham	Cambridge United
Fourth Division	Watford	Southend United
FA Cup	Ipswich Town	Arsenal
League Cup	Nottingham Forest	Liverpool
Charity Shield	Liverpool and Manchester United (shared)
Anglo-Scottish Cup	Bristol City
Debenhams Cup	Blyth Spartans	Wrexham
Home Championship	England	Wales

[edit] Non-League honours

Competition	Winners
FA Trophy	Altrincham
FA Vase	Newcastle Blue Star
Isthmian League	Enfield
Southern League	Bath City
Northern Premier League	Boston United

[edit] Awards

Football Writers' Association

• Footballer of the Year - Kenny Burns, Nottingham Forest

Professional Footballers Association

• PFA Player of the Year - Peter Shilton, Nottingham Forest
• PFA Young Player of the Year - Tony Woodcock, Nottingham Forest
• PFA Merit Award - Bill Shankly

Football Managers Association

• Manager of the Year - Brian Clough, Nottingham Forest

[edit] National team

Don Revie outraged just about everyone who followed English football when he walked out on the England team to take charge of the United Arab Emirates in a four-year deal worth £340,000 which made him the highest-paid football manager in the world. West Ham United general manager Ron Greenwood was appointed as England caretaker manager and later given the job on a permanent basis, despite failing to achieve qualification for the 1978 World Cup.

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Comp	England scorers	Att	Notes
September 7, 1977	Wembley Stadium, London	Switzerland	0-0	F		42,000
October 12, 1977	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	2-0	WCQ	Ray Kennedy, Paul Mariner	10,600
November 16, 1977	Wembley Stadium, London	Italy	2-0	WCQ	Kevin Keegan, Trevor Brooking	90,000
February 22, 1978	Munich	Germany	1-2	F	Stuart Pearson	78,000
April 19, 1978	Wembley Stadium, London	Brazil	1-1	F	Kevin Keegan	92,000
May 13, 1978	Ninian Park, Cardiff	Wales	3-1	BHC	Bob Latchford, Tony Currie, Peter Barnes	17,698
May 16, 1978	Wembley Stadium, London	Northern Ireland	1-0	BHC	Phil Neal	50,000
May 20, 1978	Hampden Park, Glasgow	Scotland	1-0	BHC	Steve Coppell	88,319
May 24, 1978	Wembley Stadium, London	Hungary	4-1	F	Peter Barnes, Phil Neal (pen), Trevor Francis, Tony Currie	74,000

Key
WCQ	World Cup Qualifying
BHC	British Home Championship
F	Friendly
aet	after extra time

[edit] League table

[edit] First Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Nottingham Forest	42	25	14	3	69	24	+45	64
2	Liverpool	42	24	9	9	65	34	+31	57
3	Everton	42	22	11	9	76	45	+31	55
4	Manchester City	42	20	12	10	74	51	+23	52
5	Arsenal	42	21	10	11	60	37	+23	52
6	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	14	10	62	53	+9	50
7	Coventry City	42	18	12	12	75	62	+13	48
8	Aston Villa	42	18	10	14	57	42	+15	46
9	Leeds United	42	18	10	14	63	53	+10	46
10	Manchester United	42	16	10	16	67	63	+4	42
11	Birmingham City	42	16	9	17	55	60	-5	41
12	Derby County	42	14	13	15	54	59	-5	41
13	Norwich City	42	11	18	13	52	66	-14	40
14	Middlesbrough	42	12	15	15	42	54	-12	39
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	12	12	18	51	64	-13	36
16	Chelsea	42	11	14	17	46	69	-23	36
17	Bristol City	42	11	13	18	49	53	-4	35
18	Ipswich Town	42	11	13	18	47	61	-14	35
19	Queens Park Rangers	42	9	15	18	47	64	-17	33
20	West Ham United	42	12	8	22	52	69	-17	32
21	Newcastle United	42	6	10	26	42	78	-36	22
22	Leicester City	42	5	12	25	26	70	-44	22

[edit] Second Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bolton Wanderers	42	24	10	8	63	33	+30	58
2	Southampton	42	22	13	7	70	39	+31	57
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	20	16	6	83	49	+34	56
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	22	12	8	63	38	+25	56
5	Blackburn Rovers	42	16	13	13	56	60	-4	45
6	Sunderland	42	14	16	12	67	59	+8	44
7	Stoke City	42	16	10	16	53	49	+4	42
8	Oldham Athletic	42	13	16	13	54	58	-4	42
9	Crystal Palace	42	13	15	14	50	47	+3	41
10	Fulham	42	14	13	15	49	49	+0	41
11	Burnley	42	15	10	17	56	64	-8	40
12	Sheffield United	42	16	8	18	62	73	-11	40
13	Luton Town	42	14	10	18	54	52	+2	38
14	Orient	42	10	18	14	43	49	-6	38
15	Notts County	42	11	16	15	54	62	-8	38
16	Millwall	42	12	14	16	49	57	-8	38
17	Charlton Athletic	42	13	12	17	55	68	-13	38
18	Bristol Rovers	42	13	12	17	61	77	-16	38
19	Cardiff City	42	13	12	17	51	71	-20	38
20	Blackpool	42	12	13	17	59	60	-1	37
21	Mansfield Town	42	10	11	21	49	69	-20	31
22	Hull City	42	8	12	22	34	52	-18	28

[edit] Third Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Wrexham	46	23	15	8	78	45	+33	61
2	Cambridge United	46	23	12	11	72	51	+21	58
3	Preston North End	46	20	16	10	63	38	+25	56
4	Peterborough United	46	20	16	10	47	33	+14	56
5	Chester City	46	16	22	8	59	56	+3	54
6	Walsall	46	18	17	11	61	50	+11	53
7	Gillingham	46	15	20	11	67	60	+7	50
8	Colchester United	46	15	18	13	55	44	+11	48
9	Chesterfield	46	17	14	15	58	49	+9	48
10	Swindon Town	46	16	16	14	67	60	+7	48
11	Shrewsbury Town	46	16	15	15	63	57	+6	47
12	Tranmere Rovers	46	16	15	15	57	52	+5	47
13	Carlisle United	46	14	19	13	59	59	+0	47
14	Sheffield Wednesday	46	15	16	15	50	52	-2	46
15	Bury	46	13	19	14	62	56	+6	45
16	Lincoln City	46	15	15	16	53	61	-8	45
17	Exeter City	46	15	14	17	49	59	-10	44
18	Oxford United	46	13	14	19	64	67	-3	40
19	Plymouth Argyle	46	11	17	18	61	68	-7	39
20	Rotherham United	46	13	13	20	51	68	-17	39
21	Port Vale	46	8	20	18	46	67	-21	36
22	Bradford City	46	12	10	24	56	86	-30	34
23	Hereford United	46	9	14	23	34	60	-26	32
24	Portsmouth	46	7	17	22	41	75	-34	31

[edit] Fourth Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Watford	46	30	11	5	85	38	+47	71
2	Southend United	46	25	10	11	66	39	+27	60
3	Swansea City	46	23	10	13	87	47	+40	56
4	Brentford	46	21	14	11	86	54	+32	56
5	Aldershot	46	19	16	11	67	47	+20	54
6	Grimsby Town	46	21	11	14	57	51	+6	53
7	Barnsley	46	18	14	14	61	49	+12	50
8	Reading	46	18	14	14	55	52	+3	50
9	Torquay United	46	16	15	15	57	56	+1	47
10	Northampton Town	46	17	13	16	63	68	-5	47
11	Huddersfield Town	46	15	15	16	63	55	+8	45
12	Doncaster Rovers	46	14	17	15	52	65	-13	45
13	Wimbledon	46	14	16	16	66	67	-1	44
14	Scunthorpe United	46	14	16	16	50	55	-5	44
15	Crewe Alexandra	46	15	14	17	50	69	-19	44
16	Newport County	46	16	11	19	65	73	-8	43
17	Bournemouth	46	14	15	17	41	51	-10	43
18	Stockport County	46	16	10	20	56	56	+0	42
19	Darlington	46	14	13	19	52	59	-7	41
20	Halifax Town	46	10	21	15	52	62	-10	41
21	Hartlepool United	46	15	7	24	51	84	-33	37
22	York City	46	12	12	22	50	69	-19	36
23	Southport	46	6	19	21	52	76	-24	31
24	Rochdale	46	8	8	30	43	85	-42	24

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

[edit] European competitions

[edit] European Super Cup

Leg	Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Agg	Att	Notes
First Leg	November 22, 1977	Hamburg	1-1	Liverpool		20,000
Second Leg	December 6, 1977	Liverpool	6-0	Hamburg	7-1	34,931

[edit] European Cup

[edit] Cup Winners' Cup

[edit] UEFA Cup

[edit] Transfer deals

[edit] Deaths

• Willie Hamilton, 38, former Scottish international forward who had played for Sheffield United, Middlesbrough and Aston Villa as well as several Scottish clubs. Died in Canada as a result of a heart attack.
• Peter Houseman, 31, Oxford United midfielder previously at Chelsea. Died in a car accident along with his wife.

[edit] References

• Rothmans Football Yearbook 1978-79

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