1977–78 Football League

1 Overview
2 Final league tables and results^[3] ^[4]
3 First Division
4 First Division Results
5 Second Division
6 Second Division Results
7 Third Division
8 Third Division Results
9 Fourth Division
10 Fourth Division Results
11 See also
12 References

Overview

The 1977–1978 season was the 78th completed season of The Football League.

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.

Bob Latchford was the top goalscorer, winning a £10,000 prize offered by a national newspaper for the first footballer to reach 30 goals in a single season,^[1] which had not happened in the First Division since the 1971–72 season and in the Second Division since the 1965–66 season.^[2]

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

Final league tables and results^[3] ^[4]

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website^[3] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79^[4], with home and away statistics separated.

Re-election: During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South. Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the re-election process has concerned the bottom four clubs in that division.^[4]

Match results are drawn from Rothmans for all divisions.^[4]

^ Bob Latchford, Everton F.C. website
^ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engtops.html#1947-1. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
^ ^a ^b "England 1977–78". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1977-78.html. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

First Division

Football League, First Division
Season	1977–78
Champions	Nottingham Forest (1st English title)
Relegated	Leicester City Newcastle United West Ham United
European Cup 1978–79	Nottingham Forest Liverpool (defending champions)
FA Cup winners European Cup Winners' Cup 1978–79	Ipswich Town (1st FA Cup title)
UEFA Cup 1978–79	Arsenal Everton Manchester City West Bromwich Albion
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1231 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bob Latchford (Everton), 30 ^[1]
Biggest home win	Everton – Chelsea 6–0 (29 Apr 1978) Everton – Coventry 6–0 (26 Nov 1977)
Biggest away win	Leicester – Everton 1–5 (15 Apr 1978) QPR – Everton 1–5 (8 Oct 1977) Leicester – Liverpool 0–4 (26 Nov 1977) Manchester United – Nottingham Forest 0–4 (17 Dec 1977)
Highest scoring	Coventry – Norwich City 5–4 (27 Dec 1977) Birmingham – Chelsea 4–5 (31 Dec 1977)
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1977–1978 teams

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1977–1978

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Nottingham Forest	42	15	6	0	37	8	10	8	3	32	16	69	24	+ 45	64	European Cup 1978–79 First round ^{[notes 1]}
2	Liverpool	42	15	4	2	37	11	9	5	7	28	23	65	34	+ 31	57	European Cup 1978–79 First round ^{[notes 2]}
3	Everton	42	14	4	3	47	22	8	7	6	29	23	76	45	+ 31	55	UEFA Cup 1978–79 First round
4	Manchester City	42	14	4	3	46	21	6	8	7	28	30	74	51	+ 23	52	UEFA Cup 1978–79 First round
5	Arsenal	42	14	5	2	38	12	7	5	9	22	25	60	37	+ 23	52	UEFA Cup 1978–79 First round
6	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	5	3	35	18	5	9	7	27	35	62	53	+ 9	50	UEFA Cup 1978–79 First round
7	Coventry City	42	13	5	3	48	23	5	7	9	27	39	75	62	+ 13	48
8	Aston Villa	42	11	4	6	33	18	7	6	8	24	24	57	42	+ 15	46
9	Leeds United	42	12	4	5	39	21	6	6	9	24	32	63	53	+ 10	46
10	Manchester United	42	9	6	6	32	23	7	4	10	35	40	67	63	+ 4	42
11	Birmingham City	42	8	5	8	32	30	8	4	9	23	30	55	60	– 5	41
12	Derby County	42	10	7	4	37	24	4	6	11	17	35	54	59	– 5	41
13	Norwich City	42	10	8	3	28	20	1	10	10	24	46	52	66	– 14	40
14	Middlesbrough	42	8	8	5	25	19	4	7	10	17	35	42	54	– 12	39
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	7	8	6	30	27	5	4	12	21	37	51	64	– 13	36
16	Chelsea	42	7	11	3	28	20	4	3	14	18	49	46	69	– 23	36
17	Bristol City	42	9	6	6	37	26	2	7	12	12	27	49	53	– 4	35
18	Ipswich Town	42	10	5	6	32	24	1	8	12	15	37	47	61	– 14	35	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1978–79 First round
19	Queens Park Rangers	42	8	8	5	27	26	1	7	13	20	38	47	64	– 17	33
20	West Ham United	42	8	6	7	31	28	4	2	15	21	41	52	69	– 17	32
21	Newcastle United	42	4	6	11	26	37	2	4	15	16	41	42	78	– 36	22
22	Leicester City	42	4	7	10	16	32	1	5	15	10	38	26	70	– 44	22

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

^ Nottingham Forest also won the League cup this year.
^ Liverpool won the European Cup, now for the second year running, and thus qualified for the following season's competition.

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	Qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	League cup winners, see Nottingham Forest
	Qualified for UEFA Cup
	Relegated

First Division Results

Home \ Away¹	ARS	AST	BIR	BRI	CHE	COV	DER	EVE	IPS	LEE	LEI	LIV	MNC	MNU	MID	NEW	NOR	NOT	QPR	WBA	WHU	WOL
Arsenal		0–1	1–1	4–1	3–0	1–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	3–1
Aston Villa	1–0		0–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	6–1	3–1	0–0	0–3	1–4	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	4–1	2–0
Birmingham City	1–1	1–0		3–0	4–5	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–3	1–1	0–1	1–4	1–4	1–2	3–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–1
Bristol City	0–2	1–1	0–1		3–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	4–1	3–1	3–0	1–3	2–2	3–1	3–2	2–3
Chelsea	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0		1–2	1–1	0–1	5–3	1–2	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	1–1
Coventry City	1–2	2–3	4–0	1–1	5–1		3–1	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	4–2	3–0	2–1	0–0	5–4	0–0	4–1	1–2	1–0	4–0
Derby County	3–0	0–3	1–3	1–0	1–1	4–2		0–1	0–0	2–2	4–1	4–2	2–1	0–1	4–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–1
Everton	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	6–0	6–0	2–1		1–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–6	3–0	4–4	3–0	1–3	3–3	3–1	2–1	0–0
Ipswich Town	1–0	2–0	5–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–3		0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	4–0	0–2	3–2	2–2	0–2	1–2
Leeds United	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–1		5–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	5–0	0–2	2–2	1–0	3–0	2–2	1–2	2–1
Leicester City	1–1	0–2	1–4	0–0	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–5	2–1	0–0		0–4	0–1	2–3	0–0	3–0	2–2	0–3	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0
Liverpool	1–0	1–2	2–3	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	3–2		4–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–0
Manchester City	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	6–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–3	0–0	3–1		3–1	2–2	4–0	4–0	0–0	2–1	1–3	3–2	0–2
Manchester United	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	4–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–0	2–2		0–0	3–2	1–0	0–4	3–1	1–1	3–0	3–1
Middlesbrough	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	2–1		2–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–0
Newcastle United	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–2	0–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–2	2–4		2–2	0–2	0–3	0–3	2–3	4–0
Norwich City	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	2–1		3–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1
Nottingham Forest	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	2–0	1–1		1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0
Queens Park Rangers	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–5	3–3	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–2		2–1	1–0	1–3
West Bromwich Albion	1–3	0–3	3–1	2–1	3–0	3–3	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	2–0		1–0	2–2
West Ham United	2–2	2–2	1–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	3–2	0–2	0–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–3	0–0	2–2	3–3		1–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	3–1	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–3	1–2	3–1	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–3	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–3	2–3	1–0	1–1	2–2

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division

Football League, Second Division
Season	1977–78
Champions	Bolton Wanderers (2nd title)
Promoted	Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur
Relegated	Blackpool, Hull City, Mansfield Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1235 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bob Hatton (Blackpool), 22 ^[1]
Biggest home win	Tottenham Hotspur – Bristol Rovers 9-0 (22 Oct 1977) ^[2]
Biggest away win	Cardiff City – Sheffield United 1–6 (3 Dec 1977)
Highest scoring	Bolton – Cardiff City 6–3 (10 Dec 1977)
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1977–1978 teams

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1977–1978

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bolton Wanderers	42	16	4	1	39	14	8	6	7	24	19	63	33	+ 30	58
2	Southampton	42	15	4	2	44	16	7	9	5	26	23	70	39	+ 31	57
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	13	7	1	50	19	7	9	5	33	30	83	49	+ 34	56
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	15	5	1	43	21	7	7	7	20	17	63	38	+ 25	56
5	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	4	5	33	16	4	9	8	23	44	56	60	– 4	45
6	Sunderland	42	11	6	4	36	17	3	10	8	31	42	67	59	+ 8	44
7	Stoke City	42	13	5	3	38	16	3	5	13	15	33	53	49	+ 4	42
8	Oldham Athletic	42	9	10	2	32	20	4	6	11	22	38	54	58	– 4	42
9	Crystal Palace	42	9	7	5	31	20	4	8	9	19	27	50	47	+ 3	41
10	Fulham	42	9	8	4	32	19	5	5	11	17	30	49	49	+ 0	41
11	Burnley	42	11	6	4	35	20	4	4	13	21	44	56	64	– 8	40
12	Sheffield United	42	13	4	4	38	22	3	4	14	24	51	62	73	– 11	40
13	Luton Town	42	11	4	6	35	20	3	6	12	19	32	54	52	+ 2	38
14	Orient	42	8	11	2	30	20	2	7	12	13	29	43	49	– 6	38
15	Notts County	42	10	9	2	36	22	1	7	13	18	40	54	62	– 8	38
16	Millwall	42	8	8	5	23	20	4	6	11	26	37	49	57	– 8	38
17	Charlton Athletic	42	11	6	4	38	27	2	6	13	17	41	55	68	– 13	38
18	Bristol Rovers	42	10	7	4	40	26	3	5	13	21	51	61	77	– 16	38
19	Cardiff City	42	12	6	3	32	23	1	6	14	19	48	51	71	– 20	38
20	Blackpool	42	7	8	6	35	25	5	5	11	24	35	59	60	– 1	37
21	Mansfield Town	42	6	6	9	30	34	4	5	12	19	35	49	69	– 20	31
22	Hull City	42	6	6	9	23	25	2	6	13	11	27	34	52	– 18	28

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

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

Second Division Results

Home \ Away¹	BLB	BLP	BOL	B&H	BRO	BUR	CAR	CHA	CPA	FUL	HUL	LUT	MAN	MIL	NTC	OLD	ORI	SHE	SOT	STO	SUN	TOT
Blackburn Rovers		1–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	4–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0
Blackpool	5–2		0–2	0–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	5–1	3–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–2
Bolton Wanderers	4–2	2–1		1–1	3–0	1–2	6–3	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0
Brighton & Hove Albion	2–2	2–1	1–2		1–1	2–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–2	5–1	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–1
Bristol Rovers	4–1	2–0	0–1	0–4		2–2	3–2	2–2	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	4–1	0–0	4–1	3–2	2–3
Burnley	2–3	0–1	0–1	0–0	3–1		4–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	4–1	0–0	4–1	3–3	1–0	0–0	2–1
Cardiff City	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1		1–0	2–2	3–1	0–0	1–4	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–6	1–0	2–0	5–2	0–0
Charlton Athletic	2–2	3–1	2–1	4–3	3–1	3–2	0–0		1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–3	3–2	3–2	4–1
Crystal Palace	5–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1		2–3	0–1	3–3	3–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–2
Fulham	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	1–1		2–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	5–1	0–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	3–3	1–1
Hull City	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–3	4–1	0–2	1–0	0–1		1–1	0–2	3–2	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–3	0–3	0–0	3–0	2–0
Luton Town	0–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	7–1	1–0	1–0	1–1		1–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	4–0	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–4
Mansfield Town	2–2	1–3	0–1	1–2	3–0	4–1	2–2	0–3	1–3	2–1	1–0	3–1		0–0	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	3–3
Millwall	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–0		0–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	1–3
Notts County	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1		3–2	1–1	1–2	2–3	2–0	2–2	3–3
Oldham Athletic	0–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–1		2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1
Orient	0–0	1–4	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	4–2	0–0	0–0	5–3		3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1
Sheffield United	2–0	0–0	1–5	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	4–1	2–0	5–2	4–1	1–0	2–0		3–2	1–2	1–1	2–2
Southampton	5–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	3–0	3–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–3	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–1		1–0	4–2	0–0
Stoke City	4–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	4–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	5–1	4–0	1–0		0–0	1–3
Sunderland	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–2	5–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	5–1	0–0	1–0		1–2
Tottenham Hotspur	4–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	9–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–3	2–1	5–1	1–1	4–2	0–0	3–1	2–3

Third Division

Football League, Third Division
Season	1977–78
Champions	Wrexham (1st title)
Promoted	Cambridge United, Preston North End
Relegated	Bradford City, Hereford United, Portsmouth, Port Vale
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1373 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alex Bruce (Preston North End), 27 ^[1]
Biggest home win	?
Biggest away win	?
Highest scoring	?
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1977–1978

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Wrexham	46	14	8	1	48	19	9	7	7	30	26	78	45	+ 33	61	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1978–79 First round^{[notes2 1]}
2	Cambridge United	46	19	3	1	49	11	4	9	10	23	40	72	51	+ 21	58
3	Preston North End	46	16	5	2	48	19	4	11	8	15	19	63	38	+ 25	56
4	Peterborough United	46	15	7	1	32	11	5	9	9	15	22	47	33	+ 14	56
5	Chester	46	14	8	1	41	24	2	14	7	18	32	59	56	+ 3	54
6	Walsall	46	12	8	3	35	17	6	9	8	26	33	61	50	+ 11	53
7	Gillingham	46	11	10	2	36	21	4	10	9	31	39	67	60	+ 7	50
8	Colchester United	46	10	11	2	36	16	5	7	11	19	28	55	44	+ 11	48
9	Chesterfield	46	14	6	3	40	16	3	8	12	18	33	58	49	+ 9	48
10	Swindon Town	46	12	7	4	40	22	4	9	10	27	38	67	60	+ 7	48
11	Shrewsbury Town	46	11	7	5	42	23	5	8	10	21	34	63	57	+ 6	47
12	Tranmere Rovers	46	13	7	3	39	19	3	8	12	18	33	57	52	+ 5	47
13	Carlisle United	46	10	9	4	32	26	4	10	9	27	33	59	59	+ 0	47
14	Sheffield Wednesday	46	13	7	3	28	14	2	9	12	22	38	50	52	– 2	46
15	Bury	46	7	13	3	34	22	6	6	11	28	34	62	56	+ 6	45
16	Lincoln City	46	10	8	5	35	26	5	7	11	18	35	53	61	– 8	45
17	Exeter City	46	11	8	4	30	18	4	6	13	19	41	49	59	– 10	44
18	Oxford United	46	11	10	2	38	21	2	4	17	26	46	64	67	– 3	40
19	Plymouth Argyle	46	7	8	8	33	28	4	9	10	28	40	61	68	– 7	39
20	Rotherham United	46	11	5	7	26	19	2	8	13	25	49	51	68	– 17	39
21	Port Vale	46	7	11	5	28	23	1	9	13	18	44	46	67	– 21	36
22	Bradford City	46	11	6	6	40	29	1	4	18	16	57	56	86	– 30	34
23	Hereford United	46	9	9	5	28	22	0	5	18	6	38	34	60	– 26	32
24	Portsmouth	46	4	11	8	31	38	3	6	14	10	37	41	75	– 34	31

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

^ Wrexham qualified for European Cup Winners' Cup as Welsh Cup winners.

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Division Champions, Welsh Cup Champions, promoted, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Promoted
	Relegated

Third Division Results

Home \ Away¹	BRA	BRY	CAM	CRL	CHE	CHS	COL	EXE	GIL	HER	LIN	OXF	PET	PLY	POR	PVA	PRE	ROT	SHW	SHR	SWI	TRA	WAL	WRE
Bradford City		2–1	4–0	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–2	2–3	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–3	2–1
Bury	2–2		5–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	5–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–3
Cambridge United	4–1	3–0		2–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–3	2–0	5–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	5–2	1–0	2–1	1–0
Carlisle United	1–1	0–3	1–1		0–0	2–1	1–3	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–3	2–2	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–4
Chester	3–2	1–0	0–0	2–2		2–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	4–1	2–2	3–1	4–3	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1
Chesterfield	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2		0–0	0–0	5–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	4–1	3–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–0
Colchester United	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–0		3–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	4–0	2–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1
Exeter City	1–0	2–2	2–4	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0		2–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	4–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	4–2	1–1	0–1
Gillingham	4–1	1–4	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–3	1–0		4–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–0
Hereford United	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	4–0	2–0		1–1	2–1	0–0	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	1–1
Lincoln City	3–2	0–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–0		1–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	3–0	2–2	3–3	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–1
Oxford United	3–1	0–0	2–3	0–0	4–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–0		3–3	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–1	3–3	1–0	3–1	2–1
Peterborough United	5–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–0		1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–2
Plymouth Argyle	6–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–2	2–1	1–0		3–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–1	3–3	0–1
Portsmouth	3–1	1–1	2–2	3–3	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–5		1–1	0–2	3–3	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–5	1–2	0–1
Port Vale	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–3	0–3	4–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–3	2–0		0–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1
Preston North End	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	4–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	4–0	3–2	0–1	5–2	3–1	2–0		3–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–3
Rotherham United	2–1	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	2–1		1–2	0–0	1–3	2–0	3–0	2–2
Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	3–2	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–0		0–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1
Shrewsbury Town	4–0	5–3	3–3	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	6–1	3–0	0–0	4–1	0–0		2–3	3–1	0–0	2–1
Swindon Town	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	4–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–2	5–0		1–0	2–3	1–2
Tranmere	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–2	5–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	4–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–1		0–1	3–1
Walsall	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	3–0	2–2	4–2	1–3	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–0		0–1
Wrexham	2–0	3–1	4–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–3	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	7–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	6–1	1–0

Fourth Division

Football League, Fourth Division
Season	1977–78
Champions	Watford (1st title)
Promoted	Brentford, Southend United, Swansea City
Failed re-election	Southport
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1427 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alan Curtis (Swansea City), 32 Steve Phillips (Brentford), 32 ^[1]
Biggest home win	?
Biggest away win	?
Highest scoring	?
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1977–1978

Brentford

Wimbledon

Watford

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London teams 1977–1978

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Watford	46	18	4	1	44	14	12	7	4	41	24	85	38	+ 47	71
2	Southend United	46	15	5	3	46	18	10	5	8	20	21	66	39	+ 27	60
3	Swansea City	46	16	5	2	54	17	7	5	11	33	30	87	47	+ 40	56
4	Brentford	46	15	6	2	50	17	6	8	9	36	37	86	54	+ 32	56
5	Aldershot	46	15	8	0	45	16	4	8	11	22	31	67	47	+ 20	54
6	Grimsby Town	46	14	6	3	30	15	7	5	11	27	36	57	51	+ 6	53
7	Barnsley	46	15	4	4	44	20	3	10	10	17	29	61	49	+ 12	50
8	Reading	46	12	7	4	33	23	6	7	10	22	29	55	52	+ 3	50
9	Torquay United	46	12	6	5	43	25	4	9	10	14	31	57	56	+ 1	47
10	Northampton Town	46	9	8	6	32	30	8	5	10	31	38	63	68	– 5	47
11	Huddersfield Town	46	13	5	5	41	21	2	10	11	22	34	63	55	+ 8	45
12	Doncaster Rovers	46	11	8	4	37	26	3	9	11	15	39	52	65	– 13	45
13	Wimbledon	46	8	11	4	39	26	6	5	12	27	41	66	67	– 1	44
14	Scunthorpe United	46	12	6	5	31	14	2	10	11	19	41	50	55	– 5	44
15	Crewe Alexandra	46	11	8	4	34	25	4	6	13	16	44	50	69	– 19	44
16	Newport County	46	14	6	3	43	22	2	5	16	22	51	65	73	– 8	43
17	Bournemouth	46	12	6	5	28	20	2	9	12	13	31	41	51	– 10	43
18	Stockport County	46	14	4	5	41	19	2	6	15	15	37	56	56	+ 0	42
19	Darlington	46	10	8	5	31	22	4	5	14	21	37	52	59	– 7	41
20	Halifax Town	46	7	10	6	28	23	3	11	9	24	39	52	62	– 10	41
21	Hartlepool United	46	12	4	7	34	29	3	3	17	17	55	51	84	– 33	37
22	York City	46	8	7	8	27	31	4	5	14	23	38	50	69	– 19	36
23	Southport	46	5	13	5	30	32	1	6	16	22	44	52	76	– 24	31
24	Rochdale	46	8	6	9	29	28	0	2	21	14	57	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

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	New club in the league
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election

Fourth Division Results

Home \ Away¹	ALD	BAR	BOU	BRE	CRE	DAR	DON	GRI	HAL	HAR	HUD	NPC	NOR	REA	ROC	SCU	STD	SOU	STP	SWA	TOR	WAT	WDN	YOR
Aldershot		0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	4–2	0–0	3–0	3–3	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	3–1	1–1
Barnsley	2–0		3–0	0–0	4–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	3–2	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–3	4–1	4–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	3–2	2–1
Bournemouth	0–0	2–2		3–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–3	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–1
Brentford	2–0	2–0	1–1		5–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	3–3	3–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	4–0	0–2	3–0	0–3	4–1	1–0
Crewe Alexandra	0–2	2–1	3–1	4–6		2–2	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–0
Darlington	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–3	2–0		1–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–2
Doncaster Rovers	4–3	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–2		0–1	1–1	2–0	4–3	2–2	4–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	1–1
Grimsby Town	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–0		0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	3–2
Halifax Town	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–0		3–0	0–0	3–1	0–1	2–4	3–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–0
Hartlepool United	2–2	1–2	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	3–1	1–1		3–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–4	1–2	1–2	2–0	4–2
Huddersfield Town	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	3–0	2–1	4–1	1–3	2–2	3–1		2–0	0–1	0–2	3–1	4–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–2
Newport County	2–1	3–1	3–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	4–2	2–0		5–3	0–0	3–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	2–1
Northampton Town	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	5–3	3–1	2–4		0–2	3–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	0–3	1–1
Reading	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	2–3	1–0	2–0	0–0		4–3	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–1	1–4	3–3	1–3	2–2	1–0
Rochdale	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–0		1–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–3	2–3	3–0	1–2
Scunthorpe United	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–0		1–2	0–2	3–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	2–1
Southend	3–1	0–0	5–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	5–0	1–1	1–3	4–2	0–0	0–2	3–1	2–0		4–2	0–2	2–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	0–0
Southport	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–0		2–0	0–3	0–0	2–2	0–5	4–1
Stockport County	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	6–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1		2–0	3–0	1–3	2–2	2–0
Swansea City	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	5–0	1–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	8–0	1–0	4–0	2–4	2–1	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	3–1		1–1	3–3	3–0	1–1
Torquay United	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	4–2	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–4		2–3	1–1	3–0
Watford	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	5–2	2–1	6–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–0		2–0	1–3
Wimbledon	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–3	2–2	3–3	3–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	5–1	0–0	1–3	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–3		2–1
York City	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–3	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–4	1–1

References

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Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

The Football League seasons

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1977–78 in English football

« 1976–77 1978–79 »

FA competitions	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) • Charity Shield • FA Trophy

Football League	Football League (First Division • Second Division • Third Division • Fourth Division) • League Cup (Final)

Lower leagues	Northern Premier League · Southern Football League · Isthmian League

European competitions	European Cup (Final) · UEFA Cup · European Cup Winners' Cup

Related to national team	Ron Greenwood • Home Championship • 1978 FIFA World Cup (qualification)

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal · Aston Villa · Birmingham City · Bristol City · Chelsea · Coventry City · Derby County · Everton · Ipswich Town · Leeds United · Leicester City · Liverpool · Manchester City · Manchester United · Middlesbrough · Newcastle United · Norwich City · Nottingham Forest · Queens Park Rangers · West Bromwich Albion · West Ham United · Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Blackburn Rovers · Blackpool · Bolton Wanderers · Brighton & Hove Albion · Bristol Rovers · Burnley · Cardiff City · Charlton Athletic · Crystal Palace · Fulham · Hull City · Leyton Orient · Luton Town · Mansfield Town · Millwall · Notts County · Oldham Athletic · Sheffield United · Southampton · Stoke City · Sunderland · Tottenham Hotspur

Third Division	Bradford City · Bury · Cambridge United · Carlisle United · Chester · Chesterfield · Colchester United · Exeter City · Gillingham · Hereford United · Lincoln City · Oxford United · Peterborough United · Plymouth Argyle · Port Vale · Portsmouth · Preston North End · Rotherham United · Sheffield Wednesday · Shrewsbury Town · Swindon Town · Tranmere Rovers · Walsall · Wrexham

Fourth Division	Aldershot · Barnsley · Bournemouth · Brentford · Crewe Alexandra · Darlington · Doncaster Rovers · Grimsby Town · Halifax Town · Hartlepool United · Huddersfield Town · Newport County · Northampton Town · Reading · Rochdale · Scunthorpe United · Southend United · Southport · Stockport County · Swansea City · Torquay United · Watford · Wimbledon · York City

1977–78 in European football (UEFA)

Domestic leagues	Albania · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Cyprus · Czechoslovakia · Denmark '77 '78 · England · Estonia '77 '78 · Faroe Islands '77 '78 · Finland '77 '78 · France · East Germany · West Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '77 '78 · Israel · Italy · Latvia '77 '78 · Lithuania '77 '78 · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '77 '78 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · Scotland · Soviet Union '77 '78 · Spain · Sweden '77 '78 · Switzerland · Turkey · Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Cyprus · Czechoslovakia · Denmark · England · Faroe Islands '77 '78 · Finland '77 '78 · France · East Germany · West Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '77 '78 · Israel · Italy · Liechtenstein · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '77 '78 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · San Marino · Scotland · Soviet Union · Spain · Sweden '77 '78 · Switzerland · Turkey · Wales · Yugoslavia

League cups	England · France · Israel · Northern Ireland · Republic of Ireland · Scotland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) · Cup Winners' Cup (Final) · UEFA Cup (Final) · Intertoto Cup · Super Cup

1977–78 Football League

Contents

Overview

First Division

Second Division

Third Division

Fourth Division

Final league tables and results[3] [4]

First Division

First Division Results

Second Division

Second Division Results

Third Division

Third Division Results

Fourth Division

Fourth Division Results

See also

References

Final league tables and results^[3] ^[4]