1977–78 Football League

The Football League
Season	1977–78
Champions	Nottingham Forest
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–1978 season was the 79th completed season of The Football League.

Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest side took the First Division by storm, first winning the League Cup on 22 March and then confirming themselves as league champions the following month. They joined a small and exclusive company of clubs who have won the league championship one season after promotion, and they were the last club to achieve its first title for 38 years, until Leicester City won the 2015–16 Premier League.

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 from the First Division.

Bolton Wanderers, Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur were promoted from the Second Division, while Blackpool, Mansfield Town and Hull City were relegated

Wrexham, Cambridge United and Preston North End were promoted from the Third Division, while Portsmouth, Port Vale, Bradford City and Hereford United were relegated.

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

Final league tables and results

The tables and results 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.

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]

First Division

Brian Clough became only the second manager in the history of English football to win the top division title with two different clubs, when he guided Nottingham Forest to their first ever top division title. It was an incredible achievement for a Forest side who were one of just a few teams to win the First Division title a year after promotion. Forest finished seven points above Liverpool, who retained the European Cup. Everton, Manchester City and Arsenal completed the top five, while West Bromwich Albion finished sixth for the second successive season, qualifying for the UEFA Cup again.

Manchester United dipped to 10th place in their first season under new manager Dave Sexton, while Bobby Robson successfully fought of relegation with Ipswich Town and then guided them to their first FA Cup triumph of their history.

Newcastle United, who had finished fifth a year earlier, endured a terrible season and went down bracketed together with Leicester City at the bottom of the table. The Tynesiders had been in the First Division for 13 years, while Leicester's latest run in the First Division had lasted for seven years. West Ham United occupied the final relegation place, ending their 20-year spell in the 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 ^[2]
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)
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

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 ╲ Away	Arsenal !ARS	Aston Villa !AST	Birmingham City !BIR	Bristol City !BRI	Chelsea !CHE	Coventry City !COV	Derby County !DER	Everton !EVE	Ipswich Town !IPS	Leeds United !LEE	Leicester City !LEI	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester City !MCI	Manchester United !MUN	Middlesbrough !MID	Newcastle United !NEW	Norwich City !NOR	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Queens Park Rangers !QPR	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	West Ham United !WHU	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Arsenal !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division maps

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1977–1978 teams

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

Second Division

Bolton Wanderers ended their 14-year exile from the top flight by clinching the Second Division title in a tight promotion race between the top four teams. Southampton went up as runners-up, while Tottenham clinched the final promotion place. Brighton missed out on a First Division place on goal difference, forcing them to prepare for a fresh assault on reaching the First Division for the first time in their history in 1979.

Hull City, Mansfield Town and Blackpool went down to the Third 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 ^[2]
Biggest home win	Tottenham Hotspur –Bristol Rovers 9-0 (22 Oct 1977) ^[5]
Biggest away win	Cardiff City –Sheffield United 1–6 (3 Dec 1977)
Highest scoring	Bolton –Cardiff City 6–3 (10 Dec 1977)
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

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 ╲ Away	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Blackpool !BLP	Bolton Wanderers !BOL	Brighton & Hove Albion !BHA	Bristol Rovers !BRO	Burnley !BUR	Cardiff City !CAR	Charlton Athletic !CHA	Crystal Palace !CRY	Fulham !FUL	Hull City !HUL	Luton Town !LUT	Mansfield Town !MAN	Millwall !MIL	Notts County !NTC	Oldham Athletic !OLD	Orient !ORI	Sheffield United !SHU	Southampton !SOU	Stoke City !STK	Sunderland !SUN	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT
Blackburn Rovers !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Second Division maps

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1977–1978 teams

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

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 ^[2]
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

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 ╲ Away	Bradford City !BRA	Bury !BRY	Cambridge United !CAM	Carlisle United !CRL	Chester City !CHE	Chesterfield !CHF	Colchester United !COL	Exeter City !EXE	Gillingham !GIL	Hereford United !HER	Lincoln City !LIN	Oxford United !OXF	Peterborough United !PET	Plymouth Argyle !PLY	Portsmouth !POR	Port Vale !PTV	Preston North End !PNE	Rotherham United !ROT	Sheffield Wednesday !SHW	Shrewsbury Town !SHR	Swindon Town !SWI	Tranmere !TRA	Walsall !WAL	Wrexham !WRE
Bradford City !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Third Division maps

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1977–1978

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

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 ^[2]
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

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 ╲ Away	Aldershot !ALD	Barnsley !BAR	AFC Bournemouth !BOU	Brentford !BRE	Crewe Alexandra !CRE	Darlington !DAR	Doncaster Rovers !DON	Grimsby Town !GRI	Halifax Town !HAL	Hartlepool United !HAR	Huddersfield Town !HUD	Newport County !NPC	Northampton Town !NOR	Reading !REA	Rochdale !ROC	Scunthorpe United !SCU	Southend !STD	Southport !SOU	Stockport County !STP	Swansea City !SWA	Torquay United !TOR	Watford !WAT	Wimbledon !WDN	York City !YOR
Aldershot !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 !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
AFC Bournemouth !AFC 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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Fourth Division maps

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1977–1978

Brentford

Wimbledon

Watford

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

References

↑ Bob Latchford, Everton F.C. website
1 2 3 4 5 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
↑ "England 1977–78". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
1 2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
↑ "Spurs v Bristol Rovers 1977".

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

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1977–78 in English football

« 1976–77

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FA competitions

Football League

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European competitions

Related to national team

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)

« 1976–77 1978–79 »

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 Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland

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

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1977–78 Football League

Final league tables and results

First Division

First Division results

First Division maps

Second Division

Second Division results

Second Division maps

Third Division

Third Division results

Third Division maps

Fourth Division

Fourth Division results

Fourth Division maps

See also

References