1978-01-02

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	0	Ipswich Town	Highbury	43,705
Price	Lineups
Aston Villa	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	Villa Park	34,750
Little	Lineups		Smith OG
Chelsea	2	2	West Bromwich Albion	Stamford Bridge	29,540
Garner, Walker	Lineups		Brown A, Brown T
Derby County	4	2	Coventry City	Baseball Ground	25,929
George 3 (1p), Daly	Lineups		Ferguson, Powell
Leeds United	0	2	Newcastle United	Elland Road	36,643
	Lineups		Burns 2
Leicester City	0	1	Manchester City	Filbert Street	24,041
	Lineups		Owen
Liverpool	2	0	Middlesbrough	Anfield Road	49,305
Johnson, Heighway	Lineups
Manchester United	1	2	Birmingham City	Old Trafford	53,501
Greenhoff J	Lineups		Dillon, Francis
Norwich City	2	2	West Ham United	Carrow Road	29,168	Largest home gate 1977-78
Ryan (p), Peters	Lineups		Devonshire, Hales
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Everton	City Ground	44,030
Robertson (p)	Lineups		Ross (p)
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	Bristol City	Molineux	25,283
	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Nottingham Forest	24	8	4	0	23	6	8	1	3	22	9	30	37	D	W	W	D	W	1978-01-14	Derby County	A
2	0	Everton	24	7	3	2	28	16	5	5	2	20	12	20	32	D	W	L	L	D	1978-01-14	Aston Villa	H
3	0	Liverpool	24	9	2	1	18	3	4	4	4	14	13	16	32	W	W	W	D	W	1978-01-14	West Bromwich Albion	A
4	0	Arsenal	24	7	4	1	18	7	6	1	5	14	12	13	31	W	L	W	W	W	1978-01-14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
5	0	Manchester City	24	9	1	2	31	10	4	3	5	14	14	21	30	W	W	W	W	L	1978-01-14	West Ham United	H
6	1	West Bromwich Albion	24	8	3	1	20	7	2	5	5	16	23	6	28	D	W	L	L	W	1978-01-14	Liverpool	H
7	-1	Coventry City	24	7	3	2	28	17	4	3	5	16	23	4	28	L	W	W	D	L	1978-01-14	Chelsea	H
8	0	Norwich City	24	8	4	0	16	7	1	6	5	15	25	-1	28	D	D	L	W	D	1978-01-14	Queens Park Rangers	A
9	0	Leeds United	24	6	4	2	19	12	3	4	5	17	20	4	26	L	L	W	L	W	1978-01-14	Birmingham City	A
10	2	Derby County	24	5	4	3	18	15	4	3	5	14	19	-2	25	W	W	L	D	W	1978-01-14	Nottingham Forest	H
11	-1	Aston Villa	23	5	2	4	15	11	4	4	4	13	13	4	24	D	L	W	D	L	1978-01-14	Everton	A
12	-1	Ipswich Town	24	8	2	2	21	13	0	5	7	4	15	-3	23	L	L	W	L	W	1978-01-14	Manchester United	H
13	1	Chelsea	24	4	6	3	12	10	3	2	6	12	22	-8	22	D	W	W	L	D	1978-01-14	Coventry City	A
14	-1	Manchester United	23	6	1	4	16	14	3	2	7	19	24	-3	21	L	L	W	W	L	1978-01-14	Ipswich Town	A
15	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	4	4	4	16	15	3	3	6	13	19	-5	21	D	W	L	W	L	1978-01-14	Arsenal	A
16	2	Birmingham City	24	5	3	4	20	17	3	1	8	10	21	-8	20	W	L	W	L	D	1978-01-14	Leeds United	H
17	-1	Middlesbrough	24	4	5	3	13	12	2	3	7	8	22	-13	20	L	D	L	D	W	1978-01-14	Newcastle United	A
18	-1	Bristol City	23	6	2	3	24	18	0	5	7	3	13	-4	19	D	L	L	W	L	1978-01-14	Leicester City	H
19	0	West Ham United	24	3	5	4	15	18	2	2	8	13	21	-11	17	D	W	L	W	L	1978-01-14	Manchester City	A
20	0	Queens Park Rangers	24	3	4	5	14	18	0	5	7	11	22	-15	15	D	L	L	D	L	1978-01-14	Norwich City	H
21	0	Newcastle United	23	4	1	7	16	19	2	1	8	11	23	-15	14	W	L	L	L	W	1978-01-14	Middlesbrough	H
22	0	Leicester City	24	2	4	6	6	19	0	3	9	5	22	-30	11	L	L	L	D	L	1978-01-14	Bristol City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	1	0	Notts County	Ewood Park	14,394
Fear	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	1	2	Burnley	Burnden Park	28,232
Whatmore	Lineups		Brennan 2
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Southampton	Goldstone Ground	33,097
Lawrenson	Lineups		Williams S
Bristol Rovers	3	2	Cardiff City	Eastville	11,945
Staniforth 2, Randall	Lineups		Giles, Pontin
Charlton Athletic	0	1	Fulham	The Valley	14,519
	Lineups		Greenaway
Crystal Palace	1	0	Millwall	Selhurst Park	27,259
Hinshelwood P	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Blackpool	Boundary Park	15,308
Halom 2	Lineups		Walsh
Orient	0	0	Luton Town	Brisbane Road	9,270
	Lineups
Sheffield United	2	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Bramall Lane	31,207	Largest home gate 1977-78
Edwards, Hamson	Lineups		Duncan, Taylor
Stoke City	1	1	Mansfield Town	Victoria Ground	13,834
McGroarty	Lineups		Goodwin
Sunderland	2	0	Hull City	Roker Park	29,396
Rowell 2	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	24	8	4	0	33	7	5	4	3	16	14	28	34	D	W	D	W	D	1978-01-14	Notts County	A
2	-1	Bolton Wanderers	24	10	1	1	26	12	5	3	4	13	11	16	34	L	L	W	W	L	1978-01-14	Sheffield United	A
3	0	Southampton	24	9	2	1	21	7	4	4	4	14	15	13	32	D	W	W	W	W	1978-01-14	Mansfield Town	A
4	0	Blackburn Rovers	24	9	2	1	21	8	3	5	4	13	20	6	31	W	L	D	W	W	1978-01-14	Cardiff City	A
5	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	24	6	5	1	22	14	4	3	5	11	11	8	28	D	L	L	D	W	1978-01-14	Millwall	A
6	0	Luton Town	24	7	3	2	21	7	3	3	6	16	19	11	26	D	W	W	D	D	1978-01-14	Oldham Athletic	H
7	1	Crystal Palace	24	5	3	4	20	16	4	5	3	16	15	5	26	W	W	L	D	D	1978-01-14	Hull City	A
8	2	Oldham Athletic	24	6	5	1	18	10	3	3	6	12	18	2	26	W	W	W	W	W	1978-01-14	Luton Town	A
9	-2	Sheffield United	24	8	3	1	22	11	2	3	7	16	28	-1	26	D	W	L	W	L	1978-01-14	Bolton Wanderers	H
10	2	Sunderland	24	6	3	3	21	12	1	7	4	17	23	3	24	W	D	D	W	L	1978-01-14	Orient	A
11	-2	Blackpool	24	4	4	4	15	13	5	2	5	17	17	2	24	L	D	L	L	L	1978-01-14	Charlton Athletic	H
12	1	Fulham	24	6	4	2	24	12	3	1	8	10	17	5	23	W	L	W	L	W	1978-01-14	Bristol Rovers	H
13	-2	Charlton Athletic	23	8	1	2	27	16	1	4	7	9	23	-3	23	L	L	L	L	W	1978-01-14	Blackpool	A
14	1	Stoke City	24	7	2	3	20	11	1	4	7	6	17	-2	22	D	L	L	W	L	1978-01-14	Burnley	A
15	-1	Orient	24	5	5	2	18	14	1	5	6	7	13	-2	22	D	D	W	L	L	1978-01-14	Sunderland	H
16	0	Notts County	24	6	5	1	21	12	1	2	9	10	26	-7	21	L	W	W	L	W	1978-01-14	Tottenham Hotspur	H
17	1	Bristol Rovers	24	6	5	2	22	12	0	3	8	12	34	-12	20	W	L	W	D	W	1978-01-14	Fulham	A
18	-1	Hull City	24	4	3	5	15	12	1	5	6	7	15	-5	18	L	L	L	L	D	1978-01-14	Crystal Palace	H
19	0	Cardiff City	23	6	4	2	17	15	0	2	9	10	32	-20	18	L	W	W	L	D	1978-01-14	Blackburn Rovers	H
20	0	Mansfield Town	24	4	2	6	17	20	1	5	6	13	22	-12	17	D	L	D	W	D	1978-01-14	Southampton	H
21	0	Millwall	24	2	6	3	9	13	1	4	8	11	21	-14	16	L	W	L	L	L	1978-01-14	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
22	0	Burnley	24	3	5	4	11	11	2	0	10	9	30	-21	15	W	D	L	L	L	1978-01-14	Stoke City	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Cambridge United	1	0	Peterborough United	Abbey Stadium	10,998	Largest home gate 1977-78
Biley	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Brunton Park	11,309	Largest home gate 1977-78
Rafferty	Lineups
Chesterfield	3	0	Oxford United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,759
Fern, Burton, Cottam	Lineups
Colchester United	1	1	Walsall	Layer Road	6,039
Gough	Lineups		Buckley
Exeter City	1	1	Chester	St James Park	6,193
Ingham	Lineups		Crossley
Hereford United	1	1	Shrewsbury Town	Edgar Street	6,392
Davey	Lineups		Biggins
Lincoln City	2	2	Plymouth Argyle	Sincil Bank	6,262
Austin OG, Neale	Lineups		Austin, Neale OG
Portsmouth	3	1	Bradford City	Fratton Park	12,004
Kemp, Foster, Gilchrist	Lineups		Wright
Preston North End	2	0	Port Vale	Deepdale	10,930
Thomson, Bruce	Lineups
Rotherham United	0	3	Bury	Millmoor	4,609
	Lineups		Robins, Stanton, Johnson
Swindon Town	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	County Ground	11,265	Largest home gate 1977-78
McHale (p)	Lineups
Wrexham	3	3	Gillingham	Racecourse Ground	16,281
McNeil 2, Lyons	Lineups		Price 2, Richardson

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Wrexham	24	9	4	0	28	13	4	3	4	14	14	15	33	D	W	W	L	W	1978-01-14	Shrewsbury Town	H
2	1	Gillingham	25	6	5	1	21	12	4	6	3	22	21	10	31	D	D	D	D	W	1978-01-07	Hereford United	H
3	-1	Tranmere Rovers	25	9	2	2	27	11	3	4	5	12	12	16	30	L	W	D	W	W	1978-01-06	Preston North End	H
4	1	Cambridge United	24	10	1	1	29	7	2	5	5	12	21	13	30	W	D	D	W	W	1978-01-07	Bury	A
5	1	Preston North End	24	9	2	1	24	10	1	7	4	5	10	9	29	W	L	W	W	D	1978-01-06	Tranmere Rovers	A
6	-2	Peterborough United	24	6	6	0	13	6	4	3	5	6	10	3	29	L	W	D	D	D	1978-01-14	Portsmouth	A
7	0	Shrewsbury Town	25	7	3	3	27	13	3	4	5	14	19	9	27	D	W	W	L	D	1978-01-14	Wrexham	A
8	0	Colchester United	24	6	5	1	21	8	3	3	6	12	15	10	26	D	L	D	D	W	1978-01-07	Bradford City	A
9	0	Swindon Town	24	9	3	1	29	10	0	5	6	12	23	8	26	W	D	W	D	D	1978-01-14	Sheffield Wednesday	H
10	0	Bury	24	4	7	1	14	11	4	3	5	14	19	-2	26	W	D	D	L	W	1978-01-07	Cambridge United	H
11	3	Chesterfield	24	7	3	2	16	6	3	1	8	11	19	2	24	W	W	L	W	D	1978-01-14	Port Vale	H
12	-1	Exeter City	24	6	2	4	17	13	3	4	5	12	16	0	24	D	D	W	D	L	1978-01-14	Walsall	H
13	-1	Walsall	24	5	4	3	17	11	2	6	4	11	17	0	24	D	D	W	L	D	1978-01-14	Exeter City	A
14	-1	Chester	24	6	5	0	18	10	0	7	6	8	23	-7	24	D	D	L	W	D	1978-01-14	Hereford United	A
15	1	Carlisle United	24	5	5	2	18	13	2	4	6	13	18	0	23	W	D	L	W	D	1978-01-14	Tranmere Rovers	H
16	-1	Oxford United	25	6	4	1	16	9	1	4	9	17	29	-5	22	L	D	D	D	L	1978-01-11	Cambridge United	H
17	0	Rotherham United	24	4	4	4	12	12	2	4	6	17	26	-9	20	L	L	L	L	D	1978-01-14	Oxford United	H
18	0	Port Vale	24	3	7	2	15	13	1	5	6	10	22	-10	20	L	W	D	L	D	1978-01-07	Portsmouth	H
19	1	Plymouth Argyle	24	3	4	5	15	15	2	5	5	13	19	-6	19	D	L	L	D	D	1978-01-14	Preston North End	A
20	1	Lincoln City	24	3	5	4	15	17	2	4	6	11	19	-10	19	D	D	D	D	L	1978-01-14	Bury	H
21	1	Hereford United	24	5	5	2	14	10	0	4	8	3	17	-10	19	D	L	L	D	L	1978-01-07	Gillingham	A
22	-3	Bradford City	24	5	4	3	21	17	1	3	8	6	22	-12	19	L	L	L	W	D	1978-01-07	Colchester United	H
23	1	Portsmouth	24	3	7	2	19	17	1	4	7	7	23	-14	19	W	L	D	D	D	1978-01-07	Port Vale	A
24	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	24	5	4	3	11	7	0	3	9	9	23	-10	17	L	W	W	L	L	1978-01-14	Swindon Town	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	2	2	Barnsley	Dean Court	3,909
Johnson, Showers	Lineups		Pugh, Hinch
Aldershot	0	0	Southport	Recreation Ground	5,871
	Lineups
Brentford	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Griffin Park	9,470
Shrubb	Lineups		Baines
Darlington	2	0	Reading	Feethams Ground	2,631
Craig, Seal	Lineups
Halifax Town	2	0	York City	The Shay	3,744
Bullock, Bell	Lineups
Newport County	5	3	Northampton Town	Somerton Park	7,160
Goddard 2, Clark 2, Jones	Lineups		Farrington, Reilly 2
Rochdale	0	2	Crewe Alexandra	Spotland	1,441
	Lineups		Coyne, Davies W
Scunthorpe United	3	0	Stockport County	Old Showground	3,385
Oates, Lumby 2	Lineups
Southend United	1	1	Grimsby Town	Roots Hall	9,973
Moody (p)	Lineups		Waters
Swansea City	3	0	Wimbledon	Vetch Field	9,700
Bassett OG, James R (p), Charles	Lineups
Torquay United	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	Plainmoor	3,376
Boulton, Tomlin	Lineups
Watford	1	0	Hartlepool United	Vicarage Road	16,866
Bolton	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Watford	24	10	1	1	26	10	8	1	3	23	13	26	38	W	W	W	W	D	1978-01-13	Stockport County	H
2	0	Southend United	24	6	5	1	17	8	6	2	4	13	11	11	31	D	D	W	L	W	1978-01-13	Reading	H
3	0	Aldershot	24	9	3	0	20	3	2	5	5	12	16	13	30	D	D	L	W	D	1978-01-06	Stockport County	A
4	0	Barnsley	24	9	2	1	26	7	1	7	4	9	14	14	29	D	D	D	W	D	1978-01-07	Darlington	H
5	0	Newport County	24	9	3	0	28	12	2	4	6	17	26	7	29	W	L	D	W	L	1978-01-07	York City	A
6	1	Swansea City	24	8	3	1	26	9	3	3	6	12	13	16	28	W	W	W	D	L	1978-01-10	Doncaster Rovers	A
7	1	Brentford	24	7	5	2	24	14	3	2	5	17	19	8	27	D	L	D	L	W	1978-01-07	Wimbledon	A
8	-2	Stockport County	24	8	3	1	26	9	1	5	6	11	18	10	26	L	W	D	W	D	1978-01-06	Aldershot	H
9	0	Reading	24	9	1	2	23	12	3	1	8	8	19	0	26	L	W	W	L	W	1978-01-07	AFC Bournemouth	H
10	0	Huddersfield Town	24	7	4	1	24	9	0	7	5	7	15	7	25	D	W	D	W	W	1978-01-07	Rochdale	H
11	3	Torquay United	24	7	4	1	25	11	1	5	6	5	18	1	25	W	L	L	D	W	1978-01-07	Southport	A
12	0	Grimsby Town	24	6	3	2	13	7	4	2	7	15	22	-1	25	D	W	L	D	L	1978-01-14	Darlington	A
13	2	Darlington	25	6	4	2	21	13	2	4	7	11	21	-2	24	W	D	L	W	L	1978-01-07	Barnsley	A
14	-3	Doncaster Rovers	24	6	3	2	20	12	3	3	7	11	22	-3	24	L	D	D	D	L	1978-01-10	Swansea City	H
15	-2	Northampton Town	25	7	3	2	22	16	2	3	8	16	30	-8	24	L	D	W	L	D	1978-01-14	Brentford	H
16	1	Crewe Alexandra	24	7	3	2	22	16	2	2	8	7	26	-13	23	W	D	D	L	D	1978-01-07	Scunthorpe United	H
17	2	Halifax Town	25	5	5	3	16	9	1	5	6	11	21	-3	22	W	D	D	D	W	1978-01-14	Wimbledon	H
18	-2	AFC Bournemouth	24	6	2	4	13	11	2	4	6	11	16	-3	22	D	L	L	L	W	1978-01-07	Reading	A
19	1	Scunthorpe United	24	8	3	2	22	7	0	3	8	7	27	-5	22	W	L	W	D	W	1978-01-07	Crewe Alexandra	A
20	-2	York City	24	6	3	3	18	14	1	3	8	10	17	-3	20	L	W	L	W	D	1978-01-07	Newport County	H
21	0	Wimbledon	25	3	7	3	20	19	1	3	8	10	30	-19	18	L	L	D	L	L	1978-01-07	Brentford	H
22	0	Southport	24	2	8	2	19	17	0	5	7	11	23	-10	17	D	W	D	L	D	1978-01-07	Torquay United	H
23	0	Hartlepool United	24	6	1	5	15	16	0	2	10	11	31	-21	15	L	L	W	L	D	1978-01-14	Torquay United	A
24	0	Rochdale	26	4	3	5	17	14	0	1	13	10	35	-22	12	L	L	L	W	L	1978-01-07	Huddersfield Town	A