1978-01-14

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	3	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Highbury	34,784
Brady, Macdonald, Stapleton	Lineups		Young OG
Birmingham City	2	3	Leeds United	St Andrew's	23,703
Bertschin, Connolly	Lineups		Graham 3
Bristol City	0	0	Leicester City	Ashton Gate	19,704
	Lineups
Coventry City	5	1	Chelsea	Highfield Road	21,155
McDonald, Wallace, Coop (p), Graydon 2	Lineups		Wilkins R
Derby County	0	0	Nottingham Forest	Baseball Ground	33,384	Largest home gate 1977-78
	Lineups
Everton	1	0	Aston Villa	Goodison Park	40,630
King	Lineups
Ipswich Town	1	2	Manchester United	Portman Road	23,321
Mariner	Lineups		McIlroy, Pearson
Manchester City	3	2	West Ham United	Maine Road	43,627
Barnes, Booth, Kidd	Lineups		Brooking, Cross
Newcastle United	2	4	Middlesbrough	St James' Park	34,460
McGhee, Cassidy	Lineups		Boam, Ashcroft 2, Cummins
Queens Park Rangers	2	1	Norwich City	Loftus Road	14,247
Eastoe, Cunningham	Lineups		Reeves
West Bromwich Albion	0	1	Liverpool	The Hawthorns	36,067	Largest home gate 1977-78
	Lineups		Johnson

				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	25	8	4	0	23	6	8	2	3	22	9	30	38	D	D	W	W	D	1978-01-21	Arsenal	H
2	0	Everton	25	8	3	2	29	16	5	5	2	20	12	21	34	W	D	W	L	L	1978-01-21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
3	0	Liverpool	25	9	2	1	18	3	5	4	4	15	13	17	34	W	W	W	W	D	1978-01-21	Birmingham City	H
4	0	Arsenal	25	8	4	1	21	8	6	1	5	14	12	15	33	W	W	L	W	W	1978-01-21	Nottingham Forest	A
5	0	Manchester City	25	10	1	2	34	12	4	3	5	14	14	22	32	W	W	W	W	W	1978-01-21	Norwich City	A
6	1	Coventry City	25	8	3	2	33	18	4	3	5	16	23	8	30	W	L	W	W	D	1978-01-21	Leeds United	A
7	2	Leeds United	25	6	4	2	19	12	4	4	5	20	22	5	28	W	L	L	W	L	1978-01-21	Coventry City	H
8	-2	West Bromwich Albion	25	8	3	2	20	8	2	5	5	16	23	5	28	L	D	W	L	L	1978-01-21	Middlesbrough	A
9	-1	Norwich City	25	8	4	0	16	7	1	6	6	16	27	-2	28	L	D	D	L	W	1978-01-21	Manchester City	H
10	0	Derby County	25	5	5	3	18	15	4	3	5	14	19	-2	26	D	W	W	L	D	1978-01-21	Manchester United	A
11	0	Aston Villa	24	5	2	4	15	11	4	4	5	13	14	3	24	L	D	L	W	D	1978-01-28	Bristol City	H
12	2	Manchester United	24	6	1	4	16	14	4	2	7	21	25	-2	23	W	L	L	W	W	1978-01-21	Derby County	H
13	-1	Ipswich Town	25	8	2	3	22	15	0	5	7	4	15	-4	23	L	L	L	W	L	1978-01-21	Chelsea	A
14	3	Middlesbrough	25	4	5	3	13	12	3	3	7	12	24	-11	22	W	L	D	L	D	1978-01-21	West Bromwich Albion	H
15	-2	Chelsea	25	4	6	3	12	10	3	2	7	13	27	-12	22	L	D	W	W	L	1978-01-21	Ipswich Town	H
16	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	4	4	4	16	15	3	3	7	14	22	-7	21	L	D	W	L	W	1978-01-21	Everton	H
17	1	Bristol City	24	6	3	3	24	18	0	5	7	3	13	-4	20	D	D	L	L	W	1978-01-28	Aston Villa	A
18	-2	Birmingham City	25	5	3	5	22	20	3	1	8	10	21	-9	20	L	W	L	W	L	1978-01-21	Liverpool	A
19	0	West Ham United	25	3	5	4	15	18	2	2	9	15	24	-12	17	L	D	W	L	W	1978-01-21	Newcastle United	H
20	0	Queens Park Rangers	25	4	4	5	16	19	0	5	7	11	22	-14	17	W	D	L	L	D	1978-01-21	Leicester City	A
21	0	Newcastle United	24	4	1	8	18	23	2	1	8	11	23	-17	14	L	W	L	L	L	1978-01-21	West Ham United	A
22	0	Leicester City	25	2	4	6	6	19	0	4	9	5	22	-30	12	D	L	L	L	D	1978-01-21	Queens Park Rangers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	5	1	Charlton Athletic	Bloomfield Road	6,206
Hatton 3, Hart, Walsh	Lineups		Gritt
Burnley	1	0	Stoke City	Turf Moor	11,101
Kindon	Lineups
Cardiff City	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Ninian Park	7,025
Bishop	Lineups		Metcalfe
Fulham	1	1	Bristol Rovers	Craven Cottage	8,424
Mitchell	Lineups		Randall
Hull City	1	0	Crystal Palace	Boothferry Park	5,617
Bremner	Lineups
Luton Town	0	1	Oldham Athletic	Kenilworth Road	7,792
	Lineups		Taylor
Mansfield Town	1	2	Southampton	Field Mill	8,673
Syrett	Lineups		Ball (p), MacDougall
Millwall	0	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	The Den, New Cross	9,534
	Lineups		Ward
Notts County	3	3	Tottenham Hotspur	Meadow Lane	15,709
Bradd 2, Vinter	Lineups		Pratt 2, Lee
Orient	2	2	Sunderland	Brisbane Road	6,737
Kitchen, Chiedozie	Lineups		Clarke, Rowell
Sheffield United	1	5	Bolton Wanderers	Bramall Lane	22,603
Woodward	Lineups		Reid, Worthington, Nicholson, Greaves (p), Whatmore

				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	Bolton Wanderers	25	10	1	1	26	12	6	3	4	18	12	20	36	W	L	L	W	W	1978-01-21	Hull City	H
2	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	25	8	4	0	33	7	5	5	3	19	17	28	35	D	D	W	D	W	1978-01-21	Cardiff City	H
3	0	Southampton	25	9	2	1	21	7	5	4	4	16	16	14	34	W	D	W	W	W	1978-01-21	Notts County	H
4	0	Blackburn Rovers	25	9	2	1	21	8	3	6	4	14	21	6	32	D	W	L	D	W	1978-02-04	Blackpool	A
5	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	25	6	5	1	22	14	5	3	5	12	11	9	30	W	D	L	L	D	1978-01-21	Mansfield Town	H
6	2	Oldham Athletic	25	6	5	1	18	10	4	3	6	13	18	3	28	W	W	W	W	W	1978-01-21	Orient	H
7	-1	Luton Town	25	7	3	3	21	8	3	3	6	16	19	10	26	L	D	W	W	D	1978-01-21	Charlton Athletic	A
8	3	Blackpool	25	5	4	4	20	14	5	2	5	17	17	6	26	W	L	D	L	L	1978-01-21	Bristol Rovers	A
9	-2	Crystal Palace	25	5	3	4	20	16	4	5	4	16	16	4	26	L	W	W	L	D	1978-01-21	Burnley	H
10	-1	Sheffield United	25	8	3	2	23	16	2	3	7	16	28	-5	26	L	D	W	L	W	1978-01-21	Sunderland	A
11	-1	Sunderland	25	6	3	3	21	12	1	8	4	19	25	3	25	D	W	D	D	W	1978-01-21	Sheffield United	H
12	0	Fulham	25	6	5	2	25	13	3	1	8	10	17	5	24	D	W	L	W	L	1978-02-04	Tottenham Hotspur	H
13	2	Orient	25	5	6	2	20	16	1	5	6	7	13	-2	23	D	D	D	W	L	1978-01-21	Oldham Athletic	A
14	-1	Charlton Athletic	24	8	1	2	27	16	1	4	8	10	28	-7	23	L	L	L	L	L	1978-01-21	Luton Town	H
15	-1	Stoke City	25	7	2	3	20	11	1	4	8	6	18	-3	22	L	D	L	L	W	1978-02-25	Bolton Wanderers	H
16	0	Notts County	25	6	6	1	24	15	1	2	9	10	26	-7	22	D	L	W	W	L	1978-01-21	Southampton	A
17	0	Bristol Rovers	25	6	5	2	22	12	0	4	8	13	35	-12	21	D	W	L	W	D	1978-01-21	Blackpool	H
18	0	Hull City	25	5	3	5	16	12	1	5	6	7	15	-4	20	W	L	L	L	L	1978-01-21	Bolton Wanderers	A
19	0	Cardiff City	24	6	5	2	18	16	0	2	9	10	32	-20	19	D	L	W	W	L	1978-01-21	Tottenham Hotspur	A
20	0	Mansfield Town	25	4	2	7	18	22	1	5	6	13	22	-13	17	L	D	L	D	W	1978-01-21	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
21	1	Burnley	25	4	5	4	12	11	2	0	10	9	30	-20	17	W	W	D	L	L	1978-01-21	Crystal Palace	A
22	-1	Millwall	25	2	6	4	9	14	1	4	8	11	21	-15	16	L	L	W	L	L	1978-02-11	Southampton	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Cambridge United	4	1	Bradford City	Abbey Stadium	5,131
Finney 2, Podd OG, Biley	Lineups		Wright
Carlisle United	2	2	Tranmere Rovers	Brunton Park	6,281
Bonnyman, Hamilton	Lineups		Moore, Tynan
Chesterfield	2	0	Port Vale	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,619
Hunter, Fern	Lineups
Exeter City	1	1	Walsall	St James Park	5,149
Kellow	Lineups		Buckley (p)
Hereford United	2	2	Chester	Edgar Street	4,216
Emery, Davey	Lineups		Edwards I, Jones
Lincoln City	0	0	Bury	Sincil Bank	4,274
	Lineups
Portsmouth	2	2	Peterborough United	Fratton Park	9,569
Stokes, Gilchrist	Lineups		Anderson, Turner
Preston North End	5	2	Plymouth Argyle	Deepdale	7,065
Baxter, Bruce, Coleman, Thomson, Elwiss	Lineups		Foster, Johnson
Rotherham United	2	0	Oxford United	Millmoor	3,542
Crawford, Dawson	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	2	Sheffield Wednesday	County Ground	7,609
McHale 2 (2p)	Lineups		Rushbury (p), Mullen
Wrexham	0	0	Shrewsbury Town	Racecourse Ground	13,631
	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Wrexham	25	9	5	0	28	13	4	3	4	14	14	15	34	D	D	W	W	L	1978-02-04	Portsmouth	A
2	2	Cambridge United	27	11	1	1	33	8	3	5	6	17	28	14	34	W	W	L	W	D	1978-01-21	Gillingham	A
3	-2	Gillingham	27	7	5	1	25	12	4	7	3	23	22	14	34	D	W	D	D	D	1978-01-21	Cambridge United	H
4	-1	Tranmere Rovers	27	10	2	2	28	11	3	5	5	14	14	17	33	D	W	L	W	D	1978-01-17	Walsall	A
5	1	Preston North End	26	10	2	1	29	12	1	7	5	5	11	11	31	W	L	W	L	W	1978-02-04	Carlisle United	H
6	1	Peterborough United	25	6	6	0	13	6	4	4	5	8	12	3	30	D	L	W	D	D	1978-02-04	Lincoln City	H
7	-2	Colchester United	26	6	6	1	22	9	4	3	6	14	16	11	29	D	W	D	L	D	1978-01-21	Chester	A
8	0	Bury	26	5	7	1	19	13	4	4	5	14	19	1	29	D	W	W	D	D	1978-01-21	Exeter City	H
9	0	Shrewsbury Town	26	7	3	3	27	13	3	5	5	14	19	9	28	D	D	W	W	L	1978-01-21	Lincoln City	H
10	0	Swindon Town	25	9	4	1	31	12	0	5	6	12	23	8	27	D	W	D	W	D	1978-01-20	Portsmouth	A
11	0	Chesterfield	25	8	3	2	18	6	3	1	8	11	19	4	26	W	W	W	L	W	1978-01-28	Portsmouth	H
12	0	Exeter City	25	6	3	4	18	14	3	4	5	12	16	0	25	D	D	D	W	D	1978-01-17	Sheffield Wednesday	A
13	0	Walsall	25	5	4	3	17	11	2	7	4	12	18	0	25	D	D	D	W	L	1978-01-17	Tranmere Rovers	H
14	0	Chester	25	6	5	0	18	10	0	8	6	10	25	-7	25	D	D	D	L	W	1978-01-21	Colchester United	H
15	0	Carlisle United	25	5	6	2	20	15	2	4	6	13	18	0	24	D	W	D	L	W	1978-01-21	Plymouth Argyle	A
16	2	Rotherham United	25	5	4	4	14	12	2	4	6	17	26	-7	22	W	L	L	L	L	1978-02-07	Carlisle United	A
17	-1	Oxford United	27	6	4	2	18	12	1	4	10	17	31	-8	22	L	L	L	D	D	1978-01-21	Bradford City	H
18	-1	Port Vale	26	4	7	2	17	13	1	5	7	10	24	-10	22	L	W	L	W	D	1978-01-28	Lincoln City	A
19	1	Lincoln City	25	3	6	4	15	17	2	4	6	11	19	-10	20	D	D	D	D	D	1978-01-21	Shrewsbury Town	A
20	2	Hereford United	26	5	6	2	16	12	0	4	9	3	21	-14	20	D	L	D	L	L	1978-01-20	Tranmere Rovers	A
21	2	Portsmouth	26	3	8	2	21	19	1	4	8	7	25	-16	20	D	L	W	L	D	1978-01-20	Swindon Town	H
22	-3	Plymouth Argyle	25	3	4	5	15	15	2	5	6	15	24	-9	19	L	D	L	L	D	1978-01-21	Carlisle United	H
23	-2	Bradford City	26	5	4	4	22	19	1	3	9	7	26	-16	19	L	L	L	L	L	1978-01-21	Oxford United	A
24	0	Sheffield Wednesday	25	5	4	3	11	7	0	4	9	11	25	-10	18	D	L	W	W	L	1978-01-17	Exeter City	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Dean Court	3,166
Finnigan	Lineups
Aldershot	1	1	York City	Recreation Ground	3,798
Dungworth (p)	Lineups		Randall
Darlington	1	2	Grimsby Town	Feethams Ground	2,265
Seal	Lineups		Cumming, Liddell
Halifax Town	1	2	Wimbledon	The Shay	2,774
Bullock	Lineups		Bryant, Denny
Newport County	1	0	Doncaster Rovers	Somerton Park	4,029
Williams	Lineups
Northampton Town	2	2	Brentford	County Ground	4,050
Reilly 2	Lineups		McCulloch 2
Rochdale	1	1	Barnsley	Spotland	2,668	Largest home gate 1977-78
Owen	Lineups		Hinch
Scunthorpe United	0	2	Southport	Old Showground	2,699
	Lineups		Jones, Ashworth
Swansea City	1	0	Huddersfield Town	Vetch Field	5,906
Moore G	Lineups
Torquay United	0	0	Hartlepool United	Plainmoor	2,421
	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	25	11	1	1	27	10	8	1	3	23	13	27	40	W	W	W	W	W	1978-01-21	York City	A
2	0	Barnsley	26	10	2	1	28	8	1	8	4	10	15	15	32	D	W	D	D	D	1978-02-07	Aldershot	H
3	2	Swansea City	26	9	3	1	27	9	3	4	6	13	14	17	31	W	D	W	W	W	1978-01-28	Darlington	H
4	0	Aldershot	26	9	4	0	21	4	2	5	6	13	18	12	31	D	L	D	D	L	1978-01-28	Huddersfield Town	H
5	-2	Southend United	25	6	5	2	17	10	6	2	4	13	11	9	31	L	D	D	W	L	1978-01-27	AFC Bournemouth	H
6	0	Newport County	26	10	3	0	29	12	2	4	7	17	28	6	31	W	L	W	L	D	1978-01-21	Huddersfield Town	A
7	2	Brentford	26	7	5	2	24	14	3	4	5	20	22	8	29	D	D	D	L	D	1978-01-28	Crewe Alexandra	H
8	-1	Reading	26	9	2	2	23	12	4	1	8	10	19	2	29	W	D	L	W	W	1978-02-08	Torquay United	H
9	-1	Stockport County	26	9	3	1	28	10	1	5	7	11	19	10	28	L	W	L	W	D	1978-01-21	Grimsby Town	A
10	0	Huddersfield Town	26	8	4	1	27	10	0	7	6	7	16	8	27	L	W	D	W	D	1978-01-21	Newport County	H
11	0	Torquay United	26	7	5	1	25	11	1	6	6	5	18	1	27	D	D	W	L	L	1978-01-21	Wimbledon	A
12	0	Grimsby Town	25	6	3	2	13	7	5	2	7	17	23	0	27	W	D	W	L	D	1978-01-21	Stockport County	H
13	4	AFC Bournemouth	26	7	2	4	14	11	2	5	6	11	16	-2	25	W	D	D	L	L	1978-01-21	Scunthorpe United	H
14	-1	Doncaster Rovers	26	6	4	2	21	13	3	3	8	11	23	-4	25	L	D	L	D	D	1978-01-28	Watford	A
15	0	Northampton Town	26	7	4	2	24	18	2	3	8	16	30	-8	25	D	L	D	W	L	1978-01-28	Torquay United	A
16	-2	Darlington	27	6	4	3	22	15	2	4	8	12	23	-4	24	L	L	W	D	L	1978-01-24	Rochdale	H
17	-1	Crewe Alexandra	26	7	4	2	23	17	2	2	9	7	27	-14	24	L	D	W	D	D	1978-01-28	Brentford	A
18	1	York City	26	7	3	3	20	14	1	4	8	11	18	-1	23	D	W	L	W	L	1978-01-21	Watford	H
19	-1	Scunthorpe United	26	8	3	3	22	9	0	4	8	8	28	-7	23	L	D	W	L	W	1978-01-21	AFC Bournemouth	A
20	0	Halifax Town	26	5	5	4	17	11	1	5	6	11	21	-4	22	L	W	D	D	D	1978-02-07	Hartlepool United	A
21	0	Wimbledon	27	3	8	3	21	20	2	3	8	12	31	-18	21	W	D	L	L	D	1978-01-21	Torquay United	H
22	0	Southport	26	2	9	2	19	17	1	5	7	13	23	-8	20	W	D	D	W	D	1978-02-04	Northampton Town	A
23	0	Hartlepool United	25	6	1	5	15	16	0	3	10	11	31	-21	16	D	L	L	W	L	1978-02-07	Halifax Town	H
24	0	Rochdale	28	4	4	5	18	15	0	1	14	11	38	-24	13	D	L	L	L	L	1978-01-24	Darlington	A