1978-02-25

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	1	0	Aston Villa	St Andrew's	33,679	Largest home gate 1977-78
Francis	Lineups
Leeds United	2	0	Chelsea	Elland Road	25,263
Gray F, Currie	Lineups
Leicester City	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Filbert Street	15,763
Goodwin	Lineups
Liverpool	3	1	Manchester United	Anfield Road	49,095
Souness, Kennedy, Case	Lineups		McIlroy
Manchester City	1	0	Everton	Maine Road	46,817
Kidd	Lineups
Middlesbrough	3	1	Derby County	Ayresome Park	20,703
Mills, Craggs, Mahoney	Lineups		Daly
Newcastle United	0	1	Ipswich Town	St James' Park	22,264
	Lineups		Woods
Norwich City	3	3	Nottingham Forest	Carrow Road	26,004
Ryan (p), Suggett, Robson	Lineups		Withe, Barrett, O'Neill
Queens Park Rangers	2	2	Bristol City	Loftus Road	17,051
Bowles (p), Busby	Lineups		Gow, Sweeney
West Bromwich Albion	3	3	Coventry City	The Hawthorns	25,269
Trewick 2, Wile	Lineups		Coop (p), Wallace, Beck
West Ham United	2	2	Arsenal	Upton Park	31,585
Cross, Taylor A	Lineups		Macdonald 2

				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	28	10	4	0	27	6	8	3	3	25	12	34	43	D	W	W	D	D	1978-03-04	West Ham United	H
2	1	Manchester City	29	12	1	2	37	13	5	4	5	19	17	26	39	W	D	W	W	W	1978-03-04	Arsenal	A
3	-1	Everton	29	10	3	2	33	17	5	5	4	21	16	21	38	L	W	W	L	W	1978-03-04	Queens Park Rangers	H
4	0	Liverpool	28	10	2	2	23	7	5	4	5	15	14	17	36	W	L	L	W	W	1978-03-04	Chelsea	A
5	0	Arsenal	29	8	4	2	21	9	6	3	6	17	17	12	35	D	D	L	L	W	1978-02-28	Norwich City	H
6	0	Leeds United	28	8	4	2	23	12	5	4	5	21	22	10	34	W	W	W	W	L	1978-03-01	Manchester United	A
7	0	Coventry City	28	9	3	2	34	18	4	4	6	19	28	7	33	D	W	L	W	L	1978-03-04	Birmingham City	H
8	1	West Bromwich Albion	27	8	4	2	23	11	2	5	6	16	24	4	29	D	L	L	D	W	1978-02-28	Birmingham City	A
9	1	Norwich City	28	8	5	1	20	13	1	6	7	16	30	-7	29	D	L	L	L	D	1978-02-28	Arsenal	A
10	-2	Aston Villa	27	6	2	4	16	11	5	4	6	14	15	4	28	L	W	W	L	D	1978-03-04	Leicester City	H
11	3	Middlesbrough	28	6	5	3	17	13	4	3	7	14	25	-7	28	W	W	W	W	L	1978-03-04	Manchester United	A
12	-1	Manchester United	28	7	2	4	21	15	4	3	8	24	30	0	27	L	D	D	W	W	1978-03-01	Leeds United	H
13	-1	Bristol City	30	7	4	3	29	20	1	7	8	8	18	-1	27	D	D	W	D	W	1978-03-04	Leeds United	A
14	-1	Derby County	27	5	5	3	18	15	4	3	7	15	26	-8	26	L	L	D	W	W	1978-03-04	Newcastle United	H
15	2	Ipswich Town	28	8	2	4	22	16	1	5	8	8	20	-6	25	W	L	L	L	L	1978-03-04	West Bromwich Albion	H
16	-1	Chelsea	28	5	7	3	19	15	3	2	8	13	29	-12	25	L	D	W	L	D	1978-03-04	Liverpool	H
17	1	Birmingham City	28	6	3	6	24	22	4	1	8	13	23	-8	24	W	L	W	L	W	1978-02-28	West Bromwich Albion	H
18	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	5	4	4	19	16	3	3	9	14	25	-8	23	L	L	W	L	D	1978-03-04	Norwich City	H
19	0	West Ham United	29	4	6	5	19	22	2	2	10	16	26	-13	20	D	L	L	W	L	1978-03-04	Nottingham Forest	A
20	0	Queens Park Rangers	28	4	5	5	18	21	0	6	8	12	24	-15	19	D	L	D	W	D	1978-03-04	Everton	A
21	1	Leicester City	29	3	6	6	8	20	0	4	10	5	24	-31	16	W	D	L	D	D	1978-03-04	Aston Villa	A
22	-1	Newcastle United	26	4	1	9	18	24	2	1	9	11	24	-19	14	L	L	L	W	L	1978-03-04	Derby County	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	4	2	Oldham Athletic	Ewood Park	15,574
Radford, Parkes, Brotherston, Hicks OG	Lineups		Taylor, Valentine
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Sunderland	Goldstone Ground	25,771
Potts 2	Lineups		Clarke
Bristol Rovers	2	2	Charlton Athletic	Eastville	7,740
Gould (p), Randall	Lineups		Robinson, Peacock
Cardiff City	2	1	Blackpool	Ninian Park	7,304
Went, Grapes	Lineups		Tong
Fulham	1	1	Crystal Palace	Craven Cottage	14,090
Evanson	Lineups		Nicholas
Mansfield Town	1	0	Hull City	Field Mill	7,379
Foster C	Lineups
Millwall	1	1	Burnley	The Den, New Cross	7,166
Lee	Lineups		Noble (p)
Notts County	2	0	Luton Town	Meadow Lane	8,558
Bradd, Mann	Lineups
Southampton	2	1	Sheffield United	The Dell	17,979
Boyer, MacDougall	Lineups		Franks
Stoke City	0	0	Bolton Wanderers	Victoria Ground	19,280
	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Orient	White Hart Lane	32,869
Lee	Lineups		Mayo

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	30	9	6	0	38	11	6	6	3	24	19	32	42	D	W	D	D	W	1978-03-04	Oldham Athletic	A
2	0	Bolton Wanderers	28	11	1	1	27	12	6	5	4	20	14	21	40	D	D	W	W	L	1978-03-04	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
3	0	Southampton	29	11	2	2	28	12	5	5	4	19	19	16	39	W	L	D	W	W	1978-03-04	Sunderland	A
4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	29	9	5	1	31	17	5	4	5	13	12	15	37	W	W	D	W	W	1978-03-04	Bolton Wanderers	A
5	0	Blackburn Rovers	28	11	2	1	27	10	3	6	5	16	26	7	36	W	W	L	D	W	1978-03-04	Charlton Athletic	A
6	0	Oldham Athletic	29	7	6	1	22	13	4	4	7	17	24	2	32	L	D	D	W	W	1978-03-04	Tottenham Hotspur	H
7	1	Crystal Palace	28	6	4	4	22	17	4	6	4	17	17	5	30	D	W	D	L	W	1978-03-04	Stoke City	H
8	-1	Blackpool	29	6	4	4	25	16	5	3	7	20	23	6	29	L	D	W	L	W	1978-03-07	Notts County	H
9	0	Luton Town	30	7	4	4	23	13	3	4	8	16	23	3	28	L	L	L	D	D	1978-03-04	Cardiff City	H
10	0	Sunderland	28	7	3	3	26	13	1	8	6	22	32	3	27	L	L	W	D	W	1978-03-04	Southampton	H
11	0	Bristol Rovers	29	8	6	2	28	15	0	5	8	14	36	-9	27	D	W	D	W	D	1978-03-04	Burnley	H
12	1	Fulham	27	6	7	2	27	15	3	1	8	10	17	5	26	D	D	D	W	L	1978-03-07	Cardiff City	H
13	1	Charlton Athletic	27	8	3	2	29	18	1	5	8	12	30	-7	26	D	D	D	L	L	1978-02-28	Millwall	H
14	-2	Sheffield United	28	8	3	2	23	16	2	3	10	18	36	-11	26	L	L	L	L	D	1978-03-04	Mansfield Town	H
15	0	Orient	28	5	6	2	20	16	1	6	8	10	18	-4	24	D	L	L	D	D	1978-03-04	Notts County	H
16	1	Notts County	27	7	6	1	26	15	1	2	10	11	29	-7	24	W	L	D	L	W	1978-03-04	Orient	A
17	1	Cardiff City	28	8	5	2	25	19	0	3	10	13	36	-17	24	W	D	W	L	D	1978-03-04	Luton Town	A
18	-2	Stoke City	26	7	3	3	20	11	1	4	8	6	18	-3	23	D	L	D	L	L	1978-03-04	Crystal Palace	A
19	0	Hull City	28	5	4	5	17	13	1	5	8	7	17	-6	21	L	D	L	W	L	1978-03-04	Millwall	H
20	2	Mansfield Town	28	5	3	7	21	24	1	5	7	14	27	-16	20	W	D	L	L	D	1978-03-04	Sheffield United	A
21	-1	Burnley	29	4	6	4	15	14	2	2	11	12	34	-21	20	D	L	D	D	W	1978-03-04	Bristol Rovers	A
22	-1	Millwall	27	2	7	4	10	15	2	4	8	14	23	-14	19	D	W	L	L	W	1978-02-28	Charlton Athletic	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	3	0	Rotherham United	Valley Parade	6,357
McNiven, Wright 2	Lineups
Bury	3	0	Port Vale	Gigg Lane	4,478
Rowland (p), McIlwraith, Tucker	Lineups
Cambridge United	1	1	Preston North End	Abbey Stadium	5,766
Biley (p)	Lineups		Thomson
Chester	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Sealand Road	5,494
	Lineups
Colchester United	2	2	Carlisle United	Layer Road	3,969
Carr OG, Dowman	Lineups		Rafferty, Lathan
Gillingham	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	Priestfield Stadium	9,120
Crabbe	Lineups		Megson
Oxford United	3	0	Hereford United	Manor Ground	3,793
Curran, Foley, Seacole	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	0	0	Portsmouth	Hillsborough	10,393
	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	2	3	Swindon Town	Gay Meadow	3,117
Nixon, Maguire	Lineups		Stroud, Kamara, Keay OG
Walsall	1	0	Peterborough United	Fellows Park	5,408
Caswell	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	0	Gillingham	31	9	6	1	30	14	4	8	3	24	23	17	40	D	W	D	W	D	1978-03-01	Bradford City	A
2	1	Cambridge United	32	12	3	1	37	9	4	5	7	19	31	16	40	D	W	W	D	L	1978-03-04	Carlisle United	A
3	-1	Wrexham	28	9	6	0	29	14	6	3	4	16	14	17	39	W	D	W	D	D	1978-03-01	Oxford United	A
4	0	Tranmere Rovers	32	11	2	3	30	13	3	8	5	14	14	17	38	D	L	D	W	D	1978-03-06	Wrexham	A
5	0	Preston North End	30	12	2	1	34	15	1	9	5	6	12	13	37	D	W	D	W	W	1978-02-28	Colchester United	H
6	2	Bury	29	7	7	1	27	13	4	4	6	16	22	8	33	W	L	W	D	W	1978-02-28	Swindon Town	H
7	0	Colchester United	30	6	8	1	24	11	4	4	7	16	19	10	32	D	D	D	L	D	1978-02-28	Preston North End	A
8	3	Walsall	29	8	5	3	24	12	2	7	4	12	18	6	32	W	W	W	D	D	1978-02-28	Port Vale	A
9	-3	Peterborough United	29	7	6	1	15	8	4	4	7	8	14	1	32	L	W	L	L	D	1978-03-04	Bury	H
10	3	Swindon Town	27	9	4	1	31	12	2	5	6	17	26	10	31	W	W	D	W	D	1978-02-28	Bury	A
11	1	Chester	30	8	6	0	23	13	0	9	7	10	26	-6	31	D	L	W	D	W	1978-03-01	Carlisle United	H
12	-3	Chesterfield	28	9	3	2	21	6	3	3	8	13	21	7	30	D	D	W	W	W	1978-03-01	Lincoln City	H
13	-3	Shrewsbury Town	31	7	4	5	30	18	3	6	6	15	23	4	30	L	L	D	D	L	1978-02-28	Sheffield Wednesday	H
14	0	Carlisle United	30	6	6	2	22	16	3	6	7	17	22	1	30	D	D	W	L	W	1978-03-01	Chester	A
15	2	Oxford United	32	8	6	2	25	14	1	4	11	19	34	-4	28	W	L	D	D	W	1978-03-01	Wrexham	H
16	-1	Lincoln City	31	5	6	5	19	18	4	4	7	14	22	-7	28	L	W	L	W	W	1978-03-01	Chesterfield	A
17	-1	Exeter City	30	7	4	4	20	15	3	4	8	13	27	-9	28	W	L	D	L	L	1978-02-28	Portsmouth	A
18	0	Sheffield Wednesday	30	8	5	3	19	11	0	4	10	12	27	-7	25	D	L	W	W	W	1978-02-28	Shrewsbury Town	A
19	0	Port Vale	30	5	7	2	21	13	1	5	10	11	33	-14	24	L	L	W	L	L	1978-02-28	Walsall	H
20	1	Plymouth Argyle	30	3	5	6	16	17	3	6	7	19	29	-11	23	D	L	D	W	L	1978-03-04	Chester	H
21	-1	Rotherham United	27	5	4	4	14	12	2	4	8	18	31	-11	22	L	L	W	L	L	1978-03-04	Gillingham	H
22	2	Bradford City	29	6	4	4	25	19	1	3	11	10	32	-16	21	W	L	L	L	L	1978-03-01	Gillingham	H
23	-1	Hereford United	30	5	7	3	17	15	0	4	11	4	26	-20	21	L	D	L	L	D	1978-03-04	Colchester United	H
24	-1	Portsmouth	31	3	8	4	22	22	1	5	10	7	29	-22	21	D	L	L	L	L	1978-02-28	Exeter City	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	2	2	Swansea City	Recreation Ground	3,806
Jopling, Bell	Lineups		Bartley 2
Doncaster Rovers	4	3	Huddersfield Town	Belle Vue	4,712
Owen 3, Laidlaw (p)	Lineups		Johnson 2, Sandercock
Grimsby Town	1	0	Newport County	Blundell Park	3,937
Liddell	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	1	Brentford	The Shay	1,764
Smith	Lineups		Carlton
Hartlepool United	1	1	Crewe Alexandra	Victoria Park	2,506
Roberts OG	Lineups		Davies W
Northampton Town	1	2	Scunthorpe United	County Ground	2,952
Christie	Lineups		Lumby, Deere
Southport	0	0	AFC Bournemouth	Haig Avenue	1,470
	Lineups
Watford	1	0	Rochdale	Vicarage Road	10,139
Jenkins	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	29	13	2	1	34	10	9	1	3	27	13	38	47	W	D	W	W	W	1978-03-03	Swansea City	A
2	0	Southend United	29	9	5	2	29	11	7	2	4	14	11	21	39	W	W	W	W	L	1978-02-28	York City	A
3	0	Barnsley	30	11	2	2	30	9	2	9	4	12	16	17	37	W	L	D	W	D	1978-02-28	Newport County	A
4	0	Stockport County	31	11	3	1	31	10	2	6	8	12	20	13	35	W	W	L	W	D	1978-02-27	Huddersfield Town	H
5	0	Swansea City	29	10	3	2	32	11	3	5	6	15	16	20	34	D	W	L	W	D	1978-02-27	Rochdale	A
6	1	Aldershot	29	9	6	0	26	9	2	5	7	13	20	10	33	D	L	D	D	L	1978-02-28	Darlington	H
7	-1	Newport County	31	11	3	0	32	12	2	4	11	18	37	1	33	L	L	W	L	L	1978-02-28	Barnsley	H
8	1	Brentford	29	8	5	2	29	15	3	5	6	23	26	11	32	D	L	W	D	D	1978-03-04	Torquay United	H
9	-1	Torquay United	29	8	5	1	27	12	2	7	6	9	21	3	32	D	W	W	D	D	1978-03-01	Crewe Alexandra	H
10	2	Grimsby Town	28	8	4	2	17	9	5	2	7	17	23	2	32	W	W	D	W	D	1978-02-28	Doncaster Rovers	A
11	-1	Reading	29	9	3	3	28	18	4	2	8	11	20	1	31	D	L	D	W	D	1978-03-04	Northampton Town	H
12	-1	Huddersfield Town	29	9	4	1	29	10	0	8	7	13	23	9	30	L	D	W	L	W	1978-02-27	Stockport County	A
13	0	Darlington	31	8	4	3	25	16	3	4	9	14	25	-2	30	L	W	W	W	L	1978-02-28	Aldershot	A
14	0	AFC Bournemouth	30	8	3	4	18	14	2	6	7	12	21	-5	29	D	W	L	D	W	1978-02-28	Halifax Town	A
15	1	Doncaster Rovers	29	8	4	2	26	16	3	3	9	11	29	-8	29	W	W	L	L	D	1978-02-28	Grimsby Town	H
16	1	Scunthorpe United	30	8	3	3	22	9	1	6	9	11	32	-8	27	W	D	L	D	L	1978-03-03	Grimsby Town	H
17	-2	Northampton Town	29	8	4	3	26	20	2	3	9	17	32	-9	27	L	W	L	D	L	1978-02-28	Wimbledon	H
18	1	Crewe Alexandra	30	7	5	3	23	18	2	3	10	9	33	-19	26	D	D	L	L	L	1978-03-01	Torquay United	A
19	1	Halifax Town	30	5	6	4	18	12	1	7	7	12	27	-9	25	D	D	L	D	L	1978-02-28	AFC Bournemouth	H
20	-2	Wimbledon	31	4	10	4	25	22	2	3	8	12	31	-16	25	D	W	D	L	W	1978-02-28	Northampton Town	A
21	0	York City	30	7	3	5	21	20	1	4	10	13	23	-9	23	L	L	L	L	D	1978-02-28	Southend United	H
22	0	Southport	28	2	10	2	19	17	1	5	8	13	24	-9	21	D	L	W	D	D	1978-02-28	Hartlepool United	A
23	0	Hartlepool United	29	6	3	5	17	18	1	3	11	14	36	-23	20	D	L	W	D	D	1978-02-28	Southport	H
24	0	Rochdale	31	4	4	5	18	15	0	1	17	11	43	-29	13	L	L	L	D	L	1978-02-27	Swansea City	H