1978-03-01

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

European Cup QF 1st Leg						Venue	Gate	Notes
	Benfica SL	1	2	Liverpool	D 1	Estádio da Luz	80,000
	Nene	Lineups		Case, Hughes
European UEFA Cup QF 1st Leg						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Aston Villa	2	2	Barcelona		Villa Park	49,619
	McNaught, Deehan	Lineups		Cruyff, Zuviria

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Manchester United	0	1	Leeds United	Old Trafford	49,101
	Lineups		Clarke

				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	0	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	0	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	30	8	5	2	21	9	6	3	6	17	17	12	36	D	D	D	L	L	1978-03-04	Manchester City	H
6	0	Leeds United	29	8	4	2	23	12	6	4	5	22	22	11	36	W	W	W	W	W	1978-03-04	Bristol City	H
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	0	West Bromwich Albion	28	8	4	2	23	11	3	5	6	18	25	5	31	W	D	L	L	D	1978-03-04	Ipswich Town	A
9	0	Norwich City	29	8	5	1	20	13	1	7	7	16	30	-7	30	D	D	L	L	L	1978-03-04	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
10	0	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	0	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	0	Manchester United	29	7	2	5	21	16	4	3	8	24	30	-1	27	L	L	D	D	W	1978-03-04	Middlesbrough	H
13	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	Birmingham City	29	6	3	7	25	24	4	1	8	13	23	-9	24	L	W	L	W	L	1978-03-04	Coventry City	A
18	0	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	0	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	0	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

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	2	1	Gillingham	Valley Parade	6,060
Dolan (p), Williams OG	Lineups		Westwood
Chester	2	2	Carlisle United	Sealand Road	3,092
Phillips, Crossley	Lineups		Bonnyman, Parker
Chesterfield	0	0	Lincoln City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,556
	Lineups
Oxford United	2	1	Wrexham	Manor Ground	4,718
Curran, Foley	Lineups		Cartwright

				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	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
2	-1	Gillingham	32	9	6	1	30	14	4	8	4	25	25	16	40	L	D	W	D	W	1978-03-04	Rotherham United	A
3	1	Preston North End	31	13	2	1	38	15	1	9	5	6	12	17	39	W	D	W	D	W	1978-03-04	Bradford City	H
4	-1	Wrexham	29	9	6	0	29	14	6	3	5	17	16	16	39	L	W	D	W	D	1978-03-04	Exeter City	H
5	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
6	0	Bury	30	7	8	1	27	13	4	4	6	16	22	8	34	D	W	L	W	D	1978-03-04	Peterborough United	A
7	0	Walsall	30	8	5	3	24	12	2	8	4	14	20	6	33	D	W	W	W	D	1978-03-04	Portsmouth	A
8	0	Swindon Town	28	9	4	1	31	12	2	6	6	17	26	10	32	D	W	W	D	W	1978-03-04	Lincoln City	H
9	0	Colchester United	31	6	8	1	24	11	4	4	8	16	23	6	32	L	D	D	D	L	1978-03-04	Hereford United	A
10	0	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
11	1	Chester	31	8	7	0	25	15	0	9	7	10	26	-6	32	D	D	L	W	D	1978-03-04	Plymouth Argyle	A
12	1	Chesterfield	29	9	4	2	21	6	3	3	8	13	21	7	31	D	D	D	W	W	1978-03-04	Sheffield Wednesday	H
13	-2	Shrewsbury Town	32	7	5	5	30	18	3	6	6	15	23	4	31	D	L	L	D	D	1978-03-04	Port Vale	A
14	0	Carlisle United	31	6	6	2	22	16	3	7	7	19	24	1	31	D	D	D	W	L	1978-03-04	Cambridge United	H
15	1	Oxford United	33	9	6	2	27	15	1	4	11	19	34	-3	30	W	W	L	D	D	1978-03-08	Lincoln City	A
16	1	Lincoln City	32	5	6	5	19	18	4	5	7	14	22	-7	29	D	L	W	L	W	1978-03-04	Swindon Town	A
17	-2	Exeter City	31	7	4	4	20	15	3	5	8	14	28	-9	29	D	W	L	D	L	1978-03-04	Wrexham	A
18	0	Sheffield Wednesday	31	8	5	3	19	11	0	5	10	12	27	-7	26	D	D	L	W	W	1978-03-04	Chesterfield	A
19	0	Port Vale	31	5	8	2	23	15	1	5	10	11	33	-14	25	D	L	L	W	L	1978-03-04	Shrewsbury Town	H
20	0	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	2	Bradford City	30	7	4	4	27	20	1	3	11	10	32	-15	23	W	W	L	L	L	1978-03-04	Preston North End	A
22	-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
23	-1	Portsmouth	32	3	9	4	23	23	1	5	10	7	29	-22	22	D	D	L	L	L	1978-03-04	Walsall	H
24	0	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

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Torquay United	1	2	Crewe Alexandra	Plainmoor	2,679
Raper (p)	Lineups		Davies W, Purdie

				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	30	9	5	2	29	11	8	2	4	16	12	22	41	W	W	W	W	W	1978-03-04	Southport	H
3	0	Barnsley	31	11	2	2	30	9	2	9	5	13	19	15	37	L	W	L	D	W	1978-03-04	Doncaster Rovers	H
4	0	Stockport County	32	11	3	2	31	11	2	6	8	12	20	12	35	L	W	W	L	W	1978-03-04	Rochdale	A
5	0	Aldershot	30	10	6	0	29	11	2	5	7	13	20	11	35	W	D	L	D	D	1978-03-04	Newport County	A
6	0	Newport County	32	12	3	0	35	13	2	4	11	18	37	3	35	W	L	L	W	L	1978-03-04	Aldershot	H
7	0	Swansea City	30	10	3	2	32	11	3	5	7	16	18	19	34	L	D	W	L	W	1978-03-03	Watford	H
8	0	Grimsby Town	29	8	4	2	17	9	6	2	7	18	23	3	34	W	W	W	D	W	1978-03-03	Scunthorpe United	A
9	0	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
10	0	Huddersfield Town	30	9	4	1	29	10	1	8	7	14	23	10	32	W	L	D	W	L	1978-03-04	Halifax Town	H
11	0	Torquay United	30	8	5	2	28	14	2	7	6	9	21	2	32	L	D	W	W	D	1978-03-04	Brentford	A
12	0	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
13	0	Darlington	32	8	4	3	25	16	3	4	10	16	28	-3	30	L	L	W	W	W	1978-03-04	York City	H
14	0	AFC Bournemouth	31	8	3	4	18	14	2	7	7	12	21	-5	30	D	D	W	L	D	1978-03-04	Hartlepool United	H
15	0	Doncaster Rovers	30	8	4	3	26	17	3	3	9	11	29	-9	29	L	W	W	L	L	1978-03-04	Barnsley	A
16	4	Crewe Alexandra	31	7	5	3	23	18	3	3	10	11	34	-18	28	W	D	D	L	L	1978-03-04	Wimbledon	H
17	-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
18	-1	Northampton Town	30	8	4	4	26	23	2	3	9	17	32	-12	27	L	L	W	L	D	1978-03-04	Reading	A
19	-1	Wimbledon	32	4	10	4	25	22	3	3	8	15	31	-13	27	W	D	W	D	L	1978-03-04	Crewe Alexandra	A
20	-1	Halifax Town	31	5	7	4	18	12	1	7	7	12	27	-9	26	D	D	D	L	D	1978-03-04	Huddersfield Town	A
21	0	York City	31	7	3	6	22	22	1	4	10	13	23	-10	23	L	L	L	L	L	1978-03-04	Darlington	A
22	0	Hartlepool United	30	7	3	5	19	19	1	3	11	14	36	-22	22	W	D	L	W	D	1978-03-04	AFC Bournemouth	A
23	0	Southport	29	2	10	2	19	17	1	5	9	14	26	-10	21	L	D	L	W	D	1978-03-04	Southend United	A
24	0	Rochdale	32	5	4	5	20	16	0	1	17	11	43	-28	15	W	L	L	L	D	1978-03-04	Stockport County	H