1978-03-04

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	0	Manchester City	Highbury	34,003
Sunderland, Young, Price	Lineups
Aston Villa	0	0	Leicester City	Villa Park	29,971
	Lineups
Chelsea	3	1	Liverpool	Stamford Bridge	35,550
Langley, Finnieston 2	Lineups		Neal (p)
Coventry City	4	0	Birmingham City	Highfield Road	22,925
Ferguson 3, Beck	Lineups
Derby County	1	1	Newcastle United	Baseball Ground	19,708
George (p)	Lineups		Burns
Everton	3	3	Queens Park Rangers	Goodison Park	33,861
Dobson, King, Ross	Lineups		Shanks, Hollins, Howe
Ipswich Town	2	2	West Bromwich Albion	Portman Road	20,130
Mills, Wark	Lineups		Brown T 2 (p)
Leeds United	0	2	Bristol City	Elland Road	24,830
	Lineups		Gillies, Ritchie
Manchester United	0	0	Middlesbrough	Old Trafford	46,332
	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	2	0	West Ham United	City Ground	33,924
Needham, Robertson (p)	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	3	Norwich City	Molineux	16,813
Daley 2, Hibbitt	Lineups		Ryan, Reeves 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	29	11	4	0	29	6	8	3	3	25	12	36	45	W	D	W	W	D	1978-03-14	Leicester City	H
2	0	Manchester City	30	12	1	2	37	13	5	4	6	19	20	23	39	L	W	D	W	W	1978-03-15	Manchester United	A
3	0	Everton	30	10	4	2	36	20	5	5	4	21	16	21	39	D	L	W	W	L	1978-03-11	Bristol City	A
4	1	Arsenal	31	9	5	2	24	9	6	3	6	17	17	15	38	W	D	D	D	L	1978-03-18	Bristol City	H
5	-1	Liverpool	29	10	2	2	23	7	5	4	6	16	17	15	36	L	W	L	L	W	1978-03-08	Derby County	A
6	0	Leeds United	30	8	4	3	23	14	6	4	5	22	22	9	36	L	W	W	W	W	1978-03-11	Liverpool	A
7	0	Coventry City	29	10	3	2	38	18	4	4	6	19	28	11	35	W	D	W	L	W	1978-03-11	Leicester City	H
8	0	West Bromwich Albion	29	8	4	2	23	11	3	6	6	20	27	5	32	D	W	D	L	L	1978-03-14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
9	0	Norwich City	30	8	5	1	20	13	1	8	7	19	33	-7	31	D	D	D	L	L	1978-03-11	Aston Villa	H
10	0	Aston Villa	28	6	3	4	16	11	5	4	6	14	15	4	29	D	L	W	W	L	1978-03-11	Norwich City	A
11	2	Bristol City	31	7	4	3	29	20	2	7	8	10	18	1	29	W	D	D	W	D	1978-03-11	Everton	H
12	-1	Middlesbrough	29	6	5	3	17	13	4	4	7	14	25	-7	29	D	W	W	W	W	1978-03-18	Leeds United	A
13	-1	Manchester United	30	7	3	5	21	16	4	3	8	24	30	-1	28	D	L	L	D	D	1978-03-11	Newcastle United	A
14	0	Derby County	28	5	6	3	19	16	4	3	7	15	26	-8	27	D	L	L	D	W	1978-03-08	Liverpool	H
15	1	Chelsea	29	6	7	3	22	16	3	2	8	13	29	-10	27	W	L	D	W	L	1978-03-11	Derby County	A
16	-1	Ipswich Town	29	8	3	4	24	18	1	5	8	8	20	-6	26	D	W	L	L	L	1978-03-18	Coventry City	H
17	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	5	5	4	22	19	3	3	9	14	25	-8	24	D	L	L	W	L	1978-03-11	West Ham United	A
18	-1	Birmingham City	30	6	3	7	25	24	4	1	9	13	27	-13	24	L	L	W	L	W	1978-03-15	Newcastle United	A
19	0	West Ham United	30	4	6	5	19	22	2	2	11	16	28	-15	20	L	D	L	L	W	1978-03-11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
20	0	Queens Park Rangers	29	4	5	5	18	21	0	7	8	15	27	-15	20	D	D	L	D	W	1978-03-14	West Ham United	H
21	0	Leicester City	30	3	6	6	8	20	0	5	10	5	24	-31	17	D	W	D	L	D	1978-03-11	Coventry City	A
22	0	Newcastle United	27	4	1	9	18	24	2	2	9	12	25	-19	15	D	L	L	L	W	1978-03-11	Manchester United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Burnden Park	21,405
Reid	Lineups		Horton (p)
Bristol Rovers	2	2	Burnley	Eastville	7,520
Gould, Taylor S	Lineups		Kindon 2
Charlton Athletic	2	2	Blackburn Rovers	The Valley	7,496
Tydeman, Brisley	Lineups		Hird (p), Taylor
Crystal Palace	0	1	Stoke City	Selhurst Park	14,702
	Lineups		Busby
Hull City	3	2	Millwall	Boothferry Park	5,095
Warboys 3	Lineups		Pearson, Mehmet
Luton Town	3	1	Cardiff City	Kenilworth Road	6,029
Boersma 2, Faulkner	Lineups		Buchanan
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Boundary Park	14,122
Taylor	Lineups		McNab
Orient	0	0	Notts County	Brisbane Road	5,828
	Lineups
Sheffield United	2	0	Mansfield Town	Bramall Lane	14,916
Edwards, Woodward	Lineups
Sunderland	0	0	Southampton	Roker Park	20,975
	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	0	Tottenham Hotspur	31	9	6	0	38	11	6	7	3	25	20	32	43	D	D	W	D	D	1978-03-11	Charlton Athletic	H
2	0	Bolton Wanderers	29	11	2	1	28	13	6	5	4	20	14	21	41	D	D	D	W	W	1978-03-07	Sunderland	H
3	0	Southampton	30	11	2	2	28	12	5	6	4	19	19	16	40	D	W	L	D	W	1978-03-11	Crystal Palace	H
4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	30	9	5	1	31	17	5	5	5	14	13	15	38	D	W	W	D	W	1978-03-11	Stoke City	H
5	0	Blackburn Rovers	29	11	2	1	27	10	3	7	5	18	28	7	37	D	W	W	L	D	1978-03-11	Bristol Rovers	H
6	0	Oldham Athletic	30	7	7	1	23	14	4	4	7	17	24	2	33	D	L	D	D	W	1978-03-11	Notts County	A
7	2	Luton Town	31	8	4	4	26	14	3	4	8	16	23	5	30	W	L	L	L	D	1978-03-10	Fulham	A
8	-1	Crystal Palace	29	6	4	5	22	18	4	6	4	17	17	4	30	L	D	W	D	L	1978-03-11	Southampton	A
9	-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
10	0	Sunderland	29	7	4	3	26	13	1	8	6	22	32	3	28	D	L	L	W	D	1978-03-07	Bolton Wanderers	A
11	0	Bristol Rovers	30	8	7	2	30	17	0	5	8	14	36	-9	28	D	D	W	D	W	1978-03-11	Blackburn Rovers	A
12	2	Sheffield United	29	9	3	2	25	16	2	3	10	18	36	-9	28	W	L	L	L	L	1978-03-11	Burnley	A
13	0	Charlton Athletic	29	8	4	3	31	22	1	5	8	12	30	-9	27	D	L	D	D	D	1978-03-11	Tottenham Hotspur	A
14	-2	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
15	3	Stoke City	27	7	3	3	20	11	2	4	8	7	18	-2	25	W	D	L	D	L	1978-03-08	Hull City	H
16	-1	Orient	29	5	7	2	20	16	1	6	8	10	18	-4	25	D	D	L	L	D	1978-03-17	Fulham	H
17	-1	Notts County	28	7	6	1	26	15	1	3	10	11	29	-7	25	D	W	L	D	L	1978-03-07	Blackpool	A
18	-1	Cardiff City	29	8	5	2	25	19	0	3	11	14	39	-19	24	L	W	D	W	L	1978-03-07	Fulham	A
19	0	Hull City	29	6	4	5	20	15	1	5	8	7	17	-5	23	W	L	D	L	W	1978-03-08	Stoke City	A
20	0	Millwall	29	2	7	4	10	15	3	4	9	18	26	-13	21	L	W	D	W	L	1978-03-18	Sheffield United	A
21	1	Burnley	30	4	6	4	15	14	2	3	11	14	36	-21	21	D	D	L	D	D	1978-03-11	Sheffield United	H
22	-1	Mansfield Town	29	5	3	7	21	24	1	5	8	14	29	-18	20	L	W	D	L	L	1978-03-11	Bolton Wanderers	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Carlisle United	1	1	Cambridge United	Brunton Park	5,311
Parker	Lineups		Spriggs
Chesterfield	2	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Saltergate Recreation Ground	12,495	Largest home gate 1977-78
Hunter, Green	Lineups		Tynan, Prendergast
Hereford United	1	0	Colchester United	Edgar Street	3,831
Barton (p)	Lineups
Peterborough United	2	1	Bury	London Road	4,892
Slough (p), Anderson	Lineups		Wilson
Plymouth Argyle	2	2	Chester	Home Park	5,322
Uzzell, Fear	Lineups		Oakes, Mellor
Port Vale	1	2	Shrewsbury Town	Vale Park	3,499
Griffiths (p)	Lineups		Maguire, Atkins (p)
Portsmouth	1	2	Walsall	Fratton Park	9,536
Piper S	Lineups		Caswell, Dennehy
Preston North End	3	1	Bradford City	Deepdale	11,920
McMahon, Elwiss 2	Lineups		Cooke
Rotherham United	2	0	Gillingham	Millmoor	3,731
Finney, Nix	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	0	Lincoln City	County Ground	6,945
Bates	Lineups
Wrexham	2	1	Exeter City	Racecourse Ground	15,317
McNeil, Whittle	Lineups		Bowker

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	2	Preston North End	32	14	2	1	41	16	1	9	5	6	12	19	41	W	W	D	W	D	1978-03-07	Swindon Town	A
2	2	Wrexham	30	10	6	0	31	15	6	3	5	17	16	17	41	W	L	W	D	W	1978-03-06	Tranmere Rovers	H
3	-2	Cambridge United	33	12	3	1	37	9	4	6	7	20	32	16	41	D	D	W	W	D	1978-03-07	Shrewsbury Town	H
4	-2	Gillingham	33	9	6	1	30	14	4	8	5	25	27	14	40	L	L	D	W	D	1978-03-07	Bury	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	1	Walsall	31	8	5	3	24	12	3	8	4	16	21	7	35	W	D	W	W	W	1978-03-07	Plymouth Argyle	H
7	1	Swindon Town	29	10	4	1	32	12	2	6	6	17	26	11	34	W	D	W	W	D	1978-03-07	Preston North End	H
8	-2	Bury	31	7	8	1	27	13	4	4	7	17	24	7	34	L	D	W	L	W	1978-03-07	Gillingham	A
9	1	Peterborough United	30	8	6	1	17	9	4	4	7	8	14	2	34	W	L	W	L	L	1978-03-07	Carlisle United	A
10	3	Shrewsbury Town	33	7	5	5	30	18	4	6	6	17	24	5	33	W	D	L	L	D	1978-03-07	Cambridge United	A
11	0	Chester	32	8	7	0	25	15	0	10	7	12	28	-6	33	D	D	D	L	W	1978-03-07	Sheffield Wednesday	A
12	0	Chesterfield	30	9	5	2	23	8	3	3	8	13	21	7	32	D	D	D	D	W	1978-03-08	Hereford United	A
13	-4	Colchester United	32	6	8	1	24	11	4	4	9	16	24	5	32	L	L	D	D	D	1978-03-07	Portsmouth	H
14	0	Carlisle United	32	6	7	2	23	17	3	7	7	19	24	1	32	D	D	D	D	W	1978-03-07	Peterborough United	H
15	0	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	0	Lincoln City	33	5	6	5	19	18	4	5	8	14	23	-8	29	L	D	L	W	L	1978-03-08	Oxford United	H
17	0	Exeter City	32	7	4	4	20	15	3	5	9	15	30	-10	29	L	D	W	L	D	1978-03-08	Rotherham United	H
18	0	Sheffield Wednesday	32	8	5	3	19	11	0	6	10	14	29	-7	27	D	D	D	L	W	1978-03-07	Chester	H
19	0	Port Vale	32	5	8	3	24	17	1	5	10	11	33	-15	25	L	D	L	L	W	1978-03-08	Bradford City	A
20	2	Rotherham United	28	6	4	4	16	12	2	4	8	18	31	-9	24	W	L	L	W	L	1978-03-08	Exeter City	A
21	-1	Plymouth Argyle	31	3	6	6	18	19	3	6	7	19	29	-11	24	D	D	L	D	W	1978-03-07	Walsall	A
22	-1	Bradford City	31	7	4	4	27	20	1	3	12	11	35	-17	23	L	W	W	L	L	1978-03-08	Port Vale	H
23	1	Hereford United	31	6	7	3	18	15	0	4	11	4	26	-19	23	W	L	D	L	L	1978-03-08	Chesterfield	H
24	-1	Portsmouth	33	3	9	5	24	25	1	5	10	7	29	-23	22	L	D	D	L	L	1978-03-07	Colchester United	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	1	0	Hartlepool United	Dean Court	2,992
Showers	Lineups
Barnsley	0	0	Doncaster Rovers	Oakwell	7,575
	Lineups
Brentford	3	0	Torquay United	Griffin Park	6,551
Darke OG, Sweetzer 2 (1p)	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	0	0	Wimbledon	Gresty Road	1,871
	Lineups
Darlington	0	2	York City	Feethams Ground	1,965
	Lineups		Topping 2
Huddersfield Town	2	2	Halifax Town	Leeds Road	6,571
Johnson 2 (1p)	Lineups		Trainer, Dunleavy
Newport County	2	1	Aldershot	Somerton Park	3,737
Aizlewood, Clark	Lineups		Needham
Reading	0	0	Northampton Town	Elm Park	4,321
	Lineups
Rochdale	2	1	Stockport County	Spotland	2,278
Owen, O'Loughlin (p)	Lineups		Howard
Southend United	4	2	Southport	Roots Hall	6,884
Parker 2, Polycarpou, Hadley	Lineups		Hilton 2

				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	30	13	2	1	34	10	9	2	3	30	16	38	48	D	W	D	W	W	1978-03-07	Reading	H
2	0	Southend United	31	10	5	2	33	13	8	2	4	16	12	24	43	W	W	W	W	W	1978-03-07	Swansea City	A
3	0	Barnsley	32	11	3	2	30	9	2	9	5	13	19	15	38	D	L	W	L	D	1978-03-07	Scunthorpe United	A
4	3	Newport County	33	13	3	0	37	14	2	4	11	18	37	4	37	W	W	L	L	W	1978-03-07	Crewe Alexandra	H
5	-1	Swansea City	31	10	4	2	35	14	3	5	7	16	18	19	35	D	L	D	W	L	1978-03-07	Southend United	H
6	-1	Stockport County	33	11	3	2	31	11	2	6	9	13	22	11	35	L	L	W	W	L	1978-03-06	Northampton Town	H
7	-1	Aldershot	31	10	6	0	29	11	2	5	8	14	22	10	35	L	W	D	L	D	1978-03-08	Wimbledon	H
8	1	Brentford	30	9	5	2	32	15	3	5	6	23	26	14	34	W	D	L	W	D	1978-03-06	Rochdale	H
9	-1	Grimsby Town	30	8	4	2	17	9	6	2	8	19	25	2	34	L	W	W	W	D	1978-03-07	Hartlepool United	A
10	0	Huddersfield Town	31	9	5	1	31	12	1	8	7	14	23	10	33	D	W	L	D	W	1978-03-08	Torquay United	A
11	1	Reading	30	9	4	3	28	18	4	2	8	11	20	1	32	D	D	L	D	W	1978-03-07	Watford	A
12	-1	Torquay United	31	8	5	2	28	14	2	7	7	9	24	-1	32	L	L	D	W	W	1978-03-08	Huddersfield Town	H
13	1	AFC Bournemouth	32	9	3	4	19	14	2	7	7	12	21	-4	32	W	D	D	W	L	1978-03-07	York City	A
14	-1	Darlington	33	8	4	4	25	18	3	4	10	16	28	-5	30	L	L	L	W	W	1978-03-07	Halifax Town	A
15	1	Doncaster Rovers	31	8	4	3	26	17	3	4	9	11	29	-9	30	D	L	W	W	L	1978-03-07	Southport	A
16	-1	Scunthorpe United	31	9	3	3	24	10	1	6	9	11	32	-7	29	W	W	D	L	D	1978-03-07	Barnsley	H
17	0	Crewe Alexandra	32	7	6	3	23	18	3	3	10	11	34	-18	29	D	W	D	D	L	1978-03-07	Newport County	A
18	0	Northampton Town	31	8	4	4	26	23	2	4	9	17	32	-12	28	D	L	L	W	L	1978-03-06	Stockport County	A
19	0	Wimbledon	33	4	10	4	25	22	3	4	8	15	31	-13	28	D	W	D	W	D	1978-03-08	Aldershot	A
20	0	Halifax Town	32	5	7	4	18	12	1	8	7	14	29	-9	27	D	D	D	D	L	1978-03-07	Darlington	H
21	0	York City	32	7	3	6	22	22	2	4	10	15	23	-8	25	W	L	L	L	L	1978-03-07	AFC Bournemouth	H
22	0	Hartlepool United	31	7	3	5	19	19	1	3	12	14	37	-23	22	L	W	D	L	W	1978-03-07	Grimsby Town	H
23	0	Southport	30	2	10	2	19	17	1	5	10	16	30	-12	21	L	L	D	L	W	1978-03-07	Doncaster Rovers	H
24	0	Rochdale	33	6	4	5	22	17	0	1	17	11	43	-27	17	W	W	L	L	L	1978-03-06	Brentford	A