1978-03-18

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

League Cup Last Matches

League Cup Next Matches

Cup and International Matches

League Cup Final						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Nottingham Forest	0	0	Liverpool	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	100,000
		Lineups

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	4	1	Bristol City	Highbury	28,463
Stapleton 2, Sunderland, Price	Lineups		Tainton
Aston Villa	4	1	West Ham United	Villa Park	28,275
Gregory 2, Deehan, Mortimer	Lineups		Brooking
Chelsea	2	2	Newcastle United	Stamford Bridge	22,777
Harris, Swain (p)	Lineups		McGhee, Burns (p)
Derby County	1	3	Birmingham City	Baseball Ground	19,843
Curran	Lineups		Connolly, Francis, Bertschin
Ipswich Town	1	1	Coventry City	Portman Road	21,110
Woods	Lineups		Osgood
Leeds United	5	0	Middlesbrough	Elland Road	25,158
Hankin, Graham 2, Clarke 2	Lineups
Leicester City	2	2	Norwich City	Filbert Street	13,077
Williams, Davies	Lineups		Ryan 2
Manchester United	1	1	West Bromwich Albion	Old Trafford	46,329
McQueen	Lineups		Robertson
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Manchester City	Molineux	20,583
Hazell	Lineups		Bell

				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	30	12	4	0	30	6	8	3	3	25	12	37	47	W	W	D	W	W	1978-03-25	Newcastle United	H
2	0	Everton	32	10	4	2	36	20	6	6	4	22	16	22	42	D	W	D	L	W	1978-03-24	Newcastle United	A
3	0	Manchester City	32	12	1	2	37	13	5	6	6	22	23	23	41	D	D	L	W	D	1978-03-25	Middlesbrough	H
4	0	Arsenal	32	10	5	2	28	10	6	3	6	17	17	18	40	W	W	D	D	D	1978-03-21	Birmingham City	A
5	0	Liverpool	31	11	2	2	24	7	5	4	7	18	21	14	38	W	L	L	W	L	1978-03-25	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
6	1	Leeds United	32	9	4	3	28	14	6	4	6	22	23	13	38	W	L	L	W	W	1978-03-25	Everton	A
7	-1	Coventry City	31	11	3	2	39	18	4	5	6	20	29	12	38	D	W	W	D	W	1978-03-21	Aston Villa	H
8	0	Norwich City	33	9	6	1	22	14	1	9	7	21	35	-6	35	D	D	W	D	D	1978-03-25	Coventry City	H
9	0	West Bromwich Albion	31	8	4	2	23	11	3	8	6	22	29	5	34	D	D	D	W	D	1978-03-22	Queens Park Rangers	H
10	2	Aston Villa	30	7	3	4	20	12	5	4	7	15	17	6	31	W	L	D	L	W	1978-03-21	Coventry City	A
11	-1	Manchester United	33	7	5	5	24	19	4	4	8	26	32	-1	31	D	D	D	D	L	1978-03-25	Leicester City	A
12	-1	Derby County	31	6	7	4	25	22	4	3	7	15	26	-8	30	L	D	W	D	L	1978-03-25	Aston Villa	A
13	0	Bristol City	33	7	4	4	29	21	2	7	9	11	22	-3	29	L	L	W	D	D	1978-03-21	Chelsea	H
14	1	Chelsea	31	6	8	3	24	18	3	3	8	14	30	-10	29	D	D	W	L	D	1978-03-21	Bristol City	A
15	-1	Middlesbrough	30	6	5	3	17	13	4	4	8	14	30	-12	29	L	D	W	W	W	1978-03-21	Ipswich Town	A
16	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	5	7	4	24	21	4	3	9	16	26	-7	28	D	D	W	D	L	1978-03-25	Liverpool	H
17	0	Ipswich Town	30	8	4	4	25	19	1	5	8	8	20	-6	27	D	D	W	L	L	1978-03-21	Middlesbrough	H
18	0	Birmingham City	32	6	3	7	25	24	5	2	9	17	29	-11	27	W	D	L	L	W	1978-03-21	Arsenal	H
19	0	Queens Park Rangers	30	5	5	5	19	21	0	7	8	15	27	-14	22	W	D	D	L	D	1978-03-22	West Bromwich Albion	A
20	0	West Ham United	33	4	6	6	20	24	2	2	13	17	33	-20	20	L	L	L	L	D	1978-03-24	Ipswich Town	H
21	0	Newcastle United	30	4	3	9	21	27	2	3	9	14	27	-19	18	D	D	D	D	L	1978-03-24	Everton	H
22	0	Leicester City	33	3	7	6	10	22	0	5	12	5	26	-33	18	D	L	L	D	W	1978-03-25	Manchester United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	0	0	Southampton	Burnden Park	23,770
	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	2	3	Tottenham Hotspur	Eastville	17,708	Largest home gate 1977-78
Randall, Dairies OG	Lineups		Pratt, McNab, Jones
Crystal Palace	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Selhurst Park	26,305
	Lineups
Hull City	1	3	Burnley	Boothferry Park	5,936
Hawley	Lineups		Ingham, Fletcher, Noble (p)
Luton Town	4	0	Blackpool	Kenilworth Road	6,041
West, Futcher R, Boersma, Fuccillo	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Cardiff City	Boundary Park	7,581
Taylor	Lineups		Went
Sheffield United	5	2	Millwall	Bramall Lane	11,595
Campbell 2, Woodward (p), Speight, Stainrod	Lineups		Lee, Walker
Stoke City	4	2	Blackburn Rovers	Victoria Ground	18,989
Scott, Crooks 3 (1p)	Lineups		Radford, Lewis
Sunderland	1	0	Mansfield Town	Roker Park	14,033
Lee	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	33	10	6	0	40	12	7	7	3	28	22	34	47	W	W	D	D	W	1978-03-22	Stoke City	H
2	0	Bolton Wanderers	32	12	3	1	30	13	7	5	4	21	14	24	46	D	W	W	D	D	1978-03-21	Luton Town	A
3	0	Southampton	32	12	2	2	30	12	5	7	4	19	19	18	43	D	W	D	W	L	1978-03-25	Charlton Athletic	H
4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	32	10	5	1	33	18	5	6	5	14	13	16	41	D	W	D	W	W	1978-03-24	Cardiff City	A
5	0	Blackburn Rovers	32	12	2	2	31	11	3	7	6	20	32	8	39	L	W	L	D	W	1978-03-24	Hull City	H
6	0	Oldham Athletic	32	7	8	1	24	15	4	4	8	19	27	1	34	D	L	D	L	D	1978-03-24	Sunderland	H
7	3	Luton Town	33	9	4	4	30	14	3	4	9	16	24	8	32	W	L	W	L	L	1978-03-21	Bolton Wanderers	H
8	-1	Blackpool	32	7	5	4	30	18	5	3	8	20	27	5	32	L	W	D	L	D	1978-03-25	Bolton Wanderers	A
9	0	Crystal Palace	32	6	5	5	22	18	4	7	5	17	19	2	32	D	D	L	L	D	1978-03-24	Charlton Athletic	A
10	-2	Fulham	31	8	7	2	29	15	3	2	9	11	22	3	31	D	L	W	W	D	1978-03-24	Sheffield United	H
11	1	Sunderland	32	8	5	3	27	13	1	8	7	22	34	2	31	W	D	L	D	L	1978-03-24	Oldham Athletic	A
12	1	Stoke City	31	9	3	3	25	13	3	4	9	10	21	1	31	W	W	L	W	W	1978-03-22	Tottenham Hotspur	A
13	-2	Bristol Rovers	32	8	7	3	32	20	1	5	8	15	36	-9	30	L	W	D	D	W	1978-03-25	Crystal Palace	A
14	2	Sheffield United	32	10	3	3	31	20	2	3	11	19	40	-10	30	W	L	L	W	L	1978-03-24	Fulham	A
15	-1	Notts County	31	8	6	1	29	17	1	5	10	13	31	-6	29	D	W	D	D	W	1978-03-21	Mansfield Town	H
16	-1	Charlton Athletic	31	8	5	3	31	22	1	5	9	13	32	-10	28	D	L	D	L	D	1978-03-24	Crystal Palace	H
17	1	Burnley	33	6	6	4	21	15	3	3	11	17	37	-14	27	W	W	W	D	D	1978-03-25	Oldham Athletic	H
18	-1	Orient	30	5	8	2	21	17	1	6	8	10	18	-4	26	D	D	D	L	L	1978-03-21	Millwall	A
19	0	Cardiff City	31	8	5	2	25	19	0	4	12	15	41	-20	25	D	L	L	W	D	1978-03-24	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
20	0	Hull City	32	6	4	6	21	18	1	5	10	7	21	-11	23	L	L	L	W	L	1978-03-24	Blackburn Rovers	A
21	0	Millwall	30	2	7	4	10	15	3	4	10	20	31	-16	21	L	L	W	D	W	1978-03-21	Orient	H
22	0	Mansfield Town	32	5	3	8	21	25	1	5	10	14	32	-22	20	L	L	L	L	W	1978-03-21	Notts County	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Carlisle United	1	0	Gillingham	Brunton Park	5,094
Kemp	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	1	Bury	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,913
Green, Fern	Lineups		Thomson
Hereford United	2	1	Bradford City	Edgar Street	4,024
Layton, Crompton	Lineups		McNiven
Lincoln City	3	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Sincil Bank	8,811	Largest home gate 1977-78
Harford, Wigginton (p), Jones	Lineups		Hedley (p)
Plymouth Argyle	2	1	Oxford United	Home Park	5,726
Johnson, Fear	Lineups		Bodel
Portsmouth	2	0	Shrewsbury Town	Fratton Park	8,575
Garwood, Denyer	Lineups
Preston North End	0	0	Exeter City	Deepdale	9,189
	Lineups
Rotherham United	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	Millmoor	3,655
Green, Rhodes	Lineups
Wrexham	1	0	Walsall	Racecourse Ground	13,683
Shinton	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	Wrexham	33	12	6	0	38	16	7	3	5	19	17	24	47	W	W	W	W	L	1978-03-24	Bury	A
2	0	Cambridge United	37	14	3	1	41	9	4	6	9	21	35	18	45	L	L	W	W	D	1978-03-25	Portsmouth	H
3	0	Preston North End	35	14	3	1	41	16	2	9	6	9	14	20	44	D	L	W	W	W	1978-03-24	Chester	A
4	0	Gillingham	36	10	6	2	33	19	4	8	6	25	28	11	42	L	W	L	L	L	1978-03-25	Peterborough United	H
5	0	Walsall	35	9	6	3	27	14	4	8	5	17	22	8	40	L	W	D	W	W	1978-03-25	Carlisle United	H
6	0	Tranmere Rovers	36	11	3	3	31	14	3	8	8	15	24	8	39	L	L	D	L	D	1978-03-25	Lincoln City	H
7	0	Peterborough United	34	9	7	1	19	10	4	6	7	8	14	3	39	D	W	D	D	W	1978-03-25	Gillingham	A
8	0	Bury	35	7	9	2	27	14	5	4	8	22	27	8	37	L	L	D	W	L	1978-03-24	Wrexham	H
9	0	Chester	35	9	7	0	27	16	0	12	7	14	30	-5	37	D	W	D	D	D	1978-03-24	Preston North End	H
10	0	Colchester United	36	8	8	1	30	12	4	4	11	16	28	6	36	W	L	L	W	L	1978-03-25	Bury	H
11	2	Carlisle United	35	7	8	2	24	17	3	8	7	21	26	2	36	W	D	D	D	D	1978-03-25	Walsall	A
12	-1	Swindon Town	33	10	5	3	34	17	2	6	7	17	27	7	35	D	L	L	L	W	1978-03-22	Exeter City	A
13	1	Chesterfield	33	10	5	2	25	9	3	4	9	16	25	7	35	W	D	L	D	D	1978-03-25	Preston North End	A
14	2	Lincoln City	37	7	6	5	23	19	5	5	9	16	27	-7	35	W	W	L	W	L	1978-03-24	Rotherham United	H
15	-3	Shrewsbury Town	36	7	6	5	30	18	4	6	8	17	28	1	34	L	D	L	W	D	1978-03-25	Chester	H
16	-1	Exeter City	35	9	4	4	24	15	3	6	9	15	30	-6	34	D	W	W	L	D	1978-03-22	Swindon Town	H
17	0	Oxford United	36	10	6	2	30	15	1	4	13	20	37	-2	32	L	W	L	W	W	1978-03-25	Port Vale	H
18	0	Port Vale	35	6	8	3	25	17	1	7	10	13	35	-14	29	D	W	D	L	D	1978-03-22	Hereford United	H
19	2	Rotherham United	32	8	4	4	19	12	2	4	10	19	34	-8	28	W	W	L	L	W	1978-03-24	Lincoln City	A
20	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	34	8	6	3	20	12	0	6	11	15	32	-9	28	L	D	D	D	D	1978-03-21	Bradford City	H
21	1	Plymouth Argyle	35	4	6	7	21	22	3	7	8	20	31	-12	27	W	L	D	L	D	1978-03-21	Portsmouth	A
22	-2	Bradford City	35	8	6	4	32	23	1	3	13	12	37	-16	27	L	W	D	D	L	1978-03-21	Sheffield Wednesday	A
23	0	Hereford United	34	8	7	3	22	17	0	4	12	4	28	-19	27	W	L	W	W	L	1978-03-22	Port Vale	A
24	0	Portsmouth	36	4	9	5	26	25	1	6	11	7	33	-25	25	W	D	L	L	D	1978-03-21	Plymouth Argyle	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Oakwell	8,492
Joicey (p)	Lineups		Gray
Brentford	2	0	Hartlepool United	Griffin Park	7,499
McCulloch, Phillips	Lineups
Darlington	1	1	Doncaster Rovers	Feethams Ground	1,772
Lyons (p)	Lineups		Owen
Halifax Town	2	1	Southport	The Shay	1,680
Flavell, Smith	Lineups		Cooper
Rochdale	1	2	York City	Spotland	1,046
O'Loughlin (p)	Lineups		Randall 2
Scunthorpe United	0	1	Torquay United	Old Showground	2,292
	Lineups		Green

				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	34	15	2	1	36	10	9	3	4	32	19	39	53	D	L	W	W	D	1978-03-24	Crewe Alexandra	A
2	0	Southend United	34	11	5	2	34	13	8	3	5	16	13	24	46	W	L	D	W	W	1978-03-21	Northampton Town	A
3	1	Brentford	34	11	5	2	38	15	4	6	6	27	28	22	41	W	D	W	W	W	1978-03-24	Southend United	A
4	-1	Newport County	36	14	4	0	40	16	2	4	12	18	39	3	40	D	L	W	W	W	1978-03-22	Torquay United	A
5	0	Aldershot	34	12	6	0	36	14	2	5	9	14	23	13	39	W	L	W	L	W	1978-03-24	AFC Bournemouth	A
6	1	Barnsley	35	11	4	2	31	10	2	9	7	13	21	13	39	D	L	L	D	L	1978-03-24	Hartlepool United	A
7	-1	Swansea City	34	11	5	2	38	15	3	5	8	17	20	20	38	W	L	D	D	L	1978-03-24	Reading	A
8	0	Huddersfield Town	35	11	5	1	34	13	1	9	8	16	26	11	38	D	W	W	L	D	1978-03-24	Grimsby Town	A
9	2	Torquay United	35	9	6	2	32	17	3	8	7	11	25	1	38	W	D	D	W	L	1978-03-22	Newport County	H
10	-1	Stockport County	36	12	3	3	34	13	2	6	10	14	25	10	37	L	W	L	L	L	1978-03-24	Southport	A
11	-1	Reading	34	10	4	3	29	18	4	4	9	13	23	1	36	D	D	W	L	D	1978-03-24	Swansea City	H
12	0	Grimsby Town	33	9	4	2	18	9	6	2	10	22	32	-1	36	L	W	L	L	W	1978-03-20	Rochdale	A
13	0	AFC Bournemouth	36	9	5	4	21	16	2	8	8	13	24	-6	35	D	D	L	D	W	1978-03-24	Aldershot	H
14	0	Darlington	36	8	5	4	26	19	4	4	11	19	30	-4	33	D	L	W	L	L	1978-03-25	Hartlepool United	H
15	1	Doncaster Rovers	34	8	5	3	27	18	3	6	9	13	31	-9	33	D	D	D	D	L	1978-03-25	Wimbledon	H
16	-1	Scunthorpe United	35	10	4	4	26	12	1	6	10	11	33	-8	32	L	D	L	W	W	1978-03-24	York City	A
17	2	Halifax Town	36	6	7	5	20	15	2	9	7	18	32	-9	32	W	W	D	L	D	1978-03-25	Stockport County	A
18	-1	Northampton Town	35	8	5	5	27	25	3	5	9	20	34	-12	32	D	L	D	W	D	1978-03-21	Southend United	H
19	-1	Crewe Alexandra	35	7	7	3	24	19	3	4	11	11	35	-19	31	D	D	L	D	W	1978-03-24	Watford	H
20	1	York City	36	8	4	6	24	23	3	4	11	19	28	-8	30	W	L	W	D	W	1978-03-24	Scunthorpe United	H
21	-1	Wimbledon	36	5	10	4	28	23	3	4	10	16	35	-14	30	L	W	L	D	W	1978-03-25	Doncaster Rovers	A
22	0	Hartlepool United	35	10	3	5	27	22	1	3	13	14	39	-20	28	L	W	W	W	L	1978-03-24	Barnsley	H
23	0	Southport	34	2	12	3	22	22	1	5	11	17	32	-15	23	L	D	L	D	L	1978-03-24	Stockport County	H
24	0	Rochdale	36	6	4	6	23	19	0	2	18	12	48	-32	18	L	D	L	W	W	1978-03-20	Grimsby Town	H