1978-03-25

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	4	0	West Bromwich Albion	Highbury	36,763
Macdonald 3, Young	Lineups
Aston Villa	0	0	Derby County	Villa Park	32,793
	Lineups
Bristol City	0	1	Birmingham City	Ashton Gate	21,884
	Lineups		Francis
Everton	2	0	Leeds United	Goodison Park	45,020
Latchford, McKenzie	Lineups
Leicester City	2	3	Manchester United	Filbert Street	20,299
Smith, Salmons	Lineups		Greenhoff J, Hill, Pearson
Manchester City	2	2	Middlesbrough	Maine Road	37,944
Channon 2	Lineups		Cummins, Ashcroft
Norwich City	1	2	Coventry City	Carrow Road	20,732
Reeves	Lineups		Powell (p), Wallace
Nottingham Forest	2	0	Newcastle United	City Ground	35,552
Robertson (p), Anderson	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	3	3	Ipswich Town	Loftus Road	15,563
McGee 2, James	Lineups		Wark, Burley, Mariner
West Ham United	3	1	Chelsea	Upton Park	24,987
Brooking, Green, Holland	Lineups		Garner
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	3	Liverpool	Molineux	27,531
Patching	Lineups		Case, Dalglish 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	31	13	4	0	32	6	8	3	3	25	12	39	49	W	W	W	D	W	1978-03-29	Middlesbrough	A
2	0	Everton	34	11	4	2	38	20	7	6	4	24	16	26	46	W	W	D	W	D	1978-03-27	Manchester United	A
3	1	Arsenal	34	11	5	2	32	10	6	4	6	18	18	22	43	W	D	W	W	D	1978-03-27	Chelsea	A
4	-1	Manchester City	33	12	2	2	39	15	5	6	6	22	23	23	42	D	D	D	L	W	1978-03-29	Newcastle United	A
5	0	Liverpool	32	11	2	2	24	7	6	4	7	21	22	16	40	W	W	L	L	W	1978-04-01	Aston Villa	A
6	1	Coventry City	33	11	3	3	41	21	5	5	6	22	30	12	40	W	L	D	W	W	1978-03-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
7	-1	Leeds United	33	9	4	3	28	14	6	4	7	22	25	11	38	L	W	L	L	W	1978-03-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
8	0	West Bromwich Albion	33	9	4	2	25	11	3	8	7	22	33	3	36	L	W	D	D	D	1978-03-27	Bristol City	H
9	0	Norwich City	34	9	6	2	23	16	1	9	7	21	35	-7	35	L	D	D	W	D	1978-03-27	Ipswich Town	A
10	0	Aston Villa	32	7	4	4	20	12	6	4	7	18	19	7	34	D	W	W	L	D	1978-03-29	Manchester United	A
11	1	Manchester United	34	7	5	5	24	19	5	4	8	29	34	0	33	W	D	D	D	D	1978-03-27	Everton	H
12	-1	Bristol City	35	8	4	5	32	22	2	7	9	11	22	-1	31	L	W	L	L	W	1978-03-27	West Bromwich Albion	A
13	0	Derby County	32	6	7	4	25	22	4	4	7	15	26	-8	31	D	L	D	W	D	1978-03-27	Queens Park Rangers	H
14	0	Middlesbrough	32	6	5	3	17	13	4	6	8	17	33	-12	31	D	D	L	D	W	1978-03-27	Leicester City	H
15	3	Birmingham City	34	6	4	7	26	25	6	2	9	18	29	-10	30	W	D	W	D	L	1978-03-28	West Ham United	H
16	1	Ipswich Town	33	8	5	4	26	20	1	6	9	11	26	-9	29	D	L	D	D	D	1978-03-27	Norwich City	H
17	-2	Chelsea	33	6	8	3	24	18	3	3	10	15	36	-15	29	L	L	D	D	W	1978-03-27	Arsenal	H
18	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	5	7	5	25	24	4	3	9	16	26	-9	28	L	D	D	W	D	1978-03-27	Leeds United	A
19	1	West Ham United	35	6	6	6	26	25	2	2	13	17	33	-15	24	W	W	L	L	L	1978-03-28	Birmingham City	A
20	-1	Queens Park Rangers	32	5	6	5	22	24	0	7	9	15	29	-16	23	D	L	W	D	D	1978-03-27	Derby County	A
21	0	Newcastle United	32	4	3	10	21	29	2	3	10	14	29	-23	18	L	L	D	D	D	1978-03-29	Manchester City	H
22	0	Leicester City	34	3	7	7	12	25	0	5	12	5	26	-34	18	L	D	L	L	D	1978-03-27	Middlesbrough	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Blackpool	Burnden Park	20,506
Reid, Jones P	Lineups		Walsh (p)
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Fulham	Goldstone Ground	24,601
O'Sullivan, Clark	Lineups
Burnley	4	1	Oldham Athletic	Turf Moor	13,529
Cochrane 2, Kindon, Brennan	Lineups		Wood (p)
Crystal Palace	1	0	Bristol Rovers	Selhurst Park	13,428
Cannon	Lineups
Hull City	1	1	Notts County	Boothferry Park	5,392
Bremner	Lineups		Vinter
Mansfield Town	3	3	Tottenham Hotspur	Field Mill	12,144
Syrett 3	Lineups		Hoddle 2 (1p), Jones
Millwall	1	1	Cardiff City	The Den, New Cross	5,943
Mehmet	Lineups		Bishop
Sheffield United	4	1	Luton Town	Bramall Lane	12,587
Stainrod 2, Speight, Woodward	Lineups		Calvert OG
Southampton	4	1	Charlton Athletic	The Dell	22,098
Williams S 2, MacDougall, Funnell	Lineups		Robinson
Stoke City	5	1	Orient	Victoria Ground	14,595
Kendall, Crooks, Gregory, Waddington 2	Lineups		Mayo
Sunderland	0	1	Blackburn Rovers	Roker Park	16,900
	Lineups		Brotherston

				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	35	11	6	0	43	13	7	8	3	31	25	36	50	D	W	W	W	D	1978-03-27	Millwall	H
2	0	Bolton Wanderers	34	13	3	1	32	14	7	5	5	22	16	24	48	W	L	D	W	W	1978-03-27	Notts County	A
3	0	Southampton	33	13	2	2	34	13	5	7	4	19	19	21	45	W	D	W	D	W	1978-03-27	Bristol Rovers	H
4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	34	11	5	1	35	18	5	6	6	14	14	17	43	W	L	D	W	D	1978-04-01	Notts County	H
5	0	Blackburn Rovers	34	12	3	2	32	12	4	7	6	21	32	9	42	W	D	L	W	L	1978-03-27	Burnley	H
6	0	Oldham Athletic	34	7	9	1	25	16	4	4	9	20	31	-2	35	L	D	D	L	D	1978-03-27	Hull City	H
7	0	Luton Town	35	10	4	4	32	15	3	4	10	17	28	6	34	L	W	W	L	W	1978-03-27	Crystal Palace	H
8	3	Crystal Palace	34	7	5	5	23	18	4	7	6	17	20	2	34	W	L	D	D	L	1978-03-27	Luton Town	A
9	-1	Fulham	33	9	7	2	31	15	3	2	10	11	24	3	33	L	W	D	L	W	1978-03-27	Mansfield Town	H
10	2	Stoke City	33	10	3	3	30	14	3	4	10	11	24	3	33	W	L	W	W	L	1978-03-28	Charlton Athletic	A
11	-2	Blackpool	33	7	5	4	30	18	5	3	9	21	29	4	32	L	L	W	D	L	1978-03-27	Sunderland	H
12	-2	Sunderland	34	8	5	4	27	14	1	9	7	23	35	1	32	L	D	W	D	L	1978-03-27	Blackpool	A
13	0	Notts County	33	9	6	1	30	17	1	6	10	14	32	-5	32	D	W	D	W	D	1978-03-27	Bolton Wanderers	H
14	2	Sheffield United	34	11	3	3	35	21	2	3	12	19	42	-9	32	W	L	W	L	L	1978-03-27	Orient	A
15	-1	Bristol Rovers	33	8	7	3	32	20	1	5	9	15	37	-10	30	L	L	W	D	D	1978-03-27	Southampton	A
16	-1	Charlton Athletic	33	9	5	3	32	22	1	5	10	14	36	-12	30	L	W	D	L	D	1978-03-28	Stoke City	H
17	0	Burnley	34	7	6	4	25	16	3	3	11	17	37	-11	29	W	W	W	W	D	1978-03-27	Blackburn Rovers	A
18	0	Cardiff City	33	9	5	2	26	19	0	5	12	16	42	-19	28	D	W	D	L	L	1978-03-29	Southampton	H
19	0	Orient	32	5	8	2	21	17	1	6	10	11	25	-10	26	L	L	D	D	D	1978-03-27	Sheffield United	H
20	0	Hull City	34	6	5	6	22	19	1	6	10	8	22	-11	25	D	D	L	L	L	1978-03-27	Oldham Athletic	A
21	0	Millwall	32	3	8	4	13	16	3	4	10	20	31	-14	24	D	W	L	L	W	1978-03-27	Tottenham Hotspur	A
22	0	Mansfield Town	34	5	4	8	24	28	1	5	11	14	33	-23	21	D	L	L	L	L	1978-03-27	Fulham	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Cambridge United	1	0	Portsmouth	Abbey Stadium	5,869
Fallon	Lineups
Colchester United	1	0	Bury	Layer Road	3,661
Allinson	Lineups
Gillingham	0	0	Peterborough United	Priestfield Stadium	8,328
	Lineups
Hereford United	4	0	Exeter City	Edgar Street	4,436
Stephens, Crompton 2, Davey	Lineups
Oxford United	1	1	Port Vale	Manor Ground	4,120
Foley	Lineups		Beamish
Plymouth Argyle	0	2	Swindon Town	Home Park	9,174
	Lineups		Cunningham, Guthrie
Preston North End	0	0	Chesterfield	Deepdale	10,922
	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Millmoor	12,630	Largest home gate 1977-78
Finney	Lineups		Johnson, Hornsby
Shrewsbury Town	0	0	Chester	Gay Meadow	2,592
	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	3	1	Lincoln City	Prenton Park	2,587
Evans, Peplow, Moore	Lineups		Cooper
Walsall	0	0	Carlisle United	Fellows Park	5,907
	Lineups
Wrexham	2	0	Bradford City	Racecourse Ground	13,028
Shinton, Baines OG	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	35	13	6	0	40	16	8	3	5	22	19	27	51	W	W	W	W	W	1978-03-27	Carlisle United	A
2	0	Preston North End	37	14	4	1	41	16	3	9	6	11	15	21	47	D	W	D	L	W	1978-03-27	Bury	A
3	0	Cambridge United	38	15	3	1	42	9	4	6	9	21	35	19	47	W	L	L	W	W	1978-03-28	Port Vale	A
4	0	Gillingham	37	10	7	2	33	19	4	8	6	25	28	11	43	D	L	W	L	L	1978-03-27	Portsmouth	A
5	1	Tranmere Rovers	37	12	3	3	34	15	3	8	8	15	24	10	41	W	L	L	D	L	1978-03-27	Sheffield Wednesday	A
6	-1	Walsall	36	9	7	3	27	14	4	8	5	17	22	8	41	D	L	W	D	W	1978-03-27	Chester	A
7	0	Peterborough United	35	9	7	1	19	10	4	7	7	8	14	3	40	D	D	W	D	D	1978-03-28	Hereford United	H
8	2	Swindon Town	35	10	5	3	34	17	3	7	7	19	27	9	38	W	D	D	L	L	1978-03-27	Oxford United	H
9	2	Colchester United	37	9	8	1	31	12	4	4	11	16	28	7	38	W	W	L	L	W	1978-03-27	Lincoln City	A
10	-1	Chester	37	9	7	1	28	18	0	13	7	14	30	-6	38	D	L	D	W	D	1978-03-27	Walsall	H
11	-3	Bury	37	7	9	3	29	17	5	4	9	22	28	6	37	L	L	L	L	D	1978-03-27	Preston North End	H
12	0	Carlisle United	36	7	8	2	24	17	3	9	7	21	26	2	37	D	W	D	D	D	1978-03-27	Wrexham	H
13	1	Chesterfield	34	10	5	2	25	9	3	5	9	16	25	7	36	D	W	D	L	D	1978-03-27	Rotherham United	H
14	-1	Lincoln City	39	7	7	5	26	22	5	5	10	17	30	-9	36	L	D	W	W	L	1978-03-27	Colchester United	H
15	1	Shrewsbury Town	37	7	7	5	30	18	4	6	8	17	28	1	35	D	L	D	L	W	1978-03-27	Bradford City	A
16	-1	Exeter City	37	9	5	4	24	15	3	6	10	15	34	-10	35	L	D	D	W	W	1978-03-28	Plymouth Argyle	H
17	0	Oxford United	37	10	7	2	31	16	1	4	13	20	37	-2	33	D	L	W	L	W	1978-03-27	Swindon Town	A
18	1	Sheffield Wednesday	36	9	6	3	22	12	1	6	11	17	33	-6	32	W	W	L	D	D	1978-03-27	Tranmere Rovers	H
19	-1	Port Vale	37	7	8	3	26	17	1	8	10	14	36	-13	32	D	W	D	W	D	1978-03-28	Cambridge United	H
20	1	Rotherham United	34	8	4	5	20	14	2	5	10	22	37	-9	29	L	D	W	W	L	1978-03-27	Chesterfield	A
21	-1	Plymouth Argyle	37	4	6	8	21	24	4	7	8	25	32	-10	29	L	W	W	L	D	1978-03-28	Exeter City	A
22	1	Hereford United	36	9	7	3	26	17	0	4	13	4	29	-16	29	W	L	W	L	W	1978-03-28	Peterborough United	A
23	-1	Bradford City	37	8	6	4	32	23	1	3	15	12	41	-20	27	L	L	L	W	D	1978-03-27	Shrewsbury Town	H
24	0	Portsmouth	38	4	9	6	27	30	1	6	12	7	34	-30	25	L	L	W	D	L	1978-03-27	Gillingham	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	3	0	Southend United	Recreation Ground	5,631
Brodie, Dungworth 2 (1p)	Lineups
Barnsley	2	1	Southport	Oakwell	5,215
Joicey 2	Lineups		O'Neil (p)
Darlington	1	2	Hartlepool United	Feethams Ground	3,372	Largest home gate 1977-78
Lyons	Lineups		Foggon, Houchen
Doncaster Rovers	0	2	Wimbledon	Belle Vue	2,484
	Lineups		Bryant, Cork
Grimsby Town	0	1	Northampton Town	Blundell Park	5,077
	Lineups		McGowan
Huddersfield Town	3	0	Crewe Alexandra	Leeds Road	4,500
Gray, Butler, Holmes	Lineups
Newport County	1	2	Brentford	Somerton Park	4,953
Goddard	Lineups		Graham J, McCulloch
Stockport County	1	3	Halifax Town	Edgeley Park	2,168
Fletcher	Lineups		Bell 2, Mountford
Swansea City	1	0	AFC Bournemouth	Vetch Field	7,619
Moore K	Lineups
Watford	1	0	Torquay United	Vicarage Road	10,491
Garner	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	36	16	2	1	37	10	9	4	4	34	21	40	56	W	D	D	L	W	1978-03-28	Northampton Town	A
2	0	Southend United	37	12	5	2	36	14	8	4	6	16	16	22	49	L	W	D	W	L	1978-03-27	Huddersfield Town	H
3	0	Brentford	36	11	5	2	38	15	5	6	7	30	31	22	43	W	L	W	D	W	1978-03-27	Aldershot	H
4	0	Barnsley	37	12	4	2	33	11	3	9	7	15	22	15	43	W	W	D	L	L	1978-03-27	Crewe Alexandra	A
5	0	Swansea City	36	12	5	2	39	15	4	5	8	21	21	24	42	W	W	W	L	D	1978-03-27	Torquay United	A
6	0	Aldershot	36	13	6	0	39	14	2	6	9	14	23	16	42	W	D	W	L	W	1978-03-27	Brentford	A
7	3	Huddersfield Town	37	12	5	1	37	13	1	9	9	16	27	13	40	W	L	D	W	W	1978-03-27	Southend United	A
8	-1	Torquay United	37	10	6	2	34	17	3	8	8	11	26	2	40	L	W	W	D	D	1978-03-27	Swansea City	H
9	-1	Grimsby Town	36	10	4	3	19	10	7	2	10	25	33	1	40	L	W	W	L	W	1978-03-27	Halifax Town	A
10	-1	Newport County	38	14	4	1	41	18	2	4	13	18	41	0	40	L	L	D	L	W	1978-03-28	AFC Bournemouth	A
11	0	Stockport County	38	12	3	4	35	16	2	6	11	14	27	6	37	L	L	L	W	L	1978-03-27	Reading	A
12	0	Reading	35	10	4	4	30	22	4	4	9	13	23	-2	36	L	D	D	W	L	1978-03-27	Stockport County	H
13	0	AFC Bournemouth	38	9	6	4	21	16	2	8	9	13	25	-7	36	L	D	D	D	L	1978-03-28	Newport County	H
14	3	Northampton Town	37	8	6	5	27	25	4	5	9	21	34	-11	35	W	D	D	L	D	1978-03-28	Watford	H
15	-1	Scunthorpe United	36	10	4	4	26	12	2	6	10	13	33	-6	34	W	L	D	L	W	1978-03-27	Doncaster Rovers	H
16	2	Halifax Town	37	6	7	5	20	15	3	9	7	21	33	-7	34	W	W	W	D	L	1978-03-27	Grimsby Town	H
17	-2	Darlington	37	8	5	5	27	21	4	4	11	19	30	-5	33	L	D	L	W	L	1978-03-27	Southport	A
18	-2	Doncaster Rovers	35	8	5	4	27	20	3	6	9	13	31	-11	33	L	D	D	D	D	1978-03-27	Scunthorpe United	A
19	2	Wimbledon	37	5	10	4	28	23	4	4	10	18	35	-12	32	W	L	W	L	D	1978-03-27	Rochdale	H
20	-1	Crewe Alexandra	37	7	8	3	26	21	3	4	12	11	38	-22	32	L	D	D	D	L	1978-03-27	Barnsley	H
21	-1	York City	37	8	4	7	24	25	3	4	11	19	28	-10	30	L	W	L	W	D	1978-03-28	Doncaster Rovers	A
22	0	Hartlepool United	37	10	3	6	28	24	2	3	13	16	40	-20	30	W	L	L	W	W	1978-04-01	Swansea City	A
23	0	Southport	36	3	12	3	24	22	1	5	12	18	34	-14	25	L	W	L	D	L	1978-03-27	Darlington	H
24	0	Rochdale	37	6	4	7	24	22	0	2	18	12	48	-34	18	L	L	D	L	W	1978-03-27	Wimbledon	A