1978-03-27

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Chelsea	0	0	Arsenal	Stamford Bridge	40,764
	Lineups
Derby County	2	0	Queens Park Rangers	Baseball Ground	20,155
Daly, George	Lineups
Ipswich Town	4	0	Norwich City	Portman Road	29,989
Talbot 2, Geddis, Mills	Lineups
Leeds United	2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Elland Road	24,440
Graham, Hankin	Lineups		Daley
Manchester United	1	2	Everton	Old Trafford	55,317
Hill	Lineups		Latchford 2
Middlesbrough	0	1	Leicester City	Ayresome Park	15,534
	Lineups		Hughes
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Bristol City	The Hawthorns	23,741
Brown T, Johnston	Lineups		Hunter

				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	35	11	4	2	38	20	8	6	4	26	17	27	48	W	W	W	D	W	1978-04-01	Derby County	H
3	0	Arsenal	35	11	5	2	32	10	6	5	6	18	18	22	44	D	W	D	W	W	1978-04-01	Manchester United	H
4	0	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	0	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	0	Leeds United	34	10	4	3	30	15	6	4	7	22	25	12	40	W	L	W	L	L	1978-03-28	Leicester City	H
8	0	West Bromwich Albion	34	10	4	2	27	12	3	8	7	22	33	4	38	W	L	W	D	D	1978-04-01	Leicester City	A
9	0	Norwich City	35	9	6	2	23	16	1	9	8	21	39	-11	35	L	L	D	D	W	1978-03-29	Derby County	H
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	0	Manchester United	35	7	5	6	25	21	5	4	8	29	34	-1	33	L	W	D	D	D	1978-03-29	Aston Villa	H
12	1	Derby County	33	7	7	4	27	22	4	4	7	15	26	-6	33	W	D	L	D	W	1978-03-29	Norwich City	A
13	-1	Bristol City	36	8	4	5	32	22	2	7	10	12	24	-2	31	L	L	W	L	L	1978-04-01	Newcastle United	H
14	2	Ipswich Town	34	9	5	4	30	20	1	6	9	11	26	-5	31	W	D	L	D	D	1978-04-01	Manchester City	A
15	-1	Middlesbrough	33	6	5	4	17	14	4	6	8	17	33	-13	31	L	D	D	L	D	1978-03-29	Nottingham Forest	H
16	-1	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
17	0	Chelsea	34	6	9	3	24	18	3	3	10	15	36	-15	30	D	L	L	D	D	1978-04-01	Nottingham Forest	A
18	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	5	7	5	25	24	4	3	10	17	28	-10	28	L	L	D	D	W	1978-03-28	Coventry City	A
19	0	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	0	Queens Park Rangers	33	5	6	5	22	24	0	7	10	15	31	-18	23	L	D	L	W	D	1978-04-01	Middlesbrough	H
21	1	Leicester City	35	3	7	7	12	25	1	5	12	6	26	-33	20	W	L	D	L	L	1978-03-28	Leeds United	A
22	-1	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

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	0	1	Burnley	Ewood Park	24,379
	Lineups		Cochrane
Blackpool	1	1	Sunderland	Bloomfield Road	9,872
Tong	Lineups		Docherty
Fulham	0	2	Mansfield Town	Craven Cottage	7,088
	Lineups		Syrett, Foster C
Luton Town	1	0	Crystal Palace	Kenilworth Road	9,816
Fuccillo (p)	Lineups
Notts County	1	1	Bolton Wanderers	Meadow Lane	15,718	Largest home gate 1977-78
Vinter	Lineups		Whatmore
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Hull City	Boundary Park	6,614
Dobson OG, Valentine	Lineups		Bremner
Orient	3	1	Sheffield United	Brisbane Road	6,725
Kitchen 3 (1p)	Lineups		Campbell
Southampton	3	1	Bristol Rovers	The Dell	24,826
Boyer 2, MacDougall	Lineups		Williams
Tottenham Hotspur	3	3	Millwall	White Hart Lane	33,074
Hoddle, Jones 2	Lineups		Lee, Pearson, Hamilton

				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	36	11	7	0	46	16	7	8	3	31	25	36	51	D	D	W	W	W	1978-04-01	Burnley	A
2	0	Bolton Wanderers	35	13	3	1	32	14	7	6	5	23	17	24	49	D	W	L	D	W	1978-04-01	Orient	H
3	0	Southampton	34	14	2	2	37	14	5	7	4	19	19	23	47	W	W	D	W	D	1978-03-29	Cardiff City	A
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	35	12	3	3	32	13	4	7	6	21	32	8	42	L	W	D	L	W	1978-04-01	Southampton	A
6	0	Oldham Athletic	35	8	9	1	27	17	4	4	9	20	31	-1	37	W	L	D	D	L	1978-04-01	Crystal Palace	A
7	0	Luton Town	36	11	4	4	33	15	3	4	10	17	28	7	36	W	L	W	W	L	1978-04-01	Hull City	A
8	0	Crystal Palace	35	7	5	5	23	18	4	7	7	17	21	1	34	L	W	L	D	D	1978-04-01	Oldham Athletic	H
9	2	Blackpool	34	7	6	4	31	19	5	3	9	21	29	4	33	D	L	L	W	D	1978-03-28	Burnley	H
10	0	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	1	Sunderland	35	8	5	4	27	14	1	10	7	24	36	1	33	D	L	D	W	D	1978-04-01	Fulham	H
12	-3	Fulham	34	9	7	3	31	17	3	2	10	11	24	1	33	L	L	W	D	L	1978-04-01	Sunderland	A
13	0	Notts County	34	9	7	1	31	18	1	6	10	14	32	-5	33	D	D	W	D	W	1978-04-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
14	0	Sheffield United	35	11	3	3	35	21	2	3	13	20	45	-11	32	L	W	L	W	L	1978-04-01	Blackpool	H
15	2	Burnley	35	7	6	4	25	16	4	3	11	18	37	-10	31	W	W	W	W	W	1978-03-28	Blackpool	A
16	-1	Bristol Rovers	34	8	7	3	32	20	1	5	10	16	40	-12	30	L	L	L	W	D	1978-04-01	Millwall	A
17	-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
18	1	Orient	33	6	8	2	24	18	1	6	10	11	25	-8	28	W	L	L	D	D	1978-04-01	Bolton Wanderers	A
19	-1	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
20	0	Hull City	35	6	5	6	22	19	1	6	11	9	24	-12	25	L	D	D	L	L	1978-04-01	Luton Town	H
21	0	Millwall	33	3	8	4	13	16	3	5	10	23	34	-14	25	D	D	W	L	L	1978-04-01	Bristol Rovers	H
22	0	Mansfield Town	35	5	4	8	24	28	2	5	11	16	33	-21	23	W	D	L	L	L	1978-04-01	Charlton Athletic	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford City	2	0	Shrewsbury Town	Valley Parade	4,341
McNiven 2	Lineups
Bury	1	1	Preston North End	Gigg Lane	9,783	Largest home gate 1977-78
Farrell	Lineups		Thomson
Carlisle United	1	4	Wrexham	Brunton Park	8,631
McVitie	Lineups		Whittle 4
Chester	1	1	Walsall	Sealand Road	4,671
Crossley (p)	Lineups		Buckley
Chesterfield	0	0	Rotherham United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	6,960
	Lineups
Lincoln City	0	0	Colchester United	Sincil Bank	4,709
	Lineups
Portsmouth	1	1	Gillingham	Fratton Park	8,108
McCaffrey	Lineups		Weatherly
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	Hillsborough	13,128
Tynan	Lineups
Swindon Town	3	2	Oxford United	County Ground	9,517
Moss 3	Lineups		Foley, Seacole

				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	36	13	6	0	40	16	9	3	5	26	20	30	53	W	W	W	W	W	1978-04-01	Gillingham	A
2	0	Preston North End	38	14	4	1	41	16	3	10	6	12	16	21	48	D	D	W	D	L	1978-04-01	Peterborough United	H
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	38	10	7	2	33	19	4	9	6	26	29	11	44	D	D	L	W	L	1978-04-01	Wrexham	H
5	1	Walsall	37	9	7	3	27	14	4	9	5	18	23	8	42	D	D	L	W	D	1978-04-01	Cambridge United	A
6	-1	Tranmere Rovers	38	12	3	3	34	15	3	8	9	15	25	9	41	L	W	L	L	D	1978-03-31	Swindon Town	H
7	1	Swindon Town	36	11	5	3	37	19	3	7	7	19	27	10	40	W	W	D	D	L	1978-03-31	Tranmere Rovers	A
8	-1	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
9	0	Colchester United	38	9	8	1	31	12	4	5	11	16	28	7	39	D	W	W	L	L	1978-04-01	Shrewsbury Town	H
10	0	Chester	38	9	8	1	29	19	0	13	7	14	30	-6	39	D	D	L	D	W	1978-04-01	Exeter City	H
11	0	Bury	38	7	10	3	30	18	5	4	9	22	28	6	38	D	L	L	L	L	1978-04-01	Carlisle United	A
12	1	Chesterfield	35	10	6	2	25	9	3	5	9	16	25	7	37	D	D	W	D	L	1978-03-28	Carlisle United	H
13	-1	Carlisle United	37	7	8	3	25	21	3	9	7	21	26	-1	37	L	D	W	D	D	1978-03-28	Chesterfield	A
14	0	Lincoln City	40	7	8	5	26	22	5	5	10	17	30	-9	37	D	L	D	W	W	1978-04-05	Hereford United	A
15	0	Shrewsbury Town	38	7	7	5	30	18	4	6	9	17	30	-1	35	L	D	L	D	L	1978-04-01	Colchester United	A
16	0	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	1	Sheffield Wednesday	37	10	6	3	23	12	1	6	11	17	33	-5	34	W	W	W	L	D	1978-04-01	Hereford United	A
18	-1	Oxford United	38	10	7	2	31	16	1	4	14	22	40	-3	33	L	D	L	W	L	1978-04-01	Chesterfield	H
19	0	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	0	Rotherham United	35	8	4	5	20	14	2	6	10	22	37	-9	30	D	L	D	W	W	1978-04-01	Port Vale	H
21	0	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	0	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	0	Bradford City	38	9	6	4	34	23	1	3	15	12	41	-18	29	W	L	L	L	W	1978-04-01	Portsmouth	H
24	0	Portsmouth	39	4	10	6	28	31	1	6	12	7	34	-30	26	D	L	L	W	D	1978-04-01	Bradford City	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Brentford	2	0	Aldershot	Griffin Park	12,579
Phillips 2 (1p)	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	2	1	Barnsley	Gresty Road	3,014
Coyne, Bowles (p)	Lineups		Little
Halifax Town	0	0	Grimsby Town	The Shay	2,481
	Lineups
Reading	2	1	Stockport County	Elm Park	3,537
Earles, Kearns	Lineups		Fletcher
Scunthorpe United	0	0	Doncaster Rovers	Old Showground	3,724
	Lineups
Southend United	1	3	Huddersfield Town	Roots Hall	8,202
Laverick	Lineups		Howey, Holmes, Butler
Southport	1	0	Darlington	Haig Avenue	1,918
Brooks	Lineups
Torquay United	2	4	Swansea City	Plainmoor	5,422
Raper 2 (1p)	Lineups		Bruton, Toshack, Curtis 2
Wimbledon	5	1	Rochdale	Plough Lane	2,737
Cork 2, Leslie, Bryant, Parsons	Lineups		Esser

				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	38	12	5	3	37	17	8	4	6	16	16	20	49	L	L	W	D	W	1978-04-01	Grimsby Town	A
3	0	Brentford	37	12	5	2	40	15	5	6	7	30	31	24	45	W	W	L	W	D	1978-04-01	Huddersfield Town	A
4	1	Swansea City	37	12	5	2	39	15	5	5	8	25	23	26	44	W	W	W	W	L	1978-04-01	Hartlepool United	H
5	-1	Barnsley	38	12	4	2	33	11	3	9	8	16	24	14	43	L	W	W	D	L	1978-03-31	AFC Bournemouth	H
6	1	Huddersfield Town	38	12	5	1	37	13	2	9	9	19	28	15	42	W	W	L	D	W	1978-04-01	Brentford	H
7	-1	Aldershot	37	13	6	0	39	14	2	6	10	14	25	14	42	L	W	D	W	L	1978-04-01	Northampton Town	H
8	1	Grimsby Town	37	10	4	3	19	10	7	3	10	25	33	1	41	D	L	W	W	L	1978-04-01	Southend United	H
9	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
10	-2	Torquay United	38	10	6	3	36	21	3	8	8	11	26	0	40	L	L	W	W	D	1978-04-01	Doncaster Rovers	A
11	1	Reading	36	11	4	4	32	23	4	4	9	13	23	-1	38	W	L	D	D	W	1978-04-01	Newport County	A
12	-1	Stockport County	39	12	3	4	35	16	2	6	12	15	29	5	37	L	L	L	L	W	1978-03-31	Scunthorpe United	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	1	Scunthorpe United	37	10	5	4	26	12	2	6	10	13	33	-6	35	D	W	L	D	L	1978-03-28	Halifax Town	A
15	1	Halifax Town	38	6	8	5	20	15	3	9	7	21	33	-7	35	D	W	W	W	D	1978-03-28	Scunthorpe United	H
16	-2	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
17	2	Wimbledon	38	6	10	4	33	24	4	4	10	18	35	-8	34	W	W	L	W	L	1978-04-01	Watford	A
18	0	Doncaster Rovers	36	8	5	4	27	20	3	7	9	13	31	-11	34	D	L	D	D	D	1978-03-28	York City	H
19	1	Crewe Alexandra	38	8	8	3	28	22	3	4	12	11	38	-21	34	W	L	D	D	D	1978-04-01	Darlington	A
20	-3	Darlington	38	8	5	5	27	21	4	4	12	19	31	-6	33	L	L	D	L	W	1978-04-01	Crewe Alexandra	H
21	0	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	37	4	12	3	25	22	1	5	12	18	34	-13	27	W	L	W	L	D	1978-04-01	Rochdale	A
24	0	Rochdale	38	6	4	7	24	22	0	2	19	13	53	-38	18	L	L	L	D	L	1978-04-01	Southport	H