1978-04-17

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	2	0	Newcastle United	Villa Park	25,493
Cowans, Gray	Lineups
Footnotes
Newcastle United relegated

				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	36	14	5	0	36	8	9	5	3	28	14	42	56	D	D	W	W	D	1978-04-18	Queens Park Rangers	H
2	0	Everton	39	13	4	3	41	22	8	6	5	28	20	27	52	W	L	L	W	W	1978-04-22	Middlesbrough	A
3	0	Arsenal	38	13	5	2	37	12	6	5	7	19	20	24	48	W	L	W	D	W	1978-04-22	Leeds United	A
4	0	Liverpool	36	12	2	2	27	9	8	5	7	26	23	21	47	D	W	W	W	W	1978-04-18	Ipswich Town	H
5	0	Manchester City	37	13	3	3	42	19	5	7	6	24	25	22	46	L	D	W	D	D	1978-04-22	Birmingham City	A
6	0	Coventry City	39	13	4	3	48	23	5	6	8	25	35	15	46	L	D	W	D	L	1978-04-22	Nottingham Forest	H
7	0	Leeds United	39	12	4	4	38	18	6	5	8	23	29	14	45	D	W	L	L	W	1978-04-22	Arsenal	H
8	0	West Bromwich Albion	37	11	4	2	29	12	5	8	7	26	34	9	44	W	W	W	W	L	1978-04-18	Derby County	H
9	1	Aston Villa	38	9	4	6	24	16	6	6	7	20	21	7	40	W	W	D	L	L	1978-04-22	West Bromwich Albion	A
10	-1	Birmingham City	39	8	5	7	31	26	8	2	9	23	30	-2	39	W	D	W	W	W	1978-04-22	Manchester City	H
11	0	Manchester United	39	8	6	6	29	23	6	4	9	33	38	1	38	W	W	L	D	L	1978-04-22	West Ham United	H
12	0	Middlesbrough	39	8	7	4	24	17	4	7	9	17	34	-10	38	D	D	W	W	L	1978-04-22	Everton	H
13	0	Norwich City	39	10	7	3	27	19	1	9	9	22	41	-11	38	L	L	W	D	L	1978-04-22	Liverpool	A
14	0	Derby County	38	8	7	4	30	23	4	5	10	16	33	-10	36	L	L	W	L	D	1978-04-18	West Bromwich Albion	A
15	0	Bristol City	39	9	5	5	36	24	2	7	11	12	26	-2	34	D	L	W	L	L	1978-04-22	Ipswich Town	A
16	0	Ipswich Town	37	9	5	4	30	20	1	7	11	12	29	-7	32	L	D	L	W	D	1978-04-18	Liverpool	A
17	0	West Ham United	39	8	6	6	31	26	3	2	14	19	37	-13	30	W	W	W	L	W	1978-04-22	Manchester United	A
18	0	Chelsea	37	6	9	3	24	18	3	3	13	16	43	-21	30	L	L	L	D	L	1978-04-22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
19	0	Queens Park Rangers	37	8	6	5	27	26	0	7	11	16	34	-17	29	W	W	L	W	L	1978-04-18	Nottingham Forest	A
20	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	5	8	6	25	25	4	3	12	18	35	-17	29	D	L	L	L	L	1978-04-22	Chelsea	A
21	0	Newcastle United	39	4	5	10	24	32	2	4	14	16	38	-30	21	L	L	L	D	D	1978-04-22	Queens Park Rangers	H
22	0	Leicester City	39	3	7	9	13	30	1	5	14	9	34	-42	20	L	L	L	L	W	1978-04-22	Derby County	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Southport	0	5	Wimbledon	Haig Avenue	1,604
	Lineups		Connell 2, Parsons, Leslie, Bryant
Footnotes
Southport to apply for re-election

				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	42	17	3	1	40	11	12	5	4	40	23	46	66	D	D	W	W	W	1978-04-18	Darlington	A
2	0	Southend United	42	14	5	3	43	17	8	5	7	17	19	24	54	D	W	W	L	L	1978-04-18	Torquay United	A
3	0	Swansea City	42	14	5	2	49	16	7	5	9	31	25	39	52	W	W	L	W	W	1978-04-18	Grimsby Town	A
4	0	Brentford	42	14	5	2	46	15	6	7	8	34	34	31	52	L	D	W	W	W	1978-04-18	Doncaster Rovers	H
5	0	Aldershot	42	14	8	0	42	16	3	6	11	19	30	15	48	D	L	W	D	W	1978-04-22	Scunthorpe United	A
6	0	Barnsley	43	14	4	4	41	18	3	9	9	16	26	13	47	L	L	L	W	W	1978-04-22	Reading	A
7	0	Grimsby Town	42	11	6	3	24	13	7	5	10	27	35	3	47	D	D	D	D	W	1978-04-18	Swansea City	H
8	0	Reading	41	11	6	4	32	23	5	6	9	16	24	1	44	W	D	D	D	D	1978-04-18	Halifax Town	A
9	0	Huddersfield Town	43	12	5	5	39	21	2	9	10	19	30	7	42	L	L	L	L	L	1978-04-22	Southport	A
10	0	Newport County	43	14	6	1	42	19	2	4	16	21	50	-6	42	D	L	L	D	L	1978-04-22	Hartlepool United	A
11	0	Northampton Town	43	8	7	6	27	27	7	5	10	28	38	-10	42	W	W	D	W	L	1978-04-22	Swansea City	H
12	0	Doncaster Rovers	42	11	6	4	35	24	3	8	10	13	35	-11	42	W	W	D	L	W	1978-04-18	Brentford	A
13	0	Torquay United	42	10	6	4	37	23	3	9	10	11	30	-5	41	L	L	D	L	L	1978-04-18	Southend United	H
14	0	Stockport County	43	13	4	4	39	17	2	6	14	15	35	2	40	W	L	L	D	L	1978-04-22	Wimbledon	A
15	5	Wimbledon	43	7	11	4	37	26	5	5	11	24	38	-3	40	W	D	W	D	L	1978-04-22	Stockport County	H
16	-1	Scunthorpe United	42	11	5	5	28	13	2	9	10	17	37	-5	40	D	L	W	D	D	1978-04-18	Hartlepool United	H
17	-1	Halifax Town	43	7	9	5	25	18	3	11	8	24	37	-6	40	D	W	L	D	D	1978-04-18	Reading	H
18	-1	AFC Bournemouth	43	11	6	5	27	20	2	8	11	13	29	-9	40	L	W	L	L	W	1978-04-22	Grimsby Town	H
19	-1	Crewe Alexandra	43	10	8	3	32	23	3	6	13	14	43	-20	40	D	W	W	D	L	1978-04-22	Doncaster Rovers	H
20	-1	Darlington	42	10	6	5	30	21	4	4	13	19	33	-5	38	W	L	D	W	L	1978-04-18	Watford	H
21	0	York City	43	8	7	7	27	28	4	5	12	23	34	-12	36	D	W	L	D	D	1978-04-22	Torquay United	A
22	0	Hartlepool United	42	11	3	7	30	26	3	3	15	17	50	-29	34	L	L	W	W	L	1978-04-18	Scunthorpe United	A
23	0	Southport	43	5	12	5	29	31	1	6	14	20	39	-21	30	L	D	L	W	L	1978-04-22	Huddersfield Town	H
24	0	Rochdale	42	7	5	8	27	25	0	2	20	13	54	-39	21	D	L	L	W	L	1978-04-21	Southend United	A