1978-04-22

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	1	4	Manchester City	St Andrew's	25,294
Sbragia	Lineups		Kidd 2, Owen, Power
Chelsea	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Stamford Bridge	32,718
Langley	Lineups		Eves
Coventry City	0	0	Nottingham Forest	Highfield Road	36,881	Largest home gate 1977-78
	Lineups
Derby County	4	1	Leicester City	Baseball Ground	18,829
George 2, Rioch, Buckley	Lineups		Davies
Ipswich Town	1	0	Bristol City	Portman Road	22,535
Mills	Lineups
Leeds United	1	3	Arsenal	Elland Road	33,263
Currie	Lineups		Stapleton, Macdonald, Hart OG
Liverpool	3	0	Norwich City	Anfield Road	44,857
Ryan OG, Fairclough 2	Lineups
Manchester United	3	0	West Ham United	Old Trafford	54,089
Grimes, McIlroy, Pearson	Lineups
Middlesbrough	0	0	Everton	Ayresome Park	15,969
	Lineups
Newcastle United	0	3	Queens Park Rangers	St James' Park	13,463
	Lineups		Givens, McGee, Hollins
West Bromwich Albion	0	3	Aston Villa	The Hawthorns	35,112
	Lineups		Deehan, Cowans, Mortimer
Footnotes
Nottingham Forest champions

				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	38	15	5	0	37	8	9	6	3	28	14	43	59	D	W	D	D	W	1978-04-25	Ipswich Town	A
2	0	Everton	40	13	4	3	41	22	8	7	5	28	20	27	53	D	W	L	L	W	1978-04-25	West Bromwich Albion	A
3	0	Arsenal	39	13	5	2	37	12	7	5	7	22	21	26	50	W	W	L	W	D	1978-04-25	Liverpool	A
4	0	Liverpool	38	13	3	2	32	11	8	5	7	26	23	24	50	W	D	D	W	W	1978-04-25	Arsenal	H
5	0	Manchester City	38	13	3	3	42	19	6	7	6	28	26	25	48	W	L	D	W	D	1978-04-25	Coventry City	H
6	0	Coventry City	40	13	5	3	48	23	5	6	8	25	35	15	47	D	L	D	W	D	1978-04-25	Manchester City	A
7	0	West Bromwich Albion	39	12	4	3	30	15	5	8	7	26	34	7	46	L	W	W	W	W	1978-04-25	Everton	H
8	0	Leeds United	40	12	4	5	39	21	6	5	8	23	29	12	45	L	D	W	L	L	1978-04-26	Aston Villa	A
9	0	Aston Villa	39	9	4	6	24	16	7	6	7	23	21	10	42	W	W	W	D	L	1978-04-26	Leeds United	H
10	1	Manchester United	40	9	6	6	32	23	6	4	9	33	38	4	40	W	W	W	L	D	1978-04-25	Bristol City	A
11	-1	Birmingham City	40	8	5	8	32	30	8	2	9	23	30	-5	39	L	W	D	W	W	1978-04-25	Queens Park Rangers	A
12	0	Middlesbrough	40	8	8	4	24	17	4	7	9	17	34	-10	39	D	D	D	W	W	1978-04-25	West Ham United	H
13	1	Derby County	40	9	7	4	34	24	4	5	11	16	34	-8	38	W	L	L	L	W	1978-04-29	Manchester City	A
14	-1	Norwich City	40	10	7	3	27	19	1	9	10	22	44	-14	38	L	L	L	W	D	1978-04-26	Newcastle United	A
15	1	Ipswich Town	39	10	5	4	31	20	1	8	11	14	31	-6	35	W	D	L	D	L	1978-04-25	Nottingham Forest	H
16	-1	Bristol City	40	9	5	5	36	24	2	7	12	12	27	-3	34	L	D	L	W	L	1978-04-25	Manchester United	H
17	3	Queens Park Rangers	39	8	6	5	27	26	1	7	12	19	35	-15	31	W	L	W	W	L	1978-04-25	Birmingham City	H
18	0	Chelsea	38	6	10	3	25	19	3	3	13	16	43	-21	31	D	L	L	L	D	1978-04-26	Leicester City	A
19	-2	West Ham United	40	8	6	6	31	26	3	2	15	19	40	-16	30	L	W	W	W	L	1978-04-25	Middlesbrough	A
20	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	5	8	6	25	25	4	4	12	19	36	-17	30	D	D	L	L	L	1978-04-29	Manchester United	H
21	0	Newcastle United	40	4	5	11	24	35	2	4	14	16	38	-33	21	L	L	L	L	D	1978-04-26	Norwich City	H
22	0	Leicester City	40	3	7	9	13	30	1	5	15	10	38	-45	20	L	L	L	L	L	1978-04-26	Chelsea	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Sheffield United	Ewood Park	8,990
Radford	Lineups		Calvert
Blackpool	1	2	Mansfield Town	Bloomfield Road	5,376
Hatton	Lineups		Syrett (p), Miller
Bristol Rovers	4	1	Stoke City	Eastville	8,182
Williams, Randall 2, White	Lineups		Crooks
Cardiff City	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Ninian Park	12,538	Largest home gate 1977-78
Bishop	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	3	2	Burnley	The Valley	6,511
Shipperley 2, Robinson	Lineups		Cochrane, Smith
Fulham	0	1	Millwall	Craven Cottage	10,743
	Lineups		Lee
Luton Town	1	2	Southampton	Kenilworth Road	14,302
Hill	Lineups		MacDougall, Peach (p)
Notts County	2	0	Crystal Palace	Meadow Lane	7,710
Vinter, Bradd	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Boundary Park	10,249
Young	Lineups		Towner
Orient	2	1	Hull City	Brisbane Road	5,776
Kitchen, Clarke	Lineups		Warboys
Tottenham Hotspur	2	3	Sunderland	White Hart Lane	38,220
Duncan, Taylor	Lineups		Rowell, Lee 2
Footnotes
Hull City relegated

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	2	Southampton	40	15	3	2	44	16	7	8	5	25	22	31	55	W	D	W	D	W	1978-04-25	Orient	A
2	-1	Bolton Wanderers	40	16	3	1	39	14	7	6	7	23	19	29	55	L	W	W	L	W	1978-04-26	Blackburn Rovers	A
3	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	40	12	7	1	49	19	7	8	5	33	30	33	53	L	L	W	L	D	1978-04-26	Hull City	H
4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	40	13	5	1	40	20	7	7	7	20	17	23	52	D	W	W	W	L	1978-04-25	Charlton Athletic	H
5	0	Blackburn Rovers	40	12	4	4	33	15	4	9	7	23	39	2	45	D	D	L	D	L	1978-04-26	Bolton Wanderers	H
6	1	Sunderland	41	10	6	4	33	17	3	10	8	31	42	5	42	W	L	W	W	W	1978-04-29	Charlton Athletic	H
7	-1	Oldham Athletic	40	9	10	2	32	20	4	6	9	22	33	1	42	D	D	L	W	D	1978-04-26	Stoke City	A
8	0	Fulham	40	9	8	4	32	19	5	4	10	17	28	2	40	L	W	W	D	D	1978-04-25	Burnley	A
9	0	Stoke City	40	12	4	3	34	15	3	5	13	15	33	1	39	L	D	W	D	L	1978-04-26	Oldham Athletic	H
10	0	Luton Town	40	11	4	6	35	20	3	6	10	18	29	4	38	L	D	L	D	W	1978-04-25	Millwall	A
11	0	Crystal Palace	40	8	6	5	24	18	4	8	9	19	27	-2	38	L	L	W	D	D	1978-04-25	Blackpool	H
12	0	Sheffield United	40	13	4	3	38	21	2	4	14	22	50	-11	38	D	W	L	W	D	1978-04-25	Notts County	A
13	2	Notts County	39	10	9	1	35	20	1	6	12	16	37	-6	37	W	L	D	D	L	1978-04-25	Sheffield United	H
14	2	Charlton Athletic	39	11	6	4	38	27	2	5	11	17	37	-9	37	W	L	L	D	W	1978-04-25	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
15	-2	Blackpool	40	7	8	6	35	25	5	4	10	21	31	0	36	L	L	L	D	D	1978-04-25	Crystal Palace	A
16	-2	Burnley	40	9	6	4	31	19	4	4	13	21	44	-11	36	L	L	W	W	D	1978-04-25	Fulham	H
17	0	Bristol Rovers	40	10	7	4	40	26	2	5	12	20	48	-14	36	W	L	L	W	L	1978-04-24	Mansfield Town	A
18	0	Cardiff City	39	11	6	2	30	21	0	6	14	18	48	-21	34	W	L	D	D	L	1978-04-29	Sheffield United	A
19	0	Orient	38	8	9	2	29	19	1	6	12	11	28	-7	33	W	W	L	D	L	1978-04-25	Southampton	H
20	0	Millwall	39	5	8	5	19	20	4	6	11	26	37	-12	32	W	W	W	L	D	1978-04-25	Luton Town	H
21	0	Hull City	40	6	6	8	23	24	2	6	12	11	26	-16	28	L	L	L	W	D	1978-04-26	Tottenham Hotspur	A
22	0	Mansfield Town	39	5	5	9	26	33	4	5	11	19	34	-22	28	W	D	W	L	W	1978-04-24	Bristol Rovers	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bury	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	Gigg Lane	3,177
Rowland	Lineups		Binney
Chesterfield	1	2	Chester	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,753
Walker	Lineups		Oakes, Phillips
Exeter City	0	0	Colchester United	St James Park	3,853
	Lineups
Lincoln City	3	2	Bradford City	Sincil Bank	4,121
Wigginton (p), Neale, Fleming	Lineups		Johnson, Dolan (p)
Peterborough United	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	London Road	8,889
Robson	Lineups
Port Vale	0	1	Carlisle United	Vale Park	3,942
	Lineups		Bonnyman
Portsmouth	0	2	Preston North End	Fratton Park	6,866
	Lineups		Bruce, Elwiss
Sheffield Wednesday	0	0	Cambridge United	Hillsborough	11,512
	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	1	0	Oxford United	Gay Meadow	2,510
Biggins	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	0	Hereford United	County Ground	4,270
Cunningham	Lineups
Walsall	2	1	Gillingham	Fellows Park	4,707
Birch, Dennehy	Lineups		Overton
Wrexham	7	1	Rotherham United	Racecourse Ground	16,586
Whittle 3, Lyons, Thomas, Shinton, Cartwright	Lineups		Phillips
Footnotes
Hereford United relegated
Wrexham promoted

				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	42	14	7	1	48	19	9	6	5	28	22	35	59	W	D	D	D	L	1978-04-25	Cambridge United	A
2	0	Preston North End	44	16	4	2	46	17	4	11	7	14	17	26	55	W	L	W	D	W	1978-04-25	Rotherham United	A
3	0	Cambridge United	44	17	3	1	46	10	4	9	10	23	40	19	54	D	W	L	D	W	1978-04-25	Wrexham	H
4	0	Peterborough United	43	15	7	1	32	11	5	7	8	9	15	15	54	W	W	L	W	W	1978-04-26	Oxford United	A
5	1	Chester	44	12	8	1	35	21	2	14	7	18	32	0	50	W	W	W	D	W	1978-04-26	Portsmouth	H
6	-1	Gillingham	44	11	9	2	36	21	4	10	8	29	34	10	49	L	W	D	L	D	1978-04-26	Chesterfield	A
7	1	Walsall	43	11	7	3	31	15	5	9	8	23	31	8	48	W	L	W	W	L	1978-04-25	Sheffield Wednesday	H
8	1	Swindon Town	43	12	7	4	40	22	4	8	8	23	31	10	47	W	L	W	L	D	1978-04-26	Bradford City	A
9	-2	Tranmere Rovers	44	13	6	3	38	18	3	8	11	16	29	7	46	L	W	D	L	D	1978-04-26	Exeter City	A
10	0	Carlisle United	44	10	8	4	30	24	4	10	8	26	31	1	46	W	W	W	D	W	1978-04-26	Lincoln City	A
11	0	Colchester United	43	10	9	2	35	15	4	7	11	16	28	8	44	D	D	D	W	L	1978-04-24	Port Vale	A
12	2	Shrewsbury Town	44	10	7	5	39	22	5	7	10	19	32	4	44	W	W	L	W	D	1978-04-25	Plymouth Argyle	H
13	0	Bury	44	7	12	3	33	21	6	5	11	28	34	6	43	D	L	L	D	D	1978-04-25	Hereford United	H
14	-2	Chesterfield	43	12	6	3	32	13	3	7	12	17	32	4	43	L	D	L	L	W	1978-04-26	Gillingham	H
15	0	Sheffield Wednesday	43	12	7	3	26	13	2	7	12	20	36	-3	42	D	W	L	W	D	1978-04-25	Walsall	A
16	1	Lincoln City	44	9	8	5	33	25	5	6	11	18	35	-9	42	W	L	W	D	D	1978-04-26	Carlisle United	H
17	-1	Exeter City	44	10	8	4	26	16	4	6	12	18	39	-11	42	D	D	W	W	L	1978-04-26	Tranmere Rovers	H
18	0	Oxford United	44	11	8	2	35	18	2	4	17	26	46	-3	38	L	W	L	L	W	1978-04-26	Peterborough United	H
19	0	Rotherham United	42	10	5	6	24	17	2	7	12	24	46	-15	36	L	W	L	D	L	1978-04-25	Preston North End	H
20	0	Port Vale	44	7	11	4	28	20	1	9	12	16	41	-17	36	L	L	D	D	D	1978-04-24	Colchester United	H
21	0	Plymouth Argyle	43	5	8	8	24	26	4	9	9	27	37	-12	35	D	W	D	L	D	1978-04-25	Shrewsbury Town	A
22	0	Bradford City	43	10	6	5	36	25	1	4	17	16	51	-24	32	L	L	D	L	W	1978-04-26	Swindon Town	H
23	0	Hereford United	44	9	8	5	27	21	0	4	18	5	37	-26	30	L	L	L	L	L	1978-04-25	Bury	A
24	0	Portsmouth	44	4	11	8	31	38	2	6	13	9	35	-33	29	L	W	D	L	L	1978-04-26	Chester	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	1	0	Grimsby Town	Dean Court	2,518
Showers	Lineups
Brentford	2	0	Darlington	Griffin Park	11,934
McCulloch, Phillips (p)	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	Gresty Road	2,126
Bevan, Bowles (p)	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	1	Watford	The Shay	3,542
Bell	Lineups		How
Hartlepool United	1	1	Newport County	Victoria Park	2,027
Houchen	Lineups		Goddard
Northampton Town	3	1	Swansea City	County Ground	4,865
Christie, Reilly, Robertson	Lineups		Bartley
Reading	0	0	Barnsley	Elm Park	3,914
	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	1	1	Aldershot	Old Showground	2,686
Oates	Lineups		Brodie
Southport	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Haig Avenue	1,466
Cooper	Lineups		Goldthorpe
Torquay United	3	0	York City	Plainmoor	1,928
Dunne, Coffill, Boulton	Lineups
Wimbledon	2	0	Stockport County	Plough Lane	2,763
Briley, Leslie	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	44	17	3	1	40	11	12	7	4	41	24	46	68	D	D	D	D	W	1978-04-25	Brentford	H
2	0	Southend United	44	15	5	3	46	18	9	5	7	18	19	27	58	W	W	D	W	W	1978-04-24	Stockport County	A
3	0	Brentford	44	15	6	2	50	17	6	7	8	34	34	33	55	W	D	L	D	W	1978-04-25	Watford	A
4	0	Swansea City	44	14	5	2	49	16	7	5	11	33	30	36	52	L	L	W	W	L	1978-04-25	Scunthorpe United	H
5	1	Aldershot	43	14	8	0	42	16	3	7	11	20	31	15	49	D	D	L	W	D	1978-04-25	Crewe Alexandra	A
6	-1	Grimsby Town	44	12	6	3	26	14	7	5	11	27	36	3	49	L	W	D	D	D	1978-04-25	Southport	H
7	0	Barnsley	44	14	4	4	41	18	3	10	9	16	26	13	48	D	L	L	L	W	1978-04-26	Torquay United	A
8	0	Reading	43	11	7	4	32	23	6	6	9	20	26	3	47	D	W	W	D	D	1978-04-24	Rochdale	A
9	4	Northampton Town	44	9	7	6	30	28	7	5	10	28	38	-8	44	W	W	W	D	W	1978-04-25	Darlington	H
10	0	Huddersfield Town	44	12	5	5	39	21	2	10	10	20	31	7	43	D	L	L	L	L	1978-04-25	Hartlepool United	A
11	3	Torquay United	44	11	6	5	40	24	3	9	10	11	30	-3	43	W	L	L	L	D	1978-04-26	Barnsley	H
12	-1	Scunthorpe United	44	12	6	5	31	14	2	9	10	17	37	-3	43	D	W	D	L	W	1978-04-25	Swansea City	A
13	-1	Newport County	44	14	6	1	42	19	2	5	16	22	51	-6	43	D	D	L	L	D	1978-04-25	Wimbledon	H
14	-5	Doncaster Rovers	44	11	6	4	35	24	3	9	11	15	39	-13	43	L	D	W	W	D	1978-04-25	AFC Bournemouth	H
15	1	Wimbledon	44	8	11	4	39	26	5	5	11	24	38	-1	42	W	W	D	W	D	1978-04-25	Newport County	A
16	2	AFC Bournemouth	44	12	6	5	28	20	2	8	11	13	29	-8	42	W	L	W	L	L	1978-04-25	Doncaster Rovers	A
17	2	Crewe Alexandra	44	11	8	3	34	23	3	6	13	14	43	-18	42	W	D	W	W	D	1978-04-25	Aldershot	H
18	-1	Halifax Town	45	7	10	6	28	23	3	11	8	24	37	-8	41	D	L	D	W	L	1978-04-29	Swansea City	A
19	-4	Stockport County	44	13	4	4	39	17	2	6	15	15	37	0	40	L	W	L	L	D	1978-04-24	Southend United	H
20	0	Darlington	44	10	7	5	30	21	4	4	14	19	35	-7	39	L	D	W	L	D	1978-04-25	Northampton Town	A
21	0	York City	44	8	7	7	27	28	4	5	13	23	37	-15	36	L	D	W	L	D	1978-04-26	Reading	A
22	0	Hartlepool United	44	11	4	7	31	27	3	3	16	17	52	-31	35	D	L	L	L	W	1978-04-25	Huddersfield Town	H
23	0	Southport	44	5	13	5	30	32	1	6	14	20	39	-21	31	D	L	D	L	W	1978-04-25	Grimsby Town	A
24	0	Rochdale	43	7	5	8	27	25	0	2	21	14	57	-41	21	L	D	L	L	W	1978-04-24	Reading	H