1978-10-14

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	2	2	Manchester United	Villa Park	36,204
Gregory 2	Lineups		Macari, McIlroy
Bristol City	1	3	Nottingham Forest	Ashton Gate	26,953
Ritchie (p)	Lineups		Birtles, Robertson 2
Chelsea	4	3	Bolton Wanderers	Stamford Bridge	19,879
Swain, Langley, Walker, Allardyce OG	Lineups		Gowling 2, Worthington (p)
Ipswich Town	0	1	Everton	Portman Road	22,676
	Lineups		Latchford
Leeds United	1	3	West Bromwich Albion	Elland Road	25,931
Stevenson	Lineups		Brown T, Regis 2
Liverpool	5	0	Derby County	Anfield Road	47,475
Johnson, Kennedy R 2, Dalglish 2	Lineups
Manchester City	2	0	Coventry City	Maine Road	36,723
Owen 2 (2p)	Lineups
Middlesbrough	2	0	Norwich City	Ayresome Park	18,286
Peters OG, Mills	Lineups
Southampton	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	The Dell	22,803
MacDougall	Lineups		Goddard
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	Birmingham City	White Hart Lane	41,230
Ainscow OG	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	Arsenal	Molineux	19,664
Eves	Lineups

				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	Liverpool	10	5	0	0	18	1	4	1	0	15	3	29	19	W	W	W	D	W	1978-10-21	Chelsea	H
2	0	Everton	10	4	1	0	7	1	2	3	0	6	4	8	16	W	D	D	W	D	1978-10-21	Queens Park Rangers	A
3	1	Nottingham Forest	10	2	3	0	8	5	2	3	0	6	3	6	14	W	W	W	D	D	1978-10-21	Ipswich Town	H
4	2	West Bromwich Albion	10	2	2	1	9	5	3	1	1	9	5	8	13	W	L	W	D	L	1978-10-21	Coventry City	H
5	2	Manchester City	10	3	1	1	9	5	2	2	1	8	5	7	13	W	W	L	W	W	1978-10-21	Bolton Wanderers	A
6	-1	Manchester United	10	3	2	0	7	4	1	3	1	7	9	1	13	D	W	W	D	D	1978-10-21	Bristol City	H
7	-4	Coventry City	10	2	3	0	9	5	2	1	2	5	5	4	12	L	D	D	D	L	1978-10-21	West Bromwich Albion	A
8	4	Tottenham Hotspur	10	2	2	1	6	7	2	1	2	4	11	-8	11	W	W	D	L	W	1978-10-21	Derby County	A
9	-1	Arsenal	10	2	3	0	10	5	1	1	3	5	7	3	10	L	D	W	D	W	1978-10-21	Southampton	H
10	0	Aston Villa	10	1	3	1	6	6	2	1	2	7	4	3	10	D	D	L	L	D	1978-10-21	Birmingham City	A
11	-2	Bristol City	10	2	2	1	8	7	2	0	3	3	5	-1	10	L	L	D	W	W	1978-10-21	Manchester United	A
12	-1	Norwich City	10	3	1	1	12	6	0	2	3	6	12	0	9	L	L	W	L	W	1978-10-21	Leeds United	H
13	2	Queens Park Rangers	10	2	2	1	3	2	1	1	3	5	9	-3	9	D	W	L	W	W	1978-10-21	Everton	H
14	-1	Leeds United	10	2	0	3	10	8	1	2	2	6	8	0	8	L	L	W	D	L	1978-10-21	Norwich City	A
15	-1	Ipswich Town	10	1	0	4	3	7	2	2	1	8	6	-2	8	L	D	W	L	W	1978-10-21	Nottingham Forest	A
16	2	Southampton	10	2	2	1	9	8	0	2	3	4	9	-4	8	D	D	L	L	L	1978-10-21	Arsenal	A
17	0	Bolton Wanderers	10	3	1	1	11	8	0	1	4	5	14	-6	8	L	W	L	W	L	1978-10-21	Manchester City	H
18	-2	Derby County	10	3	1	1	7	6	0	1	4	3	13	-9	8	L	W	L	W	W	1978-10-21	Tottenham Hotspur	H
19	0	Middlesbrough	10	1	1	3	5	7	1	1	3	8	10	-4	6	W	L	L	D	L	1978-10-21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
20	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	3	0	2	5	4	0	0	5	3	12	-8	6	W	L	W	L	L	1978-10-21	Middlesbrough	A
21	0	Chelsea	10	1	0	4	6	14	1	2	2	6	7	-9	6	W	L	L	D	L	1978-10-21	Liverpool	A
22	0	Birmingham City	10	0	2	3	4	10	0	1	4	2	11	-15	3	L	L	L	D	L	1978-10-21	Aston Villa	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	0	0	Luton Town	Ewood Park	7,450
	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	0	Fulham	Goldstone Ground	24,606
Ryan 2, Horton	Lineups
Leicester City	0	3	Charlton Athletic	Filbert Street	14,277
	Lineups		Flanagan 2, Brisley
Millwall	1	1	Sheffield United	The Den, New Cross	6,342
Seasman	Lineups		Calvert
Notts County	2	1	Bristol Rovers	Meadow Lane	8,646
Vinter, O'Brien (p)	Lineups		White
Oldham Athletic	2	2	West Ham United	Boundary Park	9,191
Taylor 2	Lineups		Robson 2
Orient	2	2	Cardiff City	Brisbane Road	6,064
Mayo, Grealish	Lineups		Buchanan, Stevens
Preston North End	2	3	Crystal Palace	Deepdale	10,795
Haslegrave, Thomson	Lineups		Walsh 2, Elwiss
Stoke City	3	1	Burnley	Victoria Ground	18,434
Richardson, Kendall, Irvine	Lineups		Ingham
Sunderland	1	1	Newcastle United	Roker Park	35,405
Greenwood	Lineups		Withe
Wrexham	2	0	Cambridge United	Racecourse Ground	9,807
Thomas, Whittle	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	Crystal Palace	10	3	2	0	9	4	3	2	0	10	4	11	16	W	W	D	W	W	1978-10-21	Wrexham	A
2	0	Stoke City	10	3	2	0	10	4	3	1	1	4	3	7	15	W	L	D	D	W	1978-10-21	West Ham United	A
3	1	West Ham United	10	4	0	1	12	3	1	2	2	9	8	10	12	D	W	L	W	W	1978-10-21	Stoke City	H
4	5	Brighton & Hove Albion	10	4	0	1	11	3	1	2	2	8	10	6	12	W	L	W	D	L	1978-10-21	Burnley	A
5	-2	Fulham	10	3	1	1	5	1	2	1	2	5	7	2	12	L	W	W	W	D	1978-10-21	Preston North End	H
6	0	Newcastle United	10	3	1	1	5	4	1	3	1	4	4	1	12	D	W	W	D	D	1978-10-21	Charlton Athletic	A
7	3	Notts County	10	3	1	1	7	5	2	1	2	8	10	0	12	W	W	L	D	W	1978-10-21	Luton Town	A
8	0	Luton Town	10	4	1	0	19	4	0	2	3	2	7	10	11	D	W	D	D	W	1978-10-21	Notts County	H
9	-4	Bristol Rovers	10	5	0	0	15	5	0	1	4	3	11	2	11	L	W	D	W	L	1978-10-21	Orient	H
10	1	Sunderland	10	3	2	0	8	4	1	1	3	5	10	-1	11	D	L	W	W	D	1978-10-21	Millwall	H
11	-4	Burnley	10	3	1	1	9	7	1	2	2	4	8	-2	11	L	W	W	L	L	1978-10-21	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
12	4	Charlton Athletic	10	1	3	1	6	5	2	1	2	6	6	1	10	W	L	W	D	D	1978-10-21	Newcastle United	H
13	2	Wrexham	10	1	3	1	3	2	2	1	2	5	5	1	10	W	L	L	L	D	1978-10-21	Crystal Palace	H
14	0	Sheffield United	10	2	1	2	9	7	1	2	2	4	7	-1	9	D	W	D	L	W	1978-10-21	Oldham Athletic	H
15	-3	Cambridge United	10	1	3	1	3	3	1	2	2	4	5	-1	9	L	W	D	D	D	1978-10-21	Blackburn Rovers	H
16	1	Orient	10	1	1	3	5	5	2	1	2	4	5	-1	8	D	W	L	D	L	1978-10-21	Bristol Rovers	A
17	-4	Leicester City	10	1	1	3	5	7	1	3	1	4	4	-2	8	L	L	W	W	D	1978-10-21	Cardiff City	A
18	0	Oldham Athletic	10	2	2	1	8	6	1	0	4	4	10	-4	8	D	L	L	L	W	1978-10-21	Sheffield United	A
19	0	Cardiff City	10	2	1	2	8	8	1	1	3	7	16	-9	8	D	L	W	W	L	1978-10-21	Leicester City	H
20	0	Preston North End	10	1	2	2	8	7	0	1	4	4	13	-8	5	L	L	L	L	L	1978-10-21	Fulham	A
21	0	Blackburn Rovers	10	1	3	1	6	4	0	0	5	4	15	-9	5	D	L	L	L	D	1978-10-21	Cambridge United	A
22	0	Millwall	10	1	1	3	4	11	0	2	3	1	7	-13	5	D	L	L	L	L	1978-10-21	Sunderland	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bury	3	1	Chesterfield	Gigg Lane	4,306
Gregory, Beamish, Ritson	Lineups		Flavell
Gillingham	2	0	Hull City	Priestfield Stadium	5,460
Crabbe (p), Jolley	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	3	Walsall	Field Mill	6,066
Martin	Lineups		Buckley 2, Austin
Peterborough United	1	1	Oxford United	London Road	5,472
Robson	Lineups		Seacole
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Shrewsbury Town	Home Park	9,901
Bason	Lineups		Atkins
Sheffield Wednesday	0	0	Carlisle United	Hillsborough	11,128
	Lineups
Southend United	4	0	Blackpool	Roots Hall	6,484
Fell 2, Yates, Pountney	Lineups
Swansea City	1	0	Exeter City	Vetch Field	10,957
Toshack	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	0	Rotherham United	County Ground	4,476
Bates	Lineups
Watford	2	0	Brentford	Vicarage Road	15,180
Jenkins, Blissett	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	Shrewsbury Town	12	4	2	0	8	2	3	2	1	5	3	8	18	D	D	W	W	W	1978-10-16	Tranmere Rovers	A
2	0	Watford	12	4	0	2	16	7	4	0	2	16	9	16	16	W	L	W	L	W	1978-10-17	Carlisle United	H
3	0	Swansea City	12	5	1	0	16	8	2	1	3	7	8	7	16	W	L	W	L	L	1978-10-17	Mansfield Town	H
4	1	Plymouth Argyle	11	3	1	1	8	6	3	1	2	11	9	4	14	D	D	W	L	W	1978-10-18	Chester	A
5	6	Gillingham	12	3	2	1	7	4	1	4	1	6	6	3	14	W	D	W	L	W	1978-10-17	Lincoln City	H
6	-2	Chester	12	5	1	0	12	3	1	1	4	5	13	1	14	L	W	D	W	W	1978-10-18	Plymouth Argyle	H
7	1	Carlisle United	12	3	3	0	9	2	0	4	2	3	6	4	13	D	D	L	W	D	1978-10-17	Watford	A
8	2	Peterborough United	11	3	3	0	8	3	1	2	2	6	10	1	13	D	D	D	L	L	1978-10-17	Swindon Town	A
9	-2	Colchester United	12	4	2	0	11	6	0	3	3	3	9	-1	13	D	W	W	L	D	1978-10-18	Chesterfield	A
10	-4	Blackpool	12	5	1	0	10	2	1	0	5	4	16	-4	13	L	W	L	W	W	1978-10-18	Exeter City	A
11	3	Southend United	12	4	0	2	10	4	0	4	2	9	11	4	12	W	D	L	L	D	1978-10-20	Colchester United	A
12	-3	Chesterfield	12	3	1	2	10	9	1	3	2	7	7	1	12	L	W	L	W	W	1978-10-18	Colchester United	H
13	3	Swindon Town	12	5	0	1	9	2	0	2	4	4	12	-1	12	W	L	W	L	L	1978-10-17	Peterborough United	H
14	-2	Hull City	12	2	3	1	10	5	2	0	4	6	8	3	11	L	D	L	L	L	1978-10-21	Swansea City	H
15	-2	Rotherham United	12	4	0	2	8	5	0	3	3	5	9	-1	11	L	L	L	W	W	1978-10-17	Brentford	H
16	1	Sheffield Wednesday	11	1	3	1	5	5	2	2	2	4	7	-3	11	D	W	L	D	L	1978-10-17	Oxford United	H
17	3	Walsall	12	2	3	1	14	10	1	1	4	7	11	0	10	W	D	D	W	D	1978-10-17	Bury	A
18	4	Bury	12	1	3	2	11	11	1	3	2	2	4	-2	10	W	W	D	D	D	1978-10-17	Walsall	H
19	-4	Exeter City	11	2	3	1	7	5	1	1	3	4	8	-2	10	L	D	D	W	W	1978-10-18	Blackpool	H
20	-1	Oxford United	12	2	2	2	6	7	1	2	3	5	9	-5	10	D	D	W	W	L	1978-10-17	Sheffield Wednesday	A
21	-3	Mansfield Town	11	1	3	1	5	6	1	2	3	8	9	-2	9	L	D	W	L	L	1978-10-17	Swansea City	A
22	-1	Tranmere Rovers	11	2	3	1	11	8	0	1	4	4	11	-4	8	W	D	L	W	D	1978-10-16	Shrewsbury Town	H
23	0	Brentford	12	3	0	3	4	7	0	1	5	4	12	-11	7	L	L	L	W	L	1978-10-17	Rotherham United	A
24	0	Lincoln City	12	1	3	2	5	10	0	0	6	2	13	-16	5	D	L	D	L	L	1978-10-17	Gillingham	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	1	Hartlepool United	Recreation Ground	2,968
Shanahan	Lineups		Brooks
Bradford City	2	1	York City	Valley Parade	4,026
Cooke, McNiven	Lineups		Randall
Grimsby Town	1	0	Portsmouth	Blundell Park	5,380
Moore K	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	3	Port Vale	The Shay	1,591
	Lineups		Wright 2, Tully
Hereford United	0	0	AFC Bournemouth	Edgar Street	3,752
	Lineups
Newport County	2	1	Huddersfield Town	Somerton Park	3,624
Goddard 2	Lineups		Robins
Northampton Town	2	2	Reading	County Ground	4,694	Largest home gate 1978-79
Farrington, Mead	Lineups		Earles 2
Torquay United	1	1	Rochdale	Plainmoor	2,818
Green	Lineups		Scaife
Wigan Athletic	1	0	Doncaster Rovers	Springfield Park	5,788
Ward	Lineups
Wimbledon	3	1	Scunthorpe United	Plough Lane	3,808
Leslie 2, Cork	Lineups		Wigg

				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	Wimbledon	12	6	0	0	13	4	3	3	0	11	5	15	21	W	W	W	D	W	1978-10-17	Crewe Alexandra	H
2	0	Barnsley	12	4	1	1	13	6	3	3	0	7	3	11	18	D	D	W	D	D	1978-10-17	Aldershot	A
3	0	Reading	12	6	0	0	13	1	1	3	2	6	8	10	17	D	W	L	W	L	1978-10-17	Darlington	A
4	0	Grimsby Town	12	3	1	2	11	5	4	1	1	10	4	12	16	W	D	W	L	W	1978-10-17	Northampton Town	H
5	0	Portsmouth	12	4	1	1	7	1	2	1	3	9	10	5	14	L	W	L	W	W	1978-10-17	Doncaster Rovers	A
6	1	Northampton Town	12	4	2	0	12	4	1	2	3	5	9	4	14	D	D	W	D	L	1978-10-17	Grimsby Town	A
7	-1	Stockport County	12	4	1	1	12	2	1	2	3	6	9	7	13	D	L	W	D	L	1978-10-16	AFC Bournemouth	H
8	0	AFC Bournemouth	12	4	0	2	11	5	1	3	2	3	4	5	13	D	L	W	D	W	1978-10-16	Stockport County	A
9	0	Aldershot	12	2	3	1	10	5	2	2	2	6	7	4	13	D	W	D	L	L	1978-10-17	Barnsley	H
10	0	Torquay United	12	4	1	1	10	4	2	0	4	6	13	-1	13	D	L	L	W	L	1978-10-17	York City	A
11	0	York City	12	3	1	2	9	9	2	1	3	5	9	-4	12	L	L	D	W	L	1978-10-17	Torquay United	H
12	1	Hartlepool United	12	2	2	2	9	9	2	2	2	5	10	-5	12	D	L	L	D	W	1978-10-17	Scunthorpe United	H
13	5	Port Vale	12	0	5	1	8	9	3	0	3	11	6	4	11	W	D	L	D	L	1978-10-18	Bradford City	A
14	0	Hereford United	12	3	3	0	8	1	1	0	5	4	7	4	11	D	L	W	L	W	1978-10-17	Huddersfield Town	A
15	-3	Scunthorpe United	12	4	0	2	9	5	0	3	3	3	7	0	11	L	L	L	W	W	1978-10-17	Hartlepool United	A
16	4	Bradford City	12	3	1	2	10	8	2	0	4	5	13	-6	11	W	L	L	W	L	1978-10-18	Port Vale	H
17	4	Newport County	12	1	1	4	7	11	3	1	2	11	10	-3	10	W	W	D	D	W	1978-10-17	Rochdale	H
18	4	Wigan Athletic	12	3	0	3	8	9	1	2	3	3	6	-4	10	W	D	W	L	W	1978-10-18	Halifax Town	H
19	-4	Darlington	12	1	3	2	3	4	2	1	3	6	9	-4	10	D	W	D	D	L	1978-10-17	Reading	H
20	-4	Doncaster Rovers	12	2	3	1	7	6	1	1	4	6	13	-6	10	L	W	W	L	D	1978-10-17	Portsmouth	H
21	-4	Crewe Alexandra	12	2	1	3	10	14	1	3	2	4	11	-11	10	D	W	D	D	L	1978-10-17	Wimbledon	A
22	-3	Huddersfield Town	12	3	3	0	7	3	0	0	6	3	12	-5	9	L	D	L	W	W	1978-10-17	Hereford United	H
23	1	Rochdale	12	0	3	3	3	8	0	2	4	3	14	-16	5	D	D	L	D	L	1978-10-17	Newport County	A
24	-1	Halifax Town	12	1	1	4	3	9	0	1	5	4	14	-16	4	L	D	D	L	L	1978-10-18	Wigan Athletic	A