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SEASON: 1977-78

Prev Season: 1976-77
This Season: 1977-78
Next Season: 1978-79

DIVISION: English First Division (Tier 1)

MANAGER(s):: Brian Clough
FA Cup:: Quarter Final (West Bromwich Albion (A) 0-2)
League Cup:: Winners (Liverpool (Old Trafford) 1-0)
Player Of The Year:: Kenny Burns

Top Goalscorer:: Peter Withe, Tony Woodcock (19 goals)

TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1977-78

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Nottingham Forest	42	25	14	3	69	24	15	6	0	37	8	10	8	3	32	16	45	64	European Cup First Round
2	Liverpool	42	24	9	9	65	34	15	4	2	37	11	9	5	7	28	23	31	57	European Cup First Round	1-1	0-0
3	Everton	42	22	11	9	76	45	14	4	3	47	22	8	7	6	29	23	31	55	UEFA Cup First Round	1-1	3-1
4	Manchester City	42	20	12	10	74	51	14	4	3	46	21	6	8	7	28	30	23	52	UEFA Cup First Round	2-1	0-0
5	Arsenal	42	21	10	11	60	37	14	5	2	38	12	7	5	9	22	25	23	52	UEFA Cup First Round	2-0	0-3
6	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	14	10	62	53	13	5	3	35	18	5	9	7	27	35	9	50	UEFA Cup First Round	0-0	2-2
7	Coventry City	42	18	12	12	75	62	13	5	3	48	23	5	7	9	27	39	13	48		2-1	0-0
8	Aston Villa	42	18	10	14	57	42	11	4	6	33	18	7	6	8	24	24	15	46		2-0	1-0
9	Leeds United	42	18	10	14	63	53	12	4	5	39	21	6	6	9	24	32	10	46		1-1	0-1
10	Manchester United	42	16	10	16	67	63	9	6	6	32	23	7	4	10	35	40	4	42		2-1	4-0
11	Birmingham City	42	16	9	17	55	60	8	5	8	32	30	8	4	9	23	30	-5	41		0-0	2-0
12	Derby County	42	14	13	15	54	59	10	7	4	37	24	4	6	11	17	35	-5	41		3-0	0-0
13	Norwich City	42	11	18	13	52	66	10	8	3	28	20	1	10	10	24	46	-14	40		1-1	3-3
14	Middlesbrough	42	12	15	15	42	54	8	8	5	25	19	4	7	10	17	35	-12	39		4-0	2-2
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	12	12	18	51	64	7	8	6	30	27	5	4	12	21	37	-13	36		2-0	3-2
16	Chelsea	42	11	14	17	46	69	7	11	3	28	20	4	3	14	18	49	-23	36		3-1	0-1
17	Bristol City	42	11	13	18	49	53	9	6	6	37	26	2	7	12	12	27	-4	35		1-0	3-1
18	Ipswich Town	42	11	13	18	47	61	10	5	6	32	24	1	8	12	15	37	-14	35	Cup Winners Cup First Round	4-0	2-0
19	Queens Park Rangers	42	9	15	18	47	64	8	8	5	27	26	1	7	13	20	38	-17	33		1-0	2-0
20	West Ham United	42	12	8	22	52	69	8	6	7	31	28	4	2	15	21	41	-17	32	Relegated	2-0	0-0
21	Newcastle United	42	6	10	26	42	78	4	6	11	26	37	2	4	15	16	41	-36	22	Relegated	2-0	2-0
22	Leicester City	42	5	12	25	26	70	4	7	10	16	32	1	5	15	10	38	-44	22	Relegated	1-0	3-0

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	11 times	15 times	10 times	7 times	1 time
Conceded	18 times	6 times	2 times
Won By	10 times	16 times	4 times	4 times	1 time
Lost By	2 times	1 time	1 time

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1	225	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	13	2	3	1	2	-	3	2	4	Manchester City (2-1), Everton (1-1), Liverpool (0-0)
3	14	3	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Liverpool (1-1)
4	7	4	2	1	1	-	2	0	3	West Bromwich Albion (0-0), Arsenal (2-0)
5	3	5	3	2	1	-	5	3	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-2), Coventry City (2-1), Manchester City (0-0)
6		6	2	-	2	-	2	2	2	Coventry City (0-0), West Bromwich Albion (2-2)
7		7	2	1	1	-	5	1	3	Ipswich Town (4-0), Leeds United (1-1)
8		8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9		9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10		10	5	1	3	1	5	5	5	Norwich City (1-1), Leeds United (0-1), Derby County (0-0), Norwich City (3-3), Aston Villa (1-0)
11		11	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Birmingham City (0-0)
12		12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13		13	4	3	-	1	10	3	6	Arsenal (0-3), Aston Villa (2-0), Middlesbrough (4-0), Manchester United (4-0)
14		14	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Bristol City (1-0)
15		15	3	3	-	-	6	1	6	Manchester United (2-1), Wolverhampton Wanderers (2-0), Ipswich Town (2-0)
16		16	3	2	1	-	7	3	5	Birmingham City (2-0), Bristol City (3-1), Middlesbrough (2-2)
17		17	3	2	-	1	6	2	4	Derby County (3-0), Chelsea (0-1), Chelsea (3-1)
18		18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
19		19	4	4	-	-	8	0	8	Leicester City (3-0), Queens Park Rangers (2-0), West Ham United (2-0), Queens Park Rangers (1-0)
20		20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
21		21	4	3	1	-	5	0	7	West Ham United (0-0), Newcastle United (2-0), Leicester City (1-0), Newcastle United (2-0)
22		22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Not included: Week 1 game against Everton (3-1) as all teams were unplaced at the time

GAMES

Manager for all games: Brian Clough
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 20, 1977	Everton	A	3-1	38,001	5	Withe (33'), Robertson (38'), O'Neill (77')
2	Tue Aug 23, 1977	Bristol City	H	1-0	21,743	1	Withe (82')
3	Sat Aug 27, 1977	Derby County	H	3-0	28,807	1	Withe (31', 67'), Robertson (78')
4	Sat Sep 03, 1977	Arsenal	A	0-3	40,810	4
5	Sat Sep 10, 1977	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3-2	24,662	3	Withe (17'), Bowyer (70'), Woodcock (73')
6	Sat Sep 17, 1977	Aston Villa	H	2-0	31,016	3	Woodcock (6'), Robertson (90')
7	Sat Sep 24, 1977	Leicester City	A	3-0	21,447	2	O'Neill (19'), Woodcock (66'), Robertson (89' pen)
8	Sat Oct 01, 1977	Norwich City	H	1-1	23,741	2	Burns (73')
9	Tue Oct 04, 1977	Ipswich Town	H	4-0	26,845	1	Withe (42', 60', 85', 88')
10	Sat Oct 08, 1977	West Ham United	A	0-0	26,128	1
11	Sat Oct 15, 1977	Manchester City	H	2-1	35,572	1	Woodcock (34'), Withe (86')
12	Sat Oct 22, 1977	Queens Park Rangers	A	2-0	24,248	1	Bowyer (59'), Burns (82')
13	Sat Oct 29, 1977	Middlesbrough	H	4-0	27,373	1	Anderson (31', 45'), Bowyer (40'), McGovern (55')
14	Sat Nov 05, 1977	Chelsea	A	0-1	36,116	1
15	Sat Nov 12, 1977	Manchester United	H	2-1	30,183	1	Burns (49'), Gemmill (72')
16	Sat Nov 19, 1977	Leeds United	A	0-1	42,925	1
17	Sat Nov 26, 1977	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-0	31,908	1
18	Sat Dec 03, 1977	Birmingham City	A	2-0	29,925	1	O'Neill (10'), Woodcock (52')
19	Sat Dec 10, 1977	Coventry City	H	2-1	29,823	1	O'Neill (40'), McGovern (45')
20	Sat Dec 17, 1977	Manchester United	A	4-0	54,375	1	Brian Greenhoff (23' OG), Woodcock (28', 89'), Robertson (53')
21	Mon Dec 26, 1977	Liverpool	H	1-1	47,218	1	Gemmill (?)
22	Wed Dec 28, 1977	Newcastle United	A	2-0	54,375	1	Needham (17'), McGovern (80')
23	Sat Dec 31, 1977	Bristol City	A	3-1	31,990	1	Needham (11'), Woodcock (26'), O'Neill (58')
24	Mon Jan 02, 1978	Everton	H	1-1	44,030	1	Robertson (24' pen)
25	Sat Jan 14, 1978	Derby County	A	0-0	36,500	1
26	Sat Jan 21, 1978	Arsenal	H	2-0	35,743	1	Needham (33'), Gemmill (64')
27	Sat Feb 04, 1978	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-0	28,803	1	Woodcock (40'), McGovern (51')
28	Sat Feb 25, 1978	Norwich City	A	3-3	26,004	1	Withe (17'), Barrett (21'), O'Neill (25')
29	Sat Mar 04, 1978	West Ham United	H	2-0	33,924	1	Needham (79'), Robertson (81')
30	Tue Mar 14, 1978	Leicester City	H	1-0	32,355	1	Robertson (14' pen)	Safe
31	Sat Mar 25, 1978	Newcastle United	H	2-0	35,552	1	Robertson (33'), Anderson (68')	Safe
32	Wed Mar 29, 1978	Middlesbrough	A	2-2	25,445	1	Woodcock (20'), O'Neill (60')	Safe
33	Sat Apr 01, 1978	Chelsea	H	3-1	31,262	1	Burns (68'), O'Neill (82'), Robertson (87')	Safe
34	Wed Apr 05, 1978	Aston Villa	A	1-0	44,315	1	Woodcock (86')	Safe
35	Tue Apr 11, 1978	Manchester City	A	0-0	43,428	1		Safe
36	Sat Apr 15, 1978	Leeds United	H	1-1	38,662	1	Withe (65')	Safe
37	Tue Apr 18, 1978	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-0	30,339	1	Robertson (29' pen)	Safe
38	Sat Apr 22, 1978	Coventry City	A	0-0	36,881	1		Champion
39	Tue Apr 25, 1978	Ipswich Town	A	2-0	30,062	1	Paul Mariner (74' OG), Clark (78')	Champion
40	Sat Apr 29, 1978	Birmingham City	H	0-0	37,625	1		Champion
41	Tue May 02, 1978	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-2	23,612	1	Bowyer (14'), Robertson (36' pen)	Champion
42	Thu May 04, 1978	Liverpool	A	0-0	50,021	1		Champion

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 07, 1978	Swindon Town	3		H	4-1	28,953	Woodcock (39', 78'), Withe (55'), Robertson (68')
Tue Jan 31, 1978	Manchester City	4		H	2-1	38,509	Robertson (4'), Withe (60')
Sat Feb 18, 1978	Queens Park Rangers	5		A	1-1	26,803	O'Neill (89')
Mon Feb 27, 1978	Queens Park Rangers	5	1	H	1-1	40,097	Robertson (19' pen)
Thu Mar 02, 1978	Queens Park Rangers	5	2	H	3-1	33,960	O'Neill (3'), Woodcock (64', 79')
Sat Mar 11, 1978	West Bromwich Albion	Quarter		A	0-2	36,506

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Tue Aug 30, 1977	West Ham United	2			H	5-0	18,224	O'Neill (10'), Bowyer (25', 85'), Woodcock (60'), Withe (87')
Tue Oct 25, 1977	Notts County	3			H	4-0	26,931	Robertson (16' pen), Woodcock (46'), Bowyer (66', 85')
Tue Nov 29, 1977	Aston Villa	4			H	4-2	29,333	Lloyd (7'), Anderson (15'), Withe (25'), Woodcock (52')
Tue Jan 17, 1978	Bury	Quarter			A	3-0	21,500	Bowyer (8'), O'Neill (56'), Robertson (79')
Wed Feb 08, 1978	Leeds United	Semi	1		A	3-1	43,222	Withe (19', 21'), O'Hare (74')
Wed Feb 22, 1978	Leeds United	Semi	2		H	4-2	38,131	Withe (18'), Bowyer (50'), O'Neill (72'), Woodcock (75')
Sat Mar 18, 1978	Liverpool	Final			N	0-0	100,000
Wed Mar 22, 1978	Liverpool	Final		1	N	1-0	54,375	Robertson (52' pen)

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Mon Aug 15, 1977	Notts County	Final	H	1-1	11,569	Bowyer (49')

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Mon Aug 01, 1977	St Gallen	Switzerland	A	3-2	2,300	Withe (7', 37'), Bowyer (51')
Wed Aug 03, 1977	Wacker Innsbruck	Austria	A	2-1	7,300	Woodcock (?), Robertson (?)
Fri Aug 05, 1977	SV Plattling	Germany	A	5-1	1,500	O'Neill (?), Elliott (?, ?, ?), Birtles (?)
Sat Aug 06, 1977	Neuburg	Germany	A	5-1	1,000	Woodcock (?, ?), Barrett (?), O'Neill (?), Bowyer (?)
Tue Aug 09, 1977	SW Bregenz	Austria	A	3-1	2,000	Elliott (?), Woodcock (?, ?)
Sat Aug 13, 1977	Skegness Town	England	A	4-0	2,500	Burns (?), Bowyer (?), Elliott (?), Robertson (? pen)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Tue Nov 22, 1977	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Israel	A	6-1	19,000	Anderson (?), McGovern (?), Lloyd (?), Woodcock (?, ?), O'Hare (?)

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Mon Sep 12, 1977	Leicester City	England	H	0-0	5,190
Mon Oct 17, 1977	Sheffield United	England	A	6-1	6,780	Burns (?), Withe (?, ?, ?), Woodcock (?), Robertson (?)
Mon Nov 14, 1977	Hartlepool United	England	A	2-2	4,000	Burns (?), Woodcock (?)
Mon Apr 03, 1978	Derby County	England	A	2-1	9,070	Lloyd (23'), Bowyer (37')
Wed Apr 12, 1978	Notts County	England	A	1-1	10,129	O'Hare (?)
Mon May 01, 1978	Derby County	England	H	2-1	18,272	McGovern (?, ?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Brian Clough
Mon Aug 01, 1977	Pre-Season Friendly	St Gallen				A	3-2	2,300	Withe (7', 37'), Bowyer (51')
Wed Aug 03, 1977	Pre-Season Friendly	Wacker Innsbruck				A	2-1	7,300	Woodcock (?), Robertson (?)
Fri Aug 05, 1977	Pre-Season Friendly	SV Plattling				A	5-1	1,500	O'Neill (?), Elliott (?, ?, ?), Birtles (?)
Sat Aug 06, 1977	Pre-Season Friendly	Neuburg				A	5-1	1,000	Woodcock (?, ?), Barrett (?), O'Neill (?), Bowyer (?)
Tue Aug 09, 1977	Pre-Season Friendly	SW Bregenz				A	3-1	2,000	Elliott (?), Woodcock (?, ?)
Sat Aug 13, 1977	Pre-Season Friendly	Skegness Town				A	4-0	2,500	Burns (?), Bowyer (?), Elliott (?), Robertson (? pen)
Mon Aug 15, 1977	County Cup	Notts County	Final			H	1-1	11,569	Bowyer (49')
Sat Aug 20, 1977	League Tier 1	Everton				A	3-1	38,001	Withe (33'), Robertson (38'), O'Neill (77')
Tue Aug 23, 1977	League Tier 1	Bristol City				H	1-0	21,743	Withe (82')
Sat Aug 27, 1977	League Tier 1	Derby County				H	3-0	28,807	Withe (31', 67'), Robertson (78')
Tue Aug 30, 1977	League Cup	West Ham United	2			H	5-0	18,224	O'Neill (10'), Bowyer (25', 85'), Woodcock (60'), Withe (87')
Sat Sep 03, 1977	League Tier 1	Arsenal				A	0-3	40,810
Sat Sep 10, 1977	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers				A	3-2	24,662	Withe (17'), Bowyer (70'), Woodcock (73')
Mon Sep 12, 1977	Testimonial	Leicester City				H	0-0	5,190
Sat Sep 17, 1977	League Tier 1	Aston Villa				H	2-0	31,016	Woodcock (6'), Robertson (90')
Sat Sep 24, 1977	League Tier 1	Leicester City				A	3-0	21,447	O'Neill (19'), Woodcock (66'), Robertson (89' pen)
Sat Oct 01, 1977	League Tier 1	Norwich City				H	1-1	23,741	Burns (73')
Tue Oct 04, 1977	League Tier 1	Ipswich Town				H	4-0	26,845	Withe (42', 60', 85', 88')
Sat Oct 08, 1977	League Tier 1	West Ham United				A	0-0	26,128
Sat Oct 15, 1977	League Tier 1	Manchester City				H	2-1	35,572	Woodcock (34'), Withe (86')
Mon Oct 17, 1977	Testimonial	Sheffield United				A	6-1	6,780	Burns (?), Withe (?, ?, ?), Woodcock (?), Robertson (?)
Sat Oct 22, 1977	League Tier 1	Queens Park Rangers				A	2-0	24,248	Bowyer (59'), Burns (82')
Tue Oct 25, 1977	League Cup	Notts County	3			H	4-0	26,931	Robertson (16' pen), Woodcock (46'), Bowyer (66', 85')
Sat Oct 29, 1977	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough				H	4-0	27,373	Anderson (31', 45'), Bowyer (40'), McGovern (55')
Sat Nov 05, 1977	League Tier 1	Chelsea				A	0-1	36,116
Sat Nov 12, 1977	League Tier 1	Manchester United				H	2-1	30,183	Burns (49'), Gemmill (72')
Mon Nov 14, 1977	Testimonial	Hartlepool United				A	2-2	4,000	Burns (?), Woodcock (?)
Sat Nov 19, 1977	League Tier 1	Leeds United				A	0-1	42,925
Tue Nov 22, 1977	Friendly	Maccabi Tel Aviv				A	6-1	19,000	Anderson (?), McGovern (?), Lloyd (?), Woodcock (?, ?), O'Hare (?)
Sat Nov 26, 1977	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion				H	0-0	31,908
Tue Nov 29, 1977	League Cup	Aston Villa	4			H	4-2	29,333	Lloyd (7'), Anderson (15'), Withe (25'), Woodcock (52')
Sat Dec 03, 1977	League Tier 1	Birmingham City				A	2-0	29,925	O'Neill (10'), Woodcock (52')
Sat Dec 10, 1977	League Tier 1	Coventry City				H	2-1	29,823	O'Neill (40'), McGovern (45')
Sat Dec 17, 1977	League Tier 1	Manchester United				A	4-0	54,375	Brian Greenhoff (23' OG), Woodcock (28', 89'), Robertson (53')
Mon Dec 26, 1977	League Tier 1	Liverpool				H	1-1	47,218	Gemmill (?)
Wed Dec 28, 1977	League Tier 1	Newcastle United				A	2-0	54,375	Needham (17'), McGovern (80')
Sat Dec 31, 1977	League Tier 1	Bristol City				A	3-1	31,990	Needham (11'), Woodcock (26'), O'Neill (58')
Mon Jan 02, 1978	League Tier 1	Everton				H	1-1	44,030	Robertson (24' pen)
Sat Jan 07, 1978	FA Cup	Swindon Town	3			H	4-1	28,953	Woodcock (39', 78'), Withe (55'), Robertson (68')
Sat Jan 14, 1978	League Tier 1	Derby County				A	0-0	36,500
Tue Jan 17, 1978	League Cup	Bury	Quarter			A	3-0	21,500	Bowyer (8'), O'Neill (56'), Robertson (79')
Sat Jan 21, 1978	League Tier 1	Arsenal				H	2-0	35,743	Needham (33'), Gemmill (64')
Tue Jan 31, 1978	FA Cup	Manchester City	4			H	2-1	38,509	Robertson (4'), Withe (60')
Sat Feb 04, 1978	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers				H	2-0	28,803	Woodcock (40'), McGovern (51')
Wed Feb 08, 1978	League Cup	Leeds United	Semi	1		A	3-1	43,222	Withe (19', 21'), O'Hare (74')
Sat Feb 18, 1978	FA Cup	Queens Park Rangers	5			A	1-1	26,803	O'Neill (89')
Wed Feb 22, 1978	League Cup	Leeds United	Semi	2		H	4-2	38,131	Withe (18'), Bowyer (50'), O'Neill (72'), Woodcock (75')
Sat Feb 25, 1978	League Tier 1	Norwich City				A	3-3	26,004	Withe (17'), Barrett (21'), O'Neill (25')
Mon Feb 27, 1978	FA Cup	Queens Park Rangers	5		1	H	1-1	40,097	Robertson (19' pen)
Thu Mar 02, 1978	FA Cup	Queens Park Rangers	5		2	H	3-1	33,960	O'Neill (3'), Woodcock (64', 79')
Sat Mar 04, 1978	League Tier 1	West Ham United				H	2-0	33,924	Needham (79'), Robertson (81')
Sat Mar 11, 1978	FA Cup	West Bromwich Albion	Quarter			A	0-2	36,506		Safe
Tue Mar 14, 1978	League Tier 1	Leicester City				H	1-0	32,355	Robertson (14' pen)	Safe
Sat Mar 18, 1978	League Cup	Liverpool	Final			N	0-0	100,000		Safe
Wed Mar 22, 1978	League Cup	Liverpool	Final		1	N	1-0	54,375	Robertson (52' pen)	Safe
Sat Mar 25, 1978	League Tier 1	Newcastle United				H	2-0	35,552	Robertson (33'), Anderson (68')	Safe
Wed Mar 29, 1978	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough				A	2-2	25,445	Woodcock (20'), O'Neill (60')	Safe
Sat Apr 01, 1978	League Tier 1	Chelsea				H	3-1	31,262	Burns (68'), O'Neill (82'), Robertson (87')	Safe
Mon Apr 03, 1978	Testimonial	Derby County				A	2-1	9,070	Lloyd (23'), Bowyer (37')
Wed Apr 05, 1978	League Tier 1	Aston Villa				A	1-0	44,315	Woodcock (86')	Safe
Tue Apr 11, 1978	League Tier 1	Manchester City				A	0-0	43,428		Safe
Wed Apr 12, 1978	Testimonial	Notts County				A	1-1	10,129	O'Hare (?)	Safe
Sat Apr 15, 1978	League Tier 1	Leeds United				H	1-1	38,662	Withe (65')	Safe
Tue Apr 18, 1978	League Tier 1	Queens Park Rangers				H	1-0	30,339	Robertson (29' pen)	Safe
Sat Apr 22, 1978	League Tier 1	Coventry City				A	0-0	36,881		Champion
Tue Apr 25, 1978	League Tier 1	Ipswich Town				A	2-0	30,062	Paul Mariner (74' OG), Clark (78')	Champion
Sat Apr 29, 1978	League Tier 1	Birmingham City				H	0-0	37,625		Champion
Mon May 01, 1978	Testimonial	Derby County				H	2-1	18,272	McGovern (?, ?)	Champion
Tue May 02, 1978	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion				A	2-2	23,612	Bowyer (14'), Robertson (36' pen)	Champion
Thu May 04, 1978	League Tier 1	Liverpool				A	0-0	50,021		Champion

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Mon Aug 15, 1977	Notts County	Final	H	1-1	11,569

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Tue Nov 22, 1977	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Israel	A	6-1	19,000

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (5) - £495,000				Out (5) - £75,000
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
Aug 01, 1977	Kenny Burns	Bought	£150,000		John Middleton	Sold
Sep 12, 1977	Archie Gemmill	Bought	£25,000		Liam O'Kane	Retired
Sep 12, 1977	Colin Todd	Bought		Sep 29, 1977	Sean Haslegrave	Sold	£25,000
Sep 17, 1977	Peter Shilton	Bought	£200,000	Nov 01, 1977	Terry Curran	Sold	£50,000
Dec 17, 1977	David Needham	Bought	£120,000	1978	Bryn Gunn	Loan Out

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Chris Woods	England	17	7	6	1
GK		John Middleton	England	20	6	5		1
GK		Peter Shilton	England	27	43	24	16	3
Defenders
D		Colin Barrett	England	24	42	25	14	3	1				1	3
D		David Needham	England	28	22	12	9	1	4					2
D		Frank Clark	England	33	20	13	5	2	1			1	1	3
D		Kenny Burns	Scotland	23	55	35	16	4	4	1					Player Of The Year
D		Larry Lloyd	England	28	34	22	9	3	1			1		2
D		Viv Anderson	England	21	50	32	15	3	4	1		1
Midfielders
M		Ian Bowyer	England	26	40	26	10	4	10	1		2	3	9
M		John McGovern	Scotland	27	42	26	12	4	4			1		1
M		Martin O'Neill	N. Ireland	25	54	34	17	3	13			1	2	1
Forwards
F		Archie Gemmill	Scotland	30	38	20	15	3	3				2
F		John O'Hare	Scotland	30	14	10	4		1				2	10
F		John Robertson	Scotland	24	56	35	17	4	18
F		Peter Withe	England	25	54	33	17	4	19	1		3
F		Tony Woodcock	England	21	50	33	13	4	19			1

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
19	Peter Withe	54
19	Tony Woodcock	50
18 (8)	John Robertson	56
13	Martin O'Neill	54
10	Ian Bowyer	40
4	David Needham	22
4	John McGovern	42
4	Kenny Burns	55
4	Viv Anderson	50
3	Archie Gemmill	38
2	Own Goals	56
1	Colin Barrett	42
1	Frank Clark	20
1	John O'Hare	14
1	Larry Lloyd	34

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Aston Villa	Sat Sep 17, 1977	Home	2-0	Wed Apr 05, 1978	Away	1-0
Bristol City	Tue Aug 23, 1977	Home	1-0	Sat Dec 31, 1977	Away	3-1
Ipswich Town	Tue Oct 04, 1977	Home	4-0	Tue Apr 25, 1978	Away	2-0
Leicester City	Sat Sep 24, 1977	Away	3-0	Tue Mar 14, 1978	Home	1-0
Manchester United	Sat Nov 12, 1977	Home	2-1	Sat Dec 17, 1977	Away	4-0
Newcastle United	Wed Dec 28, 1977	Away	2-0	Sat Mar 25, 1978	Home	2-0
Queens Park Rangers	Sat Oct 22, 1977	Away	2-0	Tue Apr 18, 1978	Home	1-0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Sat Sep 10, 1977	Away	3-2	Sat Feb 04, 1978	Home	2-0

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score