The City Ground

SEASON: 1978-79

Prev Season: 1977-78
This Season: 1978-79
Next Season: 1979-80

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Brian Clough
FA Cup:: (Arsenal (H) 0-1)
League Cup:: Winners (Southampton (Wembley) 3-2)
Player Of The Year:: Garry Birtles

Top Goalscorer:: Garry Birtles (26 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

SEASON END TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1978-79								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	Liverpool	42	30	8	4	85	16	19	2	0	51	4	11	6	4	34	12	69	68	European Cup First Round	0-0	0-2
2	Nottingham Forest	42	21	18	3	61	26	11	10	0	34	10	10	8	3	27	16	35	60	European Cup First Round
3	West Bromwich Albion	42	24	11	7	72	35	13	5	3	38	15	11	6	4	34	20	37	59	UEFA Cup First Round	0-0	1-0
4	Everton	42	17	17	8	52	40	12	7	2	32	17	5	10	6	20	23	12	51	UEFA Cup First Round	0-0	1-1
5	Leeds United	42	18	14	10	70	52	11	4	6	41	25	7	10	4	29	27	18	50	UEFA Cup First Round	0-0	2-1
6	Ipswich Town	42	20	9	13	63	49	11	4	6	34	21	9	5	7	29	28	14	49	UEFA Cup First Round	1-0	1-1
7	Arsenal	42	17	14	11	61	48	11	8	2	37	18	6	6	9	24	30	13	48	Cup Winners Cup First Round	2-1	1-2
8	Aston Villa	42	15	16	11	59	49	8	9	4	37	26	7	7	7	22	23	10	46		4-0	2-1
9	Manchester United	42	15	15	12	60	63	9	7	5	29	25	6	8	7	31	38	-3	45		1-1	1-1
10	Coventry City	42	14	16	12	58	68	11	7	3	41	29	3	9	9	17	39	-10	44		3-0	0-0
11	Tottenham Hotspur	42	13	15	14	48	61	7	8	6	19	25	6	7	8	29	36	-13	41		1-1	3-1
12	Middlesbrough	42	15	10	17	57	50	10	5	6	33	21	5	5	11	24	29	7	40		2-2	3-1
13	Bristol City	42	15	10	17	47	51	11	6	4	34	19	4	4	13	13	32	-4	40		2-0	3-1
14	Southampton	42	12	16	14	47	53	9	10	2	35	20	3	6	12	12	33	-6	40		1-0	0-0
15	Manchester City	42	13	13	16	58	56	9	5	7	34	28	4	8	9	24	28	2	39		3-1	0-0
16	Norwich City	42	7	23	12	51	57	7	10	4	29	19	0	13	8	22	38	-6	37		2-1	1-1
17	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	11	19	54	75	10	5	6	36	28	2	6	13	18	47	-21	35		1-1	1-0
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	8	21	44	68	10	4	7	26	26	3	4	14	18	42	-24	34		3-1	0-1
19	Derby County	42	10	11	21	44	71	8	5	8	25	25	2	6	13	19	46	-27	31		1-1	2-1
20	Queens Park Rangers	42	6	13	23	45	73	4	9	8	24	33	2	4	15	21	40	-28	25	Relegated	0-0	0-0
21	Birmingham City	42	6	10	26	37	64	5	9	7	24	25	1	1	19	13	39	-27	22	Relegated	1-0	2-0
22	Chelsea	42	5	10	27	44	92	3	5	13	23	42	2	5	14	21	50	-48	20	Relegated	6-0	3-1

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Competitive Games:: 63
Competitive Goals:: 111
Goals per game:: 1.8
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 60 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 71.4%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	17 times	11 times	13 times	3 times	4 times
Conceded	28 times	6 times	1 time
Won By	15 times	14 times	2 times	2 times	3 times
Lost By	3 times	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		1	2	-	1	1	0	2	1	Liverpool (0-2), Liverpool (0-0)
2	3	2	4	1	3	-	2	1	5	West Bromwich Albion (0-0), Everton (0-0), Everton (1-1), West Bromwich Albion (1-0)
3	53	3	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Coventry City (0-0)
4	58	4	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Arsenal (1-2)
5	35	5	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Leeds United (2-1)
6	88	6	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Leeds United (0-0)
7		7	3	3	-	-	7	1	6	Aston Villa (2-1), Bristol City (2-0), Coventry City (3-0)
8	7	8	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Manchester United (1-1)
9	7	9	3	3	-	-	8	3	6	Arsenal (2-1), Bristol City (3-1), Tottenham Hotspur (3-1)
10	14	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11		11	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Norwich City (2-1)
12		12	2	1	1	-	2	1	3	Ipswich Town (1-1), Southampton (1-0)
13	7	13	3	1	2	-	6	2	4	Derby County (1-1), Aston Villa (4-0), Manchester United (1-1)
14		14	1	1	-	-	3	1	2	Manchester City (3-1)
15		15	3	1	2	-	2	1	4	Ipswich Town (1-0), Manchester City (0-0), Norwich City (1-1)
16		16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17		17	3	1	2	-	4	2	4	Queens Park Rangers (0-0), Middlesbrough (3-1), Bolton Wanderers (1-1)
18		18	2	1	-	1	2	2	2	Derby County (2-1), Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-1)
19		19	4	1	3	-	3	2	5	Queens Park Rangers (0-0), Middlesbrough (2-2), Southampton (0-0), Bolton Wanderers (1-0)
20		20	1	1	-	-	3	1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-1)
21		21	2	2	-	-	3	0	4	Birmingham City (1-0), Birmingham City (2-0)
22		22	2	2	-	-	9	1	4	Chelsea (6-0), Chelsea (3-1)

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

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 41,898 (Liverpool)
Lowest League Attendance:: 20,388 (Southampton)
Average League Attendance:: 29,339
Highest Cup Attendance:: 40,804 (Cologne)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 18,669 (Oldham Athletic)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 28
Yellow cards:: 10
Red cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 2 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 2 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 6
Penalties conceded:: 5
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Brian Clough
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 19, 1978	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-1	Draw	41,223	13	O'Neill (12)
2	Tue Aug 22, 1978	Coventry City	A	0-0	Draw	28,622	13
3	Sat Aug 26, 1978	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-0	Draw	17,971	10
4	Sat Sep 02, 1978	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-0	Draw	28,239	10
5	Sat Sep 09, 1978	Arsenal	H	2-1	Win	28,124	6	Robertson (52 pen), Bowyer (70)
6	Sat Sep 16, 1978	Manchester United	A	1-1	Draw	53,039	9	Bowyer (6)
7	Sat Sep 23, 1978	Middlesbrough	H	2-2	Draw	26,287	8	Birtles (18), O'Neill (44)
8	Sat Sep 30, 1978	Aston Villa	A	2-1	Win	36,735	6	Woodcock (49), Robertson (78 pen)
9	Sat Oct 07, 1978	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-1	Win	29,313	4	Birtles (26, 60), O'Neill (56)
10	Sat Oct 14, 1978	Bristol City	A	3-1	Win	26,947	3	Birtles (5), Robertson (26 pen, 54 pen)
11	Sat Oct 21, 1978	Ipswich Town	H	1-0	Win	28,911	3	O'Neill (12)
12	Sat Oct 28, 1978	Southampton	A	0-0	Draw	38,069	3
13	Sat Nov 04, 1978	Everton	H	0-0	Draw	35,515	4
14	Sat Nov 11, 1978	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3-1	Win	50,541	4	Anderson (62), Robertson (69), Birtles (85)
15	Sat Nov 18, 1978	Queens Park Rangers	H	0-0	Draw	28,032	4
16	Sat Nov 25, 1978	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-0	Win	25,692	4	Robertson (65)
17	Sat Dec 09, 1978	Liverpool	A	0-2	Loss	51,469	5
18	Sat Dec 16, 1978	Birmingham City	H	1-0	Win	25,224	5	Gemmill (70)
19	Sat Dec 23, 1978	Manchester City	A	0-0	Draw	37,012	5
20	Tue Dec 26, 1978	Derby County	H	1-1	Draw	34,256	5	Woodcock (55)
21	Sat Jan 13, 1979	Arsenal	A	1-2	Loss	52,158	6	Robertson (37)
22	Sat Feb 03, 1979	Middlesbrough	A	3-1	Win	21,330	6	Birtles (17, 62), Robertson (48)
23	Sat Feb 24, 1979	Bristol City	H	2-0	Win	28,008	6	Needham (8), Birtles (16)
24	Sat Mar 03, 1979	Ipswich Town	A	1-1	Draw	27,188	6	Birtles (24)
25	Sat Mar 10, 1979	Everton	A	1-1	Draw	37,745	6	Barrett (17)
26	Wed Mar 14, 1979	Norwich City	H	2-1	Win	24,046	6	Woodcock (50, 58)
27	Sat Mar 24, 1979	Coventry City	H	3-0	Win	24,514	6	Woodcock (25), Birtles (64), Needham (83)
28	Wed Mar 28, 1979	Chelsea	H	6-0	Win	24,514	4	O'Neill (44, 64, 70), Woodcock (46, 62), Birtles (54)
29	Sat Mar 31, 1979	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-1	Draw	29,015	4	Francis (89)
30	Wed Apr 04, 1979	Aston Villa	H	4-0	Win	27,056	4	Allan Evans (13 OG), Woodcock (49), Francis (55), O'Neill (71)
31	Sat Apr 07, 1979	Chelsea	A	3-1	Win	29,213	3	Francis (8), O'Neill (42), Bowyer (48)
32	Sat Apr 14, 1979	Derby County	A	2-1	Win	30,156	3	Birtles (27), O'Neill (34)
33	Mon Apr 16, 1979	Leeds United	H	0-0	Draw	37,397	4
34	Wed Apr 18, 1979	Manchester United	H	1-1	Draw	33,074	3	Francis (86)
35	Sat Apr 21, 1979	Birmingham City	A	2-0	Win	22,198	2	Birtles (5), Robertson (48)
36	Sat Apr 28, 1979	Liverpool	H	0-0	Draw	41,898	3
37	Mon Apr 30, 1979	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-1	Loss	23,613	3
38	Wed May 02, 1979	Southampton	H	1-0	Win	20,388	3	Francis (?)
39	Sat May 05, 1979	Norwich City	A	1-1	Draw	16,616	3	Woodcock (55)
40	Wed May 09, 1979	Manchester City	H	3-1	Win	21,104	3	Birtles (?), Woodcock (?), Bowyer (?)
41	Tue May 15, 1979	Leeds United	A	2-1	Win	33,594	3	Mills (5), John Hawley (86 OG)
42	Fri May 18, 1979	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-0	Win	28,210	2	Francis (81)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Jan 10, 1979	Aston Villa	3	H	2-0	Win	29,550	Needham (58), Woodcock (76)
Sat Jan 27, 1979	York City	4	H	3-1	Win	25,228	Lloyd (14), McGovern (44), O'Neill (72)
Mon Feb 26, 1979	Arsenal	5	H	0-1	Loss	35,906

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Aug 29, 1978	Oldham Athletic	2				A	0-0	Draw	13,793
Wed Sep 06, 1978	Oldham Athletic	2		Y	1	H	4-2	Win	18,669	Needham (49), Burns (57), Woodcock (61), Robertson (63 pen)
Wed Oct 04, 1978	Oxford United	3				A	5-0	Win	14,287	Birtles (24), McGovern (30), O'Neill (43), Robertson (59), Anderson (89)
Tue Nov 07, 1978	Everton	4				A	3-2	Win	48,503	Lloyd (52), Anderson (73), Woodcock (75)
Wed Dec 13, 1978	Brighton and Hove Albion	Quarter				H	3-1	Win	30,672	McGovern (21), Robertson (59), Birtles (66)
Wed Jan 17, 1979	Watford	Semi	1			H	3-1	Win	32,438	Birtles (13, 49), Robertson (79)
Tue Jan 30, 1979	Watford	Semi	2			A	0-0	Draw	27,656
Sat Mar 17, 1979	Southampton	Final				N	3-2	Win	96,952	Birtles (51, 79), Woodcock (83)

European Cup

Date	Opponent	Country	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 13, 1978	Liverpool	England	1	1	H	2-0	Win	38,316	Birtles (26), Barrett (87)
Wed Sep 27, 1978	Liverpool	England	1	2	A	0-0	Draw	51,679
Wed Oct 18, 1978	AEK Athens	Greece	2	1	A	2-1	Win	35,000	McGovern (10), Birtles (45)
Wed Nov 01, 1978	AEK Athens	Greece	2	2	H	5-1	Win	38,069	Needham (8), Woodcock (36), Anderson (40), Birtles (66, 72)
Wed Mar 07, 1979	Grasshoppers Zurich	Switzerland	Quarter	1	H	4-1	Win	31,949	Birtles (31), Robertson (47 pen), Gemmill (87), Lloyd (89)
Wed Mar 21, 1979	Grasshoppers Zurich	Switzerland	Quarter	2	A	1-1	Draw	17,800	O'Neill (38)
Wed Apr 11, 1979	Cologne	Germany	Semi	1	H	3-3	Draw	40,804	Birtles (28), Bowyer (53), Robertson (63)
Wed Apr 25, 1979	Cologne	Germany	Semi	2	A	1-0	Win	62,000	Bowyer (65)
Wed May 30, 1979	Malmo FF	Sweden	Final		N	1-0	Win	65,000	Francis (45)

Charity Shield

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Aug 12, 1978	Ipswich Town	Final	N	5-0	Win	68,000	O'Neill (10, 75), Withe (27), Lloyd (46), Robertson (87)

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Sep 19, 1978	Mansfield Town	Final	H	4-1	Win	5,339	Burke (?), Robertson (?), McGovern (?), Barrett (?)
Wed May 23, 1979	Mansfield Town	Final	H	3-1	Win	9,165	Lloyd (?), Francis (?), Robertson (?)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Jul 25, 1978	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia	A	2-3	Loss	33,000	O'Neill (?), Withe (?)
Thu Jul 27, 1978	Dynamo Zagreb	Yugoslavia	A	1-1	Draw	35,000	Needham (?)
Sun Jul 30, 1978	NK Osijek	Croatia	A	1-1	Draw	15,000	Bowyer (?)
Wed Aug 02, 1978	AEK Athens	Greece	A	1-1	Draw	30,000	Woodcock (14)
Mon Aug 14, 1978	Celta Vigo	Spain	A	1-1	Loss	13,000	Withe (90)
Wed Aug 16, 1978	FC Porto	Portugal	A	0-1	Loss	25,000

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Dec 05, 1978	Dynamo Zagreb	Yugoslavia	A	2-0	Win	5,338	Birtles (?, ?)

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Sep 04, 1978	Mansfield Town	England	A	6-1	Win	7,051	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
Mon Feb 19, 1979	Exeter City	England	A	5-0	Win	9,479	Birtles (?), Anderson (?), Bowyer (?), Woodcock (?, 42)
Wed Feb 21, 1979	West Bromwich Albion	England	A	0-0	Draw	3,500
Fri May 11, 1979	Southampton	England	A	4-1	Win	14,693	Bowyer (?, ?), Birtles (?), Mills (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Brian Clough
Tue Jul 25, 1978	Pre-Season Friendly	Red Star Belgrade				A	2-3	33,000	O'Neill (?), Withe (?)
Thu Jul 27, 1978	Pre-Season Friendly	Dynamo Zagreb				A	1-1	35,000	Needham (?)
Sun Jul 30, 1978	Pre-Season Friendly	NK Osijek				A	1-1	15,000	Bowyer (?)
Wed Aug 02, 1978	Pre-Season Friendly	AEK Athens				A	1-1	30,000	Woodcock (14)
Sat Aug 12, 1978	Charity Shield	Ipswich Town	Final			N	5-0	68,000	O'Neill (10, 75), Withe (27), Lloyd (46), Robertson (87)
Mon Aug 14, 1978	Pre-Season Friendly	Celta Vigo	Semi			A	1-1	13,000	Withe (90)
Wed Aug 16, 1978	Pre-Season Friendly	FC Porto	3rd/4th place			A	0-1	25,000
Sat Aug 19, 1978	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur				H	1-1	41,223	O'Neill (12)
Tue Aug 22, 1978	League Tier 1	Coventry City				A	0-0	28,622
Sat Aug 26, 1978	League Tier 1	Queens Park Rangers				A	0-0	17,971
Tue Aug 29, 1978	League Cup	Oldham Athletic	2			A	0-0	13,793
Sat Sep 02, 1978	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion				H	0-0	28,239
Mon Sep 04, 1978	Testimonial	Mansfield Town				A	6-1	7,051	? (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
Wed Sep 06, 1978	League Cup	Oldham Athletic	2		1	H	4-2	18,669	Needham (49), Burns (57), Woodcock (61), Robertson (63 pen)
Sat Sep 09, 1978	League Tier 1	Arsenal				H	2-1	28,124	Robertson (52 pen), Bowyer (70)
Wed Sep 13, 1978	European Cup	Liverpool	1	1		H	2-0	38,316	Birtles (26), Barrett (87)
Sat Sep 16, 1978	League Tier 1	Manchester United				A	1-1	53,039	Bowyer (6)
Tue Sep 19, 1978	County Cup	Mansfield Town	Final			H	4-1	5,339	Burke (?), Robertson (?), McGovern (?), Barrett (?)
Sat Sep 23, 1978	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough				H	2-2	26,287	Birtles (18), O'Neill (44)
Wed Sep 27, 1978	European Cup	Liverpool	1	2		A	0-0	51,679
Sat Sep 30, 1978	League Tier 1	Aston Villa				A	2-1	36,735	Woodcock (49), Robertson (78 pen)
Wed Oct 04, 1978	League Cup	Oxford United	3			A	5-0	14,287	Birtles (24), McGovern (30), O'Neill (43), Robertson (59), Anderson (89)
Sat Oct 07, 1978	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers				H	3-1	29,313	Birtles (26, 60), O'Neill (56)
Sat Oct 14, 1978	League Tier 1	Bristol City				A	3-1	26,947	Birtles (5), Robertson (26 pen, 54 pen)
Wed Oct 18, 1978	European Cup	AEK Athens	2	1		A	2-1	35,000	McGovern (10), Birtles (45)
Sat Oct 21, 1978	League Tier 1	Ipswich Town				H	1-0	28,911	O'Neill (12)
Sat Oct 28, 1978	League Tier 1	Southampton				A	0-0	38,069
Wed Nov 01, 1978	European Cup	AEK Athens	2	2		H	5-1	38,069	Needham (8), Woodcock (36), Anderson (40), Birtles (66, 72)
Sat Nov 04, 1978	League Tier 1	Everton				H	0-0	35,515
Tue Nov 07, 1978	League Cup	Everton	4			A	3-2	48,503	Lloyd (52), Anderson (73), Woodcock (75)
Sat Nov 11, 1978	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur				A	3-1	50,541	Anderson (62), Robertson (69), Birtles (85)
Sat Nov 18, 1978	League Tier 1	Queens Park Rangers				H	0-0	28,032
Sat Nov 25, 1978	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers				A	1-0	25,692	Robertson (65)
Tue Dec 05, 1978	Friendly	Dynamo Zagreb				A	2-0	5,338	Birtles (?, ?)
Sat Dec 09, 1978	League Tier 1	Liverpool				A	0-2	51,469
Wed Dec 13, 1978	League Cup	Brighton and Hove Albion	Quarter			H	3-1	30,672	McGovern (21), Robertson (59), Birtles (66)
Sat Dec 16, 1978	League Tier 1	Birmingham City				H	1-0	25,224	Gemmill (70)
Sat Dec 23, 1978	League Tier 1	Manchester City				A	0-0	37,012
Tue Dec 26, 1978	League Tier 1	Derby County				H	1-1	34,256	Woodcock (55)
Wed Jan 10, 1979	FA Cup	Aston Villa	3			H	2-0	29,550	Needham (58), Woodcock (76)
Sat Jan 13, 1979	League Tier 1	Arsenal				A	1-2	52,158	Robertson (37)
Wed Jan 17, 1979	League Cup	Watford	Semi	1		H	3-1	32,438	Birtles (13, 49), Robertson (79)
Sat Jan 27, 1979	FA Cup	York City	4			H	3-1	25,228	Lloyd (14), McGovern (44), O'Neill (72)
Tue Jan 30, 1979	League Cup	Watford	Semi	2		A	0-0	27,656
Sat Feb 03, 1979	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough				A	3-1	21,330	Birtles (17, 62), Robertson (48)
Mon Feb 19, 1979	Testimonial	Exeter City				A	5-0	9,479	Birtles (?), Anderson (?), Bowyer (?), Woodcock (?, 42)
Wed Feb 21, 1979	Testimonial	West Bromwich Albion				A	0-0	3,500
Sat Feb 24, 1979	League Tier 1	Bristol City				H	2-0	28,008	Needham (8), Birtles (16)
Mon Feb 26, 1979	FA Cup	Arsenal	5			H	0-1	35,906
Sat Mar 03, 1979	League Tier 1	Ipswich Town				A	1-1	27,188	Birtles (24)
Wed Mar 07, 1979	European Cup	Grasshoppers Zurich	Quarter	1		H	4-1	31,949	Birtles (31), Robertson (47 pen), Gemmill (87), Lloyd (89)
Sat Mar 10, 1979	League Tier 1	Everton				A	1-1	37,745	Barrett (17)
Wed Mar 14, 1979	League Tier 1	Norwich City				H	2-1	24,046	Woodcock (50, 58)
Sat Mar 17, 1979	League Cup	Southampton	Final			N	3-2	96,952	Birtles (51, 79), Woodcock (83)
Wed Mar 21, 1979	European Cup	Grasshoppers Zurich	Quarter	2		A	1-1	17,800	O'Neill (38)
Sat Mar 24, 1979	League Tier 1	Coventry City				H	3-0	24,514	Woodcock (25), Birtles (64), Needham (83)
Wed Mar 28, 1979	League Tier 1	Chelsea				H	6-0	24,514	O'Neill (44, 64, 70), Woodcock (46, 62), Birtles (54)
Sat Mar 31, 1979	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers				H	1-1	29,015	Francis (89)
Wed Apr 04, 1979	League Tier 1	Aston Villa				H	4-0	27,056	Allan Evans (13 OG), Woodcock (49), Francis (55), O'Neill (71)
Sat Apr 07, 1979	League Tier 1	Chelsea				A	3-1	29,213	Francis (8), O'Neill (42), Bowyer (48)
Wed Apr 11, 1979	European Cup	Cologne	Semi	1		H	3-3	40,804	Birtles (28), Bowyer (53), Robertson (63)
Sat Apr 14, 1979	League Tier 1	Derby County				A	2-1	30,156	Birtles (27), O'Neill (34)
Mon Apr 16, 1979	League Tier 1	Leeds United				H	0-0	37,397
Wed Apr 18, 1979	League Tier 1	Manchester United				H	1-1	33,074	Francis (86)
Sat Apr 21, 1979	League Tier 1	Birmingham City				A	2-0	22,198	Birtles (5), Robertson (48)
Wed Apr 25, 1979	European Cup	Cologne	Semi	2		A	1-0	62,000	Bowyer (65)
Sat Apr 28, 1979	League Tier 1	Liverpool				H	0-0	41,898
Mon Apr 30, 1979	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers				A	0-1	23,613
Wed May 02, 1979	League Tier 1	Southampton				H	1-0	20,388	Francis (?)
Sat May 05, 1979	League Tier 1	Norwich City				A	1-1	16,616	Woodcock (55)
Wed May 09, 1979	League Tier 1	Manchester City				H	3-1	21,104	Birtles (?), Woodcock (?), Bowyer (?)
Fri May 11, 1979	Testimonial	Southampton				A	4-1	14,693	Bowyer (?, ?), Birtles (?), Mills (?)
Tue May 15, 1979	League Tier 1	Leeds United				A	2-1	33,594	Mills (5), John Hawley (86 OG)
Fri May 18, 1979	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion				A	1-0	28,210	Francis (81)
Wed May 23, 1979	County Cup	Mansfield Town	Final			H	3-1	9,165	Lloyd (?), Francis (?), Robertson (?)
Wed May 30, 1979	European Cup	Malmo FF	Final			N	1-0	65,000	Francis (45)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (1) - £1,000,000				Out (6) - £575,000
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
Feb 24, 1979	Trevor Francis	Bought	£1,000,000		Chris Woods	Sold	£250,000
					Frank Clark	Retired
					Steve Elliott	Sold
				Aug 19, 1978	Peter Withe	Sold	£175,000
				Apr 11, 1979	Archie Gemmill	Sold
				Sep 01, 1979	Stephen Burke	Sold	£150,000

SQUAD

				Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Country	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		England	Chris Woods										1
GK		England	Peter Shilton	63	36	23	4
Defenders
D		England	Bryn Gunn	1	1								3
D		England	Colin Barrett	18	7	11		2			1
D		England	David Needham	38	21	14	3	5	1			4	4
D		England	Frank Clark	32	21	8	3				2	1	1
D		Scotland	Kenny Burns	37	21	15	1	1	2		1
D		England	Larry Lloyd	56	34	18	4	4	1		1
D		England	Viv Anderson	59	34	21	4	4	3
Midfielders
M		England	Gary Mills	6	5	1		1			1	2
M		England	Ian Bowyer	43	27	14	2	6				3	5
M		Scotland	John McGovern	55	30	21	4	4			1
M		N. Ireland	Martin O'Neill	42	23	17	2	15	1		3		3
M		England	Stephen Burke
M		England	Steve Elliott	6	1	4	1
Forwards
F		Scotland	Archie Gemmill	41	22	16	3	2	2		2		3
F		England	Garry Birtles	53	32	17	4	26			1
F		Scotland	John O'Hare	15	9	5	1					4	7
F		Scotland	John Robertson	63	36	23	4	16
F		England	Peter Withe	2	1	1		1
F		England	Tony Woodcock	57	33	21	3	15			2
F		England	Trevor Francis	21	13	7	1	7				1

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
26	Garry Birtles	53
16 (6)	John Robertson	63
15	Martin O'Neill	42
15	Tony Woodcock	57
7	Trevor Francis	21
6	Ian Bowyer	43
5	David Needham	38
4	John McGovern	55
4	Larry Lloyd	56
4	Viv Anderson	59
2	Archie Gemmill	41
2	Colin Barrett	18
2	Own Goals	63
1	Gary Mills	6
1	Kenny Burns	37
1	Peter Withe	2

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 30, 1978	Away	2-1	Wed Apr 04, 1979	Home	4-0
Birmingham City	Sat Dec 16, 1978	Home	1-0	Sat Apr 21, 1979	Away	2-0
Bristol City	Sat Oct 14, 1978	Away	3-1	Sat Feb 24, 1979	Home	2-0
Chelsea	Wed Mar 28, 1979	Home	6-0	Sat Apr 07, 1979	Away	3-1

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

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