LEAGUE CUP GAMES 1978, 1979
These are the players who appeared in the League Cup winning runs of 1978 and 1979.Appearances
John Robertson and Tony Woodcock appeared in all 16 games while John Middleton only appeared in one game, the 6-0 win over West Ham, before Chris Woods took over in goal for the first win and then Peter Shilton was available in 1979 after being cup-tied in 1978.
| 1977-78 (8 games) | 1978-79 (8 games) | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2 | 3 | 4 | QF | SF | Final | 2 | 3 | 4 | QF | SF | Final | |||||||
| West Ham | Notts County | Aston Villa | Bury | Leeds | Liverpool | Oldham | Oxford United | Everton | Brighton | Watford | Southampton | |||||||
| # | Player | 5-0 | 4-0 | 4-2 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 5-0 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 3-2 | |
| 1 | John Middleton | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Chris Woods | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Peter Shilton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 15 | Viv Anderson | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 7 | Frank Clark | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Colin Barrett | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| 14 | John McGovern | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 6 | David Needham | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 12 | Larry Lloyd | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||
| 13 | Kenny Burns | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| 14 | Martin O'Neill | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||
| 15 | Ian Bowyer | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 12 | ||
| 6 | Archie Gemmill | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Peter Withe | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
| 6 | Garry Birtles | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 16 | Tony Woodcock | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 16 | John Robertson | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 5 | John O'Hare | 6 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Steve Elliott | 12 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Gary Mills | 12 | ||||||||||||||||