Division 11978/1979

Season

Tier : 1

Type of clubs : A

Country : England

Games played : 462

Goals scored : 1217 (2.63 goals per match )

Yellow cards : 71

Red cards : 1

45%
Home victories

31%
Draws

24%
Away victories

Players age average : 26.75 years

Number of players participating : 484

Promoted : Bolton Wanderers, Tottenham, Southampton

Relegated to lower tier : Newcastle United, West Ham, Leicester

Division 1 1978/1979's fixtures and results

Round 1

General rankingLast updated on 18/05/1979

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Liverpool	68	42	30	8	4	85	16	+69
2	Nottingham	60	42	21	18	3	61	26	+35
3	WBA	59	42	24	11	7	72	35	+37
4	Everton	51	42	17	17	8	52	40	+12
5	Leeds United	50	42	18	14	10	70	52	+18
6	Ipswich Town	49	42	20	9	13	63	49	+14
7	Arsenal	48	42	17	14	11	61	48	+13
8	Aston Villa	46	42	15	16	11	59	49	+10
9	Man United	45	42	15	15	12	60	63	-3
10	Coventry	44	42	14	16	12	58	68	-10
11	Tottenham	41	42	13	15	14	48	61	-13
12	Middlesbrough	40	42	15	10	17	57	50	+7
13	Bristol City	40	42	15	10	17	47	51	-4
14	Southampton	40	42	12	16	14	47	53	-6
15	Manchester City	39	42	13	13	16	58	56	+2
16	Norwich City	37	42	7	23	12	51	57	-6
17	Bolton Wanderers	35	42	12	11	19	54	75	-21
18	Wolverhampton	34	42	13	8	21	44	68	-24
19	Derby County	31	42	10	11	21	44	71	-27
20	QPR	25	42	6	13	23	45	73	-28
21	Birmingham City	22	42	6	10	26	37	64	-27
22	Chelsea	20	42	5	10	27	44	92	-48

Latest transfers

May 11, 1979
Tommy Docherty mana.( Derby)		QPR

April 01, 1979
Pertti Jantunen ( IFK Eskilstuna)		Bristol City
Peter Eastoe ( QPR)		Everton
Brian Kidd ( Man City)		Everton

March 21, 1979
Mickey Walsh ( Everton)		QPR

March 19, 1979
Geert Meijer ( Ajax)		Bristol City

March 01, 1979
Barry Silkman ( Luton Town)		Man City
Imre Varadi ( Sheffield U)		Everton
Jim Platt ( Cardiff)		Middlesbrough

February 15, 1979
Trevor Francis ( Birmingham)		Nottingham

February 01, 1979
Laurie Sivell ( Lincoln)		Ipswich
John Benson y. c. ( Bournemouth)		Norwich
Steve Wicks ( Chelsea)		Derby

All transfers

One match scorers

Ron Futcherhas scored 3 goals during the match Chelsea 1-4 Manchester City (16/09/1978)

Jimmy Casehas scored 3 goals during the match Liverpool 3-0 Bolton Wanderers (30/09/1978)

Kevin Mabbutthas scored 3 goals during the match Man United 1-3 Bristol City (21/10/1978)

Frank Stapletonhas scored 3 goals during the match Arsenal 4-1 Ipswich Town (04/11/1978)

Micky Burnshas scored 4 goals during the match Middlesbrough 7-2 Chelsea (16/12/1978)

Alan Sunderlandhas scored 3 goals during the match Tottenham 0-5 Arsenal (23/12/1978)

Joe Roylehas scored 3 goals during the match Bristol City 5-0 Coventry (26/12/1978)

Andy Kinghas scored 3 goals during the match Everton 4-1 Bristol City (10/02/1979)

Andy Ritchiehas scored 3 goals during the match Man United 4-1 Leeds United (24/03/1979)

Martin O'Neillhas scored 3 goals during the match Nottingham 6-0 Chelsea (28/03/1979)

Ian Wallacehas scored 3 goals during the match Coventry 4-0 Southampton (21/04/1979)

Gary Sheltonhas scored 3 goals during the match Aston Villa 5-1 Arsenal (25/04/1979)

Clive Allenhas scored 3 goals during the match QPR 5-1 Coventry (28/04/1979)

Individual rankingsLast updated on 07/12/2024 at 15:02

Scorers

Assists

Games

clean sheets

Fair play

Scorers as subs

Scorers + Assists

Newcomers

Player	Goals	pen.	eff.	Min.p.	M.p.	Start	Home	Away	1H	2H	Team %	Last goal
Frank Worthington	24	5	158	3780	42	42	14	10	24	0	45%	08/05/1979
Kenny Dalglish	21	0	180	3780	42	42	15	6	12	9	25%	08/05/1979
Ally Brown	19	1	189	3584	41	41	11	8	19	0	27%	08/05/1979
Frank Stapleton	17	0	212	3600	41	41	13	4	17	0	28%	25/04/1979
John Hawley	16	0	172	2745	32	29	6	10	13	3	23%	25/04/1979
David Johnson	16	0	146	2337	30	26	8	8	6	10	19%	17/05/1979
Alan Gowling	15	0	212	3175	36	36	11	4	14	1	28%	07/04/1979
Ian Wallace	15	0	225	3375	38	38	10	5	14	1	26%	28/04/1979
Cyrille Regis	15	0	230	3457	39	38	7	8	15	0	21%	05/05/1979
Micky Burns	14	0	182	2544	31	31	11	3	11	3	25%	28/04/1979
Garry Birtles	14	0	222	3105	35	35	7	7	9	5	24%	09/05/1979
Liam Brady	13	4	256	3330	37	37	7	6	13	0	21%	14/04/1979
Paul Mariner	13	0	225	2925	33	33	7	6	13	0	21%	16/04/1979
Gerry Daly	13	4	249	3240	37	37	6	7	13	0	32%	21/04/1979
Tommy Langley	13	1	273	3550	41	40	7	6	6	7	31%	05/05/1979

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	Liverpool	DNottingham 0-0 28/04/1979	VBolton Wanderers 1-4 01/05/1979	V 2-0 Southampton05/05/1979	V 3-0 Aston Villa08/05/1979	VMiddlesbrough 0-1 11/05/1979	VLeeds United 0-3 17/05/1979
2	Ipswich Town	V 3-0 Birmingham City17/04/1979	VBolton Wanderers 2-3 21/04/1979	V 2-1 Tottenham28/04/1979	DAston Villa 2-2 02/05/1979	VChelsea 2-3 05/05/1979	VQPR 0-4 11/05/1979
3	Nottingham	LWolverhampton 1-0 30/04/1979	V 1-0 Southampton02/05/1979	DNorwich City 1-1 05/05/1979	V 3-1 Manchester City09/05/1979	VLeeds United 1-2 15/05/1979	VWBA 0-1 18/05/1979
4	WBA	VEverton 0-2 01/05/1979	V 1-0 Man United05/05/1979	V 1-0 Southampton08/05/1979	VAston Villa 0-1 11/05/1979	LTottenham 1-0 14/05/1979	L 0-1 Nottingham18/05/1979
5	Coventry	DEverton 3-3 10/04/1979	V 3-2 Bristol City14/04/1979	DMan United 0-0 16/04/1979	V 4-0 Southampton21/04/1979	LQPR 5-1 28/04/1979	V 3-0 Wolverhampton05/05/1979
6	Leeds United	V 1-0 Everton21/04/1979	V 5-1 Bolton Wanderers25/04/1979	DBristol City 0-0 28/04/1979	V 4-3 QPR04/05/1979	L 1-2 Nottingham15/05/1979	L 0-3 Liverpool17/05/1979
7	Tottenham	DSouthampton 3-3 16/04/1979	D 1-1 Man United21/04/1979	LIpswich Town 2-1 28/04/1979	D 1-1 Everton05/05/1979	VBolton Wanderers 1-3 08/05/1979	V 1-0 WBA14/05/1979
8	Man United	V 1-0 Norwich City25/04/1979	D 0-0 Derby County28/04/1979	DSouthampton 1-1 30/04/1979	LWBA 1-0 05/05/1979	V 3-2 Wolverhampton07/05/1979	D 1-1 Chelsea16/05/1979
9	Manchester City	V 1-0 Middlesbrough24/04/1979	LSouthampton 1-0 28/04/1979	V 3-1 Birmingham City01/05/1979	V 2-0 Bristol City05/05/1979	LNottingham 3-1 09/05/1979	L 2-3 Aston Villa15/05/1979
10	Aston Villa	V 2-1 Chelsea28/04/1979	D 2-2 Ipswich Town02/05/1979	DBolton Wanderers 0-0 05/05/1979	LLiverpool 3-0 08/05/1979	L 0-1 WBA11/05/1979	VManchester City 2-3 15/05/1979
11	Everton	DManchester City 0-0 14/04/1979	V 1-0 Bolton Wanderers16/04/1979	LLeeds United 1-0 21/04/1979	V 1-0 Birmingham City28/04/1979	L 0-2 WBA01/05/1979	DTottenham 1-1 05/05/1979
12	Wolverhampton	DWBA 1-1 21/04/1979	V 4-0 Derby County24/04/1979	D 1-1 Bolton Wanderers28/04/1979	V 1-0 Nottingham30/04/1979	LCoventry 3-0 05/05/1979	LMan United 3-2 07/05/1979
13	Middlesbrough	V 2-0 Manchester City17/04/1979	LChelsea 2-1 21/04/1979	LManchester City 1-0 24/04/1979	D 1-1 WBA28/04/1979	VDerby County 0-3 05/05/1979	L 0-1 Liverpool11/05/1979
14	Bristol City	V 3-1 Chelsea10/04/1979	LCoventry 3-2 14/04/1979	V 1-0 WBA17/04/1979	LLiverpool 1-0 21/04/1979	D 0-0 Leeds United28/04/1979	LManchester City 2-0 05/05/1979
15	Arsenal	V 5-2 Chelsea16/04/1979	LDerby County 2-0 21/04/1979	LAston Villa 5-1 25/04/1979	D 1-1 Norwich City28/04/1979	DBirmingham City 0-0 05/05/1979	DChelsea 1-1 14/05/1979
16	Birmingham City	L 0-2 Nottingham21/04/1979	D 1-1 WBA24/04/1979	LEverton 1-0 28/04/1979	LManchester City 3-1 01/05/1979	D 0-0 Arsenal05/05/1979	VQPR 1-3 07/05/1979
17	Chelsea	LArsenal 5-2 16/04/1979	V 2-1 Middlesbrough21/04/1979	LAston Villa 2-1 28/04/1979	L 2-3 Ipswich Town05/05/1979	D 1-1 Arsenal14/05/1979	DMan United 1-1 16/05/1979
18	Southampton	D 1-1 Liverpool24/04/1979	V 1-0 Manchester City28/04/1979	D 1-1 Man United30/04/1979	LNottingham 1-0 02/05/1979	LLiverpool 2-0 05/05/1979	LWBA 1-0 08/05/1979
19	Derby County	L 1-2 Nottingham14/04/1979	LIpswich Town 2-1 16/04/1979	V 2-0 Arsenal21/04/1979	LWolverhampton 4-0 24/04/1979	DMan United 0-0 28/04/1979	L 0-3 Middlesbrough05/05/1979
20	QPR	DTottenham 1-1 14/04/1979	LManchester City 3-1 21/04/1979	V 5-1 Coventry28/04/1979	LLeeds United 4-3 04/05/1979	L 1-3 Birmingham City07/05/1979	L 0-4 Ipswich Town11/05/1979
21	Norwich City	L 0-1 Ipswich Town14/04/1979	LWolverhampton 1-0 16/04/1979	L 1-2 Aston Villa21/04/1979	LMan United 1-0 25/04/1979	DArsenal 1-1 28/04/1979	D 1-1 Nottingham05/05/1979
22	Bolton Wanderers	L 2-3 Ipswich Town21/04/1979	LLeeds United 5-1 25/04/1979	DWolverhampton 1-1 28/04/1979	L 1-4 Liverpool01/05/1979	D 0-0 Aston Villa05/05/1979	L 1-3 Tottenham08/05/1979

Longest streaksLast updated on 12/12/2024 at 04:45

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

	Series	Running
Liverpool	6	5
WBA	6
Ipswich Town	5	2
Bristol City	4
Aston Villa	4
Southampton	4
Leeds United	4
Arsenal	4
Nottingham	4	3
Coventry	3
Man United	3
Everton	3
Middlesbrough	3
Manchester City	3
Bolton Wanderers	3
Derby County	3
Chelsea	2
Tottenham	2	2
QPR	2
Norwich City	1
Wolverhampton	1
Birmingham City	1

Ranking matchday by matchdayLast updated on 12/12/2024 at 04:45

Team \ Rd	38	42
Liverpool	1	1
Nottingham	2	2
WBA	3	3
Everton	4	4
Leeds United	5	5
Ipswich Town	6	6
Arsenal	7	7
Aston Villa	8	8
Man United	9	9
Coventry	10	10
Tottenham	11	11
Middlesbrough	12	12
Bristol City	13	13
Southampton	14	14
Manchester City	15	15
Norwich City	16	16
Bolton Wanderers	17	17
Wolverhampton	18	18
Derby County	19	19
QPR	20	20
Birmingham City	21	21
Chelsea	22	22

Goals per quarterLast updated on 12/12/2024 at 04:45

Minutes	Goals
0 - 15	803
Best scorer : Frank Worthington - 22 Goals
16 - 30	66
Best scorer : Trevor Ross - 5 Goals
31 - 45+	117
Best scorer : Garry Birtles - 9 Goals
46 - 60	62
Best scorer : David Johnson - 7 Goals
61 - 75	68
Best scorer : Kenny Dalglish - 6 Goals
76 - 90+	101
Best scorer : Tony Woodcock - 7 Goals

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 12/12/2024 at 04:45

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	39 times
1 - 0	83 times
1 - 1	72 times
2 - 0	45 times
2 - 1	56 times
2 - 2	28 times
3 - 0	29 times
3 - 1	42 times
3 - 2	18 times
3 - 3	5 times
4 - 0	11 times

Score	Frequence
4 - 1	12 times
4 - 2	3 times
4 - 3	3 times
5 - 0	3 times
5 - 1	6 times
5 - 2	1 times
5 - 3	1 times
6 - 0	2 times
7 - 0	1 times
7 - 1	1 times
7 - 2	1 times

Goals scored per matchdayLast updated on 12/12/2024 at 04:45

General statistics by teamLast updated on 07/12/2024 at 15:02

	Participants	Different First XI	Different Scorers	Best scorer
Chelsea	31	32	12	Tommy Langley (13 goals)
Derby County	29	31	13	Gerry Daly (13 goals)
Birmingham City	26	36	14	Alan Buckley (8 goals)
Aston Villa	26	33	13	John Deehan (9 goals)
Norwich City	25	27	13	Martin Peters (10 goals)
Tottenham	25	27	13	Peter Taylor (10 goals)
Coventry	24	30	11	Ian Wallace (15 goals)
Middlesbrough	23	23	13	Micky Burns (14 goals)
Manchester City	23	33	12	Mick Channon (11 goals)
Arsenal	23	26	12	Frank Stapleton (17 goals)
QPR	23	32	15	Paul Goddard (6 goals)
Everton	23	28	13	Andy King (12 goals)
Southampton	22	23	10	Nick Holmes (8 goals)
Man United	22	30	10	Steve Coppell (11 goals)
Ipswich Town	21	29	15	Paul Mariner (13 goals)
Wolverhampton	21	21	11	John Richards (9 goals)
Bristol City	21	20	13	Tom Ritchie (9 goals)
Nottingham	20	30	11	Garry Birtles (14 goals)
Bolton Wanderers	19	24	11	Frank Worthington (24 goals)
Leeds United	19	24	13	John Hawley (16 goals)

Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 07/12/2024 at 15:02

	Average age	Oldest player	Youngest player
Aston Villa	24.3	Jimmy Rimmer (29 years)	Lee Jenkins (16 years)
Coventry	24.4	Tommy Hutchison (30 years)	Mark Hateley (16 years)
Chelsea	24.4	Peter Bonetti (36 years)	Michael Fillery (17 years)
Derby County	24.6	David Webb (31 years)	John Clayton (16 years)
Arsenal	24.7	Pat Jennings (32 years)	Paul Vaessen (16 years)
Birmingham City	24.9	Jimmy Montgomery (34 years)	Mark Dennis (16 years)
Ipswich Town	24.9	Allan Hunter (31 years)	Alan Brazil (18 years)
Man United	25.3	Jimmy Greenhoff (31 years)	Andy Ritchie (17 years)
Wolverhampton	25.3	Derek Parkin (29 years)	Craig Moss (16 years)
WBA	25.3	Tony Brown (32 years)	Martyn Bennett (16 years)
Middlesbrough	25.6	John Mahoney (31 years)	Mark Proctor (16 years)
Tottenham	25.7	John Pratt (29 years)	Mark Falco (17 years)
Everton	25.7	Martin Dobson (29 years)	Pat Heard (17 years)
Southampton	25.9	Alan Ball (32 years)	Tony Sealy (18 years)
QPR	26.1	John Hollins (31 years)	Clive Allen (16 years)
Manchester City	26.3	Colin Bell (31 years)	Nicky Reid (17 years)
Norwich City	26.8	Kevin Keelan (36 years)	Justin Fashanu (16 years)
Leeds United	26.8	Paul Madeley (33 years)	Gwyn Thomas (20 years)
Liverpool	26.9	Emelyn Hughes (30 years)	Sammy Lee (18 years)
Nottingham	27	Frank Clark (34 years)	Gary Mills (16 years)

Countries statisticsLast updated on 12/12/2024 at 04:45

	Number of games played	Number of players	Number of goals scored
England	7292	333	854
Scotland	1796	74	203
Republic of Ireland	484	20	64
Northern Ireland	389	20	30
Wales	344	20	12
Argentina	92	3	6
Netherlands	66	3	11
Serbia	55	3	1
Poland	15	2	6
Algeria	15	1	3
Brazil	14	1	0
United States	11	1	1
Finland	1	1	0
Andorra	1	1	0
Australia	1	1	0

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