Division 11977/1978

Season

Tier : 1

Type of clubs : A

Country : England

Games played : 462

Goals scored : 1231 (2.66 goals per match )

Yellow cards : 63

48%
Home victories

29%
Draws

23%
Away victories

Players age average : 26.81 years

Number of players participating : 478

Promoted : Chelsea, Wolverhampton, Nottingham Forest

Relegated to lower tier : Sunderland, Tottenham, Stoke City

Division 1 1977/1978's fixtures and results

Round 25

January 14, 1978

0'Willie Young (o.g)

51'Mark McGhee

34'Stuart Boam

23'Andy King

31'Ian Wallace

60'Mick Coop

78'Ray Graydon

88'Ray Graydon

51'Ray Wilkins

General rankingLast updated on 09/05/1978

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Nottingham	64	42	25	14	3	69	24	+45
2	Liverpool	57	42	24	9	9	65	34	+31
3	Everton	55	42	22	11	9	76	45	+31
4	Manchester City	52	42	20	12	10	74	51	+23
5	Arsenal	52	42	21	10	11	60	37	+23
6	WBA	50	42	18	14	10	62	53	+9
7	Coventry	48	42	18	12	12	75	62	+13
8	Aston Villa	46	42	18	10	14	57	42	+15
9	Leeds United	46	42	18	10	14	63	53	+10
10	Man United	42	42	16	10	16	67	63	+4
11	Birmingham City	41	42	16	9	17	55	60	-5
12	Derby County	41	42	14	13	15	54	59	-5
13	Norwich City	40	42	11	18	13	52	66	-14
14	Middlesbrough	39	42	12	15	15	42	54	-12
15	Wolverhampton	36	42	12	12	18	51	64	-13
16	Chelsea	36	42	11	14	17	46	69	-23
17	Bristol City	35	42	11	13	18	49	53	-4
18	Ipswich Town	35	42	11	13	18	47	61	-14
19	QPR	33	42	9	15	18	47	64	-17
20	West Ham	32	42	12	8	22	52	69	-17
21	Newcastle United	22	42	6	10	26	42	78	-36
22	Leicester	22	42	5	12	25	26	70	-44

Latest transfers

May 01, 1978
Gordon Hill ( Man United)		Derby

April 14, 1978
Norman Bodell a. m. ( Blackburn)		Birmingham

April 05, 1978
Ian McFarlane mana.( Sunderland)		Leicester

March 12, 1978
Jim Smith mana.( Blackburn)		Birmingham

March 10, 1978
Gary Gillespie ( Falkirk)		Coventry

February 01, 1978
Mark Grew ( Wigan)		WBA
Gordon McQueen ( Leeds)		Man United

January 27, 1978
Joe Jordan ( Leeds)		Man United

January 12, 1978
Ron Atkinson mana.( Cambridge)		WBA

January 10, 1978
Graeme Souness ( Middlesbrough)		Liverpool

January 01, 1978
Keith Osgood ( Tottenham)		Coventry
Steven Buckley ( Luton Town)		Derby
Billy Rafferty ( Carlisle United)		Wolves

All transfers

One match scorers

Lou Macarihas scored 3 goals during the match Birmingham City 1-4 Man United (20/08/1977)

Dennis Tuearthas scored 3 goals during the match Aston Villa 1-4 Manchester City (24/08/1977)

John Richardshas scored 3 goals during the match Wolverhampton 3-0 Leicester (01/10/1977)

Peter Withehas scored 4 goals during the match Nottingham 4-0 Ipswich Town (04/10/1977)

Ferguson Michaelhas scored 3 goals during the match Coventry 4-2 Manchester City (04/10/1977)

Bob Latchfordhas scored 4 goals during the match QPR 1-5 Everton (08/10/1977)

Ferguson Michaelhas scored 3 goals during the match Wolverhampton 1-3 Coventry (29/10/1977)

Bob Latchfordhas scored 3 goals during the match Everton 6-0 Coventry (26/11/1977)

Joe Roylehas scored 4 goals during the match Bristol City 4-1 Middlesbrough (26/11/1977)

Dennis Tuearthas scored 3 goals during the match Manchester City 6-2 Chelsea (26/11/1977)

Dennis Tuearthas scored 3 goals during the match Manchester City 4-0 Newcastle United (26/12/1977)

Tommy Langleyhas scored 3 goals during the match Birmingham City 4-5 Chelsea (31/12/1977)

Charles Georgehas scored 3 goals during the match Derby County 4-2 Coventry (02/01/1978)

Arthur Grahamhas scored 3 goals during the match Birmingham City 2-3 Leeds United (14/01/1978)

Ferguson Michaelhas scored 3 goals during the match Coventry 4-0 Birmingham City (04/03/1978)

David Crosshas scored 3 goals during the match West Ham 3-0 Ipswich Town (24/03/1978)

Malcolm Macdonaldhas scored 3 goals during the match Arsenal 4-0 WBA (25/03/1978)

Eddie Grayhas scored 3 goals during the match Leeds United 5-1 Leicester (28/03/1978)

Kenny Dalglishhas scored 3 goals during the match Liverpool 4-0 Manchester City (01/05/1978)

Individual rankingsLast updated on 26/12/2024 at 20:27

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
Bob Latchford	30	2	115	3456	39	39	20	10	14	16	39%	29/04/1978
Trevor Francis	25	3	151	3780	42	42	14	11	22	3	45%	15/04/1978
Ray Hankin	20	0	146	2925	33	33	12	8	17	3	32%	26/04/1978
Ian Wallace	20	0	185	3690	41	41	11	9	18	2	27%	29/04/1978
Kenny Dalglish	20	0	189	3780	42	42	11	9	9	11	32%	01/05/1978
Tony Brown	18	7	200	3600	40	40	10	8	18	0	30%	02/05/1978
Gordon Hill	18	6	178	3196	37	37	10	8	12	6		09/05/1978
Ferguson Michael	17	0	154	2610	30	30	12	5	16	1	23%	04/03/1978
David Cross	17	0	167	2835	32	32	12	5	16	1		25/04/1978
Brian Kidd	16	0	217	3465	39	39	9	7	12	4	22%	25/04/1978
Malcolm Macdonald	15	0	228	3425	39	39	8	7	15	0	26%	22/04/1978
John Ryan	15	5	251	3764	42	42	7	8	13	2	29%	26/04/1978
Micky Burns	14	3	261	3659	41	41	8	6	5	9	33%	26/04/1978
Frank Stapleton	13	0	267	3465	39	39	8	5	13	0	23%	29/04/1978
Andy Gray	13	0	208	2698	32	31	6	7	12	1	24%	29/04/1978

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	Aston Villa	V 2-0 Chelsea15/04/1978	V 2-0 Newcastle United17/04/1978	VWBA 0-3 22/04/1978	V 3-1 Leeds United26/04/1978	V 6-1 Ipswich Town29/04/1978	LWolverhampton 3-1 02/05/1978
2	Liverpool	D 2-2 Ipswich Town18/04/1978	V 3-0 Norwich City22/04/1978	V 1-0 Arsenal25/04/1978	VWest Ham 0-2 29/04/1978	V 4-0 Manchester City01/05/1978	D 0-0 Nottingham04/05/1978
3	Man United	LArsenal 3-1 01/04/1978	V 3-1 QPR08/04/1978	VNorwich City 1-3 15/04/1978	V 3-0 West Ham22/04/1978	VBristol City 0-1 25/04/1978	LWolverhampton 2-1 29/04/1978
4	West Ham	V 2-1 Coventry01/04/1978	VLeeds United 1-2 08/04/1978	V 3-0 Derby County15/04/1978	LMan United 3-0 22/04/1978	VMiddlesbrough 1-2 25/04/1978	L 0-2 Liverpool29/04/1978
5	Wolverhampton	LDerby County 3-1 08/04/1978	D 0-0 Middlesbrough15/04/1978	DChelsea 1-1 22/04/1978	V 2-1 Man United29/04/1978	V 3-1 Aston Villa02/05/1978	VIpswich Town 1-2 09/05/1978
6	WBA	VManchester City 1-3 15/04/1978	V 1-0 Derby County18/04/1978	L 0-3 Aston Villa22/04/1978	V 3-1 Everton25/04/1978	DNorwich City 1-1 29/04/1978	D 2-2 Nottingham02/05/1978
7	Nottingham	V 1-0 QPR18/04/1978	DCoventry 0-0 22/04/1978	VIpswich Town 0-2 25/04/1978	D 0-0 Birmingham City29/04/1978	DWBA 2-2 02/05/1978	DLiverpool 0-0 04/05/1978
8	Birmingham City	V 2-1 Norwich City08/04/1978	D 0-0 Ipswich Town11/04/1978	VLeicester 1-4 15/04/1978	L 1-4 Manchester City22/04/1978	DQPR 0-0 25/04/1978	DNottingham 0-0 29/04/1978
9	Arsenal	LQPR 2-1 11/04/1978	V 2-1 Newcastle United15/04/1978	VLeeds United 1-3 22/04/1978	LLiverpool 1-0 25/04/1978	V 1-0 Middlesbrough29/04/1978	LDerby County 3-0 09/05/1978
10	Chelsea	LAston Villa 2-0 15/04/1978	D 1-1 Wolverhampton22/04/1978	VLeicester 0-2 26/04/1978	LEverton 6-0 29/04/1978	V 3-1 QPR02/05/1978	D 0-0 Manchester City05/05/1978
11	Manchester City	L 1-3 WBA15/04/1978	VBirmingham City 1-4 22/04/1978	V 3-1 Coventry25/04/1978	D 1-1 Derby County29/04/1978	LLiverpool 4-0 01/05/1978	DChelsea 0-0 05/05/1978
12	QPR	V 2-1 Coventry15/04/1978	LNottingham 1-0 18/04/1978	VNewcastle United 0-3 22/04/1978	D 0-0 Birmingham City25/04/1978	D 0-0 Leeds United29/04/1978	LChelsea 3-1 02/05/1978
13	Derby County	LLeeds United 2-0 12/04/1978	LWest Ham 3-0 15/04/1978	LWBA 1-0 18/04/1978	V 4-1 Leicester22/04/1978	DManchester City 1-1 29/04/1978	V 3-0 Arsenal09/05/1978
14	Everton	L 0-1 Liverpool05/04/1978	LCoventry 3-2 08/04/1978	V 1-0 Ipswich Town15/04/1978	DMiddlesbrough 0-0 22/04/1978	LWBA 3-1 25/04/1978	V 6-0 Chelsea29/04/1978
15	Coventry	V 3-2 Everton08/04/1978	DMiddlesbrough 1-1 11/04/1978	LQPR 2-1 15/04/1978	D 0-0 Nottingham22/04/1978	LManchester City 3-1 25/04/1978	DBristol City 1-1 29/04/1978
16	Middlesbrough	V 2-0 Bristol City08/04/1978	D 1-1 Coventry11/04/1978	DWolverhampton 0-0 15/04/1978	D 0-0 Everton22/04/1978	L 1-2 West Ham25/04/1978	LArsenal 1-0 29/04/1978
17	Norwich City	V 3-0 Leeds United01/04/1978	LBirmingham City 2-1 08/04/1978	L 1-3 Man United15/04/1978	LLiverpool 3-0 22/04/1978	DNewcastle United 2-2 26/04/1978	D 1-1 WBA29/04/1978
18	Leeds United	L 1-2 West Ham08/04/1978	V 2-0 Derby County12/04/1978	DNottingham 1-1 15/04/1978	L 1-3 Arsenal22/04/1978	LAston Villa 3-1 26/04/1978	DQPR 0-0 29/04/1978
19	Bristol City	V 3-1 Newcastle United01/04/1978	LMiddlesbrough 2-0 08/04/1978	D 1-1 Liverpool15/04/1978	LIpswich Town 1-0 22/04/1978	L 0-1 Man United25/04/1978	D 1-1 Coventry29/04/1978
20	Ipswich Town	LEverton 1-0 15/04/1978	DLiverpool 2-2 18/04/1978	V 1-0 Bristol City22/04/1978	L 0-2 Nottingham25/04/1978	LAston Villa 6-1 29/04/1978	L 1-2 Wolverhampton09/05/1978
21	Leicester	L 0-1 WBA01/04/1978	LLiverpool 3-2 08/04/1978	L 1-4 Birmingham City15/04/1978	LDerby County 4-1 22/04/1978	L 0-2 Chelsea26/04/1978	V 3-0 Newcastle United29/04/1978
22	Newcastle United	LWBA 2-0 12/04/1978	LArsenal 2-1 15/04/1978	LAston Villa 2-0 17/04/1978	L 0-3 QPR22/04/1978	D 2-2 Norwich City26/04/1978	LLeicester 3-0 29/04/1978

Longest streaksLast updated on 27/12/2024 at 16:40

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

	Series	Running
Manchester City	7
WBA	5
Aston Villa	5
Liverpool	5
Leeds United	5
Man United	4
Everton	4
Middlesbrough	4
Birmingham City	4
Newcastle United	3
Nottingham	3
Wolverhampton	3	3
Arsenal	3
West Ham	3
Derby County	3
Coventry	2
Norwich City	2
Chelsea	2
QPR	2
Ipswich Town	1
Leicester	1
Bristol City	1

Ranking matchday by matchdayLast updated on 27/12/2024 at 16:40

Team \ Rd	34	35	40	42
Nottingham	1	1	1	1
Liverpool	2	2	2	2
Everton	3	3	3	3
Manchester City	4	4	4	4
Arsenal	5	5	5	5
WBA	6	6	6	6
Coventry	7	7	7	7
Aston Villa	8	8	8	8
Leeds United	9	9	9	9
Man United	10	10	10	10
Birmingham City	11	11	11	11
Derby County	12	12	12	12
Norwich City	13	13	13	13
Middlesbrough	14	14	14	14
Wolverhampton	15	15	15	15
Chelsea	16	16	16	16
Bristol City	17	17	17	17
Ipswich Town	18	18	18	18
QPR	19	19	19	19
West Ham	20	20	20	20
Newcastle United	21	21	21	21
Leicester	22	22	22	22

Goals per quarterLast updated on 27/12/2024 at 16:40

Minutes	Goals
0 - 15	725
Best scorer : Trevor Francis - 21 Goals
16 - 30	72
Best scorer : Bob Latchford - 5 Goals
31 - 45+	145
Best scorer : John Robertson - 6 Goals
46 - 60	77
Best scorer : Bob Latchford - 7 Goals
61 - 75	75
Best scorer : Bob Latchford - 7 Goals
76 - 90+	137
Best scorer : Peter Withe - 7 Goals

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 27/12/2024 at 16:40

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	43 times
1 - 0	77 times
1 - 1	52 times
2 - 0	52 times
2 - 1	66 times
2 - 2	29 times
3 - 0	34 times
3 - 1	42 times
3 - 2	17 times
3 - 3	7 times
4 - 0	14 times

Score	Frequence
4 - 1	10 times
4 - 2	4 times
4 - 4	1 times
5 - 0	1 times
5 - 1	4 times
5 - 2	1 times
5 - 3	1 times
5 - 4	2 times
6 - 0	2 times
6 - 1	1 times
6 - 2	2 times

Goals scored per matchdayLast updated on 27/12/2024 at 16:40

General statistics by teamLast updated on 26/12/2024 at 20:27

	Participants	Different First XI	Different Scorers	Best scorer
Newcastle United	35	38	14	Micky Burns (14 goals)
Derby County	31	37	19	Charles George (11 goals)
Leicester	29	36	13	Roger Davies (4 goals)
Middlesbrough	26	25	12	David Mills (10 goals)
Norwich City	25	19	9	John Ryan (15 goals)
Ipswich Town	25	32	11	Paul Mariner (11 goals)
QPR	24	30	15	Stan Bowles (6 goals)
Wolverhampton	24	35	11	John Richards (11 goals)
Leeds United	23	33	13	Ray Hankin (20 goals)
West Ham	23	27	16	David Cross (10 goals)
Man United	21	32	14	Gordon Hill (17 goals)
Chelsea	21	26	13	Tommy Langley (11 goals)
Everton	21	23	15	Bob Latchford (30 goals)
Birmingham City	21	26	10	Trevor Francis (25 goals)
Coventry	21	25	14	Ian Wallace (20 goals)
Arsenal	20	20	11	Malcolm Macdonald (15 goals)
Liverpool	20	31	12	Kenny Dalglish (20 goals)
Aston Villa	18	25	11	Andy Gray (13 goals)
Manchester City	18	22	11	Brian Kidd (16 goals)
WBA	17	20	12	Tony Brown (18 goals)

Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 25/12/2024 at 05:58

	Average age	Oldest player	Youngest player
Aston Villa	24.6	Jimmy Rimmer (28 years)	Ivor Linton (17 years)
Wolverhampton	24.6	Phil Parkes (29 years)	Wayne Clarke (15 years)
Coventry	24.8	Ray Graydon (29 years)	Garry Thompson (17 years)
Ipswich Town	24.9	Allan Hunter (30 years)	Paul Overton (15 years)
Arsenal	24.9	Peter Simpson (31 years)	Mark Heeley (17 years)
Chelsea	24.9	Peter Bonetti (35 years)	Tommy Langley (18 years)
Middlesbrough	25.1	Terry Cooper (32 years)	Craig Johnston (16 years)
Newcastle United	25.2	Dave Craig (32 years)	James Scott (16 years)
Everton	25.3	Bruce Rioch (29 years)	Mark Higgins (18 years)
Man United	25.4	Alex Stepney (34 years)	Andy Ritchie (16 years)
WBA	25.5	Paddy Mulligan (31 years)	Derek Statham (17 years)
Derby County	25.7	Ron Webster (33 years)	Paul Bartlett (16 years)
West Ham	26.2	Bobby Ferguson (31 years)	Alvin Martin (18 years)
Nottingham	26.4	Frank Clark (33 years)	John Middleton (20 years)
Birmingham City	26.4	Jimmy Montgomery (33 years)	Kevin Dillon (17 years)
QPR	26.6	David Webb (30 years)	Paul Goddard (17 years)
Manchester City	26.6	Colin Bell (30 years)	Roger Palmer (17 years)
Leicester	26.6	George Armstrong (32 years)	Neville Hamilton (16 years)
Bristol City	26.9	Norman Hunter (33 years)	Paul Stevens (16 years)
Leeds United	27	Paul Madeley (32 years)	Neil Parker (19 years)

Countries statisticsLast updated on 25/12/2024 at 23:35

	Number of games played	Number of players	Number of goals scored
England	7410	348	867
Scotland	1946	76	236
Republic of Ireland	427	17	53
Wales	385	19	17
Northern Ireland	368	14	30
Brazil	35	1	1
United States	12	2	5
Andorra	1	1	0

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