The City Ground

SEASON: 1978-79

Total Season: 114Prev Season: 1977-78
League Season: 77This Season: 2025-26
Next Season: 1979-80

DIVISION: English First Division (Tier 1)

MANAGER(s):: Brian Clough
FA Cup:: 5th Round (Arsenal (H) 0-1)
League Cup:: Winners (Southampton (Wembley) 3-2)
Player Of The Year:: Garry Birtles

Top Goalscorer:: Garry Birtles (26 goals)

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%

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)

Champions:: Liverpool
FA Cup:: Arsenal
League Cup:: Nottingham Forest
Community Shield:: Nottingham Forest
EUROPE
European Cup:: Nottingham Forest
UEFA Cup:: Borussia M�nchengladbach
Cup Winners Cup:: Barcelona
Super Cup:: Anderlecht

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 6
6-0 (Wed Mar 28, 1979, Chelsea, Home, League Tier 1)

Biggest Winning Margin: 6
6-0 (Wed Mar 28, 1979, Chelsea, Home, League Tier 1)

Most Goals Conceded: 3
3-3 (Wed Apr 11, 1979, Cologne, Home, European Cup)

Biggest Losing Margin: 2
0-2 (Sat Dec 09, 1978, Liverpool, Away, League Tier 1)

Clean Sheets:: 28
Yellow Cards:: 12
Red Cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 6
Penalties conceded:: 6
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 0

TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1978-79

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	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

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	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

GAMES

Manager for all games: Brian Clough
League

Week	Date	Time	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 19, 1978	3:00 pm	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-1	41,223	13	O'Neill (12')
2	Tue Aug 22, 1978	7:45 pm	Coventry City	A	0-0	28,622	13
3	Sat Aug 26, 1978	3:00 pm	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-0	17,971	10
4	Sat Sep 02, 1978	3:00 pm	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-0	28,239	10
5	Sat Sep 09, 1978	3:00 pm	Arsenal	H	2-1	28,124	6	Robertson (52' pen), Bowyer (70')
6	Sat Sep 16, 1978	3:00 pm	Manchester United	A	1-1	53,039	9	Bowyer (6')
7	Sat Sep 23, 1978	3:00 pm	Middlesbrough	H	2-2	26,287	8	Birtles (18'), O'Neill (44')
8	Sat Sep 30, 1978	3:00 pm	Aston Villa	A	2-1	36,735	6	Woodcock (49'), Robertson (78' pen)
9	Sat Oct 07, 1978	3:00 pm	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-1	29,313	4	Birtles (26', 60'), O'Neill (56')
10	Sat Oct 14, 1978	3:00 pm	Bristol City	A	3-1	26,947	3	Birtles (5'), Robertson (26' pen, 54' pen)
11	Sat Oct 21, 1978	3:00 pm	Ipswich Town	H	1-0	28,911	3	O'Neill (12')
12	Sat Oct 28, 1978	3:00 pm	Southampton	A	0-0	38,069	3
13	Sat Nov 04, 1978	3:00 pm	Everton	H	0-0	35,515	4
14	Sat Nov 11, 1978	3:00 pm	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3-1	50,541	4	Anderson (62'), Robertson (69'), Birtles (85')
15	Sat Nov 18, 1978	3:00 pm	Queens Park Rangers	H	0-0	28,032	4
16	Sat Nov 25, 1978	3:00 pm	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-0	25,692	4	Robertson (65')
17	Sat Dec 09, 1978	3:00 pm	Liverpool	A	0-2	51,469	5
18	Sat Dec 16, 1978	3:00 pm	Birmingham City	H	1-0	25,224	5	Gemmill (70')
19	Sat Dec 23, 1978	3:00 pm	Manchester City	A	0-0	37,012	5
20	Tue Dec 26, 1978	7:45 pm	Derby County	H	1-1	34,256	5	Woodcock (55')
21	Sat Jan 13, 1979	3:00 pm	Arsenal	A	1-2	52,158	6	Robertson (37')
22	Sat Feb 03, 1979	3:00 pm	Middlesbrough	A	3-1	21,330	6	Birtles (17', 62'), Robertson (48')
23	Sat Feb 24, 1979	3:00 pm	Bristol City	H	2-0	28,008	6	Needham (8'), Birtles (16')
24	Sat Mar 03, 1979	3:00 pm	Ipswich Town	A	1-1	27,188	6	Birtles (24')
25	Sat Mar 10, 1979	3:00 pm	Everton	A	1-1	37,745	6	Barrett (17')
26	Wed Mar 14, 1979	7:45 pm	Norwich City	H	2-1	24,046	6	Woodcock (50', 58')
27	Sat Mar 24, 1979	3:00 pm	Coventry City	H	3-0	24,514	6	Woodcock (25'), Birtles (64'), Needham (83')
28	Wed Mar 28, 1979	7:45 pm	Chelsea	H	6-0	24,514	4	O'Neill (44', 64', 70'), Woodcock (46', 62'), Birtles (54')
29	Sat Mar 31, 1979	3:00 pm	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-1	29,015	4	Francis (89')	Safe
30	Wed Apr 04, 1979	7:45 pm	Aston Villa	H	4-0	27,056	4	Allan Evans (13' OG), Woodcock (49'), Francis (55'), O'Neill (71')	Safe
31	Sat Apr 07, 1979	3:00 pm	Chelsea	A	3-1	29,213	3	Francis (8'), O'Neill (42'), Bowyer (48')	Safe
32	Sat Apr 14, 1979	3:00 pm	Derby County	A	2-1	30,156	3	Birtles (27'), O'Neill (34')	Safe
33	Mon Apr 16, 1979	7:45 pm	Leeds United	H	0-0	37,397	4		Safe
34	Wed Apr 18, 1979	7:45 pm	Manchester United	H	1-1	33,074	3	Francis (86')	Safe
35	Sat Apr 21, 1979	3:00 pm	Birmingham City	A	2-0	22,198	2	Birtles (5'), Robertson (48')	Safe
36	Sat Apr 28, 1979	3:00 pm	Liverpool	H	0-0	41,898	3		Safe
37	Mon Apr 30, 1979	7:45 pm	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-1	23,613	3		Safe
38	Wed May 02, 1979	7:45 pm	Southampton	H	1-0	20,388	3	Francis (66')	Safe
39	Sat May 05, 1979	3:00 pm	Norwich City	A	1-1	16,616	3	Woodcock (55')	Safe
40	Wed May 09, 1979	7:45 pm	Manchester City	H	3-1	21,104	3	Birtles (4'), Bowyer (60'), Woodcock (61')	Safe
41	Tue May 15, 1979	7:45 pm	Leeds United	A	2-1	33,594	3	Mills (5'), John Hawley (86' OG)	Safe
42	Fri May 18, 1979	7:45 pm	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-0	28,210	2	Francis (81')	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Time	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Wed Jan 10, 1979	7:45 pm	Aston Villa	3	H	2-0	29,550	Needham (58'), Woodcock (76')
Sat Jan 27, 1979	3:00 pm	York City	4	H	3-1	25,228	Lloyd (14'), McGovern (44'), O'Neill (72')
Mon Feb 26, 1979	7:45 pm	Arsenal	5	H	0-1	35,906

League Cup

Date	Time	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Tue Aug 29, 1978	7:45 pm	Oldham Athletic	2			A	0-0	13,793
Wed Sep 06, 1978	7:45 pm	Oldham Athletic	2		1	H	4-2	18,669	Needham (49'), Burns (57'), Woodcock (61'), Robertson (63' pen)
Wed Oct 04, 1978	7:45 pm	Oxford United	3			A	5-0	14,287	Birtles (24'), McGovern (30'), O'Neill (43'), Robertson (59'), Anderson (89')
Tue Nov 07, 1978	7:45 pm	Everton	4			A	3-2	48,503	Lloyd (52'), Anderson (73'), Woodcock (75')
Wed Dec 13, 1978	7:45 pm	Brighton and Hove Albion	Quarter			H	3-1	30,672	McGovern (21'), Robertson (59'), Birtles (66')
Wed Jan 17, 1979	7:45 pm	Watford	Semi	1		H	3-1	32,438	Birtles (13', 49'), Robertson (79')
Tue Jan 30, 1979	7:45 pm	Watford	Semi	2		A	0-0	27,656
Sat Mar 17, 1979	3:00 pm	Southampton	Final			N	3-2	96,952	Birtles (51', 79'), Woodcock (83')

European Cup

Date	Time	Opponent	Country	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 13, 1978	7:45 pm	Liverpool	England	1	1	H	2-0	38,316	Birtles (26'), Barrett (87')
Wed Sep 27, 1978	7:45 pm	Liverpool	England	1	2	A	0-0	51,679
Wed Oct 18, 1978	7:45 pm	AEK Athens	Greece	2	1	A	2-1	35,000	McGovern (10'), Birtles (45')
Wed Nov 01, 1978	7:45 pm	AEK Athens	Greece	2	2	H	5-1	38,069	Needham (8'), Woodcock (36'), Anderson (40'), Birtles (66', 72')
Wed Mar 07, 1979	7:45 pm	Grasshoppers Zurich	Switzerland	Quarter	1	H	4-1	31,949	Birtles (31'), Robertson (47' pen), Gemmill (87'), Lloyd (89')
Wed Mar 21, 1979	7:45 pm	Grasshoppers Zurich	Switzerland	Quarter	2	A	1-1	17,800	O'Neill (38')
Wed Apr 11, 1979	7:45 pm	Cologne	Germany	Semi	1	H	3-3	40,804	Birtles (28'), Bowyer (53'), Robertson (63')
Wed Apr 25, 1979	7:45 pm	Cologne	Germany	Semi	2	A	1-0	62,000	Bowyer (65')
Wed May 30, 1979	8:15 pm	Malmo FF	Sweden	Final		N	1-0	65,000	Francis (45')

Charity Shield

Date	Time	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Aug 12, 1978	3:00 pm	Ipswich Town	Final	N	5-0	68,000	O'Neill (10', 75'), Withe (27'), Lloyd (46'), Robertson (87')

County Cup

Date	Time	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Tue Sep 19, 1978	7:45 pm	Mansfield Town	Final	H	4-0	5,339	Barrett (?), McGovern (?), Robertson (?), Burke (?)
Wed May 23, 1979	7:45 pm	Mansfield Town	Final	H	3-1	9,165	Lloyd (52'), Francis (66'), Robertson (76')

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Time	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Tue Jul 25, 1978	7:45 pm	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia	A	2-3	33,000	Withe (42'), O'Neill (73')
Thu Jul 27, 1978	7:45 pm	Dynamo Zagreb	Yugoslavia	A	1-1	35,000	Needham (87')
Sun Jul 30, 1978	3:00 pm	NK Osijek	Croatia	A	1-1	15,000	Bowyer (65')
Wed Aug 02, 1978	7:45 pm	AEK Athens	Greece	A	1-1	30,000	Woodcock (14')
Mon Aug 14, 1978	7:45 pm	Celta Vigo	Spain	A	1-1	13,000	Withe (90')
Wed Aug 16, 1978	7:45 pm	FC Porto	Portugal	A	0-1	25,000

Friendly

Date	Time	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Tue Dec 05, 1978	7:45 pm	Dynamo Zagreb	Yugoslavia	A	2-0	5,338	Birtles (20', 60')

Testimonial

Date	Time	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Mon Sep 04, 1978	7:45 pm	Mansfield Town	England	A	6-0	7,051	Needham (?), Robertson (?), O'Neill (?, ?), Woodcock (?, ?)
Mon Feb 19, 1979	7:45 pm	Exeter City	England	A	5-0	9,479	Woodcock (?, 43', 44'), Anderson (57'), Bowyer (73')
Wed Feb 21, 1979	7:45 pm	West Bromwich Albion	England	A	0-0	3,500
Fri May 11, 1979	7:45 pm	Southampton	England	A	4-1	14,693	Birtles (?), Mills (?), Bowyer (?, ?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Brian Clough
Tue Jul 25, 1978	Pre-Season Friendly	Red Star Belgrade				A	2-3	33,000	Withe (42'), O'Neill (73')
Thu Jul 27, 1978	Pre-Season Friendly	Dynamo Zagreb				A	1-1	35,000	Needham (87')
Sun Jul 30, 1978	Pre-Season Friendly	NK Osijek				A	1-1	15,000	Bowyer (65')
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	6-0	7,051	Needham (?), Robertson (?), O'Neill (?, ?), Woodcock (?, ?)
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	4-0	5,339	Barrett (?), McGovern (?), Robertson (?), Burke (?)
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 (20', 60')
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	Woodcock (?, 43', 44'), Anderson (57'), Bowyer (73')
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')	Safe
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')	Safe
Sat Apr 07, 1979	League Tier 1	Chelsea				A	3-1	29,213	Francis (8'), O'Neill (42'), Bowyer (48')	Safe
Wed Apr 11, 1979	European Cup	Cologne	Semi	1		H	3-3	40,804	Birtles (28'), Bowyer (53'), Robertson (63')	Safe
Sat Apr 14, 1979	League Tier 1	Derby County				A	2-1	30,156	Birtles (27'), O'Neill (34')	Safe
Mon Apr 16, 1979	League Tier 1	Leeds United				H	0-0	37,397		Safe
Wed Apr 18, 1979	League Tier 1	Manchester United				H	1-1	33,074	Francis (86')	Safe
Sat Apr 21, 1979	League Tier 1	Birmingham City				A	2-0	22,198	Birtles (5'), Robertson (48')	Safe
Wed Apr 25, 1979	European Cup	Cologne	Semi	2		A	1-0	62,000	Bowyer (65')	Safe
Sat Apr 28, 1979	League Tier 1	Liverpool				H	0-0	41,898		Safe
Mon Apr 30, 1979	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers				A	0-1	23,613		Safe
Wed May 02, 1979	League Tier 1	Southampton				H	1-0	20,388	Francis (66')	Safe
Sat May 05, 1979	League Tier 1	Norwich City				A	1-1	16,616	Woodcock (55')	Safe
Wed May 09, 1979	League Tier 1	Manchester City				H	3-1	21,104	Birtles (4'), Bowyer (60'), Woodcock (61')	Safe
Fri May 11, 1979	Testimonial	Southampton				A	4-1	14,693	Birtles (?), Mills (?), Bowyer (?, ?)	Safe
Tue May 15, 1979	League Tier 1	Leeds United				A	2-1	33,594	Mills (5'), John Hawley (86' OG)	Safe
Fri May 18, 1979	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion				A	1-0	28,210	Francis (81')	Safe
Wed May 23, 1979	County Cup	Mansfield Town	Final			H	3-1	9,165	Lloyd (52'), Francis (66'), Robertson (76')
Wed May 30, 1979	European Cup	Malmo FF	Final			N	1-0	65,000	Francis (45')

	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
Sat Aug 12, 1978	Ipswich Town	Final	N	5-0	68,000

	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
Tue Sep 19, 1978	Mansfield Town	Final	H	4-0	5,339
Wed May 23, 1979	Mansfield Town	Final	H	3-1	9,165

	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 Dec 05, 1978	Dynamo Zagreb	Yugoslavia	A	2-0	5,338

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 17, 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

*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		Peter Shilton	England	28	63	36	23	4
Defenders
D		Bryn Gunn	England	19	1	1								3
D		Colin Barrett	England	25	18	7	11		2			1
D		David Needham	England	29	38	21	14	3	5	1			4	4
D		Frank Clark	England	34	32	21	8	3				2	1	1
D		Kenny Burns	Scotland	24	37	21	15	1	1	2		1
D		Larry Lloyd	England	29	56	34	18	4	4	1		1
D		Viv Anderson	England	22	59	34	21	4	4	3
Midfielders
M		Gary Mills	England	16	6	5	1		1			1	2
M		Ian Bowyer	England	27	42	26	14	2	6	1			3	5
M		John McGovern	Scotland	28	55	30	21	4	4	1		1
M		Martin O'Neill	N. Ireland	26	42	23	17	2	15	1		3		3
M		Steve Elliott	England	19	6	1	4	1
Forwards
F		Archie Gemmill	Scotland	31	42	23	16	3	2	2		2		3
F		Garry Birtles	England	22	53	32	17	4	26			1
F		John O'Hare	Scotland	31	15	9	5	1					4	7
F		John Robertson	Scotland	25	63	36	23	4	16
F		Peter Withe	England	26	2	1	1		1
F		Tony Woodcock	England	22	57	33	21	3	15			2
F		Trevor Francis	England	24	21	13	7	1	7				1

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 17

Goals (Pens)	Player	Num 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	42
5	David Needham	38
4	John McGovern	55
4	Larry Lloyd	56
4	Viv Anderson	59
2	Archie Gemmill	42
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