# 1978–79 Wimbledon F.C. season

The 1978–79 season was Wimbledon's second consecutive season in the fourth tier of English football. They were managed by Dario Gradi, who was in his first full season as the club's manager, and guided them to automatic promotion with a third-place finish.

## Squad

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Division Four | Division Four | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | DF | ENG | Paul Bowgett | 11 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Les Briley | 32 | 1 | 26+0 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Jeff Bryant | 34 | 2 | 27+3 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Roger Connell | 6 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Alan Cork | 53 | 25 | 45+0 | 22 | 5+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 1 |
| | MF | ENG | Francis Cowley | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Tommy Cunningham | 15 | 3 | 15+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Paul Denny | 36 | 7 | 24+4 | 6 | 4+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Dave Donaldson | 30 | 0 | 23+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Wally Downes | 3 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Phil Driver | 10 | 1 | 3+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Mark Dziadulewicz | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Terry Eames | 31 | 1 | 26+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Steve Galliers | 49 | 4 | 44+0 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | DF | ENG | Dave Galvin | 41 | 3 | 33+0 | 2 | 5+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| | GK | ENG | Ray Goddard | 53 | 0 | 45+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Lee Harwood | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Paul Haverson | 32 | 2 | 26+1 | 2 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Steve Ketteridge | 20 | 1 | 15+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Ray Knowles | 33 | 5 | 23+8 | 5 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | John Leslie | 52 | 19 | 44+1 | 19 | 3+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Steve Parsons | 43 | 8 | 34+3 | 7 | 5+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Steve Perkins | 30 | 0 | 26+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Paul Priddy | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Phil Summerill | 9 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |

## Matches
### Football League Division Four
#### Results

| Date | Opponents | Result | Goalscorers | Attendance |
| 19 August 1978 | Aldershot (A) | 1–1 | Bryant 11' | 3,510 |
| 22 August 1978 | Port Vale (H) | 1–0 | Cork 11' | 2,638 |
| 26 August 1978 | Northampton Town (H) | 4–1 | Cork (3) 11', 40', 43', Leslie 71' | 2,644 |
| 1 September 1978 | Stockport County (A) | 2–1 | Cork 65' Leslie 85' | 5,604 |
| 9 September 1978 | Wigan Athletic (H) | 2–1 | Denny 68', Eames 71' (pen.) | 3,217 |
| 12 September 1978 | Grimsby Town (A) | 2–2 | Bryant 55', Cork 60' | 6,794 |
| 16 September 1978 | Newport County (A) | 3–1 | Leslie (2) 78', 81', Cork 87' | 2,903 |
| 23 September 1978 | Reading (H) | 1–0 | Cork 72' | 5,001 |
| 25 September 1978 | Rochdale (A) | 0–0 | | 1,263 |
| 30 September 1978 | Bradford City (H) | 2–1 | Denny 57', Parsons 80' | 2,819 |
| 7 October 1978 | York City (A) | 4–1 | Parsons 33', Knowles 44', Leslie 49', Cork 82' | 3,329 |
| 14 October 1978 | Scunthorpe United (H) | 3–1 | Leslie (2) 33', 55', Cork 37' | 3,808 |
| 17 October 1978 | Crewe Alexandra (H) | 1–1 | Cork 80' | 3,555 |
| 21 October 1978 | Huddersfield Town (A) | 0–3 | | 3,374 |
| 28 October 1978 | Doncaster Rovers (H) | 3–2 | Leslie (2) 9', 45', Cork 36' | 3,252 |
| 4 November 1978 | Barnsley (A) | 1–3 | Galvin 75' | 11,761 |
| 11 November 1978 | Stockport County (H) | 2–0 | Denny (2) 7', 80' | 3,177 |
| 18 November 1978 | Northampton Town (A) | 1–1 | Leslie 10' | 3,623 |
| 2 December 1978 | Halifax Town (H) | 2–1 | Cork (2) 44' 55' | 2,374 |
| 9 December 1978 | Hartlepool United (A) | 1–1 | Denny 15' | 3,098 |
| 23 December 1978 | Bournemouth (A) | 2–1 | Galliers 20', Briley 32' | 3,922 |
| 26 December 1978 | Portsmouth (H) | 2–4 | Knowles (2) 5', 41' | 7,862 |
| 3 February 1979 | Rochdale (H) | 3–2 | Parsons 17', Galvin 50', Denny 70' | 3,166 |
| 14 February 1979 | Wigan Athletic (A) | 2–1 | Leslie (2) 9', 21' | 6,704 |
| 28 February 1979 | Torquay United (A) | 6–1 | Cork (4) 7', 35', 87', 88', Haverson 57', Leslie 89' | 2,739 |
| 3 March 1979 | Huddersfield Town (H) | 2–1 | Leslie 50', Driver 85' | 3,265 |
| 6 March 1979 | Newport County (H) | 0–0 | | 2,980 |
| 9 March 1979 | Doncaster Rovers (A) | 0–1 | | 1,927 |
| 20 March 1979 | Grimsby Town (H) | 0–1 | | 2,392 |
| 24 March 1979 | Port Vale (A) | 0–1 | | 2,906 |
| 27 March 1979 | Aldershot (H) | 3–1 | Haverson 8' (pen.), Knowles 54', Parsons 89' | 5,382 |
| 31 March 1979 | Hereford United (H) | 2–0 | Cork 36', Leslie 80' | 2,636 |
| 4 April 1979 | Bradford City (A) | 0–1 | | 2,701 |
| 7 April 1979 | Halifax Town (A) | 1–2 | Ketteridge 41' | 1,576 |
| 10 April 1979 | Bournemouth (H) | 4–0 | Leslie 11', Cork (2) 19', 35', Parsons 51' | 3,205 |
| 14 April 1979 | Portsmouth (A) | 0–0 | | 11,453 |
| 16 April 1979 | Torquay United (H) | 5–0 | Knowles 2', Galliers 23', Leslie 29', Cunningham 41', Parsons 51' | 4,171 |
| 21 April 1979 | Darlington (A) | 1–1 | Leslie 68' | 1,674 |
| 25 April 1979 | Crewe Alexandra (A) | 2–1 | Leslie 19', Parsons 44' | 1,254 |
| 28 April 1979 | Hartlepool United (H) | 3–1 | Cunningham 72', T. Smith (o.g.) 74', Galliers 86' | 3,546 |
| 2 May 1979 | Reading (A) | 0–1 | | 13,131 |
| 5 May 1979 | Hereford United (A) | 0–0 | | 3,809 |
| 8 May 1979 | Scunthorpe United (A) | 0–2 | | 1,777 |
| 11 May 1979 | York City (H) | 2–1 | Leslie 62', Cork 85' | 3,897 |
| 14 May 1979 | Barnsley (H) | 1–1 | Downes 12' | 5,794 |
| 17 May 1979 | Darlington (H) | 2–0 | Stone (o.g.) 12', Cunningham 74' | 3,638 |

### FA Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | Result | Goalscorers | Attendance |
| 25 November 1978 | Round 1 | Gravesend & Northfleet (A) | 0–0 | | 3,758 |
| 28 November 1978 | Replay | Gravesend & Northfleet (H) | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Cork 117' | 3,369 |
| 16 December 1978 | Round 2 | Bournemouth (H) | 1–1 | Denny 58' | 3,308 |
| 28 December 1978 | Replay | Bournemouth (A) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Cork 88', Parsons 116' | 7,192 |
| 9 January 1979 | Round 3 | Southampton (H) | 0–2 | | 9,254 |

### League Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | Result | Goalscorers | Attendance |
| 12 August 1978 | Round 1 First Leg | Southend United (A) | 0–1 | | 4,845 |
| 15 August 1978 | Round 1 Second Leg | Southend United (H) | 4–1 | Galvin 32', Galliers 36', Cork 39', Townsend (o.g.) 61' | 2,687 |
| 29 August 1978 | Round 2 | Everton (A) | 0–8 | | 23,137 |