# Engels voetbalkampioenschap 1977/78

1977/78 was het 80e seizoen in de Engelse voetbalcompetitie. Nottingham Forest werd voor het eerst landskampioen.

## Prijzen

| Competitie | Winnaar | Runner-up |
| First Division | Nottingham Forest | Liverpool |
| Second Division | Bolton Wanderers | Southampton |
| Third Division | Wrexham | Cambridge United |
| Fourth Division | Watford | Southend United |
| FA Cup | Ipswich Town | Arsenal |
| League Cup | Nottingham Forest | Liverpool |
| Charity Shield | Liverpool and Manchester United (shared) | Liverpool and Manchester United (shared) |
| Anglo-Scottish Cup | Bristol City | |
| Home Championship | Engeland | Wales |

## First Division

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 69 | 24 | +45 | 64 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 65 | 34 | +31 | 57 |
| 3 | Everton | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 76 | 45 | +31 | 55 |
| 4 | Manchester City | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 74 | 51 | +23 | 52 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 52 |
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 62 | 53 | +9 | 50 |
| 7 | Coventry City | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 75 | 62 | +13 | 48 |
| 8 | Aston Villa | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 46 |
| 9 | Leeds United | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 63 | 53 | +10 | 46 |
| 10 | Manchester United | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 67 | 63 | +4 | 42 |
| 11 | Birmingham City | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 55 | 60 | -5 | 41 |
| 12 | Derby County | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 54 | 59 | -5 | 41 |
| 13 | Norwich City | 42 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 52 | 66 | -14 | 40 |
| 14 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 42 | 54 | -12 | 39 |
| 15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 51 | 64 | -13 | 36 |
| 16 | Chelsea | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 46 | 69 | -23 | 36 |
| 17 | Bristol City | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 49 | 53 | -4 | 35 |
| 18 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 47 | 61 | -14 | 35 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 47 | 64 | -17 | 33 |
| 20 | West Ham United | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 52 | 69 | -17 | 32 |
| 21 | Newcastle United | 42 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 42 | 78 | -36 | 22 |
| 22 | Leicester City | 42 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 26 | 70 | -44 | 22 |

### Uitslagen

| Thuis (beneden) / Uit (rechts) | ARS | AST | BIR | BRI | CHE | COV | DER | EVE | IPS | LEE | LEI | LIV | MNC | MNU | MID | NEW | NOR | NOT | QPR | WBA | WHU | WOL |
| Arsenal | | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 4 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 4 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 3 - 1 |
| Aston Villa | 1 - 0 | | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 6 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 3 | 1 - 4 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 4 - 1 | 2 - 0 |
| Birmingham City | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | | 3 - 0 | 4 - 5 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 4 | 1 - 4 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 1 |
| Bristol City | 0 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 1 | | 3 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 4 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 3 - 2 | 2 - 3 |
| Chelsea | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 5 - 3 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 |
| Coventry City | 1 - 2 | 2 - 3 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 5 - 1 | | 3 - 1 | 3 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 4 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 5 - 4 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 4 - 0 |
| Derby County | 3 - 0 | 0 - 3 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 4 - 2 | | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 4 - 1 | 4 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 1 |
| Everton | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 6 - 0 | 6 - 0 | 2 - 1 | | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 6 | 3 - 0 | 4 - 4 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 3 - 3 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 |
| Ipswich Town | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 5 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 3 | | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 3 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 2 |
| Leeds United | 1 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 1 | | 5 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 5 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 1 |
| Leicester City | 1 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 4 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 5 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | | 0 - 4 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 |
| Liverpool | 1 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 2 | | 4 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 |
| Manchester City | 2 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 6 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 1 | | 3 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 4 - 0 | 4 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 3 - 2 | 0 - 2 |
| Manchester United | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 2 | | 0 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 4 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 3 - 1 |
| Middlesbrough | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 1 | | 2 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 |
| Newcastle United | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 4 | | 2 - 2 | 0 - 2 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 3 | 2 - 3 | 4 - 0 |
| Norwich City | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | | 3 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 1 |
| Nottingham Forest | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 1 | | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 2 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 5 | 3 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 2 | | 2 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 3 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 1 - 3 | 0 - 3 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 3 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 0 | | 1 - 0 | 2 - 2 |
| West Ham United | 2 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 2 | 0 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 3 | | 1 - 2 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 3 | 2 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | |

## Second Division

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 63 | 33 | +30 | 58 |
| 2 | Southampton | 42 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 70 | 39 | +31 | 57 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 83 | 49 | +34 | 56 |
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 63 | 38 | +25 | 56 |
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 56 | 60 | -4 | 45 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 67 | 59 | +8 | 44 |
| 7 | Stoke City | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 42 |
| 8 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 54 | 58 | -4 | 42 |
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 41 |
| 10 | Fulham | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 49 | 49 | +0 | 41 |
| 11 | Burnley | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 56 | 64 | -8 | 40 |
| 12 | Sheffield United | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 62 | 73 | -11 | 40 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 54 | 52 | +2 | 38 |
| 14 | Leyton Orient | 42 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 43 | 49 | -6 | 38 |
| 15 | Notts County | 42 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 54 | 62 | -8 | 38 |
| 16 | Millwall | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 49 | 57 | -8 | 38 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 55 | 68 | -13 | 38 |
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 61 | 77 | -16 | 38 |
| 19 | Cardiff City | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 51 | 71 | -20 | 38 |
| 20 | Blackpool | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 59 | 60 | -1 | 37 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 49 | 69 | -20 | 31 |
| 22 | Hull City | 42 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 52 | -18 | 28 |

## Third Division

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Wrexham | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 78 | 45 | +33 | 61 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 72 | 51 | +21 | 58 |
| 3 | Preston North End | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 63 | 38 | +25 | 56 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 56 |
| 5 | Chester City | 46 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 54 |
| 6 | Walsall | 46 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 61 | 50 | +11 | 53 |
| 7 | Gillingham | 46 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 67 | 60 | +7 | 50 |
| 8 | Colchester United | 46 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 55 | 44 | +11 | 48 |
| 9 | Chesterfield | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 58 | 49 | +9 | 48 |
| 10 | Swindon Town | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 67 | 60 | +7 | 48 |
| 11 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 63 | 57 | +6 | 47 |
| 12 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 57 | 52 | +5 | 47 |
| 13 | Carlisle United | 46 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 59 | 59 | +0 | 47 |
| 14 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 50 | 52 | -2 | 46 |
| 15 | Bury | 46 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 62 | 56 | +6 | 45 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 53 | 61 | -8 | 45 |
| 17 | Exeter City | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 49 | 59 | -10 | 44 |
| 18 | Oxford United | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 64 | 67 | -3 | 40 |
| 19 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 61 | 68 | -7 | 39 |
| 20 | Rotherham United | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 51 | 68 | -17 | 39 |
| 21 | Port Vale | 46 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 46 | 67 | -21 | 36 |
| 22 | Bradford City | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 56 | 86 | -30 | 34 |
| 23 | Hereford United | 46 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 34 | 60 | -26 | 32 |
| 24 | Portsmouth | 46 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 41 | 75 | -34 | 31 |

## Fourth Division

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Watford | 46 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 85 | 38 | +47 | 71 |
| 2 | Southend United | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 66 | 39 | +27 | 60 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 87 | 47 | +40 | 56 |
| 4 | Brentford | 46 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 86 | 54 | +32 | 56 |
| 5 | Aldershot | 46 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 67 | 47 | +20 | 54 |
| 6 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 57 | 51 | +6 | 53 |
| 7 | Barnsley | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 61 | 49 | +12 | 50 |
| 8 | Reading | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 55 | 52 | +3 | 50 |
| 9 | Torquay United | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 47 |
| 10 | Northampton Town | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 63 | 68 | -5 | 47 |
| 11 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 63 | 55 | +8 | 45 |
| 12 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 52 | 65 | -13 | 45 |
| 13 | Wimbledon | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 66 | 67 | -1 | 44 |
| 14 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 50 | 55 | -5 | 44 |
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 50 | 69 | -19 | 44 |
| 16 | Newport County | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 65 | 73 | -8 | 43 |
| 17 | Bournemouth | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 41 | 51 | -10 | 43 |
| 18 | Stockport County | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 56 | 56 | +0 | 42 |
| 19 | Darlington | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 52 | 59 | -7 | 41 |
| 20 | Halifax Town | 46 | 10 | 21 | 15 | 52 | 62 | -10 | 41 |
| 21 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 51 | 84 | -33 | 37 |
| 22 | York City | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 50 | 69 | -19 | 36 |
| 23 | Southport | 46 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 52 | 76 | -24 | 31 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 46 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 43 | 85 | -42 | 24 |