First Division 1977/78

Nottingham Forest won the 1977/78 First Division with 64 points, 7 points ahead of Liverpool. West Ham United, Newcastle United and Leicester City were relegated. The season's 462 matches produced 1,231 goals, 2.66 a game.

Nott'm Forest

Champions

1,231

Goals

2.66

Goals a game

48%

Home wins

Final table


1	Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest	42	25	14	3	69	24	+45	64
2	LiverpoolLiverpool	42	24	9	9	65	34	+31	57
3	EvertonEverton	42	22	11	9	76	45	+31	55
4	Manchester CityMan City	42	20	12	10	74	51	+23	52
5	ArsenalArsenal	42	21	10	11	60	37	+23	52
6	West Bromwich AlbionWest Brom	42	18	14	10	62	53	+9	50
7	Coventry CityCoventry City	42	18	12	12	75	62	+13	48
8	Aston VillaAston Villa	42	18	10	14	57	42	+15	46
9	Leeds UnitedLeeds United	42	18	10	14	63	53	+10	46
10	Manchester UnitedMan United	42	16	10	16	67	63	+4	42
11	Birmingham CityBirmingham	42	16	9	17	55	60	-5	41
12	Derby CountyDerby County	42	14	13	15	54	59	-5	41
13	Norwich CityNorwich	42	11	18	13	52	66	-14	40
14	MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough	42	12	15	15	42	54	-12	39
15	Wolverhampton WanderersWolves	42	12	12	18	51	64	-13	36
16	ChelseaChelsea	42	11	14	17	46	69	-23	36
17	Bristol CityBristol City	42	11	13	18	49	53	-4	35
18	Ipswich TownIpswich Town	42	11	13	18	47	61	-14	35
19	Queens Park RangersQPR	42	9	15	18	47	64	-17	33
20	West Ham UnitedWest Ham	42	12	8	22	52	69	-17	32
21	Newcastle UnitedNewcastle	42	6	10	26	42	78	-36	22
22	Leicester CityLeicester City	42	5	12	25	26	70	-44	22

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The 1977/78 title race

The top four's points, match day by match day. Pick other clubs or measures on the race chart →

Points, Tue 9 May 1978

Nott'm Forest

Liverpool

Everton

Man City

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1977/78 · Tue 9 May 1978

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The 1977/78 scoreline grid

Every result of the season, home goals along the bottom and away goals up the side. Each square counts the matches that finished that way. Select a square to see those matches.

Away goals

2 4 1

1 1

6 14 8 7

16 27 29 9 3 1 1

25 52 39 28 6 2 1

43 52 36 28 12 1 2

Home goals

Times it's happened

Never

Once

3–4

5–9

10–19

20+

First-ever results

Every result in 1977/78 had happened before.

Biggest wins

November 26, 1977Everton 6–0 Coventry City6-goal home win

April 29, 1978Everton 6–0 Chelsea6-goal home win

April 29, 1978Aston Villa 6–1 Ipswich Town5-goal home win

March 18, 1978Leeds United 5–0 Middlesbrough5-goal home win

November 26, 1977Man City 6–2 Chelsea4-goal home win

Highest-scoring matches

December 27, 1977Coventry City 5–4 Norwich9 goals

December 31, 1977Birmingham 4–5 Chelsea9 goals

November 26, 1977Man City 6–2 Chelsea8 goals

December 26, 1977Everton 2–6 Man United8 goals

January 21, 1978Chelsea 5–3 Ipswich Town8 goals

Most common results

#11–0 home win52 · 11%

#21–1 draw52 · 11%

#30–0 draw43 · 9%

#42–1 home win39 · 8%

#52–0 home win36 · 8%

How 1977/78 compares

At 2.66 goals a game, 1977/78 was the 22nd lowest-scoring of the 93 old First Division seasons (the average is 3.07). Home sides won 48% of matches, against 52% across all seasons; 29% were draws and 23% away wins.

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