Football League Second Division 1977/78
Football League Second Division 1977/78 | |
master | Bolton Wanderers |
Climbers | Bolton Wanderers, Southampton FC , Tottenham Hotspur |
Relegated |
Blackpool FC , Mansfield Town , Hull City |
Teams | 22nd |
Games | 462 |
Gates | 1,235 (ø 2.67 per game) |
Top scorer | Bob Hatton ( Blackpool FC ) |
← Football League Second Division 1976/77 | |
^ Football League First Division 1977/78 |
The Football League Second Division 1977/78 was the 75th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 20, 1977 and ended on May 9, 1978.
Second division champions were the Bolton Wanderers and the second and third placed FC Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur also rose to the Football League First Division . For the three promoted teams in the following second division season 1978/79, the three first division clubs West Ham United , Newcastle United and Leicester City ranked in the table below . Blackpool FC , Mansfield Town and Hull City had to relegate from the Second Division to the Football League Third Division . Instead of the three clubs, the third division winners AFC Wrexham and the Cambridge United and Preston North End, ranked behind, took the vacant positions in the following season 1978/79 .
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8th | 63:33 | +30 | 58:26 |
2. | Southampton FC | 42 | 22nd | 13 | 7th | 70:39 | +31 | 57:27 |
3. | Tottenham Hotspur (A) | 42 | 20th | 16 | 6th | 83:49 | +34 | 56:28 |
4th | Brighton & Hove Albion (N) | 42 | 22nd | 12 | 8th | 63:38 | +25 | 56:28 |
5. | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 56:60 | −4 | 45:39 |
6th | Sunderland AFC (A) | 42 | 14th | 16 | 12 | 67:59 | +8 | 44:40 |
7th | Stoke City (A) | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 53:49 | +4 | 42:42 |
8th. | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 54:58 | −4 | 42:42 |
9. | Crystal Palace (N) | 42 | 13 | 15th | 14th | 50:47 | +3 | 41:43 |
10. | Fulham FC | 42 | 14th | 13 | 15th | 49:49 | ± 0 | 41:43 |
11. | Burnley FC | 42 | 15th | 10 | 17th | 56:64 | −8 | 40:44 |
12. | Sheffield United | 42 | 16 | 8th | 18th | 62:73 | −11 | 40:44 |
13. | Luton Town | 42 | 14th | 10 | 18th | 54:52 | +2 | 38:46 |
14th | FC Orient | 42 | 10 | 18th | 14th | 43:49 | −6 | 38:46 |
15th | Notts County | 42 | 11 | 16 | 15th | 54:62 | −8 | 38:46 |
16. | Millwall FC | 42 | 12 | 14th | 16 | 49:57 | −8 | 38:46 |
17th | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17th | 55:68 | −13 | 38:46 |
18th | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17th | 61:77 | −16 | 38:46 |
19th | Cardiff City | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17th | 51:71 | −20 | 38:46 |
20th | Blackpool FC | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17th | 59:60 | −1 | 37:47 |
21st | Mansfield Town (N) | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21st | 49:69 | −20 | 31:53 |
22nd | Hull City | 42 | 8th | 12 | 22nd | 34:52 | −18 | 28:56 |
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored
(A) | Relegated from the Football League First Division 1976/77 |
(N) | Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1976/77 |
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
1977/78 | BLA | BLP | BOL | BHA | BRR | BUR | CAR | CHA | CRY | FUL | HUL | LUT | MFT | Mil | NOC | OLD | ORI | SHU | SOT | STO | SUN | WOL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blackburn Rovers | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 4: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | |
Blackpool FC | 5: 2 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 5: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | |
Bolton Wanderers | 4: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 6: 3 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 5: 1 | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | |
Bristol Rovers | 4: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 4 | 2: 2 | 3: 2 | 2: 2 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 4: 1 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 3: 2 | 2: 3 | |
Burnley FC | 2: 3 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 4: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 3: 1 | 4: 1 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 3: 3 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | |
Cardiff City | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 4 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 6 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 5: 2 | 0-0 | |
Charlton Athletic | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 4: 3 | 3: 1 | 3: 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 0: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 3 | 3: 2 | 3: 2 | 4: 1 | |
Crystal Palace | 5-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 3 | 0: 1 | 3: 3 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | |
Fulham FC | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 5: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 3: 3 | 1: 1 | |
Hull City | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 3 | 4: 1 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 3 | 0: 3 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | |
Luton Town | 0-0 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 7: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 3 | 1: 4 | |
Mansfield Town | 2: 2 | 1: 3 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 4: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 3 | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 3: 3 | |
Millwall FC | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 3 | |
Notts County | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 3 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 3: 3 | |
Oldham Athletic | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | |
FC Orient | 0-0 | 1: 4 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 4: 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5: 3 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | |
Sheffield United | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1: 5 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 4: 1 | 2-0 | 5: 2 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | |
Southampton FC | 5-0 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 4: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 3 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 4: 2 | 0-0 | |
Stoke City | 4: 2 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 5: 1 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | |
Sunderland AFC | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 5: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 5: 1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4-0 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 9-0 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 3 | 2: 1 | 5: 1 | 1: 1 | 4: 2 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 3 |
List of goalscorers
player | society | Gates | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bob Hatton | Blackpool FC | 22nd |
Web links
- England 1977-78 (RSSSF)
References and footnotes
- ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
- ↑ 1977/78 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 10, 2018 .