Football League Second Division 1977/78

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Football League Second Division 1977/78
Football League logo until 1988
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 063:330 +30 58:26
 2. Southampton FC  42  22nd  13  7th 070:390 +31 57:27
 3. Tottenham Hotspur (A)  42  20th  16  6th 083:490 +34 56:28
 4th Brighton & Hove Albion (N)  42  22nd  12  8th 063:380 +25 56:28
 5. Blackburn Rovers  42  16  13  13 056:600  −4 45:39
 6th Sunderland AFC (A)  42  14th  16  12 067:590  +8 44:40
 7th Stoke City (A)  42  16  10  16 053:490  +4 42:42
 8th. Oldham Athletic  42  13  16  13 054:580  −4 42:42
 9. Crystal Palace (N)  42  13  15th  14th 050:470  +3 41:43
10. Fulham FC  42  14th  13  15th 049:490  ± 0 41:43
11. Burnley FC  42  15th  10  17th 056:640  −8 40:44
12. Sheffield United  42  16  8th  18th 062:730 −11 40:44
13. Luton Town  42  14th  10  18th 054:520  +2 38:46
14th FC Orient  42  10  18th  14th 043:490  −6 38:46
15th Notts County  42  11  16  15th 054:620  −8 38:46
16. Millwall FC  42  12  14th  16 049:570  −8 38:46
17th Charlton Athletic  42  13  12  17th 055:680 −13 38:46
18th Bristol Rovers  42  13  12  17th 061:770 −16 38:46
19th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff City  42  13  12  17th 051:710 −20 38:46
20th Blackpool FC  42  12  13  17th 059:600  −1 37:47
21st Mansfield Town (N)  42  10  11  21st 049:690 −20 31:53
22nd Hull City  42  8th  12  22nd 034:520 −18 28:56

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

  • Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1978/79
  • Promoted to the Football League First Division 1978/79
  • Relegation from the Football League Second Division
  • (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 EnglandEngland Bob Hatton Blackpool FC 22nd

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. 1977/78 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 10, 2018 .