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1977–78 Football League First Division

The Football League
Season 1977–78
Champions Nottingham Forest
Football League, First Division
Season 1977–78
Champions Nottingham Forest (1st English title)
Relegated Leicester City
Newcastle United
West Ham United
European Cup 1978–79 Nottingham Forest
Liverpool (defending champions)
FA Cup winners
European Cup Winners' Cup 1978–79
Ipswich Town (1st FA Cup title)
UEFA Cup 1978–79 Arsenal
Everton
Manchester City
West Bromwich Albion
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1231 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer Bob Latchford (Everton), 30
Biggest home win

EvertonChelsea 6–0 (29 Apr 1978)


EvertonCoventry 6–0 (26 Nov 1977)
Biggest away win LeicesterEverton 1–5 (15 Apr 1978)
QPREverton 1–5 (8 Oct 1977)
LeicesterLiverpool 0–4 (26 Nov 1977)
Manchester UnitedNottingham Forest 0–4 (17 Dec 1977)
Highest scoring CoventryNorwich City 5–4 (27 Dec 1977)
BirminghamChelsea 4–5 (31 Dec 1977)
Football League, Second Division
Season 1977–78
Champions Bolton Wanderers (2nd title)
Promoted Southampton,
Tottenham Hotspur
Relegated Blackpool,
Hull City,
Mansfield Town
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1235 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer Bob Hatton (Blackpool), 22
Biggest home win Tottenham HotspurBristol Rovers 9-0 (22 Oct 1977)
Biggest away win Cardiff CitySheffield United 1–6 (3 Dec 1977)
Highest scoring BoltonCardiff City 6–3 (10 Dec 1977)
Football League, Third Division
Season 1977–78
Champions Wrexham (1st title)
Promoted Cambridge United,
Preston North End
Relegated Bradford City,
Hereford United,
Portsmouth,
Port Vale
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1373 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorer Alex Bruce (Preston North End), 27
Football League, Fourth Division
Season 1977–78
Champions Watford (1st title)
Promoted Brentford,
Southend United,
Swansea City
Failed re-election Southport
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1427 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer Alan Curtis (Swansea City), 32
Steve Phillips (Brentford), 32

The 19771978 season was the 79th completed season of The Football League.

Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest side took the First Division by storm, first winning the League Cup on 22 March and then confirming themselves as league champions the following month. They joined a small and exclusive company of clubs who have won the league championship one season after promotion.

Manchester United broke the British transfer fee record on 9 February by paying Leeds United £495,000 for Scottish defender Gordon McQueen.

Bob Latchford was the top goalscorer, winning a £10,000 prize offered by a national newspaper for the first footballer to reach 30 goals in a single season, which had not happened in the First Division since the 1971–72 season and in the Second Division since the 1965–66 season.

West Ham United, Newcastle United and Leicester City were relegated from the First Division.

Bolton Wanderers, Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur were promoted from the Second Division, while Blackpool, Mansfield Town and Hull City were relegated

Wrexham, Cambridge United and Preston North End were promoted from the Third Division, while Portsmouth, Port Vale, Bradford City and Hereford United were relegated.


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