1977–78 Everton F.C. season

Everton
1977–78 season
Manager	Gordon Lee
Ground	Goodison Park
First Division	3rd
FA Cup	4th Round
League Cup	5th Round

During the 1977–78 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. They finished 3rd in the table with 55 points.

Final League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Nottingham Forest	42	15	6	0	37	8	10	8	3	32	16	69	24	+45	64	European Cup 1978–79 First round^{[notes 1]}
2	Liverpool	42	15	4	2	37	11	9	5	7	28	23	65	34	+31	57	European Cup 1978–79 First round ^{[notes 2]}
3	Everton	42	14	4	3	47	22	8	7	6	29	23	76	45	+31	55	UEFA Cup 1978–79 First round
4	Manchester City	42	14	4	3	46	21	6	8	7	28	30	74	51	+23	52	UEFA Cup 1978–79 First round
5	Arsenal	42	14	5	2	38	12	7	5	9	22	25	60	37	+23	52	UEFA Cup 1978–79 First round
6	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	5	3	35	18	5	9	7	27	35	62	53	+9	50	UEFA Cup 1978–79 First round
7	Coventry City	42	13	5	3	48	23	5	7	9	27	39	75	62	+13	48
8	Aston Villa	42	11	4	6	33	18	7	6	8	24	24	57	42	+15	46
9	Leeds United	42	12	4	5	39	21	6	6	9	24	32	63	53	+10	46
10	Manchester United	42	9	6	6	32	23	7	4	10	35	40	67	63	+4	42
11	Birmingham City	42	8	5	8	32	30	8	4	9	23	30	55	60	–5	41
12	Derby County	42	10	7	4	37	24	4	6	11	17	35	54	59	–5	41
13	Norwich City	42	10	8	3	28	20	1	10	10	24	46	52	66	–14	40
14	Middlesbrough	42	8	8	5	25	19	4	7	10	17	35	42	54	–12	39
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	7	8	6	30	27	5	4	12	21	37	51	64	–13	36
16	Chelsea	42	7	11	3	28	20	4	3	14	18	49	46	69	–23	36
17	Bristol City	42	9	6	6	37	26	2	7	12	12	27	49	53	–4	35
18	Ipswich Town	42	10	5	6	32	24	1	8	12	15	37	47	61	–14	35	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1978–79 First round
19	Queens Park Rangers	42	8	8	5	27	26	1	7	13	20	38	47	64	–17	33
20	West Ham United	42	8	6	7	31	28	4	2	15	21	41	52	69	–17	32
21	Newcastle United	42	4	6	11	26	37	2	4	15	16	41	42	78	–36	22
22	Leicester City	42	4	7	10	16	32	1	5	15	10	38	26	70	–44	22

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

↑ Nottingham Forest also won the League cup this year.
↑ Liverpool won the European Cup, now for the second year running, and thus qualified for the following season's competition.

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	Qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	League cup winners, see Nottingham Forest
	Qualified for UEFA Cup
	Relegated

Results

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
20 August 1977	Nottingham Forest	H	1-3
23 August 1977	Arsenal	H	0-1
27 August 1977	Aston Villa	H	2-1
3 September 1977	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-0
10 September 1977	Leicester City	A	5-1
17 September 1977	Norwich City	H	3-0
24 September 1977	West Ham United	A	1-1
1 October 1977	Manchester City	H	1-1
4 October 1977	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-1
8 October 1977	Queens's Park Rangers	A	5-1
15 October 1977	Bristol City	H	1-0
22 October 1977	Liverpool	A	0-0
29 October 1977	Newcastle United	H	4-4
5 November 1977	Derby County	A	1-0
12 November 1977	Birmingham City	H	2-1
19 November 1977	Ipswich Town	A	3-3
26 November 1977	Coventry City	H	6-0
3 December 1977	Chelsea	A	1-0
10 December 1977	Middlesbrough	H	3-0
17 December 1977	Birmingham City	A	0-0
26 December 1977	Manchester United	H	2-6
27 December 1977	Leeds United	A	1-3
31 December 1977	Arsenal	H	2-0
2 January 1978	Nottingham Forest	A	1-1
14 January 1978	Aston Villa	H	1-0
21 January 1978	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-3
4 February 1978	Leicester City	H	2-0
18 February 1978	West Ham United	H	2-1
25 February 1978	Manchester City	A	0-1
4 March 1978	Queen's Park Rangers	H	3-3
11 March 1978	Bristol City	A	1-0
15 March 1978	Norwich City	A	0-0
24 March 1978	Newcastle United	A	2-0
25 March 1978	Leeds United	H	2-0
27 March 1978	Manchester United	A	2-1
1 April 1978	Derby County	H	2-1
5 April 1978	Liverpool	H	0-1
8 April 1978	Coventry City	A	2-3
15 April 1978	Ipswich Town	H	1-0
22 April 1978	Middlesbrough	A	0-0
25 April 1978	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-3
29 April 1978	Chelsea	H	6-0

^[1]

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
3	7 January 1978	Aston Villa	H	4-1
4	28 January 1978	Middlesbrough	A	2-3

^[1]

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
2	30 August 1977	Sheffield United	A	3-0
3	25 October 1977	Middlesbrough	H	2-2
3:R	31 October 1977	Middlesbrough	A	2-1
4	29 November 1977	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3-1
5	18 January 1978	Leeds United	A	1-4

^[1]

Squad

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References

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[1] Nottingham Forest also won the League cup this year.

[2] Liverpool won the European Cup, now for the second year running, and thus qualified for the following season's competition.

[7778results-3] 1 2 3 Everton's Record in 1977-78

[4] 1977-1978 Summary: Appearances and Goals

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