1977–78 Leeds United A.F.C. season

Leeds United F.C.
1977–1978 season
Manager	Jimmy Armfield
Stadium	Elland Road
First Division	9th
FA Cup	Third round
Football League Cup	Semi-final
Biggest win	5–0 vs Middlesbrough (18 March 1978)
Biggest defeat	0–3 vs Norwich City (1 April 1978)

During the 1977–78 English football season, Leeds United A.F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Background

Following the 1973–74 season, Revie left Leeds and Elland Road to manage the England national team. Brian Clough was appointed as Revie's successor. This was a surprise appointment, as Clough had been an outspoken critic of Revie and the team's tactics.[1] Clough's tenure as manager started badly, with defeat in the Charity Shield Match against Liverpool in which Billy Bremner and Kevin Keegan were sent off for fighting. Under Clough, the team performed poorly, and after only 44 days[2] he was dismissed.

Clough was replaced by former England captain Jimmy Armfield. Armfield took Revie's ageing team to the final of the 1974–75 European Cup, in which they were defeated by Bayern Munich under controversial circumstances.[3] Assisted by coach Don Howe, Armfield rebuilt Revie's team, and though it no longer dominated English football, Leeds finished 5th in the 1975–76 season and 10th in 1976–77.

Season summary

Competitions

Football League First Division

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League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Coventry City	42	18	12	12	75	62	+13	48
8	Aston Villa	42	18	10	14	57	42	+15	46
9	Leeds United	42	18	10	14	63	53	+10	46
10	Manchester United	42	16	10	16	67	63	+4	42
11	Birmingham City	42	16	9	17	55	60	−5	41

Source:

Matches

Win	Draw	Loss


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result[5]	Scorers	Attendance
20 August 1977 (1977-08-20)	Newcastle United	Away	2–3	Hankin, Lorimer	36,491
24 August 1977 (1977-08-24)	West Bromwich Albion	Home	2–2	Jordan, McQueen	21,000
27 August 1977 (1977-08-27)	Birmingham City	Home	1–0	Hankin	24,551
3 September 1977 (1977-09-03)	Coventry City	Away	2–2	Hankin, McQueen	21,479
10 September 1977 (1977-09-10)	Ipswich Town	Home	2–1	Hankin (2)	24,280
17 September 1977 (1977-09-17)	Derby County	Away	2–2	Lorimer, Graham	24,274
24 September 1977 (1977-09-24)	Manchester United	Home	1–1	Hankin	33,514
1 October 1977 (1977-10-01)	Chelsea	Away	2–1	Lorimer, Hankin	35,427
5 October 1977 (1977-10-05)	Aston Villa	Home	1–1	McQueen	27,797
8 October 1977 (1977-10-08)	Bristol City	Away	2–3	Hankin (2)	26,215
15 October 1977 (1977-10-15)	Liverpool	Home	1–2	Thomas	45,500
22 October 1977 (1977-10-22)	Middlesbrough	Away	1–2	Harris	27,516
29 October 1977 (1977-10-29)	Leicester City	Away	0–0	—	20,128
5 November 1977 (1977-11-05)	Norwich City	Home	2–2	Lorimer (2)	24,345
12 November 1977 (1977-11-12)	Manchester City	Away	3–2	Jordan, Graham, Hankin	42,651
19 November 1977 (1977-11-19)	Nottingham Forest	Home	1–0	Hankin	42,925
26 November 1977 (1977-11-26)	West Ham United	Away	1–0	Hankin	26,883
3 December 1977 (1977-12-03)	Queens Park Rangers	Home	3–0	Needham (og), Flynn, Currie	26,597
10 December 1977 (1977-12-10)	Arsenal	Away	1–1	McQueen	40,162
17 December 1977 (1977-12-17)	Manchester City	Home	2–0	McQueen, Cherry	37,380
26 December 1977 (1977-12-26)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Away	1–3	Jordan	27,704
27 December 1977 (1977-12-27)	Everton	Home	3–1	Hankin (2), Lorimer	45,560
31 December 1977 (1977-12-31)	West Bromwich Albion	Away	0–2	—	24,249
2 January 1978 (1978-01-02)	Newcastle United	Home	0–2	—	36,643
14 January 1978 (1978-01-14)	Birmingham City	Away	3–2	Graham (3)	23,703
21 January 1978 (1978-01-21)	Coventry City	Home	2–0	Hankin, Harris	27,062
4 February 1978 (1978-02-04)	Ipswich Town	Away	1–0	E. Gray	24,023
25 February 1978 (1978-02-25)	Chelsea	Home	2–0	F. Gray, Currie	25,263
1 March 1978 (1978-03-01)	Manchester United	Away	1–0	Clarke	49,101
4 March 1978 (1978-03-04)	Bristol City	Home	0–2	—	24,830
11 March 1978 (1978-03-11)	Liverpool	Away	0–1	—	48,233
18 March 1978 (1978-03-18)	Middlesbrough	Home	5–0	Hankin, Graham (2), Clarke (2)	25,158
25 March 1978 (1978-03-25)	Everton	Away	0–2	—	45,020
27 March 1978 (1978-03-27)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Home	2–1	Graham, Hankin	24,440
28 March 1978 (1978-03-28)	Leicester City	Home	5–1	Hankin, F. Gray, E. Gray (3)	21,145
1 April 1978 (1978-04-01)	Norwich City	Away	0–3	—	19,615
8 April 1978 (1978-04-08)	West Ham United	Home	1–2	Graham	22,953
12 April 1978 (1978-04-12)	Derby County	Home	2–0	E. Gray, Hankin	16,531
15 April 1978 (1978-04-15)	Nottingham Forest	Away	1–1	F. Gray	38,662
22 April 1978 (1978-04-22)	Arsenal	Home	1–3	Currie	33,263
26 April 1978 (1978-04-26)	Aston Villa	Away	1–3	Hankin	30,524
29 April 1978 (1978-04-29)	Queens Park Rangers	Away	0–0	—	23,993

FA Cup

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Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result[5]	Scorers	Attendance
7 January 1978 (1978-01-07)	Third round	Manchester City	Home	1–2	F. Gray	38,517

Football League Cup

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Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result[5]	Scorers	Attendance
31 August 1977 (1977-08-31)	Second round	Rochdale	Away	3–0	Jordan, Cherry, Harris	8,644
26 October 1977 (1977-10-26)	Third round	Colchester United	Home	4–0	Jordan, Graham, Lorimer, Hankin	17,713
30 November 1977 (1977-11-30)	Fourth round	Bolton Wanderers	Away	3–1	Graham, Jordan, F. Gray	33,766
18 January 1978 (1978-01-18)	Fifth round	Everton	Home	4–1	Currie, Lorimer (2), E. Gray	35,020
8 February 1978 (1978-02-08)	Semi-final - First leg	Nottingham Forest	Home	1–3	E. Gray	43,222
22 February 1978 (1978-02-22)	Semi-final - Second leg	Nottingham Forest	Away	2–4	F. Gray, Graham	38,131

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		FA Cup		Football League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		David Stewart	19	0	17	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Paul Reaney	21	0	15	0	1	0	5	0
	DF		Trevor Cherry	48	2	41	1	1	0	6	1
	FW		Peter Lorimer	32	9	28	6	0	0	4	3
	DF		Gordon McQueen	23	5	21	5	1	0	1	0
	DF		Paul Madeley	45	0	38	0	1	0	6	0
	MF		Eddie Gray	31	7	27	5	0	0	4	2
	FW		David McNiven	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Ray Hankin	40	21	33	20	1	0	6	1
	MF		Tony Currie	41	4	35	3	1	0	5	1
	MF		Arthur Graham	47	12	40	9	1	0	6	3
	DF		Frank Gray	48	6	41	3	1	1	6	2
	FW		Joe Jordan	23	6	20	3	0	0	3	3
	MF		Carl Harris	24	3	19	2	1	0	4	1
	MF		Byron Stevenson	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Gwyn Thomas	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
	DF		Keith Parkinson	12	0	8	0	0	0	4	0
	GK		David Harvey	30	0	25	0	1	0	4	0
	MF		Brian Flynn	30	1	29	1	1	0	0	0
	DF		Peter Hampton	13	0	11	0	0	0	2	0
	FW		Allan Clarke	11	3	9	3	1	0	1	0
	DF		Neil Parker	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Paul Hart	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0

References

Lappin, Tom (21 September 2004). "The manager with the Midas touch". The Scotsman. UK. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
"When should you sack the manager? (Page 17)" (PDF). Chris Hope. jbs.cam.ac.uk. April 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
"Welcome To Elland Road", Les Rowley & James Brown (1999), IFG Publishing, ISBN 0-9536338-0-2
Jarred, Martin. (1986). Leeds United : a complete record 1919-1986. Macdonald, Malcolm. Derby: Breedon Books Sport. pp. 126–127. ISBN 0-907969-17-8. OCLC 14977257.
Leeds United F.C.'s score written first
Jarred, Martin. (1986). Leeds United : a complete record 1919-1986. Macdonald, Malcolm. Derby: Breedon Books Sport. p. 155. ISBN 0-907969-17-8. OCLC 14977257.
Jarred, Martin. (1986). Leeds United : a complete record 1919-1986. Macdonald, Malcolm. Derby: Breedon Books Sport. p. 160. ISBN 0-907969-17-8. OCLC 14977257.

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[1] Lappin, Tom (21 September 2004). "The manager with the Midas touch". The Scotsman. UK. Retrieved 10 October 2008.

[2] "When should you sack the manager? (Page 17)" (PDF). Chris Hope. jbs.cam.ac.uk. April 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2008.

[WTER-3] "Welcome To Elland Road", Les Rowley & James Brown (1999), IFG Publishing, ISBN 0-9536338-0-2

[breedon-4] Jarred, Martin. (1986). Leeds United : a complete record 1919-1986. Macdonald, Malcolm. Derby: Breedon Books Sport. pp. 126–127. ISBN 0-907969-17-8. OCLC 14977257.

[score-5] Leeds United F.C.'s score written first

[fa-6] Jarred, Martin. (1986). Leeds United : a complete record 1919-1986. Macdonald, Malcolm. Derby: Breedon Books Sport. p. 155. ISBN 0-907969-17-8. OCLC 14977257.

[fl-7] Jarred, Martin. (1986). Leeds United : a complete record 1919-1986. Macdonald, Malcolm. Derby: Breedon Books Sport. p. 160. ISBN 0-907969-17-8. OCLC 14977257.