1978–79 Leicester City F.C. season

1978–79 season of Leicester City

Leicester City 1978–79 football season

Leicester City
1978–79 season
Chairman	Dennis Sharp
Manager	Jock Wallace
Second Division	17th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Christie (8)
Average home league attendance	14,187
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

During the 1978–79 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary

In the 1978–79 season, Jock Wallace left Rangers to become Leicester's new boss following the Foxes' relegation from the First Division. It was a disappointing season for the Foxes but were not helped by lack of finances to sign quality players but the only positive from the season was that Wallace had to use youth policy and play some youngsters and it brought some success in results. Despite that they finished the season in 17th place.

Final league table

Main article: 1978–79 Football League § Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Wrexham	42	12	14	16	45	42	+3	38	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
16	Bristol Rovers	42	14	10	18	48	60	−12	38
17	Leicester City	42	10	17	15	43	52	−9	37
18	Luton Town	42	13	10	19	60	57	+3	36
19	Charlton Athletic	42	11	13	18	60	69	−9	35

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	10	17	15	43	52	−9	37	7	8	6	28	23	+5	3	9	9	15	29	−14

Source: 1978–79 Football League Second Division table

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	D	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	D
Position	8	15	16	16	19	19	14	11	13	17	18	18	16	15	16	15	17	14	18	18	18	16	16	17	16	11	14	16	16	14	12	12	12	13	13	15	15	14	12	15	15	17

Source: 11v11.com: 1978–79 Leicester City results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Leicester City's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
19 August 1978	Burnley	A	2–2	12,048	Hughes, Christie (pen)
23 August 1978	Sheffield United	H	0–1	19,381
26 August 1978	Cambridge United	H	1–1	14,148	Christie
2 September 1978	Wrexham	A	0–0	12,785
9 September 1978	Notts County	H	0–1	14,485
16 September 1978	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–1	7,908	Weller
23 September 1978	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	4–1	14,307	Christie, Hughes (2, 1 pen), Weller
30 September 1978	Orient	A	1–0	5,430	Christie
7 October 1978	Newcastle United	A	0–1	25,731
14 October 1978	Charlton Athletic	H	0–3	15,960
21 October 1978	Cardiff City	A	0–1	8,791
28 October 1978	Bristol Rovers	H	0–0	12,498
4 November 1978	Luton Town	A	1–0	10,608	Christie
11 November 1978	Burnley	H	2–1	12,842	Weller, Christie
18 November 1978	Cambridge United	A	1–1	8,875	Henderson
22 November 1978	Wrexham	H	1–1	14,734	Christie
25 November 1978	West Ham United	H	1–2	16,149	Christie
2 December 1978	Stoke City	A	0–0	15,950
16 December 1978	Crystal Palace	A	1–3	17,330	May
23 December 1978	Preston North End	H	1–1	10,481	Davies
26 December 1978	Sunderland	A	1–1	24,544	Henderson
1 January 1979	Oldham Athletic	H	2–0	12,757	Buchanan, Smith
20 January 1979	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–1	13,234	May
3 February 1979	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1–3	19,973	Davies
10 February 1979	Orient	H	5–3	12,050	Smith, Buchanan, May, Williams, Goodwin
17 February 1979	Newcastle United	H	2–1	15,106	Peake, Buchanan
24 February 1979	Charlton Athletic	A	0–1	7,936
3 March 1979	Cardiff City	H	1–2	12,820	Grewcock
10 March 1979	Bristol Rovers	A	1–1	6,381	Smith (pen)
21 March 1979	Fulham	H	1–0	10,396	Buchanan
28 March 1979	Luton Town	H	3–0	10,465	May, Smith, Williams
31 March 1979	West Ham United	A	1–1	23,992	Henderson
4 April 1979	Millwall	A	0–2	4,758
7 April 1979	Stoke City	H	1–1	17,502	Buchanan
14 April 1979	Sunderland	H	1–2	20,740	Henderson
16 April 1979	Oldham Athletic	A	1–2	7,179	Smith
17 April 1979	Preston North End	A	0–4	10,394
20 April 1979	Crystal Palace	H	1–1	16,767	Smith
24 April 1979	Notts County	A	1–0	8,702	Lineker
28 April 1979	Fulham	A	0–3	7,002
5 May 1979	Millwall	H	0–0	12,828
8 May 1979	Sheffield United	A	2–2	15,178	Peake, Duffy

FA Cup

Main article: 1978–79 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	6 January 1979	Norwich City	H	3–0	19,680	May, Weller, Henderson
R4	26 February 1979	Oldham Athletic	A	1–3	11,972	Henderson

League Cup

Main article: 1978–79 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	30 August 1978	Derby County	H	0–1	18,827

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	GK	ENG	Mark Wallington
-	GK	ENG	Steve Humphries
-	GK	ENG	Sean Rafter
-	DF	SCO	Tommy Williams
-	DF	ENG	Steve Whitworth
-	DF	ENG	Larry May
-	MF	ENG	George Armstrong
-	MF	SCO	Eddie Kelly
-	MF	ENG	Keith Weller
-	FW	ENG	Trevor Christie
-	FW	SCO	Martin Henderson
-	DF	SCO	Bobby Smith
-	DF	ENG	Dennis Rofe
-	MF	ENG	John Ridley
-	FW	SCO	Billy Hughes
-	MF	ENG	Steve Kember
-	DF	ENG	Steve Sims
-	FW	ENG	Roger Davies


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	ENG	Andy Peake
-	MF	ENG	Mark Goodwin
-	MF	SCO	Alan Lee
-	DF	NIR	John O'Neill
-	DF	SCO	Peter Welsh
-	FW	ENG	Gary Lineker
-	MF	ENG	Mick Duffy
-	MF	ENG	Winston White
-	DF	ENG	David Webb
-	MF	ENG	Kevin Reed
-	FW	ENG	David Buchanan
-	MF	ENG	Neil Grewcock
-	DF	ATG	Everton Carr
-	FW	ENG	John Allen
-	DF	ENG	Bob Atkins
-	FW	SCO	John Stalker
-	DF	ENG	Mark Warburton

References

"Leicester City results for the 1978-1979 season - Statto.com". 13 September 2016. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016.
"All Leicester City players: 1979". www.11v11.com.

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National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Levels 5–6	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (level 5 only) Southern League (Premier, One North, One South)
Levels 7–9	Isthmian League (Two) Athenian League (level 7 only) Cheshire County League (One, Two) Town & Country League (level 7 only) Essex Senior League (level 7 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Home Counties League (level 7 only) Kent League (level 7 only) Lancashire Combination (level 7 only) London Spartan League (Premier, Senior) Midland Football Combination (level 7 only) Midland League (Premier, One) Northern League (level 7 only) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One, Two)

West Midlands (Regional) League (level 7 only)
Western League (Premier, One)
Yorkshire League (One, Two, Three)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final)

European competitions

Other

Manchester United 3–5 West Bromwich Albion (1978)

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Norwich City Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Blackburn Rovers Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Burnley Cambridge United Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Fulham Leicester City Luton Town Millwall Newcastle United Notts County Oldham Athletic Orient Preston North End Sheffield United Stoke City Sunderland West Ham United Wrexham
Third Division	Blackpool Brentford Bury Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Exeter City Gillingham Hull City Lincoln City Mansfield Town Oxford United Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swansea City Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Watford
Fourth Division	Aldershot Barnsley Bournemouth Bradford City Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Huddersfield Town Newport County Northampton Town Port Vale Portsmouth Reading Rochdale Scunthorpe United Stockport County Torquay United Wigan Athletic Wimbledon York City

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