From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1977–78 Manchester United F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Manchester United
season	1977–78
manager	Dave Sexton
chairman	Louis Edwards
league	First Division
league result	10th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Fourth Round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Second Round
cup3	Cup Winners' Cup
cup3 result	Second Round
cup4	Charity Shield
cup4 result	Shared
league topscorer
Gordon Hill (17)
season topscorer
Gordon Hill (19)
pattern_la1	_manutdh7580	pattern_b1 = _manutdh7580	pattern_ra1 = _manutdh7580	pattern_sh1 =	pattern_so1 = _redtopwhitestripe
leftarm1	E20E0E	body1 = E20E0E	rightarm1 = E20E0E	shorts1 = FFFFFF	socks1 = 000000
pattern_la2	_manutda7580	pattern_b2 = _manutda7580	pattern_ra2 = _manutda7580	pattern_sh2 = _manutda7580	pattern_so2 = _redtopwhitestripe
leftarm2	FFFFFF	body2 = FFFFFF	rightarm2 = FFFFFF	shorts2 = 000000	socks2 = 000000
pattern_la3	_manutdh7580	pattern_b3 = _manutdh7580	pattern_ra3 = _manutdh7580	pattern_sh3 =	pattern_so3 = _bluetop_whitestripe
leftarm3	0000C0	body3 = 0000C0	rightarm3 = 0000C0	shorts3 = FFFFFF	socks3 = 000000
highest attendance	58,398 vs Manchester City (15 March 1978)
lowest attendance	31,634 vs Saint-Étienne (5 October 1977)
average attendance	51,349
prevseason	1976–77
nextseason	1978–79

Gordon Hill (17) Gordon Hill (19) The 1977–78 season was Manchester United's 76th season in the Football League, and their third consecutive season in the top division of English football. It was their first season under the management of Dave Sexton, following the dismissal of Tommy Docherty in the close season after he made public his love affair with the wife of the club's physiotherapist. As FA Cup holders they contested the Charity Shield and were joint holders with league champions Liverpool, but failed to make an impact in Europe or on either of the domestic cups and finished only 10th in the league – lower than in either of their previous two seasons since promotion.

They were in fact expelled from the Cup Winners' Cup after their fans ran riot in France after the first leg of their first round tie with Saint-Etienne; they were reinstated to the competition on appeal but had to play the return leg at a neutral venue.

Winger Gordon Hill, who was transferred to Derby County (then managed by Tommy Docherty) at the end of the season, bowed out of Old Trafford in style as the club's top scorer once again with 17 goals in the league and 19 in all competitions.

FA Charity Shield

Main article: 1977 FA Charity Shield

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
13 August 1977	Liverpool	N	0–0		82,000

First Division

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
20 August 1977	Birmingham City	A	4–1	Macari (3), Hill	28,005
24 August 1977	Coventry City	H	2–1	Hill, McCreery	55,726
27 August 1977	Ipswich Town	H	0–0		57,904
3 September 1977	Derby County	A	1–0	Macari	21,279
10 September 1977	Manchester City	A	1–3	Nicholl	50,856
17 September 1977	Chelsea	H	0–1		54,951
24 September 1977	Leeds United	A	1–1	Hill	33,517
1 October 1977	Liverpool	H	2–0	Macari, McIlroy	55,089
8 October 1977	Middlesbrough	A	1–2	Coppell	26,882
15 October 1977	Newcastle United	H	3–2	Coppell, J. Greenhoff, Macari	55,056
22 October 1977	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–4		27,526
29 October 1977	Aston Villa	A	1–2	Nicholl	39,144
5 November 1977	Arsenal	H	1–2	Hill	53,055
12 November 1977	Nottingham Forest	A	1–2	Pearson	30,183
19 November 1977	Norwich City	H	1–0	Pearson	48,729
26 November 1977	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–2	Hill (2)	25,367
3 December 1977	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–1	J. Greenhoff, McIlroy, Pearson	48,874
10 December 1977	West Ham United	A	1–2	McGrath	20,242
17 December 1977	Nottingham Forest	H	0–4		54,374
26 December 1977	Everton	A	6–2	J. Greenhoff (2), Coppell, Hill, Macari, McIlroy	48,335
27 December 1977	Leicester City	H	3–1	Coppell, J. Greenhoff, Hill	57,396
31 December 1977	Coventry City	A	0–3		24,706
2 January 1978	Birmingham City	H	1–2	J. Greenhoff	53,501
14 January 1978	Ipswich Town	A	2–1	McIlroy, Pearson	23,321
21 January 1978	Derby County	H	4–0	Hill (2), Buchan, Pearson	57,115
8 February 1978	Bristol City	H	1–1	Hill	43,457
11 February 1978	Chelsea	A	2–2	Hill, McIlroy	32,849
25 February 1978	Liverpool	A	1–3	McIlroy	49,095
1 March 1978	Leeds United	H	0–1		49,101
4 March 1978	Middlesbrough	H	0–0		46,322
11 March 1978	Newcastle United	A	2–2	Hill, Jordan	25,825
15 March 1978	Manchester City	H	2–2	Hill (2)	58,398
18 March 1978	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	McQueen	46,329
25 March 1978	Leicester City	A	3–2	J. Greenhoff, Hill, Pearson	20,299
27 March 1978	Everton	H	1–2	Hill	55,277
29 March 1978	Aston Villa	H	1–1	McIlroy	41,625
1 April 1978	Arsenal	A	1–3	Jordan	40,829
8 April 1978	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–1	Pearson (2), Grimes	42,677
15 April 1978	Norwich City	A	3–1	Coppell, Jordan, McIlroy	19,778
22 April 1978	West Ham United	H	3–0	Grimes, McIlroy, Pearson	54,089
25 April 1978	Bristol City	A	1–0	Pearson	26,035
29 April 1978	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–2	B. Greenhoff	24,774

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
7 January 1978	Round 3	Carlisle United	A	1–1	Macari	21,710
11 January 1978	Round 3
Replay	Carlisle United	H	4–2	Macari (2), Pearson (2)	54,156
28 January 1978	Round 4	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	Coppell	57,056
1 February 1978	Round 4
Replay	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–3	Hill, Pearson	37,086

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
30 August 1977	Round 2	Arsenal	A	2–3	McCreery, Pearson	36,171

Cup Winners' Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result
F–A	Scorers	Attendance
14 September 1977	Round 1
First leg	Saint-Étienne	A	1–1	Hill	33,678
5 October 1977	Round 1
Second leg	Saint-Étienne	H	2–0	Coppell, Pearson	31,634
19 October 1977	Round 2
First leg	Porto	A	0–4		70,000
2 November 1977	Round 2
Second leg	Porto	H	5–2	Coppell (2), Nicholl, Murça (2 o.g.)	51,831

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Cup Winners' Cup	Other	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps	Apps	Goals
GK	IRL Paddy Roche	19	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0
GK	ENG Alex Stepney	23	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	29	0
DF	SCO Arthur Albiston	27(1)	0	4	0	1	0	4	0	1	37(1)	0
DF	SCO Martin Buchan	28	1	4	0	1	0	4	0	1	38	1
DF	SCO Alex Forsyth	3	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	3(1)	0
DF	ENG Brian Greenhoff	31	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	36	1
DF	SCO Stewart Houston	31	0	3	0	0	0	2(1)	0	0	36(1)	0
DF	SCO Gordon McQueen	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	1
DF	NIR Jimmy Nicholl	37	2	4	0	1	0	4	1	1	47	3
DF	ENG Martyn Rogers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	ENG Steve Coppell	42	5	4	1	1	0	4	3	1	52	9
MF	IRL Ashley Grimes	7(6)	2	1	0	1	0	0(2)	0	0	9(8)	2
MF	ENG Gordon Hill	36	17	3	1	1	0	4	1	1	45	19
MF	SCO Lou Macari	32	8	4	3	1	0	2	0	1	40	11
MF	NIR David McCreery	13(4)	1	0(1)	0	1	1	3	0	0(1)	17(6)	2
MF	NIR Chris McGrath	9(9)	1	0	0	0(1)	0	3(1)	0	0	12(11)	1
MF	NIR Sammy McIlroy	39	9	4	0	0	0	4	0	1	48	9
FW	ENG Jimmy Greenhoff	22(1)	6	2(1)	0	0	0	1	0	1	26(2)	6
FW	SCO Joe Jordan	14	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	3
FW	ENG Stuart Pearson	30	10	4	3	1	1	3	1	1	39	15
FW	ENG Andy Ritchie	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
–	Own goals	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	2	–	–	2

References

"Manchester United Season 1977/78". StretfordEnd.co.uk.

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

manchester-united-f.c.-seasons english-football-clubs-1977–78-season

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1977–78 Manchester United F.C. season — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report