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1977–78 Liverpool F.C. season

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Liverpool
1977–78 season
ChairmanJohn Smith
ManagerBob Paisley
First Division2nd
European CupWinners
FA CupThird round
League CupRunners-up
European Super CupWinners
FA Charity ShieldTitle shared
Top goalscorerLeague: Kenny Dalglish (20)
All: Kenny Dalglish (31)
Average home league attendance48,621

The 1977–78 season was Liverpool Football Club's 86th season in existence and their 16th consecutive season in the First Division. It was a season of contrasts for Liverpool as they retained the European Cup, following a 1–0 victory against Club Brugge in the final at Wembley in London, and won the European Super Cup by beating Hamburg, who included former Liverpool forward Kevin Keegan in their side, 7–1 on aggregate with a 6–0 Second Leg win at Anfield. However, in both the Football League and the Football League Cup they would end as runners-up to newly promoted Nottingham Forest managed by Brian Clough. The replay of the Football League Cup final would prove to be very controversial with a penalty that decided the match, followed by a disallowed goal when it was adjudged that Terry McDermott handled the ball.

Liverpool manager Bob Paisley bought Kenny Dalglish from Celtic for £440,000, a record transfer fee between British clubs. Dalglish went on to score 20 goals in the league and 31 in all competitions, including the winner in the European Cup Final. Realising that Ian Callaghan was nearing the end of his career at Liverpool, the club also spent £352,000 on Graeme Souness from Middlesbrough.

However, Callaghan's final season started with a call up to the England squad, and would play in the match against Switzerland on 7 September 1977[1] under new manager Ron Greenwood. It was to be his first cap since playing in the 1966 FIFA World Cup finals against France.[2]

Terry McDermott's emergence would also see him make his debut in the same match with Ray Clemence, Phil Neal, Emlyn Hughes and Ray Kennedy also playing as well. Kevin Keegan also played in the match, making it seven current and former Liverpool players in that game.

Squad

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Goalkeepers

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Defenders

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Midfielders

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Forwards

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Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Division 1 FA Cup Charity Sheild League Cup European Cup European Super Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
MF England ENG Ian Callaghan 41 1 25+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 7+0 0 5+0 1 1+0 0
MF England ENG Jimmy Case 51 11 30+3 5 0+0 0 1+0 0 8+0 2 7+0 4 2+0 0
GK England ENG Ray Clemence 60 0 40+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 9+0 0 7+0 0 2+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Kenny Dalglish 62 31 42+0 20 1+0 1 1+0 0 9+0 6 7+0 3 2+0 1
FW England ENG David Fairclough 42 15 26+3 10 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+4 3 1+1 0 2+0 2
DF Scotland SCO Alan Hansen 26 1 18+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 3+1 1 0+0 0
MF Republic of Ireland IRL Steve Heighway 46 6 28+0 5 1+0 0 0+0 0 8+0 0 6+1 1 2+0 0
DF England ENG Emlyn Hughes 59 1 39+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 9+0 0 7+0 1 2+0 0
FW England ENG David Johnson 17 5 7+5 3 1+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 1 0+2 0
DF Wales WAL Joey Jones 27 0 20+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
MF England ENG Ray Kennedy 61 7 41+0 4 1+0 0 1+0 0 9+0 1 7+0 2 2+0 0
FW England ENG Kevin Kewley 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Sammy Lee 2 1 0+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Terry McDermott 53 8 36+1 4 0+0 0 1+0 0 8+0 0 6+0 1 1+0 3
DF England ENG Phil Neal 62 7 42+0 4 1+0 0 1+0 0 9+0 1 7+0 2 2+0 0
GK England ENG Steve Ogrizovic 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Tommy Smith 34 2 22+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 6+0 0 4+0 0 1+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Graeme Souness 18 2 15+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Phil Thompson 43 4 27+0 3 1+0 0 1+0 0 7+0 0 5+0 0 2+0 1
FW Wales WAL John Toshack 5 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Nottingham Forest (C) 42 25 14 3 69 24 +45 64 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Liverpool 42 24 9 9 65 34 +31 57 Qualification for the European Cup first round[a]
3 Everton 42 22 11 9 76 45 +31 55 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Manchester City 42 20 12 10 74 51 +23 52
5 Arsenal 42 21 10 11 60 37 +23 52
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Liverpool qualified for the European Cup first round as the 1977–78 European Cup winners.

Results

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First Division

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Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
20-Aug-77 Middlesbrough A 1–1 Dalglish 7' 31,000 Report Report
23-Aug-77 Newcastle United H 2–0 Dalglish 46' McDermott 87' 48,267 Report Report
27-Aug-77 West Bromwich Albion H 3–0 Dalglish 18' Heighway 81' Case 85' 48,525 Report Report
03-Sep-77 Birmingham City A 1–0 R. Kennedy 2' 28,239 Report Report
10-Sep-77 Coventry City H 2–0 Fairclough 65' Dalglish 67' 45,574 Report Report
17-Sep-77 Ipswich Town A 1–1 Dalglish 22' 29,658 Report Report
24-Sep-77 Derby County H 1–0 McDermott 80' 48,309 Report Report
01-Oct-77 Manchester United A 0–2 55,109 Report Report
04-Oct-77 Arsenal A 0–0 47,110 Report Report
08-Oct-77 Chelsea H 2–0 Dalglish 2' Fairclough 79' 40,499 Report Report
15-Oct-77 Leeds United A 2–1 Case 36', 63' 45,500 Report Report
22-Oct-77 Everton H 0–0 51,668 Report Report
29-Oct-77 Manchester City A 1–3 Fairclough 29' 49,207 Report Report
05-Nov-77 Aston Villa H 1–2 Own Goal 65' 50,436 Report Report
12-Nov-77 Queens Park Rangers A 0–2 25,625 Report Report
19-Nov-77 Bristol City H 1–1 Dalglish 12' 41,053 Report Report
26-Nov-77 Leicester City A 4–0 Fairclough 18' Heighway 69' Dalglish 81' McDermott 84' 26,051 Report Report
03-Dec-77 West Ham United H 2–0 Dalglish 37' Fairclough 82' 39,659 Report Report
10-Dec-77 Norwich City A 1–2 Thompson 80' 24,983 Report Report
17-Dec-77 Queens Park Rangers H 1–0 Neal 30 Pen' 38,249 Report Report
26-Dec-77 Nottingham Forest A 1–1 Heighway 30' 47,218 Report Report
27-Dec-77 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1–0 Neal 22 Pen' 50,294 Report Report
31-Dec-77 Newcastle United A 2–0 Thompson 48' Dalglish 89' 36,456 Report Report
02-Jan-78 Middlesbrough H 2–0 Johnson 39' Heighway 80' 49,305 Report Report
14-Jan-78 West Bromwich Albion A 1–0 Johnson 10' 35,809 Report Report
21-Jan-78 Birmingham City H 2–3 Thompson 74' R. Kennedy 87' 48,401 Report Report
04-Feb-78 Coventry City A 0–1 28,965 Report Report
25-Feb-78 Manchester United H 3–1 Souness 39' R. Kennedy 49' Case 84' 49,590 Report Report
04-Mar-78 Chelsea A 1–3 Neal 48 Pen' 35,550 Report Report
08-Mar-78 Derby County A 2–4 Fairclough 70' Dalglish 88' 23,413 Report Report
11-Mar-78 Leeds United H 1–0 Dalglish 47' 48,233 Report Report
25-Mar-78 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 3–1 Case 35' Dalglish 75', 82' 27,531 Report Report
01-Apr-78 Aston Villa A 3–0 Dalglish 3', 19' R. Kennedy 21' 40,190 Report Report
05-Apr-78 Everton A 1–0 Johnson 13' 52,759 Report Report
08-Apr-78 Leicester City H 3–2 Smith 42', 76' Lee 56' 42,979 Report Report
15-Apr-78 Bristol City A 1–1 Heighway 41' 31,471 Report Report
18-Apr-78 Ipswich Town H 2–2 Dalglish 58' Souness 62' 40,044 Report Report
22-Apr-78 Norwich City H 3–0 Own Goal 4' Fairclough 35', 46' 44,857 Report Report
25-Apr-78 Arsenal H 1–0 Fairclough 24' 38,318 Report Report
29-Apr-78 West Ham United A 2–0 McDermott 38' Fairclough 66' 37,448 Report Report
01-May-78 Manchester City H 4–0 Dalglish 24', 55', 80' Neal 53 Pen' 44,528 Report Report
04-May-78 Nottingham Forest H 0–0 50,021 Report Report

FA Charity Shield

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Liverpool0–0Manchester United
Report Report
Attendance: 82,000
Liverpool
Manchester United
GK 1 England Ray Clemence
RB 2 England Phil Neal
LB 3 Wales Joey Jones
CB 4 England Phil Thompson
LM 5 England Ray Kennedy
CB 6 England Emlyn Hughes
CF 7 Scotland Kenny Dalglish
CM 8 England Jimmy Case
CF 9 England David Fairclough
CM 10 England Terry McDermott
RM 11 England Ian Callaghan
Substitutes:
DF 12 England Tommy Smith
FW 13 England David Johnson
DF 14 Scotland Alan Hansen
MF 15 Republic of Ireland Steve Heighway
GK 16 England Peter McDonnell
Manager:
England Bob Paisley
GK 1 England Alex Stepney
DF 2 Northern Ireland Jimmy Nicholl
DF 3 Scotland Arthur Albiston
MF 4 Northern Ireland Sammy McIlroy
DF 5 England Brian Greenhoff
DF 6 Scotland Martin Buchan (c)
MF 7 England Steve Coppell
MF 8 England Jimmy Greenhoff downward-facing red arrow
FW 9 England Stuart Pearson
FW 10 Scotland Lou Macari
MF 11 England Gordon Hill
Substitutes:
MF 12 Northern Ireland David McCreery upward-facing green arrow
Manager:
England Dave Sexton

Match rules

  • 90 minutes, no extra time
  • Five named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions

FA Cup

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Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
07-Jan-78 Chelsea A 2–4 Johnson 61' Dalglish 80' 45,449 Report Report

Football League Cup

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Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
30-Aug-77 Chelsea H 2–0 Dalglish 25' Case 47' 33,170 Report Report
26-Oct-77 Derby County H 2–0 Fairclough 72', 75' 30,400 Report Report
29-Nov-77 Coventry City H 2–2 Fairclough 40' Neal 44 Pen' 33,817 Report Report
20-Dec-77 Coventry City A 2–0 Case 5' Dalglish 80' 36,105 Report Report
17-Jan-78 Wrexham A 3–1 Dalglish 14', 58', 87' 25,641 Report Report
07-Feb-78 Arsenal H 2–1 Dalglish 26' R. Kennedy 81' 44,764 Report Report
14-Feb-78 Arsenal A 0–0 49,561 Report Report

Final

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Nottingham Forest
Liverpool
Nottingham Forest
Red shirts/White shorts/Red socks
0–0
(final score after extra time)
Liverpool
White shirts/Black shorts/White socks
Manager: England Brian Clough

Team:
1 England Chris Woods (GK)
2 England Viv Anderson
3 England Frank Clark
4 Scotland John McGovern (c)downward-facing red arrow
5 England Larry Lloyd
6 Scotland Kenny Burns
7 Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill
8 England Ian Bowyer
9 England Peter Withe
10 England Tony Woodcock
11 Scotland John Robertson
Substitute:
12 Scotland John O'Hare upward-facing green arrow


Scorers: None

Half-time:
0–0

Competition:
Football League Cup (Final)

Date:
15.00 GMT Saturday 18 March 1978

Venue:
Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance:
100,000

Referee:
Pat Partridge

Match rules:
90 minutes.
30 minutes extra-time if necessary.
Match replayed if scores still level.
One named substitute.

Report
Report Report

Manager: England Bob Paisley

Team:
1 England Ray Clemence (GK)
2 England Phil Neal
3 England Tommy Smith
4 England Phil Thompson
5 England Ray Kennedy downward-facing red arrow 91'
6 England Emlyn Hughes (c)
7 Scotland Kenny Dalglish
8 England Jimmy Case
9 Republic of Ireland Steve Heighway
10 England Terry McDermott
11 England Ian Callaghan
Substitute:
12 England David Fairclough upward-facing green arrow 91'


Scorers: None

Final Replay

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Nottingham Forest
Liverpool
Nottingham Forest
Yellow/Yellow shorts/Yellow socks
1–0
(final score after 90 minutes)
Liverpool
Red shirts/Red shorts/Red socks
Manager: England Brian Clough

Team:
1 England Chris Woods (GK)
2 England Viv Anderson
3 England Frank Clark
4 Scotland John O'Hare
5 England Larry Lloyd
6 Scotland Kenny Burns (c)
7 Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill
8 England Ian Bowyer
9 England Peter Withe
10 England Tony Woodcock
11 Scotland John Robertson
Substitute
12


Scorers:

Half-time:
0–0

Competition:
Football League Cup (Final)

Date:
19.45 BST, Wednesday, 22 March 1978

Venue:
Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance:
54,375

Referee:
Pat Partridge

Match rules:
90 minutes.
30 minutes extra-time if necessary.
Match replayed if scores still level.
One named substitute.

Report
Report Report

Manager: England Bob Paisley

Team:
1 England Ray Clemence (GK)
2 England Phil Neal
3 England Ray Kennedy
4 England Tommy Smith
5 England Phil Thompson
6 England Emlyn Hughes (c)
7 Scotland Kenny Dalglish
8 England Jimmy Case downward-facing red arrow 64'
9 Republic of Ireland Steve Heighway
10 England Terry McDermott
11 England Ian Callaghan
Substitute
12 England David Fairclough upward-facing green arrow 64'


Scorers: None

European Super Cup

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First leg

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Hamburg West Germany1–1England Liverpool
Keller 29' Report Report Fairclough 65'
Attendance: 16,000
Hamburger SV
Liverpool
GK 1 Germany Jürgen Stars
DF 2 Germany Manfred Kaltz
DF 3 Germany Hans-Jürgen Ripp
DF 4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivan Buljan downward-facing red arrow 67'
MF 5 Germany Kurt Eigl
MF 6 Germany Klaus Zaczyk
MF 7 Germany Caspar Memering
MF 8 Germany Felix Magath downward-facing red arrow 64'
FW 9 England Kevin Keegan
FW 10 Germany Ferdinand Keller
MF 11 Germany Arno Steffenhagen
Substitutes:
DF Germany Andreas Karow upward-facing green arrow 67'
MF Germany Horst Bertl upward-facing green arrow 64'
Manager:
Turkey Arkoç Özcan


Man of the Match:

Assistant Referees:

GK 1 England Ray Clemence
RB 2 England Phil Neal
LB 3 Wales Joey Jones downward-facing red arrow 33'
CB 4 England Phil Thompson
LM 5 England Ray Kennedy
CB 6 England Emlyn Hughes
CF 7 Scotland Kenny Dalglish
CM 8 England Jimmy Case downward-facing red arrow 58'
RM 9 Republic of Ireland Steve Heighway
CF 10 England David Fairclough
CM 11 England Ian Callaghan
Substitutes:
DF 12 England Tommy Smith upward-facing green arrow 33'
FW 13 England David Johnson upward-facing green arrow 58'
MF 14 England Terry McDermott
FW 15 Wales John Toshack
GK 16 England Peter McDonnell
Manager:
England Bob Paisley

Second leg

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Liverpool England6–0West Germany Hamburg
Thompson 21'
McDermott
40', 55', 56'
Fairclough 86'
Dalglish 88'
Report Report
Attendance: 34,931
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)
Liverpool
Hamburger SV
GK 1 England Ray Clemence
RB 2 England Phil Neal
LB 3 England Tommy Smith
CB 4 England Phil Thompson
LM 5 England Ray Kennedy
CB 6 England Emlyn Hughes
CF 7 Scotland Kenny Dalglish
CM 8 England Terry McDermott
RM 9 Republic of Ireland Steve Heighway downward-facing red arrow 46'
CF 10 England David Fairclough
CM 11 England Jimmy Case
Substitutes:
FW 12 England David Johnson upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 13 Wales John Toshack
DF 14 Scotland Alan Hansen
DF 15 Wales Joey Jones
GK 16 England Peter McDonnell
Manager:
England Bob Paisley


Man of the Match:

Assistant Referees:

GK 1 Germany Rudi Kargus
DF 2 Germany Hans-Jürgen Ripp
DF 3 Germany Peter Nogly
MF 4 Germany Horst Bertl
DF 5 Germany Peter Hidien
DF 6 Germany Manfred Kaltz
FW 7 England Kevin Keegan
FW 8 Germany Ferdinand Keller downward-facing red arrow 69'
MF 9 Germany Klaus Zaczyk downward-facing red arrow 69'
MF 10 Germany Felix Magath
FW 11 Germany Georg Volkert
Substitutes:
MF Germany Kurt Eigl upward-facing green arrow 69'
MF Germany Arno Steffenhagen upward-facing green arrow 69'
Manager:
Turkey Arkoç Özcan

European Cup

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Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
19-Oct-77 East Germany Dynamo Dresden H 5–1 Hansen 14' Case 21', 57' Neal 44 Pen' Kennedy 66' 39,835 Report Report
02-Nov-77 East Germany Dynamo Dresden A 1–2 Heighway 67' 33,000 Report Report
01-Mar-78 Portugal Benfica A 2–1 Case 37' Hughes 72' 70,000 Report Report
15-Mar-78 Portugal Benfica H 4–1 Callaghan 6' Dalglish 17' McDermott 78' Neal 88' 48,364 Report Report
29-Mar-78 West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach A 1–2 Johnson 88' 67,000 Report Report
12-Apr-78 West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach H 3–0 Kennedy 6' Dalglish 35' Case 56' 51,500 Report Report

Final

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Liverpool England1–0Belgium Club Brugge
Dalglish 64' Report Report
Attendance: 92,500
Liverpool
Club Brugge[citation needed]
GK 1 England Ray Clemence
RB 2 England Phil Neal
LB 3 Scotland Alan Hansen
CB 4 England Phil Thompson
LM 5 England Ray Kennedy
CB 6 England Emlyn Hughes (c)
CF 7 Scotland Kenny Dalglish
RM 8 England Jimmy Case Yellow card 29' downward-facing red arrow 63'
CF 9 England David Fairclough
CM 10 England Terry McDermott
CM 11 Scotland Graeme Souness
Substitutes:
MF 12 Republic of Ireland Steve Heighway upward-facing green arrow 63'
GK 13 England Steve Ogrizovic
DF 14 Wales Joey Jones
DF 15 England Colin Irwin
MF 16 England Ian Callaghan
Manager:
England Bob Paisley
GK 1 Denmark Birger Jensen
DF 2 Belgium Fons Bastijns (c)
DF 3 Austria Edi Krieger
DF 4 Belgium Georges Leekens
DF 5 Belgium Gino Maes downward-facing red arrow 80'
MF 6 Belgium Julien Cools
MF 7 Belgium René Vandereycken Yellow card 35'
MF 8 Belgium Dany De Cubber
MF 9 Belgium Jan Simoen
FW 10 Hungary Lajos Kű downward-facing red arrow 58'
FW 11 Denmark Jan Sørensen
Substitutes:
GK 12 Netherlands Leen Barth
MF 13 Belgium Dirk Sanders upward-facing green arrow 58'
DF 14 Belgium Jos Volders upward-facing green arrow 80'
FW 15 Belgium Raoul Lambert
FW 16 Belgium Bernard Verheecke
Manager:
Austria Ernst Happel

References

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  1. ^ "englandstats.com | 515 - England 0-0 Switzerland, Wednesday, 7th September 1977".
  2. ^ "englandstats.com | 845 Ian Callaghan (1966 - 1977)".
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