1978–79 Everton F.C. season

Everton
1978–79 season
Manager	Gordon Lee
Ground	Goodison Park
First Division	4th
FA Cup	3rd Round
League Cup	4th Round
UEFA Cup	2nd Round
	← 1977–78 1979–80 →

During the 1978–79 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. They finished 4th in the table with 51 points.

Final League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Liverpool	42	19	2	0	51	4	11	6	4	34	12	85	16	+69	68	European Cup 1979–80 First round
2	Nottingham Forest	42	11	10	0	34	10	10	8	3	27	16	61	26	+35	60	European Cup 1979–80 First round ^{[notes 1]}
3	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	5	3	38	15	11	6	4	34	20	72	35	+37	59	UEFA Cup 1979–80 First round
4	Everton	42	12	7	2	32	17	5	10	6	20	23	52	40	+12	51	UEFA Cup 1979–80 First round
5	Leeds United	42	11	4	6	41	25	7	10	4	29	27	70	52	+18	50	UEFA Cup 1979–80 First round
6	Ipswich Town	42	11	4	6	34	21	9	5	7	29	28	63	49	+14	49	UEFA Cup 1979–80 First round
7	Arsenal	42	11	8	2	37	18	6	6	9	24	30	61	48	+13	48	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1979–80 First round
8	Aston Villa	42	8	9	4	37	26	7	7	7	22	23	59	49	+10	46
9	Manchester United	42	9	7	5	29	25	6	8	7	31	38	60	63	–3	45
10	Coventry City	42	11	7	3	41	29	3	9	9	17	39	58	68	–10	44
11	Tottenham Hotspur	42	7	8	6	19	25	6	7	8	29	36	48	61	–13	41
12	Middlesbrough	42	10	5	6	33	21	5	5	11	24	29	57	50	+7	40
13	Bristol City	42	11	6	4	34	19	4	4	13	13	32	47	51	–4	40
14	Southampton	42	9	10	2	35	20	3	6	12	12	33	47	53	–6	40
15	Manchester City	42	9	5	7	34	28	4	8	9	24	28	58	56	+2	39
16	Norwich City	42	7	10	4	29	19	0	13	8	22	38	51	57	–6	37
17	Bolton Wanderers	42	10	5	6	36	28	2	6	13	18	47	54	75	–21	35
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	4	7	26	26	3	4	14	18	42	44	68	–24	34
19	Derby County	42	8	5	8	25	25	2	6	13	19	46	44	71	–27	31
20	Queens Park Rangers	42	4	9	8	24	33	2	4	15	21	40	45	73	–28	25
21	Birmingham City	42	5	9	7	24	25	1	1	19	13	39	37	64	–27	22
22	Chelsea	42	3	5	13	23	42	2	5	14	21	50	44	92	–48	20

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 won this year's European Cup and thus qualified as defending champions. They also won the League cup for the second year
running this year.

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

Results

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
19 August 1978	Chelsea	A	1-0	32,683
22 August 1978	Derby County	H	2-1	40,125
26 August 1978	Arsenal	H	1-0	41,161
2 September 1978	Manchester United	A	1-1	53,982
9 September 1978	Middlesbrough	H	2-0	36,191
16 September 1978	Aston Villa	A	1-1	38,636
23 September 1978	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2-0	38,895
30 September 1978	Bristol City	A	2-2	22,502
7 October 1978	Southampton	H	0-0	38,769
14 October 1978	Ipswich Town	A	1-0	22,830
21 October 1978	Queen's Park Rangers	A	1-1	21,171
28 October 1978	Liverpool	H	1-0	53,141
4 November 1978	Nottingham Forest	A	0-0	35,515
11 November 1978	Chelsea	H	3-2	38,346
18 November 1978	Arsenal	A	2-2	39,711
21 November 1978	Manchester United	H	3-0	42,126
25 November 1978	Norwich City	A	1-0	18,930
9 December 1978	Birmingham City	A	3-1	23,391
16 December 1978	Leeds United	H	1-1	37,997
23 December 1978	Coventry City	A	2-3	22,778
26 December 1978	Manchester City	H	1-0	46,996
30 December 1978	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-1	44,572
31 January 1979	Aston Villa	H	1-1	29,079
3 February 1979	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-1	21,892
10 February 1979	Bristol City	H	4-1	29,116
17 February 1979	Southampton	A	0-3	20,681
24 February 1979	Ipswich Town	H	0-1	29,031
3 March 1979	Queen's Park Rangers	H	2-1	24,809
6 March 1979	Middlesbrough	A	2-1	16,084
10 March 1979	Nottingham Forest	H	1-1	37,745
13 March 1979	Liverpool	A	1-1	52,352
24 March 1979	Derby County	A	0-0	20,814
30 March 1979	Norwich City	H	2-2	26,825
3 April 1979	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-3	27,263
7 April 1979	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-1	29,593
10 April 1979	Coventry City	H	3-3	25,302
14 April 1979	Manchester City	A	0-0	39,711
16 April 1979	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-0	31,214
21 April 1979	Leeds United	A	0-1	29,125
28 April 1979	Birmingham City	H	1-0	23,049
1 May 1979	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-2	30,083
5 May 1979	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-1	26,077

^[1]

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
3	10 January 1979	Sunderland	A	1-2	28,602

^[1]

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
2	29 August 1978	Wimbledon	H	8-0	23,137
3	3 October 1978	Darlington	H	1-0	23,682
4	7 November 1978	Nottingham Forest	H	2-3	48,503

^[1]

UEFA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
1:1	29 August 1978	Finn Harps	A	5-0	5,000
1:1	29 August 1978	Finn Harps	H	5-0	21,611
2:1	18 October 1978	Dukla Prague	H	2-1	32,857
2:2	1 November 1978	Dukla Prague	A	0-1	35,000

^[1]

Squad

^[2]

References

[1] Nottingham Forest won this year's European Cup and thus qualified as defending champions. They also won the League cup for the second year
running this year.

[7879results-2] Everton's Record in 1978-79

[3] 1978-1979 Summary: Appearances and Goals

[notes 1]

[1]

[2]

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