1978–79 Bristol City F.C. season

Bristol City

1978–79 season
Manager	Alan Dicks
Stadium	Ashton Gate
First Division	13th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round

During the 1978–79 English football season, Bristol City competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Bristol City comfortably avoided relegation, finishing 13th in the First Division.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Liverpool (C)	42	30	8	4	85	16	+69	68	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Nottingham Forest	42	21	18	3	61	26	+35	60	Qualification for the European Cup first round
3	West Bromwich Albion	42	24	11	7	72	35	+37	59	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Everton	42	17	17	8	52	40	+12	51
5	Leeds United	42	18	14	10	70	52	+18	50
6	Ipswich Town	42	20	9	13	63	49	+14	49
7	Arsenal	42	17	14	11	61	48	+13	48	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
8	Aston Villa	42	15	16	11	59	49	+10	46
9	Manchester United	42	15	15	12	60	63	−3	45
10	Coventry City	42	14	16	12	58	68	−10	44
11	Tottenham Hotspur	42	13	15	14	48	61	−13	41
12	Middlesbrough	42	15	10	17	57	50	+7	40
13	Bristol City	42	15	10	17	47	51	−4	40
14	Southampton	42	12	16	14	47	53	−6	40
15	Manchester City	42	13	13	16	58	56	+2	39
16	Norwich City	42	7	23	12	51	57	−6	37
17	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	11	19	54	75	−21	35
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	8	21	44	68	−24	34
19	Derby County	42	10	11	21	44	71	−27	31
20	Queens Park Rangers (R)	42	6	13	23	45	73	−28	25	Relegation to the Second Division
21	Birmingham City (R)	42	6	10	26	37	64	−27	22
22	Chelsea (R)	42	5	10	27	44	92	−48	20

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Kit

Bristol City's kit was produced by Umbro.

First-team squad

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Ray Cashley
—	GK	SCO	John Shaw
—	DF	ENG	Gary Collier
—	DF	ENG	Terry Cooper
—	DF	ENG	Norman Hunter
—	DF	ENG	Geoff Merrick
—	DF	ENG	David Rodgers
—	DF	ENG	Paul Stevens
—	DF	WAL	Peter Aitken
—	DF	SCO	Donnie Gillies

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Trevor Tainton
—	MF	ENG	Clive Whitehead
—	MF	WAL	Howard Pritchard
—	MF	SCO	Gerry Gow
—	MF	SCO	Gerry Sweeney
—	FW	ENG	Chris Garland
—	FW	SCO	Tom Ritchie
—	FW	ENG	Kevin Mabbutt
—	FW	ENG	Joe Royle

Awards

At the end of season, Gerry Gow was given the club's Player of the Season award.