1978–79 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
1978–79 season
Manager	Tony Book
Stadium	Maine Road
First Division	15th
FA Cup	Fourth round
Football League Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Mick Channon (11); All: Mick Channon (15)
Highest home attendance	46,710 vs Liverpool; 26 August 1978
Lowest home attendance	27,366 vs Birmingham City; 1 May 1979
Average home league attendance	36,210 (4th highest in league)
	← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The 1978–79 season was Manchester City's 77th season of competitive football and 59th season in the top division of English football.^[1] In addition to the First Division, the club competed in the FA Cup, Football League Cup and the UEFA Cup.

First Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Source: World Football
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	13	13	16	58	56	+2	39	9	5	7	34	28	+6	4	8	9	24	28	−4

Source: [1]

Matches

Win	Draw	Loss


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result^[a]	Scorers	Attendance
15 August 1978	Derby County	Away	1-1	Kidd	26,480
22 August 1978	Arsenal	Home	1-1	Kidd	39,506
26 August 1978	Liverpool	Home	1-4	Kidd	46,710
2 September 1978	Norwich City	Away	1-1	Channon	18,607
9 September 1978	Leeds United	Home	0-3	-	40,125
16 September 1978	Chelsea	Away	4-1	Channon, R Futcher (3)	29,960
23 September 1978	Tottenham Hotspur	Home	2-0	Owen, R Futcher	43,472
30 September 1978	Manchester United	Away	0-1	-	55,317
7 October 1978	Birmingham City	Away	2-1	Tueart, Barnes	18,378
14 October 1978	Coventry City	Home	2-0	Owen (2)	36,723
21 October 1978	Birmingham City	Away	2-2	Palmer, Owen	32,249
27 October 1978	West Bromwich Albion	Home	2-2	Channon, Hartford	40,521
4 November 1978	Aston Villa	Away	1-1	Owen	32,724
11 November 1978	Derby County	Home	1-2	Owen	37,376
18 November 1978	Liverpool	Away	0-1	-	47,765
25 November 1978	Ipswich Town	Home	1-2	Hartford	38,527
9 December 1978	Southampton	Home	1-2	Power	33,450
16 December 1978	Queens Park Rangers	Away	1-2	Channon	12,902
23 December 1978	Nottingham Forest	Home	0-0	-	37,012
26 December 1978	Everton	Away	0-1		46,996
30 December 1978	Bristol City	Away	1-1	R. Futcher	25,253
13 January 1979	Leeds United	Away	1-1	Kidd	36,303
20 January 1979	Chelsea	Home	2–3	Power, R.Futcher	31,876
3 February 1979	Tottenham Hotspur	Away	3-0	Kidd, Barnes, Channon	32,037
10 February 1979	Manchester United	Home	0-3	-	46,151
24 February 1979	Coventry City	Away	3–0	Channon (2), Kidd	20,115
27 February 1979	Norwich City	Home	2-2	Owen (2)	29,852
3 March 1979	Bolton Wanderers	Away	2-1	Channon, Owen	41,127
24 March 1979	Arsenal	Away	1-1	Channon	35,041
27 March 1979	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Away	1-1	Channon	19,998
31 March 1979	Ipswich Town	Away	1-2	Silkman	20,773
4 April 1979	West Bromwich Albion	Away	0-4	-	22,314
7 April 1979	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Home	3-1	Channon, Palmer, Silkman	32,298
14 April 1979	Everton	Home	0-0	-	39,771
17 April 1979	Middlesbrough	Away	0-2	-	19,676
21 April 1979	Queens Park Rangers	Home	3-1	Silkman, Owen (2)	30,694
24 April 1979	Middlesbrough	Home	1-0	Deyna	28,264
28 April 1979	Southampton	Away	0-1	-	19,744
1 May 1979	Birmingham City	Home	3-1	Power, Deyna (2)	27,366
5 May 1979	Bristol City	Home	2-0	Deyna, Hartford	29,739
9 May 1979	Nottingham Forest	Away	1-3	Lloyd (og)	21,104
15 May 1979	Aston Villa	Home	2-3	Deyna (2)	30,028

FA Cup

Win	Draw	Loss


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result^[a]	Scorers	Attendance
Third round	15 January 1979	Scunthorpe United	Home	0-0	Kidd	26,029
Third round replay	17 January 1979	Scunthorpe United	Away	4-2	Owen, Kidd (2), Barnes	13,758
Fourth round	25 January 1979	Shrewsbury Town	Away	0-2	-	14,215

Football League Cup

Win	Draw	Loss


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result^[a]	Scorers	Attendance
Second round	29 August 1978	Grimsby Town	Home	2-0	Moore (og), Palmer	21,481
Third round	4 October 1978	Blackpool	Away	1–1	Channon	18,886
Third round replay	10 October 1978	Blackpool	Home	3-0	Owen (2), Booth	26,213
Third round 2nd replay	8 November 1976	Luton Town F.C.	Neutral	3-2	Tueart, Channon, Kidd	13,043
Fourth round	8 November 1978	Norwich City	Away	3-1	Barnes, Channon (2)	19,413
Fifth round	13 December 1978	Southampton	Away	1-2	Nicholl (og)	21,523

UEFA Cup

Win	Draw	Loss


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result^[a]	Scorers	Attendance
First round 1st leg	13 September 1978	FC Twente	Away	1–1	Watson	12,000
First round 2nd leg	27 September 1978	FC Twente	Home	3-2	Wildschut (og), Kidd, Bell	29,330
Second round 1st leg	18 October 1978	Standard Liege	Home	4-0	Hartford, Kidd (2), Palmer	27,489
Second round 2nd leg	1 November 1978	Standard Liege	Away	0-2	Sigurvinsson	25,000
Third round 1st leg	23 November 1978	AC Milan	Away	2-2	Kidd, Power	40,000
Third round 2nd leg	6 December 1978	AC Milan	Home	3-0	Booth, Hartford, Kidd	38,026
Quarter Final 1st leg	7 March 1979	Borussia Monchengladbach	Home	1-1	Channon	39,005
Quarter final 2nd leg	20 March 1979	Borussia Monchengladbach	Away	1-3	Deyna	30,000

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Manchester City’s score written first

References

^ "History". Statto.

External links

Official website

[score-2] Manchester City’s score written first

[1] "History". Statto.

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