1977–78_Liverpool_F.C._season

Liverpool
1977–78 season
Chairman	John Smith
Manager	Bob Paisley
First Division	2nd
European Cup	Winners
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Runners-up
European Super Cup	Winners
FA Charity Shield	Title shared
Top goalscorer	League: Kenny Dalglish (20); All: Kenny Dalglish (31)
Average home league attendance	48,621
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

1977–78 Liverpool F.C. season

86th season in existence of Liverpool F.C.

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.

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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.

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[table_note_res_LIV0.17711228280194-3] Liverpool qualified for the European Cup first round as the 1977–78 European Cup winners.

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"englandstats.com | 515 - England 0-0 Switzerland, Wednesday, 7th September 1977".

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"englandstats.com | 845 Ian Callaghan (1966 - 1977)".

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Pos	Team v t e	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^{[lower-alpha 1]}
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

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

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

Nottingham Forest Red shirts/White shorts/Red socks	0–0 (final score after extra time)	Liverpool White shirts/Black shorts/White socks
Manager: Brian Clough Team: 1 Chris Woods (GK) 2 Viv Anderson 3 Frank Clark 4 John McGovern (c) 5 Larry Lloyd 6 Kenny Burns 7 Martin O'Neill 8 Ian Bowyer 9 Peter Withe 10 Tony Woodcock 11 John Robertson Substitute: 12 John O'Hare 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: Bob Paisley Team: 1 Ray Clemence (GK) 2 Phil Neal 3 Tommy Smith 4 Phil Thompson 5 Ray Kennedy 91' 6 Emlyn Hughes (c) 7 Kenny Dalglish 8 Jimmy Case 9 Steve Heighway 10 Terry McDermott 11 Ian Callaghan Substitute: 12 David Fairclough 91' Scorers: None

Nottingham Forest Yellow/Yellow shorts/Yellow socks	1–0 (final score after 90 minutes)	Liverpool Red shirts/Red shorts/Red socks
Manager: Brian Clough Team: 1 Chris Woods (GK) 2 Viv Anderson 3 Frank Clark 4 John O'Hare 5 Larry Lloyd 6 Kenny Burns (c) 7 Martin O'Neill 8 Ian Bowyer 9 Peter Withe 10 Tony Woodcock 11 John Robertson Substitute 12 Scorers: John Robertson (pen.)	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: Bob Paisley Team: 1 Ray Clemence (GK) 2 Phil Neal 3 Ray Kennedy 4 Tommy Smith 5 Phil Thompson 6 Emlyn Hughes (c) 7 Kenny Dalglish 8 Jimmy Case 64' 9 Steve Heighway 10 Terry McDermott 11 Ian Callaghan Substitute 12 David Fairclough 64' Scorers: None

1977–78_Liverpool_F.C._season

1977–78 Liverpool F.C. season

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

League table

Results

First Division

FA Charity Shield

FA Cup

Football League Cup

Final

Final Replay

European Super Cup

First leg

Second leg

European Cup

Final

References

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