1978–79 Aston Villa F.C. season

The 1978–79 English football season was Aston Villa's 79th in the Football League and their fourth consecutive season in the top division. Manager, Ron Saunders had signed a six-year contract in the pre-season.[1]

Diary of the season

19 Aug 1978: The First Division season begins with a 1–0 home victory over Wolves.[2]

8 May 1979: Liverpool beat Aston Villa 3–0 at Anfield to clinch the First Division title.[3]

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[lower-alpha 1]
2	Nottingham Forest	42	21	18	3	61	26	+35	60
3	West Bromwich Albion	42	24	11	7	72	35	+37	59	Qualification for the UEFA Cup
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[lower-alpha 2]
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) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Nottingham Forest qualified for the European Cup first round as the 1978–79 European Cup winners.
Arsenal qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1978–79 FA Cup winners.

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	Jimmy Rimmer
-	DF	ENG	John Gidman
-	DF	ENG	John Gregory
-	DF	SCO	Allan Evans
-	DF	SCO	Ken McNaught
-	MF	ENG	Dennis Mortimer
-	FW	SCO	Tommy Craig
-	FW	ENG	Brian Little
-	FW	ENG	John Deehan
-	MF	ENG	Gordon Cowans
-	MF	ENG	Kenny Swain
-	DF	ENG	Gary Williams
-	MF	ENG	Gary Shelton


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	SCO	Alex Cropley
-	FW	SCO	Andy Gray
-	DF	ENG	Colin Gibson
-	MF	ENG	Frank Carrodus
-	DF	ENG	Ivor Linton
-	DF	SCO	Gordon Smith
-	DF	WAL	Leighton Phillips
-	FW	ENG	Gary Shaw
-	MF	SCO	Willie Young
-	DF	ENG	Dave Evans
-	DF	ENG	Brendan Ormsby
-	FW	SCO	Joe Ward
-	MF	ENG	Lee Jenkins

Football, The Times, 11 August 1978
Football, The Times, 21 August 1978 Issue 60385
Smailes, Gordon (2000). The Breedon Book of Football Records. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 142. ISBN 1859832148.

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