Chelsea 1977-78

Division One Fixtures

Date         Ven  Opponents          Att   Res    Scorers
----         ---  ---------          ---   ---    -------
20-Aug-1977   A   West Bromwich     20145  L 0-3
24-Aug-1977   H   Birmingham City   18008  W 2-0  Stanley, Lewington
27-Aug-1977   H   Coventry City     25432  L 1-2  Langley

03-Sep-1977   A   Ipswich Town      20835  L 0-1
10-Sep-1977   H   Derby County      25759  D 1-1  Langley
17-Sep-1977   A   Manchester Utd    54764  W 1-0  Garner
24-Sep-1977   A   QPR               26267  D 1-1  Swain

01-Oct-1977   H   Leeds Utd         35427  L 1-2  R Wilkins
05-Oct-1977   H   Leicester City    19575  D 0-0
08-Oct-1977   A   Liverpool         40499  L 0-2
15-Oct-1977   H   Middlesbrough     21091  D 0-0
22-Oct-1977   A   Newcastle Utd     24000  L 0-1
29-Oct-1977   H   Bristol City      22313  W 1-0  Aylott

05-Nov-1977   H   Nottm Forest      36116  W 1-0  Aylott
12-Nov-1977   A   Norwich City      19566  D 0-0
19-Nov-1977   H   Aston Villa       31764  D 0-0
26-Nov-1977   A   Manchester City   34354  L 2-6  R Wilkins, Britton (pen)

03-Dec-1977   H   Everton           33899  L 0-1
10-Dec-1977   A   Wolverhampton     16400  W 3-1  Walker (2), Langley
17-Dec-1977   H   Norwich City      22751  D 1-1  R Wilkins
26-Dec-1977   A   Arsenal           46074  L 0-3
27-Dec-1977   H   West Ham Utd      44093  W 2-1  Langley, Garner
31-Dec-1977   A   Birmingham City   19876  W 5-4  Langley (3), Garner, Walker

02-Jan-1978   H   West Bromwich     29540  D 2-2  Garner, Walker
14-Jan-1978   A   Coventry City     21155  L 1-5  R Wilkins
21-Jan-1978   H   Ipswich Town      26044  W 5-3  Swain (2), Finnieston, Wicks, Langley

11-Feb-1978   H   Manchester Utd    32238  D 2-2  Walker, R Wilkins
25-Feb-1978   A   Leeds Utd         25263  L 0-2

04-Mar-1978   H   Liverpool         35550  W 3-1  Langley, Finnieston (2)
11-Mar-1978   A   Derby County      21504  D 1-1  Walker
18-Mar-1978   H   Newcastle Utd     22777  D 2-2  Harris, Swain (pen)
21-Mar-1978   A   Bristol City      19961  L 0-3
25-Mar-1978   A   West Ham Utd      24987  L 1-3  Garner
27-Mar-1978   H   Arsenal           40764  D 0-0

01-Apr-1978   A   Nottm Forest      31262  L 1-3  Langley
04-Apr-1978   A   Middlesbrough     15288  L 0-2
15-Apr-1978   A   Aston Villa       27375  L 0-2
22-Apr-1978   H   Wolverhampton     31637  D 1-1  Langley
26-Apr-1978   A   Leicester City    12170  W 2-0  Walker, R Wilkins
29-Apr-1978   A   Everton           39504  L 0-6

02-May-1978   H   QPR               21201  W 3-1  Hollins (og), Droy, Lewington
05-May-1978   H   Manchester City   18782  D 0-0

League Appearances

S Wicks       41
I Britton     40
T Langley     39 (2 as substitute)
R Harris      37
K Swain       35 (1)
M Droy        35
R Wilkins     33
P Bonetti     31
C Walker      21 (1)
G Wilkins     21
R Lewington   20 (4)
S Finnieston  18 (2)
G Locke       18
W Garner      14 (4)
J Sparrow     12 (3)
J Phillips    11
G Stanley     11
T Aylott      10 (1)
D Hay          7
C Cooke        6
L Frost        1

Division One Final Table

                   P    W   D   L    F   A  Pts
Nottm Forest      42   25  14   3   69  24   64
Liverpool         42   24   9   9   65  34   57
Everton           42   22  11   9   76  45   55
Manchester City   42   20  12  10   74  51   52
Arsenal           42   21  10  11   60  37   52
West Bromwich     42   18  14  10   62  53   50
Coventry City     42   18  12  12   75  62   48
Aston Villa       42   18  10  14   57  42   46
Leeds Utd         42   18  10  14   63  53   46
Manchester Utd    42   16  10  16   67  63   42
Birmingham City   42   16   9  17   55  60   41
Derby County      42   14  13  15   54  59   41
Norwich City      42   11  18  13   52  66   40
Middlesbrough     42   12  15  15   42  54   39
Wolverhampton     42   12  12  18   51  64   36
Chelsea           42   11  14  17   46  69   36
Bristol City      42   11  13  18   49  53   35
Ipswich Town      42   11  13  18   47  61   35
QPR               42    9  15  18   47  64   33
West Ham Utd      42   12   8  22   52  69   32
Newcastle Utd     42    6  10  26   42  78   22
Leicester City    42    5  12  25   26  70   22

F A Cup

3rd Round  v Liverpool

Date:       7th January 1978
Venue:      Home
Result:     Won 4-2
Attendance: 45449
Scorers:    Walker (2), Finnieston, Langley


4th Round  v Burnley

Date:       31st January 1978
Venue:      Home
Result:     Won 6-2
Attendance: 32168
Scorers:    Droy, Wicks, Swain (pen), Walker, Langley, R Wilkins


5th Round  v Orient

Date:       18th February 1978
Venue:      Away
Result:     Drawn 0-0
Attendance: 25123

Replay:     27th February 1978
Venue:      Home
Result:     Lost 1-2
Attendance: 36379
Scorer:     Roffey (og)

League Cup

2nd Round  v Liverpool

Date:       30th August 1977
Venue:      Away
Result:     Lost 0-2
Attendance: 33170

Goal Scorers

              Lge  FAC  LgC  Total
T Langley     11    2    -    13
C Walker       7    3    -    10
R Wilkins      6    1    -     7
W Garner       5    -    -     5
K Swain        4    1    -     5
S Finnieston   3    1    -     4
T Aylott       2    -    -     2
R Lewington    2    -    -     2
M Droy         1    1    -     2
S Wicks        1    1    -     2
I Britton      1    -    -     1
R Harris       1    -    -     1
G Stanley      1    -    -     1