Football : Season Details : 1978

Final English Top Division Football (soccer) Table and Cup Final(s)

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Position	Club	Points	History	Notes
1	Nottingham Forest	64	5-1	LC-W
2	Liverpool	57	4-16	EC-W; LC-F
3	Everton	55	3-24
4	Manchester City	52	7-12
5	Arsenal	52	2-52	FAC-F
6	West Bromwich Albion	50	6-2
7	Coventry City	48	1-11
8	Aston Villa	46	4-3
9	Leeds United	46	5-14
10	Manchester United	42	6-3
11	Birmingham City	41	7-6
12	Derby County	41	5-9
13	Norwich City	40	2-3
14	Middlesbrough	39	4-4
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	4-1
16	Chelsea	36	5-1
17	Bristol City	35	2-2
18	Ipswich Town	35	2-10	FAC-W
19	Queens Park Rangers	33	2-5
20	West Ham United	32	2-20
21	Newcastle United	22	3-13
22	Leicester City	22	6-7

Legend and Abbreviations
Points: 2 for a win : 1 for a draw. Clubs: Blue Qualified for Europe Red Relegated
History is in the form A-B: A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division. B is the current number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division.
Notes: FAC FA Cup; LC League Cup; EC European Cup; W Winners - F Finalists

League Cup Final	Nottingham Forest 0 Liverpool 0 aet
League Cup Final Replay	Nottingham Forest 1 Liverpool 0
FA Cup Final	Ipswich Town 1 Arsenal 0

European Cup Final	Liverpool 1 Bruges 0
UEFA Cup Final First Leg	Bastia 0 PSV Eindhoven 0
UEFA Cup Final Second Leg	PSV Eindhoven 3 Bastia 0 (agg 3 - 0)
Cup Winners Cup Final	Anderlecht 4 Austria Vienna 0

aet After Extra Time : agg Aggregate Score

History

Nottingam Forest became the first club since 1962 to win the League Championship the year after being promoted. They also won the League Cup.

West Ham United were relegated after 20 consecutive seasons in the Top Division.

Liverpool became the first English club to retain the European Cup. This was their third consecutive European trophy, a record for an English club. They also equalled a fifth appearance in a European final.

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The 1978 World Cup in Argentina
Argentina win the 11th World Cup.

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