1977–78 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool

1977–78 season

Chairman

John Smith

Manager

2nd

Winners

Top goalscorer

League: Kenny Dalglish (20)
All: Kenny Dalglish (31)

Average home league attendance

48,621

Home colours

Away colours

← 1976–77

1978–79 →

It was to be a season of contrasts for Liverpool F.C. as they retained the European Cup, following a 1–0 victory against Club Brugge in the final at Wembley in London and winning the European Super Cup by beating Hamburg, who included Kevin Keegan in their side Seven-One on aggregate with a Six-Nil 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 very controversial with a penalty which decided the match, followed by a disallowed goal when it was adjudged that Terry McDermott handled the ball.

It was to be a season when Bob Paisley pulled a masterstroke by buying Kenny Dalglish from Celtic for a British Record Transfer Fee between British Clubs for £440,000. Dalglish responded with a spectacular season, scoring 20 in the league and 31 in all competitions, including the winner in the European Cup Final and realising that Ian Callaghan was nearing the end of his career at Liverpool, spent £352,000 on Graeme Souness from Middlesbrough.

However, Ian 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.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

First Division Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Nottingham Forest	42	25	14	3	69	24	+45	64
2	Liverpool	42	24	9	9	65	34	+31	57
3	Everton	42	22	11	9	76	45	+31	55
4	Manchester City	42	20	12	10	74	51	+23	52
5	Arsenal	42	21	10	11	60	37	+23	52
6	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	14	10	62	53	+9	50
7	Coventry City	42	18	12	12	75	62	+13	48
8	Aston Villa	42	18	10	14	57	42	+15	46
9	Leeds United	42	18	10	14	63	53	+10	46
10	Manchester United	42	16	10	16	67	63	+4	42
11	Birmingham City	42	16	9	17	55	60	−5	41
12	Derby County	42	14	13	15	54	59	−5	41
13	Norwich City	42	11	18	13	52	66	−14	40
14	Middlesbrough	42	12	15	15	42	54	−12	39
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	12	12	18	51	64	−13	36
16	Chelsea	42	11	14	17	46	69	−23	36
17	Bristol City	42	11	13	18	49	53	−4	35
18	Ipswich Town	42	11	13	18	47	61	−14	35
19	Queens Park Rangers	42	9	15	18	47	64	−17	33
20	West Ham United	42	12	8	22	52	69	−17	32
21	Newcastle United	42	6	10	26	42	78	−36	22
22	Leicester City	42	5	12	25	26	70	−44	22

Results

First Division

Main article: 1977–78 Football League § First Division

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

FA Charity Shield

Main article: 1977 FA Charity Shield

Liverpool v Manchester United

13 August 1977
15:00 BST

Liverpool	0–0	Manchester United
	Report Report

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 82,000

Liverpool

Manchester United



GK	1	Ray Clemence
RB	2	Phil Neal
LB	3	Joey Jones
CB	4	Phil Thompson
LM	5	Ray Kennedy
CB	6	Emlyn Hughes
CF	7	Kenny Dalglish
CM	8	Jimmy Case
CF	9	David Fairclough
CM	10	Terry McDermott
RM	11	Ian Callaghan
Substitutes:
DF	12	Tommy Smith
FW	13	David Johnson
DF	14	Alan Hansen
MF	15	Steve Heighway
GK	16	Peter McDonnell
Manager:
Bob Paisley



GK	1	Alex Stepney
DF	2	Jimmy Nicholl
DF	3	Arthur Albiston
MF	4	Sammy McIlroy
DF	5	Brian Greenhoff
DF	6	Martin Buchan (c)
MF	7	Steve Coppell
MF	8	Jimmy Greenhoff
FW	9	Stuart Pearson
FW	10	Lou Macari
MF	11	Gordon Hill
Substitutes:
MF	12	David McCreery
Manager:
Dave Sexton

Match rules

90 minutes, no extra time
Five named substitutes
Maximum of three substitutions

FA Cup

Main article: 1977–78 FA Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
07-Jan-78	Chelsea	A	2–4	Johnson 61' Dalglish 80'	45,449	Report	Report

Football League Cup

Main article: 1977–78 Football League Cup

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

Final

Main article: 1978 Football League Cup Final

Nottingham Forest

Liverpool

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 subsititute. 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

Final Replay

Main article: 1978 Football League Cup Final § Replay

Nottingham Forest

Liverpool

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 (penalty)	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 subsititute. 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

European Super Cup

Main article: 1977 European Super Cup

First leg

Hamburg v Liverpool

22 November 1977
19:30 CET

Hamburg	1–1	Liverpool
Keller 29'	Report Report	Fairclough 65'

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)



GK	1	Jürgen Stars
DF	2	Manfred Kaltz
DF	3	Hans-Jürgen Ripp
DF	4	Ivan Buljan	67'
MF	5	Kurt Eigl
MF	6	Klaus Zaczyk
MF	7	Caspar Memering
MF	8	Felix Magath	64'
FW	9	Kevin Keegan
FW	10	Ferdinand Keller
MF	11	Arno Steffenhagen
Substitutes:
DF		Andreas Karow	67'
MF		Horst Bertl	64'
Manager:
Arkoç Özcan Man of the Match: Assistant Referees:



GK	1	Ray Clemence
RB	2	Phil Neal
LB	3	Joey Jones	33'
CB	4	Phil Thompson
LM	5	Ray Kennedy
CB	6	Emlyn Hughes
CF	7	Kenny Dalglish
CM	8	Jimmy Case	58'
RM	9	Steve Heighway
CF	10	David Fairclough
CM	11	Ian Callaghan
Substitutes:
DF	12	Tommy Smith	33'
FW	13	David Johnson	58'
MF	14	Terry McDermott
FW	15	John Toshack
GK	16	Peter McDonnell
Manager:
Bob Paisley

Second Leg

Liverpool v Hamburg

6 December 1977
19:30 GMT

Liverpool	6–0	Hamburg
Thompson 21' McDermott 40', 55', 56' Fairclough 86' Dalglish 88'	Report Report

Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance: 34,931
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)



GK	1	Ray Clemence
RB	2	Phil Neal
LB	3	Tommy Smith
CB	4	Phil Thompson
LM	5	Ray Kennedy
CB	6	Emlyn Hughes
CF	7	Kenny Dalglish
CM	8	Terry McDermott
RM	9	Steve Heighway	46'
CF	10	David Fairclough
CM	11	Jimmy Case
Substitutes:
FW	12	David Johnson	46'
FW	13	John Toshack
DF	14	Alan Hansen
DF	15	Joey Jones
GK	16	Peter McDonnell
Manager:
Bob Paisley Man of the Match: Assistant Referees:



GK	1	Rudi Kargus
DF	2	Hans-Jürgen Ripp
DF	3	Peter Nogly
MF	4	Horst Bertl
DF	5	Peter Hidien
DF	6	Manfred Kaltz
FW	7	Kevin Keegan
FW	8	Ferdinand Keller	69'
MF	9	Klaus Zaczyk	69'
MF	10	Felix Magath
FW	11	Georg Volkert
Substitutes:
MF		Kurt Eigl	69'
MF		Arno Steffenhagen	69'
Manager:
Arkoç Özcan

European Cup

Main article: 1977–78 European Cup

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

Final

Main article: 1978 European Cup Final

Liverpool v Club Brugge

10 May 1978
19:15 BST

Liverpool	1–0	Club Brugge
Dalglish 64'	Report Report

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 92,500
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)

Liverpool

Club Brugge



GK	1	Ray Clemence
RB	2	Phil Neal
LB	3	Alan Hansen
CB	4	Phil Thompson
LM	5	Ray Kennedy
CB	6	Emlyn Hughes (c)
CF	7	Kenny Dalglish
RM	8	Jimmy Case	29'	63'
CF	9	David Fairclough
CM	10	Terry McDermott
CM	11	Graeme Souness
Substitutes:
MF	12	Steve Heighway		63'
GK	13	Steve Ogrizovic
DF	14	Joey Jones
DF	15	Colin Irwin
MF	16	Ian Callaghan
Manager:
Bob Paisley



GK	1	Birger Jensen
DF	2	Fons Bastijns (c)
DF	3	Edi Krieger
DF	4	Georges Leekens
DF	5	Gino Maes		80'
MF	6	Julien Cools
MF	7	René Vandereycken	35'
MF	8	Dany De Cubber
MF	9	Jan Simoen
FW	10	Lajos Kű		58'
FW	11	Jan Sørensen
Substitutes:
GK	12	Leen Barth
MF	13	Dirk Sanders		58'
DF	14	Jos Volders		80'
FW	15	Raoul Lambert
FW	16	Bernard Verheecke
Manager:
Ernst Happel

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FA Community Shield	1922 1964 1965 1966 1971 1974 1976 1977 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1988 1989 1990 1992 2001 2002 2006

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