1978–79 season of Leicester City
Leicester City 1978–79 football season
During the 1978–79 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division .
Season summary [ edit ] In the 1978–79 season, Jock Wallace left Rangers to become Leicester's new boss following the Foxes' relegation from the First Division. It was a disappointing season for the Foxes but were not helped by lack of finances to sign quality players but the only positive from the season was that Wallace had to use youth policy and play some youngsters and it brought some success in results. Despite that they finished the season in 17th place.
Final league table [ edit ]
Source:
[citation needed ] Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Results summary Overall Home Away Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD 42 10 17 15 43 52 −9 37 7 8 6 28 23 +5 3 9 9 15 29 −14
Results by round Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Ground A H H A H A H A A H A H A H A H H A A H A H H A H H A H A H H A A H H A A H A A H A Result D L D D L D W W L L L D W W D D L D L D D W D L W W L L D W W D L D L L L D W L D D Position 8 15 16 16 19 19 14 11 13 17 18 18 16 15 16 15 17 14 18 18 18 16 16 17 16 11 14 16 16 14 12 12 12 13 13 15 15 14 12 15 15 17
Results [ edit ] Leicester City's score comes first [1]
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 19 August 1978 Burnley A 2–2 12,048 Hughes , Christie (pen) 23 August 1978 Sheffield United H 0–1 19,381 26 August 1978 Cambridge United H 1–1 14,148 Christie 2 September 1978 Wrexham A 0–0 12,785 9 September 1978 Notts County H 0–1 14,485 16 September 1978 Blackburn Rovers A 1–1 7,908 Weller 23 September 1978 Brighton & Hove Albion H 4–1 14,307 Christie , Hughes (2, 1 pen), Weller 30 September 1978 Orient A 1–0 5,430 Christie 7 October 1978 Newcastle United A 0–1 25,731 14 October 1978 Charlton Athletic H 0–3 15,960 21 October 1978 Cardiff City A 0–1 8,791 28 October 1978 Bristol Rovers H 0–0 12,498 4 November 1978 Luton Town A 1–0 10,608 Christie 11 November 1978 Burnley H 2–1 12,842 Weller , Christie 18 November 1978 Cambridge United A 1–1 8,875 Henderson 22 November 1978 Wrexham H 1–1 14,734 Christie 25 November 1978 West Ham United H 1–2 16,149 Christie 2 December 1978 Stoke City A 0–0 15,950 16 December 1978 Crystal Palace A 1–3 17,330 May 23 December 1978 Preston North End H 1–1 10,481 Davies 26 December 1978 Sunderland A 1–1 24,544 Henderson 1 January 1979 Oldham Athletic H 2–0 12,757 Buchanan , Smith 20 January 1979 Blackburn Rovers H 1–1 13,234 May 3 February 1979 Brighton & Hove Albion A 1–3 19,973 Davies 10 February 1979 Orient H 5–3 12,050 Smith , Buchanan , May , Williams , Goodwin 17 February 1979 Newcastle United H 2–1 15,106 Peake , Buchanan 24 February 1979 Charlton Athletic A 0–1 7,936 3 March 1979 Cardiff City H 1–2 12,820 Grewcock 10 March 1979 Bristol Rovers A 1–1 6,381 Smith (pen) 21 March 1979 Fulham H 1–0 10,396 Buchanan 28 March 1979 Luton Town H 3–0 10,465 May , Smith , Williams 31 March 1979 West Ham United A 1–1 23,992 Henderson 4 April 1979 Millwall A 0–2 4,758 7 April 1979 Stoke City H 1–1 17,502 Buchanan 14 April 1979 Sunderland H 1–2 20,740 Henderson 16 April 1979 Oldham Athletic A 1–2 7,179 Smith 17 April 1979 Preston North End A 0–4 10,394 20 April 1979 Crystal Palace H 1–1 16,767 Smith 24 April 1979 Notts County A 1–0 8,702 Lineker 28 April 1979 Fulham A 0–3 7,002 5 May 1979 Millwall H 0–0 12,828 8 May 1979 Sheffield United A 2–2 15,178 Peake , Duffy
League Cup [ edit ] Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers R2 30 August 1978 Derby County H 0–1 18,827
[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
References [ edit ]
National teams
League competitions
Levels 1–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–9
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions Other