1978-12-16 Sat Rangers 5 Hearts 3

<- Team <- Date <- Comp -> Comp -> Date -> Team

Hearts Team Opponents Scoring Seq Penalties Table Streaks Discipline Statistics Games played

Sat 16 Dec 1978 15:00
Rangers 5 Hearts 3
Premier 17 of 36
Ibrox Glasgow Scotland
19754
Ref: TE Kellock East Kilbride

Scorers Drew Busby 34 ;Eamonn Bannon 55 ;Drew Busby 81

Opp Scorers [Derek Johnstone 8] ;[Derek Johnstone 22] ;[Kenneth Watson 25] ;[Derek Johnstone 65] ;[Derek Johnstone 80]

Manager Cumulative to date

Manager Type G W D L F A PenW PenL

William Esplin Ormond LA 29 14 6 9 53 48 0 0

William Esplin Ormond COMPA 37 16 7 14 65 64 0 0

William Esplin Ormond L 56 29 14 13 99 76 0 0

William Esplin Ormond COMP 70 34 16 20 119 97 0 0

MR NR Season Team Venue FT HT Agg Comp Round Crowd TV

1978-79 Rangers
Ibrox Glasgow Scotland

3-5
1-3
Premier
17 of 36 19754

Notes

Jackson og rather than Bannon?

Hearts Line Up - NB Average ages only shown where there are 8 or more 'known' ages

Number of Team Changes (Competitive Games Only) = 2
Team Changes Compared to Last League Team (League Games Only) = 2

No Sq
No Player Cap Nat Tot App Age Gls Pens Tot
Gls OGs Pen
Save Pen
Miss Discipline Sub
Mrk Substitued by Sub
Time Goals
vs
Opp Prev Next

1 Ray Dunlop 61 28y 00m 23d / 1978-12-09 sat 1978-12-23 sat

2 Walter Kidd 44 20y 09m 06d / 1978-12-09 sat 1978-12-23 sat

3 Jim Brown 366 28y 04m 05d / 3 1978-12-09 sat 1978-12-23 sat

4 Jim Jefferies (C) 239 28y 00m 24d / 1978-11-25 sat 1978-12-23 sat

5 Frank Liddell 21 25y 05m 06d Craig John HT / 1 1978-12-09 sat 1979-02-24 sat

6 Cammy Fraser 126 21y 04m 24d / 1978-12-09 sat 1978-12-23 sat

7 Willie Gibson 206 25y 08m 13d McQuade Denis 72 / 4 1978-11-18 sat 1978-12-23 sat

8 Eamonn Bannon 89 20y 07m 28d 1 24 1 / 3 1978-12-09 sat 1978-12-23 sat

9 Derek O'Connor 8 23y 11m 08d / 4 1978-12-09 sat 1978-12-23 sat

10 Drew Busby 240 31y 00m 08d 2 83 Y30 6 / 6 1978-12-09 sat 1978-12-23 sat

11 Malcolm Robertson 63 27y 05m 09d / 1 1978-12-09 sat 1978-12-23 sat

Total Starting App->> 1463 25.53 <<-Average Starting Age

–––––– Substitutes ––––––

S05 John Craig 6 Not Known Liddell Frank HT / 1978-12-09 sat 1978-12-23 sat

S07 Denis McQuade 12 27y 11m 10d Gibson Willie 72 / 1978-12-09 sat 1978-12-23 sat

25.73 <<-Average Age of Players who played

Opponents
Manager John Greig
Team Managed 02 of 13
Total Managed 02 of 13

No Player Nat Age Gls Pens OGs Pen
Save Pen
Miss Discipline Team
Apps Total
Apps Sub
Mrk Substitued by Sub
Time

1 Peter McCloy SCO 32y 01m 00d 16 of 30 23 of 37

2 Alexander Miller Not Known 08 of 09 08 of 09

3 Ali Dawson 20y 09m 21d 01 of 20 01 of 20

4 Sandy Jardine SCO 29y 11m 16d 23 of 30 23 of 30

5 Colin Jackson 32y 02m 08d 20 of 26 20 of 28

6 Alex MacDonald SCO 30y 08m 29d 22 of 25 25 of 28

7 Tommy McLean 31y 06m 14d 20 of 26 37 of 43

8 Robert Russell 21y 10m 05d 02 of 23 02 of 36

9 Derek Johnstone 25y 01m 12d 4 17 of 25 17 of 25

10 Kenneth Watson 22y 11m 11d 1 05 of 05 05 of 13

11 Davie Cooper 22y 09m 21d 02 of 35 03 of 52 Gordon Duffield Smith 60

27.00 <<-Average Starting Age

–––––– Substitutes ––––––

S11 Gordon Smith 23y 11m 17d 02 of 05 11 of 14 Davie Cooper 60

U1 Derek Parlane 25y 07m 11d of 14 of 14

26.73 <<-Average Age of players who played

Scoring Sequence
No Score Scorer Scores For Time

1
0-1
Derek Johnstone Rangers n/a

2
0-2
Derek Johnstone Rangers n/a

3
0-3
Kenneth Watson Rangers n/a

4
1-3
Drew Busby Heart of Midlothian n/a

5
2-3
Eamonn Bannon Heart of Midlothian n/a

6
2-4
Derek Johnstone Rangers n/a

7
2-5
Derek Johnstone Rangers n/a

8
3-5
Drew Busby Heart of Midlothian n/a

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Penalties
Taker Team Outcome Given Away By Won By Time Score if Missed

Discipline

Referee TE Kellock Hearts Redcards

Linesman 1 Opponents Redcards

Linesman 2 Hearts Yellowcards 1

Fourth Official Opponents Yellowcards

Discipline Events
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Type Team Player Cd Tm Time Notes

YELLOWCARD Heart of Midlothian Drew Busby 30 Foul on Johnstone

League Tables
Before - Saturday 09 Dec 1978 After - Saturday 16 Dec 1978

Pos Team G W D L F A Diff Avg Pts Note

1 Dundee United 16 7 6 3 22 14 8 1.5714 20

2 Partick Thistle 16 8 3 5 18 15 3 1.2000 19

3 Aberdeen 16 6 6 4 28 16 12 1.7500 18

4 Celtic 16 7 4 5 25 19 6 1.3158 18

5 St Mirren 16 7 3 6 19 15 4 1.2667 17

6 Rangers 16 4 8 4 16 15 1 1.0667 16

7 Hibernian 16 4 7 5 18 21 -3 .8571 15

8 Morton 16 5 5 6 20 24 -4 .8333 15

9 Heart Of Midlothian 16 5 4 7 19 29 -10 .6552 14

10 Motherwell 16 3 2 11 16 33 -17 .4848 8

Pos Diff Team G W D L F A Diff Avg Pts Note

1 0 Dundee United 17 7 7 3 23 15 8 1.5333 21

2 0 Partick Thistle 17 8 4 5 18 15 3 1.2000 20

3 0 Aberdeen 17 6 7 4 29 17 12 1.7059 19

4 0 Celtic 17 7 5 5 26 20 6 1.3000 19

5 0 St Mirren 17 7 4 6 20 16 4 1.2500 18

6 0 Rangers 17 5 8 4 21 18 3 1.1667 18

7 0 Hibernian 17 4 8 5 18 21 -3 .8571 16

8 0 Morton 17 5 6 6 21 25 -4 .8400 16

9 0 Heart Of Midlothian 17 5 4 8 22 34 -12 .6471 14

10 0 Motherwell 17 3 3 11 17 34 -17 .5000 9

League Games Played

Home F Away A Crowd

Celtic 0 Aberdeen 0 22646

Dundee United 3 Rangers 0 15247

Hibernian 2 Motherwell 2 5391

Partick Thistle 2 Greenock Morton 1 3993

St Mirren 4 Heart of Midlothian 0 6628

League Games Played

Home F Away A Crowd

Aberdeen 1 St Mirren 1 12636

Celtic 1 Dundee United 1 19868

Hibernian 0 Partick Thistle 0 6043

Motherwell 1 Greenock Morton 1 5347

Rangers 5 Heart of Midlothian 3 19754

Type Streaks by Date Last 10 Cumulative by Date

W D L Unb NoW G W D L F A

Competitive

2

2

L

L

W

L

L

W

W

W

D

D

3543

1699

738

1106

7241

5259

L only

2

2

2842

1339

606

897

5695

4279

Type Streaks by Team Cumulative by Team

W D L Unb NoW G W D L F A

Competitive

1

10

220

47

43

130

262

428

L only

1

8

178

41

35

102

218

343

Match Statistics

Hearts What Opponents

0 Goal Attempts 0

0 On Target 0

0 Off Target 0

0 Woodwork 0

0 Corners 0

0 Fouls 0

0 Offside 0

Games played during this week
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SortDate Date Comp Rd Home F Away A Crowd

19781212 Tue 12 Dec 1978 E Div 2 19 of 42 Preston North End 6 Charlton Athletic 1

19781212 Tue 12 Dec 1978 E LCup QF Southampton 2 Manchester City 1

19781212 Tue 12 Dec 1978 AT F Burnley 0 Oldham Athletic 1

19781213 Wed 13 Dec 1978 League Cup SF Aberdeen 1 Hibernian 0 21048

19781213 Wed 13 Dec 1978 League Cup SF Rangers 3 Celtic 2 49349

19781213 Wed 13 Dec 1978 EC G3 Spain 5 Cyprus 0

19781213 Wed 13 Dec 1978 E LCup QF Leeds United 4 Luton Town 1

19781213 Wed 13 Dec 1978 E LCup QF Nottingham Forest 3 Brighton and Hove Albion 1

19781213 Wed 13 Dec 1978 E LCup QF Stoke City 0 Watford 0

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 P 17 of 36 Aberdeen 1 St Mirren 1 12636

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 P 17 of 36 Celtic 1 Dundee United 1 19868

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 P 17 of 36 Hibernian 0 Partick Thistle 0 6043

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 P 17 of 36 Motherwell 1 Greenock Morton 1 5347

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 P 17 of 36 Rangers 5 Heart of Midlothian 3 19754

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 L1 19 of 39 St Johnstone 2 Dumbarton 2 1537

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 L1 20 of 39 Arbroath 3 Airdrieonians 3 907

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 L1 20 of 39 Ayr United 5 Montrose 0 2505

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 L1 20 of 39 Raith Rovers 1 Kilmarnock 3 1843

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 L1 21 of 39 Dundee 2 Stirling Albion 1 4641

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 L1 21 of 39 Hamilton Academical 3 Clyde 3 2356

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 L1 21 of 39 Queen of the South 2 Clydebank[4] 1 1506

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 L2 20 of 39 Queens Park 2 Stranraer 1 830

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 L2 21 of 39 East Fife 2 Berwick Rangers 1 868

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 Scottish Cup R1 Dunfermline Athletic 2 Albion Rovers 2 1981

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 Scottish Cup R1 Falkirk 2 Keith 0 2350

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 Scottish Cup R1 Gala Fairydean Rovers 1 Cowdenbeath 3 1000

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 Scottish Cup R1 Livingston (Meadowbank Thistle) 1 Inverness Caledonian 1 1000

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 Scottish Cup R1 Threave Rovers 0 East Stirlingshire 2 500

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 Scottish Cup R1 Vale of Leithen 1 Forfar Athletic 4 800

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 E Div 1 18 of 42 Nottingham Forest 1 Birmingham City 0

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 E Div 1 19 of 42 Arsenal 2 Derby County 0

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 E Div 1 19 of 42 Aston Villa 1 Norwich City 1

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 E Div 1 19 of 42 Everton 1 Leeds United 1

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 E Div 1 19 of 42 Manchester United 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 E Div 1 19 of 42 Middlesbrough 7 Chelsea 2

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 E Div 1 19 of 42 Queens Park Rangers 2 Manchester City 1

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 E Div 1 19 of 42 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 West Bromwich Albion 3

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 E Div 1 20 of 42 Bristol City 1 Liverpool 0

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 E Div 1 20 of 42 Ipswich Town 3 Bolton Wanderers 0

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 E Div 1 20 of 42 Southampton 4 Coventry City 0

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 E Div 2 19 of 42 Burnley 2 Bristol Rovers 0

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 E Div 2 19 of 42 Fulham 1 Newcastle United 3

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 E Div 2 19 of 42 Oldham Athletic 0 Leyton Orient 0

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 E Div 2 19 of 42 Sheffield United 2 Cardiff City 1

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 E Div 2 20 of 42 Brighton and Hove Albion 3 Luton Town 1

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 E Div 2 20 of 42 Crystal Palace 3 Leicester City 1

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 E Div 2 20 of 42 Millwall 1 Blackburn Rovers 1

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 E Div 2 20 of 42 Preston North End 1 Notts County 1

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 E Div 2 20 of 42 Stoke City 3 Wrexham 0

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 E Div 2 20 of 42 Sunderland 0 Cambridge United 2

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 E Div 2 20 of 42 West Ham United 2 Charlton Athletic 0

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 E Div 3 20 of 46 Plymouth Argyle 1 Chesterfield 1

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 E Div4 20 of 46 Scunthorpe United 4 Hereford United 2

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 E Div4 21 of 46 Halifax Town 1 Wigan Athletic 2

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 FA Cup R2 AP Leamington 0 Torquay United 1

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 FA Cup R2 Barking 1 Aldershot 2

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 FA Cup R2 Barnsley 1 Rotherham United 1

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 FA Cup R2 Bury 3 Blackpool 1

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 FA Cup R2 Carlisle United 3 Hull City 0

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 FA Cup R2 Crewe Alexandra 0 Hartlepool United 1

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 FA Cup R2 Darlington 2 Chester 1

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 FA Cup R2 Doncaster Rovers 0 Shrewsbury Town 3

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 FA Cup R2 Droylsden 0 Altrincham 2

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 FA Cup R2 Leatherhead 1 Colchester United 1

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 FA Cup R2 Maidstone United 1 Exeter City 0

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 FA Cup R2 Newport County 0 Worcester City 0

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 FA Cup R2 Portsmouth 0 Reading 1

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 FA Cup R2 Stockport County 4 Bradford City 2

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 FA Cup R2 Swansea City 2 Woking 2

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 FA Cup R2 Swindon Town 3 Enfield 0

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 FA Cup R2 Tranmere Rovers 1 Sheffield Wednesday 1

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 FA Cup R2 Watford 1 Southend United 1

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 FA Cup R2 Wimbledon 1 Bournemouth 1

19781216 Sat 16 Dec 1978 FA Cup R2 York City 3 Scarborough 0

19781217 Sun 17 Dec 1978 ANC PrelimR Malawi 5 Madagascar 1

Scorers	Drew Busby 34 ;Eamonn Bannon 55 ;Drew Busby 81
Opp Scorers	[Derek Johnstone 8] ;[Derek Johnstone 22] ;[Kenneth Watson 25] ;[Derek Johnstone 65] ;[Derek Johnstone 80]

Manager	Type	G	W	D	L	F	A
William Esplin Ormond	LA	29	14	6	9	53	48
William Esplin Ormond	COMPA	37	16	7	14	65	64
William Esplin Ormond	L	56	29	14	13	99	76
William Esplin Ormond	COMP	70	34	16	20	119	97

Hearts Line Up - NB Average ages only shown where there are 8 or more 'known' ages
Number of Team Changes (Competitive Games Only) = 2 Team Changes Compared to Last League Team (League Games Only) = 2
No	Sq No	Player	Cap	Nat	Tot App	Age	Gls	Pens	Tot Gls	OGs	Pen Save	Pen Miss	Discipline	Sub Mrk	Substitued by	Sub Time	Goals vs Opp	Prev	Next
1		Ray Dunlop			61	28y 00m 23d											/	1978-12-09 sat	1978-12-23 sat
2		Walter Kidd			44	20y 09m 06d											/	1978-12-09 sat	1978-12-23 sat
3		Jim Brown			366	28y 04m 05d											/ 3	1978-12-09 sat	1978-12-23 sat
4		Jim Jefferies	(C)		239	28y 00m 24d											/	1978-11-25 sat	1978-12-23 sat
5		Frank Liddell			21	25y 05m 06d									Craig John	HT	/ 1	1978-12-09 sat	1979-02-24 sat
6		Cammy Fraser			126	21y 04m 24d											/	1978-12-09 sat	1978-12-23 sat
7		Willie Gibson			206	25y 08m 13d									McQuade Denis	72	/ 4	1978-11-18 sat	1978-12-23 sat
8		Eamonn Bannon			89	20y 07m 28d	1		24								1 / 3	1978-12-09 sat	1978-12-23 sat
9		Derek O'Connor			8	23y 11m 08d											/ 4	1978-12-09 sat	1978-12-23 sat
10		Drew Busby			240	31y 00m 08d	2		83				Y30				6 / 6	1978-12-09 sat	1978-12-23 sat
11		Malcolm Robertson			63	27y 05m 09d											/ 1	1978-12-09 sat	1978-12-23 sat
Total Starting App->>					1463	25.53	<<-Average Starting Age
–––––– Substitutes ––––––
S05		John Craig			6	Not Known									Liddell Frank	HT	/	1978-12-09 sat	1978-12-23 sat
S07		Denis McQuade			12	27y 11m 10d									Gibson Willie	72	/	1978-12-09 sat	1978-12-23 sat
						25.73	<<-Average Age of Players who played

No	Score	Scorer	Scores For	Time
1	0-1	Derek Johnstone	Rangers	n/a
2	0-2	Derek Johnstone	Rangers	n/a
3	0-3	Kenneth Watson	Rangers	n/a
4	1-3	Drew Busby	Heart of Midlothian	n/a
5	2-3	Eamonn Bannon	Heart of Midlothian	n/a
6	2-4	Derek Johnstone	Rangers	n/a
7	2-5	Derek Johnstone	Rangers	n/a
8	3-5	Drew Busby	Heart of Midlothian	n/a

Referee	TE Kellock	Hearts Redcards
Linesman 1		Opponents Redcards
Linesman 2		Hearts Yellowcards	1
Fourth Official		Opponents Yellowcards

Type	Streaks by Date					Last 10										Cumulative by Date
Type	W	D	L	Unb	NoW	Last 10										G	W	D	L	F	A
Competitive			2		2	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	3543	1699	738	1106	7241	5259
L only			2		2											2842	1339	606	897	5695	4279

Hearts	What	Opponents
0	Goal Attempts	0
0	On Target	0
0	Off Target	0
0	Woodwork	0
0	Corners	0
0	Fouls	0
0	Offside	0

SortDate	Date	Comp	Rd	Home	F	Away	A	Crowd
19781212	Tue 12 Dec 1978	E Div 2	19 of 42	Preston North End	6	Charlton Athletic	1
19781212	Tue 12 Dec 1978	E LCup	QF	Southampton	2	Manchester City	1
19781212	Tue 12 Dec 1978	AT	F	Burnley	0	Oldham Athletic	1
19781213	Wed 13 Dec 1978	League Cup	SF	Aberdeen	1	Hibernian	0	21048
19781213	Wed 13 Dec 1978	League Cup	SF	Rangers	3	Celtic	2	49349
19781213	Wed 13 Dec 1978	EC	G3	Spain	5	Cyprus	0
19781213	Wed 13 Dec 1978	E LCup	QF	Leeds United	4	Luton Town	1
19781213	Wed 13 Dec 1978	E LCup	QF	Nottingham Forest	3	Brighton and Hove Albion	1
19781213	Wed 13 Dec 1978	E LCup	QF	Stoke City	0	Watford	0
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	P	17 of 36	Aberdeen	1	St Mirren	1	12636
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	P	17 of 36	Celtic	1	Dundee United	1	19868
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	P	17 of 36	Hibernian	0	Partick Thistle	0	6043
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	P	17 of 36	Motherwell	1	Greenock Morton	1	5347
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	P	17 of 36	Rangers	5	Heart of Midlothian	3	19754
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	L1	19 of 39	St Johnstone	2	Dumbarton	2	1537
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	L1	20 of 39	Arbroath	3	Airdrieonians	3	907
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	L1	20 of 39	Ayr United	5	Montrose	0	2505
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	L1	20 of 39	Raith Rovers	1	Kilmarnock	3	1843
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	L1	21 of 39	Dundee	2	Stirling Albion	1	4641
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	L1	21 of 39	Hamilton Academical	3	Clyde	3	2356
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	L1	21 of 39	Queen of the South	2	Clydebank[4]	1	1506
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	L2	20 of 39	Queens Park	2	Stranraer	1	830
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	L2	21 of 39	East Fife	2	Berwick Rangers	1	868
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	Scottish Cup	R1	Dunfermline Athletic	2	Albion Rovers	2	1981
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	Scottish Cup	R1	Falkirk	2	Keith	0	2350
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	Scottish Cup	R1	Gala Fairydean Rovers	1	Cowdenbeath	3	1000
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	Scottish Cup	R1	Livingston (Meadowbank Thistle)	1	Inverness Caledonian	1	1000
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	Scottish Cup	R1	Threave Rovers	0	East Stirlingshire	2	500
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	Scottish Cup	R1	Vale of Leithen	1	Forfar Athletic	4	800
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	E Div 1	18 of 42	Nottingham Forest	1	Birmingham City	0
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	E Div 1	19 of 42	Arsenal	2	Derby County	0
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	E Div 1	19 of 42	Aston Villa	1	Norwich City	1
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	E Div 1	19 of 42	Everton	1	Leeds United	1
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	E Div 1	19 of 42	Manchester United	2	Tottenham Hotspur	0
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	E Div 1	19 of 42	Middlesbrough	7	Chelsea	2
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	E Div 1	19 of 42	Queens Park Rangers	2	Manchester City	1
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	E Div 1	19 of 42	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	West Bromwich Albion	3
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	E Div 1	20 of 42	Bristol City	1	Liverpool	0
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	E Div 1	20 of 42	Ipswich Town	3	Bolton Wanderers	0
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	E Div 1	20 of 42	Southampton	4	Coventry City	0
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	E Div 2	19 of 42	Burnley	2	Bristol Rovers	0
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	E Div 2	19 of 42	Fulham	1	Newcastle United	3
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	E Div 2	19 of 42	Oldham Athletic	0	Leyton Orient	0
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	E Div 2	19 of 42	Sheffield United	2	Cardiff City	1
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	E Div 2	20 of 42	Brighton and Hove Albion	3	Luton Town	1
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	E Div 2	20 of 42	Crystal Palace	3	Leicester City	1
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	E Div 2	20 of 42	Millwall	1	Blackburn Rovers	1
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	E Div 2	20 of 42	Preston North End	1	Notts County	1
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	E Div 2	20 of 42	Stoke City	3	Wrexham	0
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	E Div 2	20 of 42	Sunderland	0	Cambridge United	2
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	E Div 2	20 of 42	West Ham United	2	Charlton Athletic	0
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	E Div 3	20 of 46	Plymouth Argyle	1	Chesterfield	1
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	E Div4	20 of 46	Scunthorpe United	4	Hereford United	2
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	E Div4	21 of 46	Halifax Town	1	Wigan Athletic	2
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	FA Cup	R2	AP Leamington	0	Torquay United	1
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	FA Cup	R2	Barking	1	Aldershot	2
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	FA Cup	R2	Barnsley	1	Rotherham United	1
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	FA Cup	R2	Bury	3	Blackpool	1
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	FA Cup	R2	Carlisle United	3	Hull City	0
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	FA Cup	R2	Crewe Alexandra	0	Hartlepool United	1
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	FA Cup	R2	Darlington	2	Chester	1
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	FA Cup	R2	Doncaster Rovers	0	Shrewsbury Town	3
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	FA Cup	R2	Droylsden	0	Altrincham	2
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	FA Cup	R2	Leatherhead	1	Colchester United	1
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	FA Cup	R2	Maidstone United	1	Exeter City	0
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	FA Cup	R2	Newport County	0	Worcester City	0
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	FA Cup	R2	Portsmouth	0	Reading	1
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	FA Cup	R2	Stockport County	4	Bradford City	2
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	FA Cup	R2	Swansea City	2	Woking	2
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	FA Cup	R2	Swindon Town	3	Enfield	0
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	FA Cup	R2	Tranmere Rovers	1	Sheffield Wednesday	1
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	FA Cup	R2	Watford	1	Southend United	1
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	FA Cup	R2	Wimbledon	1	Bournemouth	1
19781216	Sat 16 Dec 1978	FA Cup	R2	York City	3	Scarborough	0
19781217	Sun 17 Dec 1978	ANC	PrelimR	Malawi	5	Madagascar	1