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1977-78

First Division

Finished 8th of 22 · P42 W18 D10 L14 · 57 scored, 42 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
20 Aug 1977	A	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	W
24 Aug 1977	H	Manchester City	1–4	L
27 Aug 1977	H	Everton	1–2	L
3 Sept 1977	A	Bristol City	1–1	D
10 Sept 1977	H	Arsenal	1–0	W
17 Sept 1977	A	Nottingham Forest	0–2	L
23 Sept 1977	H	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	W
1 Oct 1977	H	Birmingham City	0–1	L
5 Oct 1977	A	Leeds United	1–1	D
8 Oct 1977	A	Leicester City	2–0	W
15 Oct 1977	H	Norwich City	3–0	W
22 Oct 1977	A	West Ham United	2–2	D
29 Oct 1977	H	Manchester United	2–1	W
5 Nov 1977	A	Liverpool	2–1	W
12 Nov 1977	H	Middlesbrough	0–1	L
19 Nov 1977	A	Chelsea	0–0	D
3 Dec 1977	A	Ipswich Town	0–2	L
10 Dec 1977	H	West Bromwich Albion	3–0	W
17 Dec 1977	A	Middlesbrough	0–1	L
26 Dec 1977	H	Coventry City	1–1	D
27 Dec 1977	A	Derby County	3–0	W
31 Dec 1977	A	Manchester City	0–2	L
2 Jan 1978	H	Queens Park Rangers	1–1	D
14 Jan 1978	A	Everton	0–1	L
28 Jan 1978	H	Bristol City	1–0	W
4 Feb 1978	A	Arsenal	1–0	W
25 Feb 1978	A	Birmingham City	0–1	L
4 Mar 1978	H	Leicester City	0–0	D
11 Mar 1978	A	Norwich City	1–2	L
18 Mar 1978	H	West Ham United	4–1	W
21 Mar 1978	A	Coventry City	3–2	W
25 Mar 1978	H	Derby County	0–0	D
29 Mar 1978	A	Manchester United	1–1	D
1 Apr 1978	H	Liverpool	0–3	L
5 Apr 1978	H	Nottingham Forest	0–1	L
8 Apr 1978	A	Newcastle United	1–1	D
15 Apr 1978	H	Chelsea	2–0	W
17 Apr 1978	H	Newcastle United	2–0	W
22 Apr 1978	A	West Bromwich Albion	3–0	W
26 Apr 1978	H	Leeds United	3–1	W
29 Apr 1978	H	Ipswich Town	6–1	W
2 May 1978	A	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–3	L

Scores are shown Villa first. League matches only; cup ties not included.

Final table

Pos	Club	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

Two points for a win.

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Sources: engsoccerdata (1888–2025) and football-data.co.uk (recent seasons), compiled by the Villa Blog results pipeline.