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1978-79

First Division

Finished 8th of 22 · P42 W15 D16 L11 · 59 scored, 49 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
19 Aug 1978	H	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	W
23 Aug 1978	A	Tottenham Hotspur	4–1	W
26 Aug 1978	A	Bristol City	0–1	L
2 Sept 1978	H	Southampton	1–1	D
9 Sept 1978	A	Ipswich Town	2–0	W
16 Sept 1978	H	Everton	1–1	D
23 Sept 1978	A	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	L
30 Sept 1978	H	Nottingham Forest	1–2	L
7 Oct 1978	A	Arsenal	1–1	D
14 Oct 1978	H	Manchester United	2–2	D
21 Oct 1978	A	Birmingham City	1–0	W
27 Oct 1978	H	Middlesbrough	0–2	L
4 Nov 1978	H	Manchester City	1–1	D
11 Nov 1978	A	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–0	W
18 Nov 1978	H	Bristol City	2–0	W
21 Nov 1978	A	Southampton	0–2	L
25 Nov 1978	A	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	D
9 Dec 1978	A	Chelsea	1–0	W
16 Dec 1978	H	Norwich City	1–1	D
23 Dec 1978	A	Derby County	0–0	D
26 Dec 1978	H	Leeds United	2–2	D
31 Jan 1979	A	Everton	1–1	D
24 Feb 1979	A	Manchester United	1–1	D
3 Mar 1979	H	Birmingham City	1–0	W
7 Mar 1979	H	Bolton Wanderers	3–0	W
10 Mar 1979	A	Middlesbrough	0–2	L
20 Mar 1979	H	Queens Park Rangers	3–1	W
24 Mar 1979	H	Tottenham Hotspur	2–3	L
28 Mar 1979	H	Coventry City	1–1	D
4 Apr 1979	A	Nottingham Forest	0–4	L
7 Apr 1979	A	Coventry City	1–1	D
11 Apr 1979	H	Derby County	3–3	D
14 Apr 1979	A	Leeds United	0–1	L
16 Apr 1979	H	Liverpool	3–1	W
21 Apr 1979	A	Norwich City	2–1	W
25 Apr 1979	H	Arsenal	5–1	W
28 Apr 1979	H	Chelsea	2–1	W
2 May 1979	H	Ipswich Town	2–2	D
5 May 1979	A	Bolton Wanderers	0–0	D
8 May 1979	A	Liverpool	0–3	L
11 May 1979	H	West Bromwich Albion	0–1	L
15 May 1979	A	Manchester City	3–2	W

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	Liverpool	42	30	8	4	85	16	+69	68
2	Nottingham Forest	42	21	18	3	61	26	+35	60
3	West Bromwich Albion	42	24	11	7	72	35	+37	59
4	Everton	42	17	17	8	52	40	+12	51
5	Leeds United	42	18	14	10	70	52	+18	50
6	Ipswich Town	42	20	9	13	63	49	+14	49
7	Arsenal	42	17	14	11	61	48	+13	48
8	Aston Villa	42	15	16	11	59	49	+10	46
9	Manchester United	42	15	15	12	60	63	-3	45
10	Coventry City	42	14	16	12	58	68	-10	44
11	Tottenham Hotspur	42	13	15	14	48	61	-13	41
12	Middlesbrough	42	15	10	17	57	50	+7	40
13	Bristol City	42	15	10	17	47	51	-4	40
14	Southampton	42	12	16	14	47	53	-6	40
15	Manchester City	42	13	13	16	58	56	+2	39
16	Norwich City	42	7	23	12	51	57	-6	37
17	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	11	19	54	75	-21	35
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	8	21	44	68	-24	34
19	Derby County	42	10	11	21	44	71	-27	31
20	Queens Park Rangers	42	6	13	23	45	73	-28	25
21	Birmingham City	42	6	10	26	37	64	-27	22
22	Chelsea	42	5	10	27	44	92	-48	20

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.