1977–78 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea
1977–78 season
Chairman	Brian Mears
Manager	Ken Shellito
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
First Division	16th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Tommy Langley (11); All: Tommy Langley (13)
Highest home attendance	44,093 vs West Ham United; (27 December 1977)
Lowest home attendance	18,008 vs Birmingham City; (24 August 1977)
Average home league attendance	28,322
Biggest win	6–2 v Burnley; (31 January 1978)
Biggest defeat	0–6 v Everton; (29 April 1978)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 season was Chelsea Football Club's sixty-fourth competitive season.

Table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nottingham Forest (C)	42	25	14	3	69	24	+45	64	Qualification for the European Cup first round^[a]
2	Liverpool	42	24	9	9	65	34	+31	57	Qualification for the European Cup first round^[a]
3	Everton	42	22	11	9	76	45	+31	55	Qualification for the UEFA Cup
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	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup^[b]
19	Queens Park Rangers	42	9	15	18	47	64	−17	33
20	West Ham United (R)	42	12	8	22	52	69	−17	32	Relegation to the Second Division
21	Newcastle United (R)	42	6	10	26	42	78	−36	22
22	Leicester City (R)	42	5	12	25	26	70	−44	22

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Liverpool qualified for the European Cup first round as the 1977–78 European Cup winners.
^ Ipswich Town qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1977–78 FA Cup winners.

Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of The Blues – A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006.

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