1977–78 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool

1977–78 season
Chairman	John Smith
Manager	Bob Paisley
First Division	2nd
European Cup	Winners
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Runners-up
European Super Cup	Winners
FA Charity Shield	Title shared
Top goalscorer	League: Kenny Dalglish (20) All: Kenny Dalglish (31)
Average home league attendance	48,621
Home colours Away colours
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

It was to be a season of contrasts for Liverpool F.C. as they retained the European Cup, following a 1–0 victory against Club Brugge in the final at Wembley in London and winning the European Super Cup by beating Hamburg, who included Kevin Keegan in their side Seven-One on aggregate with a Six-Nil Second Leg win at Anfield.

However, in both the Football League and the Football League Cup they would end as runners-up to newly promoted Nottingham Forest managed by Brian Clough. The replay of the Football League Cup Final would prove very controversial with a penalty which decided the match, followed by a disallowed goal when it was adjudged that Terry McDermott handled the ball.

Liverpool manager Bob Paisley bought Kenny Dalglish from Celtic for £440,000, a record transfer fee between British clubs. Dalglish went on to score 20 goals in the league and 31 in all competitions, including the winner in the European Cup Final. Realising that Ian Callaghan was nearing the end of his career at Liverpool, the club also spent £352,000 on Graeme Souness from Middlesbrough.

However, Callaghan's final season started with a call up to the England squad, and would play in the match against Switzerland on 7 September 1977^[1] under new manager Ron Greenwood. It was to be his first cap since playing in the 1966 FIFA World Cup finals against France.^[2]

Terry McDermott's emergence would also see him make his debut in the same match with Ray Clemence, Phil Neal, Emlyn Hughes and Ray Kennedy also playing as well. Kevin Keegan also played in the match, making it seven current and former Liverpool players in that game.

Squad[]

Goalkeepers[]

• Ray Clemence
• Peter McDonnell
• Steve Ogrizovic

Defenders[]

• Emlyn Hughes
• Joey Jones
• Brian Kettle
• Alec Lindsay
• Phil Neal
• Tommy Smith
• Phil Thompson
• Alan Hansen
• Colin Irwin

Midfielders[]

• Ian Callaghan
• Jimmy Case
• Steve Heighway
• Sammy Lee
• Ray Kennedy
• Terry McDermott
• Graeme Souness

Forwards[]

• David Fairclough
• Kenny Dalglish
• Kevin Kewley
• John Toshack
• David Johnson

League 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	League Champions, qualified for European Cup 1978–79 First round[a]
2	Liverpool	42	24	9	9	65	34	+31	57	European Cup 1978–79 First round[b]
3	Everton	42	22	11	9	76	45	+31	55	UEFA Cup 1978–79 First round
4	Manchester City	42	20	12	10	74	51	+23	52
5	Arsenal	42	21	10	11	60	37	+23	52

Results[]

First Division[]

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
20-Aug-77	Middlesbrough	A	1–1	Dalglish  7'	31,000	Report	Report
23-Aug-77	Newcastle United	H	2–0	Dalglish  46' McDermott  87'	48,267	Report	Report
27-Aug-77	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–0	Dalglish  18' Heighway  81' Case  85'	48,525	Report	Report
03-Sep-77	Birmingham City	A	1–0	R. Kennedy  2'	28,239	Report	Report
10-Sep-77	Coventry City	H	2–0	Fairclough  65' Dalglish  67'	45,574	Report	Report
17-Sep-77	Ipswich Town	A	1–1	Dalglish  22'	29,658	Report	Report
24-Sep-77	Derby County	H	1–0	McDermott  80'	48,309	Report	Report
01-Oct-77	Manchester United	A	0–2		55,109	Report	Report
04-Oct-77	Arsenal	A	0–0		47,110	Report	Report
08-Oct-77	Chelsea	H	2–0	Dalglish  2' Fairclough  79'	40,499	Report	Report
15-Oct-77	Leeds United	A	2–1	Case  36', 63'	45,500	Report	Report
22-Oct-77	Everton	H	0–0		51,668	Report	Report
29-Oct-77	Manchester City	A	1–3	Fairclough  29'	49,207	Report	Report
05-Nov-77	Aston Villa	H	1–2	Own Goal  65'	50,436	Report	Report
12-Nov-77	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–2		25,625	Report	Report
19-Nov-77	Bristol City	H	1–1	Dalglish  12'	41,053	Report	Report
26-Nov-77	Leicester City	A	4–0	Fairclough  18' Heighway  69' Dalglish  81' McDermott  84'	26,051	Report	Report
03-Dec-77	West Ham United	H	2–0	Dalglish  37' Fairclough  82'	39,659	Report	Report
10-Dec-77	Norwich City	A	1–2	Thompson  80'	24,983	Report	Report
17-Dec-77	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–0	Neal  30 Pen'	38,249	Report	Report
26-Dec-77	Nottingham Forest	A	1–1	Heighway  30'	47,218	Report	Report
27-Dec-77	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–0	Neal  22 Pen'	50,294	Report	Report
31-Dec-77	Newcastle United	A	2–0	Thompson  48' Dalglish  89'	36,456	Report	Report
02-Jan-78	Middlesbrough	H	2–0	Johnson  39' Heighway  80'	49,305	Report	Report
14-Jan-78	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–0	Johnson  10'	35,809	Report	Report
21-Jan-78	Birmingham City	H	2–3	Thompson  74' R. Kennedy  87'	48,401	Report	Report
04-Feb-78	Coventry City	A	0–1		28,965	Report	Report
25-Feb-78	Manchester United	H	3–1	Souness  39' R. Kennedy  49' Case  84'	49,590	Report	Report
04-Mar-78	Chelsea	A	1–3	Neal  48 Pen'	35,550	Report	Report
08-Mar-78	Derby County	A	2–4	Fairclough  70' Dalglish  88'	23,413	Report	Report
11-Mar-78	Leeds United	H	1–0	Dalglish  47'	48,233	Report	Report
25-Mar-78	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3–1	Case  35' Dalglish  75', 82'	27,531	Report	Report
01-Apr-78	Aston Villa	A	3–0	Dalglish  3', 19' R. Kennedy  21'	40,190	Report	Report
05-Apr-78	Everton	A	1–0	Johnson  13'	52,759	Report	Report
08-Apr-78	Leicester City	H	3–2	Smith  42', 76' Lee  56'	42,979	Report	Report
15-Apr-78	Bristol City	A	1–1	Heighway  41'	31,471	Report	Report
18-Apr-78	Ipswich Town	H	2–2	Dalglish  58' Souness  62'	40,044	Report	Report
22-Apr-78	Norwich City	H	3–0	Own Goal  4' Fairclough  35', 46'	44,857	Report	Report
25-Apr-78	Arsenal	H	1–0	Fairclough  24'	38,318	Report	Report
29-Apr-78	West Ham United	A	2–0	McDermott  38' Fairclough  66'	37,448	Report	Report
01-May-78	Manchester City	H	4–0	Dalglish  24', 55', 80' Neal  53 Pen'	44,528	Report	Report
04-May-78	Nottingham Forest	H	0–0		50,021	Report	Report

FA Charity Shield[]

Liverpool

Manchester United

GK 1 Ray Clemence RB 2 Phil Neal LB 3 Joey Jones CB 4 Phil Thompson LM 5 Ray Kennedy CB 6 Emlyn Hughes CF 7 Kenny Dalglish CM 8 Jimmy Case CF 9 David Fairclough CM 10 Terry McDermott RM 11 Ian Callaghan Substitutes: DF 12 Tommy Smith FW 13 David Johnson DF 14 Alan Hansen MF 15 Steve Heighway GK 16 Peter McDonnell Manager: Bob Paisley

GK 1 Alex Stepney DF 2 Jimmy Nicholl DF 3 Arthur Albiston MF 4 Sammy McIlroy DF 5 Brian Greenhoff DF 6 Martin Buchan (c) MF 7 Steve Coppell MF 8 Jimmy Greenhoff FW 9 Stuart Pearson FW 10 Lou Macari MF 11 Gordon Hill Substitutes: MF 12 David McCreery Manager: Dave Sexton

Match rules 90 minutes, no extra time Five named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions

FA Cup[]

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
07-Jan-78	Chelsea	A	2–4	Johnson  61' Dalglish  80'	45,449	Report	Report

Football League Cup[]

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
30-Aug-77	Chelsea	H	2–0	Dalglish  25' Case  47'	33,170	Report	Report
26-Oct-77	Derby County	H	2–0	Fairclough  72', 75'	30,400	Report	Report
29-Nov-77	Coventry City	H	2–2	Fairclough  40' Neal  44 Pen'	33,817	Report	Report
20-Dec-77	Coventry City	A	2–0	Case  5' Dalglish  80'	36,105	Report	Report
17-Jan-78	Wrexham	A	3–1	Dalglish  14', 58', 87'	25,641	Report	Report
07-Feb-78	Arsenal	H	2–1	Dalglish  26' R. Kennedy  81'	44,764	Report	Report
14-Feb-78	Arsenal	A	0–0		49,561	Report	Report

Final[]

Nottingham Forest

Liverpool

Nottingham Forest Red shirts/White shorts/Red socks	0–0 (final score after extra time)	Liverpool White shirts/Black shorts/White socks
Manager: Brian Clough Team: 1 Chris Woods (GK) 2 Viv Anderson 3 Frank Clark 4 John McGovern (c) 5 Larry Lloyd 6 Kenny Burns 7 Martin O'Neill 8 Ian Bowyer 9 Peter Withe 10 Tony Woodcock 11 John Robertson Substitute: 12 John O'Hare Scorers: None	Half-time: 0–0 Competition: Football League Cup (Final) Date: 15.00 GMT Saturday 18 March 1978 Venue: Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Pat Partridge Match rules: 90 minutes. 30 minutes extra-time if necessary. Match replayed if scores still level. One named substitute. Report Report Report	Manager: Bob Paisley Team: 1 Ray Clemence (GK) 2 Phil Neal 3 Tommy Smith 4 Phil Thompson 5 Ray Kennedy  91' 6 Emlyn Hughes (c) 7 Kenny Dalglish 8 Jimmy Case 9 Steve Heighway 10 Terry McDermott 11 Ian Callaghan Substitute: 12 David Fairclough  91' Scorers: None

Final Replay[]

Nottingham Forest

Liverpool

Nottingham Forest Yellow/Yellow shorts/Yellow socks	1–0 (final score after 90 minutes)	Liverpool Red shirts/Red shorts/Red socks
Manager: Brian Clough Team: 1 Chris Woods (GK) 2 Viv Anderson 3 Frank Clark 4 John O'Hare 5 Larry Lloyd 6 Kenny Burns (c) 7 Martin O'Neill 8 Ian Bowyer 9 Peter Withe 10 Tony Woodcock 11 John Robertson Substitute 12 Scorers: John Robertson  (pen.)	Half-time: 0–0 Competition: Football League Cup (Final) Date: 19.45 BST, Wednesday, 22 March 1978 Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 54,375 Referee: Pat Partridge Match rules: 90 minutes. 30 minutes extra-time if necessary. Match replayed if scores still level. One named substitute. Report Report Report	Manager: Bob Paisley Team: 1 Ray Clemence (GK) 2 Phil Neal 3 Ray Kennedy 4 Tommy Smith 5 Phil Thompson 6 Emlyn Hughes (c) 7 Kenny Dalglish 8 Jimmy Case  64' 9 Steve Heighway 10 Terry McDermott 11 Ian Callaghan Substitute 12 David Fairclough  64' Scorers: None

European Super Cup[]

First leg[]

GK 1 Jürgen Stars DF 2 Manfred Kaltz DF 3 Hans-Jürgen Ripp DF 4 Ivan Buljan  67' MF 5 Kurt Eigl MF 6 Klaus Zaczyk MF 7 Caspar Memering MF 8 Felix Magath  64' FW 9 Kevin Keegan FW 10 Ferdinand Keller MF 11 Arno Steffenhagen Substitutes: DF  67' MF Horst Bertl  64' Manager: Arkoç Özcan Man of the Match: Assistant Referees:

GK 1 Ray Clemence RB 2 Phil Neal LB 3 Joey Jones  33' CB 4 Phil Thompson LM 5 Ray Kennedy CB 6 Emlyn Hughes CF 7 Kenny Dalglish CM 8 Jimmy Case  58' RM 9 Steve Heighway CF 10 David Fairclough CM 11 Ian Callaghan Substitutes: DF 12 Tommy Smith  33' FW 13 David Johnson  58' MF 14 Terry McDermott FW 15 John Toshack GK 16 Peter McDonnell Manager: Bob Paisley

Second Leg[]

GK 1 Ray Clemence RB 2 Phil Neal LB 3 Tommy Smith CB 4 Phil Thompson LM 5 Ray Kennedy CB 6 Emlyn Hughes CF 7 Kenny Dalglish CM 8 Terry McDermott RM 9 Steve Heighway  46' CF 10 David Fairclough CM 11 Jimmy Case Substitutes: FW 12 David Johnson  46' FW 13 John Toshack DF 14 Alan Hansen DF 15 Joey Jones GK 16 Peter McDonnell Manager: Bob Paisley Man of the Match: Assistant Referees:

GK 1 Rudi Kargus DF 2 Hans-Jürgen Ripp DF 3 Peter Nogly MF 4 Horst Bertl DF 5 Peter Hidien DF 6 Manfred Kaltz FW 7 Kevin Keegan FW 8 Ferdinand Keller  69' MF 9 Klaus Zaczyk  69' MF 10 Felix Magath FW 11 Georg Volkert Substitutes: MF Kurt Eigl  69' MF Arno Steffenhagen  69' Manager: Arkoç Özcan

European Cup[]

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
19-Oct-77	Dynamo Dresden	H	5–1	Hansen  14' Case  21', 57' Neal  44 Pen' Kennedy  66'	39,835	Report	Report
02-Nov-77	Dynamo Dresden	A	1–2	Heighway  67'	33,000	Report	Report
01-Mar-78	Benfica	A	2–1	Case  37' Hughes  72'	70,000	Report	Report
15-Mar-78	Benfica	H	4–1	Callaghan  6' Dalglish  17' McDermott  78' Neal  88'	48,364	Report	Report
29-Mar-78	Borussia Mönchengladbach	A	1–2	Johnson  88'	67,000	Report	Report
12-Apr-78	Borussia Mönchengladbach	H	3–0	Kennedy  6' Dalglish  35' Case  56'	51,500	Report	Report

Final[]

Liverpool

Club Brugge

GK 1 Ray Clemence RB 2 Phil Neal LB 3 Alan Hansen CB 4 Phil Thompson LM 5 Ray Kennedy CB 6 Emlyn Hughes (c) CF 7 Kenny Dalglish RM 8 Jimmy Case  29'  63' CF 9 David Fairclough CM 10 Terry McDermott CM 11 Graeme Souness Substitutes: MF 12 Steve Heighway  63' GK 13 Steve Ogrizovic DF 14 Joey Jones DF 15 Colin Irwin MF 16 Ian Callaghan Manager: Bob Paisley

GK 1 Birger Jensen DF 2 Fons Bastijns (c) DF 3 Edi Krieger DF 4 Georges Leekens DF 5 Gino Maes  80' MF 6 Julien Cools MF 7 René Vandereycken  35' MF 8 MF 9 Jan Simoen FW 10 Lajos Kű  58' FW 11 Jan Sørensen Substitutes: GK 12 Leen Barth MF 13 Dirk Sanders  58' DF 14 Jos Volders  80' FW 15 Raoul Lambert FW 16 Bernard Verheecke Manager: Ernst Happel

References[]

External links[]

• LFC History.net – 1977–78 season
• Liverweb - 1977-78 Season