1978–79 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea
1978–79 season
Chairman	Brian Mears
Manager	Ken Shellito; Danny Blanchflower
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
First Division	22nd
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Tommy Langley (15); All: Tommy Langley (16)
Highest home attendance	41,594 vs Tottenham Hotspur; (18 November 1978)
Lowest home attendance	10,682 vs Derby County; (4 April 1979)
Average home league attendance	23,816
Biggest win	4–3 v Bolton Wanderers; (14 October 1978)
Biggest defeat	0–6 v Nottingham Forest; (28 March 1979)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The 1978–79 season was Chelsea Football Club's sixty-fifth competitive season.

Table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Liverpool (C)	42	30	8	4	85	16	+69	68	Qualification for the European Cup first round^[a]
2	Nottingham Forest	42	21	18	3	61	26	+35	60	Qualification for the European Cup first round^[a]
3	West Bromwich Albion	42	24	11	7	72	35	+37	59	Qualification for the UEFA Cup
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	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round^[b]
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 (R)	42	6	13	23	45	73	−28	25	Relegation to the Second Division
21	Birmingham City (R)	42	6	10	26	37	64	−27	22
22	Chelsea (R)	42	5	10	27	44	92	−48	20

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

^ Nottingham Forest qualified for the European Cup first round as the 1978–79 European Cup winners.
^ Arsenal qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1978–79 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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