1977–78 Chelsea F.C. season

64th competitive season of Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea 1977–78 football 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 e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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 first round^[a]

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

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

References

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.

External links

1977–78 season at stamford-bridge.com

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National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Levels 5–6	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (level 5 only) Southern League (Premier, One North, One South)
Levels 7–9	Isthmian League (Two) Athenian League (level 7 only) Cheshire County League (level 7 only) Eastern Counties League (level 7 only) Essex Senior League (level 7 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 7 only) Lancashire Combination (level 7 only) London Spartan League (Premier, Senior) Midland Football Combination (level 7 only) Midland League (Premier, One) Northern League (level 7 only) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One, Two) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 7 only) Western League (Premier, One) Yorkshire League (One, Two, Three)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final)

European competitions

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Bristol City Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Burnley Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Fulham Hull City Luton Town Mansfield Town Millwall Notts County Oldham Athletic Orient Sheffield United Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur
Third Division	Bradford City Bury Cambridge United Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Exeter City Gillingham Hereford United Lincoln City Oxford United Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Portsmouth Preston North End Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wrexham
Fourth Division	Aldershot Barnsley Bournemouth Brentford Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Newport County Northampton Town Reading Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Watford Wimbledon York City