1978–79 Bristol City F.C. season

Bristol City 1978–79 football season
Bristol City
1978–79 season
ManagerAlan Dicks
StadiumAshton Gate
First Division13th
FA CupFourth round
League CupSecond round
← 1977–78
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During the 1978–79 English football season, Bristol City competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Bristol City comfortably avoided relegation, finishing 13th in the First Division.

Pos Team
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 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
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 first round
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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Nottingham Forest qualified for the European Cup first round as the 1978–79 European Cup winners.
  2. ^ Arsenal qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1978–79 FA Cup winners.

Kit

Bristol City's kit was produced by Umbro.

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Scotland SCO John Shaw
— DF Scotland SCO Gerry Sweeney
— DF Scotland SCO Donnie Gillies
— MF Scotland SCO Gerry Gow
— DF England ENG David Rodgers
— DF England ENG Norman Hunter
— MF England ENG Trevor Tainton
— FW Scotland SCO Tom Ritchie
— FW England ENG Joe Royle
— FW England ENG Kevin Mabbutt
— MF England ENG Clive Whitehead
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Jimmy Mann
— MF Scotland SCO Peter Cormack
— DF England ENG Terry Cooper
— DF England ENG Gary Collier
— MF Netherlands NED Geert Meijer
— FW England ENG Chris Garland
— MF England ENG John Bain
— GK England ENG Ray Cashley
— MF Wales WAL Howard Pritchard
— MF Finland FIN Pertti Jantunen

Awards

At the end of season, Gerry Gow was given the club's Player of the Season award.

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