1978–79 Midland Football Combination

The 1978–79 Midland Football Combination season was the 42nd in the history of Midland Football Combination, a football competition in England at tier 7 of the English football league system. Sutton Coldfield Town won the championship. Sutton Coldfield Town, Blakenall, and Malvern Town transferred to the West Midlands (Regional) League for the 1979-80 season.

Division One

Football league season

Midland Football Combination
Division One
Season	1978–79
Champions	Sutton Coldfield Town
Matches played	380
Goals scored	967 (2.54 per match)
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

Division One featured 19 clubs which competed in the division in the previous season along with one new club, promoted from Division Two:

Walsall Wood

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sutton Coldfield Town	38	26	9	3	104	30	+74	61	Transferred to the West Midlands (Regional) League
2	Oldbury United	38	20	11	7	49	29	+20	51
3	Bridgnorth Town	38	19	11	8	54	31	+23	49
4	Boldmere St. Michaels	38	20	9	9	44	35	+9	49
5	Walsall Sportsco	38	18	11	9	58	41	+17	47
6	Blakenall	38	17	10	11	57	38	+19	44	Transferred to the West Midlands (Regional) League
7	Solihull Borough	38	18	8	12	59	46	+13	44
8	Paget Rangers	38	16	10	12	50	41	+9	42
9	Knowle	38	17	7	14	51	44	+7	41
10	Mile Oak Rovers	38	15	10	13	42	37	+5	40
11	Moor Green	38	16	7	15	70	55	+15	39
12	Highgate United	38	13	7	18	46	54	−8	33
13	Malvern Town	38	9	15	14	39	51	−12	33	Transferred to the West Midlands (Regional) League
14	West Midlands Police	38	11	11	16	32	46	−14	33
15	Racing Club Warwick	38	11	10	17	41	46	−5	32
16	Walsall Wood	38	10	11	17	43	65	−22	31
17	Cinderford Town	38	10	10	18	36	64	−28	30
18	Northfield Town	38	12	5	21	41	62	−21	29
19	Evesham United	38	7	5	26	29	80	−51	19
20	Coleshill Town	38	1	11	26	22	72	−50	13

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

Midland Football Combination

Seasons

as Worcestershire Combination	1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68
as Midland Football Combination	1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

as Worcestershire Combination

1927–28
1928–29
1929–30
1930–31
1931–32
1932–33
1933–34
1934–35
1935–36
1936–37
1937–38
1938–39
1939–40
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1956–57
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1959–60
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1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
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1966–67
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as Midland Football Combination

1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
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1984–85
1985–86
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1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
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1978–79 in English football

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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 (One, Two) Town & Country League (level 7 only) Essex Senior League (level 7 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Home Counties League (level 7 only) 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

Other

Manchester United 3–5 West Bromwich Albion (1978)

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