In the 1978–79 season, Jock Wallace left Rangers to become Leicester's new boss following the Foxes' relegation from the First Division. It was a disappointing season for the Foxes but were not helped by lack of finances to sign quality players but the only positive from the season was that Wallace had to use youth policy and play some youngsters and it brought some success in results. Despite that they finished the season in 17th place.
Source:
[citation needed Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
42
10
17
15
43
52
−9
37
7
8
6
28
23
+5
3
9
9
15
29
−14
Results by round Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Ground A H H A H A H A A H A H A H A H H A A H A H H A H H A H A H H A A H H A A H A A H A Result D L D D L D W W L L L D W W D D L D L D D W D L W W L L D W W D L D L L L D W L D D Position 8 15 16 16 19 19 14 11 13 17 18 18 16 15 16 15 17 14 18 18 18 16 16 17 16 11 14 16 16 14 12 12 12 13 13 15 15 14 12 15 15 17
Leicester City's score comes first [ 1]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
19 August 1978
Burnley A
2–2
12,048
Hughes , Christie (pen)
23 August 1978
Sheffield United H
0–1
19,381
26 August 1978
Cambridge United H
1–1
14,148
Christie
2 September 1978
Wrexham A
0–0
12,785
9 September 1978
Notts County H
0–1
14,485
16 September 1978
Blackburn Rovers A
1–1
7,908
Weller
23 September 1978
Brighton & Hove Albion H
4–1
14,307
Christie , Hughes (2, 1 pen), Weller
30 September 1978
Orient A
1–0
5,430
Christie
7 October 1978
Newcastle United A
0–1
25,731
14 October 1978
Charlton Athletic H
0–3
15,960
21 October 1978
Cardiff City A
0–1
8,791
28 October 1978
Bristol Rovers H
0–0
12,498
4 November 1978
Luton Town A
1–0
10,608
Christie
11 November 1978
Burnley H
2–1
12,842
Weller , Christie
18 November 1978
Cambridge United A
1–1
8,875
Henderson
22 November 1978
Wrexham H
1–1
14,734
Christie
25 November 1978
West Ham United H
1–2
16,149
Christie
2 December 1978
Stoke City A
0–0
15,950
16 December 1978
Crystal Palace A
1–3
17,330
May
23 December 1978
Preston North End H
1–1
10,481
Davies
26 December 1978
Sunderland A
1–1
24,544
Henderson
1 January 1979
Oldham Athletic H
2–0
12,757
Buchanan , Smith
20 January 1979
Blackburn Rovers H
1–1
13,234
May
3 February 1979
Brighton & Hove Albion A
1–3
19,973
Davies
10 February 1979
Orient H
5–3
12,050
Smith , Buchanan , May , Williams , Goodwin
17 February 1979
Newcastle United H
2–1
15,106
Peake , Buchanan
24 February 1979
Charlton Athletic A
0–1
7,936
3 March 1979
Cardiff City H
1–2
12,820
Grewcock
10 March 1979
Bristol Rovers A
1–1
6,381
Smith (pen)
21 March 1979
Fulham H
1–0
10,396
Buchanan
28 March 1979
Luton Town H
3–0
10,465
May , Smith , Williams
31 March 1979
West Ham United A
1–1
23,992
Henderson
4 April 1979
Millwall A
0–2
4,758
7 April 1979
Stoke City H
1–1
17,502
Buchanan
14 April 1979
Sunderland H
1–2
20,740
Henderson
16 April 1979
Oldham Athletic A
1–2
7,179
Smith
17 April 1979
Preston North End A
0–4
10,394
20 April 1979
Crystal Palace H
1–1
16,767
Smith
24 April 1979
Notts County A
1–0
8,702
Lineker
28 April 1979
Fulham A
0–3
7,002
5 May 1979
Millwall H
0–0
12,828
8 May 1979
Sheffield United A
2–2
15,178
Peake , Duffy
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R2
30 August 1978
Derby County H
0–1
18,827
[ 2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
