1977–78 Liverpool F.C. season

The 1977–78 season was Liverpool Football Club's 86th season in existence and their 16th consecutive season in the First Division. It was a season of contrasts for Liverpool as they retained the European Cup, following a 1–0 victory against Club Brugge in the final at Wembley in London, and won the European Super Cup by beating Hamburg, who included former Liverpool forward Kevin Keegan in their side, 7–1 on aggregate with a 6–0 Second Leg win at Anfield. However, in both the Football League and the Football League Cup they would end as runners-up to newly promoted Nottingham Forest managed by Brian Clough. The replay of the Football League Cup final would prove to be very controversial with a penalty that decided the match, followed by a disallowed goal when it was adjudged that Terry McDermott handled the ball.

Liverpool
1977–78 season
ChairmanJohn Smith
ManagerBob Paisley
First Division2nd
European CupWinners
FA CupThird round
League CupRunners-up
European Super CupWinners
FA Charity ShieldTitle shared
Top goalscorerLeague: Kenny Dalglish (20)
All: Kenny Dalglish (31)
Average home league attendance48,621

Liverpool manager Bob Paisley bought Kenny Dalglish from Celtic for £440,000, a record transfer fee between British clubs. Dalglish went on to score 20 goals in the league and 31 in all competitions, including the winner in the European Cup Final. Realising that Ian Callaghan was nearing the end of his career at Liverpool, the club also spent £352,000 on Graeme Souness from Middlesbrough.

However, Callaghan's final season started with a call up to the England squad, and would play in the match against Switzerland on 7 September 1977[1] under new manager Ron Greenwood. It was to be his first cap since playing in the 1966 FIFA World Cup finals against France.[2]

Terry McDermott's emergence would also see him make his debut in the same match with Ray Clemence, Phil Neal, Emlyn Hughes and Ray Kennedy also playing as well. Kevin Keegan also played in the match, making it seven current and former Liverpool players in that game.

Squad

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Goalkeepers

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Defenders

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Midfielders

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Forwards

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Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Division 1 FA Cup Charity Sheild League Cup European Cup European Super Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
MF   ENG Ian Callaghan 41 1 25+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 7+0 0 5+0 1 1+0 0
MF   ENG Jimmy Case 51 11 30+3 5 0+0 0 1+0 0 8+0 2 7+0 4 2+0 0
GK   ENG Ray Clemence 60 0 40+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 9+0 0 7+0 0 2+0 0
FW   SCO Kenny Dalglish 62 31 42+0 20 1+0 1 1+0 0 9+0 6 7+0 3 2+0 1
FW   ENG David Fairclough 42 15 26+3 10 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+4 3 1+1 0 2+0 2
DF   SCO Alan Hansen 26 1 18+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 3+1 1 0+0 0
MF   IRL Steve Heighway 46 6 28+0 5 1+0 0 0+0 0 8+0 0 6+1 1 2+0 0
DF   ENG Emlyn Hughes 59 1 39+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 9+0 0 7+0 1 2+0 0
FW   ENG David Johnson 17 5 7+5 3 1+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 1 0+2 0
DF   WAL Joey Jones 27 0 20+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
MF   ENG Ray Kennedy 61 7 41+0 4 1+0 0 1+0 0 9+0 1 7+0 2 2+0 0
FW   ENG Kevin Kewley 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Sammy Lee 2 1 0+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Terry McDermott 53 8 36+1 4 0+0 0 1+0 0 8+0 0 6+0 1 1+0 3
DF   ENG Phil Neal 62 7 42+0 4 1+0 0 1+0 0 9+0 1 7+0 2 2+0 0
GK   ENG Steve Ogrizovic 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Tommy Smith 34 2 22+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 6+0 0 4+0 0 1+1 0
MF   SCO Graeme Souness 18 2 15+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Phil Thompson 43 4 27+0 3 1+0 0 1+0 0 7+0 0 5+0 0 2+0 1
FW   WAL John Toshack 5 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Nottingham Forest (C) 42 25 14 3 69 24 +45 64 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Liverpool 42 24 9 9 65 34 +31 57 Qualification for the European Cup first round[a]
3 Everton 42 22 11 9 76 45 +31 55 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Manchester City 42 20 12 10 74 51 +23 52
5 Arsenal 42 21 10 11 60 37 +23 52
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Liverpool qualified for the European Cup first round as the 1977–78 European Cup winners.

Results

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First Division

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Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
20-Aug-77 Middlesbrough A 1–1 Dalglish   7' 31,000 Report Report
23-Aug-77 Newcastle United H 2–0 Dalglish   46' McDermott   87' 48,267 Report Report
27-Aug-77 West Bromwich Albion H 3–0 Dalglish   18' Heighway   81' Case   85' 48,525 Report Report
03-Sep-77 Birmingham City A 1–0 R. Kennedy   2' 28,239 Report Report
10-Sep-77 Coventry City H 2–0 Fairclough   65' Dalglish   67' 45,574 Report Report
17-Sep-77 Ipswich Town A 1–1 Dalglish   22' 29,658 Report Report
24-Sep-77 Derby County H 1–0 McDermott   80' 48,309 Report Report
01-Oct-77 Manchester United A 0–2 55,109 Report Report
04-Oct-77 Arsenal A 0–0 47,110 Report Report
08-Oct-77 Chelsea H 2–0 Dalglish   2' Fairclough   79' 40,499 Report Report
15-Oct-77 Leeds United A 2–1 Case   36', 63' 45,500 Report Report
22-Oct-77 Everton H 0–0 51,668 Report Report
29-Oct-77 Manchester City A 1–3 Fairclough   29' 49,207 Report Report
05-Nov-77 Aston Villa H 1–2 Own Goal   65' 50,436 Report Report
12-Nov-77 Queens Park Rangers A 0–2 25,625 Report Report
19-Nov-77 Bristol City H 1–1 Dalglish   12' 41,053 Report Report
26-Nov-77 Leicester City A 4–0 Fairclough   18' Heighway   69' Dalglish   81' McDermott   84' 26,051 Report Report
03-Dec-77 West Ham United H 2–0 Dalglish   37' Fairclough   82' 39,659 Report Report
10-Dec-77 Norwich City A 1–2 Thompson   80' 24,983 Report Report
17-Dec-77 Queens Park Rangers H 1–0 Neal   30 Pen' 38,249 Report Report
26-Dec-77 Nottingham Forest A 1–1 Heighway   30' 47,218 Report Report
27-Dec-77 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1–0 Neal   22 Pen' 50,294 Report Report
31-Dec-77 Newcastle United A 2–0 Thompson   48' Dalglish   89' 36,456 Report Report
02-Jan-78 Middlesbrough H 2–0 Johnson   39' Heighway   80' 49,305 Report Report
14-Jan-78 West Bromwich Albion A 1–0 Johnson   10' 35,809 Report Report
21-Jan-78 Birmingham City H 2–3 Thompson   74' R. Kennedy   87' 48,401 Report Report
04-Feb-78 Coventry City A 0–1 28,965 Report Report
25-Feb-78 Manchester United H 3–1 Souness   39' R. Kennedy   49' Case   84' 49,590 Report Report
04-Mar-78 Chelsea A 1–3 Neal   48 Pen' 35,550 Report Report
08-Mar-78 Derby County A 2–4 Fairclough   70' Dalglish   88' 23,413 Report Report
11-Mar-78 Leeds United H 1–0 Dalglish   47' 48,233 Report Report
25-Mar-78 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 3–1 Case   35' Dalglish   75', 82' 27,531 Report Report
01-Apr-78 Aston Villa A 3–0 Dalglish   3', 19' R. Kennedy   21' 40,190 Report Report
05-Apr-78 Everton A 1–0 Johnson   13' 52,759 Report Report
08-Apr-78 Leicester City H 3–2 Smith   42', 76' Lee   56' 42,979 Report Report
15-Apr-78 Bristol City A 1–1 Heighway   41' 31,471 Report Report
18-Apr-78 Ipswich Town H 2–2 Dalglish   58' Souness   62' 40,044 Report Report
22-Apr-78 Norwich City H 3–0 Own Goal   4' Fairclough   35', 46' 44,857 Report Report
25-Apr-78 Arsenal H 1–0 Fairclough   24' 38,318 Report Report
29-Apr-78 West Ham United A 2–0 McDermott   38' Fairclough   66' 37,448 Report Report
01-May-78 Manchester City H 4–0 Dalglish   24', 55', 80' Neal   53 Pen' 44,528 Report Report
04-May-78 Nottingham Forest H 0–0 50,021 Report Report

FA Charity Shield

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Liverpool0–0Manchester United
Report Report
Attendance: 82,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liverpool
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Manchester United
GK 1   Ray Clemence
RB 2   Phil Neal
LB 3   Joey Jones
CB 4   Phil Thompson
LM 5   Ray Kennedy
CB 6   Emlyn Hughes
CF 7   Kenny Dalglish
CM 8   Jimmy Case
CF 9   David Fairclough
CM 10   Terry McDermott
RM 11   Ian Callaghan
Substitutes:
DF 12   Tommy Smith
FW 13   David Johnson
DF 14   Alan Hansen
MF 15   Steve Heighway
GK 16   Peter McDonnell
Manager:
  Bob Paisley
GK 1   Alex Stepney
DF 2   Jimmy Nicholl
DF 3   Arthur Albiston
MF 4   Sammy McIlroy
DF 5   Brian Greenhoff
DF 6   Martin Buchan (c)
MF 7   Steve Coppell
MF 8   Jimmy Greenhoff  
FW 9   Stuart Pearson
FW 10   Lou Macari
MF 11   Gordon Hill
Substitutes:
MF 12   David McCreery  
Manager:
  Dave Sexton

Match rules

  • 90 minutes, no extra time
  • Five named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions

FA Cup

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Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
07-Jan-78 Chelsea A 2–4 Johnson   61' Dalglish   80' 45,449 Report Report

Football League Cup

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Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
30-Aug-77 Chelsea H 2–0 Dalglish   25' Case   47' 33,170 Report Report
26-Oct-77 Derby County H 2–0 Fairclough   72', 75' 30,400 Report Report
29-Nov-77 Coventry City H 2–2 Fairclough   40' Neal   44 Pen' 33,817 Report Report
20-Dec-77 Coventry City A 2–0 Case   5' Dalglish   80' 36,105 Report Report
17-Jan-78 Wrexham A 3–1 Dalglish   14', 58', 87' 25,641 Report Report
07-Feb-78 Arsenal H 2–1 Dalglish   26' R. Kennedy   81' 44,764 Report Report
14-Feb-78 Arsenal A 0–0 49,561 Report Report

Final

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Nottingham Forest
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liverpool
Nottingham Forest
Red shirts/White shorts/Red socks
0–0
(final score after extra time)
Liverpool
White shirts/Black shorts/White socks
Manager:   Brian Clough

Team:
1   Chris Woods (GK)
2   Viv Anderson
3   Frank Clark
4   John McGovern (c) 
5   Larry Lloyd
6   Kenny Burns
7   Martin O'Neill
8   Ian Bowyer
9   Peter Withe
10   Tony Woodcock
11   John Robertson
Substitute:
12   John O'Hare  


Scorers: None

Half-time:
0–0

Competition:
Football League Cup (Final)

Date:
15.00 GMT Saturday 18 March 1978

Venue:
Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance:
100,000

Referee:
Pat Partridge

Match rules:
90 minutes.
30 minutes extra-time if necessary.
Match replayed if scores still level.
One named substitute.

Report
Report Report

Manager:   Bob Paisley

Team:
1   Ray Clemence (GK)
2   Phil Neal
3   Tommy Smith
4   Phil Thompson
5   Ray Kennedy   91'
6   Emlyn Hughes (c)
7   Kenny Dalglish
8   Jimmy Case
9   Steve Heighway
10   Terry McDermott
11   Ian Callaghan
Substitute:
12   David Fairclough   91'


Scorers: None

Final Replay

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Nottingham Forest
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liverpool
Nottingham Forest
Yellow/Yellow shorts/Yellow socks
1–0
(final score after 90 minutes)
Liverpool
Red shirts/Red shorts/Red socks
Manager:   Brian Clough

Team:
1   Chris Woods (GK)
2   Viv Anderson
3   Frank Clark
4   John O'Hare
5   Larry Lloyd
6   Kenny Burns (c)
7   Martin O'Neill
8   Ian Bowyer
9   Peter Withe
10   Tony Woodcock
11   John Robertson
Substitute
12


Scorers:

Half-time:
0–0

Competition:
Football League Cup (Final)

Date:
19.45 BST, Wednesday, 22 March 1978

Venue:
Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance:
54,375

Referee:
Pat Partridge

Match rules:
90 minutes.
30 minutes extra-time if necessary.
Match replayed if scores still level.
One named substitute.

Report
Report Report

Manager:   Bob Paisley

Team:
1   Ray Clemence (GK)
2   Phil Neal
3   Ray Kennedy
4   Tommy Smith
5   Phil Thompson
6   Emlyn Hughes (c)
7   Kenny Dalglish
8   Jimmy Case   64'
9   Steve Heighway
10   Terry McDermott
11   Ian Callaghan
Substitute
12   David Fairclough   64'


Scorers: None

European Super Cup

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First leg

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Hamburg  1–1  Liverpool
Keller   29' Report Report Fairclough   65'
Attendance: 16,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hamburger SV
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liverpool
GK 1   Jürgen Stars
DF 2   Manfred Kaltz
DF 3   Hans-Jürgen Ripp
DF 4   Ivan Buljan   67'
MF 5   Kurt Eigl
MF 6   Klaus Zaczyk
MF 7   Caspar Memering
MF 8   Felix Magath   64'
FW 9   Kevin Keegan
FW 10   Ferdinand Keller
MF 11   Arno Steffenhagen
Substitutes:
DF   Andreas Karow   67'
MF   Horst Bertl   64'
Manager:
  Arkoç Özcan


Man of the Match:

Assistant Referees:

GK 1   Ray Clemence
RB 2   Phil Neal
LB 3   Joey Jones   33'
CB 4   Phil Thompson
LM 5   Ray Kennedy
CB 6   Emlyn Hughes
CF 7   Kenny Dalglish
CM 8   Jimmy Case   58'
RM 9   Steve Heighway
CF 10   David Fairclough
CM 11   Ian Callaghan
Substitutes:
DF 12   Tommy Smith   33'
FW 13   David Johnson   58'
MF 14   Terry McDermott
FW 15   John Toshack
GK 16   Peter McDonnell
Manager:
  Bob Paisley

Second leg

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Liverpool  6–0  Hamburg
Thompson   21'
McDermott
  40', 55', 56'
Fairclough   86'
Dalglish   88'
Report Report
Attendance: 34,931
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liverpool
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hamburger SV
GK 1   Ray Clemence
RB 2   Phil Neal
LB 3   Tommy Smith
CB 4   Phil Thompson
LM 5   Ray Kennedy
CB 6   Emlyn Hughes
CF 7   Kenny Dalglish
CM 8   Terry McDermott
RM 9   Steve Heighway   46'
CF 10   David Fairclough
CM 11   Jimmy Case
Substitutes:
FW 12   David Johnson   46'
FW 13   John Toshack
DF 14   Alan Hansen
DF 15   Joey Jones
GK 16   Peter McDonnell
Manager:
  Bob Paisley


Man of the Match:

Assistant Referees:

GK 1   Rudi Kargus
DF 2   Hans-Jürgen Ripp
DF 3   Peter Nogly
MF 4   Horst Bertl
DF 5   Peter Hidien
DF 6   Manfred Kaltz
FW 7   Kevin Keegan
FW 8   Ferdinand Keller   69'
MF 9   Klaus Zaczyk   69'
MF 10   Felix Magath
FW 11   Georg Volkert
Substitutes:
MF   Kurt Eigl   69'
MF   Arno Steffenhagen   69'
Manager:
  Arkoç Özcan

European Cup

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Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
19-Oct-77   Dynamo Dresden H 5–1 Hansen   14' Case   21', 57' Neal   44 Pen' Kennedy   66' 39,835 Report Report
02-Nov-77   Dynamo Dresden A 1–2 Heighway   67' 33,000 Report Report
01-Mar-78   Benfica A 2–1 Case   37' Hughes   72' 70,000 Report Report
15-Mar-78   Benfica H 4–1 Callaghan   6' Dalglish   17' McDermott   78' Neal   88' 48,364 Report Report
29-Mar-78   Borussia Mönchengladbach A 1–2 Johnson   88' 67,000 Report Report
12-Apr-78   Borussia Mönchengladbach H 3–0 Kennedy   6' Dalglish   35' Case   56' 51,500 Report Report

Final

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Liverpool  1–0  Club Brugge
Dalglish   64' Report Report
Attendance: 92,500
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liverpool
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Club Brugge[citation needed]
GK 1   Ray Clemence
RB 2   Phil Neal
LB 3   Alan Hansen
CB 4   Phil Thompson
LM 5   Ray Kennedy
CB 6   Emlyn Hughes (c)
CF 7   Kenny Dalglish
RM 8   Jimmy Case   29'   63'
CF 9   David Fairclough
CM 10   Terry McDermott
CM 11   Graeme Souness
Substitutes:
MF 12   Steve Heighway   63'
GK 13   Steve Ogrizovic
DF 14   Joey Jones
DF 15   Colin Irwin
MF 16   Ian Callaghan
Manager:
  Bob Paisley
GK 1   Birger Jensen
DF 2   Fons Bastijns (c)
DF 3   Edi Krieger
DF 4   Georges Leekens
DF 5   Gino Maes   80'
MF 6   Julien Cools
MF 7   René Vandereycken   35'
MF 8   Dany De Cubber
MF 9   Jan Simoen
FW 10   Lajos Kű   58'
FW 11   Jan Sørensen
Substitutes:
GK 12   Leen Barth
MF 13   Dirk Sanders   58'
DF 14   Jos Volders   80'
FW 15   Raoul Lambert
FW 16   Bernard Verheecke
Manager:
  Ernst Happel

References

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  1. ^ "englandstats.com | 515 - England 0-0 Switzerland, Wednesday, 7th September 1977".
  2. ^ "englandstats.com | 845 Ian Callaghan (1966 - 1977)".
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