In the immediate future the Faculty … 2 & Neath Collieries. Tottenham Hotspur clinched the final promotion place on goal difference, their advantage over fourth-placed Brighton being assisted by a 9-0 scoreline over Bristol Rovers in October 1977, during which striker Colin Lee had scored four goals on his club debut. 2 & Neath Collieries. Nottingham Forest won the First Division title with just three league defeats all season, one season after promotion. They were joined in the drop zone by West Ham United, the 1975 FA Cup winners, who kept faith in manager John Lyall and managed to hold onto key players Billy Bonds and Trevor Brooking. Terry Hibbitt returned from Birmingham City, and seasoned pros from North and South of the border - Colin Suggett, John Brownlie, John Connolly and Jim Pearson - arrived to complete a very different Magpies outfit. [17][18], 22 February 1978: Ron Greenwood's first match as permanent England manager ends in a 2–1 defeat to West Germany in Munich. 19 November 1977: Leeds United beat Nottingham Forest 1–0. 18 November 1977: Bill McGarry is appointed as Newcastle United's new manager, and shakes the club up by immediately announcing that several of the players who threatened strike action to secure the appointment of previous manager Richard Dinnis earlier in the year, in particular Alan Gowling, Tommy Craig and team captain Geoff Nulty, are transfer-listed with immediate effect and will not play for the club again. In the Hamburg side was former Liverpool striker Kevin Keegan. The 1977–78 season was the 98th season of competitive football in England. 17 July 1977: Fulham are banned from the transfer market due to a reported £700,000 debt. After the player-power debacle which had led, in part, to relegation, manager Bill McGarry was compelled to shake up the Toon playing personnel. [2], 19 April 1978: A goal from Kevin Keegan gives England a 1–1 draw against Brazil at Wembley. We recall the Newcastle United story season-by-season and the life and times of St James' Park, today we revisit 1978-79, Get the latest NUFC transfer and takeover news straight to your inbox for FREE by signing up to our newsletter. If the recent 0-3 home defeats to Sunderland were as bad as it gets in recent times, the 1-4 derby loss in February 1979 was a huge body blow, with visiting Gary Rowell and co running riot in front of a dumbstruck crowd. If you wish to reproduce this recording for any other purpose please obtain permission by contacting the University of Newcastle's Cultural Collections. [12], 22 April 1978: Nottingham Forest seal the Football League First Division title, and become only the third club in history to do so a year after winning promotion. Indeed, his subsequent league and European success with Liverpool would endorse the view we’d lost a top player. Manager, Cessnock No. [17], 31 January 1978: Nottingham Forest's title bid shows no signs of faltering, and they are six points ahead of Manchester City, Everton and Liverpool at the end of January.[2]. 6 December 1977: Liverpool win the European Super Cup by completing a 7–1 aggregate win over Hamburg; they win the second leg 6–0 after drawing 1–1 in the first leg. They were joined by Cambridge United and Preston North End. It was the first time that Forest had won either trophy. Southampton finished a point behind them in second place, ending their four-year absence from the First Division, during which they had won the FA Cup in 1976. In doing so, their manager Brian Clough became only the second manager in English football to win the First Division title with different clubs. [2], 17 April 1978: Newcastle United lose at Aston Villa and are relegated to the Second Division. Two weeks earlier, football was stunned when Nottingham Forest became the first club to spend £1 million on a player - Trevor Francis. 3 August 1977: Derby County sign a sponsorship deal with Swedish carmaker Saab, who supply all of the club's players with a Saab car. 5 August 1977: The Football League backs The Football Association's ban on sponsors advertising themselves on player's strips. 27–29 September 1977: English clubs make up two of the four Anglo-Scottish Cup semi-final contingent, as Notts County and Bristol City progress. In another surprise result, Newcastle United are beaten 4–1 in a replay by Wrexham.[17]. And as John Gibson on the back page of the Chronicle reported on a veritable influx and exodus of players, there was some anticipation of a quick return. The 1978–79 season saw a vast improvement on the club's 1978 finish. They are unbeaten in their last 26 League matches, a run stretching back to November, and have lost just three League games all season.[2]. Everton lose for the second time in two days, this time by Leeds United at a sold-out Elland Road. Bobby Robson led Ipswich Town to victory in the FA Cup, winning the final 1–0 against Arsenal. Arsenal go level on point with the Toffees by registering their fifth consecutive away win, with victory at West Bromwich Albion. 26 December 1977: Manchester United thrash high-flying Everton 6–2.
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