1978–79 Leicester City F.C. season

1978–79 season of Leicester City February 2015 February 2015 Leicester City 1978–79 Jock Wallace Dennis Sharp Second Division 17th FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Second round Christie (8) 14,187 1977–78 1979–80 During the 1978–79 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division. Season summary 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. Final league table 1978–79 Football League#Second Division Second Division y LEI Results summary 7 8 6 28 23 3 9 9 15 29 2 1978–79 Football League Second Division table March 2019 Results by round table b Round 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 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st blue1 red1 11v11.com: 1978–79 Leicester City results March 2019 Results Leicester City's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/1978-1979/results https://web.archive.org/web/20160913001102/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/1978-1979/results live 13 September 2016 Leicester City results for the 1978-1979 season - Statto.com 13 September 2016 Legend WinDrawLoss Football League Second Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 19 August 1978 BurnleyA2–212,048Hughes, Christie (pen) 23 August 1978 Sheffield UnitedH0–119,381 26 August 1978 Cambridge UnitedH1–114,148Christie 2 September 1978 WrexhamA0–012,785 9 September 1978 Notts CountyH0–114,485 16 September 1978 Blackburn RoversA1–17,908Weller 23 September 1978 Brighton & Hove AlbionH4–114,307Christie, Hughes (2, 1 pen), Weller 30 September 1978 OrientA1–05,430Christie 7 October 1978 Newcastle UnitedA0–125,731 14 October 1978 Charlton AthleticH0–315,960 21 October 1978 Cardiff CityA0–18,791 28 October 1978 Bristol RoversH0–012,498 4 November 1978 Luton TownA1–010,608Christie 11 November 1978 BurnleyH2–112,842Weller, Christie 18 November 1978 Cambridge UnitedA1–18,875Henderson 22 November 1978 WrexhamH1–114,734Christie 25 November 1978 West Ham UnitedH1–216,149Christie 2 December 1978 Stoke CityA0–015,950 16 December 1978 Crystal PalaceA1–317,330May 23 December 1978 Preston North EndH1–110,481Davies 26 December 1978 SunderlandA1–124,544Henderson 1 January 1979 Oldham AthleticH2–012,757Buchanan, Smith 20 January 1979 Blackburn RoversH1–113,234May 3 February 1979 Brighton & Hove AlbionA1–319,973Davies 10 February 1979 OrientH5–312,050Smith, Buchanan, May, Williams, Goodwin 17 February 1979 Newcastle UnitedH2–115,106Peake, Buchanan 24 February 1979 Charlton AthleticA0–17,936 3 March 1979 Cardiff CityH1–212,820Grewcock 10 March 1979 Bristol RoversA1–16,381Smith (pen) 21 March 1979 FulhamH1–010,396Buchanan 28 March 1979 Luton TownH3–010,465May, Smith, Williams 31 March 1979 West Ham UnitedA1–123,992Henderson 4 April 1979 MillwallA0–24,758 7 April 1979 Stoke CityH1–117,502Buchanan 14 April 1979 SunderlandH1–220,740Henderson 16 April 1979 Oldham AthleticA1–27,179Smith 17 April 1979 Preston North EndA0–410,394 20 April 1979 Crystal PalaceH1–116,767Smith 24 April 1979 Notts CountyA1–08,702Lineker 28 April 1979 FulhamA0–37,002 5 May 1979 MillwallH0–012,828 8 May 1979 Sheffield UnitedA2–215,178Peake, Duffy FA Cup 1978–79 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR36 January 1979 Norwich CityH3–019,680May, Weller, HendersonR426 February 1979 Oldham AthleticA1–311,972Henderson League Cup 1978–79 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR230 August 1978 Derby CountyH0–118,827 Squad https://www.11v11.com/teams/leicester-city/tab/players/season/1979/ All Leicester City players: 1979 www.11v11.com yes yes ENG GK Mark Wallington yes ENG GK Steve Humphries yes ENG GK Sean Rafter yes SCO DF Tommy Williams yes ENG DF Steve Whitworth yes ENG DF Larry May yes ENG MF George Armstrong yes SCO MF Eddie Kelly yes ENG MF Keith Weller yes ENG FW Trevor Christie yes SCO FW Martin Henderson yes SCO DF Bobby Smith yes ENG DF Dennis Rofe yes ENG MF John Ridley yes SCO FW Billy Hughes yes ENG MF Steve Kember yes ENG DF Steve Sims yes ENG FW Roger Davies yes yes ENG MF Andy Peake yes ENG MF Mark Goodwin yes SCO MF Alan Lee yes NIR DF John O'Neill yes SCO DF Peter Welsh yes ENG FW Gary Lineker yes ENG MF Mick Duffy yes ENG MF Winston White yes ENG DF David Webb yes ENG MF Kevin Reed yes ENG FW David Buchanan yes ENG MF Neil Grewcock yes ATG DF Everton Carr yes ENG FW John Allen yes ENG DF Bob Atkins yes SCO FW John Stalker yes ENG DF Mark Warburton References Category:Leicester City F.C. seasons Leicester City