1978–79 Liverpool F.C. season

English football club season February 2015 February 2015 Liverpool F.C. 1978–79 Bob Paisley First Division Champions Kenny Dalglish (21) Kenny Dalglish (25) European Cup First round FA Cup Semi-finals League Cup Second round European Super Cup Runners-up _whiteborder _vneckwhite _whiteborder dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 _redborder _vneckred _redborder 000000 1977–78 1979–80 The 1978–79 season was Liverpool Football Club's 87th season in existence and their 17th consecutive season in the First Division. Liverpool won its 11th league title with a record-breaking season. They amassed a record points total of 68, with Kenny Dalglish and Graeme Souness as commanding influences in the team that had the highest goal scoring ratio under Bob Paisley's management. Defensively, Liverpool conceded only 16 goals (just four of them at Anfield) and goalkeeper Ray Clemence kept a total of 28 clean sheets in 42 League matches. Disappointing for Liverpool was the early exit of the European Cup, losing to domestic rivals Nottingham Forest in the inaugural round; Forest went on to win the European Cup along with the League Cup, and were proving to be Liverpool's most fierce competitors as the decade drew to a close. This ended Liverpool's chances of taking three European Cups in a row, an achievement only Real Madrid, Ajax and Bayern Munich have ever succeeded in doing. Squad Goalkeepers ENG Ray Clemence ENG Steve Ogrizovic Defenders ENG Emlyn Hughes WAL Joey Jones ENG Brian Kettle ENG Colin Irwin ENG Phil Neal SCO Alan Hansen ENG Phil Thompson ENG Alan Kennedy Midfielders ENG Ian Callaghan ENG Jimmy Case IRE Steve Heighway ENG Sammy Lee ENG Ray Kennedy ENG Terry McDermott IRL Kevin Sheedy SCO Graeme Souness Attackers ENG David Fairclough SCO Kenny Dalglish ENG Howard Gayle ENG David Johnson Squad statistics Appearances and goals Division 1 FA Cup League Cup European Cup European Super Cup ENG MF Jimmy Case 37+0 7 5+1 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 1 ENG GK Ray Clemence 42+0 0 7+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 SCO FW Kenny Dalglish 42+0 21 7+0 4 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 ENG FW David Fairclough 3+1 2 3+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 1+0 1 SCO DF Alan Hansen 34+0 1 6+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 IRL MF Steve Heighway 26+2 4 2+3 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+1 0 ENG DF Emlyn Hughes 16+0 0 7+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 1 ENG FW David Johnson 26+4 16 4+0 2 0+1 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 ENG DF Alan Kennedy 37+0 3 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 ENG MF Ray Kennedy 42+0 10 7+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 ENG MF Sammy Lee 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 ENG MF Terry McDermott 34+3 8 7+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 ENG DF Phil Neal 42+0 5 7+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 ENG GK Steve Ogrizovic 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 SCO MF Graeme Souness 41+0 8 7+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 ENG DF Phil Thompson 39+0 0 6+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 |} League table First Division y LIV Results First Division 1978–79 Football League#First Division DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 19 August 1978 Queens Park Rangers H 2–1 Dalglish 27 Heighway 76 50,793 Report Report 22 August 1978 Ipswich Town A 3–0 Souness 17 Dalglish 22 74 28,114 Report Report 26 August 1978 Manchester City A 4–1 Souness 15 48 R Kennedy 34 Dalglish 56 46,710 Report Report 2 September 1978 Tottenham Hotspur H 7–0 Dalglish 8 20 R Kennedy 28 Johnson 48 58 Neal 64 Pen McDermott 76 50,705 Report Report 9 September 1978 Birmingham City A 3–0 Souness 12 57 A Kennedy 81 31,740 Report Report 16 September 1978 Coventry City H 1–0 Souness 27 51,130 Report Report 23 September 1978 West Bromwich Albion A 1–1 Dalglish 70 33,834 Report Report 30 September 1978 Bolton Wanderers H 3–0 Case 13 39 55 47,099 Report Report 7 October 1978 Norwich City A 4–1 Heighway 6 10 Johnson 36 Case 49 25,632 Report Report 14 October 1978 Derby County H 5–0 Johnson 29 R Kennedy 55 78 Dalglish 61 80 47,475 Report Report 21 October 1978 Chelsea H 2–0 Johnson 6 Dalglish 71 45,775 Report Report 28 October 1978 Everton A 0–1 53,131 Report Report 4 November 1978 Leeds United H 1–1 McDermott 81 Pen 51,657 Report Report 11 November 1978 Queens Park Rangers A 3–1 Heighway 29 R Kennedy 45 Johnson 85 26,626 Report Report 18 November 1978 Manchester City H 1–0 Neal 86 Pen 47,765 Report Report 22 November 1978 Tottenham Hotspur A 0–0 50,393 Report Report 25 November 1978 Middlesbrough H 2–0 McDermott 30 Souness 69 39,812 Report Report 2 December 1978 Arsenal A 0–1 51,902 Report Report 9 December 1978 Nottingham Forest H 2–0 McDermott 29 Pen 48 51,469 Report Report 16 December 1978 Bristol City A 0–1 28,722 Report Report 26 December 1978 Manchester United A 3–0 R Kennedy 5 Case 25 Fairclough 67 54,940 Report Report 3 February 1979 West Bromwich Albion H 2–1 Dalglish 21 Fairclough 53 52,211 Report Report 13 February 1979 Birmingham City H 1–0 Souness 37 35,207 Report Report 21 February 1979 Norwich City H 6–0 Dalglish 3 48 Johnson 46 51 A Kennedy 80 R Kennedy 90 35,754 Report Report 24 February 1979 Derby County A 2–0 Dalglish 11 R Kennedy 70 27,859 Report Report 3 March 1979 Chelsea A 0–0 40,594 Report Report 6 March 1979 Coventry City A 0–0 26,629 Report Report 13 March 1979 Everton H 1–1 Dalglish 15 52,352 Report Report 20 March 1979 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2–0 McDermott 34 Johnson 48 39,695 Report Report 24 March 1979 Ipswich Town H 2–0 Dalglish 41 Johnson 81 43,243 Report Report 7 April 1979 Arsenal H 3–0 Case 49 Dalglish 73 McDermott 88 47,297 Report Report 10 April 1979 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1–0 Hansen 33 30,857 Report Report 14 April 1979 Manchester United H 2–0 Dalglish 36 Neal 46 46,608 Report Report 16 April 1979 Aston Villa A 1–3 Johnson 65 44,029 Report Report 21 April 1979 Bristol City H 1–0 Dalglish 5 43,191 Report Report 24 April 1979 Southampton A 1–1 Johnson 12 23,181 Report Report 28 April 1979 Nottingham Forest A 0–0 41,898 Report Report 1 May 1979 Bolton Wanderers A 4–1 Johnson 11 R Kennedy 51 76 Dalglish 75 35,200 Report Report 5 May 1979 Southampton H 2–0 Neal 16 80 46,687 Report Report 8 May 1979 Aston Villa H 3–0 A Kennedy 1 Dalglish 38 McDermott 57 50,576 Report Report 11 May 1979 Middlesbrough A 1–0 Johnson 56 32,244 Report Report 17 May 1979 Leeds United A 3–0 Johnson 21 57 Case 42 41,324 Report Report FA Cup 1978–79 FA Cup DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 10 January 1979 Southend United A 0–0 31,033 Report Report 17 January 1979 Southend United H 3–0 Case 38 Dalglish 75 R Kennedy 85 37.797 Report Report 30 January 1979 Blackburn Rovers H 1–0 Dalglish 82 43,432 Report Report 28 February 1979 Burnley H 3–0 Johnson 43 61 Souness 59 47,161 Report Report 10 March 1979 Ipswich Town A 1–0 Dalglish 52 31,322 Report Report 31 March 1979 Manchester United N 2–2 Dalglish 17 Hansen 82 52,584 Report Report 4 April 1979 Manchester United N 0–1 53,069 Report Report League Cup 1978–79 Football League Cup DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 28 August 1978 Sheffield United A 0–1 35753 Report Report European Cup 1978–79 European Cup DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 13 September 1978 Nottingham Forest A 0–2 38,316 Report Report 27 September 1978 Nottingham Forest H 0–0 51,679 Report Report European Super Cup 1978 European Super Cup DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 4 December 1978 R.S.C. Anderlecht A 1–3 Case 27 35,000 Report Report 19 December 1978 R.S.C. Anderlecht H 2–1 Hughes 13 Fairclough 85 23,598 Report Report References LFC History.net – Games for the 1978–79 season Liverweb - Games for the 1978-79 season Category:Liverpool F.C. seasons Liverpool Category:English football championship–winning seasons