1978–79 Wimbledon F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Wimbledon 1978–79 Dario Gradi Manager Division Four 3rd (promoted) League Cup 2nd Round FA Cup 3rd Round _bluelines _2blueshoulderstripes _bluelines _mfkzemplinmichalovce1516away _color_3_stripes_blue ffff00 ffff00 ffff00 0000ff ffff00 1977–78 1979–80 The 1978–79 season was Wimbledon's second consecutive season in the fourth tier of English football. They were managed by Dario Gradi, who was in his first full season as the club's manager, and guided them to automatic promotion with a third-place finish.Dario Gradi welcomes AFC Wimbledon to Football League https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crewe_alexandra/9495331.stm bbc.co.uk 11 June 2025 Squad Division Four FA Cup League Cup Paul Bowgett DF ENG 11+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Les Briley DF ENG 26+0 1 3+1 0 2+0 0 Jeff Bryant DF ENG 27+3 2 1+0 0 3+0 0 Roger Connell FW ENG 2+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 Alan Cork FW ENG 45+0 22 5+0 2 3+0 1 Francis Cowley MF ENG 3+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Tommy Cunningham DF ENG 15+0 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 Paul Denny MF ENG 24+4 6 4+1 1 3+0 0 Dave Donaldson DF ENG 23+0 0 4+0 0 3+0 0 Wally Downes MF ENG 3+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 Phil Driver MF ENG 3+7 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 Mark Dziadulewicz MF ENG 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Terry Eames DF ENG 26+0 1 2+0 0 3+0 0 Steve Galliers MF ENG 44+0 3 3+0 0 2+0 1 Dave Galvin DF ENG 33+0 2 5+0 0 3+0 1 Ray Goddard GK ENG 45+0 0 5+0 0 3+0 0 Lee Harwood DF ENG 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Paul Haverson DF ENG 26+1 2 5+0 0 0+0 0 Steve Ketteridge MF ENG 15+2 1 2+0 0 0+1 0 Ray Knowles FW ENG 23+8 5 2+0 0 0+0 0 John Leslie FW ENG 44+1 19 3+1 0 3+0 0 Steve Parsons MF ENG 34+3 7 5+0 1 1+0 0 Steve Perkins DF ENG 26+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 Paul Priddy GK ENG 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 Phil Summerill FW ENG 5+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 |} Matches Football League Division Four Key In Result column, Wimbledon's score shown first H = Home match A = Away match pen. = Penalty kick o.g. = Own goal Results Date Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance 19 August 1978 Aldershot (A) 1–1 Bryant 11' 3,510 22 August 1978 Port Vale (H) 1–0 Cork 11' 2,638 26 August 1978 Northampton Town (H) 4–1 Cork (3) 11', 40', 43', Leslie 71' 2,644 1 September 1978 Stockport County (A) 2–1 Cork 65' Leslie 85' 5,604 9 September 1978 Wigan Athletic (H) 2–1 Denny 68', Eames 71' (pen.) 3,217 12 September 1978 Grimsby Town (A) 2–2 Bryant 55', Cork 60' 6,794 16 September 1978 Newport County (A) 3–1 Leslie (2) 78', 81', Cork 87' 2,903 23 September 1978 Reading (H) 1–0 Cork 72' 5,001 25 September 1978 Rochdale (A) 0–0 1,263 30 September 1978 Bradford City (H) 2–1 Denny 57', Parsons 80' 2,819 7 October 1978 York City (A) 4–1 Parsons 33', Knowles 44', Leslie 49', Cork 82' 3,329 14 October 1978 Scunthorpe United (H) 3–1 Leslie (2) 33', 55', Cork 37' 3,808 17 October 1978 Crewe Alexandra (H) 1–1 Cork 80' 3,555 21 October 1978 Huddersfield Town (A) 0–3 3,374 28 October 1978 Doncaster Rovers (H) 3–2 Leslie (2) 9', 45', Cork 36' 3,252 4 November 1978 Barnsley (A) 1–3 Galvin 75' 11,761 11 November 1978 Stockport County (H) 2–0 Denny (2) 7', 80' 3,177 18 November 1978 Northampton Town (A) 1–1 Leslie 10' 3,623 2 December 1978 Halifax Town (H) 2–1 Cork (2) 44' 55' 2,374 9 December 1978 Hartlepool United (A) 1–1 Denny 15' 3,098 23 December 1978 Bournemouth (A) 2–1 Galliers 20', Briley 32' 3,922 26 December 1978 Portsmouth (H) 2–4 Knowles (2) 5', 41' 7,862 3 February 1979 Rochdale (H) 3–2 Parsons 17', Galvin 50', Denny 70' 3,166 14 February 1979 Wigan Athletic (A) 2–1 Leslie (2) 9', 21' 6,704 28 February 1979 Torquay United (A) 6–1 Cork (4) 7', 35', 87', 88', Haverson 57', Leslie 89' 2,739 3 March 1979 Huddersfield Town (H) 2–1 Leslie 50', Driver 85' 3,265 6 March 1979 Newport County (H) 0–0 2,980 9 March 1979 Doncaster Rovers (A) 0–1 1,927 20 March 1979 Grimsby Town (H) 0–1 2,392 24 March 1979 Port Vale (A) 0–1 2,906 27 March 1979 Aldershot (H) 3–1 Haverson 8' (pen.), Knowles 54', Parsons 89' 5,382 31 March 1979 Hereford United (H) 2–0 Cork 36', Leslie 80' 2,636 4 April 1979 Bradford City (A) 0–1 2,701 7 April 1979 Halifax Town (A) 1–2 Ketteridge 41' 1,576 10 April 1979 Bournemouth (H) 4–0 Leslie 11', Cork (2) 19', 35', Parsons 51' 3,205 14 April 1979 Portsmouth (A) 0–0 11,453 16 April 1979 Torquay United (H) 5–0 Knowles 2', Galliers 23', Leslie 29', Cunningham 41', Parsons 51' 4,171 21 April 1979 Darlington (A) 1–1 Leslie 68' 1,674 25 April 1979 Crewe Alexandra (A) 2–1 Leslie 19', Parsons 44' 1,254 28 April 1979 Hartlepool United (H) 3–1 Cunningham 72', T. Smith (o.g.) 74', Galliers 86' 3,546 2 May 1979 Reading (A) 0–1 13,131 5 May 1979 Hereford United (A) 0–0 3,809 8 May 1979 Scunthorpe United (A) 0–2 1,777 11 May 1979 York City (H) 2–1 Leslie 62', Cork 85' 3,897 14 May 1979 Barnsley (H) 1–1 Downes 12' 5,794 17 May 1979 Darlington (H) 2–0 Stone (o.g.) 12', Cunningham 74' 3,638 FA Cup Date Round Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance 25 November 1978 Round 1 Gravesend & Northfleet (A) 0–0 3,758 28 November 1978 Replay Gravesend & Northfleet (H) 1–0 (a.e.t.) Cork 117' 3,369 16 December 1978 Round 2 Bournemouth (H) 1–1 Denny 58' 3,308 28 December 1978 Replay Bournemouth (A) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Cork 88', Parsons 116' 7,192 9 January 1979 Round 3 Southampton (H) 0–2 9,254 League Cup Date Round Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance 12 August 1978 Round 1 First Leg Southend United (A) 0–1 4,845 15 August 1978 Round 1 Second Leg Southend United (H) 4–1 Galvin 32', Galliers 36', Cork 39', Townsend (o.g.) 61' 2,687 29 August 1978 Round 2 Everton (A) 0–8 23,137 External links Results at AFCW References 2 Category:Wimbledon F.C. seasons Wimbledon