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1978–79 Manchester United F.C. season

Index 1978–79 Manchester United F.C. season

The 1978–79 season was Manchester United's 77th season in the Football League, and their fourth consecutive season in the top division of English football. [1]

64 relations: Andy Ritchie (English footballer), Arsenal F.C., Arthur Albiston, Ashley Grimes (footballer, born 1957), Aston Villa F.C., Birmingham City F.C., Bolton Wanderers F.C., Brian Greenhoff, Bristol City F.C., Chelsea F.C., Chris McGrath (footballer), Colchester United F.C., Coventry City F.C., Dave Sexton, David McCreery, Derby County F.C., English Football League, Everton F.C., Football in England, Fulham F.C., Gary Bailey, Goodison Park, Gordon McQueen, Ipswich Town F.C., Jimmy Greenhoff, Jimmy Nicholl, Joe Jordan, Kevin Moran (footballer), Leeds United F.C., Liverpool F.C., Lou Macari, Louis Edwards, Maine Road, Manchester City F.C., Manchester United F.C., Manchester United F.C. 3–5 West Bromwich Albion F.C. (1978), Martin Buchan, Mickey Thomas (footballer), Middlesbrough F.C., Norwich City F.C., Nottingham Forest F.C., Paddy Roche, Queens Park Rangers F.C., Sammy McIlroy, Southampton F.C., Steve Coppell, Steve Paterson, Stewart Houston, Stockport County F.C., Stuart Pearson, ..., Tom Connell (footballer), Tom Sloan (footballer, born 1959), Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Watford F.C., Wembley Stadium (1923), West Bromwich Albion F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., 1977–78 Manchester United F.C. season, 1978–79 FA Cup, 1978–79 Football League, 1978–79 Football League Cup, 1978–79 in English football, 1979 FA Cup Final, 1979–80 Manchester United F.C. season. Expand index (14 more) »

Andy Ritchie (English footballer)

Andrew Timothy Ritchie (born 28 November 1960 in Manchester, Lancashire) is an English former footballer and manager.

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Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal Football Club is a professional football club based in Islington, London, England, that plays in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.

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Arthur Albiston

Arthur Richard Albiston (born 14 July 1957 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish former football player.

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Ashley Grimes (footballer, born 1957)

Augustine Ashley Grimes (born 2 August 1957) is an Irish former footballer.

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Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club (nicknamed Villa, The Villa, The Villans and The Lions) is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England.

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Birmingham City F.C.

Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England.

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Bolton Wanderers F.C.

Bolton Wanderers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.

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Brian Greenhoff

Brian Greenhoff (28 April 1953 – 22 May 2013) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Manchester United, Leeds United and Rochdale.

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Bristol City F.C.

Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club in Bristol, England, who currently play in the Championship, the second tier of English football.

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Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Football Club is a professional football club in London, England, that competes in the Premier League.

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Chris McGrath (footballer)

Christopher Roland "Chris" McGrath (born 29 November 1954 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a former footballer.

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Colchester United F.C.

Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Colchester, Essex, England.

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Coventry City F.C.

Coventry City Football Club is a professional football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England.

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Dave Sexton

David James Sexton OBE (6 April 1930 – 25 November 2012) was an English football manager and player.

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David McCreery

David McCreery (born 16 September 1957) is a Northern Irish former international footballer who played professionally for Newcastle United and many other clubs during his long career.

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Derby County F.C.

Derby County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Derby, Derbyshire, England.

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English Football League

The English Football League (EFL) is a league competition featuring professional football clubs from England and Wales.

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Everton F.C.

Everton Football Club is a football club in Liverpool, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.

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Football in England

Association football is the most popular sport in England, where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game.

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Fulham F.C.

Fulham Football Club is a professional association football club based in Fulham, London, England.

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Gary Bailey

Gary Richard Bailey (born 9 August 1958) is a former footballer who made nearly 300 appearances in the Football League playing as a goalkeeper for Manchester United.

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Goodison Park

Goodison Park is a football stadium in Walton, Liverpool, England that has been home to Premier League club Everton since its completion in 1892.

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Gordon McQueen

Gordon McQueen (born 26 June 1952) is a Scottish former footballer, who played as a centre-back for St Mirren, Leeds United and Manchester United.

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Ipswich Town F.C.

Ipswich Town Football Club (also known as Ipswich, The Blues, Town, or The Tractor Boys) is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

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Jimmy Greenhoff

James Greenhoff (born 19 June 1946) is an English former football player.

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Jimmy Nicholl

James Michael Nicholl (born 28 December 1956) is a Canadian-born former Northern Ireland international footballer who played for several clubs, including Manchester United and Rangers.

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Joe Jordan

Joseph Jordan (born 15 December 1951) is a Scottish football player, coach and manager, who was most recently assistant manager of Middlesbrough.

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Kevin Moran (footballer)

Kevin Bernard Moran (born 29 April 1956) is a former Irish footballer who excelled at the top levels in both Gaelic and soccer.

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Leeds United F.C.

Leeds United Football Club is a professional association football club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club in Liverpool, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.

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Lou Macari

Luigi "Lou" Macari (born 7 June 1949) is a Scottish former footballer and manager.

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Louis Edwards

Louis Charles Edwards (15 June 1914 – 25 February 1980) from Salford, Lancashire, was an English businessman who was most notable for being chairman of Manchester United from June 1965 until his death in February 1980.

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Maine Road

Maine Road was a football stadium in Moss Side, Manchester, England, that was home to Manchester City F.C. from 1923 to 2003.

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Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City Football Club is a football club in Manchester, England.

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Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.

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Manchester United F.C. 3–5 West Bromwich Albion F.C. (1978)

The first fixture between Manchester United and West Bromwich Albion in the 1978–79 Football League First Division season was played on 30 December 1978 at Old Trafford, Manchester.

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Martin Buchan

Martin McLean Buchan (born 6 March 1949 in Aberdeen) is a Scottish former internationalist footballer.

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Mickey Thomas (footballer)

Michael Reginald Thomas (born 7 July 1954) is a former footballer who played for Wrexham, Manchester United, Everton, Brighton & Hove Albion, Stoke City, Chelsea, West Bromwich Albion, Derby County, Shrewsbury Town and Leeds United.

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Middlesbrough F.C.

Middlesbrough Football Club is a professional association football club based in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England.

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Norwich City F.C.

Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries or City) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk.

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Nottingham Forest F.C.

Nottingham Forest Football Club, often referred to as simply Forest, is a professional football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England.

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Paddy Roche

Patrick Joseph Christopher "Paddy" Roche (born 4 January 1951) is an Irish former football goalkeeper.

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Queens Park Rangers F.C.

Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional association football club based in White City, London.

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Sammy McIlroy

Samuel Baxter McIlroy (born 2 August 1954) is a former Northern Ireland international footballer who played for Manchester United, Stoke City, Manchester City, Örgryte (Sweden), Bury, Admira Wacker (Austria), Preston North End.

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Southampton F.C.

Southampton Football Club is a professional association football club based in Southampton, Hampshire, England, which plays in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.

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Steve Coppell

Stephen James Coppell (born 9 July 1955) is an English football manager and former player, who is the manager of the ATK in the Indian Super League.

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Steve Paterson

Steven William Paterson (born 8 April 1958) is a Scottish football manager and former player.

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Stewart Houston

Stewart Mackie Houston (born 20 August 1949) is a Scottish former football player and coach who played as a left-back.

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Stockport County F.C.

Stockport County Football Club is a semi-professional football club in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.

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Stuart Pearson

Stuart James Pearson (born 21 June 1949 in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire) is an English former football player.

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Tom Connell (footballer)

Thomas Eugene "Tom" Connell (born 25 November 1957) was a Northern Irish footballer.

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Tom Sloan (footballer, born 1959)

Thomas Sloan (born 10 July 1959) is a Northern Irish ex-footballer who played as a midfielder in both Northern Ireland and England in the late 1970s, the 1980s and even the early 1990s.

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Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Tottenham or Spurs, is an English football club in Tottenham, London, England, that competes in the Premier League.

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Watford F.C.

Watford Football Club is a professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, that plays in the Premier League, the highest level in the English football league system.

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Wembley Stadium (1923)

The original Wembley Stadium (formerly known as the Empire Stadium) was a football stadium in Wembley Park, London, which stood on the same site now occupied by its successor, the new Wembley Stadium.

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West Bromwich Albion F.C.

West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or simply WBA, is an English professional football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, commonly referred to as Wolves, is an English professional football club based in the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands.

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1977–78 Manchester United F.C. season

The 1977–78 season was Manchester United's 76th season in the Football League, and their third consecutive season in the top division of English football.

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1978–79 FA Cup

The FA Cup 1978-79 was the 98th staging of the world's oldest football knockout competition, The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup.

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1978–79 Football League

The 1978–79 season was the 80th completed season of The Football League.

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1978–79 Football League Cup

The 1978–79 Football League Cup was the 19th season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs.

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1978–79 in English football

The 1978–79 season was the 99th season of competitive football in England.

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1979 FA Cup Final

The 1979 FA Cup Final was a football match played on 12 May 1979 at Wembley Stadium.

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1979–80 Manchester United F.C. season

The 1979–80 season was Manchester United's 78th season in the Football League, and their fifth consecutive season in the top division of English football.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978–79_Manchester_United_F.C._season

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