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1977–78 Manchester City F.C. season
1977–78 season
Tony Book Maine Road 4th Fourth Round Fifth Round First Round League: Brian Kidd (16)All: Brian Kidd (20) 50,857 vs Manchester United10 September 1977 32,412 vs Coventry City 25 April 1978 41,687 (3rd highest in league)
The 1977–78 season was Manchester City 's 76th season of competitive football and 58th season in the top division of English football. In addition to the First Division, the club competed in the FA Cup , Football League Cup and the UEFA Cup . The club finished fourth in the league. It was the first time City finished in the top 4 of the top flight in consecutive seasons since 1904-05 .
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Win Draw Loss
Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
20 August 1977 Leicester City Home 0-0 45,963 24 August 1977 Aston Villa Away 4-1 Tueart (3), Booth 40,121 27 August 1977 West Ham United Away 1-0 Royle 25,278 3 September 1977 Norwich City Home 4-0 Channon (2), Power, Hartford 41,269 10 September 1977 Manchester United Home 3–1 Kidd (2), Channon 50,856 17 September 1977 Queens Park Rangers Away 1-1 Royle 24,668 24 September 1977 Bristol City Home 2-0 Barnes, Owen 41,897 1 October 1977 Everton Away 1-1 Hartford 43,286 4 October 1977 Coventry City Away 2-4 Tueart, Barnes 19,650 8 October 1977 Arsenal Home 2-1 Barnes, Tueart (pen) 43,177 15 October 1977 Nottingham Forest Away 1–2 Kidd 35,572 22 October 1977 Wolverhampton Wanderers Home 0-2 42,730 29 October 1977 Liverpool Home 3-1 Kidd, Channon, Royle 49,207 5 November 1977 Ipswich Town Away 0-1 - 23,636 12 November 1977 Leeds United Home 2-3 Channon, Barnes 42,651 19 November 1977 West Bromwich Albion Away 0-0 - 27,159 26 November 1977 Chelsea Home 6-2 Wilkins (og), Tueart (3), Channon, Barnes 34,345 3 December 1977 Derby County Away 1-2 Power 26,888 10 December 1977 Birmingham City Home 3-0 Tueart, Owen, Channon 36,671 17 December 1977 Leeds United Away 0-2 37,380 26 December 1977 Newcastle United Home 4-0 Tueart (3), Kidd 45,811 27 December 1977 Middlesbrough Away 2-0 Hartford, Owen 26,879 31 December 1977 Aston Villa Home 2–0 Barnes, Kidd 46,074 2 January 1978 Leicester Away 1–0 Owen 24,041 14 January 1978 West Ham United Home 3–2 Kidd, Booth, Barnes 47,171 21 January 1978 Norwich City Away 3–1 Kidd (2), Owen 20,397 12 February 1978 Queens Park Rangers Home 2-1 Channon, Bell 39,860 17 February 1978 Bristol City Away 2-2 Kidd, Booth 25,834 25 February 1978 Everton Home 1-0 Kidd 46,817 4 March 1978 Arsenal Away 0–3 - 34,003 15 March 1978 Manchester United Away 2-2 Barnes, Kidd 58,426 18 March 1978 Wolverhampton Wanderers Away 1-1 Bell 20,583 25 March 1978 Middlesbrough Home 2-2 Channon (2) 37,944 29 March 1978 Newcastle United Away 2-2 Palmer (2) 20,246 1 April 1978 Ipswich Town Home 2-1 Palmer, Channon 34,975 11 April 1978 Nottingham Forest Home 0–0 43,428 15 April 1978 West Bromwich Albion Away 1-3 Kidd 36,521 22 April 1978 Birmingham City Away 4-1 Owen, Kidd (2), Power 25,294 25 April 1978 Coventry City Home 3-1 Kidd, Hartford, Owen 32,412 29 April 1978 Derby County Home 1-1 Channon 37,175 1 May 1978 Liverpool Away 0-4 - 44,528 5 May 1978 Chelsea Away 0-0 - 18,782
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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
Third round 7 January 1978 Leeds United Away 2-1 Tueart, Barnes 38,516 Fourth round 31 January 1978 Nottingham Forest Away 1–2 Kidd 38,509
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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
Second round 31 August 1977 Chesterfield Away 1-0 Kidd 14,282 Third round 25 October 1977 Luton Town Away 1–1 Barnes 16,443 Third round replay 1 November 1977 Luton Town Home 0-0 Barnes 28,254 Third round 2nd replay 8 November 1976 Luton Town F.C. Neutral 3-2 Tueart, Channon, Kidd 13,043 Fourth round 29 November 1977 Ipswich Town Away 2-1 Kidd, Tueart 22,645 Fifth round 18 January 1978 Arsenal Home 0-0 - 42,435 Fifth round replay 24 January 1978 Arsenal Away 0-1 - 57,748
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Win Draw Loss
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Scorers Attendance
First round 1st leg 14 September 1977 Widzew Lodz Home 2-2 Barnes, Channon 33,695 First round 2nd leg 28 September 1977 Widzew Lodz Away 0-0 40,000
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