1978-1979

Manager Dave Sexton

Manchester United blev nummer 9 i 1. division

Liga
FAC
LC
Europa
Andre
Ialt
k
s
m
k
s
m
k
s
m
k
s
m
k
s
m
k
s
m
AR Albiston
32
1
7
2
41
1
GR Bailey
28
9
37
MM Buchan
37
2
9
2
48
2
TE Connell
2
2
SJ Coppell
42
11
9
1
2
53
12
B Greenhoff
32
1
2
5
1
2
39
1
3
J Greenhoff
33
11
9
5
2
1
44
17
AA Grimes
5
11
3
1
2
10
11
1
SM Houston
21
1
2
1
24
1
J Jordan
30
6
4
1
2
2
2
36
1
10
L Macari
31
1
6
5
1
37
1
6
D McCreery
14
1
1
14
2
RC McGrath
2
2
SB McIlroy
40
5
9
2
2
1
51
8
G McQueen
36
6
9
1
2
47
7
KB Moran
1
1
JM Nicholl
19
2
6
2
25
4
SW Paterson
1
2
1
2
SJ Pearson
2
2
AT Ritchie
16
1
10
3
1
19
2
10
PJC Roche
14
2
16
T Sloan
3
1
3
1
MR Thomas
25
1
8
1
33
2

debut

18 november 1978 GR Gary Richard Bailey mod Ipswich Town
18 november 1978 T Thomas Sloan mod Ipswich Town
25 november 1978 MR Michael Reginald Thomas mod Chelsea
22 december 1978 TE Thomas Eugene Connell mod Bolton Wanderers
30 april 1979 KB Kevin Bernard Moran mod Southampton

sidste kamp

26 december 1978 TE Thomas Eugene Connell mod Liverpool
31 januar 1979 SJ Stuart James Pearson mod Fulham
7 maj 1979 B Brian Greenhoff mod Wolverhampton Wanderers
16 maj 1979 D David McCreery mod Chelsea

 

dato
 modstander tilskuer Bane Målscorer
19 august 1978 Birmingham City 1 - 0 H 56139 LgDiv1  Old Trafford Jordan1
23 august 1978 Leeds United 3 - 2 U 36845 LgDiv1  Elland Road  McIlroy1 McQueen1 Macari1
26 august 1978 Ipswich Town 0 - 3 U 21802 LgDiv1  Portman Road
30 august 1978 Stockport County 3 - 2 U 41761 LCup  R2 Old Trafford* McIlroy1 GreenhoffJ1 Jordan1
2 september 1978 Everton 1 - 1 H 53982 LgDiv1  Old Trafford BuchanM1
9 september 1978 Queens Park Rangers 1 - 1 U 23477 LgDiv1  Loftus Road  GreenhoffJ1
16 september 1978 Nottingham Forest 1 - 1 H 53039 LgDiv1  Old Trafford GreenhoffJ1
23 september 1978 Arsenal 1 - 1 U 45393 LgDiv1  Highbury Coppell1
30 september 1978 Manchester City 1 - 0 H 55301 LgDiv1  Old Trafford Jordan1
4 oktober 1978 Watford 1 - 2 H 40534 LCup  R3 Old Trafford Jordan1
7 oktober 1978 Middlesbrough 3 - 2 H 45402 LgDiv1  Old Trafford Jordan1 Macari2
14 oktober 1978 Aston Villa 2 - 2 U 36204 LgDiv1  Villa Park McIlroy1 Macari1
21 oktober 1978 Bristol City 1 - 3 H 47211 LgDiv1  Old Trafford GreenhoffJ1
28 oktober 1978 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 - 2 U 23141 LgDiv1  Molineux GreenhoffB1 GreenhoffJ2 Jordan1
4 november 1978 Southampton 1 - 1 H 46259 LgDiv1  Old Trafford GreenhoffJ1
11 november 1978 Birmingham City 1 - 5 U 23550 LgDiv1  St. Andrews  Jordan1
18 november 1978 Ipswich Town 2 - 0 H 42109 LgDiv1  Old Trafford Coppell1 GreenhoffJ1
21 november 1978 Everton 0 - 3 U 42126 LgDiv1  Goodison Park 
25 november 1978 Chelsea 1 - 0 U 28162 LgDiv1  Stamford Bridge  GreenhoffJ1
9 december 1978 Derby County 3 - 1 U 23180 LgDiv1  Baseball Ground  GreenhoffJ1 Ritchie2
16 december 1978 Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 0 H 52026 LgDiv1  Old Trafford McIlroy1 Ritchie1
22 december 1978 Bolton Wanderers 0 - 3 U 32390 LgDiv1  Burnden Park
26 december 1978 Liverpool 0 - 3 H 54910 LgDiv1  Old Trafford
30 december 1978 West Bromwich Albion 3 - 5 H 45091 LgDiv1  Old Trafford GreenhoffB1 McIlroy1 McQueen1
15 januar 1979 Chelsea 3 - 0 H 38743 FACup  R3 Old Trafford Coppell1 GreenhoffJ1 Grimes1
31 januar 1979 Fulham 1 - 1 U 25229 FACup  R4 Craven Cottage GreenhoffJ1
3 februar 1979 Arsenal 0 - 2 H 45460 LgDiv1  Old Trafford
10 februar 1979 Manchester City 3 - 0 U 46151 LgDiv1  Maine Road Coppell2 Ritchie1
12 februar 1979 Fulham 1 - 0 H 41200 FACup  R4rp Old Trafford GreenhoffJ1
20 februar 1979 Colchester United 1 - 0 U 13171 FACup  R5 Layer Road GreenhoffJ1
24 februar 1979 Aston Villa 1 - 1 H 44437 LgDiv1  Old Trafford GreenhoffJ1(Pen)
28 februar 1979 Queens Park Rangers 2 - 0 H 36085 LgDiv1  Old Trafford Coppell1 GreenhoffJ1
3 marts 1979 Bristol City 2 - 1 U 24583 LgDiv1  Ashton Gate  McQueen1 Ritchie1
10 marts 1979 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 1 U 51800 FACup  R6 White Hart Lane  ThomasM1
14 marts 1979 Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 0 H 55584 FACup  R6rp Old Trafford Jordan1 McIlroy1
20 marts 1979 Coventry City 3 - 4 U 25382 LgDiv1  Highfield Road McIlroy1 Coppell2
24 marts 1979 Leeds United 4 - 1 H 51191 LgDiv1  Old Trafford Ritchie3 ThomasM1
27 marts 1979 Middlesbrough 2 - 2 U 20138 LgDiv1  Ayresome Park  McQueen1 Coppell1
31 marts 1979 Liverpool 2 - 2 U 52524 FACup  SF Maine Road Jordan1 GreenhoffB1
4 april 1979 Liverpool 1 - 0 U 53069 FACup  SFrp Goodison Park  GreenhoffJ1
7 april 1979 Norwich City 2 - 2 U 19382 LgDiv1  Carrow Road  McQueen1 Macari1
11 april 1979 Bolton Wanderers 1 - 2 H 49617 LgDiv1  Old Trafford BuchanM1
14 april 1979 Liverpool 0 - 2 U 46608 LgDiv1  Anfield 
16 april 1979 Coventry City 0 - 0 H 43035 LgDiv1  Old Trafford
18 april 1979 Nottingham Forest 1 - 1 U 33074 LgDiv1  City Ground  Jordan1
21 april 1979 Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 1 U 36665 LgDiv1  White Hart Lane  McQueen1
25 april 1979 Norwich City 1 - 0 H 33678 LgDiv1  Old Trafford Macari1
28 april 1979 Derby County 0 - 0 H 42546 LgDiv1  Old Trafford
30 april 1979 Southampton 1 - 1 U 21616 LgDiv1  The Dell Ritchie1
5 maj 1979 West Bromwich Albion 0 - 1 U 27960 LgDiv1  The Hawthorns 
7 maj 1979 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 - 2 H 39402 LgDiv1  Old Trafford Coppell2 Ritchie1
12 maj 1979 Arsenal 2 - 3 N 100000 FACup  F  Wembley  McIlroy1 McQueen1
16 maj 1979 Chelsea 1 - 1 H 38109 LgDiv1  Old Trafford Coppell1

*=udekamp spillet på Old Trafford

venskabskampe

29 juli 1978 FC Cologne 1 1 A 11000 Mungersdorfer Stadium, West Germany  
1 august 1978 FC Schalke 04 1 1 A 3500 Park Stadium, Gelsenkirchen, West Germany   
7 august 1978 Real Madrid 4 0 H 49397 Old Trafford Centenary Matches 
10 august 1978 Holstebro 1 0 A 5000 Holstebro Idrætspark, Denmark  

 

1. division
hjemme
ude
nr.
 klub
k
v
u
t
for
imod
k
u
t
for
imod
point
1 . Liverpool               42 19 2 0 51 4 11 6 4 34 12 68
2 . Nottingham Forest       42 11 10 0 34 10 10 8 3 27 16 60
3 . West Bromwich Albion    42 13 5 3 38 15 11 6 4 34 20 59
4 . Everton                 42 12 7 2 32 17 5 10 6 20 23 51
5 . Leeds United            42 11 4 6 41 25 7 10 4 29 27 50
6 . Ipswich Town            42 11 4 6 34 21 9 5 7 29 28 49
7 . Arsenal                 42 11 8 2 37 18 6 6 9 24 30 48
8 . Aston Villa             42 8 9 4 37 26 7 7 7 22 23 46
9 . Manchester United       42 9 7 5 29 25 6 8 7 31 38 45
10 . Coventry City           42 11 7 3 41 29 3 9 9 17 39 44
11 . Tottenham Hotspur       42 7 8 6 19 25 6 7 8 29 36 41
12 . Middlesbrough           42 10 5 6 33 21 5 5 11 24 29 40
13 . Bristol City            42 11 6 4 34 19 4 4 13 13 32 40
14 . Southampton             42 9 10 2 35 20 3 6 12 12 33 40
15 . Manchester City         42 9 5 7 34 28 4 8 9 24 28 39
16 . Norwich City            42 7 10 4 29 19 0 13 8 22 38 37
17 . Bolton Wanderers        42 10 5 6 36 28 2 6 13 18 47 35
18 . Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 10 4 7 26 26 3 4 14 18 42 34
19 . Derby County            42 8 5 8 25 25 2 6 13 19 46 31
20 . Queens Park Rangers     42 4 9 8 24 33 2 4 15 21 40 25
21 . Birmingham City         42 5 9 7 24 25 1 1 19 13 39 22
22 . Chelsea                 42 3 5 13 23 42 2 5 14 21 50 20

Back row: J Greenhoff, J Jordan, S Houston, J Nicholl, G McQueen
Middle row: T Cavanagh (Asst.Manager), C McGrath, A Forsyth, B Greenhoff, A Stepney, P Roche, S Pearson, S McIlroy, A Grimes, D Sexton (Manager), L Brown (Physiotherapist)
Front row: M Rogers, D McCreery, L Macari, M Buchan, A Ritchie, S Coppell and A Albiston.