MANCHESTER UNITED SEASON 1978-1979

A statistical compilation of all MANCHESTER UNITED matches during the 1978-1979 season including RESULTS, STATS and HISTORY. Navigate page below for a statistical breakdown unrivalled by other sites, as we are proud to showcase the club’s entire history of first team games offering stats on appearances, goals, opponent manager, club manager, stadium, competition, opponents, opponent nationality, red cards, cup finals, penalties for, penalties against, own goals for, own goals against, most goals scored, most goals conceded, hat-tricks and a chronological list of all matches played in 1978-1979.

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MANCHESTER UNITED 1978-1979 Season Record

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	26	13	7	6	39	29	+10	50.00
A	24	7	10	7	34	40	-6	29.17
N	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	33.33
Total	53	21	18	14	78	74	+4	39.62

First Match Played:	19 Aug 1978 Birmingham City W 1-0 League Division One @ Old Trafford
Last Match Played:	16 May 1979 Chelsea D 1-1 League Division One @ Old Trafford
Highest Attendance:	(99219) 12 May 1979 Arsenal L 2-3 FA Cup @ Wembley
Most Goals scored in a Match:	(4) See table below
Most Goals Conceded in a Match:	(5) See table below

No	Player Name	Goals	Apps

1.	Greenhoff, Jimmy	17	44
2.	Coppell, Steve	12	53
3.	Ritchie, Andy	10	21
4.	Jordan, Joe	10	37
5.	McIlroy, Sammy	8	51
6.	McQueen, Gordon	7	47
7.	Macari, Lou	6	38
8.	Greenhoff, Brian	3	40
9.	Thomas, Mickey	2	33
10.	Buchan, Martin	2	48
11.	Grimes, Ashley	1	21

No	Player Name	Apps	Goals

1.	Coppell, Steve	53	12
2.	McIlroy, Sammy	51	8
3.	Buchan, Martin	48	2
4.	McQueen, Gordon	47	7
5.	Greenhoff, Jimmy	44	17
6.	Albiston, Arthur	42	0
7.	Greenhoff, Brian	40	3
8.	Macari, Lou	38	6
9.	Jordan, Joe	37	10
10.	Bailey, Gary	37	0
11.	Thomas, Mickey	33	2
12.	Nicholl, Jimmy	29	0
13.	Houston, Stewart	25	0
14.	Grimes, Ashley	21	1
15.	Ritchie, Andy	21	10
16.	McCreery, David	16	0
17.	Roche, Paddy	16	0
18.	Sloan, Thomas	4	0
19.	Paterson, Steven	3	0
20.	McGrath, Chris	2	0
21.	Connell, Thomas	2	0
22.	Pearson, Stuart	2	0
23.	Moran, Kevin	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	Count

1.	Burkinshaw, Keith	4
2.	Paisley, Bob	4
3.	Neill, Terry	3
4.	Smith, Jim	2
5.	Robson, Bobby	2
6.	Lee, Gordon	2
7.	Burtenshaw, Steve	2
8.	Clough, Brian	2
9.	Book, Tony	2
10.	Neal, John	2
11.	Saunders, Ron	2
12.	Dicks, Alan	2
13.	McMenemy, Lawrie	2
14.	Docherty, Tommy	2
15.	Greaves, Ian	2
16.	Atkinson, Ron	2
17.	Blanchflower, Danny	2
18.	Campbell, Bobby	2
19.	Milne, Gordon	2
20.	Bond, John	2
21.	Stein, Jock	1
22.	Summerbee, Mike	1
23.	Taylor, Graham	1
24.	Chung, Sammy	1
25.	Shellito, Ken	1
26.	Lea, Cyril	1
27.	Adamson, Jimmy	1
28.	Barnwell, John	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

Sexton, Dave

Stadiums Manchester United have played at

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	26
2.	Goodison Park	2
3.	Maine Road	2
4.	White Hart Lane	2
5.	Anfield	1
6.	Ashton Gate	1
7.	Ayresome Park	1
8.	Baseball Ground	1
9.	Burnden Park	1
10.	Carrow Road	1
11.	City Ground, Nottingham	1
12.	Craven Cottage	1
13.	Elland Road	1
14.	Highbury	1
15.	Highfield Road	1
16.	Layer Road	1
17.	Loftus Road	1
18.	Molineux	1
19.	Portman Road	1
20.	St Andrews	1
21.	Stamford Bridge	1
22.	The Dell	1
23.	The Hawthorns	1
24.	Villa Park	1
25.	Wembley	1

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	42
2.	FA Cup	9
3.	League Cup	2

No	Opponent	Count

1.	Liverpool	4
2.	Tottenham Hotspur	4
3.	Arsenal	3
4.	Chelsea	3
5.	Aston Villa	2
6.	Birmingham City	2
7.	Bolton Wanderers	2
8.	Bristol City	2
9.	Coventry City	2
10.	Derby County	2
11.	Everton	2
12.	Fulham	2
13.	Ipswich Town	2
14.	Leeds United	2
15.	Manchester City	2
16.	Middlesbrough	2
17.	Norwich City	2
18.	Nottingham Forest	2
19.	Queens Park Rangers	2
20.	Southampton	2
21.	West Bromwich Albion	2
22.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2
23.	Colchester United	1
24.	Stockport County	1
25.	Watford	1

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

England

No	Date	Player	Opponent

30-08-1978

McQueen, Gordon

Stockport County

No	Date	WDL	F-A	Opponent	Competition

12-05-1979

2-3

Arsenal

FA Cup

No	Date	Player Name	No	Opponent

1.	30-08-1978	Greenhoff, Jimmy	1	Stockport County
2.	24-02-1979	Greenhoff, Jimmy	1	Aston Villa

Date	Opponent	No	F-A	Scorer
23-08-1978	Leeds United	1	3-2	Paul Hart 20', Frankie Gray 48' (pen)
30-08-1978	Stockport County	1	3-2	Alan Thompson 58' (pen) , Terry Park 78'
27-03-1979	Middlesbrough	1	2-2	Dave Armstrong 24' (pen), Mark Proctor 43'

Date	No	F-A	Opponents	Scorers
No own goals recorded.

Date	No	F-A	Player Name	Opponent
07-05-1979	1	3-2	Bailey, Gary	Wolverhampton Wanderers

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
28-10-1978	Wolverhampton Wanderers	W	4-2	A	League Division One
24-03-1979	Leeds United	W	4-1	H	League Division One

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
11-11-1978	Birmingham City	L	1-5	A	League Division One
30-12-1978	West Bromwich Albion	L	3-5	H	League Division One

No	Date	Player Name	No	Opponent
1.	24-03-1979	Ritchie, Andy	3	Leeds United

No	Date	Opponent	Comp	F-A	HAN	Scorers	Opp Scorers
1.	19-08-1978	Birmingham City	Div 1	1-0	H	Joe Jordan 70'
2.	23-08-1978	Leeds United	Div 1	3-2	A	Gordon McQueen 12', Sammy McIlroy 37', Lou Macari 82'	Paul Hart 20', Frankie Gray 48' (pen)
3.	26-08-1978	Ipswich Town	Div 1	0-3	A		Paul Mariner 16', 67', Brian Talbot 69'
4.	30-08-1978	Stockport County	LC	3-2	H	Joe Jordan 10', Sammy McIlroy 88', Jimmy Greenhoff 90' (pen)	Alan Thompson 58' (pen) , Terry Park 78'
5.	02-09-1978	Everton	Div 1	1-1	H	Martin Buchan 90'	Andy King 6'
6.	09-09-1978	Queens Park Rangers	Div 1	1-1	A	Jimmy Greenhoff 87'	Ian Gillard 5'
7.	16-09-1978	Nottingham Forest	Div 1	1-1	H	Jimmy Greenhoff 66'	Ian Bowyer 6'
8.	23-09-1978	Arsenal	Div 1	1-1	A	Steve Coppell 29'	David Price 34'
9.	30-09-1978	Manchester City	Div 1	1-0	H	Joe Jordan 89'
10.	04-10-1978	Watford	LC	1-2	H	Joe Jordan 40'	Luther Blissett 46', 71'
11.	07-10-1978	Middlesbrough	Div 1	3-2	H	Lou Macari 3', 30', Joe Jordan 76'	David Mills 26', Mickey Burns 66'
12.	14-10-1978	Aston Villa	Div 1	2-2	A	Sammy McIlroy 50', Lou Macari 71'	John Gregory 33', 45'
13.	21-10-1978	Bristol City	Div 1	1-3	H	Jimmy Greenhoff 70'	Kevin Mabbutt 11', 50', 88'
14.	28-10-1978	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Div 1	4-2	A	Jimmy Greenhoff 21', 28', Brian Greenhoff 45', Joe Jordan 52'	Ken Hibbitt 31', Steve Daley 66'
15.	04-11-1978	Southampton	Div 1	1-1	H	Jimmy Greenhoff 30'	Nick Holmes 50'
16.	11-11-1978	Birmingham City	Div 1	1-5	A	Joe Jordan 13'	Kevin Dillon 23', Alan Buckley 32' 36', Don Givens 51', Jimmy Calderwood 90'
17.	18-11-1978	Ipswich Town	Div 1	2-0	H	Steve Coppell 7', Jimmy Greenhoff 85'
18.	21-11-1978	Everton	Div 1	0-3	A		Trevor Ross 4', Andy King 43', Bob Latchford 82'
19.	25-11-1978	Chelsea	Div 1	1-0	A	Jimmy Greenhoff 68'
20.	09-12-1978	Derby County	Div 1	3-1	A	Andy Ritchie 32', 53', Jimmy Greenhoff 45'	*Gerry Daly 3'
21.	16-12-1978	Tottenham Hotspur	Div 1	2-0	H	Andy Ritchie 17', Sammy McIlroy 75'
22.	22-12-1978	Bolton Wanderers	Div 1	0-3	A		Frank Worthington 12', 21', *Alan Gowling 49'
23.	26-12-1978	Liverpool	Div 1	0-3	H		Ray Kennedy 5', Jimmy Case 25', David Fairclough 67'
24.	30-12-1978	West Bromwich Albion	Div 1	3-5	H	Brian Greenhoff 21', Gordon McQueen 30', Sammy McIlroy 32'	Tony Brown 27', 45', Len Cantello 28', *Laurie Cunningham 76', Cyrille Regis 84'
25.	15-01-1979	Chelsea	FAC	3-0	H	Steve Coppell 27', Ashley Grimes 61', Jimmy Greenhoff 70'
26.	31-01-1979	Fulham	FAC	1-1	A	Jimmy Greenhoff 40'	John Margerrison 62'
27.	03-02-1979	Arsenal	Div 1	0-2	H		Alan Sunderland 64', 66'
28.	10-02-1979	Manchester City	Div 1	3-0	A	Steve Coppell 22', 35', Andy Ritchie 69'
29.	12-02-1979	Fulham	FAC	1-0	H	Jimmy Greenhoff 65'
30.	20-02-1979	Colchester United	FAC	1-0	A	Jimmy Greenhoff 86'
31.	24-02-1979	Aston Villa	Div 1	1-1	H	Jimmy Greenhoff 75' (pen)	Ken Swain 60'
32.	28-02-1979	Queens Park Rangers	Div 1	2-0	H	Jimmy Greenhoff 2', Steve Coppell 47'
33.	03-03-1979	Bristol City	Div 1	2-1	A	Andy Ritchie 47', Gordon McQueen 76'	Gerry Gow 19'
34.	10-03-1979	Tottenham Hotspur	FAC	1-1	A	Mickey Thomas 63'	Osvaldo Ardiles 27'
35.	14-03-1979	Tottenham Hotspur	FAC	2-0	H	Sammy McIlroy 10', Joe Jordan 60'
36.	20-03-1979	Coventry City	Div 1	3-4	A	Steve Coppell 36', 89', Sammy McIlroy 64'	Barry Powell 2', Garry Thompson 8', Tommy Hutchinson 42', Bobby McDonald 47'
37.	24-03-1979	Leeds United	Div 1	4-1	H	Andy Ritchie 8', 18', 79', Mickey Thomas 20'	Ray Hankin 67'
38.	27-03-1979	Middlesbrough	Div 1	2-2	A	Gordon McQueen 48', Steve Coppell 51'	Dave Armstrong 24' (pen), Mark Proctor 43'
39.	31-03-1979	Liverpool	FAC	2-2	N	Joe Jordan 19', Brian Greenhoff 56'	Kenny Dalglish 17', Alan Hansen 82'
40.	04-04-1979	Liverpool	FAC	1-0	N	Jimmy Greenhoff 78'
41.	07-04-1979	Norwich City	Div 1	2-2	A	Gordon McQueen 74', Lou Macari 83'	Graham Paddon 62', Keith Robson 71'
42.	11-04-1979	Bolton Wanderers	Div 1	1-2	H	Martin Buchan 25'	Frank Worthington 53', 90'
43.	14-04-1979	Liverpool	Div 1	0-2	A		Kenny Dalglish 36', Phil Neal 46'
44.	16-04-1979	Coventry City	Div 1	0-0	H
45.	18-04-1979	Nottingham Forest	Div 1	1-1	A	Joe Jordan 47'	Trevor Francis 86'
46.	21-04-1979	Tottenham Hotspur	Div 1	1-1	A	Gordon McQueen 14'	Chris Jones 71'
47.	25-04-1979	Norwich City	Div 1	1-0	H	Lou Macari 88'
48.	28-04-1979	Derby County	Div 1	0-0	H
49.	30-04-1979	Southampton	Div 1	1-1	A	Andy Ritchie 13'	Phil Boyer 25'
50.	05-05-1979	West Bromwich Albion	Div 1	0-1	A		Cyrille Regis 24'
51.	07-05-1979	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Div 1	3-2	H	Andy Ritchie 14', Steve Coppell 41', 86'	Gary Bailey 6' (o.g.), John Richards 76'
52.	12-05-1979	Arsenal	FAC	2-3	N	Gordon McQueen 86', Sammy McIlroy 88'	Brian Talbot 12', *Frank Stapleton 43', Alan Sunderland 89'
53.	16-05-1979	Chelsea	Div 1	1-1	H	Steve Coppell 7'	Gary Johnson 21'

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