NEWTON HEATH/
MANCHESTER UNITED SEASON
1977-1978

A statistical compilation of all Newton Heath/Manchester United matches during the 1977-1978 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 1977-1978.

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Newton Heath/Manchester United 1977-1978 Season Record

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	25	12	7	6	44	28	+16	48.00
A	26	7	6	13	41	52	-11	26.92
N	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
Total	52	19	14	19	85	80	+5	36.54

First Match Played:	13 Aug 1977 Liverpool D 0-0 Charity Shield @ Wembley
Last Match Played:	29 Apr 1978 Wolverhampton Wanderers L 1-2 League Division One @ Molineux
Highest Attendance:	(82000) 13 Aug 1977 Liverpool D 0-0 Charity Shield @ Wembley
Most Goals scored in a Match:	(6) See table below
Most Goals Conceded in a Match:	(4) See table below

No	Player Name	Goals	Apps

1.	Hill, Gordon	19	45
2.	Pearson, Stuart	15	39
3.	Macari, Lou	11	40
4.	McIlroy, Sammy	9	48
5.	Coppell, Steve	9	52
6.	Greenhoff, Jimmy	6	28
7.	Jordan, Joe	3	16
8.	Nicholl, Jimmy	3	47
9.	Grimes, Ashley	2	17
10.	McCreery, David	2	23
11.	McQueen, Gordon	1	14
12.	McGrath, Chris	1	23
13.	Greenhoff, Brian	1	36
14.	Buchan, Martin	1	38

No	Player Name	Apps	Goals

1.	Coppell, Steve	52	9
2.	McIlroy, Sammy	48	9
3.	Nicholl, Jimmy	47	3
4.	Hill, Gordon	45	19
5.	Macari, Lou	40	11
6.	Pearson, Stuart	39	15
7.	Albiston, Arthur	38	0
8.	Buchan, Martin	38	1
9.	Houston, Stewart	37	0
10.	Greenhoff, Brian	36	1
11.	Stepney, Alex	29	0
12.	Greenhoff, Jimmy	28	6
13.	McCreery, David	23	2
14.	McGrath, Chris	23	1
15.	Roche, Paddy	23	0
16.	Grimes, Ashley	17	2
17.	Jordan, Joe	16	3
18.	McQueen, Gordon	14	1
19.	Forsyth, Alex	4	0
20.	Ritchie, Andy	4	0
21.	Rogers, Martyn	1	0

No	Opponent Manager	Count

1.	Paisley, Bob	3
2.	Neill, Terry	3
3.	Atkinson, Ron	3
4.	Milne, Gordon	2
5.	Robson, Bobby	2
6.	Book, Tony	2
7.	Herbin, Robert	2
8.	Shellito, Ken	2
9.	Armfield, Jimmy	2
10.	Neal, John	2
11.	Pedroto, Jose	2
12.	Saunders, Ron	2
13.	Clough, Brian	2
14.	Bond, John	2
15.	Sibley, Frank	2
16.	Chung, Sammy	2
17.	Lyall, John	2
18.	Lee, Gordon	2
19.	McLintock, Frank	2
20.	Moncur, Bobby	2
21.	Dicks, Alan	2
22.	Bell, Willie	1
23.	Murphy, Colin	1
24.	Dinnis, Richard	1
25.	Allen, Ronnie	1
26.	Ramsey, Alf	1
27.	Docherty, Tommy	1
28.	McGarry, Bill	1

No	MUFC Managers	Count

Sexton, Dave

Stadiums Manchester United have played at

No	Stadium	Count

1.	Old Trafford	24
2.	Highbury	2
3.	The Hawthorns	2
4.	Anfield	1
5.	Ashton Gate	1
6.	Ayresome Park	1
7.	Baseball Ground	1
8.	Boleyn Ground	1
9.	Brunton Park	1
10.	Carrow Road	1
11.	City Ground, Nottingham	1
12.	Elland Road	1
13.	Estadio das Antas	1
14.	Filbert Street	1
15.	Geoffrey Guichard	1
16.	Goodison Park	1
17.	Highfield Road	1
18.	Home Park	1
19.	Loftus Road	1
20.	Maine Road	1
21.	Molineux	1
22.	Portman Road	1
23.	St Andrews	1
24.	St James Park, Newcastle	1
25.	Stamford Bridge	1
26.	Villa Park	1
27.	Wembley	1

No	Competition	Count

1.	League Division One	42
2.	Cup Winners Cup	4
3.	FA Cup	4
4.	Charity Shield	1
5.	League Cup	1

No	Opponent	Count

1.	West Bromwich Albion	4
2.	Arsenal	3
3.	Liverpool	3
4.	Aston Villa	2
5.	Birmingham City	2
6.	Bristol City	2
7.	Carlisle United	2
8.	Chelsea	2
9.	Coventry City	2
10.	Derby County	2
11.	Everton	2
12.	Ipswich Town	2
13.	Leeds United	2
14.	Leicester City	2
15.	Manchester City	2
16.	Middlesbrough	2
17.	Newcastle United	2
18.	Norwich City	2
19.	Nottingham Forest	2
20.	Porto	2
21.	Queens Park Rangers	2
22.	Saint Etienne	2
23.	West Ham United	2
24.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2

No	Opponent Nationality	Count

1.	England	48
2.	France	2
3.	Portugal	2

No	Date	Player	Opponent

07-01-1978

Greenhoff, Brian

Carlisle United

No	Date	WDL	F-A	Opponent	Competition

13-08-1977

0-0

Liverpool

Charity Shield

No	Date	Player Name	No	Opponent

1.	24-08-1977	Hill, Gordon	1	Coventry City
2.	21-01-1978	Hill, Gordon	1	Derby County
3.	08-02-1978	Hill, Gordon	1	Bristol City
4.	11-02-1978	Hill, Gordon	1	Chelsea
5.	15-03-1978	Hill, Gordon	2	Manchester City
6.	27-03-1978	Hill, Gordon	1	Everton
7.	08-04-1978	Pearson, Stuart	1	Queens Park Rangers
8.	22-04-1978	Grimes, Ashley	1	West Ham United

Date	Opponent	No	F-A	Scorer
11-03-1978	Newcastle United	1	2-2	Mark McGee 32', Micky Burns 85' (pen)
08-04-1978	Queens Park Rangers	1	3-1	Stan Bowles 76' (pen)

Date	No	F-A	Opponents	Scorers
02-11-1977	2	5-2	Porto	Steve Coppell 8', 65', Murca 39' (o.g.), 90' (o.g.), Jimmy Nicholl 44'

Date	No	F-A	Player Name	Opponent
17-12-1977	1	0-4	Greenhoff, Brian	Nottingham Forest

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
26-12-1977	Everton	W	6-2	A	League Division One

Date	Opponent	WDL	F-A	HAN	Competition
19-10-1977	Porto	L	0-4	A	Cup Winners Cup
22-10-1977	West Bromwich Albion	L	0-4	A	League Division One
17-12-1977	Nottingham Forest	L	0-4	H	League Division One

No	Date	Player Name	No	Opponent
1.	20-08-1977	Macari, Lou	3	Birmingham City

No	Date	Opponent	Comp	F-A	HAN	Scorers	Opp Scorers
1.	13-08-1977	Liverpool	CS	0-0	N
2.	20-08-1977	Birmingham City	Div 1	4-1	A	Lou Macari 5' 22', 83', Gordon Hill 75'	Terry Hibbit 53'
3.	24-08-1977	Coventry City	Div 1	2-1	H	Gordon Hill 8' (pen), David McCreery 74'	Ian Wallace 27'
4.	27-08-1977	Ipswich Town	Div 1	0-0	H
5.	30-08-1977	Arsenal	LC	2-3	A	David McCreery 45', Stuart Pearson 86'	Malcolm MacDonald 40',74', Liam Brady 46'
6.	03-09-1977	Derby County	Div 1	1-0	A	Lou Macari 30'
7.	10-09-1977	Manchester City	Div 1	1-3	A	Jimmy Nicholl 87'	*Brian Kidd 14', 48', Mick Channon 78'
8.	14-09-1977	Saint Etienne	CWC	1-1	A	Gordon Hill 78'	Christian Synaeghel 80'
9.	17-09-1977	Chelsea	Div 1	0-1	H		Bill Garner 2'
10.	24-09-1977	Leeds United	Div 1	1-1	A	Gordon Hill 68'	Ray Hankin 73'
11.	01-10-1977	Liverpool	Div 1	2-0	H	Lou Macari 62', Sammy McIlroy 70'
12.	05-10-1977	Saint Etienne	CWC	2-0	H	Stuart Pearson 32', Steve Coppell 65'
13.	08-10-1977	Middlesbrough	Div 1	1-2	A	Steve Coppell 35'	David Mills 39', Billy Ashcroft 56'
14.	15-10-1977	Newcastle United	Div 1	3-2	H	Steve Coppell 7', Jimmy Greenhoff 22', Lou Macari 56'	Micky Burns 72', Dennis Martin 87'
15.	19-10-1977	Porto	CWC	0-4	A		Duda 8', 24', 54', Oliveira 60'
16.	22-10-1977	West Bromwich Albion	Div 1	0-4	A		John Wile 28', David Cross 34', 44' *Laurie Cunningham 44'
17.	29-10-1977	Aston Villa	Div 1	1-2	A	Jimmy Nicholl 83'	Andy Gray 30', Alex Cropley 41'
18.	02-11-1977	Porto	CWC	5-2	H	Steve Coppell 8', 65', Murca 39' (o.g.), 90' (o.g.), Jimmy Nicholl 44'	Seninho 29', 85'
19.	05-11-1977	Arsenal	Div 1	1-2	H	Gordon Hill 66'	Malcolm MacDonald 71', *Frank Stapleton 85'
20.	12-11-1977	Nottingham Forest	Div 1	1-2	A	Stuart Pearson 5'	Kenny Burns 49', Archie Gemmill 72'
21.	19-11-1977	Norwich City	Div 1	1-0	H	Stuart Pearson 73'
22.	26-11-1977	Queens Park Rangers	Div 1	2-2	A	Gordon Hill 43', 87'	David Needham 17', *Don Givens 55'
23.	03-12-1977	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Div 1	3-1	H	Sammy McIlroy 12', Jimmy Greenhoff 37', Stuart Pearson 83'	John Richards 50'
24.	10-12-1977	West Ham United	Div 1	1-2	A	Chris McGrath 10'	Derek Hales 7', Trevor Brooking 81'
25.	17-12-1977	Nottingham Forest	Div 1	0-4	H		Brian Greenhoff 22' (o.g.), Tony Woodcock 25', 88', John Robertson 52'
26.	26-12-1977	Everton	Div 1	6-2	A	Lou Macari 27', 53', Gordon Hill 41', Steve Coppell 58', Jimmy Greenhoff 68', Sammy McIlroy 75'	Martin Dobson 70', Bob Latchford 75'
27.	27-12-1977	Leicester City	Div 1	3-1	H	Jimmy Greenhoff 40', Steve Coppell 44', Gordon Hill 65'	Mark Goodwin 85'
28.	31-12-1977	Coventry City	Div 1	0-3	A		Mick Ferguson 8', Ian Wallace 34', Terry Yorath 83'
29.	02-01-1978	Birmingham City	Div 1	1-2	H	Jimmy Greenhoff 51'	Kevin Dillon 12', Trevor Francis 53'
30.	07-01-1978	Carlisle United	FAC	1-1	A	Lou Macari 2'	Ian McDonald 8'
31.	11-01-1978	Carlisle United	FAC	4-2	H	Lou Macari 5', 75', Stuart Pearson 44', 70'	Mick Tait 67', Billy Rafferty 90'
32.	14-01-1978	Ipswich Town	Div 1	2-1	A	Sammy McIlroy 11', Stuart Pearson 29'	Paul Mariner 38'
33.	21-01-1978	Derby County	Div 1	4-0	H	Gordon Hill 6', 28' (pen), Stuart Pearson 70', Martin Buchan 88'
34.	28-01-1978	West Bromwich Albion	FAC	1-1	H	Steve Coppell 89'	Willie Johnston 77'
35.	01-02-1978	West Bromwich Albion	FAC	2-3	A	Stuart Pearson 20', Gordon Hill 88'	Tony Brown 13', Cyrille Regis 49', 94'
36.	08-02-1978	Bristol City	Div 1	1-1	H	Gordon Hill 27' (pen)	Peter Cormack 43'
37.	11-02-1978	Chelsea	Div 1	2-2	A	Sammy McIlroy 52', Gordon Hill 90' (pen)	Clive Walker 19', *Ray Wilkins 54'
38.	25-02-1978	Liverpool	Div 1	1-3	A	Sammy McIlroy 61'	Graeme Souness 39', Ray Kennedy 49', Jimmy Case 84'
39.	01-03-1978	Leeds United	Div 1	0-1	H		Allan Clarke 77'
40.	04-03-1978	Middlesbrough	Div 1	0-0	H
41.	11-03-1978	Newcastle United	Div 1	2-2	A	Joe Jordan 27', Gordon Hill 39'	Mark McGee 32', Micky Burns 85' (pen)
42.	15-03-1978	Manchester City	Div 1	2-2	H	Gordon Hill 7' (pen), 57' (pen)	Peter Barnes 77', Brian Kidd 79'
43.	18-03-1978	West Bromwich Albion	Div 1	1-1	H	Gordon McQueen 30'	Alistair Robertson 90'
44.	25-03-1978	Leicester City	Div 1	3-2	A	Stuart Pearson 12', Gordon Hill 48', Jimmy Greenhoff 83'	Dean Smith 40', Geoff Salmons 73'
45.	27-03-1978	Everton	Div 1	1-2	H	Gordon Hill 85' (pen)	Bob Latchford 33', 61'
46.	29-03-1978	Aston Villa	Div 1	1-1	H	Sammy McIlroy 52'	John Deehan 50'
47.	01-04-1978	Arsenal	Div 1	1-3	A	Joe Jordan 37'	Malcolm MacDonald 36', 83', Liam Brady 69'
48.	08-04-1978	Queens Park Rangers	Div 1	3-1	H	Stuart Pearson 42', 82' (pen), Ashley Grimes 57'	Stan Bowles 76' (pen)
49.	15-04-1978	Norwich City	Div 1	3-1	A	Joe Jordan 67', Sammy McIlroy 69', Steve Coppell 78'	Phil Lythgoe 24'
50.	22-04-1978	West Ham United	Div 1	3-0	H	Ashley Grimes 68' (pen), Sammy McIlroy 76', Stuart Pearson 78'
51.	25-04-1978	Bristol City	Div 1	1-0	A	Stuart Pearson 50'
52.	29-04-1978	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Div 1	1-2	A	Brian Greenhoff 37'	Martin Patching 47', Melvyn Eves 76'