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Bristol City
1978–79 season
Manager Alan Dicks
Stadium Ashton Gate
First Division 13th
FA Cup Fourth round
League Cup Second round
←  1977–78
1979–80 →

During the 1978–79 English football season, Bristol City competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Bristol City comfortably avoided relegation, finishing 13th in the First Division.

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Liverpool (C) 42 30 8 4 85 16 +69 68 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Nottingham Forest 42 21 18 3 61 26 +35 60 Qualification for the European Cup first round [a]
3 West Bromwich Albion 42 24 11 7 72 35 +37 59 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Everton 42 17 17 8 52 40 +12 51
5 Leeds United 42 18 14 10 70 52 +18 50
6 Ipswich Town 42 20 9 13 63 49 +14 49
7 Arsenal 42 17 14 11 61 48 +13 48 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round [b]
8 Aston Villa 42 15 16 11 59 49 +10 46
9 Manchester United 42 15 15 12 60 63 −3 45
10 Coventry City 42 14 16 12 58 68 −10 44
11 Tottenham Hotspur 42 13 15 14 48 61 −13 41
12 Middlesbrough 42 15 10 17 57 50 +7 40
13 Bristol City 42 15 10 17 47 51 −4 40
14 Southampton 42 12 16 14 47 53 −6 40
15 Manchester City 42 13 13 16 58 56 +2 39
16 Norwich City 42 7 23 12 51 57 −6 37
17 Bolton Wanderers 42 12 11 19 54 75 −21 35
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 13 8 21 44 68 −24 34
19 Derby County 42 10 11 21 44 71 −27 31
20 Queens Park Rangers (R) 42 6 13 23 45 73 −28 25 Relegation to the Second Division
21 Birmingham City (R) 42 6 10 26 37 64 −27 22
22 Chelsea (R) 42 5 10 27 44 92 −48 20
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Nottingham Forest qualified for the European Cup first round as the 1978–79 European Cup winners.
  2. ^ Arsenal qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1978–79 FA Cup winners.

Kit

Bristol City's kit was produced by Umbro.

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Scotland  SCO John Shaw
— DF Scotland  SCO Gerry Sweeney
— DF Scotland  SCO Donnie Gillies
— MF Scotland  SCO Gerry Gow
— DF England  ENG David Rodgers
— DF England  ENG Norman Hunter
— MF England  ENG Trevor Tainton
— FW Scotland  SCO Tom Ritchie
— FW England  ENG Joe Royle
— FW England  ENG Kevin Mabbutt
— MF England  ENG Clive Whitehead
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England  ENG Jimmy Mann
— MF Scotland  SCO Peter Cormack
— DF England  ENG Terry Cooper
— DF England  ENG Gary Collier
— MF Netherlands  NED Geert Meijer
— FW England  ENG Chris Garland
— MF England  ENG John Bain
— GK England  ENG Ray Cashley
— MF Wales  WAL Howard Pritchard
— MF Finland  FIN Pertti Jantunen

Awards

At the end of season, Gerry Gow was given the club's Player of the Season award.

References


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