1978-79 season

1978-79 season
General information
Manager	Bob Paisley
Captain	Emlyn Hughes Kenny Dalglish
Performance
Division 1	Winners
FA Cup	Semi-final
League Cup	2nd round
Europe	European Cup: 1st round
Top scorers
League	Dalglish (21)
FA Cup	Dalglish (4)
League Cup	None
Europe	European Cup: None
Overall	Dalglish (25)
Attendances
Average	45,391
←1977-78	1979-80→

The 1978-79 season was Liverpool's 87th season of football since they were established. Liverpool managed to regain the league championship this season, but were overall disappointing in the cup competitions. They were knocked out of the League Cup and European Cup at the first time of asking, but did manage to reach the semi-final of the FA Cup.

Squad

• GK. Ray Clemence
• GK. Steve Ogrizovic
• DF. Alan Kennedy
• DF. Phil Thompson
• DF. Phil Neal
• DF. Joey Jones
• DF. Brian Kettle
• DF. Emlyn Hughes
• DF. Alan Hansen
• DF. Colin Irwin
• MF. Ian Callaghan
• MF. Jimmy Case
• MF. Steve Heighway
• MF. Ray Kennedy
• MF. Sammy Lee
• MF. Terry McDermott
• MF. Kevin Sheedy
• MF. Graeme Souness
• FW. David Johnson
• FW. Kenny Dalglish
• FW. Howard Gayle
• FW. David Fairclough

Note: Fixed squad numbers were not introduced until the 1993-94 season.

Friendlies

Pre-season

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
2 August 1978	Bass League XI	3-1	Souness (51), Jones (70), Case (87)
6 August 1978	Basel	6-0	Dalglish (20), Hughes (33), R. Kennedy (44, 69), Case (60), Baldinger (og)
8 August 1978	Bayern Munich	1-1	Fairclough (70)
11 August 1978	Austria Wien	1-0	Heighway (52)
14 August 1978	Celtic	3-2	A. Kennedy (32), Dalglish (39, 56)

Other friendlies

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
2 October 1978	Saudi Arabia	1-1	Dalglish
11 October 1978	Swansea	3-2	Dalglish (90), Souness
12 December 1978	Werder Bremen	1-1	Neal (80)
27 January 1979	Bangor	4-0	Dalglish (18, 38), McDermott (pen 31), Fairclough (35)
27 March 1979	Borussia Moenchengladbach	0-1
28 May 1979	Israel	3-3	Case (31), R. Kennedy (62), Fairclough (66)

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
19 August 1978	QPR	2-1	Dalglish (27), Heighway (76)
22 August 1978	Ipswich	3-0	Souness (17), Dalglish (22, 74)
26 August 1978	Man City	4-1	Souness (15, 48), R. Kennedy (34), Dalglish (56)
2 September 1978	Tottenham	7-0	Dalglish (8, 20), R. Kennedy (28), Johnson (48, 58), Neal (pen 64), McDermott (76)
9 September 1978	Birmingham	3-0	Souness (12, 57), A. Kennedy (81)
16 September 1978	Coventry	1-0	Souness (27)
23 September 1978	West Brom	1-1	Dalglish (70)
30 September 1978	Bolton	3-0	Case (13, 39, 55)
7 October 1978	Norwich	4-1	Heighway (6, 10), Johnson (36), Case (49)
14 October 1978	Derby	5-0	Johnson (29), R. Kennedy (55, 78), Dalglish (61, 80)
21 October 1978	Chelsea	2-0	Johnson (6), Dalglish (71)
28 October 1978	Everton	0-1
4 November 1978	Leeds	1-1	McDermott (pen 81)
11 November 1978	QPR	3-1	Heighway (29), R. Kennedy (45), Johnson (85)
18 November 1978	Man City	1-0	Neal (pen 86)
22 November 1978	Tottenham	0-0
25 November 1978	Middlesbrough	2-0	McDermott (30), Souness (69)
2 December 1978	Arsenal	0-1
9 December 1978	Nottingham Forest	2-0	McDermott (pen 29, 48)
16 December 1978	Bristol	0-1
26 December 1978	Man Utd	3-0	R. Kennedy (5), Case (25), Fairclough (67)
3 February 1979	West Brom	2-1	Dalglish (21), Fairclough(53)
13 February 1979	Birmingham	1-0	Souness (37)
21 February 1979	Norwich	6-0	Dalglish (3, 48), Johnson (46, 51), A. Kennedy (80), R. Kennedy (90)
24 February 1979	Derby	2-0	Dalglish (11), R. Kennedy (70)
3 March 1979	Chelsea	0-0
6 March 1979	Coventry	0-0
13 March 1979	Everton	1-1	Dalglish (15)
20 March 1979	Wolves	2-0	McDermott (34), Johnson (48)
24 March 1979	Ipswich	2-0	Dalglish (41), Johnson (81)
7 April 1979	Arsenal	3-0	Case (49), Dalglish (73), McDermott (88)
10 April 1979	Wolves	1-0	Hansen (33)
14 April 1979	Man Utd	2-0	Dalglish (36), Neal (46)
16 April 1979	Aston Villa	1-3	Johnson (65)
21 April 1979	Bristol	1-0	Dalglish (5)
24 April 1979	Southampton	1-1	Johnson (12)
28 April 1979	Nottingham Forest	0-0
1 May 1979	Bolton	4-1	Johnson (11), R. Kennedy (51, 76), Dalglish (75)
5 May 1979	Southampton	2-0	Neal (16, 80)
8 May 1979	Aston Villa	3-0	A. Kennedy (1), Dalglish (38), McDermott (57)
11 May 1979	Middlesbrough	1-0	Johnson (56)
17 May 1979	Leeds	3-0	Johnson (21, 57), Case (42)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	10 January 1979	Southend	0-0
3 (R)	17 January 1979	Southend	3-0	Case (38), Dalglish (75), R. Kennedy (85)
4	30 January 1979	Blackburn	1-0	Dalglish (82)
5	28 February 1979	Burnley	3-0	Johnson (43, 61), Souness (59)
Quarter-final	10 March 1979	Ipswich	1-0	Dalglish (52)
Semi-final	31 March 1979	Man Utd	2-2	Dalglish (17), Hansen (82)
Semi-final (R)	4 April 1979	Man Utd	0-1

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
2	28 August 1978	Sheffield	0-1

European Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
1 (1st leg)	13 September 1978	Nottingham Forest	0-2
1 (2nd leg)	27 September 1978	Nottingham Forest	0-0

Other

European Super Cup:

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
1st leg	4 December 1978	Anderlecht	1-3	Case (27)
2nd leg	19 December 1978	Anderlecht	2-1	Hughes (13), Fairclough (85)

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	42	30	8	4	85	16	69	68
2	Nottingham Forest	42	21	18	3	61	26	35	60
3	West Brom	42	24	11	7	72	35	37	59

Player stats

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
MF	Jimmy Case	37	7	6	0	1	1	4	1	48	9
GK	Ray Clemence	42	0	7	0	1	0	3	0	53	0
FW	Kenny Dalglish	42	21	7	4	1	0	4	0	54	25
FW	David Fairclough	4	2	3	0	1	0	2	1	10	3
DF	Alan Hansen	34	1	6	0	0	1	2	0	42	2
MF	Steve Heighway	28	4	5	0	1	0	3	0	37	4
DF	Emlyn Hughes	16	0	7	0	1	0	4	1	28	1
FW	David Johnson	30	16	4	0	0	2	3	0	37	18
DF	Joey Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	Alan Kennedy	37	3	2	0	1	0	3	0	43	3
MF	Ray Kennedy	42	10	7	0	1	1	4	0	54	11
DF	Brian Kettle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	Sammy Lee	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MF	Terry McDermott	37	8	7	0	1	0	4	0	49	8
DF	Phil Neal	42	5	7	0	1	0	4	0	54	5
GK	Steve Ogrizovic	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
MF	Graeme Souness	41	8	7	0	1	1	4	0	53	9
DF	Phil Thompson	39	0	6	0	1	0	3	0	49	0

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Kevin Sheedy	Hereford	£80,000	13 July 1978
Alan Kennedy	Newcastle	£330,000	13 August 1978
Frank McGarvey	St Mirren	£300,000	May 1979

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
Tommy Smith	Swansea	Free	August 1978
Peter McDonnell	Oldham	Free	August 1978
Joey Jones	Wrexham	£20,000	September 1978
Ian Callaghan	Swansea	Free	15 September 1978
Trevor Birch	Shrewsbury	£45,000	March 1979 #