1977–78 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea

1977–78 season
Chairman	Brian Mears
Manager	Ken Shellito
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
First Division	16th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Tommy Langley (11) All: Tommy Langley (13)
Highest home attendance	44,093 vs West Ham United (27 December 1977)
Lowest home attendance	18,008 vs Birmingham City (24 August 1977)
Average home league attendance	28,322
Biggest win	6–2 v Burnley (31 January 1978)
Biggest defeat	0–6 v Everton (29 April 1978)
Home colours Away colours

The 1977–78 season was Chelsea Football Club's sixty-fourth competitive season.

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Middlesbrough	42	12	15	15	42	54	−12	39
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	12	12	18	51	64	−13	36
16	Chelsea	42	11	14	17	46	69	−23	36
17	Bristol City	42	11	13	18	49	53	−4	35
18	Ipswich Town	42	11	13	18	47	61	−14	35	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

1. Ipswich Town qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1977–78 FA Cup winners.

References

• Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
• Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of The Blues – A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006.

External links

• 1977–78 season at stamford-bridge.com