[7], Welsh third-tier side Wrexham were Arsenal's sixth round opponents, the match taking place in front of 25,000 supporters at the Racecourse Ground. Clubs in the highest tier of English football enter the FA Cup in the third round and are selected randomly out of a hat with the remaining clubs. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. A corner from Woods was converted by Mick Mills at the far post. It was the final match of the 1977–78 FA Cup, the 97th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition, the FA Cup.
Four goals in a ten-minute spell in the first half, from David O'Leary, Malcolm Macdonald (2) and Frank Stapleton, effectively ended the match as a contest. [1], Arsenal entered the 1977–78 FA Cup in the third round where they faced Second Division team Sheffield United at Bramall Lane. UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1979–80 First round, http://www.11v11.com/teams/arsenal/tab/players/season/1979, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1978–79_Arsenal_F.C._season&oldid=973181251, Short description with empty Wikidata description, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 15 August 2020, at 20:47. FA Cup: Runners-up: League Cup: Third Round: Top goalscorer: League: Steve Coppell (11) …
[26] Arsenal manager Terry Neill was less positive about his team's performance: "I am not going to say very much ... then I'm going to piss off to have a drink".
[1] The 1978–79 season started well with Stoke winning five of their first six matches. Geddis then saw his bouncing shot saved by Jennings and Arsenal's Macdonald cleared another attempt. Find a game near you, through our round-by-round Emirates FA Cup fixture list. Wrexham increased their tempo and were denied by the referee as he disallowed a Bobby Shinton goal for offside. A controversial penalty awarded to Ipswich in the sixth minute was converted by Colin Viljoen after Derrick Downing was adjudged to have fouled Mariner. The 1978–79 season was Stoke City's 72nd season in the Football League and the 25th in the Second Division. Before the match, the players were presented to Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, and her husband Angus Ogilvy. The first half ended goalless. [28] Their only major trophy since then is the UEFA Cup in 1981. [15] Injured in doing so, Talbot was forced to withdraw from the match and sustained three stitches and concussion. Bobby Gould then scored for Rovers but the goal was disallowed and with four minutes to go, Mariner secured an equaliser to send the game to a replay at Portman Road. If a match is drawn, a replay comes into force, ordinarily at the ground of the team who were away for the first game. Includes all competitive matches. The 1878–79 Football Association Challenge Cup was the eighth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Stoke needed to beat Notts County at Meadow Lane to gain promotion and despite a large Stoke away following it seemed that County would spoil the party but with just two minutes remaining Paul Richardson scored the winning goal and Stoke took the final promotion position in the most dramatic way.
[23], The match, the fiftieth FA Cup final held at Wembley, kicked off in warm sunshine in front of a crowd of around 100,000, refereed by Derek Nippard. The 1978–79 seasonwas Nottingham Forest's second year back in the Football League First Division. Ipswich extended their lead in the 21st minute after Cyrille Regis failed to clear a Mick Lambert corner which was turned in by Mills. They had won the cup on four other occasions (in 1930, 1936, 1950 and 1971) and were making their ninth appearance in the FA Cup final overall. 14 up for Gunners. FA Cup. Garry Birtles broke into the first team and ended up being the club's top scorer as they ended up as league runners-up, retained the League Cup and won the European Cup. It remains Ipswich Town's only FA Cup triumph to date and they have not appeared in the final since. Tottenham Hotspur » Fixtures & Results 1977/1978. Liverpool F.C. Ipswich dominated the match, hitting the woodwork three times (including twice from John Wark) before Roger Osborne scored the only goal of the game with a left-foot shot, as Ipswich triumphed 1–0. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Alan Durban continued his good start at Stoke and they were involved in a promotion race from the start of the campaign. This meant they qualified for the first time in their history for the European Cup.
Country: England ## England International ; Worldwide ... FA Cup 1977/1978: Round date place Opponent Results; 3. The FA Cup is English football's primary cup competition. Rovers' equaliser came early in the second half as Ipswich goalkeeper Paul Cooper failed to clear a corner which was subsequently headed in by midfielder David Williams. Liverpool F.C. Any stats from a different club during 1978–79 are not included. They finished the season ninth in the league and also reached the FA Cup Final where they lost 2–3 to Arsenal at Wembley. Graham Whittle pulled one back for Wrexham with ten minutes to go but the match ended 3–2 and Arsenal were through. [10] Ipswich were drawn against Fourth Division Hartlepool United in the fourth round. He went on to compliment Ipswich, noting that "we didn't play as well as we can do, but Ipswich deserved it today, no doubt about that". An early header from Wrexham's prolific striker Dixie McNeil went wide of Pat Jennings' post and 25 minutes in, Macdonald tapped home after Stapleton's header was parried by Wrexham goalkeeper Eddie Niedzwiecki. [9], Ipswich's first game in the 1977–78 FA Cup was away at Second Division Welsh club Cardiff City in the third round. Find out more: Fixtures, results and round dates. 1878–79 FA Cup; Country Arsenal add another Emirates FA Cup title to their name after Aubameyang brace . [12] Ipswich pressed early on but with no reward for their domination and had to wait until the 26th minute to capitalise. The 1978–79 season was Manchester United 's 77th season in the Football League, and their fourth consecutive season in the top division of English football. T he FA Cup (Football Association Challenge Cup) is the oldest existing football competition. We played some decent football didn't we? [1] They were rarely out of the top three but neither were promotion rivals Brighton & Hove Albion, Crystal Palace and Sunderland. 1978–79 Arsenal F.C. The Welsh side equalised midway through the second half, with a McNeil header, his eleventh goal of his FA Cup campaign. [20] Bobby Robson was content with the underdog label: "Being the underdogs helps ease the tension and that suits us fine ... Arsenal seem to be most people's choice this time, but that does not worry us in the least. David Coleman was the main commentator for the BBC with punditry from Jimmy Hill, Lawrie McMenemy and Trevor Brooking. In the rematch Oldham claimed a 1–0 victory.