1978–79 Football League Cup Explained

1978–79 Football League Cup
Country:	England Wales
Num Teams:	92
Winners:	Nottingham Forest
Second:	Southampton
Prev Season:	1977–78
Next Season:	1979–80

The 1978–79 Football League Cup was the 19th season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition started on 12 August 1978 and ended with the final on 17 March 1979.

The final was contested by First Division teams Nottingham Forest and Southampton at Wembley Stadium in London.

First round

First leg

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	0–1		12 August 1978
	1–2		12 August 1978
	0–1		12 August 1978
	2–0		12 August 1978
	2–1		12 August 1978
	2–2		12 August 1978
	1–2		12 August 1978
	2–2		12 August 1978
	2–3		12 August 1978
	1–0		12 August 1978
	0–1		12 August 1978
	2–0		12 August 1978
	0–1		12 August 1978
	0–1		12 August 1978
	2–1		12 August 1978
	1–1		12 August 1978
	0–3		12 August 1978
	0–0		12 August 1978
	3–0		12 August 1978
	3–1		12 August 1978
	5–0		12 August 1978
	0–1		12 August 1978
	1–0		14 August 1978
	1–0		12 August 1978
	1–1		12 August 1978
	2–1		12 August 1978
	4–0		12 August 1978
	2–0		12 August 1978

Second leg

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	2–1		16 August 1978	4–3
	1–3		15 August 1978	1–7
	1–2		15 August 1978	1–4
	0–0		15 August 1978	3–2
	1–1		16 August 1978	4–1
	0–0		16 August 1978	2–1
	2–2		15 August 1978	3–2
	1–1		15 August 1978	2–1
	1–2		15 August 1978	2–5
	0–2		15 August 1978	1–4
	1–1		15 August 1978	1–6
	4–0		16 August 1978	5–2
	2–2		15 August 1978	2–5
	1–1		16 August 1978	1–3
	1–0		16 August 1978	2–0
	2–1		16 August 1978	4–3
	3–0		15 August 1978	4–0
	2–1		16 August 1978	4–2
	1–2		15 August 1978	2–2
	2–4		14 August 1978	2–5
	0–1		15 August 1978	1–1
	3–1		16 August 1978	3–2
	5–0		15 August 1978	6–2
	4–2		15 August 1978	4–2
	1–2		16 August 1978	2–3
	2–1		16 August 1978	3–2
	4–1		15 August 1978	4–2
	0–3		15 August 1978	0–5

Replays

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	0–1		22 August 1978
	0–1		22 August 1978

Second round

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Aston Villa (1)	1–0	Sheffield Wednesday (3)	30 August 1978
Birmingham City (1)	2–5	Southampton (1)	29 August 1978
Blackpool (3)	2–0	Ipswich Town (1)	30 August 1978
Bolton Wanderers (1)	2–1	Chelsea (1)	29 August 1978
Brighton & Hove Albion (2)	1–0	Millwall (2)	29 August 1978
Bristol City (1)	1–2	Crystal Palace (2)	29 August 1978
Burnley (2)	1–1	Bradford City (4)	29 August 1978
Chester (3)	2–1	Coventry City (1)	30 August 1978
Crewe Alexandra (4)	2–0	Notts County (2)	30 August 1978
Everton (1)	8–0	Wimbledon (4)	29 August 1978
Exeter City (3)	2–1	Blackburn Rovers (2)	29 August 1978
Fulham (2)	2–2	Darlington (4)	29 August 1978
Leicester City (2)	0–1	Derby County (1)	30 August 1978
Orient (2)	1–2	Chesterfield (3)	29 August 1978
Luton Town (2)	2–0	Wigan Athletic (4)	29 August 1978
Manchester City (1)	2–0	Grimsby Town (4)	29 August 1978
Manchester United (1)	3–2	Stockport County (4)	30 August 1978
Middlesbrough (1)	0–0	Peterborough United (3)	29 August 1978
Northampton Town (4)	0–0	Hereford United (4)	29 August 1978
Oldham Athletic (2)	0–0	Nottingham Forest (1)	29 August 1978
Oxford United (3)	1–1	Plymouth Argyle (3)	30 August 1978
Preston North End (2)	1–3	Queens Park Rangers (1)	29 August 1978
Reading (4)	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers (1)	30 August 1978
Rotherham United (3)	3–1	Arsenal (1)	29 August 1978
Sheffield United (2)	1–0	Liverpool (1)	28 August 1978
Sunderland (2)	0–2	Stoke City (2)	30 August 1978
Swansea City (3)	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur (1)	29 August 1978
Walsall (3)	1–2	Charlton Athletic (2)	29 August 1978
Watford (3)	2–1	Newcastle United (2)	29 August 1978
West Bromwich Albion (1)	0–0	Leeds United (1)	29 August 1978
West Ham United (2)	1–2	Swindon Town (3)	30 August 1978
Wrexham (2)	1–3	Norwich City (1)	29 August 1978

Replays

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	2–3		5 September 1978
	1–0		5 September 1978
	0–1		6 September 1978
	0–0^[1]		6 September 1978
	4–2		6 September 1978
	1–0^[2]		5 September 1978
	1–2^[3]		5 September 1978
	1–3		6 September 1978

2nd Replay

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	0–1		2 October 1978

Third round

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	1–1		4 October 1978
	1–1		4 October 1978
	1–3		3 October 1978
	0–2		4 October 1978
	4–5		4 October 1978
	1–0		3 October 1978
	2–1		4 October 1978
	2–1		3 October 1978
	1–2		4 October 1978
	1–3		3 October 1978
	0–5		4 October 1978
	1–1		3 October 1978
	2–0		3 October 1978
	2–2		3 October 1978
	1–4		10 October 1978
	1–0		3 October 1978

Replays

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	0–0^[4]		10 October 1978
	3–0		10 October 1978
	1–0		10 October 1978
	0–2^[5]		10 October 1978

2nd Replay

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	3–0		16 October 1978

Fourth round

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	0–2		8 November 1978
	1–0		7 November 1978
	2–3		7 November 1978
	2–3		7 November 1978
	0–2		8 November 1978
	1–3		8 November 1978
	0–2		7 November 1978
	0–0		8 November 1978

Replay

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	2–0		14 November 1978

Fifth Round

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	4–1		13 December 1978
	3–1		13 December 1978
	2–1		12 December 1978
	0–0		13 December 1978

Replay

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	3–1^[6]		9 January 1979

Semi-finals

First leg

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	2–2		24 January 1979
	3–1		17 January 1979

Second leg

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	1–0		30 January 1979	3–2
	0–0		30 January 1979	1–3

Final

See main article: 1979 Football League Cup Final.

Match details

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Nottingham Forest
Red shirts/White shorts/Red socks

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3 — 2
(final score after 90 minutes)

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Southampton
Yellow shirts/Blue shorts/Yellow socks

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Manager: Brian CloughTeam:
1 Peter Shilton (GK)
2 Colin Barrett
3 Frank Clark
4 John McGovern (c)
5 Larry Lloyd
6 David Needham
7 Martin O'Neill
8 Archie Gemmill
9 Garry Birtles
10 Tony Woodcock
11 John Robertson
12 Ian Bowyer

Scorers:

Garry Birtles,

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Half-time:
0–1

Competition:
Football League Cup (Final)

Date:
15.00 GMT Saturday 17 March 1979

Venue:
Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance:
96,952

Referee:
Peter Reeves

Match rules:
90 minutes.
30 minutes extra-time if necessary.
Match replayed if scores still level.
One named substitute.

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Manager: Lawrie McMenemyTeam:
1 Terry Gennoe (GK)
2 Ivan Golac
3 David Peach
4 Steve Williams
5 Chris Nicholl
6 Malcolm Waldron
7 Alan Ball (c)
8 Phil Boyer
9 Austin Hayes
10 Nick Holmes
11 Terry Curran
12 Tony Sealy Scorers:

References

General

Web site: English League Cup 1978/1979 . 3 February 2009 . Soccerbase.
Web site: England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996 . 3 February 2009 . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. https://web.archive.org/web/20090221012511/http://rsssf.com/tablese/engleagcuphistfull.html. 21 February 2009 . live.
Web site: English League Cup 1978–1979 : Results . 19 January 2012 . Statto . https://web.archive.org/web/20111222025857/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/league-cup/1978-1979/results . 22 December 2011 . dead . dmy-all .

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