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      SEASON ARCHIVE : RESULTS - 1978/79

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Opposition goalscorers in italics, * signifies goalscorer unknown.

FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE

 DATE OPPONENT H/A F-A SCORERS    GATE POS
 Sat 19 Aug Ipswich Town H 2-1 A Brown, T Brown - Woods   23,674 5
 Tue 22 Aug Queens Park Rangers A 1-0 Howe (og)   15,481 3
 Sat 26 Aug Bolton Wanderers H 4-0 A Brown 2, Cunningham, Regis   23,095 2
 Sat 02 Sep Nottingham Forest A 0-0   28,239 3
 Sat 09 Sep Norwich City H 2-2 Cunningham, Robson - Chivers, Ryan   21,893 4
 Sat 16 Sep Derby County A 2-3 Regis, Cunningham - Duncan, Daly, Powell   23,772 4
 Sat 23 Sep Liverpool H 1-1 Cunningham - Dalglish   33,772 5
 Sat 30 Sep Chelsea A 3-1 Regis, Wile, T Brown - Wicks   21,022 3
 Sat 07 Oct Tottenham Hotspur H 0-1 Taylor   33,068 6
 Sat 14 Oct Leeds United A 3-1 T Brown, Regis 2 - Stevenson   25,931 4
 Sat 21 Oct Coventry City H 7-1 Cantello, Cunningham 2, Regis 2, T Brown, Statham - Ferguson   27,409 4
 Sat 28 Oct Manchester City A 2-2 Regis, Robson - Channon, Hartford   40,521 4
 Sat 04 Nov Birmingham City H 1-0 Trewick   32,130 3
 Sat 11 Nov Ipswich Town A 1-0 A Brown   21,980 3
 Sat 18 Nov Bolton Wanderers A 1-0 A Brown   22,278 3
 Sat 25 Nov Aston Villa H 1-1 T Brown (pen) - Evans   35,166 3
 Sat 09 Dec Middlesbrough H 2-0 Regis, Cantello   19,865 3
 Sat 16 Dec Wolverhampton W A 3-0 A Brown 2, T Brown   29,117 3
 Tue 26 Dec Arsenal A 2-1 Robson, A Brown - Brady (pen)   40,055 3
 Sat 30 Dec Manchester United A 5-3 T Brown 2, Cantello, Cunningham, Regis - McQueen, B Greenhoff,   45,091 3
  McIlroy
 Mon 01 Jan Bristol City H 3-1 A Brown 2, Wile - Cormack (pen)   31,738 2
 Sat 13 Jan Norwich City A 1-1 Regis - Peters   20,081 1
 Sat 03 Feb Liverpool A 1-2 A Brown - Fairclough, Dalglish   52,211 2
 Sat 24 Feb Leeds United H 1-2 T Brown - Graham 2   27,846 5
 Sat 03 Mar Coventry City A 3-1 Robson, A Brown, Mills - Thompson   25,676 3
 Wed 14 Mar Chelsea H 1-0 A Brown   20,472 3
 Sat 24 Mar Queens Park Rangers H 2-1 A Brown, Cunningham - McGee   21,063 3
 Mon 26 Mar Derby County H 2-1 Cunningham, A Brown - Crawford   19,801 3
 Wed 04 Apr Manchester City H 4-0 Trewick, Power (og), Mills, Summerfield   21,940 2
 Sat 07 Apr Everton H 1-0 A Brown   29,593 2
 Fri 13 Apr Southampton A 1-1 Regis - Waldron   22,063 2
 Sat 14 Apr Arsenal H 1-1 T Brown - Brady   28,539 2
 Tue 17 Apr Bristol City A 0-1 Mabbutt   30,191 2
 Sat 21 Apr Wolverhampton W H 1-1 Robson - Richards   32,131 3
 Tue 24 Apr Birmingham City A 1-1 Robson - Gallagher   19,897 2
 Sat 28 Apr Middlesbrough A 1-1 A Brown - Burns   18,063 2
 Tue 01 May Everton A 2-0 Mills, Robson   30,083 2
 Sat 05 May Manchester United H 1-0 Regis   27,960 2
 Tue 08 May Southampton H 1-0 A Brown   17,499 2
 Fri 11 May Aston Villa A 1-0 Trewick   35,991 2
 Mon 14 May Tottenham Hotspur A 0-1 Villa   24,789 2
 Fri 18 May Nottingham Forest H 0-1 Francis   28,210 3

FA CUP

 DATE OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A SCORERS

    GATE

 Tue 09 Jan Coventry City A 3

2-2

Cunningham, A Brown - Green, Blair    38,046
 Mon 15 Jan Coventry City H replay

4-0

Batson, T Brown 2, A Brown    36,175
 Mon 26 Feb Leeds United (1) H 4

3-3

Cunningham, A Brown, Regis - Graham, Harris, F Gray    32,424
 Thu 01 Mar Leeds United H replay

2-0 aet

Wile, A Brown    31,143
 Sat 10 Mar Southampton H 5

1-1

A Brown - Boyer    30,789
 Mon 12 Mar Southampton A replay

1-2 aet

Cunningham - Peach (pen), Boyer    25,755
 
 1 - Albion originally drawn to play away but game took place at The Hawthorns due to Leeds being banned from hosting FA Cup matches.

LEAGUE CUP

 DATE OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A SCORERS

    GATE

 Tue 29 Aug Leeds United H 2 0-0    25,188
 Wed 06 Sep Leeds United A 2 rep 0-0 aet    29,316
 Mon 02 Oct Leeds United N (1) 2 2nd rep 0-1 Hart      8,164
 
 1 - Played at Maine Road, Manchester City FC.

UEFA CUP

 DATE OPPONENT H/A ROUND F-A SCORERS

   GATE

 Wed 13 Sep Galatasaray (1) A 1-1st leg 3-1 Cunningham 2, Robson - Terim (pen)   38,443
 Wed 27 Sep Galatasaray (1) H 1-2nd leg 3-1 Cunningham (pen), Robson, Trewick - Inal   22,380
 Wed 18 Oct Sporting Braga (2) A 2-1st leg 2-0 Regis 2   31,383
 Wed 01 Nov Sporting Braga (2) H 2-2nd leg 1-0 A Brown   26,036
 Wed 22 Nov Valencia (3) A 3-1st leg 1-1 Cunningham - Felman   47,746
 Wed 06 Dec Valencia (3) H 3-2nd leg 2-0 T Brown 2 (1 pen)   35,118
 Wed 07 Mar Red Star Belgrade (4) A QF-1st leg 0-1 Savić   95,300
 Wed 21 Mar Red Star Belgrade (4) H QF-2nd leg 1-1 Regis - Savić   31,587
 
 1 - Two legged tie, Albion won 6-2 on aggregate.
 2 - Two legged tie, Albion won 3-0 on aggregate.
 3 - Two legged tie, Albion won 3-1 on aggregate.
 4 - Two legged tie, Red Star Belgrade won 2-1 on aggregate.

TENNENT CALEDONIAN CUP

 DATE OPPONENT ROUND F-A SCORERS      GATE
 Sat 05 Aug Southampton SF 1-1 (1) Regis - Boyer     25,563
 Sun 06 Aug Hearts 3PPO 0-2 Gibson, Bannon     18,823
 
 Four team pre-season tournament played at Ibrox Park, Glasgow Rangers FC.
 1 - Southampton won 3-1 on penalties, Tony Brown scored for Albion. Some sources say the Saints won 4-1.

FRIENDLIES

 DATE  OPPONENT H/A F-A SCORERS      GATE
 Tue 06 Feb  Portsmouth A 0-2 *       8,552
 Sat 17 Feb  Birmingham City (1) N 1-1 Regis - *       4,400
           
 1 - Played in Guernsey.

TESTIMONIAL / BENEFIT GAMES

 DATE  OPPONENT H/A F-A SCORERS      GATE
 Thu 03 Aug  Motherwell (1) A 8-1 Stevens (og), A Brown 3, Cunningham 3, T Brown - Stevens       7,401
 Mon 13 Nov  Stafford Rangers (2) A 2-2 Cunningham 2 - *       2,443
 Mon 11 Dec  Exeter City (3) A 2-2 Regis, Johnston - Roberts, Neville       4,474
 Tue 20 Feb  Nottingham Forest (4) N 0-0       3,558
 Tue 15 May  Regis & Cunningham XI (5) H 2-3 Robson, A Brown - Cunningham, Crooks, Phillips       7,023
 Mon 21 May  Birmingham City (6) A 0-4 *       5,963
 Tue 22 May  Bristol Rovers (7) A 3-2 A Brown, Cowdrill 2 - *       2,069
 Thu 24 May  Kettering Town (8) A 3-1 Robson 2, Cowdrill - *       3,474
 
 1 - Joe Wark Testimonial Match.
 2 - Sammy Chapman Testimonial Match.
 3 - Alan Beer Testimonial Match.
 4 - Trevor Stokes Testimonial Match played at Witney Town.
 5 - Len Cantello Testimonial Match.
 6 - Garry Pendrey Testimonial Match.
 7 - Dick Sheppard Testimonial Match.
 8 - Roy Clayton Testimonial Match.

SYRIAN TOUR

 DATE OPPONENT F-A SCORERS      GATE
 Fri 11 Aug Northern Territory Provincial XI 1-0 A Brown     10,000
 Sun 13 Aug Damascus Police XI 1-1 T Brown - *     12,000

TOUR TO DENMARK

 DATE OPPONENT F-A SCORERS      GATE
 Mon 28 May Aalborg Fodbold-Alliancen 0-1 *       8,300
 Tue 29 May Fyns Boldspil-Union Select XI 4-1 Regis 2, T Brown 2 - *       6,600
 Thu 31 May IHF 7-0 Cunningham 2, Regis 2, A Brown 2, T Brown       4,200

 

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