Football League Fourth Division  1977/78

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Watford 46 30 11 5 85 38 +47 71 ▲Champions
2nd   Southend United 46 25 10 11 66 39 +27 60 ▲Runners Up
3rd  Swansea City 46 23 10 13 87 47 +40 56 ▲Promoted
4th  Brentford 46 21 14 11 86 54 +32 56 ▲Promoted
5th  Aldershot 46 19 16 11 67 47 +20 54 -
6th  Grimsby Town 46 21 11 14 57 51 +6 53 -
7th  Barnsley 46 18 14 14 61 49 +12 50 -
8th  Reading 46 18 14 14 55 52 +3 50 -
9th  Torquay United 46 16 15 15 57 56 +1 47 -
10th  Northampton Town 46 17 13 16 63 68 -5 47 -
11th  Huddersfield Town 46 15 15 16 63 55 +8 45 -
12th  Doncaster Rovers 46 14 17 15 52 65 -13 45 -
13th   Wimbledon 46 14 16 16 66 67 -1 44

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14th  Scunthorpe United 46 14 16 16 50 55 -5 44

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15th  Crewe Alexandra 46 15 14 17 50 69 -19 44

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16th  Newport County 46 16 11 19 65 73 -8 43

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17th  AFC Bournemouth 46 14 15 17 41 51 -10 43

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18th  Stockport County 46 16 10 20 56 56 0 42 -
19th  Darlington 46 14 13 19 52 59 -7 41 -
20th  Halifax Town 46 10 21 15 52 62 -10 41 -
21st  Hartlepool United 46 15 7 24 51 84 -33 37 ♦Re Elected
22nd  York City 46 12 12 22 50 69 -19 36 ♦Re Elected
23rd   Southport 46 6 19 21 52 76 -24 31 ▼Not Re Elected
24th  Rochdale 46 8 8 30 43 85 -42 24 ♦Re Elected

 

Election for League Membership

Non-Leaguers Bath City & Wigan Athletic challenged the four league sides facing re-election in the vote for league membership.
Votes Club End Result
49 York City Re Elected to the League
39 Rochdale Re Elected to the League
33 Hartlepool United Re Elected to the League
26 Southport 2nd Ballot
26 Wigan Athletic 2nd Ballot
23 Bath City Not Elected to the League

 

Election for League Membership - 2nd Ballot

After drawing 26-26 on votes Southport & Wigan Athletic went to a 2nd Ballot:
Votes Club End Result
29 Wigan Athletic ▲Elected to the League
20 Southport ▼Not Re Elected to the League

 

End of Season Notes

 ▼Port Vale were Relegated from the Football League Third Division
 ▼Bradford City were relegated from the Football League Third Division
 ▼Hereford United were relegated from the Football League Third Division
 ▼Portsmouth were relegated from the Football League Third Division
 ▲Watford were Promoted to the Football League Third Division
 ▲Southend United were promoted to the Football League Third Division
 ▲Swansea City were promoted to the Football League Third Division
 ▲Brentford were promoted to the Football League Third Division
  ♦ Hartlepool United were Re-Elected to the League
  ♦ York City were Re-Elected to the League
  ♦ Rochdale were Re-Elected to the League
 ▼Southport were Not Re-Elected to the League
 ▲Wigan Athletic were Elected to the League