Date	Opponents		V	Comp	H-T	F-T	Att	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Sub 1	Sub 2				1977-78																ARSENAL CAREER																					FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 1 1977-78
1	12/07/1977	Red Star Belgrade (Yugoslavia)		N	Fr	1-1	1-3		Rimmer	Rice	Nelson	Powling	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Hudson	Macdonald 1	Stapleton	G.Armstrong	Matthews	Rix	1			League				FA Cup				League Cup				Friendlies				League				FA Cup				League Cup				Europe				Friendlies						Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
2	16/07/1977	Singapore		A	Fr	2-1	5-1		Rimmer	Rice	Nelson	Powling	Price	Matthews	Rix	Hudson	Macdonald 3	Stapleton 1	G.Armstrong	New	Brady 1	2		Player	Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls		Apps		Gls			1	Nottingham Forest	42	25	14	3	69	24	64
3	20/07/1977	Australia		A	Fr	0-1	1-3		Rimmer	Rice	Nelson	Powling	Price	Young	Brady	Hudson	Macdonald	Stapleton	G.Armstrong 1	Matthews	O'Leary	3		G Armstrong	-		-		-		-		-		-		5		1		490	+10	53		58	+2	10		35		3		24	+2	2		109	+10	23			2	Liverpool	42	24	9	9	65	34	57
4	24/07/1977	Glasgow Celtic (Scotland)		N	Fr	1-3	2-3		Rimmer	Rice 1	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Rix	Hudson	Macdonald 1	Stapleton	G.Armstrong	Brady		4		WL Brady	39		9		6		-		7		4		6	+2	2		156	+8	23		12	+4	-		16		5		-		-		31	+3	7			3	Everton	42	22	11	9	76	45	55
5	26/07/1977	Red Star Belgrade (Yugoslavia)		N	Fr	1-0	1-0		Rimmer	Rice	Nelson	Powling	O'Leary	Young	Brady 1	Price	Sunderland	Rix	G.Armstrong	Matthews		5		JA Devine	3		-		-		-		-		-		1		-		3		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		1		-			4	Manchester City	42	20	12	10	74	51	52
6	08/08/1977	Aldershot		A	Fr	0-0	1-0		Rimmer	Rice	Nelson	Powling	O'Leary	Young	Rix	Ross	Macdonald	Stapleton 1	Price			6		P Fuccillo	-		-		-		-		-		-		1		3		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		1		3			5	Arsenal	42	21	10	11	60	37	52
7	12/08/1977	Luton Town		A	Fr	1-0	1-1		Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Ross 1	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Powling	Macdonald	Stapleton	Rix			7		SP Gatting	-		-		-		-		-		-		0	+1	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		0	+2	-			6	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	14	10	62	53	50
1	20/08/1977	Ipswich Town		A	FL	0-1	0-1	30,384	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Ross	Young	O'Leary	Powling	Brady	Macdonald	Stapleton	Rix	Price		1		J Harvey	1		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		1		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-			7	Coventry City	42	18	12	12	75	62	48
2	23/08/1977	Everton		H	FL	1-0	1-0	32,924	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Powling 1	Young	O'Leary	Brady	Ross	Macdonald	Stapleton	Rix			2		DM Heeley	3	+2	-		-		-		-		-		0	+2	-		3	+2	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		0	+2	-			8	Aston Villa	42	18	10	14	57	42	46
3	27/08/1977	Wolverhampton Wanderers		A	FL	0-0	1-1	22,909	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Powling 1	Young	O'Leary	Ross	Brady	Macdonald	Price	Rix			3		AA Hudson	17		-		4		-		3	+1	-		5		-		36		-		7		-		3	+1	-		-		-		10		-			9	Leeds United	42	18	10	14	63	53	46
2	30/08/1977	Manchester United		H	FLC	1-1	3-2	36,171	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Powling	O'Leary	Young	Brady 1	Ross	Macdonald 2	Stapleton	Rix			2		PA Jennings	42	(14)	37	*	6	(2)	5	*	7	(4)	5	*	3	(0)	5	*	42	(14)	37	*	6	(2)	5	*	7	(4)	5	*	-		-		3	(0)	5	*		10	Manchester United	42	16	10	16	67	63	42
4	03/09/1977	Nottingham Forest		H	FL	1-0	3-0	40,810	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Powling	O'Leary	Young	Brady 1p	Ross	Macdonald	Stapleton 2	Rix			4		MI Macdonald	39		15		6		7		7		4		8		5		80		40		9		10		13		5		-		-		20	+1	20			11	Birmingham City	42	16	9	17	55	60	41
5	10/09/1977	Aston Villa		A	FL	0-0	0-1	36,929	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Hudson	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Ross	Macdonald	Stapleton	Rix			5		F McLintock	-		-		-		-		-		-		1		-		312	+2	26		36		1		34		4		19		1		60		11			12	Derby County	42	14	13	15	54	59	41
6	17/09/1977	Leicester City		H	FL	2-0	2-1	27,371	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Ross	Macdonald 1	Stapleton 1	Rix			6		JM Matthews	4	+3	-		-		-		3		2		1	+3	-		38	+7	2		4	+2	1		6		2		-		-		14	+10	1			13	Norwich City	42	11	18	13	52	66	40
7	24/09/1977	Norwich City		A	FL	0-1	0-1	19,312	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Simpson	Matthews	Ross	Macdonald	Stapleton	Rix	Walford		7		S Nelson	41		1		6		-		7		-		9		-		177	+9	6		17	+1	-		20		-		6	+1	-		45	+12	2			14	Middlesbrough	42	12	15	15	42	54	39
8	01/10/1977	West Ham United		H	FL	1-0	3-0	41,245	Jennings	Rice 1	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Simpson	Brady 1p	Ross	Macdonald	Stapleton 1	Rix			8		MP New	-		-		-		-		-		-		1	+1 (1)	3	*	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		2	+2 (3)	3	*		15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	12	12	18	51	64	36
9	04/10/1977	Liverpool		H	FL	0-0	0-0	47,110	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Simpson	Brady	Ross	Macdonald	Stapleton	Rix	Matthews		9		DA O’Leary	41		1		6		1		6		-		8	+1	-		101		3		10		1		12		1		-		-		21	+4	-			16	Chelsea	42	11	14	17	46	69	36
10	08/10/1977	Manchester City		A	FL	1-1	1-2	43,177	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Simpson	Brady	Matthews	Macdonald 1	Stapleton	Rix			10		RF Powling	4		2		-		-		1		-		6		-		50	+5	3		2		-		2		-		-		-		20	+5	1			17	Bristol City	42	11	13	18	49	53	35
11	15/10/1977	Queen's Park Rangers		H	FL	0-0	1-0	36,290	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Hudson	Macdonald 1	Stapleton	Rix			11		DJ Price	38	+1	5		6		-		6		-		6		-		47	+6	6		6		-		6		-		-		-		14	+7	1			18	Ipswich Town	42	11	13	18	47	61	35
12	22/10/1977	Bristol City		A	FL	1-0	2-0	25,497	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	Young	Simpson	Brady	Hudson	Macdonald 1	Stapleton	Rix 1			12		J Radford	-		-		-		-		-		-		1		1		375	+4	111		42	+2	15		34		12		24		11		64	+8	40			19	Queen's Park Rangers	42	9	15	18	47	64	33
3	25/10/1977	Southampton		H	FLC	0-0	2-0	40,749	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	Young	Simpson	Brady 1p	Hudson	Macdonald	Stapleton 1	Rix			3		PJ Rice	38		2		6		-		7		-		9		1		326	+4	11		46		1		31		-		15		-		55	+9	4			20	West Ham United	42	12	8	22	52	69	32
13	29/10/1977	Birmingham City		H	FL	0-1	1-1	31,355	Jennings	Rice 1	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Simpson	Brady	Ross	Macdonald	Stapleton	Rix	Heeley		13		JJ Rimmer	-		-		-		-		-		-		6	(2)	10	*	124	(42)	158	*	12	(4)	14	*	10	(2)	12	*	-		-		32	+2 (14)	37	*		21	Newcastle United	42	6	10	26	42	78	22
14	05/11/1977	Manchester United		A	FL	0-0	2-1	53,055	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Sunderland	Macdonald 1	Stapleton 1	Rix			14		G Rix	37	+2	2		4	+1	1		7		-		8	+1	-		41	+5	3		4	+1	1		7		-		-		-		12	+3	1			22	Leicester City	42	5	12	25	26	70	22
15	12/11/1977	Coventry City	OG	H	FL	1-1	1-1	31,653	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Sunderland	Macdonald	Stapleton	Rix			15		GV Roeder	-		-		-		-		-		-		1		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		1		-
16	19/11/1977	Newcastle United		A	FL	0-0	2-1	22,880	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Sunderland 1	Hudson	Stapleton 1	Rix			16		TW Ross	10		-		-		-		1		-		2		1		57	+1	5		3		1		6		3		-		-		9	+3	4
8	22/11/1977	Tottenham Hotspur		H	Fr	0-1	1-3	17,154	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Walford	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Sunderland	Macdonald	Stapleton 1	Rix	Simpson	Heeley	8		PF Simpson	6	+3	-		-		-		1	+1	-		0	+1	-		353	+17	10		53		1		32	+1	3		20	+1	1		81	+5	3
17	26/11/1977	Derby County		H	FL	0-0	1-3	31,989	Jennings	Rice	Nelson 1	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Sunderland	Macdonald	Stapleton	Rix			17		FA Stapleton	39		13		5		4		7		2		9		4		103	+2	30		9		5		14	+1	6		-		-		18	+3	10
4	29/11/1977	Hull City		H	FLC	3-0	5-1	25,922	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady 1	Matthews 2	Macdonald 1	Stapleton 1	Rix	Simpson		4		A Sunderland	23		4		5		3		-		-		4		1		23		4		5		3		-		-		-		-		4		1
18	03/12/1977	Middlesbrough	OG	A	FL	0-0	1-0	17,422	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Sunderland	Macdonald	Stapleton	Rix			18		SJ Walford	2	+3	-		-		-		-		-		1		-		2	+3	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		1		-
19	10/12/1977	Leeds United		H	FL	0-0	1-1	40,162	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young 1	Brady	Sunderland	Macdonald	Stapleton	Rix			19		WD Young	35		3		6		1		7		-		8		-		49		4		6		1		7		-		-		-		9		-
9	12/12/1977	QADSIA (Kuwait)		A	Fr	0-0	1-1		Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Sunderland	Macdonald	Stapleton 1	Rix			9		Own Goals	-		3		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		82		-		13		-		-		-		-		-		26
20	17/12/1977	Coventry City		A	FL	1-0	2-1	20,993	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Sunderland	Macdonald	Stapleton 2	Rix			20		P Fuccillo (Luton Town), F McLintock (Leicester City manager), J Radford (Blackburn Rovers) and GV Roeder (Orient) all played as guests.
21	26/12/1977	Chelsea		H	FL	2-0	3-0	46,074	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price 1	O'Leary 1	Young	Brady	Sunderland	Macdonald	Stapleton	Rix 1	Simpson		21
22	27/12/1977	West Bromwich Albion		A	FL	2-0	3-1	27,723	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady 1p	Sunderland 1	Macdonald 1	Stapleton	Rix			22
23	31/12/1977	Everton		A	FL	0-1	0-2	47,039	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Sunderland	Macdonald	Stapleton	Rix	Simpson		23
24	02/01/1978	Ipswich Town		H	FL	1-0	1-0	43,705	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price 1	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Sunderland	Macdonald	Heeley	Rix	Simpson		24
3	07/01/1978	Sheffield United		A	FAC	4-0	5-0	32,156	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary 1	Young	Brady	Sunderland	Macdonald 2	Stapleton 2	Rix			3
25	14/01/1978	Wolverhampton Wanderers		H	FL	2-0	3-1	34,784	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady 1	Sunderland	Macdonald 1	Stapleton 1	Rix			25
5	18/01/1978	Manchester City		A	FLC	0-0	0-0	42,435	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Matthews	Macdonald	Stapleton	Rix			5
26	21/01/1978	Nottingham Forest		A	FL	0-1	0-2	35,743	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Sunderland	Macdonald	Stapleton	Rix			26
5	24/01/1978	Manchester City		H	FLC	0-0	1-0	57,960	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady 1p	Matthews	Macdonald	Stapleton	Rix	Hudson		5
4	28/01/1978	Wolverhampton Wanderers		H	FAC	1-1	2-1	49,373	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Sunderland 1	Macdonald 1	Hudson	Rix			4
27	04/02/1978	Aston Villa		H	FL	0-1	0-1	30,127	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Sunderland	Macdonald	Hudson	Rix			27
SF	07/02/1978	Liverpool		A	FLC	1-1	1-2	44,764	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Hudson	Macdonald 1	Stapleton	Rix			SF
28	11/02/1978	Leicester City		A	FL	0-0	1-1	15,780	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady 1p	Sunderland	Macdonald	Stapleton	Rix			28
SF	14/02/1978	Liverpool		H	FLC	0-0	0-0	49,561	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Hudson	Macdonald	Stapleton	Rix			SF
5	18/02/1978	Walsall		H	FAC	3-0	4-1	43,789	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Sunderland 1	Macdonald 1	Stapleton 2	Rix			5
29	25/02/1978	West Ham United		A	FL	2-0	2-2	31,675	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Sunderland	Macdonald 2	Stapleton	Rix	Walford		29
30	28/02/1978	Norwich City		H	FL	0-0	0-0	23,506	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Sunderland	Macdonald	Stapleton	Hudson	Heeley		30
31	04/03/1978	Manchester City		H	FL	1-0	3-0	34,003	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price 1	O'Leary	Young 1	Brady	Sunderland 1	Hudson	Stapleton	Heeley	Walford		31
6	11/03/1978	Wrexham		A	FAC	1-0	3-2	25,547	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young 1	Brady	Sunderland 1	Macdonald 1	Stapleton	Hudson			6
32	18/03/1978	Bristol City		H	FL	4-1	4-1	28,463	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price 1	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Sunderland 1	Macdonald	Stapleton 2	Hudson	Rix		32
33	21/03/1978	Birmingham City		A	FL	0-1	1-1	22,087	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady 1p	Sunderland	Macdonald	Stapleton	Hudson			33
34	25/03/1978	West Bromwich Albion		H	FL	1-0	4-0	36,763	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young 1	Brady	Sunderland	Macdonald 3	Stapleton	Hudson	Rix		34
35	27/03/1978	Chelsea		A	FL	0-0	0-0	40,764	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Rix	Macdonald	Stapleton	Hudson			35
36	01/04/1978	Manchester United		H	FL	1-1	3-1	40,739	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady 1	Rix	Macdonald 2	Stapleton	Hudson			36
SF	08/04/1978	Orient		N	FAC	2-0	3-0	49,698	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Rix 1	Macdonald 2	Stapleton	Hudson			SF
37	11/04/1978	Queen's Park Rangers		A	FL	0-1	1-2	25,683	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady 1p	Hudson	Macdonald	Stapleton	Rix	Matthews		37
38	15/04/1978	Newcastle United		H	FL	0-0	2-1	33,353	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price 1	O'Leary	Walford	Brady 1	Rix	Macdonald	Stapleton	Hudson			38
39	22/04/1978	Leeds United	OG	A	FL	3-1	3-1	33,263	Jennings	Devine	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Rix	Macdonald 1	Stapleton 1	Matthews			39
40	25/04/1978	Liverpool		A	FL	0-1	0-1	38,318	Jennings	Devine	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Rix	Macdonald	Stapleton	Hudson	Matthews		40
41	29/04/1978	Middlesbrough		H	FL	1-0	1-0	32,138	Jennings	Devine	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Sunderland	Hudson	Macdonald	Stapleton 1	Rix			41
F	06/05/1978	Ipswich Town		N	FAC	0-0	0-1	100,000	Jennings	Rice	Nelson	Price	O'Leary	Young	Brady	Sunderland	Macdonald	Stapleton	Hudson	Rix		F
42	09/05/1978	Derby County		A	FL	0-1	0-3	21,189	Jennings	Price	Matthews	Harvey	O'Leary	Walford	Heeley	Rix	Sunderland	Stapleton	Hudson			42
10	12/05/1978	Tottenham Hotspur		A	Fr	3-2	5-3		New	Devine	Roeder	McLintock	O'Leary	Fuccillo 3	Rix	Hudson	Sunderland 1	Radford 1	Stapleton	Gatting	Heeley	10
12/07/1977 played in Singapore. 24/7/1977 played in Sydney, Australia. 26/07/1977 played in Adelaide, Australia. 22/11/1977 - Pat Rice testimonial. 08/04/1978 played at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea. 06/05/1978 played at Wembley. 12/05/1978 - John Pratt testimonial.