1977–78 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea
1977–78 season
Chairman	Brian Mears
Manager	Ken Shellito
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
First Division	16th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Tommy Langley (11); All: Tommy Langley (13)
Highest home attendance	44,093 vs West Ham United; (27 December 1977)
Lowest home attendance	18,008 vs Birmingham City; (24 August 1977)
Average home league attendance	28,322
Biggest win	6–2 v Burnley; (31 January 1978)
Biggest defeat	0–6 v Everton; (29 April 1978)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 season was Chelsea Football Club's sixty-fourth competitive season.

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Middlesbrough	42	12	15	15	42	54	−12	39
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	12	12	18	51	64	−13	36
16	Chelsea	42	11	14	17	46	69	−23	36
17	Bristol City	42	11	13	18	49	53	−4	35
18	Ipswich Town	42	11	13	18	47	61	−14	35	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of The Blues – A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006.