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First Division
8th of 22

Season 90 | 1978-79

Ron Saunders | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Appearances

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GK Jimmy Rimmer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1978-79

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48

0

48

🔥

0

0

0

🟨

0

🟥

0

Appearances:

48

League:

42

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

5

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
🟩

17

35%

🟨

18

38%

🟥
🇺

13

27%

73%

PPG

1.44

M Dennis Mortimer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1978-79

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44

3

44

🔥

6

0

0

🟨

2

🟥

0

Appearances:

44

League:

38

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

5

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
🟩

16

36%

🟨

17

39%

🟥
🇺

11

25%

75%

PPG

1.48

M John Gregory | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1978-79

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44

8

43

🔥

1

1

1

🟨

7

🟥

0

Appearances:

44

League:

39

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

4

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
🟩

16

36%

🟨

15

34%

🟥
🇺

13

30%

70%

PPG

1.43

CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
1978-79

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🇺

42

6

41

🔥

1

1

1

🟨

4

🟥

2

Appearances:

42

League:

37

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

4

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
🟩

13

31%

🟨

16

38%

🟥
🇺

13

31%

69%

PPG

1.31

RB John Gidman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1978-79

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🇺

40

3

40

🔥

5

0

0

🟨

0

🟥

0

Appearances:

40

League:

36

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

3

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
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17

43%

🟨

13

33%

🟥
🇺

10

25%

75%

PPG

1.60

CB Ken McNaught | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
1978-79

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38

1

38

🔥

4

0

0

🟨

4

🟥

0

Appearances:

38

League:

32

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

5

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
🟩

12

32%

🟨

15

39%

🟥
🇺

11

29%

71%

PPG

1.34

M Gordon Cowans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1978-79

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38

4

37

🔥

5

1

1

🟨

2

🟥

0

Appearances:

38

League:

35

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

2

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
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15

39%

🟨

13

34%

🟥
🇺

10

26%

74%

PPG

1.53

CF John Deehan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1978-79

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30

9

29

🔥

1

1

2

🟨

1

🟥

1

Appearances:

30

League:

26

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

3

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
🟩

9

30%

🟨

13

43%

🟥
🇺

8

27%

73%

PPG

1.33

M Tommy Craig | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
1978-79

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🇺

28

2

28

🔥

1

0

0

🟨

0

🟥

0

Appearances:

28

League:

23

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

4

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
🟩

7

25%

🟨

13

46%

🟥
🇺

8

29%

71%

PPG

1.21

F Brian Little | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1978-79

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28

2

28

🔥

7

0

1

🟨

0

🟥

0

Appearances:

28

League:

24

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

4

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
🟩

11

39%

🟨

8

29%

🟥
🇺

9

32%

68%

PPG

1.46

LB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1978-79

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28

0

26

🔥

0

2

2

🟨

1

🟥

0

Appearances:

28

League:

23

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

4

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
🟩

7

25%

🟨

14

50%

🟥
🇺

7

25%

75%

PPG

1.25

RB Kenny Swain | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1978-79

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🇺

25

4

25

🔥

7

0

0

🟨

1

🟥

0

Appearances:

25

League:

24

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
🟩

8

32%

🟨

10

40%

🟥
🇺

7

28%

72%

PPG

1.36

M Gary Shelton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1978-79

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20

8

20

🔥

3

0

4

🟨

0

🟥

0

Appearances:

20

League:

18

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

2

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
🟩

8

40%

🟨

7

35%

🟥
🇺

5

25%

75%

PPG

1.55

CF Andy Gray | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
1978-79

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19

8

19

🔥

2

0

0

🟨

2

🟥

0

Appearances:

19

League:

15

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

4

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
🟩

8

42%

🟨

6

32%

🟥
🇺

5

26%

74%

PPG

1.58

M Alex Cropley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
1978-79

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🇺

17

2

15

🔥

1

2

2

🟨

0

🟥

0

Appearances:

17

League:

17

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
🟩

7

41%

🟨

5

29%

🟥
🇺

5

29%

71%

PPG

1.53

M Colin J Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1978-79

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12

0

11

🔥

0

1

0

🟨

1

🟥

0

Appearances:

12

League:

12

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
🟩

6

50%

🟨

3

25%

🟥
🇺

3

25%

75%

PPG

1.75

W Frank Carrodus | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1978-79

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🇺

10

0

10

🔥

0

0

0

🟨

0

🟥

0

Appearances:

10

League:

6

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

4

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
🟩

4

40%

🟨

5

50%

🟥
🇺

1

10%

90%

PPG

1.70

CB Leighton Phillips | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
1978-79

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🔁

🇺

8

0

5

🔥

0

3

3

🟨

1

🟥

0

Appearances:

8

League:

5

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

3

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
🟩

1

13%

🟨

5

63%

🟥
🇺

2

25%

75%

PPG

1.00

M Ivor Linton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1978-79

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🔁

🇺

8

0

4

🔥

0

4

4

🟨

0

🟥

0

Appearances:

8

League:

8

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
🟩

3

38%

🟨

1

13%

🟥
🇺

4

50%

50%

PPG

1.25

RB Gordon Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
1978-79

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🔁

🇺

8

0

7

🔥

1

1

0

🟨

2

🟥

0

Appearances:

8

League:

7

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

1

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
🟩

5

63%

🟨

1

13%

🟥
🇺

2

25%

75%

PPG

2.00

F Gary Shaw | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1978-79

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🔁

🇺

3

0

2

🔥

1

1

1

🟨

0

🟥

0

Appearances:

3

League:

3

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
🟩

1

33%

🟨

1

33%

🟥
🇺

1

33%

67%

PPG

1.33

W Willie Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
1978-79

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🔁

🇺

3

0

3

🔥

1

0

0

🟨

0

🟥

0

Appearances:

3

League:

3

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
🟩

1

33%

🟨

1

33%

🟥
🇺

1

33%

67%

PPG

1.33

CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1978-79

🕒

🔁

🇺

3

0

2

🔥

0

1

2

🟨

0

🟥

0

Appearances:

3

League:

2

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

1

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
🟩

1

33%

🟨

2

67%

🟥
🇺

0

0%

100%

PPG

1.67

CB David Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1978-79

🕒

🔁

🇺

2

0

2

🔥

0

0

0

🟨

0

🟥

0

Appearances:

2

League:

2

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
🟩

0

0%

🟨

1

50%

🟥
🇺

1

50%

50%

PPG

0.50

M Lee Jenkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
1978-79

🕒

🔁

🇺

2

0

0

🔥

0

2

0

🟨

0

🟥

0

Appearances:

2

League:

2

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
🟩

1

50%

🟨

0

0%

🟥
🇺

1

50%

50%

PPG

1.50

F Joe Ward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
1978-79

🕒

🔁

🇺

1

0

1

🔥

0

0

0

🟨

0

🟥

0

Appearances:

1

League:

1

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
🟩

0

0%

🟨

1

100%

🟥
🇺

0

0%

100%

PPG

1.00

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