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First Division
8th of 22

Season 89 | 1977-78

Ron Saunders | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |

Goalscorers

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CF Andy Gray | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
1977-78

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

41

โšฝ

20

40

๐Ÿ”ฅ

9

1

0

๐ŸŸจ

3

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Goals:

20

League:

13

FA Cup:

1

League Cup:

4

Europe:

2

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

18

44%

๐ŸŸจ

10

24%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

13

32%

68%

PPG

1.56

CF John Deehan | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1977-78

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

48

โšฝ

17

45

๐Ÿ”ฅ

4

3

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Goals:

17

League:

12

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

5

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

22

46%

๐ŸŸจ

12

25%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

14

29%

71%

PPG

1.63

F Brian Little | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1977-78

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

52

โšฝ

11

52

๐Ÿ”ฅ

10

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Goals:

11

League:

7

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

1

Europe:

3

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

23

44%

๐ŸŸจ

12

23%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

17

33%

67%

PPG

1.56

M Gordon Cowans | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1977-78

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

43

โšฝ

7

35

๐Ÿ”ฅ

2

8

7

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Goals:

7

League:

7

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

18

42%

๐ŸŸจ

11

26%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

14

33%

67%

PPG

1.51

CB Ken McNaught | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
1977-78

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

52

โšฝ

5

52

๐Ÿ”ฅ

2

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

2

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Goals:

5

League:

2

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

3

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

23

44%

๐ŸŸจ

13

25%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

16

31%

69%

PPG

1.58

M Dennis Mortimer | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1977-78

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

54

โšฝ

4

54

๐Ÿ”ฅ

14

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Goals:

4

League:

3

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

1

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

24

44%

๐ŸŸจ

13

24%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

17

31%

69%

PPG

1.57

W Frank Carrodus | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1977-78

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

52

โšฝ

4

52

๐Ÿ”ฅ

5

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Goals:

4

League:

3

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

1

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

24

46%

๐ŸŸจ

12

23%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

16

31%

69%

PPG

1.62

M John Gregory | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1977-78

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

32

โšฝ

3

26

๐Ÿ”ฅ

2

6

15

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Goals:

3

League:

3

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

11

34%

๐ŸŸจ

8

25%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

13

41%

59%

PPG

1.28

M Alex Cropley | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
1977-78

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

25

โšฝ

2

25

๐Ÿ”ฅ

4

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

2

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Goals:

2

League:

2

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

14

56%

๐ŸŸจ

5

20%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

6

24%

76%

PPG

1.88

CB Allan Evans | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
1977-78

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

10

โšฝ

1

9

๐Ÿ”ฅ

1

1

4

๐ŸŸจ

0

๐ŸŸฅ

0

Goals:

1

League:

1

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

5

50%

๐ŸŸจ

3

30%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

2

20%

80%

PPG

1.80

RB John Gidman | ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
1977-78

๐Ÿ•’

โœ…

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‡บ

44

โšฝ

1

44

๐Ÿ”ฅ

9

0

0

๐ŸŸจ

3

๐ŸŸฅ

2

Goals:

1

League:

1

FA Cup:

0

League Cup:

0

Europe:

0

Season Performance:
๐ŸŸฉ

21

48%

๐ŸŸจ

8

18%

๐ŸŸฅ
๐Ÿ‡บ

15

34%

66%

PPG

1.61

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