1978–79 Stoke City F.C. season
Match Opponent Venue Result
1 Torquay United A 2-1
2 Northwich Victoria A 3-1
3 Leek Town A 5-0
4 Exeter City A 1-0
5 Plymouth Argyle A 0-2
6 Shrewsbury Town A 1-1
7 Wolves H 0-3
8 Eastwood Hanley A 5-0
Results -- Friendlies
The 1978-79 season was Stoke City's 72nd season in the Football League and the 25th in the Second Division. Alan Durban continued his good start at Stoke and they were involved in a promotion race from the start of the campaign. It proved to be a very exciting season with four clubs all keeping pace with each other meaning that it went down until the final match of the season. Stoke needed to beat Notts County at Meadow Lane to gain promotion and despite a large Stoke away following it seemed that County would spoil the party but with just two minutes remaining Paul Richardson scored the winning goal and Stoke took the final promotion position in the most dramatic way.