1978–79 Wimbledon F.C. season
The 1978–79 season was Wimbledon's second consecutive season in the fourth tier of English football. They were managed by Dario Gradi, who was in his first full season as the club's manager, and guided them to automatic promotion with a third-place finish.
Squad
Matches
Football League Division Four
;Key- In Result column, Wimbledon's score shown first
- H = Home match
- A = Away match
- pen. = Penalty kick
- o.g. = Own goal
| Date | Opponents | Result | Goalscorers | Attendance |
| 19 August 1978 | Aldershot | 1–1 | Bryant 11' | 3,510 |
| 22 August 1978 | Port Vale | 1–0 | Cork 11' | 2,638 |
| 26 August 1978 | Northampton Town | 4–1 | Cork 11', 40', 43', Leslie 71' | 2,644 |
| 1 September 1978 | Stockport County | 2–1 | Cork 65' | 5,604 |
| 9 September 1978 | Wigan Athletic | 2–1 | Denny 68', Eames 71' | 3,217 |
| 12 September 1978 | Grimsby Town | 2–2 | Bryant 55', Cork 60' | 6,794 |
| 16 September 1978 | Newport County | 3–1 | Leslie 78', 81', Cork 87' | 2,903 |
| 23 September 1978 | Reading | 1–0 | Cork 72' | 5,001 |
| 25 September 1978 | Rochdale | 0–0 | 1,263 | |
| 30 September 1978 | Bradford City | 2–1 | Denny 57', Parsons 80' | 2,819 |
| 7 October 1978 | York City | 4–1 | Parsons 33', Knowles 44', Leslie 49', Cork 82' | 3,329 |
| 14 October 1978 | Scunthorpe United | 3–1 | Leslie 33', 55', Cork 37' | 3,808 |
| 17 October 1978 | Crewe Alexandra | 1–1 | Cork 80' | 3,555 |
| 21 October 1978 | Huddersfield Town | 0–3 | 3,374 | |
| 28 October 1978 | Doncaster Rovers | 3–2 | Leslie 9', 45', Cork 36' | 3,252 |
| 4 November 1978 | Barnsley | 1–3 | Galvin 75' | 11,761 |
| 11 November 1978 | Stockport County | 2–0 | Denny 7', 80' | 3,177 |
| 18 November 1978 | Northampton Town | 1–1 | Leslie 10' | 3,623 |
| 2 December 1978 | Halifax Town | 2–1 | Cork | 2,374 |
| 9 December 1978 | Hartlepool United | 1–1 | Denny 15' | 3,098 |
| 23 December 1978 | Bournemouth | 2–1 | Galliers 20', Briley 32' | 3,922 |
| 26 December 1978 | Portsmouth | 2–4 | Knowles 5', 41' | 7,862 |
| 3 February 1979 | Rochdale | 3–2 | Parsons 17', Galvin 50', Denny 70' | 3,166 |
| 14 February 1979 | Wigan Athletic | 2–1 | Leslie 9', 21' | 6,704 |
| 28 February 1979 | Torquay United | 6–1 | Cork 7', 35', 87', 88', Haverson 57', Leslie 89' | 2,739 |
| 3 March 1979 | Huddersfield Town | 2–1 | Leslie 50', Driver 85' | 3,265 |
| 6 March 1979 | Newport County | 0–0 | 2,980 | |
| 9 March 1979 | Doncaster Rovers | 0–1 | 1,927 | |
| 20 March 1979 | Grimsby Town | 0–1 | 2,392 | |
| 24 March 1979 | Port Vale | 0–1 | 2,906 | |
| 27 March 1979 | Aldershot | 3–1 | Haverson 8', Knowles 54', Parsons 89' | 5,382 |
| 31 March 1979 | Hereford United | 2–0 | Cork 36', Leslie 80' | 2,636 |
| 4 April 1979 | Bradford City | 0–1 | 2,701 | |
| 7 April 1979 | Halifax Town | 1–2 | Ketteridge 41' | 1,576 |
| 10 April 1979 | Bournemouth | 4–0 | Leslie 11', Cork 19', 35', Parsons 51' | 3,205 |
| 14 April 1979 | Portsmouth | 0–0 | 11,453 | |
| 16 April 1979 | Torquay United | 5–0 | Knowles 2', Galliers 23', Leslie 29', Cunningham 41', Parsons 51' | 4,171 |
| 21 April 1979 | Darlington | 1–1 | Leslie 68' | 1,674 |
| 25 April 1979 | Crewe Alexandra | 2–1 | Leslie 19', Parsons 44' | 1,254 |
| 28 April 1979 | Hartlepool United | 3–1 | Cunningham 72', T. Smith 74', Galliers 86' | 3,546 |
| 2 May 1979 | Reading | 0–1 | 13,131 | |
| 5 May 1979 | Hereford United | 0–0 | 3,809 | |
| 8 May 1979 | Scunthorpe United | 0–2 | 1,777 | |
| 11 May 1979 | York City | 2–1 | Leslie 62', Cork 85' | 3,897 |
| 14 May 1979 | Barnsley | 1–1 | Downes 12' | 5,794 |
| 17 May 1979 | Darlington | 2–0 | Stone 12', Cunningham 74' | 3,638 |