Southampton 2 Middlesbrough 1
Outcome: Lost
Date: 8/26/1978
Manager: John Neal
Attendance: 20691
Competition: DivisionOne
Played at: The Dell
Goals:
| Goals | Time | Assists | |
| David Armstrong | |||
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| David Mills | |||
| Billy Woof | |||
| Billy Ashcroft | |||
| Mark Procter | |||
| David Armstrong | |||
| John Mahoney | |||
| John Craggs | |||
| Ian Bailey | |||
| Alan Ramage | |||
| Stuart Boam | |||
| Jim Stewart |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Craig Johnston |