The club went through a couple of average seasons in the Bayernliga, finishing in the save mid-field of the table. Fortunes started to improve from 1977 onwards but in 1978, its local rival MTV earned promotion to the 2. Bundesliga Süd due to the 1. FC Haßfurt, the champion, declining, while ESV came third.Die Bayernliga 1945 – 1997 publisher: DSFS, published: 1997, page: 113, accessed: 12 November 2008 It did however earn the club another shot at the amateur championship and this time it went all the way to the final, losing to SV Sandhausen.kicker Almanach 1990 , publisher: kicker, published: 1989, , page: 187, accessed: 12 November 2008
