Season 1978-79

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division
Re-elections
Lower League Key

FA Cup Final 1979						Venue	Gate	Notes

Cup Competition
D 1	Arsenal	3	2	Manchester United	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	100,000
	Talbot, Stapleton, Sunderland			McQueen, McIlroy

FA Cup Semi-Finals 1979						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Arsenal	2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	D 1	Villa Park, Birmingham	46,244
	Stapleton, Sunderland
D 1	Manchester United	2	2	Liverpool	D 1	Maine Road, Manchester	52,584
	Jordan, Greenhoff B			Dalglish, Hansen
FA Cup Semi-Finals 1979 Replay						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Manchester United	1	0	Liverpool	D 1	Goodison Park, Liverpool	53,069
	Greenhoff J

League Cup Final 1979						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Nottingham Forest	3	2	Southampton	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	100,000
	Birtles 2, Woodcock			Peach, Holmes

League Cup Semi-Finals 1979						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Nottingham Forest	3	1	Watford	D 3	City Ground, Nottingham	32,538
	Birtles 2, Robertson
D 1	Leeds United	2	2	Southampton	D 1	Elland Road, Leeds	33,415
	Currie, Hankin			Holmes, Williams S
D 1	Southampton	1	0	Leeds United	D 1	The Dell, Southampton	23,645	agg 3-2
	Curran
D 3	Watford	0	0	Nottingham Forest	D 1	Vicarage Road, Watford	27,656	agg 1-3
	Blissett

European Cup Final 1979						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Nottingham Forest	1	0	Malmo FF		Olympiastadion, Munich	57,000
	Francis

Final Table for Season 1978-79

				Home					Away
First Division
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro
1	1	Liverpool	42	19	2	0	51	4	11	6	4	34	12	69	68	SF	Rd 2	EC Rd 2
2	-1	Nottingham Forest	42	11	10	0	34	10	10	8	3	27	16	35	60	Rd 5	Win	EC W
3	3	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	5	3	38	15	11	6	4	34	20	37	59	Rd 5	Rd 2	UEFA QF
4	-1	Everton	42	12	7	2	32	17	5	10	6	20	23	12	51	Rd 3	Rd 4	UEFA Rd 2
5	4	Leeds United	42	11	4	6	41	25	7	10	4	29	27	18	50	Rd 4	SF
6	12	Ipswich Town	42	11	4	6	34	21	9	5	7	29	28	14	49	Rd 6	Rd 2	CWC QF
7	-2	Arsenal	42	11	8	2	37	18	6	6	9	24	30	13	48	Win	Rd 2	UEFA Rd 3
8	0	Aston Villa	42	8	9	4	37	26	7	7	7	22	23	10	46	Rd 3	Rd 4
9	1	Manchester United	42	9	7	5	29	25	6	8	7	31	38	-3	45	Final	Rd 3
10	-3	Coventry City	42	11	7	3	41	29	3	9	9	17	39	-10	44	Rd 3	Rd 2
11	D 2	Tottenham Hotspur	42	7	8	6	19	25	6	7	8	29	36	-13	41	Rd 6	Rd 2
12	2	Middlesbrough	42	10	5	6	33	21	5	5	11	24	29	7	40	Rd 3	Rd 2
13	4	Bristol City	42	11	6	4	34	19	4	4	13	13	32	-4	40	Rd 4	Rd 2
14	D 2	Southampton	42	9	10	2	35	20	3	6	12	12	33	-6	40	Rd 6	Final
15	-11	Manchester City	42	9	5	7	34	28	4	8	9	24	28	2	39	Rd 4	Rd 5	UEFA QF
16	-3	Norwich City	42	7	10	4	29	19	0	13	8	22	38	-6	37	Rd 3	Rd 4
17	D 2	Bolton Wanderers	42	10	5	6	36	28	2	6	13	18	47	-21	35	Rd 3	Rd 3
18	-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	4	7	26	26	3	4	14	18	42	-24	34	SF	Rd 2
19	-7	Derby County	42	8	5	8	25	25	2	6	13	19	46	-27	31	Rd 3	Rd 3
20	-1	Queens Park Rangers	42	4	9	8	24	33	2	4	15	21	40	-28	25	Rd 3	Rd 4
21	-10	Birmingham City	42	5	9	7	24	25	1	1	19	13	39	-27	22	Rd 3	Rd 2
22	-6	Chelsea	42	3	5	13	23	42	2	5	14	21	50	-48	20	Rd 3	Rd 2

				Home					Away
Second Division
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro
1	8	Crystal Palace	42	12	7	2	30	11	7	12	2	21	13	27	57	Rd 5	Rd 3
2	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	16	3	2	44	11	7	7	7	28	28	33	56	Rd 3	Rd 5
3	4	Stoke City	42	11	7	3	35	15	9	9	3	23	16	27	56	Rd 3	Rd 5
4	2	Sunderland	42	13	3	5	39	19	9	8	4	31	25	26	55	Rd 4	Rd 2
5	D 1	West Ham United	42	12	7	2	46	15	6	7	8	24	24	31	50	Rd 3	Rd 2
6	9	Notts County	42	8	10	3	23	15	6	6	9	25	45	-12	44	Rd 4	Rd 2
7	D 3	Preston North End	42	7	11	3	36	23	5	7	9	23	34	2	42	Rd 4	Rd 2
8	D 1	Newcastle United	42	13	3	5	35	24	4	5	12	16	31	-4	42	Rd 4	Rd 2
9	10	Cardiff City	42	12	5	4	34	23	4	5	12	22	47	-14	42	Rd 3	Rd 1
10	0	Fulham	42	10	7	4	35	19	3	8	10	15	28	3	41	Rd 4	Rd 2
11	3	Orient	42	11	5	5	32	18	4	5	12	19	33	0	40	Rd 4	Rd 2
12	D 3	Cambridge United	42	7	10	4	22	15	5	6	10	22	37	-8	40	Rd 3	Rd 1
13	-2	Burnley	42	11	6	4	31	22	3	6	12	20	40	-11	40	Rd 5	Rd 3
14	-6	Oldham Athletic	42	10	7	4	36	23	3	6	12	16	38	-9	39	Rd 5	Rd 2
15	D 3	Wrexham	42	10	6	5	31	16	2	8	11	14	26	3	38	Rd 4	Rd 2	CWC Rd 1
16	2	Bristol Rovers	42	10	6	5	34	23	4	4	13	14	37	-12	38	Rd 5	Rd 1
17	D 1	Leicester City	42	7	8	6	28	23	3	9	9	15	29	-9	37	Rd 4	Rd 2
18	-5	Luton Town	42	11	5	5	46	24	2	5	14	14	33	3	36	Rd 3	Rd 5
19	-2	Charlton Athletic	42	6	8	7	28	28	5	5	11	32	41	-9	35	Rd 4	Rd 4
20	-8	Sheffield United	42	9	6	6	34	24	2	6	13	18	45	-17	34	Rd 3	Rd 3
21	-5	Millwall	42	7	4	10	22	29	4	6	11	20	32	-19	32	Rd 3	Rd 2
22	-17	Blackburn Rovers	42	5	8	8	24	29	5	2	14	17	43	-31	30	Rd 4	Rd 2

				Home					Away
Third Division
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro
1	10	Shrewsbury Town	46	14	9	0	36	11	7	10	6	25	30	20	61	Rd 6	Rd 1
2	D 4	Watford	46	15	5	3	47	22	9	7	7	36	30	31	60	Rd 2	SF
3	D 4	Swansea City	46	16	6	1	57	32	8	6	9	26	29	22	60	Rd 3	Rd 3
4	3	Gillingham	46	15	7	1	39	15	6	10	7	26	27	23	59	Rd 1	Rd 1
5	5	Swindon Town	46	17	2	4	44	14	8	5	10	30	38	22	57	Rd 4	Rd 3
6	7	Carlisle United	46	11	10	2	31	13	4	12	7	22	29	11	52	Rd 3	Rd 1
7	1	Colchester United	46	13	9	1	35	19	4	8	11	25	36	5	51	Rd 5	Rd 1
8	D 2	Hull City	46	12	9	2	36	14	7	2	14	30	47	5	49	Rd 2	Rd 1
9	8	Exeter City	46	14	6	3	38	18	3	9	11	23	38	5	49	Rd 2	Rd 4
10	D 4	Brentford	46	14	4	5	35	19	5	5	13	18	30	4	47	Rd 1	Rd 1
11	7	Oxford United	46	10	8	5	27	20	4	10	9	17	30	-6	46	Rd 1	Rd 3
12	D 2	Blackpool	46	12	5	6	38	19	6	4	13	23	40	2	45	Rd 2	Rd 3
13	D 4	Southend United	46	11	6	6	30	17	4	9	10	21	32	2	45	Rd 3	Rd 1
14	0	Sheffield Wednesday	46	9	8	6	30	22	4	11	8	23	31	0	45	Rd 3	Rd 2
15	4	Plymouth Argyle	46	11	9	3	40	27	4	5	14	27	41	-1	44	Rd 1	Rd 2
16	-11	Chester	46	11	9	3	42	21	3	7	13	15	40	-4	44	Rd 2	Rd 3
17	3	Rotherham United	46	13	3	7	30	23	4	7	12	19	32	-6	44	Rd 3	Rd 3
18	D 2	Mansfield Town	46	7	11	5	30	24	5	8	10	21	28	-1	43	Rd 1	Rd 1
19	-4	Bury	46	6	11	6	35	32	5	9	9	24	33	-6	42	Rd 3	Rd 1
20	-11	Chesterfield	46	10	5	8	35	34	3	9	11	16	31	-14	40	Rd 1	Rd 3
21	-17	Peterborough United	46	8	7	8	26	24	3	7	13	18	39	-19	36	Rd 1	Rd 4
22	-16	Walsall	46	7	6	10	34	32	3	6	14	22	39	-15	32	Rd 1	Rd 2
23	-11	Tranmere Rovers	46	4	12	7	26	31	2	4	17	19	47	-33	28	Rd 2	Rd 1
24	-8	Lincoln City	46	5	7	11	26	38	2	4	17	15	50	-47	25	Rd 1	Rd 1

				Home					Away
Fourth Division
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro
1	7	Reading	46	19	3	1	49	8	7	10	6	27	27	41	65	Rd 3	Rd 4
2	4	Grimsby Town	46	15	5	3	51	23	11	4	8	31	26	33	61	Rd 1	Rd 2
3	10	Wimbledon	46	18	3	2	50	20	7	8	8	28	26	32	61	Rd 3	Rd 2
4	3	Barnsley	46	15	5	3	47	23	9	8	6	26	19	31	61	Rd 2	Rd 1
5	0	Aldershot	46	16	5	2	38	14	4	12	7	25	33	16	57	Rd 5	Rd 1
6	NPL	Wigan Athletic	46	14	5	4	40	24	7	8	8	23	24	15	55	Rd 1	Rd 2
7	D 3	Portsmouth	46	13	7	3	35	12	7	5	11	27	36	14	52	Rd 2	Rd 1
8	8	Newport County	46	12	5	6	39	28	9	5	9	27	27	11	52	Rd 4	Rd 1
9	2	Huddersfield Town	46	13	8	2	32	15	5	3	15	25	38	4	47	Rd 1	Rd 1
10	12	York City	46	11	6	6	33	24	7	5	11	18	31	-4	47	Rd 4	Rd 1
11	-2	Torquay United	46	14	4	5	38	24	5	4	14	20	41	-7	46	Rd 3	Rd 1
12	2	Scunthorpe United	46	12	3	8	33	30	5	8	10	21	30	-6	45	Rd 1	Rd 1
13	8	Hartlepool United	46	7	12	4	35	28	6	6	11	22	38	-9	44	Rd 3	Rd 1
14	D 3	Hereford United	46	12	8	3	35	18	3	5	15	18	35	0	43	Rd 1	Rd 2
15	D 3	Bradford City	46	11	5	7	38	26	6	4	13	24	42	-6	43	Rd 2	Rd 2
16	D 3	Port Vale	46	8	10	5	29	28	6	4	13	28	42	-13	42	Rd 1	Rd 1
17	1	Stockport County	46	11	5	7	33	21	3	7	13	25	39	-2	40	Rd 3	Rd 2
18	-1	AFC Bournemouth	46	11	6	6	34	19	3	5	15	13	29	-1	39	Rd 2	Rd 1
19	-9	Northampton Town	46	12	4	7	40	30	3	5	15	24	46	-12	39	Rd 1	Rd 3
20	4	Rochdale	46	11	4	8	25	26	4	5	14	22	38	-17	39	Rd 1	Rd 1
21	-2	Darlington	46	8	8	7	25	21	3	7	13	24	45	-17	37	Rd 3	Rd 3
22	-10	Doncaster Rovers	46	8	8	7	25	22	5	3	15	25	51	-23	37	Rd 2	Rd 1
23	-3	Halifax Town	46	7	5	11	24	32	2	3	18	15	40	-33	26	Rd 1	Rd 1
24	-9	Crewe Alexandra	46	3	7	13	24	41	3	7	13	19	49	-47	26	Rd 2	Rd 3

League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	League Cup	Ballot	Result
1979 Election to the Fourth Division of the Football League
D 4	Doncaster Rovers	3,000	Rd 2	Rd 1	50	Re-elected
D 4	Crewe Alexandra	1,995	Rd 2	Rd 3	49	Re-elected
D 4	Darlington	1,807	Rd 3	Rd 3	42	Re-elected
D 4	Halifax Town	1,821	Rd 1	Rd 1	37	Re-elected
NPL	Altrincham		Rd 3		13	Failed
SL	Kettering Town		Q4		12	Failed

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