Season 1979-80

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

FA Cup Final 1980						Venue	Gate	Notes

Cup Competition
D 2	West Ham United	1	0	Arsenal	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	100,000
	Brooking

FA Cup Semi-Finals 1980						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 2	West Ham United	1	1	Everton	D 1	Villa Park, Birmingham	47,685
	Pearson			Kidd
D 1	Arsenal	0	0	Liverpool	D 1	Hillsborough, Sheffield	50,174

FA Cup Semi-Finals 1980 Replay						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Arsenal	1	1	Liverpool	D 1	Villa Park, Birmingham	40,679	aet
	Sunderland			Fairclough
D 2	West Ham United	2	1	Everton	D 1	Elland Road, Leeds	40,720
	Devonshire, Lampard			Latchford
FA Cup Semi-Finals 1980 Replay 2						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Arsenal	1	1	Liverpool	D 1	Villa Park, Birmingham	42,975	aet
	Sunderland			Dalglish
FA Cup Semi-Finals 1980 Replay 3						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Arsenal	1	0	Liverpool	D 1	Highfield Road, Coventry	35,335
	Talbot

League Cup Final 1980						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	Nottingham Forest	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	100,000
	Gray

League Cup Semi-Finals 1980 1st & 2nd Leg						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Nottingham Forest	1	0	Liverpool	D 1	City Ground, Nottingham	32,234
	Robertson (p)
D 3	Swindon Town	2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	D 1	County Ground, Swindon	26,000
	Rowlands, Maynes			Daniel
D 1	Liverpool	1	1	Nottingham Forest	D 1	Anfield Road, Liverpool	50,880	agg 1-2
	Fairclough			Robertson (p)
D 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	1	Swindon Town	D 3	Molineux, Wolverhampton	41,031	agg 4-3
	Richards 2, Eves			McHale

European Cup Final 1980						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Nottingham Forest	1	0	Hamburg SV		Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid	50,000
	Robertson

European Cup Winners Cup Final 1980						Venue	Gate	Notes
	Valencia	0	0	Arsenal	D 1	Heysel Stadium, Brussels	40,000	aet 5-4p

Final Table for Season 1979-80

				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	0	Liverpool	42	15	6	0	46	8	10	4	7	35	22	51	60	SF	SF	EC Rd 2
2	7	Manchester United	42	17	3	1	43	8	7	7	7	22	27	30	58	Rd 3	Rd 3
3	3	Ipswich Town	42	14	4	3	43	13	8	5	8	25	26	29	53	Rd 6	Rd 2	UEFA Rd 2
4	3	Arsenal	42	8	10	3	24	12	10	6	5	28	24	16	52	Final	Rd 5	CWC F
5	-3	Nottingham Forest	42	16	4	1	44	11	4	4	13	19	32	20	48	Rd 4	Final	EC W
6	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	9	6	6	29	20	10	3	8	29	27	11	47	Rd 5	Win
7	1	Aston Villa	42	11	5	5	29	22	5	9	7	22	28	1	46	Rd 6	Rd 3
8	6	Southampton	42	14	2	5	53	24	4	7	10	12	29	12	45	Rd 3	Rd 3
9	3	Middlesbrough	42	11	7	3	31	14	5	5	11	19	30	6	44	Rd 4	Rd 3
10	-7	West Bromwich Albion	42	9	8	4	37	23	2	11	8	17	27	4	41	Rd 3	Rd 4	UEFA Rd 1
11	-6	Leeds United	42	10	7	4	30	17	3	7	11	16	33	-4	40	Rd 3	Rd 2	UEFA Rd 2
12	4	Norwich City	42	10	8	3	38	30	3	6	12	20	36	-8	40	Rd 4	Rd 5
13	D 2	Crystal Palace	42	9	9	3	26	13	3	7	11	15	37	-9	40	Rd 3	Rd 3
14	-3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	5	5	30	22	4	5	12	22	40	-10	40	Rd 6	Rd 2
15	-5	Coventry City	42	12	2	7	34	24	4	5	12	22	42	-10	39	Rd 4	Rd 3
16	D 2	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	8	8	5	25	20	3	7	11	22	37	-10	37	Rd 4	Rd 4
17	-2	Manchester City	42	8	8	5	28	25	4	5	12	15	41	-23	37	Rd 3	Rd 3
18	D 2	Stoke City	42	9	4	8	27	26	4	6	11	17	32	-14	36	Rd 3	Rd 3
19	-15	Everton	42	7	7	7	28	25	2	10	9	15	26	-8	35	SF	Rd 4	UEFA Rd 1
20	-7	Bristol City	42	6	6	9	22	30	3	7	11	15	36	-29	31	Rd 4	Rd 4
21	-2	Derby County	42	9	4	8	36	29	2	4	15	11	38	-20	30	Rd 3	Rd 2
22	-5	Bolton Wanderers	42	5	11	5	19	21	0	4	17	19	52	-35	25	Rd 5	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	16	Leicester City	42	12	5	4	32	19	9	8	4	26	19	20	55	Rd 3	Rd 1
2	2	Sunderland	42	16	5	0	47	13	5	7	9	22	29	27	54	Rd 3	Rd 4
3	D 1	Birmingham City	42	14	5	2	37	16	7	6	8	21	22	20	53	Rd 5	Rd 3
4	D 1	Chelsea	42	14	3	4	34	16	9	4	8	32	36	14	53	Rd 3	Rd 2
5	D 1	Queens Park Rangers	42	10	9	2	46	25	8	4	9	29	28	22	49	Rd 3	Rd 4
6	12	Luton Town	42	9	10	2	36	17	7	7	7	30	28	21	49	Rd 3	Rd 1
7	-2	West Ham United	42	13	2	6	37	21	7	5	9	17	22	11	47	Win	Rd 5
8	4	Cambridge United	42	11	6	4	40	23	3	10	8	21	30	8	44	Rd 4	Rd 2
9	-1	Newcastle United	42	13	6	2	35	19	2	8	11	18	30	4	44	Rd 3	Rd 2
10	-3	Preston North End	42	8	10	3	30	23	4	9	8	26	29	4	43	Rd 3	Rd 2
11	3	Oldham Athletic	42	12	5	4	30	21	4	6	11	19	32	-4	43	Rd 3	Rd 2
12	D 3	Swansea City	42	13	1	7	31	20	4	8	9	17	33	-5	43	Rd 5	Rd 2
13	D 3	Shrewsbury Town	42	12	3	6	41	23	6	2	13	19	30	7	41	Rd 3	Rd 2
14	-3	Orient	42	7	9	5	29	31	5	8	8	19	23	-6	41	Rd 4	Rd 2
15	-6	Cardiff City	42	11	4	6	21	16	5	4	12	20	32	-7	40	Rd 3	Rd 2
16	-1	Wrexham	42	13	2	6	26	15	3	4	14	14	34	-9	38	Rd 5	Rd 2	CWC Rd 2
17	-11	Notts County	42	4	11	6	24	22	7	4	10	27	30	-1	37	Rd 3	Rd 3
18	D 3	Watford	42	9	6	6	27	18	3	7	11	12	28	-7	37	Rd 6	Rd 1
19	-3	Bristol Rovers	42	9	8	4	33	23	2	5	14	17	41	-14	35	Rd 3	Rd 1
20	-10	Fulham	42	6	4	11	19	28	5	3	13	23	46	-32	29	Rd 3	Rd 2
21	-8	Burnley	42	5	9	7	19	23	1	6	14	20	50	-34	27	Rd 4	Rd 2
22	-3	Charlton Athletic	42	6	6	9	25	31	0	4	17	14	47	-39	22	Rd 3	Rd 1

				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	D 4	Grimsby Town	46	18	2	3	46	16	8	8	7	27	26	31	62	Rd 3	Rd 5
2	D 2	Blackburn Rovers	46	13	5	5	34	17	12	4	7	24	19	22	59	Rd 5	Rd 2
3	11	Sheffield Wednesday	46	12	6	5	44	20	9	10	4	37	27	34	58	Rd 2	Rd 2
4	16	Chesterfield	46	16	5	2	46	16	7	6	10	25	30	25	57	Rd 1	Rd 3
5	2	Colchester United	46	10	10	3	39	20	10	2	11	25	36	8	52	Rd 3	Rd 2
6	0	Carlisle United	46	13	6	4	45	26	5	6	12	21	30	10	48	Rd 4	Rd 1
7	D 4	Reading	46	14	6	3	43	19	2	10	11	23	46	1	48	Rd 4	Rd 2
8	1	Exeter City	46	14	5	4	38	22	5	5	13	22	46	-8	48	Rd 1	Rd 4
9	7	Chester	46	14	6	3	29	18	3	7	13	20	39	-8	47	Rd 5	Rd 2
10	-5	Swindon Town	46	15	4	4	50	20	4	4	15	21	43	8	46	Rd 4	SF
11	D 4	Barnsley	46	10	7	6	29	20	6	7	10	24	36	-3	46	Rd 2	Rd 2
12	D 2	Sheffield United	46	13	5	5	35	21	5	5	13	25	45	-6	46	Rd 2	Rd 1
13	4	Rotherham United	46	13	4	6	38	24	5	6	12	20	42	-8	46	Rd 2	Rd 2
14	D 2	Millwall	46	14	6	3	49	23	2	7	14	16	36	6	45	Rd 4	Rd 1
15	0	Plymouth Argyle	46	13	7	3	39	17	3	5	15	20	38	4	44	Rd 1	Rd 3
16	-12	Gillingham	46	8	9	6	26	18	6	5	12	23	33	-2	42	Rd 1	Rd 2
17	-6	Oxford United	46	10	4	9	34	24	4	9	10	23	38	-5	41	Rd 1	Rd 1
18	-6	Blackpool	46	10	7	6	39	34	5	4	14	23	40	-12	41	Rd 1	Rd 2
19	-9	Brentford	46	10	6	7	33	26	5	5	13	26	47	-14	41	Rd 1	Rd 1
20	-12	Hull City	46	11	7	5	29	21	1	9	13	22	48	-18	40	Rd 1	Rd 1
21	-2	Bury	46	10	4	9	30	23	6	3	14	15	36	-14	39	Rd 5	Rd 1
22	-9	Southend United	46	11	6	6	33	23	3	4	16	14	35	-11	38	Rd 2	Rd 3
23	-5	Mansfield Town	46	9	9	5	31	24	1	7	15	16	34	-11	36	Rd 3	Rd 3
24	D 4	Wimbledon	46	6	8	9	34	38	4	6	13	18	43	-29	34	Rd 2	Rd 4

				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	8	Huddersfield Town	46	16	5	2	61	18	11	7	5	40	30	53	66	Rd 1	Rd 2
2	D 3	Walsall	46	12	9	2	43	23	11	9	3	32	24	28	64	Rd 2	Rd 1
3	5	Newport County	46	16	5	2	47	22	11	2	10	36	28	33	61	Rd 1	Rd 1
4	3	Portsmouth	46	15	5	3	62	23	9	7	7	29	26	42	60	Rd 3	Rd 1
5	10	Bradford City	46	14	6	3	44	14	10	6	7	33	36	27	60	Rd 3	Rd 2
6	0	Wigan Athletic	46	13	5	5	42	26	8	8	7	34	35	15	55	Rd 4	Rd 1
7	D 3	Lincoln City	46	14	8	1	43	12	4	9	10	21	30	22	53	Rd 1	Rd 1
8	D 3	Peterborough United	46	14	3	6	39	22	7	7	9	19	25	11	52	Rd 1	Rd 3
9	2	Torquay United	46	13	7	3	47	25	2	10	11	23	44	1	47	Rd 2	Rd 2
10	-5	Aldershot	46	10	7	6	35	23	6	6	11	27	30	9	45	Rd 3	Rd 1
11	7	AFC Bournemouth	46	8	9	6	32	25	5	9	9	20	26	1	44	Rd 2	Rd 1
12	10	Doncaster Rovers	46	11	6	6	37	27	4	8	11	25	36	-1	44	Rd 2	Rd 2
13	6	Northampton Town	46	14	5	4	33	16	2	7	14	18	50	-15	44	Rd 1	Rd 3
14	-2	Scunthorpe United	46	11	9	3	37	23	3	6	14	21	52	-17	43	Rd 1	Rd 1
15	D 3	Tranmere Rovers	46	10	4	9	32	24	4	9	10	18	32	-6	41	Rd 2	Rd 2
16	1	Stockport County	46	9	7	7	30	31	5	5	13	18	41	-24	40	Rd 1	Rd 2
17	-7	York City	46	9	6	8	35	34	5	5	13	30	48	-17	39	Rd 2	Rd 1
18	5	Halifax Town	46	11	9	3	29	20	2	4	17	17	52	-26	39	Rd 4	Rd 1
19	-6	Hartlepool United	46	10	7	6	36	28	4	3	16	23	36	-5	38	Rd 1	Rd 1
20	-4	Port Vale	46	8	6	9	34	24	4	6	13	22	46	-14	36	Rd 1	Rd 1
21	-7	Hereford United	46	8	7	8	22	21	3	7	13	16	31	-14	36	Rd 2	Rd 1
22	-1	Darlington	46	7	11	5	33	26	2	6	15	17	48	-24	35	Rd 2	Rd 1
23	1	Crewe Alexandra	46	10	6	7	25	27	1	7	15	10	41	-33	35	Rd 1	Rd 1
24	-4	Rochdale	46	6	7	10	20	28	1	6	16	13	51	-46	27	Rd 3	Rd 1

Notes
1980 Election to the Fourth Division of the Football League
New rule restricting applications from only one Alliance Premier League club
League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	League Cup	Ballot	Result
D 4	Darlington	1,972	Rd 2	Rd 1	49	Re-Elected
D 4	Crewe Alexandra	2,745	Rd 1	Rd 1	48	Re-Elected
D 4	Hereford United	3,355	Rd 2	Rd 1	48	Re-Elected
D 4	Rochdale	1,926	Rd 3	Rd 1	26	Re-Elected
APL	Altrincham		Rd 3		25	Failed

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