1978-08-19

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	2	Leeds United	Highbury	42,057
Brady 2	Lineups		Currie, Cherry
Aston Villa	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Villa Park	43,922
Gray	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	1	2	Bristol City	Burnden Park	21,355
Gowling	Lineups		Mann, Ritchie
Chelsea	0	1	Everton	Stamford Bridge	32,683
	Lineups		King
Derby County	1	1	Manchester City	Baseball Ground	26,480
George	Lineups		Kidd
Liverpool	2	1	Queens Park Rangers	Anfield Road	50,793
Dalglish, Heighway	Lineups		McGee
Manchester United	1	0	Birmingham City	Old Trafford	56,136	Largest home, D 1 & league gate 1978-79
Jordan	Lineups
Middlesbrough	1	2	Coventry City	Ayresome Park	17,918
Woof	Lineups		Powell, Ferguson
Norwich City	3	1	Southampton	Carrow Road	21,133
Reeves, Ryan, Chivers	Lineups		MacDougall
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	City Ground	41,223
O'Neill	Lineups		Villa
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Ipswich Town	The Hawthorns	23,674
Brown A, Regis	Lineups		Woods

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Norwich City	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Bristol City	A
2	0	Bristol City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Norwich City	H
3	0	Coventry City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Nottingham Forest	H
4	0	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Ipswich Town	A
5	0	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Queens Park Rangers	A
6	0	Aston Villa	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-23	Tottenham Hotspur	A
7	0	Everton	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Derby County	H
8	0	Manchester United	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-23	Leeds United	A
9	0	Arsenal	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Manchester City	A
10	0	Leeds United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-23	Manchester United	H
11	0	Derby County	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Everton	A
12	0	Manchester City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Arsenal	H
13	0	Nottingham Forest	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Coventry City	A
14	0	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-23	Aston Villa	H
15	0	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Southampton	A
16	0	Ipswich Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Liverpool	H
17	0	Middlesbrough	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Birmingham City	A
18	0	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	West Bromwich Albion	H
19	0	Birmingham City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Middlesbrough	H
20	0	Chelsea	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
21	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Chelsea	H
22	0	Southampton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Bolton Wanderers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Crystal Palace	Ewood Park	9,393
Metcalfe	Lineups		Swindlehurst
Bristol Rovers	3	1	Fulham	Eastville	5,950
Randall, Gould, Barry	Lineups		Margerrison
Burnley	2	2	Leicester City	Turf Moor	12,048
Noble (p), Fletcher	Lineups		Hughes (p), Christie
Cambridge United	0	1	Stoke City	Abbey Stadium	7,485
	Lineups		Richardson
Cardiff City	2	2	Preston North End	Ninian Park	7,790
Went, Dwyer	Lineups		Bruce 2
Luton Town	6	1	Oldham Athletic	Kenilworth Road	8,043
Hatton 2, Moss 2, Stein B, Fuccillo (p)	Lineups		Wood
Millwall	2	1	Newcastle United	The Den, New Cross	10,837
Seasman 2	Lineups		Barton
Sheffield United	1	2	Orient	Bramall Lane	19,012
Stainrod	Lineups		Mayo, Kitchen
Sunderland	1	0	Charlton Athletic	Roker Park	20,846
Rowell	Lineups
West Ham United	5	2	Notts County	Upton Park	25,387
Cross 3, Blockley OG, Devonshire	Lineups		McCulloch 2
Wrexham	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Racecourse Ground	14,008
	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Luton Town	1	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Crystal Palace	A
2	0	West Ham United	1	1	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-23	Newcastle United	A
3	0	Bristol Rovers	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Oldham Athletic	A
4	0	Millwall	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Notts County	A
5	0	Orient	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Sunderland	H
6	0	Stoke City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-23	Cardiff City	H
7	0	Sunderland	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Orient	A
8	0	Burnley	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Charlton Athletic	A
9	0	Cardiff City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-23	Stoke City	A
10	0	Leicester City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-23	Sheffield United	H
11	0	Preston North End	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Blackburn Rovers	H
12	0	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Preston North End	A
13	0	Crystal Palace	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Luton Town	H
14	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Cambridge United	H
15	0	Wrexham	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Fulham	A
16	0	Newcastle United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-23	West Ham United	H
17	0	Sheffield United	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-23	Leicester City	A
18	0	Cambridge United	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
19	0	Charlton Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Burnley	H
20	0	Fulham	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Wrexham	H
21	0	Notts County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Millwall	H
22	0	Oldham Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	-5	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Bristol Rovers	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	1	0	Oxford United	Bloomfield Road	6,215
Davidson	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	3	Plymouth Argyle	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,099
Cottam	Lineups		Fear, Megson, Binney
Colchester United	2	2	Swansea City	Layer Road	2,918
Foley, Rowles	Lineups		James R 2
Exeter City	0	0	Mansfield Town	St James Park	3,704
	Lineups
Gillingham	0	0	Rotherham United	Priestfield Stadium	4,157
	Lineups
Hull City	1	1	Carlisle United	Boothferry Park	5,062
Horswill	Lineups		Tait
Lincoln City	2	1	Tranmere Rovers	Sincil Bank	2,835
Hobson, Sunley	Lineups		Peplow
Peterborough United	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	London Road	7,468
Slough, Robson	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	1	0	Brentford	Gay Meadow	2,346
Atkins (p)	Lineups
Southend United	0	1	Chester	Roots Hall	4,223
	Lineups		Edwards
Swindon Town	2	1	Bury	County Ground	5,382
Bates, Miller	Lineups		Keenan
Walsall	2	4	Watford	Fellows Park	6,423	Largest home gate 1978-79
Austin 2	Lineups		Pollard, Joslyn, Garner, Jenkins

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Watford	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Blackpool	H
2	0	Plymouth Argyle	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-26	Lincoln City	H
3	0	Peterborough United	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-26	Watford	A
4	0	Lincoln City	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Swansea City	A
5	0	Swindon Town	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-21	Tranmere Rovers	A
6	0	Blackpool	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Watford	A
7	0	Chester	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-23	Walsall	H
8	0	Shrewsbury Town	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-23	Oxford United	A
9	0	Colchester United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-21	Brentford	A
10	0	Swansea City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Lincoln City	H
11	0	Carlisle United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Chesterfield	H
12	0	Hull City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-26	Tranmere Rovers	A
13	0	Exeter City	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-26	Chester	A
14	0	Gillingham	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-21	Mansfield Town	A
15	0	Mansfield Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-21	Gillingham	H
16	0	Rotherham United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-26	Blackpool	H
17	0	Bury	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Southend United	H
18	0	Tranmere Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-21	Swindon Town	H
19	0	Brentford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-21	Colchester United	H
20	0	Oxford United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-23	Shrewsbury Town	H
21	0	Southend United	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Bury	A
22	0	Walsall	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-23	Chester	A
23	0	Chesterfield	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Carlisle United	A
24	0	Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-26	Colchester United	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	3	1	Newport County	Dean Court	3,083
Massey (p), Finnigan, Walker OG	Lineups		Goddard
Aldershot	1	1	Wimbledon	Recreation Ground	3,510
Wooler	Lineups		Bryant
Barnsley	4	2	Halifax Town	Oakwell	5,828
Joicey 3, Little	Lineups		Burke, Bell
Grimsby Town	1	2	Reading	Blundell Park	4,152
Lester	Lineups		Earles, Kearns
Hartlepool United	3	4	Doncaster Rovers	Victoria Park	2,654
Linacre, Newton, Crumplin	Lineups		Snodin, French, Lewis, Habbin
Hereford United	0	0	Wigan Athletic	Edgar Street	5,674	Largest home gate 1978-79
	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	0	0	Crewe Alexandra	Leeds Road	2,838
	Lineups
Port Vale	2	2	Scunthorpe United	Vale Park	3,027
Wright, Bromage	Lineups		Wigg, Pilling
Portsmouth	0	1	Bradford City	Fratton Park	8,268
	Lineups		Jackson D
Rochdale	1	2	York City	Spotland	1,241
Scaife	Lineups		Staniforth, Randall
Stockport County	3	0	Darlington	Edgeley Park	3,626
Bradd 2, Craig OG	Lineups
Torquay United	0	1	Northampton Town	Plainmoor	3,125
	Lineups		Liddle

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Stockport County	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Halifax Town	A
2	0	Barnsley	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-23	Crewe Alexandra	A
3	0	AFC Bournemouth	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Scunthorpe United	A
4	0	Doncaster Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	3	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-26	York City	A
5	0	Reading	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-23	Rochdale	H
6	0	York City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Portsmouth	H
7	0	Bradford City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-23	Hereford United	H
8	0	Northampton Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1978-08-23	Hartlepool United	H
9	0	Port Vale	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Wimbledon	A
10	0	Scunthorpe United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	AFC Bournemouth	H
11	0	Aldershot	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Newport County	A
12	0	Wimbledon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Port Vale	H
13	0	Crewe Alexandra	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-23	Barnsley	H
14	0	Hereford United	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-23	Bradford City	A
15	0	Huddersfield Town	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Darlington	A
16	0	Wigan Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1978-08-23	Grimsby Town	H
17	0	Hartlepool United	1	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-23	Northampton Town	A
18	0	Grimsby Town	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-23	Wigan Athletic	A
19	0	Rochdale	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-23	Reading	A
20	0	Portsmouth	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	York City	A
21	0	Torquay United	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-26	Hereford United	H
22	0	Halifax Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Stockport County	H
23	0	Newport County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Aldershot	H
24	0	Darlington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1978-08-22	Huddersfield Town	H