1978-09-16

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Highbury	31,024
Stapleton	Lineups
Aston Villa	1	1	Everton	Villa Park	38,636
Craig	Lineups		Walsh
Bristol City	3	1	Southampton	Ashton Gate	21,420
Ritchie 2, Rodgers	Lineups		Holmes
Chelsea	1	4	Manchester City	Stamford Bridge	29,727
Stanley	Lineups		Futcher R 3, Channon
Derby County	3	2	West Bromwich Albion	Baseball Ground	23,772
Daly, Powell, Duncan	Lineups		Cunningham, Regis
Leeds United	1	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Elland Road	36,062
Graham	Lineups		Lee, Taylor
Liverpool	1	0	Coventry City	Anfield Road	51,130
Souness	Lineups
Manchester United	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Old Trafford	53,039
Greenhoff J	Lineups		Bowyer
Middlesbrough	0	2	Queens Park Rangers	Ayresome Park	12,822
	Lineups		Harkouk, Eastoe
Norwich City	4	0	Birmingham City	Carrow Road	16,407
Robson, Ryan (p), Chivers, Reeves	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	3	Ipswich Town	Molineux	16,049
Beattie OG	Lineups		Mariner, Muhren, Whymark

				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	Liverpool	6	3	0	0	10	1	3	0	0	10	1	18	12	W	W	W	W	W	1978-09-23	West Bromwich Albion	A
2	1	Everton	6	3	0	0	5	1	1	2	0	3	2	5	10	D	W	D	W	W	1978-09-23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
3	-1	Coventry City	6	2	1	0	7	3	2	0	1	4	2	6	9	L	W	W	W	D	1978-09-23	Leeds United	H
4	0	West Bromwich Albion	6	2	1	0	8	3	1	1	1	3	3	5	8	L	D	D	W	W	1978-09-23	Liverpool	H
5	0	Aston Villa	6	1	2	0	3	2	2	0	1	6	2	5	8	D	W	D	L	W	1978-09-23	Queens Park Rangers	A
6	5	Norwich City	6	2	1	0	8	2	0	2	1	4	7	3	7	W	D	D	L	D	1978-09-23	Bolton Wanderers	A
7	3	Manchester City	6	1	1	1	5	5	1	2	0	6	3	3	7	W	W	D	L	D	1978-09-23	Tottenham Hotspur	H
8	4	Bristol City	6	2	1	0	5	2	1	0	2	2	4	1	7	W	L	L	W	D	1978-09-23	Ipswich Town	A
9	-3	Nottingham Forest	6	1	2	0	3	2	0	3	0	1	1	1	7	D	W	D	D	D	1978-09-23	Middlesbrough	H
10	-2	Manchester United	6	1	2	0	3	2	1	1	1	4	6	-1	7	D	D	D	L	W	1978-09-23	Arsenal	A
11	2	Arsenal	6	2	1	0	8	3	0	1	2	2	4	3	6	W	L	W	L	D	1978-09-23	Manchester United	H
12	-5	Southampton	6	2	1	0	7	5	0	1	2	3	7	-2	6	L	W	D	W	D	1978-09-23	Derby County	A
13	2	Tottenham Hotspur	6	1	1	1	4	6	1	1	1	3	9	-8	6	W	W	L	D	L	1978-09-23	Manchester City	A
14	-5	Leeds United	6	1	0	2	6	5	1	1	1	5	5	1	5	L	L	W	W	L	1978-09-23	Coventry City	A
15	2	Ipswich Town	6	1	0	2	3	5	1	1	1	4	3	-1	5	W	L	D	W	L	1978-09-23	Bristol City	H
16	3	Derby County	6	1	1	1	4	5	0	1	2	3	5	-3	4	W	L	L	D	L	1978-09-23	Southampton	H
17	5	Queens Park Rangers	6	0	2	1	1	2	1	0	2	4	7	-4	4	W	D	L	D	L	1978-09-23	Aston Villa	H
18	-4	Bolton Wanderers	6	1	1	1	5	5	0	1	2	2	7	-5	4	L	W	D	L	D	1978-09-23	Norwich City	H
19	-3	Middlesbrough	6	0	1	2	1	4	1	0	2	4	5	-4	3	L	L	D	L	W	1978-09-23	Nottingham Forest	A
20	-2	Chelsea	6	0	0	3	1	8	1	1	1	5	5	-7	3	L	L	L	D	W	1978-09-23	Birmingham City	A
21	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	1	0	2	3	4	0	0	3	2	7	-6	2	L	L	W	L	L	1978-09-23	Everton	A
22	-1	Birmingham City	6	0	1	2	2	7	0	1	2	2	7	-10	2	L	L	D	D	L	1978-09-23	Chelsea	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Leicester City	Ewood Park	7,908
Radford	Lineups		Weller
Cambridge United	1	1	Charlton Athletic	Abbey Stadium	6,166
Biley	Lineups		Flanagan
Luton Town	7	1	Cardiff City	Kenilworth Road	7,752
Moss 2, Hatton, Stein B 2, Fuccillo (p), Dwyer OG	Lineups		Bishop
Millwall	0	3	Crystal Palace	The Den, New Cross	11,693
	Lineups		Murphy, Chatterton, Nicholas
Notts County	1	0	Orient	Meadow Lane	8,190
Masson	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	0	Preston North End	Boundary Park	8,766
Young 2	Lineups
Sheffield United	4	0	Burnley	Bramall Lane	15,355
Hamson 2 (1p), Franks, Guy	Lineups
Sunderland	1	1	Fulham	Roker Park	17,976
Brown	Lineups		Margerrison (p)
West Ham United	2	0	Bristol Rovers	Upton Park	22,189
Brooking, Robson	Lineups
Wrexham	0	0	Newcastle United	Racecourse Ground	14,091
	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	1	Crystal Palace	6	1	2	0	5	3	2	1	0	6	1	7	9	W	D	W	D	W	1978-09-23	Oldham Athletic	H
2	-1	Stoke City	5	2	0	0	4	0	2	1	0	3	1	6	9	W	D	W	W	W	1978-09-23	Preston North End	A
3	2	Wrexham	6	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	1	2	8	D	D	D	W	W	1978-09-23	Bristol Rovers	A
4	3	West Ham United	6	2	0	1	7	3	1	1	1	6	4	6	7	W	L	L	D	W	1978-09-23	Sheffield United	H
5	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	5	2	0	1	3	2	1	1	0	4	1	4	7	W	W	W	L	D	1978-09-23	Leicester City	A
6	5	Oldham Athletic	6	2	1	0	6	2	1	0	2	4	8	0	7	W	L	D	W	W	1978-09-23	Crystal Palace	A
7	5	Notts County	6	2	1	0	4	2	1	0	2	4	7	-1	7	W	W	L	W	D	1978-09-22	Charlton Athletic	A
8	-4	Burnley	6	2	1	0	7	5	0	2	1	1	5	-2	7	L	W	W	D	D	1978-09-23	Sunderland	H
9	5	Luton Town	6	3	0	0	16	2	0	0	3	1	6	9	6	W	L	W	L	L	1978-09-23	Cambridge United	H
10	-1	Fulham	6	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	3	4	0	6	D	W	W	D	L	1978-09-23	Millwall	H
11	-5	Bristol Rovers	6	3	0	0	9	3	0	0	3	1	8	-1	6	L	W	W	L	L	1978-09-23	Wrexham	H
12	-2	Newcastle United	6	2	0	1	4	4	0	2	1	1	2	-1	6	D	W	D	W	L	1978-09-23	Orient	H
13	0	Sunderland	6	2	1	0	5	2	0	1	2	1	6	-2	6	D	D	W	L	L	1978-09-23	Burnley	A
14	7	Sheffield United	6	1	0	2	5	4	1	1	1	3	4	0	5	W	L	L	D	W	1978-09-23	West Ham United	A
15	0	Cambridge United	6	0	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	2	0	5	D	L	D	D	W	1978-09-23	Luton Town	A
16	-8	Preston North End	6	1	2	0	6	3	0	1	2	3	7	-1	5	L	D	L	D	W	1978-09-23	Stoke City	H
17	-1	Charlton Athletic	6	1	2	0	5	2	0	1	2	1	5	-1	5	D	D	L	W	D	1978-09-22	Notts County	H
18	-1	Orient	6	1	0	2	3	2	1	0	2	2	5	-2	4	L	L	L	L	W	1978-09-23	Newcastle United	A
19	0	Leicester City	6	0	1	2	1	3	0	3	0	3	3	-2	4	D	L	D	D	L	1978-09-23	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
20	0	Blackburn Rovers	6	1	2	0	5	2	0	0	3	3	9	-3	4	D	L	W	L	L	1978-09-23	Cardiff City	A
21	-3	Millwall	6	1	0	2	3	8	0	2	1	1	3	-7	4	L	D	L	L	D	1978-09-23	Fulham	A
22	0	Cardiff City	6	1	1	1	4	5	0	0	3	3	13	-11	3	L	W	L	L	L	1978-09-23	Blackburn Rovers	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	2	1	Walsall	Bloomfield Road	8,153
Spence, McEwan (p)	Lineups		Kelly
Bury	1	2	Watford	Gigg Lane	4,102
Tucker	Lineups		Bolton, Jenkins
Gillingham	1	0	Chester	Priestfield Stadium	4,743
Richardson	Lineups
Hull City	1	1	Chesterfield	Boothferry Park	7,705
Bannister	Lineups		Tartt
Lincoln City	1	1	Carlisle United	Sincil Bank	2,577
Cockerill	Lineups		McVitie
Mansfield Town	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Field Mill	11,366	Largest home gate 1978-79
Goodwin	Lineups		Hornsby (p)
Oxford United	3	2	Exeter City	Manor Ground	5,441
Duncan, Foley 2	Lineups		Bowker, Templeman
Peterborough United	3	1	Brentford	London Road	5,884
Butlin, McEwan, Doyle	Lineups		Kruse
Plymouth Argyle	2	0	Swindon Town	Home Park	6,099
Bason, Binney	Lineups
Swansea City	4	3	Tranmere Rovers	Vetch Field	16,140
Charles, Waddle, Bartley, Curtis	Lineups		Evans, Moore 2

				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	Swansea City	7	3	1	0	13	7	2	1	0	6	2	10	12	W	D	W	W	W	1978-09-23	Chester	A
2	2	Watford	7	1	0	2	6	5	4	0	0	14	5	10	10	W	W	L	W	L	1978-09-23	Oxford United	H
3	0	Hull City	7	2	2	0	9	3	2	0	1	5	2	9	10	D	W	L	W	W	1978-09-23	Exeter City	A
4	1	Peterborough United	6	3	1	0	6	1	1	1	0	3	2	6	10	W	D	D	W	W	1978-09-23	Chesterfield	A
5	-3	Shrewsbury Town	7	2	1	0	3	0	2	1	1	3	2	4	10	L	W	W	D	D	1978-09-23	Lincoln City	H
6	2	Carlisle United	7	2	1	0	6	1	0	3	1	3	5	3	8	D	D	W	L	W	1978-09-23	Southend United	H
7	-1	Southend United	7	3	0	1	6	3	0	2	1	6	7	2	8	W	W	L	W	D	1978-09-23	Carlisle United	A
8	4	Plymouth Argyle	6	2	0	1	5	5	2	0	1	6	4	2	8	W	W	L	L	W	1978-09-23	Sheffield Wednesday	A
9	-2	Swindon Town	7	3	0	0	5	1	0	2	2	2	7	-1	8	L	W	L	W	D	1978-09-23	Blackpool	H
10	0	Rotherham United	7	2	0	1	4	3	0	3	1	5	6	0	7	L	D	W	L	D	1978-09-23	Mansfield Town	H
11	-2	Chester	7	2	1	0	6	2	1	0	3	2	6	0	7	L	L	D	L	W	1978-09-23	Swansea City	H
12	4	Gillingham	7	1	2	1	3	3	0	3	0	4	4	0	7	W	D	D	L	D	1978-09-23	Brentford	A
13	0	Sheffield Wednesday	6	1	1	0	3	2	1	2	1	3	4	0	7	D	D	W	W	D	1978-09-23	Plymouth Argyle	H
14	3	Blackpool	7	3	1	0	6	2	0	0	3	2	9	-3	7	W	D	L	W	L	1978-09-23	Swindon Town	A
15	-4	Colchester United	7	2	2	0	5	3	0	1	2	0	5	-3	7	W	W	L	D	D	1978-09-23	Walsall	A
16	-2	Mansfield Town	6	0	3	0	3	3	1	1	1	4	2	2	6	D	W	L	D	D	1978-09-23	Rotherham United	A
17	-2	Chesterfield	7	0	1	2	2	5	1	3	0	5	2	0	6	D	D	L	D	W	1978-09-23	Peterborough United	H
18	0	Brentford	7	2	0	1	2	3	0	1	3	3	8	-6	5	L	L	W	D	L	1978-09-23	Gillingham	H
19	0	Exeter City	6	0	2	1	2	3	1	0	2	3	6	-4	4	L	L	W	D	L	1978-09-23	Hull City	H
20	3	Oxford United	7	1	1	2	3	5	0	1	2	1	4	-5	4	W	L	D	D	L	1978-09-23	Watford	A
21	-1	Walsall	7	1	1	1	7	6	0	0	4	3	9	-5	3	L	L	W	D	L	1978-09-23	Colchester United	H
22	-1	Bury	7	0	2	2	7	9	0	1	2	1	4	-5	3	L	L	D	L	D	1978-09-22	Tranmere Rovers	A
23	1	Lincoln City	7	1	1	2	4	9	0	0	3	1	7	-11	3	D	L	L	L	L	1978-09-23	Shrewsbury Town	A
24	-2	Tranmere Rovers	6	0	2	1	3	5	0	0	3	4	7	-5	2	L	D	L	L	D	1978-09-22	Bury	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	3	1	Rochdale	Dean Court	2,674
Barton, Impey, Butler	Lineups		Owen
Barnsley	1	0	Huddersfield Town	Oakwell	11,566
Clarke	Lineups
Grimsby Town	0	1	Hartlepool United	Blundell Park	4,958
	Lineups		Goldthorpe
Halifax Town	0	2	Darlington	The Shay	1,203
	Lineups		Stone, Seal
Hereford United	6	1	Crewe Alexandra	Edgar Street	3,493
Gould 2, Jones 2, Bowles OG, Spiring	Lineups		Purdie
Newport County	1	3	Wimbledon	Somerton Park	2,903
Clark	Lineups		Leslie 2, Cork
Portsmouth	2	0	Port Vale	Fratton Park	9,937
Barnard, Garwood	Lineups
Reading	3	0	Doncaster Rovers	Elm Park	5,394
Bowman, Kearns 2 (1p)	Lineups
Torquay United	2	1	Aldershot	Plainmoor	3,221
Lawrence, Raper	Lineups		Shanahan
Wigan Athletic	1	3	Bradford City	Springfield Park	7,090
Purdie	Lineups		Cooke, McNiven, Martinez

				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	Barnsley	7	3	0	1	9	4	3	0	0	5	1	9	12	W	L	W	W	W	1978-09-23	Doncaster Rovers	A
2	1	Reading	7	4	0	0	9	1	1	2	0	3	2	9	12	W	D	W	D	W	1978-09-23	Wimbledon	A
3	-1	Wimbledon	7	3	0	0	7	2	2	2	0	7	4	8	12	W	D	W	W	W	1978-09-23	Reading	H
4	0	Stockport County	7	3	0	1	9	1	1	1	1	4	4	8	9	W	W	D	L	W	1978-09-23	Scunthorpe United	A
5	0	Aldershot	7	2	1	0	8	1	1	2	1	5	5	7	9	L	W	D	W	D	1978-09-23	Portsmouth	H
6	0	Grimsby Town	7	1	1	2	6	5	3	0	0	6	1	6	9	L	D	W	W	W	1978-09-23	Crewe Alexandra	A
7	0	Northampton Town	7	3	1	0	7	2	1	0	2	2	5	2	9	W	W	L	W	L	1978-09-23	Huddersfield Town	A
8	0	York City	7	2	1	0	7	4	2	0	2	3	6	0	9	L	W	W	L	D	1978-09-23	Wigan Athletic	H
9	2	Portsmouth	7	2	1	1	5	1	1	1	1	6	6	4	8	W	D	W	W	D	1978-09-23	Aldershot	A
10	2	Torquay United	6	3	0	1	5	2	1	0	1	2	4	1	8	W	W	W	L	W	1978-09-23	Darlington	A
11	2	Hartlepool United	7	1	1	1	6	6	2	1	1	3	5	-2	8	W	L	W	W	D	1978-09-23	Halifax Town	H
12	-3	Port Vale	7	0	3	0	4	4	2	0	2	8	5	3	7	L	W	D	D	W	1978-09-23	AFC Bournemouth	H
13	1	AFC Bournemouth	7	3	0	1	8	3	0	1	2	0	2	3	7	W	W	L	L	D	1978-09-23	Port Vale	A
14	-4	Scunthorpe United	7	2	0	1	4	2	0	3	1	2	3	1	7	L	D	L	D	W	1978-09-23	Stockport County	H
15	0	Bradford City	7	1	1	1	4	4	2	0	2	4	8	-4	7	W	L	D	L	L	1978-09-23	Newport County	H
16	2	Hereford United	7	2	2	0	7	1	0	0	3	2	5	3	6	W	D	L	W	L	1978-09-23	Rochdale	A
17	4	Darlington	7	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	3	3	8	-5	5	W	L	L	L	D	1978-09-23	Torquay United	H
18	-2	Crewe Alexandra	7	1	0	2	2	7	1	1	2	3	10	-12	5	L	W	W	L	L	1978-09-23	Grimsby Town	H
19	-2	Doncaster Rovers	6	0	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	6	9	-5	4	L	L	L	D	D	1978-09-23	Barnsley	H
20	-1	Huddersfield Town	7	1	2	0	3	2	0	0	4	1	7	-5	4	L	L	W	D	L	1978-09-23	Northampton Town	H
21	-1	Wigan Athletic	7	1	0	3	6	9	0	1	2	1	4	-6	3	L	W	L	L	L	1978-09-23	York City	A
22	0	Newport County	7	0	0	4	4	9	1	0	2	5	7	-7	2	L	L	L	W	L	1978-09-23	Bradford City	A
23	0	Halifax Town	7	1	0	3	3	6	0	0	3	2	7	-8	2	L	L	L	L	L	1978-09-23	Hartlepool United	A
24	0	Rochdale	7	0	1	2	2	5	0	1	3	2	9	-10	2	L	L	L	D	D	1978-09-23	Hereford United	H