1978-09-23

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	1	Manchester United	Highbury	45,393
Price	Lineups		Coppell
Birmingham City	1	1	Chelsea	St Andrew's	18,458
Givens	Lineups		McKenzie
Bolton Wanderers	3	2	Norwich City	Burnden Park	19,901
Whatmore, Worthington 2	Lineups		Robson, Reeves
Coventry City	0	0	Leeds United	Highfield Road	27,365
	Lineups
Derby County	2	1	Southampton	Baseball Ground	21,623
George, Carter	Lineups		Peach
Everton	2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Goodison Park	38,895
King, Latchford	Lineups
Ipswich Town	0	1	Bristol City	Portman Road	20,168
	Lineups		Ritchie (p)
Manchester City	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Maine Road	43,471
Futcher R, Owen	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	2	2	Middlesbrough	City Ground	26,287
Birtles, O'Neill	Lineups		Mills, Armstrong
Queens Park Rangers	1	0	Aston Villa	Loftus Road	16,410
Harkouk	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Liverpool	The Hawthorns	33,772
Cunningham	Lineups		Dalglish

				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	7	3	0	0	10	1	3	1	0	11	2	18	13	D	W	W	W	W	1978-09-30	Bolton Wanderers	H
2	0	Everton	7	4	0	0	7	1	1	2	0	3	2	7	12	W	D	W	D	W	1978-09-30	Bristol City	A
3	0	Coventry City	7	2	2	0	7	3	2	0	1	4	2	6	10	D	L	W	W	W	1978-09-30	Tottenham Hotspur	A
4	3	Manchester City	7	2	1	1	7	5	1	2	0	6	3	5	9	W	W	W	D	L	1978-09-30	Manchester United	A
5	-1	West Bromwich Albion	7	2	2	0	9	4	1	1	1	3	3	5	9	D	L	D	D	W	1978-09-30	Chelsea	A
6	2	Bristol City	7	2	1	0	5	2	2	0	2	3	4	2	9	W	W	L	L	W	1978-09-30	Everton	H
7	-2	Aston Villa	7	1	2	0	3	2	2	0	2	6	3	4	8	L	D	W	D	L	1978-09-30	Nottingham Forest	H
8	1	Nottingham Forest	7	1	3	0	5	4	0	3	0	1	1	1	8	D	D	W	D	D	1978-09-30	Aston Villa	A
9	1	Manchester United	7	1	2	0	3	2	1	2	1	5	7	-1	8	D	D	D	D	L	1978-09-30	Manchester City	H
10	1	Arsenal	7	2	2	0	9	4	0	1	2	2	4	3	7	D	W	L	W	L	1978-09-30	Middlesbrough	A
11	-5	Norwich City	7	2	1	0	8	2	0	2	2	6	10	2	7	L	W	D	D	L	1978-09-30	Derby County	H
12	2	Leeds United	7	1	0	2	6	5	1	2	1	5	5	1	6	D	L	L	W	W	1978-09-30	Birmingham City	H
13	3	Derby County	7	2	1	1	6	6	0	1	2	3	5	-2	6	W	W	L	L	D	1978-09-30	Norwich City	A
14	-2	Southampton	7	2	1	0	7	5	0	1	3	4	9	-3	6	L	L	W	D	W	1978-09-30	Ipswich Town	H
15	2	Queens Park Rangers	7	1	2	1	2	2	1	0	2	4	7	-3	6	W	W	D	L	D	1978-09-30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
16	2	Bolton Wanderers	7	2	1	1	8	7	0	1	2	2	7	-4	6	W	L	W	D	L	1978-09-30	Liverpool	A
17	-4	Tottenham Hotspur	7	1	1	1	4	6	1	1	2	3	11	-10	6	L	W	W	L	D	1978-09-30	Coventry City	H
18	-3	Ipswich Town	7	1	0	3	3	6	1	1	1	4	3	-2	5	L	W	L	D	W	1978-09-30	Southampton	A
19	0	Middlesbrough	7	0	1	2	1	4	1	1	2	6	7	-4	4	D	L	L	D	L	1978-09-30	Arsenal	H
20	0	Chelsea	7	0	0	3	1	8	1	2	1	6	6	-7	4	D	L	L	L	D	1978-09-30	West Bromwich Albion	H
21	1	Birmingham City	7	0	2	2	3	8	0	1	2	2	7	-10	3	D	L	L	D	D	1978-09-30	Leeds United	A
22	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	7	1	0	2	3	4	0	0	4	2	9	-8	2	L	L	L	W	L	1978-09-30	Queens Park Rangers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	2	1	Wrexham	Eastville	7,619
Randall, Williams	Lineups		McNeil
Burnley	1	2	Sunderland	Turf Moor	13,368
Morley	Lineups		Rowell 2 (1p)
Cardiff City	2	0	Blackburn Rovers	Ninian Park	6,234
Stevens, Bishop	Lineups
Crystal Palace	1	0	Oldham Athletic	Selhurst Park	18,318
Swindlehurst	Lineups
Fulham	1	0	Millwall	Craven Cottage	8,941
Greenaway	Lineups
Leicester City	4	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Filbert Street	14,307
Christie, Hughes 2 (1p), Weller	Lineups		Williams
Luton Town	1	1	Cambridge United	Kenilworth Road	10,801
Stein B	Lineups		Biley (p)
Newcastle United	0	0	Orient	St James' Park	26,361
	Lineups
Preston North End	0	1	Stoke City	Deepdale	14,600
	Lineups		Kendall
West Ham United	2	0	Sheffield United	Upton Park	24,361
Robson 2 (2p)	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	Crystal Palace	7	2	2	0	6	3	2	1	0	6	1	8	11	W	W	D	W	D	1978-09-30	Stoke City	A
2	0	Stoke City	6	2	0	0	4	0	3	1	0	4	1	7	11	W	W	D	W	W	1978-09-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
3	2	West Ham United	7	3	0	1	9	3	1	1	1	6	4	8	9	W	W	L	L	D	1978-09-30	Sunderland	A
4	6	Fulham	7	2	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	3	4	1	8	W	D	W	W	D	1978-09-30	Oldham Athletic	A
5	-2	Wrexham	7	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	4	3	1	8	L	D	D	D	W	1978-09-30	Cardiff City	H
6	5	Bristol Rovers	7	4	0	0	11	4	0	0	3	1	8	0	8	W	L	W	W	L	1978-09-30	Cambridge United	A
7	-3	Notts County	7	2	1	0	4	2	1	1	2	5	8	-1	8	D	W	W	L	W	1978-09-30	Newcastle United	H
8	6	Sunderland	7	2	1	0	5	2	1	1	2	3	7	-1	8	W	D	D	W	L	1978-09-30	West Ham United	H
9	0	Luton Town	7	3	1	0	17	3	0	0	3	1	6	9	7	D	W	L	W	L	1978-09-30	Sheffield United	A
10	-4	Brighton & Hove Albion	6	2	0	1	3	2	1	1	1	5	5	1	7	L	W	W	W	L	1978-09-27	Stoke City	A
11	-4	Oldham Athletic	7	2	1	0	6	2	1	0	3	4	9	-1	7	L	W	L	D	W	1978-09-30	Fulham	H
12	1	Newcastle United	7	2	1	1	4	4	0	2	1	1	2	-1	7	D	D	W	D	W	1978-09-30	Notts County	A
13	-5	Burnley	7	2	1	1	8	7	0	2	1	1	5	-3	7	L	L	W	W	D	1978-09-30	Millwall	A
14	5	Leicester City	7	1	1	2	5	4	0	3	0	3	3	1	6	W	D	L	D	D	1978-09-30	Orient	A
15	1	Cambridge United	7	0	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	4	3	0	6	D	D	L	D	D	1978-09-30	Bristol Rovers	H
16	-4	Charlton Athletic	7	1	3	0	6	3	0	1	2	1	5	-1	6	D	D	D	L	W	1978-09-30	Blackburn Rovers	A
17	0	Preston North End	7	1	2	1	6	4	0	1	2	3	7	-2	5	L	L	D	L	D	1978-09-30	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
18	-3	Sheffield United	7	1	0	2	5	4	1	1	2	3	6	-2	5	L	W	L	L	D	1978-09-30	Luton Town	H
19	-1	Orient	7	1	0	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	5	-2	5	D	L	L	L	L	1978-09-30	Leicester City	H
20	2	Cardiff City	7	2	1	1	6	5	0	0	3	3	13	-9	5	W	L	W	L	L	1978-09-30	Wrexham	A
21	-1	Blackburn Rovers	7	1	2	0	5	2	0	0	4	3	11	-5	4	L	D	L	W	L	1978-09-30	Charlton Athletic	H
22	-1	Millwall	7	1	0	2	3	8	0	2	2	1	4	-8	4	L	L	D	L	L	1978-09-30	Burnley	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	0	2	Gillingham	Griffin Park	6,977
	Lineups		Price, Hughes
Carlisle United	0	0	Southend United	Brunton Park	5,259
	Lineups
Chester	2	0	Swansea City	Sealand Road	8,583	Largest home gate 1978-79
Mellor, Edwards	Lineups
Chesterfield	3	1	Peterborough United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,589
Kowalski 2, Salmons	Lineups		Butlin
Exeter City	3	1	Hull City	St James Park	3,733
Kellow, Delve, Bowker	Lineups		Edwards
Rotherham United	2	0	Mansfield Town	Millmoor	5,350
Dawson, Finney	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	2	3	Plymouth Argyle	Hillsborough	12,257
Wylde, Nimmo	Lineups		Binney 3
Shrewsbury Town	2	0	Lincoln City	Gay Meadow	2,902
Turner, Atkins (p)	Lineups
Swindon Town	0	1	Blackpool	County Ground	6,607
	Lineups		Sermanni
Walsall	2	2	Colchester United	Fellows Park	4,052
Buckley, King	Lineups		Gough, Foley
Watford	4	2	Oxford United	Vicarage Road	12,949
Jenkins 4	Lineups		Bodel, McGrogan

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Watford	8	2	0	2	10	7	4	0	0	14	5	12	12	W	W	W	L	W	1978-09-26	Rotherham United	A
2	-1	Swansea City	8	3	1	0	13	7	2	1	1	6	4	8	12	L	W	D	W	W	1978-09-25	Carlisle United	A
3	2	Shrewsbury Town	8	3	1	0	5	0	2	1	1	3	2	6	12	W	L	W	W	D	1978-09-26	Hull City	H
4	-1	Hull City	8	2	2	0	9	3	2	0	2	6	5	7	10	L	D	W	L	W	1978-09-26	Shrewsbury Town	A
5	-1	Peterborough United	7	3	1	0	6	1	1	1	1	4	5	4	10	L	W	D	D	W	1978-09-26	Walsall	A
6	2	Plymouth Argyle	7	2	0	1	5	5	3	0	1	9	6	3	10	W	W	W	L	L	1978-09-25	Tranmere Rovers	A
7	-1	Carlisle United	8	2	2	0	6	1	0	3	1	3	5	3	9	D	D	D	W	L	1978-09-25	Swansea City	H
8	-1	Southend United	8	3	0	1	6	3	0	3	1	6	7	2	9	D	W	W	L	W	1978-09-27	Chesterfield	A
9	1	Rotherham United	8	3	0	1	6	3	0	3	1	5	6	2	9	W	L	D	W	L	1978-09-26	Watford	H
10	1	Chester	8	3	1	0	8	2	1	0	3	2	6	2	9	W	L	L	D	L	1978-09-27	Swindon Town	H
11	1	Gillingham	8	1	2	1	3	3	1	3	0	6	4	2	9	W	W	D	D	L	1978-09-26	Blackpool	A
12	2	Blackpool	8	3	1	0	6	2	1	0	3	3	9	-2	9	W	W	D	L	W	1978-09-26	Gillingham	H
13	4	Chesterfield	8	1	1	2	5	6	1	3	0	5	2	2	8	W	D	D	L	D	1978-09-27	Southend United	H
14	-5	Swindon Town	8	3	0	1	5	2	0	2	2	2	7	-2	8	L	L	W	L	W	1978-09-27	Chester	A
15	0	Colchester United	8	2	2	0	5	3	0	2	2	2	7	-3	8	D	W	W	L	D	1978-09-27	Exeter City	A
16	-3	Sheffield Wednesday	7	1	1	1	5	5	1	2	1	3	4	-1	7	L	D	D	W	W	1978-09-26	Bury	H
17	-1	Mansfield Town	7	0	3	0	3	3	1	1	2	4	4	0	6	L	D	W	L	D	1978-09-27	Oxford United	A
18	1	Exeter City	7	1	2	1	5	4	1	0	2	3	6	-2	6	W	L	L	W	D	1978-09-27	Colchester United	H
19	-1	Brentford	8	2	0	2	2	5	0	1	3	3	8	-8	5	L	L	L	W	D	1978-09-25	Lincoln City	H
20	2	Walsall	8	1	2	1	9	8	0	0	4	3	9	-5	4	D	L	L	W	D	1978-09-26	Peterborough United	H
21	-1	Bury	8	0	2	2	7	9	0	2	2	1	4	-5	4	D	L	L	D	L	1978-09-26	Sheffield Wednesday	A
22	-1	Oxford United	8	1	1	2	3	5	0	1	3	3	8	-7	4	L	W	L	D	D	1978-09-27	Mansfield Town	H
23	0	Tranmere Rovers	7	0	3	1	3	5	0	0	3	4	7	-5	3	D	L	D	L	L	1978-09-25	Plymouth Argyle	H
24	0	Lincoln City	8	1	1	2	4	9	0	0	4	1	9	-13	3	L	D	L	L	L	1978-09-25	Brentford	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	0	2	Portsmouth	Recreation Ground	8,967	Largest home gate 1978-79
	Lineups		Hemmerman, Lathan
Bradford City	1	3	Newport County	Valley Parade	4,471
Cooke	Lineups		Lowndes 2, Sinclair
Crewe Alexandra	0	3	Grimsby Town	Gresty Road	1,785
	Lineups		Moore K, Liddell 2
Darlington	1	2	Torquay United	Feethams Ground	1,613
Seal	Lineups		Coffill, Murphy
Doncaster Rovers	2	2	Barnsley	Belle Vue	9,380	Largest home gate 1978-79
French, Habbin	Lineups		Millar, Riley
Hartlepool United	3	1	Halifax Town	Victoria Park	3,760
Houchen, Newton (p), Goldthorpe	Lineups		Lawson
Huddersfield Town	1	0	Northampton Town	Leeds Road	3,320
Holmes	Lineups
Port Vale	1	2	AFC Bournemouth	Vale Park	3,140
Griffiths (p)	Lineups		Massey, Butler M
Rochdale	0	2	Hereford United	Spotland	1,068
	Lineups		Gould, Emery (p)
Scunthorpe United	1	0	Stockport County	Old Showground	3,084
Wigg	Lineups
Wimbledon	1	0	Reading	Plough Lane	5,001
Cork	Lineups
York City	0	1	Wigan Athletic	Bootham Crescent	3,307
	Lineups		Gore

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	2	Wimbledon	8	4	0	0	8	2	2	2	0	7	4	9	14	W	W	D	W	W	1978-09-25	Rochdale	A
2	-1	Barnsley	8	3	0	1	9	4	3	1	0	7	3	9	13	D	W	L	W	W	1978-09-26	Darlington	A
3	-1	Reading	8	4	0	0	9	1	1	2	1	3	3	8	12	L	W	D	W	D	1978-09-27	Torquay United	H
4	2	Grimsby Town	8	1	1	2	6	5	4	0	0	9	1	9	11	W	L	D	W	W	1978-09-26	Huddersfield Town	A
5	4	Portsmouth	8	2	1	1	5	1	2	1	1	8	6	6	10	W	W	D	W	W	1978-09-26	Wigan Athletic	H
6	4	Torquay United	7	3	0	1	5	2	2	0	1	4	5	2	10	W	W	W	W	L	1978-09-27	Reading	A
7	4	Hartlepool United	8	2	1	1	9	7	2	1	1	3	5	0	10	W	W	L	W	W	1978-09-25	Newport County	H
8	-4	Stockport County	8	3	0	1	9	1	1	1	2	4	5	7	9	L	W	W	D	L	1978-09-27	Crewe Alexandra	A
9	-4	Aldershot	8	2	1	1	8	3	1	2	1	5	5	5	9	L	L	W	D	W	1978-09-26	Scunthorpe United	A
10	3	AFC Bournemouth	8	3	0	1	8	3	1	1	2	2	3	4	9	W	W	W	L	L	1978-09-26	Doncaster Rovers	A
11	3	Scunthorpe United	8	3	0	1	5	2	0	3	1	2	3	2	9	W	L	D	L	D	1978-09-26	Aldershot	H
12	-5	Northampton Town	8	3	1	0	7	2	1	0	3	2	6	1	9	L	W	W	L	W	1978-09-26	Port Vale	A
13	-5	York City	8	2	1	1	7	5	2	0	2	3	6	-1	9	L	L	W	W	L	1978-09-26	Hereford United	H
14	2	Hereford United	8	2	2	0	7	1	1	0	3	4	5	5	8	W	W	D	L	W	1978-09-26	York City	A
15	-3	Port Vale	8	0	3	1	5	6	2	0	2	8	5	2	7	L	L	W	D	D	1978-09-26	Northampton Town	H
16	-1	Bradford City	8	1	1	2	5	7	2	0	2	4	8	-6	7	L	W	L	D	L	1978-09-27	Halifax Town	H
17	3	Huddersfield Town	8	2	2	0	4	2	0	0	4	1	7	-4	6	W	L	L	W	D	1978-09-26	Grimsby Town	H
18	1	Doncaster Rovers	7	0	2	1	3	5	1	1	2	6	9	-5	5	D	L	L	L	D	1978-09-26	AFC Bournemouth	H
19	2	Wigan Athletic	8	1	0	3	6	9	1	1	2	2	4	-5	5	W	L	W	L	L	1978-09-26	Portsmouth	A
20	-3	Darlington	8	1	1	2	2	3	1	0	3	3	8	-6	5	L	W	L	L	L	1978-09-26	Barnsley	H
21	-3	Crewe Alexandra	8	1	0	3	2	10	1	1	2	3	10	-15	5	L	L	W	W	L	1978-09-27	Stockport County	H
22	0	Newport County	8	0	0	4	4	9	2	0	2	8	8	-5	4	W	L	L	L	W	1978-09-25	Hartlepool United	A
23	0	Halifax Town	8	1	0	3	3	6	0	0	4	3	10	-10	2	L	L	L	L	L	1978-09-27	Bradford City	A
24	0	Rochdale	8	0	1	3	2	7	0	1	3	2	9	-12	2	L	L	L	L	D	1978-09-25	Wimbledon	H