1978-10-21

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	0	Southampton	Highbury	33,074
Brady	Lineups
Birmingham City	0	1	Aston Villa	St Andrew's	36,145	Largest home gate 1978-79
	Lineups		Gray
Bolton Wanderers	2	2	Manchester City	Burnden Park	32,249
Gowling, Worthington	Lineups		Owen, Palmer
Derby County	2	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Baseball Ground	26,181
Buckley, Duncan	Lineups		McAllister, Taylor
Liverpool	2	0	Chelsea	Anfield Road	45,775
Johnson, Dalglish	Lineups
Manchester United	1	3	Bristol City	Old Trafford	47,211
Greenhoff J	Lineups		Mabbutt 3
Middlesbrough	2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ayresome Park	19,029
Burns, Armstrong	Lineups
Norwich City	2	2	Leeds United	Carrow Road	19,981
Ryan, Peters	Lineups		Gray F, Hawley
Nottingham Forest	1	0	Ipswich Town	City Ground	28,911
O'Neill	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Everton	Loftus Road	21,171
Gillard	Lineups		Latchford
West Bromwich Albion	7	1	Coventry City	The Hawthorns	27,409
Cantello, Cunningham 2, Regis 2, Brown T, Statham	Lineups		Ferguson

				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	11	6	0	0	20	1	4	1	0	15	3	31	21	W	W	W	W	D	1978-10-28	Everton	A
2	0	Everton	11	4	1	0	7	1	2	4	0	7	5	8	17	D	W	D	D	W	1978-10-28	Liverpool	H
3	0	Nottingham Forest	11	3	3	0	9	5	2	3	0	6	3	7	16	W	W	W	W	D	1978-10-28	Southampton	A
4	0	West Bromwich Albion	11	3	2	1	16	6	3	1	1	9	5	14	15	W	W	L	W	D	1978-10-28	Manchester City	A
5	0	Manchester City	11	3	1	1	9	5	2	3	1	10	7	7	14	D	W	W	L	W	1978-10-28	West Bromwich Albion	H
6	0	Manchester United	11	3	2	1	8	7	1	3	1	7	9	-1	13	L	D	W	W	D	1978-10-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
7	2	Arsenal	11	3	3	0	11	5	1	1	3	5	7	4	12	W	L	D	W	D	1978-10-28	Bristol City	A
8	2	Aston Villa	11	1	3	1	6	6	3	1	2	8	4	4	12	W	D	D	L	L	1978-10-27	Middlesbrough	H
9	2	Bristol City	11	2	2	1	8	7	3	0	3	6	6	1	12	W	L	L	D	W	1978-10-28	Arsenal	H
10	-3	Coventry City	11	2	3	0	9	5	2	1	3	6	12	-2	12	L	L	D	D	D	1978-10-28	Birmingham City	H
11	-3	Tottenham Hotspur	11	2	2	1	6	7	2	2	2	6	13	-8	12	D	W	W	D	L	1978-10-28	Bolton Wanderers	H
12	0	Norwich City	11	3	2	1	14	8	0	2	3	6	12	0	10	D	L	L	W	L	1978-10-28	Chelsea	A
13	0	Queens Park Rangers	11	2	3	1	4	3	1	1	3	5	9	-3	10	D	D	W	L	W	1978-10-28	Ipswich Town	A
14	0	Leeds United	11	2	0	3	10	8	1	3	2	8	10	0	9	D	L	L	W	D	1978-10-28	Derby County	H
15	2	Bolton Wanderers	11	3	2	1	13	10	0	1	4	5	14	-6	9	D	L	W	L	W	1978-10-28	Tottenham Hotspur	A
16	2	Derby County	11	3	2	1	9	8	0	1	4	3	13	-9	9	D	L	W	L	W	1978-10-28	Leeds United	A
17	2	Middlesbrough	11	2	1	3	7	7	1	1	3	8	10	-2	8	W	W	L	L	D	1978-10-27	Aston Villa	A
18	-3	Ipswich Town	11	1	0	4	3	7	2	2	2	8	7	-3	8	L	L	D	W	L	1978-10-28	Queens Park Rangers	H
19	-3	Southampton	11	2	2	1	9	8	0	2	4	4	10	-5	8	L	D	D	L	L	1978-10-28	Nottingham Forest	H
20	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	3	0	2	5	4	0	0	6	3	14	-10	6	L	W	L	W	L	1978-10-28	Manchester United	H
21	0	Chelsea	11	1	0	4	6	14	1	2	3	6	9	-11	6	L	W	L	L	D	1978-10-28	Norwich City	H
22	0	Birmingham City	11	0	2	4	4	11	0	1	4	2	11	-16	3	L	L	L	L	D	1978-10-28	Coventry City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	2	1	Orient	Eastville	7,234
Prince, Staniforth	Lineups		Moores
Burnley	3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Turf Moor	10,321
Ingham 2, Brennan	Lineups
Cambridge United	0	1	Blackburn Rovers	Abbey Stadium	5,240
	Lineups		Hird
Cardiff City	1	0	Leicester City	Ninian Park	8,758
Stevens	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	4	1	Newcastle United	The Valley	11,616
Flanagan (p), Robinson 2, Gritt	Lineups		Walker
Fulham	5	3	Preston North End	Craven Cottage	8,719
Davies, Baxter OG, Money, Lock, Guthrie	Lineups		Bruce, Baxter, Coleman
Luton Town	6	0	Notts County	Kenilworth Road	8,561
Hatton, Stein B 2, West, Moss, Fuccillo (p)	Lineups
Sheffield United	4	2	Oldham Athletic	Bramall Lane	14,514
Finnieston, Matthews, Hamson, Stainrod	Lineups		Halom, Gardner
Sunderland	3	2	Millwall	Roker Park	19,962
Rowell 2, Brown	Lineups		Towner, Hamilton B
West Ham United	1	1	Stoke City	Upton Park	27,855
Brooking	Lineups		Richardson
Wrexham	0	0	Crystal Palace	Racecourse Ground	15,132
	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	11	3	2	0	9	4	3	3	0	10	4	11	17	D	W	W	D	W	1978-10-28	Fulham	H
2	0	Stoke City	11	3	2	0	10	4	3	2	1	5	4	7	16	D	W	L	D	D	1978-10-28	Sheffield United	H
3	2	Fulham	11	4	1	1	10	4	2	1	2	5	7	4	14	W	L	W	W	W	1978-10-28	Crystal Palace	A
4	4	Luton Town	11	5	1	0	25	4	0	2	3	2	7	16	13	W	D	W	D	D	1978-10-28	Orient	A
5	-2	West Ham United	11	4	1	1	13	4	1	2	2	9	8	10	13	D	D	W	L	W	1978-10-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
6	3	Bristol Rovers	11	6	0	0	17	6	0	1	4	3	11	3	13	W	L	W	D	W	1978-10-28	Leicester City	A
7	4	Burnley	11	4	1	1	12	7	1	2	2	4	8	1	13	W	L	W	W	L	1978-10-28	Preston North End	A
8	2	Sunderland	11	4	2	0	11	6	1	1	3	5	10	0	13	W	D	L	W	W	1978-10-28	Oldham Athletic	A
9	3	Charlton Athletic	11	2	3	1	10	6	2	1	2	6	6	4	12	W	W	L	W	D	1978-10-28	Millwall	A
10	-6	Brighton & Hove Albion	11	4	0	1	11	3	1	2	3	8	13	3	12	L	W	L	W	D	1978-10-28	West Ham United	H
11	-5	Newcastle United	11	3	1	1	5	4	1	3	2	5	8	-2	12	L	D	W	W	D	1978-10-28	Cardiff City	H
12	-5	Notts County	11	3	1	1	7	5	2	1	3	8	16	-6	12	L	W	W	L	D	1978-10-28	Cambridge United	H
13	1	Sheffield United	11	3	1	2	13	9	1	2	2	4	7	1	11	W	D	W	D	L	1978-10-28	Stoke City	A
14	-1	Wrexham	11	1	4	1	3	2	2	1	2	5	5	1	11	D	W	L	L	L	1978-10-28	Blackburn Rovers	A
15	4	Cardiff City	11	3	1	2	9	8	1	1	3	7	16	-8	10	W	D	L	W	W	1978-10-28	Newcastle United	A
16	-1	Cambridge United	11	1	3	2	3	4	1	2	2	4	5	-2	9	L	L	W	D	D	1978-10-28	Notts County	A
17	-1	Orient	11	1	1	3	5	5	2	1	3	5	7	-2	8	L	D	W	L	D	1978-10-28	Luton Town	H
18	-1	Leicester City	11	1	1	3	5	7	1	3	2	4	5	-3	8	L	L	L	W	W	1978-10-28	Bristol Rovers	H
19	-1	Oldham Athletic	11	2	2	1	8	6	1	0	5	6	14	-6	8	L	D	L	L	L	1978-10-28	Sunderland	H
20	1	Blackburn Rovers	11	1	3	1	6	4	1	0	5	5	15	-8	7	W	D	L	L	L	1978-10-28	Wrexham	H
21	-1	Preston North End	11	1	2	2	8	7	0	1	5	7	18	-10	5	L	L	L	L	L	1978-10-28	Burnley	H
22	0	Millwall	11	1	1	3	4	11	0	2	4	3	10	-14	5	L	D	L	L	L	1978-10-28	Charlton Athletic	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	2	0	Mansfield Town	Bloomfield Road	6,633
Chandler, Weston	Lineups
Brentford	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	Griffin Park	5,883
McCulloch 2	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	1	Rotherham United	Brunton Park	5,020
Kemp	Lineups		Phillips
Chesterfield	0	2	Watford	Saltergate Recreation Ground	8,490
	Lineups		Jenkins, Blissett
Exeter City	2	1	Bury	St James Park	3,840
Kellow, Bowker	Lineups		Gregory
Hull City	2	2	Swansea City	Boothferry Park	6,152
Warboys, Haigh	Lineups		Toshack, Waddle
Lincoln City	0	3	Swindon Town	Sincil Bank	2,932
	Lineups		McLaughlin, Williams, McHale
Oxford United	0	0	Chester	Manor Ground	3,908
	Lineups
Peterborough United	1	1	Gillingham	London Road	5,001
Butlin	Lineups		Nicholl
Shrewsbury Town	2	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Gay Meadow	6,294
Maguire, Tong	Lineups		Hornsby, Wylde
Walsall	2	1	Plymouth Argyle	Fellows Park	5,552
Buckley, Sbragia	Lineups		Binney

				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	14	5	0	2	18	8	5	0	2	18	9	19	20	W	W	W	L	W	1978-10-28	Exeter City	H
2	-1	Shrewsbury Town	14	4	3	0	10	4	3	3	1	7	5	8	20	D	D	D	D	W	1978-10-28	Rotherham United	A
3	0	Swansea City	14	6	1	0	19	10	2	2	3	9	10	8	19	D	W	W	L	W	1978-10-28	Peterborough United	H
4	0	Gillingham	14	4	2	1	11	6	1	5	1	7	7	5	17	D	W	W	D	W	1978-10-28	Oxford United	A
5	3	Swindon Town	14	6	0	1	12	3	1	2	4	7	12	4	16	W	W	W	L	W	1978-10-28	Carlisle United	A
6	0	Chester	14	5	2	0	12	3	1	2	4	5	13	1	16	D	D	L	W	D	1978-10-28	Brentford	H
7	-2	Plymouth Argyle	13	3	1	1	8	6	3	2	3	12	11	3	15	L	D	D	D	W	1978-10-28	Blackpool	H
8	6	Blackpool	14	6	1	0	12	2	1	0	6	4	19	-5	15	W	L	L	W	L	1978-10-28	Plymouth Argyle	A
9	2	Carlisle United	14	3	4	0	10	3	0	4	3	4	8	3	14	D	L	D	D	L	1978-10-28	Swindon Town	H
10	5	Exeter City	13	4	3	1	12	6	1	1	3	4	8	2	14	W	W	L	D	D	1978-10-24	Sheffield Wednesday	A
11	-4	Chesterfield	14	4	1	3	12	12	1	3	2	7	7	0	14	L	W	L	W	L	1978-10-27	Tranmere Rovers	A
12	0	Rotherham United	14	5	0	2	9	5	0	4	3	6	10	0	14	D	W	L	L	L	1978-10-28	Shrewsbury Town	H
13	0	Peterborough United	13	3	4	0	9	4	1	2	3	7	13	-1	14	D	L	D	D	D	1978-10-28	Swansea City	A
14	-5	Colchester United	14	4	3	0	12	7	0	3	4	4	11	-2	14	D	L	D	W	W	1978-10-28	Mansfield Town	A
15	-5	Southend United	13	4	0	2	10	4	0	5	2	10	12	4	13	D	W	D	L	L	1978-10-23	Hull City	H
16	2	Walsall	14	3	3	1	16	11	1	2	4	8	12	1	13	W	D	W	D	D	1978-10-28	Sheffield Wednesday	A
17	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	13	1	4	1	6	6	2	3	2	6	9	-3	13	D	D	D	W	L	1978-10-24	Exeter City	H
18	-1	Hull City	13	2	4	1	12	7	2	0	4	6	8	3	12	D	L	D	L	L	1978-10-23	Southend United	A
19	1	Oxford United	14	2	3	2	6	7	1	3	3	6	10	-5	12	D	D	D	D	W	1978-10-28	Gillingham	H
20	-1	Bury	14	1	4	2	12	12	1	3	3	3	6	-3	11	L	D	W	W	D	1978-10-28	Hull City	H
21	0	Mansfield Town	13	1	3	1	5	6	1	2	5	10	14	-5	9	L	L	L	D	W	1978-10-28	Colchester United	H
22	0	Tranmere Rovers	13	2	4	1	13	10	0	1	5	4	13	-6	9	L	D	W	D	L	1978-10-27	Chesterfield	H
23	0	Brentford	14	4	0	3	6	7	0	1	6	4	13	-10	9	W	L	L	L	L	1978-10-28	Chester	A
24	0	Lincoln City	14	1	3	3	5	13	0	0	7	4	17	-21	5	L	L	D	L	D	1978-10-27	Southend United	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	0	0	Grimsby Town	Dean Court	3,399
	Lineups
Barnsley	0	0	Wigan Athletic	Oakwell	9,841
	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	0	1	Hartlepool United	Gresty Road	2,023
	Lineups		Smith T
Doncaster Rovers	0	0	Newport County	Belle Vue	2,008
	Lineups
Hereford United	1	1	Aldershot	Edgar Street	3,836
Jones	Lineups		Dungworth
Huddersfield Town	3	0	Wimbledon	Leeds Road	3,374
Robins 2, Bielby	Lineups
Northampton Town	2	2	Stockport County	County Ground	3,867
Froggatt, Mead	Lineups		Lee, Bradd
Port Vale	1	2	Torquay United	Vale Park	4,108
Todd	Lineups		Murphy, Green
Portsmouth	3	1	Halifax Town	Fratton Park	12,359
Garwood 2 (1p), Denyer	Lineups		Firth
Reading	3	0	York City	Elm Park	12,271
Lewis, Kearney, Hetzke	Lineups
Rochdale	2	1	Darlington	Spotland	1,272
Owen, Esser	Lineups		Ferguson
Scunthorpe United	3	2	Bradford City	Old Showground	2,908
Couch, Kilmore 2 (1p)	Lineups		Baines 2

				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	Wimbledon	14	6	1	0	14	5	3	3	1	11	8	12	22	L	D	W	W	W	1978-10-28	Doncaster Rovers	H
2	0	Reading	14	7	0	0	16	1	2	3	2	8	9	14	21	W	W	D	W	L	1978-10-28	Stockport County	H
3	0	Grimsby Town	14	4	1	2	15	8	4	2	1	10	4	13	19	D	W	W	D	W	1978-10-28	Hereford United	H
4	0	Barnsley	14	4	2	1	13	6	3	3	1	7	4	10	19	D	L	D	D	W	1978-10-28	Newport County	A
5	0	Portsmouth	14	5	1	1	10	2	3	1	3	12	12	8	18	W	W	L	W	L	1978-10-28	Torquay United	A
6	0	Stockport County	14	5	1	1	13	2	1	3	3	8	11	8	16	D	W	D	L	W	1978-10-28	Reading	A
7	0	Aldershot	14	3	3	1	11	5	2	3	2	7	8	5	16	D	W	D	W	D	1978-10-27	Crewe Alexandra	A
8	1	Torquay United	14	4	1	1	10	4	3	1	4	8	14	0	16	W	D	D	L	L	1978-10-28	Portsmouth	H
9	-1	Northampton Town	14	4	3	0	14	6	1	2	4	8	13	3	15	D	L	D	D	W	1978-10-28	Wigan Athletic	A
10	4	Hartlepool United	14	2	3	2	10	10	3	2	2	6	10	-4	15	W	D	D	L	L	1978-10-28	Rochdale	H
11	0	Hereford United	14	3	4	0	9	2	2	0	5	7	9	5	14	D	W	D	L	W	1978-10-28	Grimsby Town	A
12	0	AFC Bournemouth	14	4	1	2	11	5	1	3	3	3	5	4	14	D	L	D	L	W	1978-10-28	Halifax Town	A
13	2	Scunthorpe United	14	5	0	2	12	7	0	4	3	4	8	1	14	W	D	L	L	L	1978-10-28	York City	A
14	-4	Port Vale	14	0	5	2	9	11	4	0	3	14	8	4	13	L	W	W	D	L	1978-10-28	Darlington	A
15	1	Wigan Athletic	14	4	0	3	9	9	1	3	3	3	6	-3	13	D	W	W	D	W	1978-10-28	Northampton Town	H
16	-3	York City	14	3	2	2	9	9	2	1	4	5	12	-7	13	L	D	L	L	D	1978-10-28	Scunthorpe United	H
17	0	Newport County	14	1	2	4	7	11	3	2	2	11	10	-3	12	D	D	W	W	D	1978-10-28	Barnsley	H
18	4	Huddersfield Town	14	4	3	1	12	6	0	0	6	3	12	-3	11	W	L	L	D	L	1978-10-28	Bradford City	A
19	2	Doncaster Rovers	14	2	4	2	9	9	1	1	4	6	13	-7	11	D	L	L	W	W	1978-10-28	Wimbledon	A
20	-2	Bradford City	14	3	1	3	12	11	2	0	5	7	16	-8	11	L	L	W	L	L	1978-10-28	Huddersfield Town	H
21	-2	Crewe Alexandra	14	2	1	4	10	15	1	4	2	5	12	-12	11	L	D	D	W	D	1978-10-27	Aldershot	H
22	-2	Darlington	14	1	3	3	4	6	2	1	4	7	11	-6	10	L	L	D	W	D	1978-10-28	Port Vale	H
23	0	Rochdale	14	1	3	3	5	9	0	3	4	3	14	-15	8	W	D	D	D	L	1978-10-28	Hartlepool United	A
24	0	Halifax Town	14	1	1	4	3	9	0	1	7	5	18	-19	4	L	L	L	D	D	1978-10-28	AFC Bournemouth	H