1978-12-09

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	3	Everton	St Andrew's	23,391
Buckley	Lineups		Latchford, Ross, Todd
Bolton Wanderers	3	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Burnden Park	21,006
Greaves, Gowling, Worthington (p)	Lineups		Berry
Chelsea	0	1	Aston Villa	Stamford Bridge	19,080
	Lineups		Evans A
Coventry City	1	0	Queens Park Rangers	Highfield Road	18,717
Thompson	Lineups
Derby County	1	3	Manchester United	Baseball Ground	23,180
Daly	Lineups		Ritchie 2, Greenhoff J
Leeds United	1	1	Bristol City	Elland Road	22,529
Flynn	Lineups		Royle
Liverpool	2	0	Nottingham Forest	Anfield Road	51,469
McDermott 2 (2p)	Lineups
Manchester City	1	2	Southampton	Maine Road	33,450
Power	Lineups		Boyer, OG
Norwich City	0	0	Arsenal	Carrow Road	20,165
	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	Ipswich Town	White Hart Lane	33,882
Pratt	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	2	0	Middlesbrough	The Hawthorns	19,865
Regis, Cantello	Lineups

				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	19	9	1	0	26	2	5	2	2	18	6	36	31	W	L	W	D	W	1978-12-16	Bristol City	A
2	0	Everton	18	7	1	0	14	3	4	6	0	13	8	16	29	W	W	W	D	W	1978-12-16	Leeds United	H
3	0	West Bromwich Albion	17	5	3	1	20	7	5	2	1	13	7	19	25	W	D	W	W	W	1978-12-16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
4	1	Arsenal	18	5	4	0	18	8	3	3	3	10	9	11	23	D	W	D	D	W	1978-12-16	Derby County	H
5	-1	Nottingham Forest	17	3	5	0	9	5	4	4	1	10	6	8	23	L	W	D	W	D	1978-12-16	Birmingham City	H
6	0	Coventry City	18	6	4	0	19	10	2	2	4	6	13	2	22	W	D	W	L	W	1978-12-16	Southampton	A
7	0	Manchester United	18	4	3	1	11	8	4	3	3	16	20	-1	22	W	W	L	W	L	1978-12-16	Tottenham Hotspur	H
8	0	Tottenham Hotspur	18	5	3	2	11	10	3	3	2	11	16	-4	22	W	W	D	W	L	1978-12-16	Manchester United	A
9	0	Leeds United	19	5	1	4	21	11	2	5	2	13	14	9	20	D	W	W	W	D	1978-12-16	Everton	A
10	0	Aston Villa	18	2	4	2	9	9	5	2	3	14	7	7	20	W	D	L	W	W	1978-12-16	Norwich City	H
11	0	Bristol City	19	4	2	3	14	12	3	3	4	8	10	0	19	D	W	D	L	L	1978-12-16	Liverpool	H
12	3	Southampton	19	4	4	1	14	10	1	3	6	7	18	-7	17	W	W	L	W	L	1978-12-16	Coventry City	H
13	-1	Derby County	19	6	2	2	18	14	1	1	7	7	23	-12	17	L	L	W	L	W	1978-12-16	Arsenal	A
14	-1	Manchester City	17	3	2	4	14	13	2	4	2	11	9	3	16	L	L	L	L	D	1978-12-16	Queens Park Rangers	A
15	-1	Norwich City	17	4	4	2	17	11	0	4	3	11	17	0	16	D	L	W	D	D	1978-12-16	Aston Villa	A
16	0	Ipswich Town	19	3	0	6	9	13	3	2	5	11	15	-8	14	L	L	W	W	L	1978-12-16	Bolton Wanderers	H
17	2	Bolton Wanderers	19	4	3	3	16	13	1	1	7	9	24	-12	14	W	W	L	L	L	1978-12-16	Ipswich Town	A
18	-1	Middlesbrough	18	3	2	3	9	7	2	1	7	12	18	-4	13	L	L	L	W	L	1978-12-16	Chelsea	H
19	-1	Queens Park Rangers	18	2	4	3	6	9	1	2	6	7	14	-10	12	L	L	L	D	L	1978-12-16	Manchester City	H
20	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	3	1	4	8	13	1	0	9	6	22	-21	9	L	L	W	D	L	1978-12-16	West Bromwich Albion	H
21	0	Birmingham City	19	2	3	5	14	16	0	1	8	4	17	-15	8	L	L	D	W	L	1978-12-16	Nottingham Forest	A
22	0	Chelsea	18	1	1	7	10	22	1	3	5	9	14	-17	8	L	L	L	L	L	1978-12-16	Middlesbrough	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Ewood Park	8,046
Radford	Lineups		Ryan
Bristol Rovers	0	3	Millwall	Eastville	7,112
	Lineups		Chatterton (p), Chambers (p), Mitchell
Cambridge United	3	3	Oldham Athletic	Abbey Stadium	4,663
Hicks OG, Finney, Biley (p)	Lineups		Young, Chapman, Steel
Cardiff City	1	1	Sunderland	Ninian Park	7,168
Evans (p)	Lineups		Rostron
Charlton Athletic	3	1	Sheffield United	The Valley	7,048
Shipperley, Flanagan 2	Lineups		Varadi
Luton Town	1	2	Preston North End	Kenilworth Road	7,036
Price	Lineups		Robinson (p), Baxter
Newcastle United	2	0	Stoke City	St James' Park	23,459
Connolly, Withe	Lineups
Notts County	0	0	Crystal Palace	Meadow Lane	11,011
	Lineups
Orient	2	1	Burnley	Brisbane Road	4,754
Grealish, Kitchen	Lineups		Fletcher
Wrexham	4	3	West Ham United	Racecourse Ground	15,787
Lyons 3 (2p), Hill	Lineups		Cross, Lampard, Robson

				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	19	6	2	1	16	6	3	6	1	14	9	15	26	D	W	D	W	D	1978-12-16	Leicester City	H
2	0	Stoke City	19	5	3	1	17	8	4	3	3	8	11	6	24	L	D	D	W	L	1978-12-16	Wrexham	H
3	0	West Ham United	19	6	2	1	22	6	3	3	4	16	15	17	23	L	W	W	D	D	1978-12-16	Charlton Athletic	H
4	0	Sunderland	19	6	2	1	18	8	3	3	4	12	15	7	23	D	W	W	L	W	1978-12-16	Cambridge United	H
5	1	Notts County	19	5	4	1	11	7	3	2	4	14	23	-5	22	D	D	W	D	W	1978-12-16	Preston North End	A
6	3	Wrexham	18	5	4	1	16	7	2	3	3	8	9	8	21	W	W	D	W	L	1978-12-16	Stoke City	A
7	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	19	7	0	2	19	6	2	3	5	11	17	7	21	D	W	L	W	L	1978-12-16	Luton Town	H
8	-3	Fulham	18	5	3	2	15	7	3	2	3	9	12	5	21	D	D	D	L	W	1978-12-16	Newcastle United	H
9	2	Newcastle United	19	7	2	1	13	5	1	3	5	5	13	0	21	W	L	D	W	L	1978-12-16	Fulham	A
10	2	Charlton Athletic	18	3	4	3	15	11	4	2	2	17	12	9	20	W	D	L	D	L	1978-12-12	Preston North End	A
11	-3	Burnley	18	6	1	1	19	11	1	5	4	11	17	2	20	L	D	D	W	L	1978-12-16	Bristol Rovers	H
12	-2	Bristol Rovers	18	8	1	1	26	15	0	2	6	3	19	-5	19	L	L	W	D	L	1978-12-16	Burnley	A
13	0	Luton Town	18	6	1	3	28	10	1	2	5	6	13	11	17	L	L	W	W	L	1978-12-16	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
14	3	Orient	19	5	2	3	15	9	2	1	6	7	15	-2	17	W	L	W	W	L	1978-12-16	Oldham Athletic	A
15	0	Cambridge United	19	2	6	2	12	11	2	3	4	8	13	-4	17	D	L	D	L	D	1978-12-16	Sunderland	A
16	0	Oldham Athletic	18	4	3	1	12	7	2	2	6	13	24	-6	17	D	D	L	W	W	1978-12-16	Orient	H
17	-3	Leicester City	18	2	3	4	9	11	2	5	2	6	6	-2	16	D	L	D	D	W	1978-12-16	Crystal Palace	A
18	1	Preston North End	18	3	3	2	15	11	2	1	7	11	24	-9	14	W	L	W	W	W	1978-12-12	Charlton Athletic	H
19	-1	Sheffield United	18	3	1	4	13	11	1	3	6	9	18	-7	12	L	L	L	L	D	1978-12-16	Cardiff City	H
20	0	Blackburn Rovers	18	1	6	2	13	12	2	0	7	7	21	-13	12	D	D	L	L	L	1978-12-16	Millwall	A
21	0	Cardiff City	18	3	3	3	13	15	1	1	7	9	25	-18	12	D	L	D	L	L	1978-12-16	Sheffield United	A
22	0	Millwall	19	3	1	5	11	16	1	2	7	6	17	-16	11	W	W	L	L	W	1978-12-16	Blackburn Rovers	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	0	0	Peterborough United	Bloomfield Road	4,280
	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	1	Exeter City	Brunton Park	4,568
Kemp	Lineups		Roberts L
Colchester United	0	0	Bury	Layer Road	2,732
	Lineups
Lincoln City	2	2	Oxford United	Sincil Bank	2,996
Tynan, Wigginton (p)	Lineups		Foley, Hodgson
Mansfield Town	2	1	Brentford	Field Mill	4,003
McClelland, Curtis (p)	Lineups		McCulloch
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Watford	Home Park	11,907
Silkman	Lineups		Jenkins
Rotherham United	1	0	Chesterfield	Millmoor	4,956
Gwyther	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	0	0	Chester	Hillsborough	8,872
	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Gillingham	Gay Meadow	3,924
Keay	Lineups		Westwood
Swindon Town	2	0	Hull City	County Ground	5,872
Miller, Carter	Lineups
Walsall	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	Fellows Park	2,954
Penn, Birch (p)	Lineups

				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	20	7	1	2	21	9	6	1	3	20	14	18	28	D	D	W	W	L	1978-12-23	Colchester United	A
2	-1	Swansea City	20	8	2	0	28	14	4	2	4	12	12	14	28	W	W	D	W	L	1978-12-23	Shrewsbury Town	A
3	0	Shrewsbury Town	20	4	6	0	12	6	5	3	2	12	8	10	27	D	W	L	D	D	1978-12-23	Swansea City	H
4	1	Swindon Town	19	9	0	1	17	4	2	2	5	8	14	7	24	W	W	W	W	L	1978-12-26	Swansea City	A
5	-1	Gillingham	20	5	4	1	16	9	1	7	2	9	10	6	23	D	D	D	L	W	1978-12-26	Southend United	H
6	0	Chester	19	7	2	0	17	5	2	3	5	7	16	3	23	D	W	W	L	W	1978-12-23	Blackpool	A
7	0	Carlisle United	20	4	6	0	14	5	1	6	3	6	9	6	22	D	D	W	D	D	1978-12-26	Chester	A
8	2	Rotherham United	20	7	0	3	12	7	2	4	4	9	12	2	22	W	L	W	W	W	1978-12-23	Tranmere Rovers	H
9	0	Plymouth Argyle	19	4	4	1	13	10	3	3	4	16	16	3	21	D	D	W	D	L	1978-12-16	Chesterfield	H
10	-2	Southend United	20	6	1	3	16	7	0	7	3	11	14	6	20	L	D	D	D	L	1978-12-23	Brentford	H
11	1	Colchester United	19	6	4	0	15	8	0	4	5	5	13	-1	20	D	W	L	W	D	1978-12-23	Watford	H
12	1	Exeter City	20	5	4	2	15	7	1	3	5	6	12	2	19	D	D	L	D	W	1978-12-26	Walsall	H
13	-2	Chesterfield	19	5	2	3	15	13	1	5	3	9	10	1	19	L	D	D	W	D	1978-12-16	Plymouth Argyle	A
14	0	Sheffield Wednesday	20	2	6	2	8	9	3	3	4	9	14	-6	19	D	L	L	D	W	1978-12-26	Chesterfield	A
15	3	Walsall	20	4	3	3	19	14	2	3	5	11	14	2	18	W	L	L	D	L	1978-12-26	Exeter City	A
16	0	Blackpool	19	6	2	2	13	5	1	2	6	5	20	-7	18	D	L	D	L	D	1978-12-23	Chester	H
17	0	Oxford United	20	3	5	2	9	9	1	5	4	9	16	-7	18	D	W	D	D	L	1978-12-26	Colchester United	H
18	-3	Hull City	19	4	4	1	18	8	2	1	7	8	16	2	17	L	W	L	W	D	1978-12-26	Mansfield Town	H
19	0	Mansfield Town	20	2	5	2	8	9	2	4	5	13	16	-4	17	W	D	D	D	L	1978-12-23	Peterborough United	H
20	1	Peterborough United	20	3	5	2	11	9	1	3	6	10	21	-9	16	D	L	L	L	L	1978-12-23	Mansfield Town	A
21	1	Bury	19	1	5	3	13	14	1	6	3	8	11	-4	15	D	D	L	D	D	1978-12-26	Rotherham United	H
22	-2	Brentford	20	6	1	3	10	7	0	2	8	6	18	-9	15	L	W	D	D	W	1978-12-23	Southend United	A
23	0	Tranmere Rovers	19	3	5	1	15	11	0	2	8	5	20	-11	13	L	L	D	W	L	1978-12-23	Rotherham United	A
24	0	Lincoln City	19	1	5	4	10	19	0	1	8	4	19	-24	8	D	D	D	L	L	1978-12-23	Chesterfield	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	1	2	York City	Dean Court	3,423
Walsh OG	Lineups		Clements, Staniforth
Aldershot	2	1	Doncaster Rovers	Recreation Ground	3,030
Howitt, Dungworth	Lineups		Reed
Crewe Alexandra	1	2	Bradford City	Gresty Road	1,956
Nelson	Lineups		Dolan, Cooke
Darlington	1	1	Wigan Athletic	Feethams Ground	1,967
Stone	Lineups		Moore
Grimsby Town	1	0	Newport County	Blundell Park	3,667
Barker	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	0	Reading	The Shay	1,413
	Lineups
Hartlepool United	1	1	Wimbledon	Victoria Park	3,098
Ayre	Lineups		Denny
Hereford United	4	3	Northampton Town	Edgar Street	2,879
Jones, Holmes W, Burrows, Holmes K	Lineups		Wassell, Farrington, Reilly
Port Vale	2	1	Stockport County	Vale Park	3,699
Wright, Farrell (p)	Lineups		Bradd
Portsmouth	1	0	Huddersfield Town	Fratton Park	11,615
Hemmerman	Lineups
Rochdale	0	3	Barnsley	Spotland	3,136
	Lineups		Bell, Millar, Clarke
Torquay United	0	1	Scunthorpe United	Plainmoor	2,744
	Lineups		Kilmore (p)

				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	20	9	1	0	21	8	3	5	2	14	13	14	30	D	W	D	W	L	1978-12-23	AFC Bournemouth	A
2	0	Reading	20	8	2	0	23	5	3	4	3	11	12	17	28	D	W	L	D	W	1978-12-23	Portsmouth	A
3	0	Portsmouth	20	8	1	1	17	2	4	2	4	15	14	16	27	W	W	W	D	W	1978-12-23	Reading	H
4	0	Barnsley	19	5	2	2	16	8	5	4	1	12	5	15	26	W	L	W	W	D	1978-12-23	Hartlepool United	A
5	0	Aldershot	20	6	3	1	16	6	2	6	2	9	10	9	25	W	D	W	D	W	1978-12-23	Stockport County	H
6	0	Grimsby Town	20	6	2	2	19	10	4	2	4	12	11	10	24	W	L	W	L	L	1978-12-23	York City	H
7	4	Hereford United	19	5	5	0	18	8	2	1	6	9	12	7	20	W	W	L	D	D	1978-12-16	Scunthorpe United	A
8	-1	AFC Bournemouth	19	5	2	3	15	9	2	4	3	5	5	6	20	L	D	D	W	W	1978-12-23	Wimbledon	H
9	-1	Stockport County	20	6	2	2	16	5	1	4	5	12	18	5	20	L	W	D	L	L	1978-12-23	Aldershot	A
10	2	Port Vale	19	2	6	2	15	14	5	0	4	15	12	4	20	W	D	W	W	L	1978-12-26	Barnsley	A
11	-1	Wigan Athletic	19	6	0	3	14	9	2	4	4	6	9	2	20	D	W	L	W	W	1978-12-16	Halifax Town	A
12	-3	Torquay United	19	6	1	2	15	7	3	1	6	9	18	-1	20	L	L	W	L	W	1978-12-26	Newport County	A
13	3	Hartlepool United	19	3	5	2	16	12	3	2	4	6	15	-5	19	D	L	D	L	W	1978-12-23	Barnsley	H
14	3	York City	19	4	2	3	10	10	4	1	5	9	15	-6	19	W	W	L	L	W	1978-12-23	Grimsby Town	A
15	-2	Huddersfield Town	20	6	4	1	16	8	0	2	7	5	15	-2	18	L	D	W	D	W	1978-12-26	Halifax Town	H
16	-2	Northampton Town	20	5	4	1	18	10	1	2	7	11	22	-3	18	L	L	D	L	W	1978-12-26	Aldershot	H
17	-2	Newport County	20	3	3	4	12	14	3	3	4	13	15	-4	18	L	W	D	W	L	1978-12-22	Hereford United	A
18	0	Bradford City	19	4	2	3	16	12	4	0	6	10	19	-5	18	W	W	W	L	D	1978-12-26	Rochdale	H
19	1	Scunthorpe United	19	5	1	3	12	10	1	4	5	7	12	-3	17	W	L	D	L	L	1978-12-16	Hereford United	H
20	1	Darlington	20	3	4	3	11	8	2	2	6	10	18	-5	16	D	L	D	W	L	1978-12-23	Scunthorpe United	H
21	-2	Doncaster Rovers	20	4	4	3	13	11	1	2	6	9	18	-7	16	L	W	L	D	W	1978-12-26	Darlington	H
22	0	Crewe Alexandra	20	2	3	5	12	18	1	5	4	8	19	-17	14	L	L	D	D	L	1978-12-26	Wigan Athletic	A
23	0	Rochdale	20	2	3	5	7	14	0	3	7	4	21	-24	10	L	L	L	L	W	1978-12-26	Bradford City	A
24	0	Halifax Town	20	1	3	5	4	12	0	2	9	9	24	-23	7	D	L	L	D	D	1978-12-16	Wigan Athletic	H