1978-12-16

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round 2						Venue	Gate
SL	AP Leamington	0	1	Torquay United	D 4	Windmill Ground	2,200
		Lineups		Twitchin
IsL	Barking	1	2	Aldershot	D 4	Mayesbook Park	1,897
	Ashford	Lineups		Dungworth, Shanahan
D 4	Barnsley	1	1	Rotherham United	D 3	Oakwell	15,491
	Clarke	Lineups		Crawford
D 3	Bury	3	1	Blackpool	D 3	Gigg Lane	6,519
	Lugg, Gregory 2	Lineups		Kellow
D 3	Carlisle United	3	0	Hull City	D 3	Brunton Park	5,335
	Lumby, McCartney (p), Kemp	Lineups
D 4	Crewe Alexandra	0	1	Hartlepool United	D 4	Gresty Road	2,626
		Lineups		Crumplin
D 4	Darlington	2	1	Chester	D 3	Feethams Ground	2,491
	Craig, Ferguson	Lineups		Mellor
D 4	Doncaster Rovers	0	3	Shrewsbury Town	D 3	Belle Vue	3,720
		Lineups		Chapman, Maguire 2
CCL	Droylsden	0	2	Altrincham	NPL	Butcher's Arms Ground	2,875
		Lineups		Johnson, Brooke
IsL	Leatherhead	1	1	Colchester United	D 3	Fetcham Grove	2,550
	Kelly	Lineups		Gough
SL	Maidstone United	1	0	Exeter City	D 3	Athletic Ground	3,686
	Hill	Lineups
D 4	Newport County	0	0	Worcester City	SL	Somerton Park	7,196
		Lineups
D 4	Portsmouth	0	1	Reading	D 4	Fratton Park	17,195
		Lineups		Alexander
D 4	Stockport County	4	2	Bradford City	D 4	Edgeley Park	5,739
	Fogarty, Lee, Bradd, Park	Lineups		Cooke, Dolan
D 3	Swansea City	2	2	Woking	IsL	Vetch Field	7,172
	Curtis 2	Lineups		Love, Cottrell
D 3	Swindon Town	3	0	Enfield	IsL	County Ground	5,681
	Bates, Carter, Gilchrist	Lineups
D 3	Tranmere Rovers	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	D 3	Prenton Park	4,250
	Moore	Lineups		Leman
D 3	Watford	1	1	Southend United	D 3	Vicarage Road	13,377
	Jenkins	Lineups		Parker
D 4	Wimbledon	1	1	AFC Bournemouth	D 4	Plough Lane	3,308
	Denny	Lineups		MacDougall
D 4	York City	3	0	Scarborough	NPL	Bootham Crescent	7,876
	Faulkner, Staniforth 2	Lineups

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	0	Derby County	Highbury	26,943
Price, Stapleton	Lineups
Aston Villa	1	1	Norwich City	Villa Park	26,238
McGuire OG	Lineups		Reeves
Bristol City	1	0	Liverpool	Ashton Gate	28,722
Royle	Lineups
Everton	1	1	Leeds United	Goodison Park	37,997
Ross	Lineups		Hawley
Ipswich Town	3	0	Bolton Wanderers	Portman Road	16,953
Mariner, Gates, Talbot	Lineups
Manchester United	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Old Trafford	52,026
McIlroy, Ritchie	Lineups
Middlesbrough	7	2	Chelsea	Ayresome Park	15,107
Proctor, Burns 4, Armstrong, Cochrane	Lineups		Bumstead, Osgood
Nottingham Forest	1	0	Birmingham City	City Ground	25,224
Gemmill	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	2	1	Manchester City	Loftus Road	12,902
Hamilton 2	Lineups		Channon
Southampton	4	0	Coventry City	The Dell	19,102
Waldron, Boyer, Hebberd, Baker	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	3	West Bromwich Albion	Molineux	29,117
	Lineups		Brown A 2, Brown T

				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	20	9	1	0	26	2	5	2	3	18	7	35	31	L	W	L	W	D	1978-12-26	Manchester United	A
2	0	Everton	19	7	2	0	15	4	4	6	0	13	8	16	30	D	W	W	W	D	1978-12-23	Coventry City	A
3	0	West Bromwich Albion	18	5	3	1	20	7	6	2	1	16	7	22	27	W	W	D	W	W	1978-12-26	Arsenal	A
4	0	Arsenal	19	6	4	0	20	8	3	3	3	10	9	13	25	W	D	W	D	D	1978-12-26	West Bromwich Albion	H
5	0	Nottingham Forest	18	4	5	0	10	5	4	4	1	10	6	9	25	W	L	W	D	W	1978-12-23	Manchester City	A
6	1	Manchester United	19	5	3	1	13	8	4	3	3	16	20	1	24	W	W	W	L	W	1978-12-22	Bolton Wanderers	A
7	-1	Coventry City	19	6	4	0	19	10	2	2	5	6	17	-2	22	L	W	D	W	L	1978-12-23	Everton	H
8	0	Tottenham Hotspur	19	5	3	2	11	10	3	3	3	11	18	-6	22	L	W	W	D	W	1978-12-26	Queens Park Rangers	A
9	0	Leeds United	20	5	1	4	21	11	2	6	2	14	15	9	21	D	D	W	W	W	1978-12-23	Middlesbrough	H
10	0	Aston Villa	19	2	5	2	10	10	5	2	3	14	7	7	21	D	W	D	L	W	1978-12-23	Derby County	A
11	0	Bristol City	20	5	2	3	15	12	3	3	4	8	10	1	21	W	D	W	D	L	1978-12-23	Chelsea	A
12	0	Southampton	20	5	4	1	18	10	1	3	6	7	18	-3	19	W	W	W	L	W	1978-12-26	Chelsea	H
13	2	Norwich City	18	4	4	2	17	11	0	5	3	12	18	0	17	D	D	L	W	D	1978-12-26	Ipswich Town	A
14	-1	Derby County	20	6	2	2	18	14	1	1	8	7	25	-14	17	L	L	L	W	L	1978-12-23	Aston Villa	H
15	-1	Manchester City	18	3	2	4	14	13	2	4	3	12	11	2	16	L	L	L	L	L	1978-12-23	Nottingham Forest	H
16	0	Ipswich Town	20	4	0	6	12	13	3	2	5	11	15	-5	16	W	L	L	W	W	1978-12-26	Norwich City	H
17	1	Middlesbrough	19	4	2	3	16	9	2	1	7	12	18	1	15	W	L	L	L	W	1978-12-23	Leeds United	A
18	1	Queens Park Rangers	19	3	4	3	8	10	1	2	6	7	14	-9	14	W	L	L	L	D	1978-12-26	Tottenham Hotspur	H
19	-2	Bolton Wanderers	20	4	3	3	16	13	1	1	8	9	27	-15	14	L	W	W	L	L	1978-12-22	Manchester United	H
20	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	3	1	5	8	16	1	0	9	6	22	-24	9	L	L	L	W	D	1978-12-26	Birmingham City	H
21	0	Birmingham City	20	2	3	5	14	16	0	1	9	4	18	-16	8	L	L	L	D	W	1978-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
22	0	Chelsea	19	1	1	7	10	22	1	3	6	11	21	-22	8	L	L	L	L	L	1978-12-23	Bristol City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	Luton Town	Goldstone Ground	16,252
Horton (p), Rollings, Sayer	Lineups		Moss
Burnley	2	0	Bristol Rovers	Turf Moor	9,257
Ingham 2	Lineups
Crystal Palace	3	1	Leicester City	Selhurst Park	17,330
Cannon, Swindlehurst, Elwiss	Lineups		May
Fulham	1	3	Newcastle United	Craven Cottage	8,575
Guthrie	Lineups		Connolly, Withe, Shoulder
Millwall	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	The Den, New Cross	6,070
Seasman	Lineups		Hird
Oldham Athletic	0	0	Orient	Boundary Park	5,169
	Lineups
Preston North End	1	1	Notts County	Deepdale	10,730
Baxter	Lineups		Vinter
Sheffield United	2	1	Cardiff City	Bramall Lane	11,913
Anderson, Matthews	Lineups		Evans (p)
Stoke City	3	0	Wrexham	Victoria Ground	18,358
Crooks 2, Roberts OG	Lineups
Sunderland	0	2	Cambridge United	Roker Park	20,841
	Lineups		Christie 2
West Ham United	2	0	Charlton Athletic	Upton Park	23,833
Robson, Cross	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	20	7	2	1	19	7	3	6	1	14	9	17	28	W	D	W	D	W	1978-12-23	Cambridge United	A
2	0	Stoke City	20	6	3	1	20	8	4	3	3	8	11	9	26	W	L	D	D	W	1978-12-23	Bristol Rovers	A
3	0	West Ham United	20	7	2	1	24	6	3	3	4	16	15	19	25	W	L	W	W	D	1978-12-26	Orient	H
4	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	20	8	0	2	22	7	2	3	5	11	17	9	23	W	D	W	L	W	1978-12-23	Charlton Athletic	A
5	-1	Sunderland	20	6	2	2	18	10	3	3	4	12	15	5	23	L	D	W	W	L	1978-12-23	Notts County	A
6	3	Newcastle United	20	7	2	1	13	5	2	3	5	8	14	2	23	W	W	L	D	W	1978-12-23	Burnley	H
7	-2	Notts County	20	5	4	1	11	7	3	3	4	15	24	-5	23	D	D	D	W	D	1978-12-23	Sunderland	H
8	3	Burnley	19	7	1	1	21	11	1	5	4	11	17	4	22	W	L	D	D	W	1978-12-23	Newcastle United	A
9	-3	Wrexham	19	5	4	1	16	7	2	3	4	8	12	5	21	L	W	W	D	W	1978-12-26	Preston North End	A
10	-2	Fulham	19	5	3	3	16	10	3	2	3	9	12	3	21	L	D	D	D	L	1978-12-23	Cardiff City	A
11	-1	Charlton Athletic	20	3	4	3	15	11	4	2	4	18	20	2	20	L	L	W	D	L	1978-12-23	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
12	3	Cambridge United	20	2	6	2	12	11	3	3	4	10	13	-2	19	W	D	L	D	L	1978-12-23	Crystal Palace	H
13	-1	Bristol Rovers	19	8	1	1	26	15	0	2	7	3	21	-7	19	L	L	L	W	D	1978-12-23	Stoke City	H
14	0	Orient	20	5	2	3	15	9	2	2	6	7	15	-2	18	D	W	L	W	W	1978-12-23	Millwall	H
15	1	Oldham Athletic	19	4	4	1	12	7	2	2	6	13	24	-6	18	D	D	D	L	W	1978-12-26	Notts County	H
16	-3	Luton Town	19	6	1	3	28	10	1	2	6	7	16	9	17	L	L	L	W	W	1978-12-26	Millwall	A
17	1	Preston North End	20	4	4	2	22	13	2	1	7	11	24	-4	17	D	W	W	L	W	1978-12-23	Leicester City	A
18	-1	Leicester City	19	2	3	4	9	11	2	5	3	7	9	-4	16	L	D	L	D	D	1978-12-23	Preston North End	H
19	0	Sheffield United	19	4	1	4	15	12	1	3	6	9	18	-6	14	W	L	L	L	L	1978-12-26	Newcastle United	H
20	0	Blackburn Rovers	19	1	6	2	13	12	2	1	7	8	22	-13	13	D	D	D	L	L	1978-12-26	Burnley	A
21	1	Millwall	20	3	2	5	12	17	1	2	7	6	17	-16	12	D	W	W	L	L	1978-12-23	Orient	A
22	-1	Cardiff City	19	3	3	3	13	15	1	1	8	10	27	-19	12	L	D	L	D	L	1978-12-23	Fulham	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Chesterfield	Home Park	6,740
Megson	Lineups		Kowalski

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

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Halifax Town	1	2	Wigan Athletic	The Shay	2,437
Carroll	Lineups		Moore, Purdie
Scunthorpe United	4	2	Hereford United	Old Showground	1,794
Kilmore 2, Pilling, Earl	Lineups		Jones, Bailey

				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	Wigan Athletic	20	6	0	3	14	9	3	4	4	8	10	3	22	W	D	W	L	W	1978-12-26	Crewe Alexandra	H
8	0	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	-2	Hereford United	20	5	5	0	18	8	2	1	7	11	16	5	20	L	W	W	L	D	1978-12-22	Newport County	H
10	-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
11	-1	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
12	0	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	6	Scunthorpe United	20	6	1	3	16	12	1	4	5	7	12	-1	19	W	W	L	D	L	1978-12-23	Darlington	A
14	-1	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
15	-1	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
16	-1	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
17	-1	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
18	-1	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
19	-1	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
20	0	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	0	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	21	1	3	6	5	14	0	2	9	9	24	-24	7	L	D	L	L	D	1978-12-26	Huddersfield Town	A