1978-12-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	2	West Bromwich Albion	Highbury	40,055
Brady (p)	Lineups		Robson, Brown A
Aston Villa	2	2	Leeds United	Villa Park	40,973
Gregory 2	Lineups		Gray E 2
Bristol City	5	0	Coventry City	Ashton Gate	22,324
Royle 3, Cormack, Ritchie	Lineups
Everton	1	0	Manchester City	Goodison Park	46,996
Wright	Lineups
Ipswich Town	1	1	Norwich City	Portman Road	26,336
Mills	Lineups		Davies
Manchester United	0	3	Liverpool	Old Trafford	54,940
	Lineups		Kennedy R, Case, Fairclough
Middlesbrough	1	1	Bolton Wanderers	Ayresome Park	20,125
Cummins	Lineups		Worthington
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Derby County	City Ground	34,256
Woodcock	Lineups		Daly (p)
Queens Park Rangers	2	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Loftus Road	24,845
Bowles (p), Shanks	Lineups		Lee, Taylor (p)
Southampton	0	0	Chelsea	The Dell	20,770
	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	1	Birmingham City	Molineux	26,872
Hibbitt, Daniel (p)	Lineups		Buckley

				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	21	9	1	0	26	2	6	2	3	21	7	38	33	W	L	W	L	W	1979-02-03	West Bromwich Albion	H
2	0	Everton	21	8	2	0	16	4	4	6	1	15	11	16	32	W	L	D	W	W	1978-12-30	Tottenham Hotspur	H
3	0	West Bromwich Albion	19	5	3	1	20	7	7	2	1	18	8	23	29	W	W	W	D	W	1978-12-30	Manchester United	A
4	0	Arsenal	21	6	4	1	21	10	4	3	3	15	9	17	27	L	W	W	D	W	1978-12-30	Birmingham City	H
5	0	Nottingham Forest	20	4	6	0	11	6	4	5	1	10	6	9	27	D	D	W	L	W	1979-01-13	Arsenal	A
6	2	Leeds United	22	6	1	4	24	12	2	7	2	16	17	11	24	D	W	D	D	W	1978-12-30	Queens Park Rangers	A
7	3	Bristol City	22	6	2	3	20	12	3	4	4	8	10	6	24	W	D	W	D	W	1978-12-30	Manchester City	H
8	-1	Manchester United	21	5	3	2	13	11	4	3	4	16	23	-5	24	L	L	W	W	W	1978-12-30	West Bromwich Albion	H
9	-3	Coventry City	21	7	4	0	22	12	2	2	6	6	22	-6	24	L	W	L	W	D	1978-12-30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
10	-1	Aston Villa	21	2	6	2	12	12	5	3	3	14	7	7	23	D	D	D	W	D	1979-01-31	Everton	A
11	0	Tottenham Hotspur	21	5	3	3	11	15	3	4	3	13	20	-11	23	D	L	L	W	W	1978-12-30	Everton	A
12	0	Southampton	21	5	5	1	18	10	1	3	6	7	18	-3	20	D	W	W	W	L	1979-01-17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
13	0	Derby County	22	6	3	2	18	14	1	2	8	8	26	-14	19	D	D	L	L	L	1979-02-03	Southampton	A
14	1	Norwich City	19	4	4	2	17	11	0	6	3	13	19	0	18	D	D	D	L	W	1979-01-13	West Bromwich Albion	H
15	-1	Manchester City	20	3	3	4	14	13	2	4	4	12	12	1	17	L	D	L	L	L	1978-12-30	Bristol City	A
16	0	Ipswich Town	21	4	1	6	13	14	3	2	5	11	15	-5	17	D	W	L	L	W	1978-12-30	Chelsea	H
17	0	Bolton Wanderers	22	5	3	3	19	13	1	2	8	10	28	-12	17	D	W	L	W	W	1979-02-03	Norwich City	A
18	0	Middlesbrough	21	4	3	3	17	10	2	1	8	13	21	-1	16	D	L	W	L	L	1979-01-20	Queens Park Rangers	A
19	0	Queens Park Rangers	20	3	5	3	10	12	1	2	6	7	14	-9	15	D	W	L	L	L	1978-12-30	Leeds United	H
20	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	4	1	5	10	17	1	0	9	6	22	-23	11	W	L	L	L	W	1978-12-30	Coventry City	H
21	-1	Chelsea	21	1	2	7	10	22	1	4	6	11	21	-22	10	D	D	L	L	L	1978-12-30	Ipswich Town	A
22	0	Birmingham City	21	2	3	5	14	16	0	1	10	5	20	-17	8	L	L	L	L	D	1978-12-30	Arsenal	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	5	0	Cardiff City	Goldstone Ground	20,172
Williams, Maybank 3, Horton (p)	Lineups
Burnley	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Turf Moor	23,133	Largest home gate 1978-79
Noble, Fletcher	Lineups		Hird
Crystal Palace	0	1	Bristol Rovers	Selhurst Park	21,605
	Lineups		White
Fulham	5	1	Cambridge United	Craven Cottage	7,814
Davies, Margerrison, Guthrie 3	Lineups		Biley (p)
Millwall	0	2	Luton Town	The Den, New Cross	6,041
	Lineups		Moss 2
Oldham Athletic	3	3	Notts County	Boundary Park	8,161
Hicks, Hurst, Young (p)	Lineups		Hooks, Vinter, Blockley
Preston North End	2	1	Wrexham	Deepdale	17,820	Largest home gate 1978-79
Bruce, Jones OG	Lineups		Lyons (p)
Sheffield United	1	0	Newcastle United	Bramall Lane	23,118	Largest home gate 1978-79
Garner	Lineups
Stoke City	2	2	Charlton Athletic	Victoria Ground	20,841
McGroarty, O'Callaghan	Lineups		Flanagan 2
Sunderland	1	1	Leicester City	Roker Park	24,544
Clarke	Lineups		Henderson
West Ham United	0	2	Orient	Upton Park	29,220
	Lineups		Mayo, Chiedozie

				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	22	7	2	2	19	8	3	7	1	14	9	16	29	L	D	W	D	W	1978-12-30	Orient	H
2	0	Stoke City	22	6	4	1	22	10	4	4	3	8	11	9	28	D	D	W	L	D	1978-12-30	Notts County	H
3	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	9	0	2	27	7	3	3	5	14	17	17	27	W	W	W	D	W	1978-12-30	Newcastle United	H
4	-1	West Ham United	21	7	2	2	24	8	3	3	4	16	15	17	25	L	W	L	W	W	1978-12-30	Blackburn Rovers	H
5	1	Sunderland	22	6	3	2	19	11	3	4	4	13	16	5	25	D	D	L	D	W	1979-01-17	Blackburn Rovers	A
6	-1	Newcastle United	22	8	2	1	16	6	2	3	6	8	15	3	25	L	W	W	W	L	1978-12-30	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
7	0	Notts County	22	5	5	1	12	8	3	4	4	18	27	-5	25	D	D	D	D	D	1978-12-30	Stoke City	A
8	0	Burnley	21	8	1	1	23	12	1	5	5	12	20	3	24	W	L	W	L	D	1978-12-30	Cardiff City	H
9	1	Fulham	21	6	3	3	21	11	3	2	4	9	14	5	23	W	L	L	D	D	1978-12-30	Luton Town	H
10	2	Orient	22	6	2	3	17	10	3	2	6	9	15	1	22	W	W	D	W	L	1978-12-30	Crystal Palace	A
11	3	Bristol Rovers	21	8	2	1	26	15	1	2	7	4	21	-6	22	W	D	L	L	L	1978-12-30	Preston North End	A
12	-3	Wrexham	20	5	4	1	16	7	2	3	5	9	14	4	21	L	L	W	W	D	1979-02-24	Cambridge United	A
13	-2	Charlton Athletic	22	3	4	4	15	14	4	3	4	20	22	-1	21	D	L	L	L	W	1978-12-30	Oldham Athletic	A
14	1	Preston North End	22	5	4	2	24	14	2	2	7	12	25	-3	20	W	D	D	W	W	1978-12-30	Bristol Rovers	H
15	-2	Cambridge United	22	2	7	2	12	11	3	3	5	11	18	-6	20	L	D	W	D	L	1978-12-30	Sheffield United	A
16	1	Luton Town	20	6	1	3	28	10	2	2	6	9	16	11	19	W	L	L	L	W	1978-12-30	Fulham	A
17	-1	Oldham Athletic	20	4	5	1	15	10	2	2	6	13	24	-6	19	D	D	D	D	L	1978-12-30	Charlton Athletic	H
18	0	Leicester City	21	2	4	4	10	12	2	6	3	8	10	-4	18	D	D	L	D	L	1979-01-01	Oldham Athletic	H
19	0	Sheffield United	20	5	1	4	16	12	1	3	6	9	18	-5	16	W	W	L	L	L	1978-12-30	Cambridge United	H
20	0	Cardiff City	21	4	3	3	15	15	1	1	9	10	32	-22	14	L	W	L	D	L	1978-12-30	Burnley	A
21	0	Blackburn Rovers	20	1	6	2	13	12	2	1	8	9	24	-14	13	L	D	D	D	L	1978-12-30	West Ham United	A
22	0	Millwall	22	3	2	6	12	19	1	2	8	7	19	-19	12	L	L	D	W	W	1979-01-20	Crystal Palace	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	2	1	Plymouth Argyle	Griffin Park	7,367
Smith D 2	Lineups		Binney
Bury	3	2	Rotherham United	Gigg Lane	5,852	Largest home gate 1978-79
Beamish 2, Gregory	Lineups		Phillips 2
Chester	1	2	Carlisle United	Sealand Road	4,862
Walker	Lineups		Kemp, McVitie
Chesterfield	3	3	Sheffield Wednesday	Saltergate Recreation Ground	13,332	Largest home gate 1978-79
Walker, Fern, Prophett	Lineups		Wylde, Porterfield, Johnson
Exeter City	3	1	Walsall	St James Park	4,159
Sims, Randell, Pearson	Lineups		Austin
Gillingham	1	0	Southend United	Priestfield Stadium	6,644
Jolley	Lineups
Hull City	3	0	Mansfield Town	Boothferry Park	4,706
Edwards 2, Bannister	Lineups
Oxford United	2	0	Colchester United	Manor Ground	4,892
Foley, Graydon	Lineups
Peterborough United	0	1	Lincoln City	London Road	4,592
	Lineups		Watson
Swansea City	1	2	Swindon Town	Vetch Field	16,770
Toshack	Lineups		Bates, Gilchrist
Tranmere Rovers	0	2	Blackpool	Prenton Park	3,481
	Lineups		Ronson, Thompson
Watford	2	2	Shrewsbury Town	Vicarage Road	20,276
Jenkins 2	Lineups		Chapman, Maguire

				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	22	7	2	2	23	11	7	1	3	21	14	19	31	D	W	D	D	W	1978-12-30	Swindon Town	H
2	0	Shrewsbury Town	22	5	6	0	15	6	5	4	2	14	10	13	30	D	W	D	W	L	1979-01-19	Colchester United	H
3	0	Swansea City	22	8	2	1	29	16	4	2	5	12	15	10	28	L	L	W	W	D	1978-12-30	Blackpool	H
4	0	Swindon Town	20	9	0	1	17	4	3	2	5	10	15	8	26	W	W	W	W	W	1978-12-30	Watford	A
5	1	Gillingham	21	6	4	1	17	9	1	7	2	9	10	7	25	W	D	D	D	L	1978-12-30	Plymouth Argyle	H
6	2	Carlisle United	21	4	6	0	14	5	2	6	3	8	10	7	24	W	D	D	W	D	1978-12-30	Brentford	A
7	-2	Rotherham United	22	8	0	3	15	9	2	4	5	11	15	2	24	L	W	W	L	W	1979-02-03	Watford	A
8	2	Chesterfield	22	5	3	3	18	16	2	6	3	11	11	2	23	D	W	D	L	D	1979-01-13	Exeter City	A
9	-2	Chester	21	7	2	1	18	7	2	3	6	7	19	-1	23	L	L	D	W	W	1979-01-13	Peterborough United	A
10	-1	Plymouth Argyle	21	4	5	1	14	11	3	3	5	17	18	2	22	L	D	D	D	W	1978-12-30	Gillingham	A
11	2	Blackpool	21	7	2	2	16	5	2	2	6	7	20	-2	22	W	W	D	L	D	1978-12-30	Swansea City	A
12	-1	Southend United	22	6	2	3	17	8	0	7	4	11	15	5	21	L	D	L	D	D	1978-12-30	Peterborough United	A
13	1	Exeter City	21	6	4	2	18	8	1	3	5	6	12	4	21	W	D	D	L	D	1978-12-30	Lincoln City	H
14	-2	Colchester United	21	6	4	1	15	9	0	4	6	5	15	-4	20	L	L	D	W	L	1979-01-17	Chester	A
15	3	Oxford United	21	4	5	2	11	9	1	5	4	9	16	-5	20	W	D	W	D	D	1978-12-30	Walsall	H
16	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	21	2	6	2	8	9	3	4	4	12	17	-6	20	D	D	L	L	D	1979-01-27	Plymouth Argyle	A
17	2	Hull City	20	5	4	1	21	8	2	1	7	8	16	5	19	W	L	W	L	W	1979-01-06	Walsall	A
18	-2	Walsall	21	4	3	3	19	14	2	3	6	12	17	0	18	L	W	L	L	D	1978-12-30	Oxford United	A
19	-2	Mansfield Town	22	2	6	2	9	10	2	4	6	13	19	-7	18	L	D	W	D	D	1978-12-30	Bury	A
20	1	Brentford	22	7	1	3	12	8	0	3	8	7	19	-8	18	W	D	L	W	D	1978-12-30	Carlisle United	H
21	1	Bury	20	2	5	3	16	16	1	6	3	8	11	-3	17	W	D	D	L	D	1978-12-30	Mansfield Town	H
22	-2	Peterborough United	22	3	5	3	11	10	1	4	6	11	22	-10	17	L	D	D	L	L	1978-12-30	Southend United	H
23	0	Tranmere Rovers	21	3	5	2	15	13	0	2	9	7	23	-14	13	L	L	L	L	D	1979-01-13	Gillingham	A
24	0	Lincoln City	21	1	5	5	10	20	1	1	8	5	19	-24	10	W	L	D	D	D	1978-12-30	Exeter City	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	6	2	Port Vale	Oakwell	10,532
Clarke 3, Little, Graham, Millar	Lineups		Todd, Keenan
Bradford City	1	0	Rochdale	Valley Parade	4,940
McNiven	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	2	3	Darlington	Belle Vue	2,889
Bentley, Owen	Lineups		Wann, Stone, Seal
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Halifax Town	Leeds Road	5,341
Fletcher, Robins	Lineups
Newport County	1	1	Torquay United	Somerton Park	6,930	Largest home gate 1978-79
Wilson OG	Lineups		Murphy
Northampton Town	2	3	Aldershot	County Ground	3,325
Reilly, McCaffrey	Lineups		Needham 2, Dungworth
Reading	1	0	AFC Bournemouth	Elm Park	6,946
Kearney	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	2	1	Grimsby Town	Old Showground	8,165	Largest home gate 1978-79
Kilmore (p), Grimes	Lineups		Cumming
Stockport County	0	2	Hereford United	Edgeley Park	4,630
	Lineups		Holmes W, Stephens
Wigan Athletic	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Springfield Park	7,586
Houghton	Lineups
Wimbledon	2	4	Portsmouth	Plough Lane	7,862	Largest home gate 1978-79
Knowles 2	Lineups		Barnard, Wilson, Davey, Hemmerman
York City	1	1	Hartlepool United	Bootham Crescent	3,825
Faulkner	Lineups		Crumplin

				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	22	9	1	1	23	12	4	5	2	16	14	13	32	L	W	D	W	D	1979-02-03	Rochdale	H
2	0	Portsmouth	22	9	1	1	21	2	5	2	4	19	16	22	31	W	W	W	W	W	1978-12-29	Stockport County	A
3	0	Reading	22	9	2	0	24	5	3	4	4	11	16	14	30	W	L	D	W	L	1979-01-13	Newport County	A
4	0	Barnsley	21	6	2	2	22	10	5	5	1	13	6	19	29	W	D	W	L	W	1979-01-31	Torquay United	A
5	0	Aldershot	22	7	3	1	19	8	3	6	2	12	12	11	29	W	W	W	D	W	1978-12-30	Wigan Athletic	A
6	0	Grimsby Town	22	7	2	2	22	10	4	2	5	13	13	12	26	L	W	W	L	W	1979-01-09	Bradford City	H
7	0	Wigan Athletic	21	7	0	3	15	9	3	4	4	8	10	4	24	W	W	D	W	L	1978-12-30	Aldershot	H
8	3	Hereford United	22	5	5	1	18	11	3	1	7	13	16	4	22	W	L	L	W	W	1979-01-30	Doncaster Rovers	A
9	4	Scunthorpe United	22	7	1	3	18	13	1	5	5	9	14	0	22	W	D	W	W	L	1978-12-30	Rochdale	H
10	2	Newport County	22	3	4	4	13	15	4	3	4	16	15	-1	21	D	W	L	W	D	1978-12-30	Port Vale	H
11	3	Torquay United	20	6	1	2	15	7	3	2	6	10	19	-1	21	D	L	L	W	L	1979-01-20	Aldershot	A
12	3	Hartlepool United	21	3	6	2	17	13	3	3	4	7	16	-5	21	D	D	D	L	D	1979-01-20	Grimsby Town	H
13	-5	AFC Bournemouth	21	5	2	4	16	11	2	4	4	5	6	4	20	L	L	L	D	D	1978-12-30	Bradford City	A
14	-4	Stockport County	22	6	2	3	16	7	1	4	6	14	21	2	20	L	L	L	W	D	1978-12-29	Portsmouth	H
15	-6	Port Vale	20	2	6	2	15	14	5	0	5	17	18	0	20	L	W	D	W	W	1978-12-30	Newport County	A
16	1	Huddersfield Town	21	7	4	1	18	8	0	2	7	5	15	0	20	W	L	D	W	D	1979-01-01	Port Vale	A
17	2	Bradford City	20	5	2	3	17	12	4	0	6	10	19	-4	20	W	W	W	W	L	1978-12-30	AFC Bournemouth	H
18	-2	York City	21	4	3	3	11	11	4	1	6	9	18	-9	20	D	L	W	W	L	1979-02-03	Hereford United	A
19	1	Darlington	22	3	5	3	13	10	3	2	6	13	20	-4	19	W	D	D	L	D	1979-01-16	Grimsby Town	A
20	-2	Northampton Town	21	5	4	2	20	13	1	2	7	11	22	-4	18	L	L	L	D	L	1978-12-30	Halifax Town	H
21	0	Doncaster Rovers	21	4	4	4	15	14	1	2	6	9	18	-8	16	L	L	W	L	D	1979-01-16	Port Vale	A
22	0	Crewe Alexandra	21	2	3	5	12	18	1	5	5	8	20	-18	14	L	L	L	D	D	1979-01-13	AFC Bournemouth	A
23	0	Rochdale	21	2	3	5	7	14	0	3	8	4	22	-25	10	L	L	L	L	L	1978-12-30	Scunthorpe United	A
24	0	Halifax Town	22	1	3	6	5	14	0	2	10	9	26	-26	7	L	L	D	L	L	1978-12-30	Northampton Town	A