1979-02-24

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	0	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Highbury	32,215
	Lineups		Richards
Birmingham City	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	St Andrew's	20,980
Towers	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Chelsea	Burnden Park	19,457
Burke, McNab	Lineups		Bannon
Coventry City	0	3	Manchester City	Highfield Road	20,116
	Lineups		Channon 2, Kidd
Derby County	0	2	Liverpool	Baseball Ground	27,859
	Lineups		Dalglish, Kennedy R
Everton	0	1	Ipswich Town	Goodison Park	29,031
	Lineups		Mariner
Manchester United	1	1	Aston Villa	Old Trafford	44,437
Greenhoff J	Lineups		Swain
Norwich City	1	0	Middlesbrough	Carrow Road	12,914
Peters	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	2	0	Bristol City	City Ground	28,008
Needham, Birtles	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	0	1	Southampton	Loftus Road	13,635
	Lineups		Holmes
West Bromwich Albion	1	2	Leeds United	The Hawthorns	27,846
Brown T	Lineups		Graham 2

				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	25	12	1	0	35	3	7	2	3	23	7	48	41	W	W	W	W	W	1979-03-03	Chelsea	A
2	0	Arsenal	27	8	5	2	26	13	6	3	3	19	10	22	36	L	W	D	W	W	1979-03-03	Southampton	A
3	0	Everton	27	9	4	1	22	8	4	6	3	15	15	14	36	L	L	W	L	D	1979-03-03	Queens Park Rangers	H
4	1	Leeds United	28	7	2	4	26	13	6	7	2	25	20	18	35	W	W	W	W	D	1979-03-03	Norwich City	H
5	-1	West Bromwich Albion	24	6	3	2	24	10	8	3	2	25	14	25	34	L	L	D	W	W	1979-03-03	Coventry City	A
6	0	Nottingham Forest	23	5	6	0	13	6	5	5	2	14	9	12	31	W	W	L	D	D	1979-03-03	Ipswich Town	A
7	0	Bristol City	29	7	4	3	24	14	3	4	8	10	21	-1	28	L	L	L	W	D	1979-03-03	Manchester United	H
8	3	Southampton	27	7	5	2	24	12	2	4	7	8	20	0	27	W	W	W	D	L	1979-03-03	Arsenal	H
9	1	Manchester United	25	5	4	4	17	19	5	3	4	19	23	-6	27	D	W	L	L	L	1979-02-28	Queens Park Rangers	H
10	-2	Coventry City	26	7	4	2	23	18	3	3	7	10	25	-10	27	L	W	L	L	D	1979-03-03	West Bromwich Albion	H
11	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	27	5	3	5	12	20	4	6	4	17	23	-14	27	L	W	L	L	D	1979-03-03	Derby County	H
12	0	Aston Villa	23	2	6	2	12	12	5	5	3	16	9	7	25	D	D	D	D	D	1979-03-03	Birmingham City	H
13	0	Ipswich Town	26	6	2	6	21	16	4	2	6	13	18	0	24	W	D	L	W	W	1979-02-28	Derby County	A
14	0	Norwich City	25	5	7	2	20	13	0	7	4	14	26	-5	24	W	L	D	D	D	1979-02-27	Manchester City	A
15	1	Manchester City	26	3	3	6	16	19	4	6	4	20	14	3	23	W	L	W	L	D	1979-02-27	Norwich City	H
16	-1	Derby County	25	6	4	3	19	17	2	2	8	10	27	-15	22	L	D	W	D	D	1979-02-28	Ipswich Town	H
17	1	Bolton Wanderers	24	6	3	3	21	14	1	3	8	10	28	-11	20	W	D	D	W	L	1979-03-03	Manchester City	A
18	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	6	2	5	14	18	2	1	10	11	28	-21	19	W	D	W	L	W	1979-03-03	Middlesbrough	H
19	-2	Middlesbrough	25	4	3	4	18	13	2	3	9	14	23	-4	18	L	D	L	D	D	1979-03-03	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
20	-1	Queens Park Rangers	26	3	7	6	16	23	1	3	6	8	15	-14	18	L	L	D	D	D	1979-02-28	Manchester United	A
21	0	Chelsea	26	2	2	8	13	26	2	4	8	16	30	-27	14	L	L	W	W	L	1979-03-03	Liverpool	H
22	0	Birmingham City	26	3	3	6	15	17	0	1	13	7	26	-21	10	W	L	L	L	L	1979-03-03	Aston Villa	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol Rovers	2	2	Notts County	Eastville	6,887
Williams 2	Lineups		Hooks, Vinter
Burnley	0	3	Stoke City	Turf Moor	13,890
	Lineups		O'Callaghan, Randall, Crooks
Cambridge United	1	0	Wrexham	Abbey Stadium	5,297
Cegielski OG	Lineups
Cardiff City	1	0	Orient	Ninian Park	8,239
Buchanan	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	0	Leicester City	The Valley	7,936
Peacock (p)	Lineups
Crystal Palace	0	0	Preston North End	Selhurst Park	17,592
	Lineups
Fulham	0	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Craven Cottage	18,464
	Lineups		Clark
Luton Town	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Kenilworth Road	6,247
West, Turner C	Lineups		Garner
Newcastle United	1	4	Sunderland	St James' Park	34,733	Largest home gate 1978-79
Connolly	Lineups		Rowell 3 (1p), Entwistle
Sheffield United	0	2	Millwall	Bramall Lane	13,763
	Lineups		Walker, Seasman
West Ham United	3	0	Oldham Athletic	Upton Park	26,052
Holland, Martin, Robson	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	Brighton & Hove Albion	28	11	2	2	33	9	4	3	6	15	18	21	35	W	D	L	W	D	1979-03-03	Burnley	H
2	1	Stoke City	27	7	4	1	24	10	5	7	3	13	13	14	35	W	D	D	D	W	1979-02-28	Preston North End	H
3	-1	Crystal Palace	27	7	6	2	21	10	3	8	1	14	9	16	34	D	D	D	D	D	1979-03-03	Wrexham	H
4	0	West Ham United	25	9	3	2	34	11	4	3	4	17	15	25	32	W	D	W	W	L	1979-02-26	Luton Town	A
5	0	Sunderland	27	7	3	2	22	12	4	7	4	23	23	10	32	W	D	W	D	D	1979-03-03	Millwall	A
6	0	Fulham	26	8	4	4	25	14	3	3	4	10	15	6	29	L	W	D	D	W	1979-03-03	Preston North End	A
7	1	Charlton Athletic	26	5	4	4	18	14	5	4	4	24	23	5	28	W	W	D	W	D	1979-03-03	Newcastle United	A
8	-1	Orient	27	8	2	3	22	10	3	3	8	13	22	3	27	L	L	W	W	D	1979-03-03	Bristol Rovers	H
9	0	Notts County	26	5	6	1	13	9	3	5	6	20	34	-10	27	D	D	L	L	D	1979-03-03	Luton Town	H
10	4	Luton Town	26	8	3	3	34	14	2	3	7	9	17	12	26	W	D	D	D	W	1979-02-26	West Ham United	H
11	4	Cambridge United	27	4	8	2	18	11	3	4	6	14	23	-2	26	W	L	D	W	D	1979-03-06	Charlton Athletic	A
12	1	Bristol Rovers	26	9	3	2	30	18	1	3	8	7	25	-6	26	D	W	L	L	D	1979-03-03	Orient	A
13	-3	Burnley	24	8	2	2	23	15	1	5	6	13	23	-2	25	L	L	D	W	L	1979-03-03	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
14	-3	Leicester City	27	5	5	4	20	17	2	6	5	9	14	-2	25	L	W	W	L	D	1979-03-03	Cardiff City	H
15	-3	Newcastle United	26	8	2	2	17	10	2	3	9	9	21	-5	25	L	L	L	L	L	1979-03-03	Charlton Athletic	H
16	0	Preston North End	25	6	5	2	26	15	2	3	7	12	25	-2	24	D	W	D	W	D	1979-02-28	Stoke City	A
17	0	Wrexham	21	5	4	1	16	7	2	3	6	9	15	3	21	L	L	L	W	W	1979-02-28	Sheffield United	H
18	0	Sheffield United	24	5	3	5	20	18	1	4	6	10	19	-7	19	L	D	D	D	W	1979-02-28	Wrexham	A
19	0	Oldham Athletic	24	4	5	2	15	13	2	2	9	13	30	-15	19	L	L	L	L	D	1979-03-03	Sheffield United	H
20	1	Cardiff City	24	5	3	3	16	15	1	2	10	10	37	-26	17	W	L	D	L	W	1979-02-28	Blackburn Rovers	A
21	1	Millwall	24	3	2	6	12	19	2	3	8	9	19	-17	15	W	D	L	L	D	1979-03-03	Sunderland	H
22	-2	Blackburn Rovers	25	1	7	2	14	13	2	2	11	11	33	-21	15	L	L	D	D	L	1979-02-28	Cardiff City	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	1	2	Southend United	Bloomfield Road	4,566
Spence	Lineups		Morris, Pountney
Brentford	3	3	Watford	Griffin Park	13,873	Largest home gate 1978-79
Phillips 2 (1p), Smith D	Lineups		Pritchett (p), Blissett, Jenkins
Carlisle United	0	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Brunton Park	5,675
	Lineups
Chester	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Sealand Road	4,579
Raynor (p)	Lineups		Postlewhite
Chesterfield	2	1	Bury	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,332
Walker 2	Lineups		Gregory
Exeter City	2	1	Swansea City	St James Park	7,697
Delve, Sims	Lineups		Curtis
Hull City	0	1	Gillingham	Boothferry Park	4,345
	Lineups		Price
Oxford United	0	2	Peterborough United	Manor Ground	3,842
	Lineups		McIntosh OG, Cooke
Rotherham United	1	3	Swindon Town	Millmoor	5,128
Phillips	Lineups		Mayes 3
Shrewsbury Town	2	0	Plymouth Argyle	Gay Meadow	6,087
Chapman, Maguire	Lineups
Walsall	1	1	Mansfield Town	Fellows Park	4,157
Birch	Lineups		Bird

				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	29	9	4	2	32	16	7	4	3	26	19	23	40	D	D	D	D	D	1979-03-03	Chesterfield	H
2	0	Shrewsbury Town	27	9	6	0	22	6	5	5	2	15	11	20	39	W	W	D	W	W	1979-03-03	Sheffield Wednesday	A
3	0	Gillingham	27	9	5	1	24	11	2	8	2	11	11	13	35	W	D	W	D	W	1979-03-03	Peterborough United	H
4	1	Exeter City	27	11	4	2	29	12	1	4	5	8	14	11	32	W	W	D	W	W	1979-02-27	Plymouth Argyle	A
5	1	Swindon Town	25	11	0	2	24	8	4	2	6	13	18	11	32	W	W	L	W	L	1979-02-28	Chesterfield	A
6	-2	Swansea City	27	9	3	1	30	16	4	3	7	14	19	9	32	L	D	L	D	W	1979-02-27	Chester	H
7	0	Carlisle United	28	6	7	1	18	7	2	8	4	8	12	7	31	D	L	L	W	D	1979-03-03	Rotherham United	A
8	2	Southend United	28	8	2	3	21	9	2	7	6	15	20	7	29	W	W	L	L	W	1979-03-02	Colchester United	H
9	-1	Plymouth Argyle	29	6	6	2	20	14	4	3	8	20	24	2	29	L	L	W	L	D	1979-02-27	Exeter City	H
10	-1	Rotherham United	26	10	0	4	19	13	2	5	5	13	17	2	29	L	W	W	D	L	1979-03-03	Carlisle United	H
11	2	Chester	28	7	6	1	23	12	2	3	9	8	24	-5	27	D	D	D	L	L	1979-02-27	Swansea City	A
12	-1	Oxford United	28	6	6	3	15	13	2	5	6	10	19	-7	27	L	W	L	W	D	1979-03-03	Chester	A
13	-1	Blackpool	27	9	2	3	22	9	2	2	9	8	25	-4	26	L	W	W	L	L	1979-03-03	Mansfield Town	A
14	2	Chesterfield	25	6	3	3	20	17	2	6	5	12	16	-1	25	W	L	L	D	W	1979-02-28	Swindon Town	H
15	0	Walsall	28	5	5	4	24	19	3	3	8	17	23	-1	24	D	D	W	W	L	1979-02-27	Colchester United	A
16	-2	Colchester United	26	7	5	1	19	11	0	5	8	8	21	-5	24	W	L	D	L	D	1979-02-27	Walsall	H
17	0	Brentford	27	8	4	3	16	11	0	4	8	7	19	-7	24	D	W	D	D	D	1979-03-03	Tranmere Rovers	A
18	0	Hull City	25	5	5	2	22	10	3	1	9	11	21	2	22	L	L	L	D	W	1979-03-02	Swansea City	A
19	0	Bury	25	2	6	3	16	16	2	8	4	15	18	-3	22	L	W	D	D	D	1979-02-27	Tranmere Rovers	H
20	0	Sheffield Wednesday	25	2	6	2	8	9	3	6	6	14	22	-9	22	D	D	L	L	D	1979-03-03	Shrewsbury Town	H
21	0	Peterborough United	28	4	5	5	13	15	2	5	7	13	23	-12	22	W	L	L	D	W	1979-03-03	Gillingham	A
22	0	Mansfield Town	25	2	6	2	9	10	2	6	7	14	21	-8	20	D	L	D	L	D	1979-03-03	Blackpool	H
23	0	Tranmere Rovers	27	4	7	2	18	15	0	4	10	12	29	-14	19	D	D	W	D	D	1979-02-27	Bury	A
24	0	Lincoln City	25	1	5	5	10	20	1	1	12	7	28	-31	10	L	L	L	L	W	1979-03-03	Swindon Town	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	1	1	Hereford United	Dean Court	4,292
Brown K	Lineups		Gould
Barnsley	4	4	Stockport County	Oakwell	9,153
Graham 2, Bell 2	Lineups		Bradd 3, Henson
Doncaster Rovers	0	1	Wigan Athletic	Belle Vue	4,612
	Lineups		Wright
Hartlepool United	2	2	Aldershot	Victoria Park	2,908
Ayre, Houchen	Lineups		Brodie, Dungworth
Huddersfield Town	0	1	Newport County	Leeds Road	3,361
	Lineups		Bruton
Port Vale	0	1	Halifax Town	Vale Park	3,117
	Lineups		Bentley OG
Portsmouth	1	3	Grimsby Town	Fratton Park	12,782
Hemmerman	Lineups		Ford 2, Brolly
Reading	5	1	Northampton Town	Elm Park	6,933
Earles, Hetzke, Kearney, Bowman, Kearns	Lineups		Reilly
York City	2	2	Bradford City	Bootham Crescent	4,022
Staniforth, Loggie	Lineups		Wood 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	Reading	28	12	2	0	33	6	3	6	5	16	22	21	38	W	W	W	D	D	1979-02-26	Hartlepool United	H
2	0	Wimbledon	24	10	1	1	26	14	5	5	2	18	15	15	36	W	W	L	W	D	1979-02-28	Torquay United	A
3	1	Aldershot	28	9	5	1	25	11	3	7	3	16	17	13	36	D	D	W	W	D	1979-03-03	Hereford United	H
4	-1	Portsmouth	28	10	3	2	26	8	5	2	6	21	22	17	35	L	W	D	L	D	1979-03-03	Halifax Town	A
5	0	Grimsby Town	27	10	2	2	36	14	5	2	6	16	15	23	34	W	W	L	W	W	1979-02-27	Crewe Alexandra	H
6	0	Wigan Athletic	27	10	0	4	23	14	4	4	5	10	12	7	32	W	W	L	W	L	1979-02-28	York City	H
7	0	Barnsley	24	6	3	2	26	14	5	5	3	15	10	17	30	D	L	L	W	D	1979-02-28	Hereford United	A
8	1	Newport County	27	6	4	4	20	19	5	3	5	18	17	2	29	W	L	W	W	W	1979-02-27	Bradford City	H
9	-1	Torquay United	27	9	2	3	24	12	3	2	8	12	23	1	28	W	L	L	D	W	1979-02-28	Wimbledon	H
10	0	AFC Bournemouth	28	7	4	5	27	15	2	5	5	7	9	10	27	D	D	D	W	W	1979-03-03	Grimsby Town	A
11	1	Hereford United	27	6	5	1	19	11	3	3	9	14	21	1	26	D	L	D	W	L	1979-02-28	Barnsley	H
12	2	Hartlepool United	25	5	7	2	23	17	3	3	5	9	19	-4	26	D	W	L	W	D	1979-02-26	Reading	A
13	-2	Doncaster Rovers	28	6	4	5	18	15	4	2	7	18	28	-7	26	L	W	W	W	L	1979-02-27	Huddersfield Town	H
14	1	Stockport County	26	8	2	4	21	10	1	5	6	18	25	4	25	D	L	W	W	L	1979-02-26	Scunthorpe United	H
15	-2	Port Vale	27	4	6	4	19	19	5	1	7	19	23	-4	25	L	L	L	D	W	1979-03-03	Torquay United	A
16	0	Bradford City	25	6	2	3	19	13	5	1	8	15	28	-7	25	D	W	L	L	W	1979-02-27	Newport County	A
17	0	Scunthorpe United	24	7	1	4	18	17	1	5	6	9	16	-6	22	L	L	W	D	W	1979-02-26	Stockport County	A
18	0	Northampton Town	25	6	4	2	22	14	1	3	9	12	29	-9	21	L	D	L	W	L	1979-03-02	Stockport County	A
19	2	York City	23	4	4	3	13	13	4	1	7	9	19	-10	21	D	L	D	L	W	1979-02-28	Wigan Athletic	A
20	-1	Huddersfield Town	25	7	4	2	18	9	0	2	10	7	20	-4	20	L	L	L	L	W	1979-02-27	Doncaster Rovers	A
21	-1	Darlington	25	3	5	3	13	10	3	3	8	16	29	-10	20	D	L	L	W	D	1979-02-27	Halifax Town	H
22	0	Crewe Alexandra	27	3	5	6	16	23	2	5	6	9	23	-21	20	D	L	L	W	D	1979-02-27	Grimsby Town	A
23	0	Rochdale	24	2	3	5	7	14	1	4	9	11	26	-22	13	L	D	W	L	L	1979-03-03	Darlington	A
24	0	Halifax Town	25	1	3	6	5	14	1	2	12	11	29	-27	9	W	L	L	L	L	1979-02-27	Darlington	A