1979-03-03

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	1	0	Birmingham City	Villa Park	42,419
Cowans	Lineups
Bristol City	1	2	Manchester United	Ashton Gate	24,784
Gow	Lineups		McQueen, Ritchie
Chelsea	0	0	Liverpool	Stamford Bridge	40,594
	Lineups
Coventry City	1	3	West Bromwich Albion	Highfield Road	25,676
Thompson	Lineups		Robson, Brown A, Mills
Everton	2	1	Queens Park Rangers	Goodison Park	24,809
Latchford, Telfer	Lineups		Goddard
Ipswich Town	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Portman Road	27,198
Brazil	Lineups		Birtles
Leeds United	2	2	Norwich City	Elland Road	23,038
Hawley 2	Lineups		Bond, Fashanu
Manchester City	2	1	Bolton Wanderers	Maine Road	41,127
Channon, Owen (p)	Lineups		Worthington
Southampton	2	0	Arsenal	The Dell	25,052	Largest home gate 1978-79
Waldron, Hayes	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	Derby County	White Hart Lane	28,089
Ardiles 2	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	3	Middlesbrough	Molineux	18,782
Richards	Lineups		Ashcroft, McAndrew, Shearer

				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	26	12	1	0	35	3	7	3	3	23	7	48	42	D	W	W	W	W	1979-03-06	Coventry City	A
2	1	Everton	28	10	4	1	24	9	4	6	3	15	15	15	38	W	L	L	W	L	1979-03-06	Middlesbrough	A
3	2	West Bromwich Albion	25	6	3	2	24	10	9	3	2	28	15	27	36	W	L	L	D	W	1979-03-14	Chelsea	H
4	-2	Arsenal	28	8	5	2	26	13	6	3	4	19	12	20	36	L	L	W	D	W	1979-03-10	Bristol City	H
5	-1	Leeds United	29	7	3	4	28	15	6	7	2	25	20	18	36	D	W	W	W	W	1979-03-10	Derby County	A
6	0	Nottingham Forest	24	5	6	0	13	6	5	6	2	15	10	12	32	D	W	W	L	D	1979-03-10	Everton	A
7	0	Manchester United	27	6	4	4	19	19	6	3	4	21	24	-3	31	W	W	D	W	L	1979-03-20	Coventry City	A
8	1	Southampton	28	8	5	2	26	12	2	4	7	8	20	2	29	W	W	W	W	D	1979-03-24	Bolton Wanderers	A
9	2	Tottenham Hotspur	28	6	3	5	14	20	4	6	4	17	23	-12	29	W	L	W	L	L	1979-03-17	Norwich City	H
10	-2	Bristol City	30	7	4	4	25	16	3	4	8	10	21	-2	28	L	L	L	L	W	1979-03-10	Arsenal	A
11	2	Aston Villa	24	3	6	2	13	12	5	5	3	16	9	8	27	W	D	D	D	D	1979-03-07	Bolton Wanderers	H
12	0	Ipswich Town	28	6	3	6	22	17	5	2	6	14	18	1	27	D	W	W	D	L	1979-03-13	Coventry City	H
13	-3	Coventry City	27	7	4	3	24	21	3	3	7	10	25	-12	27	L	L	W	L	L	1979-03-06	Liverpool	H
14	1	Manchester City	28	4	4	6	20	22	4	6	4	20	14	4	26	W	D	W	L	W	1979-03-24	Arsenal	A
15	-1	Norwich City	27	5	7	2	20	13	0	9	4	18	30	-5	26	D	D	W	L	D	1979-03-07	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
16	0	Derby County	27	6	4	4	19	18	2	2	9	10	29	-18	22	L	L	L	D	W	1979-03-10	Leeds United	H
17	2	Middlesbrough	26	4	3	4	18	13	3	3	9	17	24	-2	20	W	L	D	L	D	1979-03-06	Everton	H
18	-1	Bolton Wanderers	25	6	3	3	21	14	1	3	9	11	30	-12	20	L	W	D	D	W	1979-03-07	Aston Villa	A
19	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	6	2	6	15	21	2	1	10	11	28	-23	19	L	W	D	W	L	1979-03-07	Norwich City	A
20	0	Queens Park Rangers	28	3	7	6	16	23	1	3	8	9	19	-17	18	L	L	L	L	D	1979-03-06	Birmingham City	A
21	0	Chelsea	27	2	3	8	13	26	2	4	8	16	30	-27	15	D	L	L	W	W	1979-03-10	Norwich City	A
22	0	Birmingham City	27	3	3	6	15	17	0	1	14	7	27	-22	10	L	W	L	L	L	1979-03-06	Queens Park Rangers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Burnley	Goldstone Ground	19,402
Horton (p), Lawrenson	Lineups		Ingham
Crystal Palace	1	0	Wrexham	Selhurst Park	15,154
Walsh	Lineups
Leicester City	1	2	Cardiff City	Filbert Street	12,820
Grewcock	Lineups		Dwyer, Stevens
Millwall	0	1	Sunderland	The Den, New Cross	8,038
	Lineups		Entwistle
Newcastle United	5	3	Charlton Athletic	St James' Park	14,998
Connolly, Shoulder 2 (1p), Martin, Mitchell	Lineups		Gritt, Shipperley, Robinson
Notts County	3	1	Luton Town	Meadow Lane	7,624
Mann, Hunt, Hooks	Lineups		Hatton
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Sheffield United	Boundary Park	6,531
Bell	Lineups		Matthews
Orient	1	1	Bristol Rovers	Brisbane Road	5,078
Moores (p)	Lineups		White
Preston North End	2	2	Fulham	Deepdale	10,890
Bruce, Potts	Lineups		Kitchen, Guthrie
Stoke City	2	0	West Ham United	Victoria Ground	24,912	Largest home gate 1978-79
Doyle, Randall	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	Stoke City	29	8	5	1	27	11	5	7	3	13	13	16	38	W	D	W	D	D	1979-03-10	Sheffield United	A
2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	29	12	2	2	35	10	4	3	6	15	18	22	37	W	W	D	L	W	1979-03-06	Oldham Athletic	A
3	1	Crystal Palace	28	8	6	2	22	10	3	8	1	14	9	17	36	W	D	D	D	D	1979-03-10	Fulham	A
4	-1	West Ham United	27	9	3	2	34	11	5	3	5	21	18	26	34	L	W	W	D	W	1979-03-10	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
5	0	Sunderland	28	7	3	2	22	12	5	7	4	24	23	11	34	W	W	D	W	D	1979-03-07	Wrexham	H
6	0	Fulham	27	8	4	4	25	14	3	4	4	12	17	6	30	D	L	W	D	D	1979-03-10	Crystal Palace	H
7	2	Notts County	27	6	6	1	16	10	3	5	6	20	34	-8	29	W	D	D	L	L	1979-03-10	Cambridge United	A
8	-1	Charlton Athletic	27	5	4	4	18	14	5	4	5	27	28	3	28	L	W	W	D	W	1979-03-06	Cambridge United	H
9	-1	Orient	28	8	3	3	23	11	3	3	8	13	22	3	28	D	L	L	W	W	1979-03-10	Luton Town	A
10	6	Newcastle United	27	9	2	2	22	13	2	3	9	9	21	-3	27	W	L	L	L	L	1979-03-10	Cardiff City	A
11	1	Bristol Rovers	27	9	3	2	30	18	1	4	8	8	26	-6	27	D	D	W	L	L	1979-03-10	Leicester City	H
12	-2	Luton Town	28	8	3	4	35	18	2	3	8	10	20	7	26	L	L	W	D	D	1979-03-10	Orient	H
13	0	Preston North End	27	6	6	2	28	17	2	4	7	13	26	-2	26	D	D	D	W	D	1979-03-10	Burnley	A
14	-3	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
15	-1	Burnley	25	8	2	2	23	15	1	5	7	14	25	-3	25	L	L	L	D	W	1979-03-06	Sheffield United	H
16	-1	Leicester City	28	5	5	5	21	19	2	6	5	9	14	-3	25	L	L	W	W	L	1979-03-10	Bristol Rovers	A
17	0	Wrexham	23	6	4	1	20	7	2	3	7	9	16	6	23	L	W	L	L	L	1979-03-07	Sunderland	A
18	2	Cardiff City	26	5	3	3	16	15	3	2	10	16	39	-22	21	W	W	W	L	D	1979-03-10	Newcastle United	H
19	-1	Sheffield United	26	5	3	5	20	18	1	5	7	11	24	-11	20	D	L	L	D	D	1979-03-06	Burnley	A
20	-1	Oldham Athletic	25	4	6	2	16	14	2	2	9	13	30	-15	20	D	L	L	L	L	1979-03-06	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
21	0	Millwall	25	3	2	7	12	20	2	3	8	9	19	-18	15	L	W	D	L	L	1979-03-10	Charlton Athletic	A
22	0	Blackburn Rovers	26	1	7	3	15	17	2	2	11	11	33	-24	15	L	L	L	D	D	1979-03-10	Wrexham	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bury	4	2	Exeter City	Gigg Lane	3,425
Beamish 3, Madden	Lineups		Hatch, Giles
Chester	4	1	Oxford United	Sealand Road	2,476
Oakes, Jones, Phillips, Edwards	Lineups		Seacole
Gillingham	1	0	Peterborough United	Priestfield Stadium	6,890
Richardson	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	1	Blackpool	Field Mill	4,829
Curtis (p)	Lineups		Spence
Plymouth Argyle	1	0	Walsall	Home Park	6,487
Megson	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	3	Carlisle United	Millmoor	3,908
Finney	Lineups		Kemp 2, Tait
Sheffield Wednesday	0	0	Shrewsbury Town	Hillsborough	11,284
	Lineups
Swindon Town	6	0	Lincoln City	County Ground	6,649
Rowland 2, Mayes, McHale, Bates, Miller	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	0	1	Brentford	Prenton Park	1,882
	Lineups		Phillips
Watford	2	0	Chesterfield	Vicarage Road	12,352
Bolton, Jenkins	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	0	Watford	30	10	4	2	34	16	7	4	3	26	19	25	42	W	D	D	D	D	1979-03-10	Exeter City	A
2	0	Shrewsbury Town	28	9	6	0	22	6	5	6	2	15	11	20	40	D	W	W	D	W	1979-03-07	Chesterfield	A
3	0	Gillingham	28	10	5	1	25	11	2	8	2	11	11	14	37	W	W	D	W	D	1979-03-06	Sheffield Wednesday	A
4	1	Swindon Town	27	12	0	2	30	8	4	3	6	14	19	17	35	W	D	W	W	L	1979-03-10	Carlisle United	H
5	-1	Swansea City	29	10	4	1	37	21	4	3	7	14	19	11	35	W	D	L	D	L	1979-03-06	Rotherham United	A
6	1	Carlisle United	29	6	7	1	18	7	3	8	4	11	13	9	33	W	D	L	L	W	1979-03-06	Tranmere Rovers	H
7	1	Plymouth Argyle	31	8	6	2	25	16	4	3	8	20	24	5	33	W	W	L	L	W	1979-03-10	Blackpool	A
8	-2	Exeter City	29	11	4	2	29	12	1	4	7	12	22	7	32	L	L	W	W	D	1979-03-10	Watford	H
9	0	Southend United	29	8	3	3	22	10	2	7	6	15	20	7	30	D	W	W	L	L	1979-03-07	Oxford United	A
10	1	Chester	30	8	6	1	27	13	2	4	9	10	26	-2	30	W	D	D	D	D	1979-03-07	Lincoln City	H
11	-1	Rotherham United	27	10	0	5	20	16	2	5	5	13	17	0	29	L	L	W	W	D	1979-03-06	Swansea City	H
12	0	Colchester United	28	8	5	1	21	11	0	6	8	9	22	-3	27	D	W	W	L	D	1979-03-09	Mansfield Town	H
13	2	Blackpool	28	9	2	3	22	9	2	3	9	9	26	-4	27	D	L	W	W	L	1979-03-06	Bury	A
14	-1	Oxford United	29	6	6	3	15	13	2	5	7	11	23	-10	27	L	L	W	L	W	1979-03-07	Southend United	H
15	1	Bury	27	4	6	3	21	18	2	8	4	15	18	0	26	W	W	L	W	D	1979-03-06	Blackpool	H
16	-2	Chesterfield	27	6	4	3	21	18	2	6	6	12	18	-3	26	L	D	W	L	L	1979-03-07	Shrewsbury Town	H
17	1	Brentford	28	8	4	3	16	11	1	4	8	8	19	-6	26	W	D	W	D	D	1979-03-06	Hull City	A
18	-1	Walsall	30	5	5	4	24	19	3	3	10	17	26	-4	24	L	L	D	D	W	1979-03-10	Sheffield Wednesday	H
19	1	Sheffield Wednesday	26	2	7	2	8	9	3	6	6	14	22	-9	23	D	D	D	L	L	1979-03-06	Gillingham	H
20	-1	Hull City	26	5	5	2	22	10	3	1	10	14	26	0	22	L	L	L	L	D	1979-03-06	Brentford	H
21	0	Peterborough United	29	4	5	5	13	15	2	5	8	13	24	-13	22	L	W	L	L	D	1979-03-10	Swansea City	H
22	0	Mansfield Town	26	2	7	2	10	11	2	6	7	14	21	-8	21	D	D	L	D	L	1979-03-09	Colchester United	A
23	0	Tranmere Rovers	29	4	7	3	18	16	0	4	11	12	30	-16	19	L	L	D	D	W	1979-03-06	Carlisle United	A
24	0	Lincoln City	26	1	5	5	10	20	1	1	13	7	34	-37	10	L	L	L	L	L	1979-03-07	Chester	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	2	0	Hereford United	Recreation Ground	3,932
Needham 2	Lineups
Bradford City	1	1	Scunthorpe United	Valley Parade	4,938
Robertson	Lineups		Pilling
Darlington	0	2	Rochdale	Feethams Ground	1,495
	Lineups		Jones, Esser
Grimsby Town	1	0	AFC Bournemouth	Blundell Park	5,693
Waters	Lineups
Halifax Town	2	0	Portsmouth	The Shay	1,741
Ellis OG, Johnson	Lineups
Hartlepool United	2	2	Crewe Alexandra	Victoria Park	2,470
Houchen, Crumplin	Lineups		Nelson, Coyne
Newport County	3	0	Doncaster Rovers	Somerton Park	2,550
Moore, Tynan, Lowndes	Lineups
Torquay United	2	2	Port Vale	Plainmoor	1,711
Lawrence 2	Lineups		Todd, Wright
Wigan Athletic	1	1	Barnsley	Springfield Park	9,427	Largest home gate 1978-79
Wright	Lineups		Clarke (p)
Wimbledon	2	1	Huddersfield Town	Plough Lane	3,265
Leslie, Driver	Lineups		Holmes
York City	0	1	Reading	Bootham Crescent	2,654
	Lineups		Earles

				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	30	13	2	0	36	7	4	6	5	17	22	24	42	W	W	W	W	W	1979-03-09	Stockport County	A
2	0	Wimbledon	26	11	1	1	28	15	6	5	2	24	16	21	40	W	W	W	W	L	1979-03-06	Newport County	H
3	0	Aldershot	29	10	5	1	27	11	3	7	3	16	17	15	38	W	D	D	W	W	1979-03-07	Bradford City	A
4	0	Grimsby Town	29	11	3	2	39	16	5	2	6	16	15	24	37	W	D	W	W	L	1979-03-10	Hereford United	A
5	0	Portsmouth	29	10	3	2	26	8	5	2	7	21	24	15	35	L	L	W	D	L	1979-03-10	Torquay United	H
6	0	Wigan Athletic	29	10	2	4	25	16	4	4	5	10	12	7	34	D	D	W	W	L	1979-03-10	Northampton Town	A
7	0	Barnsley	26	6	3	2	26	14	5	7	3	17	12	17	32	D	D	D	L	L	1979-03-06	AFC Bournemouth	H
8	0	Newport County	29	7	4	5	25	23	5	3	5	18	17	3	31	W	L	W	L	W	1979-03-06	Wimbledon	A
9	0	Torquay United	29	9	3	4	27	20	3	2	8	12	23	-4	29	D	L	W	L	L	1979-03-10	Portsmouth	A
10	3	Bradford City	27	6	3	3	20	14	6	1	8	19	30	-5	28	D	W	D	W	L	1979-03-07	Aldershot	H
11	-1	AFC Bournemouth	29	7	4	5	27	15	2	5	6	7	10	9	27	L	D	D	D	W	1979-03-06	Barnsley	A
12	-1	Stockport County	28	9	2	5	23	13	1	5	6	18	25	3	27	W	L	D	L	W	1979-03-05	Crewe Alexandra	H
13	-1	Hereford United	29	6	6	1	20	12	3	3	10	14	23	-1	27	L	D	D	L	D	1979-03-07	Hartlepool United	H
14	0	Hartlepool United	27	5	8	2	25	19	3	3	6	10	22	-6	27	D	L	D	W	L	1979-03-07	Hereford United	A
15	1	Port Vale	28	4	6	4	19	19	5	2	7	21	25	-4	26	D	L	L	L	D	1979-03-10	Darlington	H
16	-1	Doncaster Rovers	30	6	4	6	18	17	4	2	8	18	31	-12	26	L	L	L	W	W	1979-03-06	Halifax Town	A
17	0	Scunthorpe United	26	7	1	4	18	17	2	6	6	12	17	-4	25	D	W	L	L	W	1979-03-10	York City	H
18	0	Huddersfield Town	27	7	4	2	18	9	1	2	11	10	22	-3	22	L	W	L	L	L	1979-03-06	Northampton Town	A
19	0	Darlington	27	4	5	4	15	13	3	3	8	16	29	-11	22	L	W	D	L	L	1979-03-06	York City	H
20	0	York City	25	4	4	4	13	14	4	2	7	10	20	-11	22	L	D	D	L	D	1979-03-06	Darlington	A
21	1	Crewe Alexandra	29	3	5	6	16	23	2	7	6	13	27	-21	22	D	D	D	L	L	1979-03-05	Stockport County	A
22	-1	Northampton Town	26	6	4	2	22	14	1	3	10	13	31	-10	21	L	L	D	L	W	1979-03-06	Huddersfield Town	H
23	0	Rochdale	25	2	3	5	7	14	2	4	9	13	26	-20	15	W	L	D	W	L	1979-03-10	Hartlepool United	H
24	0	Halifax Town	27	2	3	6	7	14	1	2	13	12	31	-26	11	W	L	W	L	L	1979-03-06	Doncaster Rovers	H