1979-03-10

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round 5						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Southampton	D 1	The Hawthorns	30,712
	Brown A	Lineups		Boyer
FA Cup Round 6						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Ipswich Town	0	1	Liverpool	D 1	Portman Road	31,322
		Lineups		Dalglish
D 1	Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Manchester United	D 1	White Hart Lane	51,800
	Ardiles	Lineups		Thomas
D 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Shrewsbury Town	D 3	Molineux	40,946
	Rafferty	Lineups		Atkins (p)

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	0	Bristol City	Highbury	24,408
Rix, Stapleton	Lineups
Birmingham City	0	0	Coventry City	St Andrew's	17,311
	Lineups
Derby County	0	1	Leeds United	Baseball Ground	22,800
	Lineups		Hawley
Everton	1	1	Nottingham Forest	Goodison Park	37,745
Telfer	Lineups		Barrett
Middlesbrough	2	0	Aston Villa	Ayresome Park	16,558
Proctor, Burns	Lineups
Norwich City	2	0	Chelsea	Carrow Road	19,071
Fashanu, Peters	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	27	12	1	0	35	3	7	4	3	23	7	48	43	D	D	W	W	W	1979-03-13	Everton	H
2	0	Everton	30	10	5	1	25	10	5	6	3	17	16	16	41	D	W	W	L	L	1979-03-13	Liverpool	A
3	1	Arsenal	29	9	5	2	28	13	6	3	4	19	12	22	38	W	L	L	W	D	1979-03-17	Ipswich Town	A
4	1	Leeds United	30	7	3	4	28	15	7	7	2	26	20	19	38	W	D	W	W	W	1979-03-24	Manchester United	A
5	-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
6	0	Nottingham Forest	25	5	6	0	13	6	5	7	2	16	11	12	33	D	D	W	W	L	1979-03-14	Norwich City	H
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	0	Aston Villa	26	4	6	2	16	12	5	5	4	16	11	9	29	L	W	W	D	D	1979-03-20	Queens Park Rangers	H
9	0	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
10	4	Norwich City	29	6	8	2	22	13	0	9	4	18	30	-3	29	W	D	D	D	W	1979-03-14	Nottingham Forest	A
11	1	Coventry City	29	7	5	3	24	21	3	4	7	10	25	-12	29	D	D	L	L	W	1979-03-13	Ipswich Town	A
12	-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
13	-2	Bristol City	31	7	4	4	25	16	3	4	9	10	23	-4	28	L	L	L	L	L	1979-03-17	Middlesbrough	H
14	-1	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
15	0	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
16	1	Middlesbrough	28	5	3	5	21	15	3	3	9	17	24	-1	22	W	L	W	L	D	1979-03-13	Derby County	H
17	-1	Derby County	28	6	4	5	19	19	2	2	9	10	29	-19	22	L	L	L	L	D	1979-03-13	Middlesbrough	A
18	0	Bolton Wanderers	26	6	3	3	21	14	1	3	10	11	33	-15	20	L	L	W	D	D	1979-03-17	Coventry City	A
19	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	6	2	6	15	21	2	2	10	11	28	-23	20	D	L	W	D	W	1979-03-20	Liverpool	A
20	0	Queens Park Rangers	29	3	7	6	16	23	1	3	9	10	22	-19	18	L	L	L	L	L	1979-03-17	Chelsea	A
21	0	Chelsea	28	2	3	8	13	26	2	4	9	16	32	-29	15	L	D	L	L	W	1979-03-14	West Bromwich Albion	A
22	0	Birmingham City	29	4	4	6	18	18	0	1	14	7	27	-20	13	D	W	L	W	L	1979-03-24	Middlesbrough	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Cambridge United	0	1	Notts County	Abbey Stadium	5,157
	Lineups		Mann
Cardiff City	2	1	Newcastle United	Ninian Park	11,089
Bishop, Stevens	Lineups		Connolly
Charlton Athletic	2	4	Millwall	The Valley	9,908
Warman, Hales	Lineups		Walker 2, Mitchell, Seasman
Fulham	0	0	Crystal Palace	Craven Cottage	16,564
	Lineups
Luton Town	2	1	Orient	Kenilworth Road	6,003
Turner C, Hill	Lineups		Moores
Sheffield United	0	0	Stoke City	Bramall Lane	20,512
	Lineups
Sunderland	3	0	Oldham Athletic	Roker Park	25,090
Rowell (p), Bolton, Rostron	Lineups
West Ham United	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Upton Park	35,802	Largest home gate 1978-79
	Lineups
Wrexham	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Racecourse Ground	9,407
Whittle, Buxton	Lineups		Brotherston

				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	31	12	2	2	35	10	5	4	6	18	19	24	40	D	W	W	W	D	1979-03-17	Sheffield United	H
2	0	Stoke City	30	8	5	1	27	11	5	8	3	13	13	16	39	D	W	D	W	D	1979-03-14	Orient	H
3	1	Sunderland	30	9	3	2	26	12	5	7	4	24	23	15	38	W	W	W	W	D	1979-03-14	Crystal Palace	H
4	-1	Crystal Palace	29	8	6	2	22	10	3	9	1	14	9	17	37	D	W	D	D	D	1979-03-14	Sunderland	A
5	0	West Ham United	28	9	4	2	34	11	5	3	5	21	18	26	35	D	L	W	W	D	1979-03-17	Preston North End	A
6	0	Fulham	28	8	5	4	25	14	3	4	4	12	17	6	31	D	D	L	W	D	1979-03-21	Leicester City	A
7	0	Notts County	28	6	6	1	16	10	4	5	6	21	34	-7	31	W	W	D	D	L	1979-03-13	Sheffield United	H
8	5	Luton Town	29	9	3	4	37	19	2	3	8	10	20	8	28	W	L	L	W	D	1979-03-13	Burnley	A
9	-1	Orient	29	8	3	3	23	11	3	3	9	14	24	2	28	L	D	L	L	W	1979-03-14	Stoke City	A
10	-1	Charlton Athletic	29	5	4	6	22	21	5	4	5	27	28	0	28	L	L	L	W	W	1979-03-17	Cardiff City	H
11	-1	Cambridge United	29	4	8	3	18	12	4	4	6	17	25	-2	28	L	W	W	L	D	1979-03-17	Orient	A
12	0	Bristol Rovers	28	9	4	2	31	19	1	4	8	8	26	-6	28	D	D	D	W	L	1979-03-20	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
13	1	Preston North End	28	6	6	2	28	17	2	5	7	14	27	-2	27	D	D	D	D	W	1979-03-17	West Ham United	H
14	1	Burnley	27	8	4	2	25	17	1	5	7	14	25	-3	27	D	D	L	L	L	1979-03-13	Luton Town	H
15	-4	Newcastle United	28	9	2	2	22	13	2	3	10	10	23	-4	27	L	W	L	L	L	1979-03-24	West Ham United	A
16	0	Leicester City	29	5	5	5	21	19	2	7	5	10	15	-3	26	D	L	L	W	W	1979-03-21	Fulham	H
17	0	Wrexham	25	7	4	1	22	8	2	3	8	9	17	6	25	W	L	L	W	L	1979-03-21	Burnley	H
18	1	Cardiff City	27	6	3	3	18	16	3	2	10	16	39	-21	23	W	W	W	W	L	1979-03-17	Charlton Athletic	A
19	-1	Sheffield United	28	5	4	5	20	18	1	6	7	12	25	-11	22	D	D	D	L	L	1979-03-13	Notts County	A
20	0	Oldham Athletic	27	4	6	3	17	17	2	2	10	13	33	-20	20	L	L	D	L	L	1979-03-14	Blackburn Rovers	A
21	0	Millwall	26	3	2	7	12	20	3	3	8	13	21	-16	17	W	L	W	D	L	1979-03-20	Cambridge United	A
22	0	Blackburn Rovers	27	1	7	3	15	17	2	2	12	12	35	-25	15	L	L	L	L	D	1979-03-14	Oldham Athletic	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	0	0	Plymouth Argyle	Bloomfield Road	4,879
	Lineups
Brentford	6	0	Chester	Griffin Park	6,421
Phillips 3, McCulloch, Glover 2	Lineups
Chesterfield	5	2	Tranmere Rovers	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,090
Salmons 2, Moss, Walker, Fern (p)	Lineups		Evans 2
Exeter City	0	0	Watford	St James Park	7,082
	Lineups
Gillingham	2	1	Oxford United	Priestfield Stadium	6,063
Overton, Weatherly	Lineups		McGrogan
Hull City	4	1	Bury	Boothferry Park	3,940
Edwards, Bannister, Farley, Skipper	Lineups		Constantine
Lincoln City	1	1	Southend United	Sincil Bank	2,558
Fleming	Lineups		Morris (p)
Peterborough United	2	0	Swansea City	London Road	5,550
Guy 2	Lineups
Swindon Town	0	0	Carlisle United	County Ground	8,599
	Lineups
Walsall	0	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Fellows Park	5,120
	Lineups		Lowey, Hornsby

				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	31	10	4	2	34	16	7	5	3	26	19	25	43	D	W	D	D	D	1979-03-20	Swansea City	A
2	0	Shrewsbury Town	29	9	6	0	22	6	5	6	3	16	13	19	40	L	D	W	W	D	1979-03-17	Carlisle United	A
3	0	Gillingham	30	11	5	1	27	12	2	8	3	12	13	14	39	W	L	W	W	D	1979-03-16	Swansea City	A
4	0	Swansea City	31	10	4	1	37	21	5	3	8	15	21	10	37	L	W	W	D	L	1979-03-16	Gillingham	H
5	0	Swindon Town	28	12	1	2	30	8	4	3	6	14	19	17	36	D	W	D	W	W	1979-03-16	Southend United	A
6	0	Carlisle United	31	7	7	1	20	7	3	9	4	11	13	11	36	D	W	W	D	L	1979-03-12	Southend United	A
7	0	Plymouth Argyle	32	8	6	2	25	16	4	4	8	20	24	5	34	D	W	W	L	L	1979-03-12	Mansfield Town	A
8	0	Exeter City	30	11	5	2	29	12	1	4	7	12	22	7	33	D	L	L	W	W	1979-03-16	Tranmere Rovers	A
9	1	Southend United	31	8	3	3	22	10	2	9	6	16	21	7	32	D	D	D	W	W	1979-03-12	Carlisle United	H
10	-1	Chester	32	9	6	1	32	14	2	4	10	10	32	-4	32	L	W	W	D	D	1979-03-14	Rotherham United	H
11	3	Chesterfield	29	8	4	3	28	21	2	6	6	12	18	1	30	W	W	L	D	W	1979-03-14	Blackpool	H
12	0	Blackpool	30	9	3	3	22	9	3	3	9	12	27	-2	30	D	W	D	L	W	1979-03-14	Chesterfield	A
13	-2	Rotherham United	28	10	0	6	20	17	2	5	5	13	17	-1	29	L	L	L	W	W	1979-03-14	Chester	A
14	-1	Colchester United	29	9	5	1	22	11	0	6	8	9	22	-2	29	W	D	W	W	L	1979-03-13	Hull City	A
15	2	Brentford	30	9	4	3	22	11	1	4	9	8	20	-1	28	W	L	W	D	W	1979-03-13	Sheffield Wednesday	A
16	-1	Oxford United	31	6	7	3	15	13	2	5	8	12	25	-11	28	L	D	L	L	W	1979-03-20	Bury	A
17	1	Sheffield Wednesday	28	3	7	2	10	10	4	6	6	16	22	-6	27	W	W	D	D	D	1979-03-13	Brentford	H
18	1	Hull City	28	7	5	2	27	11	3	1	10	14	26	4	26	W	W	L	L	L	1979-03-13	Colchester United	H
19	-3	Bury	29	4	6	4	22	21	2	8	5	16	22	-5	26	L	L	W	W	L	1979-03-20	Oxford United	H
20	0	Walsall	31	5	5	5	24	21	3	3	10	17	26	-6	24	L	L	L	D	D	1979-03-13	Lincoln City	H
21	0	Peterborough United	30	5	5	5	15	15	2	5	8	13	24	-11	24	W	L	W	L	L	1979-03-20	Carlisle United	A
22	0	Mansfield Town	27	2	7	2	10	11	2	6	8	14	22	-9	21	L	D	D	L	D	1979-03-12	Plymouth Argyle	H
23	0	Tranmere Rovers	31	4	7	3	18	16	0	4	13	14	37	-21	19	L	L	L	L	D	1979-03-16	Exeter City	H
24	0	Lincoln City	28	1	6	5	11	21	1	1	14	8	39	-41	11	D	L	L	L	L	1979-03-13	Walsall	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	1	0	Halifax Town	Dean Court	3,079
MacDougall	Lineups
Aldershot	3	0	Crewe Alexandra	Recreation Ground	3,947
Brodie, Needham, Dungworth	Lineups
Barnsley	1	0	Newport County	Oakwell	9,428
Clarke	Lineups
Hereford United	0	1	Grimsby Town	Edgar Street	2,939
	Lineups		Price OG
Huddersfield Town	0	0	Bradford City	Leeds Road	6,188
	Lineups
Northampton Town	2	4	Wigan Athletic	County Ground	2,275
Froggatt, Bryant	Lineups		Brownbill 2, Purdie, Corrigan
Port Vale	2	1	Darlington	Vale Park	2,566
Hawkins, Beech	Lineups		Ferguson
Portsmouth	1	0	Torquay United	Fratton Park	8,689
Showers	Lineups
Rochdale	1	1	Hartlepool United	Spotland	1,931
Hoy (p)	Lineups		Crumplin
Scunthorpe United	2	3	York City	Old Showground	2,366
Kilmore 2 (2p)	Lineups		Randall 2, Clements

				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	31	13	2	0	36	7	4	7	5	17	22	24	43	D	W	W	W	W	1979-03-13	Bradford City	A
2	1	Aldershot	31	11	5	1	30	11	4	7	3	18	17	20	42	W	W	W	D	D	1979-03-17	Grimsby Town	A
3	-1	Wimbledon	28	11	2	1	28	15	6	5	3	24	17	20	41	L	D	W	W	W	1979-03-20	Grimsby Town	H
4	0	Grimsby Town	30	11	3	2	39	16	6	2	6	17	15	25	39	W	W	D	W	W	1979-03-13	Rochdale	A
5	0	Portsmouth	30	11	3	2	27	8	5	2	7	21	24	16	37	W	L	L	W	D	1979-03-21	Port Vale	A
6	0	Barnsley	28	8	3	2	28	14	5	7	3	17	12	19	36	W	W	D	D	D	1979-03-13	Scunthorpe United	H
7	0	Wigan Athletic	30	10	2	4	25	16	5	4	5	14	14	9	36	W	D	D	W	W	1979-03-14	Torquay United	H
8	0	Newport County	31	7	4	5	25	23	5	4	6	18	18	2	32	L	D	W	L	W	1979-03-13	Crewe Alexandra	A
9	0	Stockport County	30	10	3	5	27	16	1	5	6	18	25	4	30	D	W	W	L	D	1979-03-13	Hartlepool United	A
10	4	AFC Bournemouth	31	8	4	5	28	15	2	5	7	7	11	9	29	W	L	L	D	D	1979-03-13	Huddersfield Town	A
11	-1	Hereford United	31	7	6	2	21	13	3	3	10	14	23	-1	29	L	W	L	D	D	1979-03-21	Rochdale	H
12	-1	Torquay United	30	9	3	4	27	20	3	2	9	12	24	-5	29	L	D	L	W	L	1979-03-14	Wigan Athletic	A
13	0	Bradford City	29	6	3	4	20	16	6	2	8	19	30	-7	29	D	L	D	W	D	1979-03-13	Reading	H
14	-2	Doncaster Rovers	32	7	4	6	19	17	4	3	8	18	31	-11	29	W	D	L	L	L	1979-03-20	Reading	H
15	1	Port Vale	29	5	6	4	21	20	5	2	7	21	25	-3	28	W	D	L	L	L	1979-03-13	Northampton Town	A
16	-1	Hartlepool United	29	5	8	2	25	19	3	4	7	11	24	-7	28	D	L	D	L	D	1979-03-13	Stockport County	H
17	2	York City	27	4	4	4	13	14	6	2	7	14	22	-9	26	W	W	L	D	D	1979-03-13	Halifax Town	H
18	0	Huddersfield Town	29	7	5	2	18	9	2	2	11	13	24	-2	25	D	W	L	W	L	1979-03-13	AFC Bournemouth	H
19	-2	Scunthorpe United	27	7	1	5	20	20	2	6	6	12	17	-5	25	L	D	W	L	L	1979-03-13	Barnsley	A
20	0	Darlington	29	4	5	5	15	14	3	3	9	17	31	-13	22	L	L	L	W	D	1979-03-24	Huddersfield Town	A
21	0	Crewe Alexandra	31	3	5	6	16	23	2	7	8	16	34	-25	22	L	L	D	D	D	1979-03-13	Newport County	H
22	0	Northampton Town	28	6	4	4	26	21	1	3	10	13	31	-13	21	L	L	L	L	D	1979-03-13	Port Vale	H
23	0	Rochdale	26	2	4	5	8	15	2	4	9	13	26	-20	16	D	W	L	D	W	1979-03-13	Grimsby Town	H
24	0	Halifax Town	29	2	4	6	7	14	1	2	14	12	32	-27	12	L	D	W	L	W	1979-03-13	York City	A