1979-03-24

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	1	Manchester City	Highbury	35,014
Sunderland	Lineups		Channon
Aston Villa	2	3	Tottenham Hotspur	Villa Park	35,486
Gidman (p), Gray	Lineups		Jones, Hoddle 2
Bolton Wanderers	2	0	Southampton	Burnden Park	19,879
Gowling 2	Lineups
Chelsea	1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Stamford Bridge	21,255
Langley	Lineups		Richards, Rafferty
Derby County	0	0	Everton	Baseball Ground	20,814
	Lineups
Liverpool	2	0	Ipswich Town	Anfield Road	43,243
Dalglish, Johnson	Lineups
Manchester United	4	1	Leeds United	Old Trafford	51,191
Ritchie 3, Thomas	Lineups		Hankin
Middlesbrough	2	1	Birmingham City	Ayresome Park	15,013
Burns, Ashcroft	Lineups		Givens
Norwich City	3	0	Bristol City	Carrow Road	14,507
Neighbour, Evans, Reeves	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	3	0	Coventry City	City Ground	29,706
Woodcock, Birtles, Needham	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Queens Park Rangers	The Hawthorns	21,063
Brown A, Cunningham	Lineups		McGee

				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	30	14	2	0	40	4	7	4	3	23	7	52	48	W	W	D	D	D	1979-04-07	Arsenal	H
2	0	Everton	32	10	5	1	25	10	5	8	3	18	17	16	43	D	D	D	W	W	1979-03-30	Norwich City	H
3	0	West Bromwich Albion	27	8	3	2	27	11	9	3	2	28	15	29	40	W	W	W	L	L	1979-03-26	Derby County	H
4	0	Arsenal	31	9	6	2	29	14	6	3	5	19	14	20	39	D	L	W	L	L	1979-03-26	Bolton Wanderers	A
5	0	Leeds United	31	7	3	4	28	15	7	7	3	27	24	16	38	L	W	D	W	W	1979-03-31	Southampton	A
6	0	Nottingham Forest	27	7	6	0	18	7	5	7	2	16	11	16	37	W	W	D	D	W	1979-03-28	Chelsea	H
7	2	Manchester United	29	7	4	4	23	20	6	3	5	24	28	-1	33	W	L	W	W	D	1979-03-27	Middlesbrough	A
8	-1	Coventry City	33	8	6	3	30	26	3	5	8	11	29	-14	33	L	W	D	D	D	1979-03-28	Aston Villa	A
9	2	Norwich City	32	7	8	2	25	13	0	10	5	19	32	-1	32	W	D	L	W	D	1979-03-27	Birmingham City	A
10	2	Tottenham Hotspur	30	6	4	5	14	20	5	6	4	20	25	-11	32	W	D	W	L	W	1979-03-28	Southampton	H
11	-3	Aston Villa	28	5	6	3	21	16	5	5	4	16	11	10	31	L	W	L	W	W	1979-03-28	Coventry City	H
12	-2	Ipswich Town	31	7	4	6	25	18	5	2	7	14	20	1	30	L	W	D	D	W	1979-03-31	Manchester City	H
13	0	Southampton	29	8	5	2	26	12	2	4	8	8	22	0	29	L	W	W	W	W	1979-03-28	Tottenham Hotspur	A
14	0	Bristol City	33	7	5	4	26	17	3	4	10	10	26	-7	29	L	D	L	L	L	1979-03-31	Birmingham City	H
15	0	Manchester City	29	4	4	6	20	22	4	7	4	21	15	4	27	D	W	D	W	L	1979-03-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
16	0	Middlesbrough	31	7	3	5	26	17	3	4	9	18	25	2	27	W	D	W	W	L	1979-03-27	Manchester United	H
17	0	Derby County	31	7	5	5	22	19	2	2	10	11	32	-18	25	D	W	L	L	L	1979-03-26	West Bromwich Albion	A
18	0	Bolton Wanderers	29	7	3	3	23	14	1	4	11	13	38	-16	23	W	L	D	L	L	1979-03-26	Arsenal	H
19	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	6	2	6	15	21	3	2	11	13	31	-24	22	W	L	D	L	W	1979-03-27	Manchester City	H
20	-1	Queens Park Rangers	32	3	7	6	16	23	2	3	11	15	28	-20	20	L	L	W	L	L	1979-03-31	Derby County	H
21	0	Chelsea	31	2	3	10	15	31	2	4	10	16	33	-33	15	L	L	L	L	D	1979-03-28	Nottingham Forest	A
22	0	Birmingham City	30	4	4	6	18	18	0	1	15	8	29	-21	13	L	D	W	L	W	1979-03-27	Norwich City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	0	1	Preston North End	Ewood Park	17,790	Largest home gate 1978-79
	Lineups		Bruce
Bristol Rovers	0	0	Oldham Athletic	Eastville	5,405
	Lineups
Burnley	2	1	Charlton Athletic	Turf Moor	8,560
Scott, James	Lineups		Rodaway OG
Cambridge United	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Abbey Stadium	8,453
	Lineups
Cardiff City	1	3	Stoke City	Ninian Park	14,851	Largest home gate 1978-79
Buchanan (p)	Lineups		Randall, O'Callaghan, Crooks
Luton Town	0	1	Crystal Palace	Kenilworth Road	11,008
	Lineups		Nicholas
Millwall	0	1	Notts County	The Den, New Cross	5,769
	Lineups		O'Brien
Sunderland	1	0	Orient	Roker Park	21,189
Rowell	Lineups
West Ham United	5	0	Newcastle United	Upton Park	24,650
McDowell 2, Devonshire, Lampard, Robson	Lineups
Wrexham	1	1	Fulham	Racecourse Ground	9,046
Whittle	Lineups		Kitchen

				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	34	13	2	2	37	10	6	5	6	20	20	27	45	D	W	W	D	W	1979-03-31	Notts County	H
2	0	Stoke City	32	9	5	1	30	12	6	8	3	16	14	20	43	W	W	D	W	D	1979-03-27	Sunderland	H
3	0	Crystal Palace	31	8	6	2	22	10	5	9	1	17	10	19	41	W	W	D	W	D	1979-03-27	Charlton Athletic	A
4	0	Sunderland	32	10	3	3	28	14	5	7	4	24	23	15	40	W	L	W	W	W	1979-03-27	Stoke City	A
5	0	West Ham United	30	10	4	2	39	11	5	4	5	21	18	31	38	W	D	D	L	W	1979-03-31	Leicester City	H
6	0	Notts County	30	7	6	1	20	11	5	5	6	22	34	-3	35	W	W	W	W	D	1979-03-27	Cardiff City	H
7	2	Burnley	30	10	4	2	29	19	2	5	7	15	25	0	33	W	W	W	D	D	1979-03-31	Cambridge United	H
8	0	Fulham	30	8	5	4	25	14	3	5	5	13	19	5	32	D	L	D	D	L	1979-03-27	Orient	A
9	-2	Orient	33	10	3	3	28	12	3	3	11	15	28	3	32	L	W	W	L	L	1979-03-27	Fulham	H
10	2	Preston North End	31	6	8	2	29	18	3	5	7	15	27	-1	31	W	D	D	D	D	1979-03-31	Orient	H
11	-1	Cambridge United	32	5	9	3	20	13	4	4	7	17	28	-4	31	D	W	L	L	W	1979-03-28	Blackburn Rovers	A
12	-1	Charlton Athletic	32	5	5	6	23	22	5	4	7	29	32	-2	29	L	L	D	L	L	1979-03-27	Crystal Palace	H
13	2	Bristol Rovers	30	9	5	3	32	21	1	4	8	8	26	-7	29	D	L	D	D	D	1979-03-31	Sheffield United	A
14	-1	Luton Town	31	9	3	5	37	20	2	3	9	11	22	6	28	L	L	W	L	L	1979-03-28	Leicester City	A
15	-1	Leicester City	30	6	5	5	22	19	2	7	5	10	15	-2	28	W	D	L	L	W	1979-03-28	Luton Town	H
16	0	Newcastle United	29	9	2	2	22	13	2	3	11	10	28	-9	27	L	L	W	L	L	1979-03-31	Oldham Athletic	A
17	0	Wrexham	27	7	5	2	23	10	2	3	8	9	17	5	26	D	L	W	L	L	1979-04-02	Charlton Athletic	H
18	1	Oldham Athletic	30	4	6	3	17	17	3	4	10	16	34	-18	24	D	D	W	L	L	1979-03-31	Newcastle United	H
19	-1	Cardiff City	29	6	3	4	19	19	3	3	10	17	40	-23	24	L	D	W	W	W	1979-03-27	Notts County	A
20	0	Sheffield United	30	5	4	5	20	18	1	6	9	13	31	-16	22	L	L	D	D	D	1979-03-31	Bristol Rovers	H
21	0	Millwall	28	3	2	8	12	21	3	3	9	14	23	-18	17	L	L	W	L	W	1979-04-04	Leicester City	H
22	0	Blackburn Rovers	29	1	7	5	15	20	2	2	12	12	35	-28	15	L	L	L	L	L	1979-03-28	Cambridge United	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	1	1	Watford	Bloomfield Road	9,253
McEwan	Lineups		Garner
Chesterfield	2	3	Carlisle United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,152
McDonald OG, Simpson	Lineups		Kemp, Lumby, Tait
Colchester United	1	1	Brentford	Layer Road	3,528
Hodge (p)	Lineups		Shrubb
Exeter City	2	2	Sheffield Wednesday	St James Park	4,521
Neville, Sims	Lineups		Wylde, Hornsby
Gillingham	0	0	Mansfield Town	Priestfield Stadium	6,935
	Lineups
Hull City	1	0	Rotherham United	Boothferry Park	4,717
Hawker	Lineups
Lincoln City	2	1	Swansea City	Sincil Bank	3,568
Harford, Fleming (p)	Lineups		James R
Peterborough United	2	1	Plymouth Argyle	London Road	4,039
Cooke, Smith	Lineups		Johnson
Shrewsbury Town	0	0	Oxford United	Gay Meadow	6,791
	Lineups
Southend United	0	0	Bury	Roots Hall	8,531
	Lineups
Swindon Town	4	1	Tranmere Rovers	County Ground	5,885
Rowland 2, Mayes, McHale	Lineups		Kerr
Walsall	2	1	Chester	Fellows Park	2,795
Birch (p), Penn	Lineups		Oakes

				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	33	10	4	2	34	16	7	6	4	29	23	24	44	D	L	D	W	D	1979-03-27	Walsall	H
2	3	Carlisle United	35	8	8	1	25	9	4	10	4	15	16	15	42	W	W	D	D	D	1979-03-27	Hull City	H
3	-1	Shrewsbury Town	32	9	7	0	22	6	5	7	4	17	19	14	42	D	L	D	L	D	1979-03-26	Brentford	A
4	0	Gillingham	33	11	6	1	27	12	3	8	4	14	16	13	42	D	W	L	W	L	1979-03-27	Rotherham United	A
5	-2	Swansea City	34	12	4	1	43	24	5	3	9	16	23	12	41	L	W	W	L	W	1979-03-27	Colchester United	H
6	1	Swindon Town	31	13	1	3	35	11	4	3	7	17	24	17	38	W	L	L	D	W	1979-03-27	Bury	A
7	-1	Southend United	35	9	5	3	28	14	3	9	6	17	21	10	38	D	W	W	D	D	1979-03-30	Tranmere Rovers	A
8	1	Exeter City	32	11	6	2	31	14	1	5	7	14	24	7	35	D	D	D	L	L	1979-03-26	Mansfield Town	A
9	1	Blackpool	33	10	4	3	28	10	4	3	9	15	28	5	35	D	W	W	D	W	1979-03-28	Oxford United	A
10	-2	Plymouth Argyle	35	8	7	2	26	17	4	4	10	21	31	-1	35	L	D	L	D	W	1979-03-31	Swansea City	A
11	0	Colchester United	33	9	6	1	23	12	1	7	9	12	25	-2	33	D	W	D	L	W	1979-03-27	Swansea City	A
12	0	Chester	35	9	6	3	32	16	2	4	11	11	34	-7	32	L	L	L	L	W	1979-03-28	Chesterfield	H
13	0	Rotherham United	30	10	0	6	20	17	3	5	6	14	18	-1	31	L	W	L	L	L	1979-03-27	Gillingham	H
14	3	Hull City	30	9	5	2	29	11	3	1	10	14	26	6	30	W	W	W	W	L	1979-03-27	Carlisle United	A
15	-1	Chesterfield	31	8	4	5	31	27	2	6	6	12	18	-2	30	L	L	W	W	L	1979-03-28	Chester	A
16	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	30	4	7	2	11	10	4	7	6	18	24	-5	30	D	W	W	W	D	1979-03-27	Peterborough United	H
17	-1	Oxford United	33	6	7	3	15	13	2	7	8	13	26	-11	30	D	D	L	D	L	1979-03-28	Blackpool	H
18	0	Brentford	33	9	4	3	22	11	1	5	11	9	23	-3	29	D	L	L	W	L	1979-03-26	Shrewsbury Town	H
19	0	Bury	31	4	7	4	23	22	2	9	5	16	22	0.886	28	D	D	L	L	W	1979-03-27	Swindon Town	H
20	0	Walsall	34	7	5	6	30	24	3	3	10	17	26	-3	28	W	L	W	L	L	1979-03-27	Watford	A
21	0	Peterborough United	32	6	5	5	17	16	2	5	9	14	28	-13	26	W	L	W	L	W	1979-03-27	Sheffield Wednesday	A
22	0	Mansfield Town	29	3	7	2	15	11	2	7	8	14	22	-4	24	D	W	L	D	D	1979-03-26	Exeter City	H
23	0	Tranmere Rovers	33	4	8	3	20	18	0	4	14	15	41	-24	20	L	D	L	L	L	1979-03-26	Lincoln City	H
24	0	Lincoln City	31	3	6	5	14	22	1	1	15	9	43	-42	15	W	W	L	D	L	1979-03-26	Tranmere Rovers	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	0	0	Scunthorpe United	Dean Court	3,028
	Lineups
Aldershot	2	3	Newport County	Recreation Ground	5,243
Tomlin, Dungworth	Lineups		Tynan, Moore, Lowndes
Barnsley	3	1	Crewe Alexandra	Oakwell	8,945
Bell (p), Pugh, Little	Lineups		Coyne
Grimsby Town	3	1	Wigan Athletic	Blundell Park	8,252
Waters, Brolly, Ford	Lineups		Wigginton OG
Hereford United	3	1	Bradford City	Edgar Street	2,925
Powell 2, Layton	Lineups		Cook
Huddersfield Town	2	2	Darlington	Leeds Road	2,862
Robins 2	Lineups		Walsh, Peachey
Northampton Town	1	2	Torquay United	County Ground	2,194
Robertson	Lineups		Green, Lawrence
Port Vale	1	0	Wimbledon	Vale Park	2,906
Beech	Lineups
Portsmouth	1	1	York City	Fratton Park	9,353
Showers	Lineups		Loggie
Rochdale	1	0	Reading	Spotland	1,567
Hoy	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	2	Grimsby Town	34	12	4	2	42	17	8	2	6	23	17	31	46	W	W	D	W	W	1979-03-28	Reading	A
2	-1	Reading	35	13	2	1	36	8	5	8	6	22	27	23	46	L	D	L	W	D	1979-03-28	Grimsby Town	H
3	-1	Aldershot	34	12	5	2	33	14	4	8	3	18	17	20	45	L	W	D	W	W	1979-03-27	Wimbledon	A
4	0	Wigan Athletic	34	12	2	4	30	17	6	4	6	17	17	13	42	L	W	W	W	W	1979-03-28	Hereford United	H
5	0	Wimbledon	30	11	2	2	28	16	6	5	4	24	18	18	41	L	L	L	D	W	1979-03-27	Aldershot	H
6	0	Barnsley	30	10	3	2	35	16	5	7	3	17	12	24	40	W	W	W	W	D	1979-03-27	Halifax Town	A
7	1	Newport County	35	8	4	5	27	24	8	4	6	24	21	6	40	W	W	W	W	L	1979-03-31	Halifax Town	H
8	-1	Portsmouth	32	11	4	2	28	9	5	3	7	21	24	16	39	D	D	W	L	L	1979-03-28	Bradford City	A
9	1	AFC Bournemouth	35	8	5	5	28	15	3	5	9	9	14	8	32	D	L	W	L	W	1979-03-31	Wigan Athletic	A
10	-1	Stockport County	33	10	3	6	28	18	2	5	7	21	28	3	32	L	L	W	D	W	1979-03-27	Darlington	A
11	1	Hereford United	33	8	7	2	26	16	3	3	10	14	23	1	32	W	D	L	W	L	1979-03-28	Wigan Athletic	A
12	1	Port Vale	32	6	7	4	22	20	5	2	8	21	26	-3	31	W	D	L	W	D	1979-03-27	Scunthorpe United	A
13	2	Torquay United	33	9	3	5	27	21	4	2	10	15	28	-7	31	W	L	L	L	D	1979-03-28	Doncaster Rovers	H
14	-3	Doncaster Rovers	34	7	6	6	21	19	4	3	8	18	31	-11	31	D	D	W	D	L	1979-03-28	Torquay United	A
15	2	York City	30	5	4	5	16	16	6	3	7	15	23	-8	29	D	L	W	W	W	1979-03-27	Rochdale	H
16	0	Hartlepool United	31	5	8	3	26	22	3	5	7	11	24	-9	29	D	L	D	L	D	1979-03-31	Huddersfield Town	A
17	-3	Bradford City	31	6	3	5	22	19	6	2	9	20	33	-10	29	L	L	D	L	D	1979-03-28	Portsmouth	H
18	0	Huddersfield Town	31	8	6	2	22	12	2	2	11	13	24	-1	28	D	W	D	W	L	1979-03-28	Crewe Alexandra	A
19	0	Scunthorpe United	31	7	1	6	20	23	3	7	7	14	21	-10	28	D	L	W	L	L	1979-03-27	Port Vale	H
20	0	Northampton Town	32	7	4	5	28	23	2	3	11	17	33	-11	25	L	W	L	W	L	1979-03-31	Rochdale	H
21	0	Darlington	30	4	5	5	15	14	3	4	9	19	33	-13	23	D	L	L	L	W	1979-03-27	Stockport County	H
22	0	Crewe Alexandra	33	3	5	7	16	24	2	7	9	17	37	-28	22	L	L	L	L	D	1979-03-28	Huddersfield Town	H
23	0	Rochdale	30	3	4	7	11	22	2	5	9	15	28	-24	19	W	D	L	L	D	1979-03-27	York City	A
24	0	Halifax Town	31	2	4	6	7	14	2	2	15	14	35	-28	14	W	L	L	D	W	1979-03-27	Barnsley	H