1979-04-14

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	St Andrew's	20,556
Ainscow	Lineups		Richards
Bolton Wanderers	0	0	Middlesbrough	Burnden Park	22,621
	Lineups
Chelsea	1	2	Southampton	Stamford Bridge	18,243
Stanley	Lineups		Peach, Holmes
Coventry City	3	2	Bristol City	Highfield Road	17,812
Powell (p), Hutchison, Hunt	Lineups		Gow, Mabbutt
Derby County	1	2	Nottingham Forest	Baseball Ground	30,156	Largest home gate 1978-79
Webb	Lineups		Birties, O'Neill
Leeds United	1	0	Aston Villa	Elland Road	24,281
Hart	Lineups
Liverpool	2	0	Manchester United	Anfield Road	46,608
Dalglish, Neal	Lineups
Manchester City	0	0	Everton	Maine Road	39,711
	Lineups
Norwich City	0	1	Ipswich Town	Carrow Road	21,325
	Lineups		Thijssen
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	White Hart Lane	28,854
Perryman	Lineups		Clement
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Arsenal	The Hawthorns	28,539
Brown T	Lineups		Brady

				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	33	16	2	0	45	4	8	4	3	24	7	58	54	W	W	W	W	W	1979-04-16	Aston Villa	A
2	0	West Bromwich Albion	32	11	4	2	35	13	9	4	2	29	16	35	48	D	D	W	W	W	1979-04-17	Bristol City	A
3	1	Nottingham Forest	32	9	7	0	29	8	7	7	2	21	13	29	46	W	W	W	D	W	1979-04-16	Leeds United	H
4	-1	Everton	37	10	7	1	30	15	5	9	5	19	21	13	46	D	D	L	L	D	1979-04-16	Bolton Wanderers	H
5	0	Arsenal	36	10	7	2	31	15	6	4	7	22	22	16	43	D	W	L	D	L	1979-04-16	Chelsea	H
6	0	Leeds United	35	8	4	4	30	16	7	8	4	29	27	16	42	W	L	D	D	L	1979-04-16	Nottingham Forest	A
7	1	Coventry City	38	9	7	3	34	29	3	8	8	16	34	-13	39	W	D	D	D	D	1979-04-16	Manchester United	A
8	-1	Bristol City	38	10	5	4	33	19	4	4	11	13	29	-2	37	L	W	W	W	W	1979-04-17	West Bromwich Albion	H
9	4	Ipswich Town	35	8	4	6	27	19	6	4	7	17	22	3	36	W	D	D	W	L	1979-04-16	Derby County	H
10	2	Middlesbrough	36	9	4	5	30	19	4	5	9	20	26	5	35	D	W	W	W	D	1979-04-17	Manchester City	H
11	3	Southampton	34	8	7	2	29	15	3	6	8	12	25	1	35	W	D	D	D	D	1979-04-16	Tottenham Hotspur	H
12	-2	Norwich City	37	7	9	3	27	16	0	12	6	21	35	-3	35	L	D	D	D	L	1979-04-16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
13	-4	Manchester United	33	7	4	5	24	22	6	5	6	28	34	-4	35	L	L	D	D	W	1979-04-16	Coventry City	H
14	-3	Aston Villa	33	5	8	3	25	20	5	6	6	17	17	5	34	L	D	D	L	D	1979-04-16	Liverpool	H
15	0	Tottenham Hotspur	36	6	6	6	16	23	5	6	7	22	30	-15	34	D	L	L	L	L	1979-04-16	Southampton	A
16	0	Bolton Wanderers	35	10	4	3	32	18	2	5	11	16	40	-10	33	D	W	W	W	D	1979-04-16	Everton	A
17	0	Manchester City	34	5	5	6	23	23	4	8	6	23	22	1	31	D	W	L	L	D	1979-04-17	Middlesbrough	A
18	0	Derby County	37	7	5	7	23	22	2	5	11	18	40	-21	28	L	D	L	D	D	1979-04-16	Ipswich Town	A
19	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	7	3	7	19	25	3	3	12	15	35	-26	26	D	L	L	W	D	1979-04-16	Norwich City	H
20	0	Queens Park Rangers	37	3	9	6	18	25	2	4	13	17	33	-23	23	D	D	L	L	D	1979-04-21	Manchester City	A
21	0	Birmingham City	35	5	7	6	23	22	0	1	16	9	31	-21	18	D	D	D	L	W	1979-04-17	Ipswich Town	A
22	0	Chelsea	36	2	4	12	18	37	2	4	12	17	42	-44	16	L	L	L	D	L	1979-04-16	Arsenal	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	1	2	Burnley	Ewood Park	14,761
Garner	Lineups		Hall, Morley
Bristol Rovers	0	1	Crystal Palace	Eastville	10,986
	Lineups		Walsh
Cambridge United	1	0	Fulham	Abbey Stadium	6,523
Finney	Lineups
Cardiff City	3	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Ninian Park	12,686
Stevens, Evans, Moore	Lineups		Ward
Charlton Athletic	1	4	Stoke City	The Valley	9,084
Hales (p)	Lineups		Richardson, Randall, O'Callaghan, Irvine
Leicester City	1	2	Sunderland	Filbert Street	20,740	Largest home gate 1978-79
Henderson	Lineups		Docherty, Brown
Luton Town	2	2	Millwall	Kenilworth Road	8,292
Moss 2 (1p)	Lineups		Chambers, Seasman
Newcastle United	1	3	Sheffield United	St James' Park	19,126
Shoulder	Lineups		Brownlie OG, Rioch, Anderson
Notts County	0	0	Oldham Athletic	Meadow Lane	7,023
	Lineups
Orient	0	2	West Ham United	Brisbane Road	18,517
	Lineups		Holland, Pike
Wrexham	2	1	Preston North End	Racecourse Ground	13,419
Lyons (p), McNeil	Lineups		Robinson

				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	38	14	3	2	39	10	6	6	7	24	26	27	49	L	W	D	D	D	1979-04-16	Bristol Rovers	H
2	0	Sunderland	37	12	3	3	32	14	7	8	4	27	24	21	49	W	W	D	W	W	1979-04-16	Blackburn Rovers	H
3	0	Stoke City	37	10	5	3	33	15	7	9	3	21	16	23	48	W	D	W	L	L	1979-04-16	Luton Town	H
4	0	Crystal Palace	37	9	7	2	25	11	6	11	2	19	12	21	48	W	D	L	D	W	1979-04-17	Charlton Athletic	H
5	0	West Ham United	35	11	5	2	41	12	6	5	6	23	21	31	44	W	W	D	L	D	1979-04-16	Cardiff City	H
6	0	Notts County	36	8	8	1	22	12	5	6	8	23	42	-9	40	D	L	L	D	D	1979-04-18	Newcastle United	A
7	2	Burnley	34	11	5	2	31	20	3	5	8	18	30	-1	38	W	W	L	D	W	1979-04-16	Wrexham	H
8	-1	Fulham	36	9	6	4	30	17	3	6	8	14	24	3	36	L	D	D	L	W	1979-04-16	Orient	H
9	-1	Orient	38	11	4	4	32	17	3	4	12	16	31	0	36	L	L	D	D	W	1979-04-16	Fulham	A
10	0	Cambridge United	37	6	10	3	21	13	4	6	8	19	31	-4	36	W	D	D	D	L	1979-04-17	Millwall	A
11	0	Preston North End	35	6	9	2	30	19	3	6	9	20	34	-3	33	L	D	L	D	W	1979-04-16	Newcastle United	H
12	0	Newcastle United	34	11	2	3	28	19	3	3	12	13	30	-8	33	L	L	W	W	W	1979-04-16	Preston North End	A
13	0	Leicester City	35	7	6	6	27	22	2	8	6	11	18	-2	32	L	D	L	D	W	1979-04-16	Oldham Athletic	A
14	1	Bristol Rovers	34	9	6	4	32	22	2	4	9	10	27	-7	32	L	D	W	L	D	1979-04-16	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
15	-1	Charlton Athletic	38	5	7	7	26	28	5	5	9	31	38	-9	32	L	L	D	D	L	1979-04-17	Crystal Palace	A
16	1	Wrexham	30	9	6	2	28	12	2	3	8	9	17	8	31	W	W	D	D	L	1979-04-16	Burnley	A
17	-1	Luton Town	36	10	4	5	43	23	2	3	12	11	27	4	31	D	L	W	L	L	1979-04-16	Stoke City	A
18	0	Sheffield United	35	8	4	5	29	19	2	6	10	16	34	-8	30	W	W	L	W	W	1979-04-17	Wrexham	H
19	1	Cardiff City	34	8	3	4	24	21	3	4	12	19	45	-23	29	W	D	W	L	L	1979-04-16	West Ham United	A
20	-1	Oldham Athletic	35	5	7	4	23	20	3	5	11	16	36	-17	28	D	W	L	D	L	1979-04-16	Leicester City	H
21	0	Millwall	32	5	2	8	16	21	3	4	10	17	27	-15	22	D	W	L	W	L	1979-04-17	Cambridge United	H
22	0	Blackburn Rovers	35	3	7	7	19	24	3	2	13	14	41	-32	21	L	L	W	L	W	1979-04-16	Sunderland	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	Bloomfield Road	4,798
Spence, Jones	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	1	Chester	Brunton Park	5,311
MacDonald	Lineups		Phillips
Colchester United	1	1	Oxford United	Layer Road	3,897
Gough	Lineups		Taylor
Lincoln City	0	1	Peterborough United	Sincil Bank	4,610
	Lineups		Sargent
Mansfield Town	0	2	Hull City	Field Mill	5,138
	Lineups		Edwards, Bannister
Plymouth Argyle	2	1	Brentford	Home Park	6,344
Binney (p), Johnson	Lineups		Carlton
Rotherham United	2	1	Bury	Millmoor	3,026
Gwyther, Rhodes	Lineups		Beamish
Sheffield Wednesday	4	0	Chesterfield	Hillsborough	13,134
Wylde 2, Rushbury, Johnson	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Watford	Gay Meadow	13,320
Birch	Lineups		Bolton
Southend United	0	1	Gillingham	Roots Hall	7,579
	Lineups		Westwood
Swindon Town	0	1	Swansea City	County Ground	16,971	Largest home gate 1978-79
	Lineups		James R
Walsall	2	2	Exeter City	Fellows Park	3,118
Sbragia, Birch	Lineups		Rogers, Delve

				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	39	12	4	3	38	20	8	7	5	33	25	26	51	D	L	W	L	W	1979-04-17	Southend United	H
2	0	Swansea City	40	14	5	1	50	27	7	4	9	19	24	18	51	W	D	D	W	W	1979-04-17	Walsall	H
3	2	Gillingham	38	12	7	1	32	15	4	9	5	16	18	15	48	W	W	L	D	D	1979-04-16	Colchester United	H
4	-1	Shrewsbury Town	37	10	8	0	25	7	6	8	5	21	25	14	48	D	D	W	L	W	1979-04-16	Chester	A
5	1	Carlisle United	41	9	10	1	29	12	4	11	6	19	25	11	47	D	D	W	L	L	1979-04-16	Tranmere Rovers	A
6	-2	Swindon Town	37	14	2	4	37	13	6	4	7	22	27	19	46	L	W	W	D	D	1979-04-16	Oxford United	A
7	1	Exeter City	38	12	6	3	34	16	2	8	7	19	28	9	42	D	L	W	D	W	1979-04-17	Plymouth Argyle	H
8	-1	Southend United	40	10	5	5	29	16	4	9	7	19	25	7	42	L	L	L	W	W	1979-04-17	Watford	A
9	0	Colchester United	39	11	7	1	27	14	3	7	10	18	30	1	42	D	W	W	W	W	1979-04-16	Gillingham	A
10	1	Hull City	36	9	7	2	30	12	6	2	10	24	32	10	39	W	D	W	W	D	1979-04-16	Blackpool	H
11	2	Plymouth Argyle	40	10	7	3	34	22	4	4	12	24	36	0	39	W	L	L	W	L	1979-04-17	Exeter City	A
12	-2	Chester	40	11	7	3	40	19	2	6	11	12	35	-2	39	D	W	D	D	W	1979-04-16	Shrewsbury Town	H
13	1	Oxford United	39	9	7	4	24	17	2	9	8	14	27	-6	38	D	W	D	L	W	1979-04-16	Swindon Town	H
14	1	Blackpool	38	11	4	4	31	12	4	3	12	19	36	2	37	W	L	L	L	L	1979-04-16	Hull City	A
15	-3	Brentford	39	11	4	4	30	16	3	5	12	14	27	1	37	L	W	W	W	W	1979-04-17	Sheffield Wednesday	H
16	0	Sheffield Wednesday	36	6	8	3	19	12	4	8	7	19	26	0	36	W	D	D	L	L	1979-04-17	Brentford	A
17	1	Rotherham United	35	11	2	6	23	19	3	5	8	14	23	-5	35	W	D	L	L	D	1979-04-16	Peterborough United	A
18	-1	Bury	37	5	8	5	28	25	3	9	7	19	28	0.887	33	L	D	W	L	W	1979-04-16	Lincoln City	H
19	0	Chesterfield	36	8	5	6	32	29	2	6	9	12	26	-11	31	L	L	L	D	L	1979-04-16	Mansfield Town	H
20	0	Walsall	39	7	6	7	34	29	3	4	12	19	32	-8	30	D	L	L	D	L	1979-04-17	Swansea City	A
21	0	Mansfield Town	34	3	8	4	16	17	3	8	8	17	24	-8	28	L	L	W	D	D	1979-04-16	Chesterfield	A
22	0	Peterborough United	36	6	5	6	18	18	3	5	11	15	33	-18	28	W	L	L	L	W	1979-04-16	Rotherham United	H
23	0	Tranmere Rovers	38	4	9	5	22	22	0	4	16	15	44	-29	21	L	L	L	L	D	1979-04-16	Carlisle United	H
24	0	Lincoln City	36	4	7	6	17	23	1	3	15	9	43	-40	20	L	D	W	D	D	1979-04-16	Bury	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	0	0	Reading	Dean Court	5,638
	Lineups
Aldershot	2	0	Northampton Town	Recreation Ground	4,438
Dungworth 2	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Wigan Athletic	Gresty Road	4,604	Largest home gate 1978-79
Coyne	Lineups		Purdie (p)
Darlington	3	2	Doncaster Rovers	Feethams Ground	1,967
Stone, Walsh, Hedley	Lineups		Snodin, Packer
Grimsby Town	1	1	Scunthorpe United	Blundell Park	10,464
Drinkell	Lineups		Kavanagh
Halifax Town	2	3	Huddersfield Town	The Shay	4,027
Mountford, Sidebottom	Lineups		Fletcher 2, Holmes
Hartlepool United	1	1	York City	Victoria Park	2,357
Houchen	Lineups		McDonald
Hereford United	1	0	Stockport County	Edgar Street	3,609
McGrellis	Lineups
Port Vale	3	2	Barnsley	Vale Park	5,226	Largest home gate 1978-79
Chamberlain N, Wright, Todd	Lineups		Graham, Keenan OG
Portsmouth	0	0	Wimbledon	Fratton Park	11,453
	Lineups
Rochdale	1	0	Bradford City	Spotland	2,262
Scott	Lineups
Torquay United	2	0	Newport County	Plainmoor	3,329
Lawrence 2	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	0	Reading	40	15	3	1	42	8	6	9	6	24	27	31	54	D	W	W	D	W	1979-04-16	Aldershot	H
2	0	Grimsby Town	40	14	5	2	46	19	9	3	7	24	21	30	54	D	D	W	W	W	1979-04-16	Bradford City	A
3	1	Aldershot	40	14	5	2	36	14	4	10	5	23	25	20	51	W	D	W	L	D	1979-04-16	Reading	A
4	1	Wigan Athletic	40	14	3	4	36	20	6	7	6	20	20	16	50	D	W	D	D	W	1979-04-16	Hartlepool United	H
5	-2	Barnsley	36	12	4	2	40	17	7	7	4	23	15	31	49	L	W	W	W	D	1979-04-16	Hereford United	H
6	0	Wimbledon	36	14	2	2	37	17	6	6	6	25	21	24	48	D	W	L	L	W	1979-04-16	Torquay United	H
7	1	Portsmouth	38	12	5	2	29	9	5	5	9	24	31	13	44	D	L	W	D	D	1979-04-16	Newport County	A
8	-1	Newport County	39	10	4	5	33	25	8	4	8	24	24	8	44	L	W	L	W	W	1979-04-16	Portsmouth	H
9	2	Torquay United	39	11	4	5	32	23	5	2	12	17	32	-6	38	W	L	D	L	W	1979-04-16	Wimbledon	A
10	2	Hereford United	38	10	7	2	30	17	3	4	12	15	29	-1	37	W	L	W	L	D	1979-04-16	Barnsley	A
11	-2	Bradford City	37	9	4	5	28	20	6	3	10	22	36	-6	37	L	W	D	W	D	1979-04-16	Grimsby Town	H
12	1	Huddersfield Town	37	9	7	2	24	12	4	3	12	21	30	3	36	W	W	L	D	W	1979-04-16	Port Vale	H
13	-3	Stockport County	39	10	4	7	30	21	3	6	9	23	31	1	36	L	D	L	D	L	1979-04-16	Rochdale	H
14	1	Port Vale	38	7	8	4	25	22	5	3	11	24	34	-7	35	W	L	D	L	D	1979-04-16	Huddersfield Town	A
15	-1	York City	36	6	6	5	19	18	6	5	8	16	25	-8	35	D	D	D	L	D	1979-04-16	Darlington	H
16	0	Scunthorpe United	37	9	2	7	25	26	3	8	8	16	25	-10	34	D	W	L	D	L	1979-04-16	Halifax Town	H
17	0	AFC Bournemouth	40	8	6	6	28	17	3	5	12	10	21	0	33	D	L	L	L	L	1979-04-16	Northampton Town	A
18	1	Hartlepool United	36	5	11	3	30	26	3	5	9	11	27	-12	32	D	L	D	D	L	1979-04-16	Wigan Athletic	A
19	-1	Northampton Town	37	9	4	5	30	23	3	3	13	21	38	-10	31	L	W	L	W	W	1979-04-16	AFC Bournemouth	H
20	0	Doncaster Rovers	39	7	6	7	21	20	4	3	12	21	41	-19	31	L	L	L	L	L	1979-04-16	Crewe Alexandra	H
21	0	Darlington	36	7	5	6	21	18	3	5	10	19	34	-12	30	W	L	W	W	D	1979-04-16	York City	A
22	0	Crewe Alexandra	38	3	7	9	22	34	3	7	9	18	37	-31	26	D	L	L	W	D	1979-04-16	Doncaster Rovers	A
23	0	Rochdale	36	6	4	8	16	25	2	5	11	16	31	-24	25	W	L	W	W	L	1979-04-16	Stockport County	A
24	0	Halifax Town	36	4	4	8	12	20	2	2	16	14	37	-31	18	L	W	W	L	L	1979-04-16	Scunthorpe United	A