1979-04-16

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	5	2	Chelsea	Highbury	37,232
Stapleton 2, O'Leary, Sunderland, Price	Lineups		Langley, Walker
Aston Villa	3	1	Liverpool	Villa Park	44,029	Largest home gate 1978-79
Evans A, Thompson OG, Deehan	Lineups		Johnson
Everton	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Goodison Park	31,214
Higgins	Lineups
Ipswich Town	2	1	Derby County	Portman Road	19,919
Mariner, Mills	Lineups		Crawford
Manchester United	0	0	Coventry City	Old Trafford	43,075
	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	0	0	Leeds United	City Ground	37,397
	Lineups
Southampton	3	3	Tottenham Hotspur	The Dell	22,096
Peach, Ball, Boyer	Lineups		Pratt, Jones, Taylor
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	Norwich City	Molineux	18,457
Hibbitt	Lineups
Footnotes
Chelsea relegated

				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	34	16	2	0	45	4	8	4	4	25	10	56	54	L	W	W	W	W	1979-04-21	Bristol City	H
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	Everton	38	11	7	1	31	15	5	9	5	19	21	14	48	W	D	D	L	L	1979-04-21	Leeds United	A
4	-1	Nottingham Forest	33	9	8	0	29	8	7	7	2	21	13	29	47	D	W	W	W	D	1979-04-18	Manchester United	H
5	0	Arsenal	37	11	7	2	36	17	6	4	7	22	22	19	45	W	D	W	L	D	1979-04-21	Derby County	A
6	0	Leeds United	36	8	4	4	30	16	7	9	4	29	27	16	43	D	W	L	D	D	1979-04-21	Everton	H
7	0	Coventry City	39	9	7	3	34	29	3	9	8	16	34	-13	40	D	W	D	D	D	1979-04-21	Southampton	H
8	1	Ipswich Town	36	9	4	6	29	20	6	4	7	17	22	4	38	W	W	D	D	W	1979-04-17	Birmingham City	H
9	-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
10	4	Aston Villa	34	6	8	3	28	21	5	6	6	17	17	7	36	W	L	D	D	L	1979-04-21	Norwich City	A
11	0	Southampton	35	8	8	2	32	18	3	6	8	12	25	1	36	D	W	D	D	D	1979-04-21	Coventry City	A
12	1	Manchester United	34	7	5	5	24	22	6	5	6	28	34	-4	36	D	L	L	D	D	1979-04-18	Nottingham Forest	A
13	-3	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
14	-2	Norwich City	38	7	9	3	27	16	0	12	7	21	36	-4	35	L	L	D	D	D	1979-04-21	Aston Villa	H
15	0	Tottenham Hotspur	37	6	6	6	16	23	5	7	7	25	33	-15	35	D	D	L	L	L	1979-04-21	Manchester United	H
16	0	Bolton Wanderers	36	10	4	3	32	18	2	5	12	16	41	-11	33	L	D	W	W	W	1979-04-21	Ipswich Town	H
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	38	7	5	7	23	22	2	5	12	19	42	-22	28	L	L	D	L	D	1979-04-21	Arsenal	H
19	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	8	3	7	20	25	3	3	12	15	35	-25	28	W	D	L	L	W	1979-04-21	West Bromwich Albion	A
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	37	2	4	12	18	37	2	4	13	19	47	-47	16	L	L	L	L	D	1979-04-21	Middlesbrough	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	0	Bristol Rovers	Goldstone Ground	23,204
Horton 2 (1p), Maybank	Lineups
Burnley	0	0	Wrexham	Turf Moor	9,401
	Lineups
Fulham	2	2	Orient	Craven Cottage	8,052
Davies, Lock (p)	Lineups		Moores, Banjo
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Leicester City	Boundary Park	7,179
Hicks, Williams OG	Lineups		Smith
Preston North End	0	0	Newcastle United	Deepdale	12,966
	Lineups
Stoke City	0	0	Luton Town	Victoria Ground	19,214
	Lineups
Sunderland	0	1	Blackburn Rovers	Roker Park	35,005
	Lineups		Fazackerley (p)
West Ham United	1	1	Cardiff City	Upton Park	29,058
Holland	Lineups		Bishop

				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	39	15	3	2	42	10	6	6	7	24	26	30	51	W	L	W	D	D	1979-04-21	Luton Town	A
2	1	Stoke City	38	10	6	3	33	15	7	9	3	21	16	23	49	D	W	D	W	L	1979-04-17	Bristol Rovers	H
3	-1	Sunderland	38	12	3	4	32	15	7	8	4	27	24	20	49	L	W	W	D	W	1979-04-21	Cambridge United	A
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	36	11	6	2	42	13	6	5	6	23	21	31	45	D	W	W	D	L	1979-04-21	Charlton Athletic	A
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	0	Burnley	35	11	6	2	31	20	3	5	8	18	30	-1	39	D	W	W	L	D	1979-04-21	Bristol Rovers	A
8	0	Fulham	37	9	7	4	32	19	3	6	8	14	24	3	37	D	L	D	D	L	1979-04-21	Newcastle United	A
9	0	Orient	39	11	4	4	32	17	3	5	12	18	33	0	37	D	L	L	D	D	1979-04-21	Oldham Athletic	H
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	36	6	10	2	30	19	3	6	9	20	34	-3	34	D	L	D	L	D	1979-04-17	Leicester City	H
12	0	Newcastle United	35	11	2	3	28	19	3	4	12	13	30	-8	34	D	L	L	W	W	1979-04-18	Notts County	H
13	3	Wrexham	31	9	6	2	28	12	2	4	8	9	17	8	32	D	W	W	D	D	1979-04-17	Sheffield United	A
14	3	Luton Town	37	10	4	5	43	23	2	4	12	11	27	4	32	D	D	L	W	L	1979-04-21	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
15	-2	Leicester City	36	7	6	6	27	22	2	8	7	12	20	-3	32	L	L	D	L	D	1979-04-17	Preston North End	A
16	-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
17	-3	Bristol Rovers	35	9	6	4	32	22	2	4	10	10	30	-10	32	L	L	D	W	L	1979-04-17	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	Oldham Athletic	36	6	7	4	25	21	3	5	11	16	36	-16	30	W	D	W	L	D	1979-04-21	Orient	A
20	-1	Cardiff City	35	8	3	4	24	21	3	5	12	20	46	-23	30	D	W	D	W	L	1979-04-21	Sheffield United	H
21	1	Blackburn Rovers	36	3	7	7	19	24	4	2	13	15	41	-31	23	W	L	L	W	L	1979-04-21	Millwall	H
22	-1	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

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bury	2	2	Lincoln City	Gigg Lane	3,455
Gregory, Lugg	Lineups		Laybourne, Fleming (p)
Chester	0	0	Shrewsbury Town	Sealand Road	6,249
	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	0	Mansfield Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,931
Walker	Lineups
Gillingham	3	0	Colchester United	Priestfield Stadium	12,030
Price, Westwood, Price	Lineups
Hull City	0	0	Blackpool	Boothferry Park	6,000
	Lineups
Oxford United	0	1	Swindon Town	Manor Ground	9,176
	Lineups		Carter (p)
Peterborough United	1	1	Rotherham United	London Road	3,807
Cliss	Lineups		Gwyther
Tranmere Rovers	1	1	Carlisle United	Prenton Park	1,504
Craven	Lineups		Lumby

				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	0	Gillingham	39	13	7	1	35	15	4	9	5	16	18	18	50	W	W	W	L	D	1979-04-21	Plymouth Argyle	A
4	0	Shrewsbury Town	38	10	8	0	25	7	6	9	5	21	25	14	49	D	D	D	W	L	1979-04-21	Chesterfield	H
5	1	Swindon Town	38	14	2	4	37	13	7	4	7	23	27	20	48	W	L	W	W	D	1979-04-21	Watford	H
6	-1	Carlisle United	42	9	10	1	29	12	4	12	6	20	26	11	48	D	D	D	W	L	1979-04-21	Brentford	H
7	0	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	0	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	40	11	7	1	27	14	3	7	11	18	33	-2	42	L	D	W	W	W	1979-04-21	Hull City	H
10	0	Hull City	37	9	8	2	30	12	6	2	10	24	32	10	40	D	W	D	W	W	1979-04-21	Colchester United	A
11	1	Chester	41	11	8	3	40	19	2	6	11	12	35	-2	40	D	D	W	D	D	1979-04-21	Rotherham United	A
12	-1	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
13	1	Blackpool	39	11	4	4	31	12	4	4	12	19	36	2	38	D	W	L	L	L	1979-04-21	Swansea City	H
14	-1	Oxford United	40	9	7	5	24	18	2	9	8	14	27	-7	38	L	D	W	D	L	1979-04-21	Walsall	A
15	0	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	0	Rotherham United	36	11	2	6	23	19	3	6	8	15	24	-5	36	D	W	D	L	L	1979-04-18	Tranmere Rovers	A
18	0	Bury	38	5	9	5	30	27	3	9	7	19	28	-6	34	D	L	D	W	L	1979-04-21	Mansfield Town	A
19	0	Chesterfield	37	9	5	6	33	29	2	6	9	12	26	-10	33	W	L	L	L	D	1979-04-17	Lincoln City	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	1	Peterborough United	37	6	6	6	19	19	3	5	11	15	33	-18	29	D	W	L	L	L	1979-04-17	Mansfield Town	H
22	-1	Mansfield Town	35	3	8	4	16	17	3	8	9	17	25	-9	28	L	L	L	W	D	1979-04-17	Peterborough United	A
23	0	Tranmere Rovers	39	4	10	5	23	23	0	4	16	15	44	-29	22	D	L	L	L	L	1979-04-18	Rotherham United	H
24	0	Lincoln City	37	4	7	6	17	23	1	4	15	11	45	-40	21	D	L	D	W	D	1979-04-17	Chesterfield	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	1	Hereford United	Oakwell	12,260
Bell 2	Lineups		Spiring
Bradford City	1	3	Grimsby Town	Valley Parade	4,585
McNiven	Lineups		Waters, Ford, Drinkell
Doncaster Rovers	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Belle Vue	1,658
Packer, Cox	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	3	2	Port Vale	Leeds Road	3,236
Robins, Fletcher, Holmes	Lineups		Chamberlain M, Beech
Newport County	1	2	Portsmouth	Somerton Park	5,421
Goddard	Lineups		Garwood (p), Barnard
Northampton Town	4	2	AFC Bournemouth	County Ground	2,253
Reilly 3, Froggatt	Lineups		Brown K, MacDougall
Reading	4	0	Aldershot	Elm Park	13,517
Kearns 2, Alexander, Hetzke	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	1	0	Halifax Town	Old Showground	1,739
Earl	Lineups
Stockport County	3	0	Rochdale	Edgeley Park	2,863
Henson 2, Lee	Lineups
Wigan Athletic	2	2	Hartlepool United	Springfield Park	8,217
Wright, Purdie	Lineups		Goldthorpe (p), Linacre
Wimbledon	5	0	Torquay United	Plough Lane	4,171
Knowles, Galliers, Leslie, Cunningham, Parsons	Lineups
York City	5	2	Darlington	Bootham Crescent	2,973
Staniforth, Ford, Loggie, Stronach, McDonald	Lineups		Wann, Walsh

				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	41	16	3	1	46	8	6	9	6	24	27	35	56	W	D	W	W	D	1979-04-21	Hartlepool United	A
2	0	Grimsby Town	41	14	5	2	46	19	10	3	7	27	22	32	56	W	D	D	W	W	1979-04-21	Barnsley	H
3	2	Barnsley	37	13	4	2	42	18	7	7	4	23	15	32	51	W	L	W	W	W	1979-04-21	Grimsby Town	A
4	-1	Aldershot	41	14	5	2	36	14	4	10	6	23	29	16	51	L	W	D	W	L	1979-04-21	Wigan Athletic	H
5	-1	Wigan Athletic	41	14	4	4	38	22	6	7	6	20	20	16	51	D	D	W	D	D	1979-04-21	Aldershot	A
6	0	Wimbledon	37	15	2	2	42	17	6	6	6	25	21	29	50	W	D	W	L	L	1979-04-21	Darlington	A
7	0	Portsmouth	39	12	5	2	29	9	6	5	9	26	32	14	46	W	D	L	W	D	1979-04-21	Stockport County	H
8	0	Newport County	40	10	4	6	34	27	8	4	8	24	24	7	44	L	L	W	L	W	1979-04-18	Scunthorpe United	H
9	4	Stockport County	40	11	4	7	33	21	3	6	9	23	31	4	38	W	L	D	L	D	1979-04-21	Portsmouth	A
10	2	Huddersfield Town	38	10	7	2	27	14	4	3	12	21	30	4	38	W	W	W	L	D	1979-04-17	Rochdale	H
11	-2	Torquay United	40	11	4	5	32	23	5	2	13	17	37	-11	38	L	W	L	D	L	1979-04-21	Huddersfield Town	H
12	-2	Hereford United	39	10	7	2	30	17	3	4	13	16	31	-2	37	L	W	L	W	L	1979-04-21	Doncaster Rovers	H
13	2	York City	37	7	6	5	24	20	6	5	8	16	25	-5	37	W	D	D	D	L	1979-04-21	Crewe Alexandra	A
14	-3	Bradford City	38	9	4	6	29	23	6	3	10	22	36	-8	37	L	L	W	D	W	1979-04-21	AFC Bournemouth	A
15	1	Scunthorpe United	38	10	2	7	26	26	3	8	8	16	25	-9	36	W	D	W	L	D	1979-04-18	Newport County	A
16	-2	Port Vale	39	7	8	4	25	22	5	3	12	26	37	-8	35	L	W	L	D	L	1979-04-21	Newport County	H
17	0	AFC Bournemouth	41	8	6	6	28	17	3	5	13	12	25	-2	33	L	D	L	L	L	1979-04-21	Bradford City	H
18	1	Northampton Town	38	10	4	5	34	25	3	3	13	21	38	-8	33	W	L	W	L	W	1979-04-17	Crewe Alexandra	H
19	-1	Hartlepool United	37	5	11	3	30	26	3	6	9	13	29	-12	33	D	D	L	D	D	1979-04-21	Reading	H
20	0	Doncaster Rovers	40	8	6	7	23	20	4	3	12	21	41	-17	33	W	L	L	L	L	1979-04-17	Halifax Town	H
21	0	Darlington	37	7	5	6	21	18	3	5	11	21	39	-15	30	L	W	L	W	W	1979-04-21	Wimbledon	H
22	0	Crewe Alexandra	39	3	7	9	22	34	3	7	10	18	39	-33	26	L	D	L	L	W	1979-04-17	Northampton Town	A
23	0	Rochdale	37	6	4	8	16	25	2	5	12	16	34	-27	25	L	W	L	W	W	1979-04-17	Huddersfield Town	A
24	0	Halifax Town	37	4	4	8	12	20	2	2	17	14	38	-32	18	L	L	W	W	L	1979-04-17	Doncaster Rovers	A