1979-04-21

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	0	2	Nottingham Forest	St Andrew's	22,189
	Lineups		Birtles, Robertson
Bolton Wanderers	2	3	Ipswich Town	Burnden Park	20,073
Worthington, Allardyce	Lineups		Brazil 2, Wark
Chelsea	2	1	Middlesbrough	Stamford Bridge	13,413
Wilkins G, Stanley	Lineups		Armstrong
Coventry City	4	0	Southampton	Highfield Road	17,750
Wallace 3, Blair	Lineups
Derby County	2	0	Arsenal	Baseball Ground	18,674
Buckley, Daly	Lineups
Leeds United	1	0	Everton	Elland Road	29,125
Currie	Lineups
Liverpool	1	0	Bristol City	Anfield Road	43,191
Dalglish	Lineups
Manchester City	3	1	Queens Park Rangers	Maine Road	30,694
Owen 2, Silkman	Lineups		Busby
Norwich City	1	2	Aston Villa	Carrow Road	15,061
Fashanu	Lineups		Shelton, Cropley
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Manchester United	White Hart Lane	36,665
Jones	Lineups		McQueen
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	The Hawthorns	32,131
Robson	Lineups		Richards
Footnotes
Birmingham City 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	35	17	2	0	46	4	8	4	4	25	10	57	56	W	L	W	W	W	1979-04-24	Southampton	A
2	1	Nottingham Forest	35	9	9	0	30	9	8	7	2	23	13	31	50	W	D	D	W	W	1979-04-28	Liverpool	H
3	-1	West Bromwich Albion	34	11	5	2	36	14	9	4	3	29	17	34	49	D	L	D	D	W	1979-04-24	Birmingham City	A
4	0	Everton	39	11	7	1	31	15	5	9	6	19	22	13	48	L	W	D	D	L	1979-04-28	Birmingham City	H
5	1	Leeds United	37	9	4	4	31	16	7	9	4	29	27	17	45	W	D	W	L	D	1979-04-25	Bolton Wanderers	H
6	-1	Arsenal	38	11	7	2	36	17	6	4	8	22	24	17	45	L	W	D	W	L	1979-04-25	Aston Villa	A
7	0	Ipswich Town	38	10	4	6	32	20	7	4	7	20	24	8	42	W	W	W	W	D	1979-04-28	Tottenham Hotspur	H
8	0	Coventry City	40	10	7	3	38	29	3	9	8	16	34	-9	42	W	D	W	D	D	1979-04-28	Queens Park Rangers	A
9	0	Bristol City	40	11	5	4	34	19	4	4	12	13	30	-2	39	L	W	L	W	W	1979-04-28	Leeds United	H
10	2	Aston Villa	35	6	8	3	28	21	6	6	6	19	18	8	38	W	W	L	D	D	1979-04-25	Arsenal	H
11	0	Manchester United	36	7	5	5	24	22	6	7	6	30	36	-4	38	D	D	D	L	L	1979-04-25	Norwich City	H
12	-2	Middlesbrough	38	10	4	5	32	19	4	5	10	21	28	6	37	L	W	D	W	W	1979-04-24	Manchester City	A
13	0	Southampton	36	8	8	2	32	18	3	6	9	12	29	-3	36	L	D	W	D	D	1979-04-24	Liverpool	H
14	1	Tottenham Hotspur	38	6	7	6	17	24	5	7	7	25	33	-15	36	D	D	D	L	L	1979-04-28	Ipswich Town	A
15	-1	Norwich City	39	7	9	4	28	18	0	12	7	21	36	-5	35	L	L	L	D	D	1979-04-25	Manchester United	A
16	1	Manchester City	36	6	5	6	26	24	4	8	7	23	24	1	33	W	L	D	W	L	1979-04-24	Middlesbrough	H
17	-1	Bolton Wanderers	37	10	4	4	34	21	2	5	12	16	41	-12	33	L	L	D	W	W	1979-04-25	Leeds United	A
18	0	Derby County	39	8	5	7	25	22	2	5	12	19	42	-20	30	W	L	L	D	L	1979-04-24	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
19	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	8	3	7	20	25	3	4	12	16	36	-25	29	D	W	D	L	L	1979-04-24	Derby County	H
20	0	Queens Park Rangers	38	3	9	6	18	25	2	4	14	18	36	-25	23	L	D	D	L	L	1979-04-28	Coventry City	H
21	0	Birmingham City	37	5	7	7	23	24	0	1	17	9	34	-26	18	L	L	D	D	D	1979-04-24	West Bromwich Albion	H
22	0	Chelsea	38	3	4	12	20	38	2	4	13	19	47	-46	18	W	L	L	L	L	1979-04-28	Aston Villa	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Millwall	Ewood Park	5,819
Waddington	Lineups		Mehmet
Bristol Rovers	2	0	Burnley	Eastville	5,947
Jones (p), White	Lineups
Cambridge United	0	2	Sunderland	Abbey Stadium	7,735
	Lineups		Lee, Docherty
Cardiff City	4	0	Sheffield United	Ninian Park	10,569
Stevens, Buchanan 3 (1P)	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	0	0	West Ham United	The Valley	22,816	Largest home gate 1978-79
	Lineups
Luton Town	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Kenilworth Road	13,132
Williams OG	Lineups		Maybank
Newcastle United	0	0	Fulham	St James' Park	11,924
	Lineups
Notts County	0	0	Preston North End	Meadow Lane	7,009
	Lineups
Orient	0	0	Oldham Athletic	Brisbane Road	4,340
	Lineups
Wrexham	0	1	Stoke City	Racecourse Ground	20,211	Largest home gate 1978-79
	Lineups		O'Callaghan

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Stoke City	40	11	6	3	35	15	8	9	3	22	16	26	53	W	W	D	W	D	1979-04-28	Newcastle United	H
2	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	40	15	3	2	42	10	6	7	7	25	27	30	52	D	W	L	W	D	1979-04-28	Blackburn Rovers	H
3	1	Sunderland	39	12	3	4	32	15	8	8	4	29	24	22	51	W	L	W	W	D	1979-04-25	Sheffield United	H
4	-1	Crystal Palace	39	10	7	2	26	11	6	12	2	20	13	22	51	D	W	W	D	L	1979-04-28	Notts County	H
5	0	West Ham United	37	11	6	2	42	13	6	6	6	23	21	31	46	D	D	W	W	D	1979-04-24	Burnley	H
6	0	Notts County	38	8	9	1	22	12	6	6	8	25	43	-8	43	D	W	D	L	L	1979-04-24	Leicester City	H
7	0	Burnley	36	11	6	2	31	20	3	5	9	18	32	-3	39	L	D	W	W	L	1979-04-24	West Ham United	A
8	0	Fulham	38	9	7	4	32	19	3	7	8	14	24	3	38	D	D	L	D	D	1979-04-24	Millwall	A
9	0	Orient	40	11	5	4	32	17	3	5	12	18	33	0	38	D	D	L	L	D	1979-04-28	Burnley	A
10	0	Preston North End	38	7	10	2	34	19	3	7	9	20	34	1	37	D	W	D	L	D	1979-04-24	Cambridge United	H
11	0	Cambridge United	39	6	10	4	21	15	4	6	9	19	33	-8	36	L	L	W	D	D	1979-04-24	Preston North End	A
12	0	Newcastle United	37	11	3	4	29	21	3	4	12	13	30	-9	35	D	L	D	L	L	1979-04-25	Blackburn Rovers	A
13	4	Bristol Rovers	37	10	6	4	34	22	2	4	11	10	32	-10	34	W	L	L	L	D	1979-04-28	Millwall	A
14	-1	Wrexham	33	9	6	3	28	13	2	5	8	10	18	7	33	L	D	D	W	W	1979-04-24	Oldham Athletic	A
15	0	Luton Town	38	10	5	5	44	24	2	4	12	11	27	4	33	D	D	D	L	W	1979-04-25	Cardiff City	A
16	-2	Leicester City	38	7	7	6	28	23	2	8	8	12	24	-7	33	D	L	L	L	D	1979-04-24	Notts County	A
17	-1	Charlton Athletic	40	5	8	7	26	28	5	5	10	31	39	-10	33	D	L	L	L	D	1979-04-28	Sheffield United	A
18	2	Cardiff City	36	9	3	4	28	21	3	5	12	20	46	-19	32	W	D	W	D	W	1979-04-25	Luton Town	H
19	-1	Sheffield United	37	8	5	5	30	20	2	6	11	16	38	-12	31	L	D	W	W	L	1979-04-25	Sunderland	A
20	-1	Oldham Athletic	37	6	7	4	25	21	3	6	11	16	36	-16	31	D	W	D	W	L	1979-04-24	Wrexham	H
21	0	Millwall	34	6	2	8	18	21	3	5	10	18	28	-13	25	D	W	D	W	L	1979-04-24	Fulham	H
22	0	Blackburn Rovers	37	3	8	7	20	25	4	2	13	15	41	-31	24	D	W	L	L	W	1979-04-25	Newcastle United	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	1	3	Swansea City	Bloomfield Road	5,977
Kellow	Lineups		Curtis, Toshack, Charles
Carlisle United	1	0	Brentford	Brunton Park	3,967
Ludlam	Lineups
Colchester United	2	1	Hull City	Layer Road	2,762
Rowles, Gough	Lineups		Edwards
Lincoln City	0	1	Exeter City	Sincil Bank	2,673
	Lineups		Neville (p)
Mansfield Town	3	0	Bury	Field Mill	3,976
Forrest OG, Curtis, Carter	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	2	1	Gillingham	Home Park	5,868
Johnson 2	Lineups		Funnell
Rotherham United	0	1	Chester	Millmoor	2,893
	Lineups		Edwards
Sheffield Wednesday	1	2	Tranmere Rovers	Hillsborough	9,963
Hornsby (p)	Lineups		Evans, Kerr
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Chesterfield	Gay Meadow	6,360
King	Lineups		Simpson (p)
Southend United	0	0	Peterborough United	Roots Hall	3,461
	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	0	Watford	County Ground	16,414
Jenkins OG, Rowland	Lineups
Walsall	0	1	Oxford United	Fellows Park	3,396
	Lineups		Seacole

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Swansea City	42	14	6	1	52	29	8	4	9	22	25	20	54	W	D	W	D	D	1979-04-23	Mansfield Town	A
2	-1	Watford	41	13	4	3	40	20	8	7	6	33	27	26	53	L	W	D	L	W	1979-04-24	Carlisle United	A
3	2	Swindon Town	39	15	2	4	39	13	7	4	7	23	27	22	50	W	W	L	W	W	1979-04-24	Peterborough United	A
4	-1	Gillingham	40	13	7	1	35	15	4	9	6	17	20	17	50	L	W	W	W	L	1979-04-25	Lincoln City	A
5	-1	Shrewsbury Town	39	10	9	0	26	8	6	9	5	21	25	14	50	D	D	D	D	W	1979-04-24	Tranmere Rovers	H
6	0	Carlisle United	43	10	10	1	30	12	4	12	6	20	26	12	50	W	D	D	D	W	1979-04-24	Watford	H
7	0	Exeter City	40	13	6	3	35	16	3	8	7	20	28	11	46	W	W	D	L	W	1979-04-24	Blackpool	A
8	1	Colchester United	41	12	7	1	29	15	3	7	11	18	33	-1	44	W	L	D	W	W	1979-04-24	Chesterfield	H
9	-1	Southend United	42	10	6	5	29	16	4	9	8	19	27	5	43	D	L	L	L	L	1979-04-24	Hull City	A
10	1	Chester	42	11	8	3	40	19	3	6	11	13	35	-1	42	W	D	D	W	D	1979-04-24	Plymouth Argyle	A
11	2	Plymouth Argyle	42	11	7	3	36	23	4	4	13	24	37	0	41	W	L	W	L	L	1979-04-24	Chester	H
12	-2	Hull City	38	9	8	2	30	12	6	2	11	25	34	9	40	L	D	W	D	W	1979-04-24	Southend United	H
13	2	Oxford United	41	9	7	5	24	18	3	9	8	15	27	-6	40	W	L	D	W	D	1979-04-25	Sheffield Wednesday	H
14	-2	Brentford	41	12	4	4	32	17	3	5	13	14	28	1	39	L	W	L	W	W	1979-04-23	Rotherham United	H
15	-1	Blackpool	40	11	4	5	32	15	4	4	12	19	36	0	38	L	D	W	L	L	1979-04-24	Exeter City	H
16	0	Rotherham United	38	11	2	7	23	20	3	7	8	16	25	-6	37	L	D	D	W	D	1979-04-23	Brentford	A
17	0	Sheffield Wednesday	38	6	8	4	20	14	4	8	8	20	28	-2	36	L	L	W	D	D	1979-04-25	Oxford United	A
18	0	Bury	39	5	9	5	30	27	3	9	8	19	31	-9	34	L	D	L	D	W	1979-04-24	Walsall	A
19	0	Chesterfield	39	9	5	7	34	32	2	7	9	13	27	-12	34	D	L	W	L	L	1979-04-24	Colchester United	A
20	1	Mansfield Town	37	4	8	4	19	17	4	8	9	19	26	-5	32	W	W	L	L	L	1979-04-23	Swansea City	H
21	-1	Walsall	41	7	6	8	34	30	3	5	12	21	34	-9	31	L	D	D	L	L	1979-04-24	Bury	H
22	0	Peterborough United	39	6	6	7	20	21	3	6	11	15	33	-19	30	D	L	D	W	L	1979-04-24	Swindon Town	H
23	0	Tranmere Rovers	41	4	11	5	24	24	1	4	16	17	45	-28	25	W	D	D	L	L	1979-04-24	Shrewsbury Town	A
24	0	Lincoln City	39	4	7	7	17	24	2	4	15	14	46	-39	23	L	W	D	L	D	1979-04-25	Gillingham	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	1	0	Bradford City	Dean Court	2,565
MacDougall	Lineups
Aldershot	1	0	Wigan Athletic	Recreation Ground	5,466
Dungworth (p)	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	0	1	York City	Gresty Road	1,428
	Lineups		Stronach
Darlington	1	1	Wimbledon	Feethams Ground	1,674
Ferguson	Lineups		Leslie
Grimsby Town	2	0	Barnsley	Blundell Park	16,138	Largest home gate 1978-79
Crombie, Lester	Lineups
Halifax Town	2	2	Northampton Town	The Shay	1,172
Geidmintis OG, Johnson	Lineups		McCaffrey, Froggatt
Hartlepool United	0	0	Reading	Victoria Park	2,526
	Lineups
Hereford United	2	0	Doncaster Rovers	Edgar Street	3,209
White 2	Lineups
Port Vale	1	1	Newport County	Vale Park	2,444
Wright	Lineups		Tynan
Portsmouth	1	1	Stockport County	Fratton Park	8,177
Hand	Lineups		Lee
Rochdale	1	0	Scunthorpe United	Spotland	1,224
Taylor	Lineups
Torquay United	2	1	Huddersfield Town	Plainmoor	2,398
Lawrence, Cooper	Lineups		Holmes

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Grimsby Town	42	15	5	2	48	19	10	3	7	27	22	34	58	W	W	D	D	W	1979-04-24	Northampton Town	A
2	-1	Reading	42	16	3	1	46	8	6	10	6	24	27	35	57	D	W	D	W	W	1979-04-25	Darlington	H
3	1	Aldershot	42	15	5	2	37	14	4	10	6	23	29	17	53	W	L	W	D	W	1979-04-24	Barnsley	A
4	-1	Barnsley	38	13	4	2	42	18	7	7	5	23	17	30	51	L	W	L	W	W	1979-04-24	Aldershot	H
5	1	Wimbledon	38	15	2	2	42	17	6	7	6	26	22	29	51	D	W	D	W	L	1979-04-25	Crewe Alexandra	A
6	-1	Wigan Athletic	42	14	4	4	38	22	6	7	7	20	21	15	51	L	D	D	W	D	1979-04-28	Darlington	H
7	0	Portsmouth	40	12	6	2	30	10	6	5	9	26	32	14	47	D	W	D	L	W	1979-04-24	Doncaster Rovers	H
8	0	Newport County	42	11	4	6	36	27	8	5	8	25	25	9	47	D	W	L	L	W	1979-04-23	Rochdale	A
9	0	Huddersfield Town	40	11	7	2	28	14	4	3	13	22	32	4	40	L	W	W	W	W	1979-04-25	Hereford United	A
10	1	Torquay United	41	12	4	5	34	24	5	2	13	17	37	-10	40	W	L	W	L	D	1979-04-25	York City	H
11	-1	Stockport County	41	11	4	7	33	21	3	7	9	24	32	4	39	D	W	L	D	L	1979-04-23	AFC Bournemouth	A
12	0	Hereford United	40	11	7	2	32	17	3	4	13	16	31	0	39	W	L	W	L	W	1979-04-25	Huddersfield Town	H
13	0	York City	38	7	6	5	24	20	7	5	8	17	25	-4	39	W	W	D	D	D	1979-04-25	Torquay United	A
14	0	Bradford City	39	9	4	6	29	23	6	3	11	22	37	-9	37	L	L	L	W	D	1979-04-24	Port Vale	A
15	1	Northampton Town	40	11	4	5	37	26	3	4	13	23	40	-6	36	D	W	W	L	W	1979-04-24	Grimsby Town	H
16	1	Port Vale	40	7	9	4	26	23	5	3	12	26	37	-8	36	D	L	W	L	D	1979-04-24	Bradford City	H
17	-2	Scunthorpe United	40	10	2	7	26	26	3	8	10	16	28	-12	36	L	L	W	D	W	1979-04-24	Hartlepool United	H
18	1	AFC Bournemouth	42	9	6	6	29	17	3	5	13	12	25	-1	35	W	L	D	L	L	1979-04-23	Stockport County	H
19	1	Hartlepool United	38	5	12	3	30	26	3	6	9	13	29	-12	34	D	D	D	L	D	1979-04-24	Scunthorpe United	A
20	-2	Doncaster Rovers	42	8	7	7	24	21	4	3	13	21	43	-19	34	L	D	W	L	L	1979-04-24	Portsmouth	A
21	0	Darlington	38	7	6	6	22	19	3	5	11	21	39	-15	31	D	L	W	L	W	1979-04-25	Reading	A
22	1	Rochdale	39	7	4	8	17	25	2	5	13	16	35	-27	27	W	L	L	W	L	1979-04-23	Newport County	H
23	-1	Crewe Alexandra	41	3	7	10	22	35	3	7	11	19	42	-36	26	L	L	L	D	L	1979-04-25	Wimbledon	H
24	0	Halifax Town	39	4	5	8	14	22	2	3	17	15	39	-32	20	D	D	L	L	W	1979-04-26	Bradford City	H