1979-04-27

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Tranmere Rovers	0	0	Walsall	Prenton Park	1,453
	Lineups
Footnotes
Tranmere Rovers relegated

Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
				Home					Away
1	0	Swansea City	43	14	6	1	52	29	8	5	9	24	27	20	55	D	W	D	W	D	1979-04-28	Southend United	H
2	0	Watford	42	13	4	3	40	20	8	7	7	33	28	25	53	L	L	W	D	L	1979-04-28	Plymouth Argyle	H
3	0	Gillingham	41	13	7	1	35	15	5	9	6	21	22	19	52	W	L	W	W	W	1979-04-28	Shrewsbury Town	H
4	0	Shrewsbury Town	40	11	9	0	28	9	6	9	5	21	25	15	52	W	D	D	D	D	1979-04-28	Gillingham	A
5	0	Carlisle United	44	11	10	1	31	12	4	12	6	20	26	13	52	W	W	D	D	D	1979-04-28	Exeter City	A
6	0	Swindon Town	40	15	2	4	39	13	7	4	8	24	29	21	50	L	W	W	L	W	1979-04-28	Hull City	A
7	0	Exeter City	41	13	6	3	35	16	3	9	7	21	29	11	47	D	W	W	D	L	1979-04-28	Carlisle United	H
8	0	Colchester United	42	12	8	1	29	15	3	7	11	18	33	-1	45	D	W	L	D	W	1979-04-28	Bury	A
9	0	Southend United	43	10	6	5	29	16	4	9	9	19	29	3	43	L	D	L	L	L	1979-04-28	Swansea City	A
10	0	Chester	43	11	8	3	40	19	3	7	11	15	37	-1	43	D	W	D	D	W	1979-04-28	Sheffield Wednesday	H
11	0	Hull City	39	10	8	2	32	12	6	2	11	25	34	11	42	W	L	D	W	D	1979-04-28	Swindon Town	H
12	0	Plymouth Argyle	43	11	8	3	38	25	4	4	13	24	37	0	42	D	W	L	W	L	1979-04-28	Watford	A
13	0	Brentford	42	13	4	4	33	17	3	5	13	14	28	2	41	W	L	W	L	W	1979-04-28	Mansfield Town	H
14	0	Oxford United	42	9	8	5	25	19	3	9	8	15	27	-6	41	D	W	L	D	W	1979-04-28	Lincoln City	H
15	0	Blackpool	41	11	5	5	33	16	4	4	12	19	36	0	39	D	L	D	W	L	1979-04-28	Peterborough United	A
16	0	Sheffield Wednesday	39	6	8	4	20	14	4	9	8	21	29	-2	37	D	L	L	W	D	1979-04-28	Chester	A
17	0	Rotherham United	39	11	2	7	23	20	3	7	9	16	26	-7	37	L	L	D	D	W	1979-04-28	Chesterfield	A
18	0	Bury	40	5	9	5	30	27	4	9	8	20	31	-8	36	W	L	D	L	D	1979-04-28	Colchester United	H
19	0	Chesterfield	40	9	5	7	34	32	2	8	9	13	27	-12	35	D	D	L	W	L	1979-04-28	Rotherham United	H
20	0	Mansfield Town	38	4	9	4	21	19	4	8	9	19	26	-5	33	D	W	W	L	L	1979-04-28	Brentford	A
21	1	Walsall	43	7	6	9	34	31	3	6	12	21	34	-10	32	D	L	L	D	D	1979-04-30	Southend United	A
22	-1	Peterborough United	40	7	6	7	22	22	3	6	11	15	33	-18	32	W	D	L	D	W	1979-04-28	Blackpool	H
23	0	Tranmere Rovers	43	4	12	5	24	24	1	4	17	18	47	-29	26	D	L	W	D	D	1979-04-30	Mansfield Town	H
24	0	Lincoln City	40	4	7	8	19	28	2	4	15	14	46	-41	23	L	L	W	D	L	1979-04-28	Oxford United	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Stockport County	0	0	Port Vale	Edgeley Park	3,345
	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	Grimsby Town	43	15	5	2	48	19	11	3	7	29	23	35	60	W	W	W	D	D	1979-04-28	Newport County	A
2	0	Reading	43	17	3	1	47	8	6	10	6	24	27	36	59	W	D	W	D	W	1979-04-28	Halifax Town	H
3	0	Barnsley	40	14	4	2	44	18	8	7	5	24	17	33	55	W	W	L	W	L	1979-04-28	Rochdale	H
4	0	Wimbledon	39	15	2	2	42	17	7	7	6	28	23	30	53	W	D	W	D	W	1979-04-28	Hartlepool United	H
5	0	Aldershot	43	15	5	2	37	14	4	10	7	23	31	15	53	L	W	L	W	D	1979-04-28	Doncaster Rovers	A
6	0	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	41	13	6	2	34	10	6	5	9	26	32	18	49	W	D	W	D	L	1979-04-28	Huddersfield Town	A
8	0	Newport County	43	11	4	6	36	27	8	5	9	25	26	8	47	L	D	W	L	L	1979-04-28	Grimsby Town	H
9	0	Torquay United	42	13	4	5	37	24	5	2	13	17	37	-7	42	W	W	L	W	L	1979-04-28	Scunthorpe United	A
10	0	Hereford United	41	12	7	2	35	17	3	4	13	16	31	3	41	W	W	L	W	L	1979-04-28	Northampton Town	A
11	1	Stockport County	43	11	5	7	33	21	3	7	10	25	35	2	40	D	L	D	W	L	1979-05-01	Rochdale	A
12	-1	Huddersfield Town	41	11	7	2	28	14	4	3	14	22	35	1	40	L	L	W	W	W	1979-04-28	Portsmouth	H
13	1	Port Vale	42	8	9	4	28	24	5	4	12	26	37	-7	39	D	W	D	L	W	1979-05-01	Hereford United	H
14	-1	York City	39	7	6	5	24	20	7	5	9	17	28	-7	39	L	W	W	D	D	1979-04-28	AFC Bournemouth	H
15	0	Scunthorpe United	41	11	2	7	29	27	3	8	10	16	28	-10	38	W	L	L	W	D	1979-04-28	Torquay United	H
16	0	AFC Bournemouth	43	10	6	6	32	18	3	5	13	12	25	1	37	W	W	L	D	L	1979-04-28	York City	A
17	0	Bradford City	41	9	4	6	29	23	6	3	13	23	41	-12	37	L	L	L	L	L	1979-04-28	Crewe Alexandra	H
18	0	Northampton Town	42	11	4	7	38	29	3	4	13	23	40	-8	36	L	L	D	W	W	1979-04-28	Hereford United	H
19	0	Hartlepool United	39	5	12	3	30	26	3	6	10	14	32	-14	34	L	D	D	D	L	1979-04-28	Wimbledon	A
20	0	Doncaster Rovers	43	8	7	7	24	21	4	3	14	21	47	-23	34	L	L	D	W	L	1979-04-28	Aldershot	H
21	0	Darlington	39	7	6	6	22	19	3	5	12	21	40	-16	31	L	D	L	W	L	1979-04-28	Wigan Athletic	A
22	0	Rochdale	40	8	4	8	18	25	2	5	13	16	35	-26	29	W	W	L	L	W	1979-04-28	Barnsley	A
23	0	Crewe Alexandra	42	3	7	11	23	37	3	7	11	19	42	-37	26	L	L	L	L	D	1979-04-28	Bradford City	A
24	0	Halifax Town	40	5	5	8	16	22	2	3	17	15	39	-30	22	W	D	D	L	L	1979-04-28	Reading	A