1979-04-28

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	1	Norwich City	Highbury	28,885
Walford	Lineups		Fashanu
Aston Villa	2	1	Chelsea	Villa Park	29,219
Wilkins G OG, Swain	Lineups		Langley
Bristol City	0	0	Leeds United	Ashton Gate	25,388
	Lineups
Everton	1	0	Birmingham City	Goodison Park	22,958
King	Lineups
Ipswich Town	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Portman Road	28,179	Largest home gate 1978-79
Muhren, Brazil	Lineups		Hoddle (p)
Manchester United	0	0	Derby County	Old Trafford	42,474
	Lineups
Middlesbrough	1	1	West Bromwich Albion	Ayresome Park	18,063
Burns	Lineups		Brown A
Nottingham Forest	0	0	Liverpool	City Ground	41,898	Largest home gate 1978-79
	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	5	1	Coventry City	Loftus Road	10,951
Allen 3, Shanks, Walsh (p)	Lineups		Wallace
Southampton	1	0	Manchester City	The Dell	19,744
Hebberd	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Bolton Wanderers	Molineux	18,145
Richards	Lineups		Whatmore

				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	37	17	2	0	46	4	8	6	4	26	11	57	58	D	D	W	L	W	1979-05-01	Bolton Wanderers	A
2	0	West Bromwich Albion	36	11	5	2	36	14	9	6	3	31	19	34	51	D	D	D	L	D	1979-05-01	Everton	A
3	0	Nottingham Forest	36	9	10	0	30	9	8	7	2	23	13	31	51	D	W	D	D	W	1979-04-30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
4	0	Everton	40	12	7	1	32	15	5	9	6	19	22	14	50	W	L	W	D	D	1979-05-01	West Bromwich Albion	H
5	0	Leeds United	39	10	4	4	36	17	7	10	4	29	27	21	48	D	W	W	D	W	1979-05-04	Queens Park Rangers	H
6	0	Arsenal	40	11	8	2	37	18	6	4	9	23	29	13	46	D	L	L	W	D	1979-05-05	Birmingham City	A
7	0	Ipswich Town	39	11	4	6	34	21	7	4	7	20	24	9	44	W	W	W	W	W	1979-05-02	Aston Villa	A
8	1	Aston Villa	37	8	8	3	35	23	6	6	6	19	18	13	42	W	W	W	W	L	1979-05-02	Ipswich Town	H
9	-1	Coventry City	41	10	7	3	38	29	3	9	9	17	39	-13	42	L	W	D	W	D	1979-05-05	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
10	0	Manchester United	38	8	6	5	25	22	6	7	6	30	36	-3	41	D	W	D	D	D	1979-04-30	Southampton	A
11	0	Bristol City	41	11	6	4	34	19	4	4	12	13	30	-2	40	D	L	W	L	W	1979-05-05	Manchester City	A
12	1	Southampton	38	9	9	2	34	19	3	6	9	12	29	-2	39	W	D	L	D	W	1979-04-30	Manchester United	H
13	-1	Middlesbrough	40	10	5	5	33	20	4	5	11	21	29	5	38	D	L	L	W	D	1979-05-05	Derby County	A
14	2	Norwich City	41	7	9	4	28	18	0	13	8	22	38	-6	36	D	L	L	L	L	1979-05-05	Nottingham Forest	H
15	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	39	6	7	6	17	24	5	7	8	26	35	-16	36	L	D	D	D	L	1979-05-05	Everton	H
16	-1	Manchester City	38	7	5	6	27	24	4	8	8	23	25	1	35	L	W	W	L	D	1979-05-01	Birmingham City	H
17	0	Bolton Wanderers	39	10	4	4	34	21	2	6	13	18	47	-16	34	D	L	L	L	D	1979-05-01	Liverpool	H
18	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	9	4	7	25	26	3	4	12	16	36	-21	32	D	W	D	W	D	1979-04-30	Nottingham Forest	H
19	0	Derby County	41	8	5	7	25	22	2	6	13	19	46	-24	31	D	L	W	L	L	1979-05-05	Middlesbrough	H
20	0	Queens Park Rangers	39	4	9	6	23	26	2	4	14	18	36	-21	25	W	L	D	D	L	1979-05-04	Leeds United	A
21	0	Birmingham City	39	5	8	7	24	25	0	1	18	9	35	-27	19	L	D	L	L	D	1979-05-01	Manchester City	A
22	0	Chelsea	39	3	4	12	20	38	2	4	14	20	49	-47	18	L	W	L	L	L	1979-05-05	Ipswich Town	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Goldstone Ground	26,141
Maybank, Rollings	Lineups		Aston
Burnley	0	1	Orient	Turf Moor	7,195
	Lineups		Mayo
Crystal Palace	2	0	Notts County	Selhurst Park	23,880
Swindlehurst, Murphy	Lineups
Fulham	3	0	Leicester City	Craven Cottage	7,002
Strong, Davies 2	Lineups
Millwall	0	3	Bristol Rovers	The Den, New Cross	5,266
	Lineups		White 2, Williams
Oldham Athletic	4	1	Cambridge United	Boundary Park	6,185
Stainrod 2, Wood, Young	Lineups		Finney
Preston North End	2	2	Luton Town	Deepdale	8,946
Doyle, Coleman	Lineups		Haslegrove OG, Moss
Sheffield United	2	1	Charlton Athletic	Bramall Lane	16,888
Anderson, Guy	Lineups		Hales
Stoke City	0	0	Newcastle United	Victoria Ground	23,271
	Lineups
Sunderland	1	2	Cardiff City	Roker Park	36,526	Largest home gate 1978-79
Ashurst	Lineups		Moore, Bishop
West Ham United	1	1	Wrexham	Upton Park	28,865
Bonds	Lineups		Shinton

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	41	16	3	2	44	11	6	7	7	25	27	31	54	W	D	W	L	W	1979-05-05	Newcastle United	A
2	0	Stoke City	41	11	7	3	35	15	8	9	3	22	16	26	54	D	W	W	D	W	1979-05-05	Notts County	A
3	-2	Sunderland	41	13	3	5	39	19	8	8	4	29	24	25	53	L	W	W	L	W	1979-05-05	Wrexham	A
4	0	Crystal Palace	40	11	7	2	28	11	6	12	2	20	13	24	53	W	D	W	W	D	1979-05-05	Orient	A
5	0	West Ham United	39	12	7	2	46	15	6	6	6	23	21	33	49	D	W	D	D	W	1979-05-05	Blackburn Rovers	A
6	0	Notts County	40	8	9	2	22	13	6	6	9	25	45	-11	43	L	L	D	W	D	1979-05-01	Wrexham	H
7	0	Fulham	40	10	7	4	35	19	3	8	8	14	24	6	41	W	D	D	D	L	1979-05-05	Luton Town	A
8	1	Orient	41	11	5	4	32	17	4	5	12	19	33	1	40	W	D	D	L	L	1979-05-05	Crystal Palace	H
9	-1	Burnley	38	11	6	3	31	21	3	5	10	19	35	-6	39	L	L	L	D	W	1979-05-05	Cardiff City	A
10	1	Preston North End	40	7	11	3	36	23	3	7	9	20	34	-1	38	D	L	D	W	D	1979-05-05	Bristol Rovers	A
11	1	Newcastle United	39	11	3	4	29	21	4	5	12	16	31	-7	38	D	W	D	L	D	1979-05-02	Bristol Rovers	H
12	-2	Cambridge United	41	6	10	4	21	15	5	6	10	22	37	-9	38	L	W	L	L	W	1979-05-05	Sheffield United	H
13	1	Bristol Rovers	38	10	6	4	34	22	3	4	11	13	32	-7	36	W	W	L	L	L	1979-05-02	Newcastle United	A
14	1	Cardiff City	38	10	3	4	30	22	4	5	12	22	47	-17	36	W	W	W	D	W	1979-05-05	Burnley	H
15	-2	Leicester City	40	7	7	6	28	23	3	8	9	13	27	-9	35	L	W	D	L	L	1979-05-05	Millwall	H
16	3	Oldham Athletic	39	8	7	4	30	22	3	6	11	16	36	-12	35	W	W	D	W	D	1979-05-05	Charlton Athletic	A
17	-1	Wrexham	35	9	6	3	28	13	2	6	9	11	20	6	34	D	L	L	D	D	1979-05-01	Notts County	A
18	-1	Luton Town	40	10	5	5	44	24	2	5	13	14	31	3	34	D	L	D	D	D	1979-05-05	Fulham	H
19	-1	Charlton Athletic	41	5	8	7	26	28	5	5	11	32	41	-11	33	L	D	L	L	L	1979-05-05	Oldham Athletic	H
20	0	Sheffield United	39	9	5	5	32	21	2	6	12	18	44	-15	33	W	L	L	D	W	1979-05-02	Blackburn Rovers	H
21	0	Millwall	36	6	3	9	18	24	3	5	10	18	28	-16	26	L	D	D	W	D	1979-05-05	Leicester City	A
22	0	Blackburn Rovers	39	3	8	8	21	28	4	2	14	16	43	-34	24	L	L	D	W	L	1979-05-02	Sheffield United	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	1	0	Mansfield Town	Griffin Park	6,838
Phillips	Lineups
Bury	2	2	Colchester United	Gigg Lane	2,905
Hilton, Wilson	Lineups		Gough, Wright
Chester	2	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Sealand Road	4,200
Mellor, Phillips	Lineups		Owen, Lowey
Chesterfield	1	0	Rotherham United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,162
Cammack	Lineups
Exeter City	3	2	Carlisle United	St James Park	4,229
Neville 2 (1p), Rogers	Lineups		Bonnyman, Tait
Gillingham	2	0	Shrewsbury Town	Priestfield Stadium	14,902	Largest home gate 1978-79
Price 2	Lineups
Hull City	1	1	Swindon Town	Boothferry Park	4,980
Bannister	Lineups		Rowland
Oxford United	2	1	Lincoln City	Manor Ground	3,497
Jeffrey, Smith OG	Lineups		Harford
Peterborough United	1	2	Blackpool	London Road	4,004
Gynn	Lineups		Kellow 2
Swansea City	3	2	Southend United	Vetch Field	15,941
Waddle 3	Lineups		Parker 2
Watford	2	2	Plymouth Argyle	Vicarage Road	14,816
Joslyn, Mercer	Lineups		Trusson, Megson

				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	Swansea City	44	15	6	1	55	31	8	5	9	24	27	21	57	W	D	W	D	W	1979-05-05	Plymouth Argyle	A
2	0	Watford	43	13	5	3	42	22	8	7	7	33	28	25	54	D	L	L	W	D	1979-05-02	Chester	H
3	0	Gillingham	42	14	7	1	37	15	5	9	6	21	22	21	54	W	W	L	W	W	1979-05-05	Swindon Town	A
4	0	Shrewsbury Town	41	11	9	0	28	9	6	9	6	21	27	13	52	L	W	D	D	D	1979-05-02	Lincoln City	A
5	0	Carlisle United	45	11	10	1	31	12	4	12	7	22	29	12	52	L	W	W	D	D	1979-05-05	Oxford United	H
6	0	Swindon Town	41	15	2	4	39	13	7	5	8	25	30	21	51	D	L	W	W	L	1979-05-02	Oxford United	H
7	0	Exeter City	42	14	6	3	38	18	3	9	7	21	29	12	49	W	D	W	W	D	1979-05-05	Rotherham United	A
8	0	Colchester United	43	12	8	1	29	15	3	8	11	20	35	-1	46	D	D	W	L	D	1979-05-04	Peterborough United	H
9	1	Chester	44	11	9	3	42	21	3	7	11	15	37	-1	44	D	D	W	D	D	1979-05-02	Watford	A
10	1	Hull City	40	10	9	2	33	13	6	2	11	25	34	11	43	D	W	L	D	W	1979-05-01	Plymouth Argyle	H
11	2	Brentford	43	14	4	4	34	17	3	5	13	14	28	3	43	W	W	L	W	L	1979-05-05	Blackpool	A
12	-3	Southend United	44	10	6	5	29	16	4	9	10	21	32	2	43	L	L	D	L	L	1979-04-30	Walsall	H
13	-1	Plymouth Argyle	44	11	8	3	38	25	4	5	13	26	39	0	43	D	D	W	L	W	1979-05-01	Hull City	A
14	0	Oxford United	43	10	8	5	27	20	3	9	8	15	27	-5	43	W	D	W	L	D	1979-05-02	Swindon Town	A
15	0	Blackpool	42	11	5	5	33	16	5	4	12	21	37	1	41	W	D	L	D	W	1979-05-05	Brentford	H
16	0	Sheffield Wednesday	40	6	8	4	20	14	4	10	8	23	31	-2	38	D	D	L	L	W	1979-05-01	Bury	A
17	1	Bury	41	5	10	5	32	29	4	9	8	20	31	-8	37	D	W	L	D	L	1979-05-01	Sheffield Wednesday	H
18	-1	Rotherham United	40	11	2	7	23	20	3	7	10	16	27	-8	37	L	L	L	D	D	1979-05-01	Peterborough United	H
19	0	Chesterfield	41	10	5	7	35	32	2	8	9	13	27	-11	37	W	D	D	L	W	1979-05-05	Walsall	A
20	0	Mansfield Town	39	4	9	4	21	19	4	8	10	19	27	-6	33	L	D	W	W	L	1979-04-30	Tranmere Rovers	A
21	0	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	0	Peterborough United	41	7	6	8	23	24	3	6	11	15	33	-19	32	L	W	D	L	D	1979-05-01	Rotherham United	A
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	41	4	7	8	19	28	2	4	16	15	48	-42	23	L	L	L	W	D	1979-05-02	Shrewsbury Town	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	0	3	Rochdale	Oakwell	12,051
	Lineups		Owen 2, Hoy
Bradford City	6	0	Crewe Alexandra	Valley Parade	2,109
Baines 2, McNiven 3, Martinez	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Aldershot	Belle Vue	1,539
French	Lineups		Tomlin
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Portsmouth	Leeds Road	2,895
Robins, Fletcher (p)	Lineups
Newport County	1	1	Grimsby Town	Somerton Park	3,049
Oakes	Lineups		Waters
Northampton Town	2	1	Hereford United	County Ground	2,001
Robertson, McCaffrey	Lineups		Gould
Reading	1	0	Halifax Town	Elm Park	7,642
Hetzke	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	2	2	Torquay United	Old Showground	1,543
Kilmore (p), Earl	Lineups		Davies, Cox
Wigan Athletic	2	2	Darlington	Springfield Park	6,153
Moore, Brownbill	Lineups		Seal, Walsh
Wimbledon	3	1	Hartlepool United	Plough Lane	3,546
Cunningham, Smith T OG, Galliers	Lineups		Houchen
York City	2	1	AFC Bournemouth	Bootham Crescent	2,171
McDonald, Staniforth (p)	Lineups		Scott
Footnotes
Crewe Alexandra to apply for re-election
Reading promoted and Halifax Town to apply for re-election

				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	Reading	44	18	3	1	48	8	6	10	6	24	27	37	61	W	W	D	W	D	1979-05-02	Wimbledon	H
2	-1	Grimsby Town	44	15	5	2	48	19	11	4	7	30	24	35	61	D	W	W	W	D	1979-05-05	Doncaster Rovers	H
3	1	Wimbledon	40	16	2	2	45	18	7	7	6	28	23	32	55	W	W	D	W	D	1979-05-02	Reading	A
4	-1	Barnsley	41	14	4	3	44	21	8	7	5	24	17	30	55	L	W	W	L	W	1979-04-30	Darlington	H
5	0	Aldershot	44	15	5	2	37	14	4	11	7	24	32	15	54	D	L	W	L	W	1979-05-05	York City	H
6	0	Wigan Athletic	43	14	5	4	40	24	6	7	7	20	21	15	52	D	L	D	D	W	1979-05-01	Scunthorpe United	A
7	0	Portsmouth	42	13	6	2	34	10	6	5	10	26	34	16	49	L	W	D	W	D	1979-05-05	Barnsley	H
8	0	Newport County	44	11	5	6	37	28	8	5	9	25	26	8	48	D	L	D	W	L	1979-05-01	AFC Bournemouth	H
9	0	Torquay United	43	13	4	5	37	24	5	3	13	19	39	-7	43	D	W	W	L	W	1979-04-30	Huddersfield Town	A
10	2	Huddersfield Town	42	12	7	2	30	14	4	3	14	22	35	3	42	W	L	L	W	W	1979-04-30	Torquay United	H
11	-1	Hereford United	42	12	7	2	35	17	3	4	14	17	33	2	41	L	W	W	L	W	1979-05-01	Port Vale	A
12	2	York City	40	8	6	5	26	21	7	5	9	17	28	-6	41	W	L	W	W	D	1979-05-01	Crewe Alexandra	H
13	-2	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
14	3	Bradford City	42	10	4	6	35	23	6	3	13	23	41	-6	39	W	L	L	L	L	1979-04-30	Doncaster Rovers	H
15	-2	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
16	-1	Scunthorpe United	42	11	3	7	31	29	3	8	10	16	28	-10	39	D	W	L	L	W	1979-05-01	Wigan Athletic	H
17	1	Northampton Town	43	12	4	7	40	30	3	4	13	23	40	-7	38	W	L	L	D	W	1979-05-05	Rochdale	A
18	-2	AFC Bournemouth	44	10	6	6	32	18	3	5	14	13	27	0	37	L	W	W	L	D	1979-05-01	Newport County	A
19	1	Doncaster Rovers	44	8	8	7	25	22	4	3	14	21	47	-23	35	D	L	L	D	W	1979-04-30	Bradford City	A
20	-1	Hartlepool United	40	5	12	3	30	26	3	6	11	15	35	-16	34	L	L	D	D	D	1979-05-02	Bradford City	A
21	0	Darlington	40	7	6	6	22	19	3	6	12	23	42	-16	32	D	L	D	L	W	1979-04-30	Barnsley	A
22	0	Rochdale	41	8	4	8	18	25	3	5	13	19	35	-23	31	W	W	W	L	L	1979-05-01	Stockport County	H
23	0	Crewe Alexandra	43	3	7	11	23	37	3	7	12	19	48	-43	26	L	L	L	L	L	1979-05-01	York City	A
24	0	Halifax Town	41	5	5	8	16	22	2	3	18	15	40	-31	22	L	W	D	D	L	1979-05-05	Newport County	H