1979-04-30

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Southampton	1	1	Manchester United	The Dell	21,616
Boyer	Lineups		Ritchie
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	Nottingham Forest	Molineux	23,613
Richards	Lineups

				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	37	9	10	0	30	9	8	7	3	23	14	30	51	L	D	W	D	D	1979-05-02	Southampton	H
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	0	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	Manchester United	39	8	6	5	25	22	6	8	6	31	37	-3	42	D	D	W	D	D	1979-05-05	West Bromwich Albion	A
10	-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
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	0	Southampton	39	9	10	2	35	20	3	6	9	12	29	-2	40	D	W	D	L	D	1979-05-02	Nottingham Forest	A
13	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	40	10	4	7	26	26	3	4	12	16	36	-20	34	W	D	W	D	W	1979-05-05	Coventry City	A
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

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Southend United	1	0	Walsall	Roots Hall	2,889
Parker	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	1	2	Mansfield Town	Prenton Park	1,121
Kerr	Lineups		Carter, Saxby G
Footnotes
Lincoln Ctiy relegated

				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	3	Southend United	45	11	6	5	30	16	4	9	10	21	32	3	45	W	L	L	D	L	1979-05-04	Tranmere Rovers	H
10	-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
11	-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
12	-1	Brentford	43	14	4	4	34	17	3	5	13	14	28	3	43	W	W	L	W	L	1979-05-05	Blackpool	A
13	0	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	0	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	0	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	40	4	9	4	21	19	5	8	10	21	28	-5	35	W	L	D	W	W	1979-05-05	Chester	H
21	0	Walsall	44	7	6	9	34	31	3	6	13	21	35	-11	32	L	D	L	L	D	1979-05-05	Chesterfield	H
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	44	4	12	6	25	26	1	4	17	18	47	-30	26	L	D	L	W	D	1979-05-04	Southend United	A
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	1	1	Darlington	Oakwell	10,974
Little	Lineups		Ferguson
Bradford City	1	0	Doncaster Rovers	Valley Parade	2,189
Johnson	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Torquay United	Leeds Road	1,680
Hart	Lineups		Cooper

				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	44	18	3	1	48	8	6	10	6	24	27	37	61	W	W	D	W	D	1979-05-02	Wimbledon	H
2	0	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	Barnsley	42	14	5	3	45	22	8	7	5	24	17	30	56	D	L	W	W	L	1979-05-02	Huddersfield Town	A
4	-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
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	44	13	4	5	37	24	5	4	13	20	40	-7	44	D	D	W	W	L	1979-05-05	Stockport County	H
10	0	Huddersfield Town	43	12	8	2	31	15	4	3	14	22	35	3	43	D	W	L	L	W	1979-05-02	Barnsley	H
11	0	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	Bradford City	43	11	4	6	36	23	6	3	13	23	41	-5	41	W	W	L	L	L	1979-05-02	Hartlepool United	H
13	-1	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
14	-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
15	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	Doncaster Rovers	45	8	8	7	25	22	4	3	15	21	48	-24	35	L	D	L	L	D	1979-05-05	Grimsby Town	A
20	0	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	41	7	6	6	22	19	3	7	12	24	43	-16	33	D	D	L	D	L	1979-05-05	Bradford City	H
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