1979-08-18

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	1	1	Aston Villa	Burnden Park	19,795
Whatmore	Lineups		Cowans
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	4	Arsenal	Goldstone Ground	28,604
	Lineups		Sunderland 2, Stapleton, Brady (p)
Bristol City	2	2	Leeds United	Ashton Gate	22,845
Jantunen, Ritchie (p)	Lineups		Curtis 2
Everton	2	4	Norwich City	Goodison Park	27,555
Nulty, Ross (p)	Lineups		McGuire, Fashanu 2, Peters
Ipswich Town	0	1	Nottingham Forest	Portman Road	27,371
	Lineups		Woodcock
Manchester City	0	0	Crystal Palace	Maine Road	40,681
	Lineups
Southampton	1	1	Manchester United	The Dell	21,768
Peach	Lineups		McQueen
Stoke City	3	2	Coventry City	Victoria Ground	23,151
Busby, Crooks 2	Lineups		Powell 2
Tottenham Hotspur	1	3	Middlesbrough	White Hart Lane	32,743
Hoddle	Lineups		Armstrong, Burns, Jankovic
West Bromwich Albion	0	0	Derby County	The Hawthorns	24,643
	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	Arsenal	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Ipswich Town	H
2	0	Norwich City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Tottenham Hotspur	H
3	0	Middlesbrough	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Manchester City	H
4	0	Stoke City	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Nottingham Forest	A
5	0	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Stoke City	H
6	0	Bristol City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Coventry City	A
7	0	Leeds United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Everton	H
8	0	Aston Villa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
9	0	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Liverpool	A
10	0	Manchester United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	West Bromwich Albion	H
11	0	Southampton	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Crystal Palace	A
12	0	Crystal Palace	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Southampton	H
13	0	Derby County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
14	0	Manchester City	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Middlesbrough	A
15	0	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Manchester United	A
16	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Derby County	A
17	0	Liverpool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Bolton Wanderers	H
18	0	Coventry City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Bristol City	H
19	0	Ipswich Town	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Arsenal	A
20	0	Everton	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Leeds United	A
21	0	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Norwich City	A
22	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Aston Villa	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	3	4	Fulham	St Andrew's	19,179
Evans, Dillon, Bertschin	Lineups		Davies 3, Guthrie
Charlton Athletic	0	3	Preston North End	The Valley	6,148
	Lineups		Elliott, Bell, Thomson
Chelsea	0	0	Sunderland	Stamford Bridge	23,636
	Lineups
Leicester City	2	0	Watford	Filbert Street	15,772
Young 2	Lineups
Luton Town	1	1	Cambridge United	Kenilworth Road	8,202
Moss	Lineups		Biley
Newcastle United	3	2	Oldham Athletic	St James' Park	19,099
Withe, Shoulder 2 (2p)	Lineups		Atkinson, Steel
Notts County	4	1	Cardiff City	Meadow Lane	7,157
McCulloch, Mair, Richards, Masson	Lineups		Jones
Orient	2	2	Burnley	Brisbane Road	6,151
Coates 2	Lineups		Kindon, James
Queens Park Rangers	2	0	Bristol Rovers	Loftus Road	12,652
Allen, Goddard	Lineups
Swansea City	2	0	Shrewsbury Town	Vetch Field	17,400
James, R, Waddle	Lineups
Wrexham	1	0	West Ham United	Racecourse Ground	13,036
Vinter	Lineups

				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	Notts County	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Shrewsbury Town	A
2	0	Preston North End	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Newcastle United	H
3	0	Leicester City	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Cambridge United	A
4	0	Queens Park Rangers	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Cardiff City	A
5	0	Swansea City	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Watford	A
6	0	Fulham	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	3	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Orient	H
7	0	Newcastle United	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Preston North End	A
8	0	Wrexham	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Oldham Athletic	A
9	0	Burnley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Charlton Athletic	H
10	0	Orient	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Fulham	A
11	0	Cambridge United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Leicester City	H
12	0	Luton Town	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Bristol Rovers	A
13	0	Chelsea	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1979-08-20	West Ham United	A
14	0	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Birmingham City	H
15	0	Birmingham City	1	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Sunderland	A
16	0	Oldham Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Wrexham	H
17	0	West Ham United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-20	Chelsea	H
18	0	Bristol Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Luton Town	H
19	0	Shrewsbury Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Notts County	H
20	0	Watford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Swansea City	H
21	0	Cardiff City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Queens Park Rangers	H
22	0	Charlton Athletic	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Burnley	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	0	3	Sheffield Wednesday	Oakwell	22,360	Largest home gate 1979-80
	Lineups		Curran, McCulloch, Mellor
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Millwall	Ewood Park	8,232
Craig	Lineups		Towner
Blackpool	2	1	Gillingham	Bloomfield Road	5,253
Pashley, McEwan	Lineups		Westwood
Grimsby Town	4	1	Exeter City	Blundell Park	5,937
Cumming, Liddell 2, Waters (p)	Lineups		Neville
Hull City	0	2	Colchester United	Boothferry Park	4,463
	Lineups		Allinson, Hodge
Mansfield Town	3	2	Chesterfield	Field Mill	5,623
Curtis, Bird, Allen	Lineups		Walker 2
Oxford United	5	1	Rotherham United	Manor Ground	3,181
Berry 2, Foley, Hodgson, Jeffrey	Lineups		Rhodes
Plymouth Argyle	2	0	Bury	Home Park	5,569
Binney 2 (1p)	Lineups
Reading	2	2	Brentford	Elm Park	8,140
Hicks, Bowman	Lineups		Henderson OG, Fraser
Sheffield United	2	1	Swindon Town	Bramall Lane	12,020
Benjamin (p), Brown	Lineups		Mayes
Southend United	1	0	Carlisle United	Roots Hall	4,140
Tuohy	Lineups
Wimbledon	2	3	Chester	Plough Lane	3,549
Leslie, Cork	Lineups		Ruggiero, Henderson, Edwards

				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	Oxford United	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-25	Hull City	A
2	0	Grimsby Town	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Chester	A
3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Hull City	H
4	0	Colchester United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Sheffield United	H
5	0	Plymouth Argyle	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Millwall	A
6	0	Chester	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Grimsby Town	H
7	0	Mansfield Town	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Rotherham United	A
8	0	Blackpool	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Bury	A
9	0	Sheffield United	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Colchester United	A
10	0	Southend United	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-25	Wimbledon	A
11	0	Brentford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1979-08-25	Swindon Town	A
12	0	Reading	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Swindon Town	A
13	0	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Carlisle United	A
14	0	Millwall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Plymouth Argyle	H
15	0	Chesterfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Barnsley	H
16	0	Wimbledon	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Exeter City	A
17	0	Gillingham	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-25	Millwall	H
18	0	Swindon Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Reading	H
19	0	Carlisle United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Blackburn Rovers	H
20	0	Bury	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Blackpool	H
21	0	Hull City	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Sheffield Wednesday	A
22	0	Exeter City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Wimbledon	H
23	0	Barnsley	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Chesterfield	A
24	0	Rotherham United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	-4	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Mansfield Town	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	4	0	Crewe Alexandra	Valley Parade	3,668
Dolan, Baines 2, Staniforth	Lineups
Darlington	2	2	Wigan Athletic	Feethams Ground	2,063
Taylor 2	Lineups		Purdie, Hinnigan
Doncaster Rovers	2	1	Northampton Town	Belle Vue	4,402
Warboys (p), Pugh	Lineups		McCaffrey
Hartlepool United	0	3	Portsmouth	Victoria Park	3,110
	Lineups		Bryant, McLaughlin, Garwood
Hereford United	3	1	York City	Edgar Street	3,149
McGrellis 2, Jones	Lineups		Randall
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Aldershot	Leeds Road	3,313
Robins, Hart	Lineups
Lincoln City	0	1	Peterborough United	Sincil Bank	4,801
	Lineups		Kellock
Newport County	2	1	Port Vale	Somerton Park	4,008
Vaughan, Goddard	Lineups		Tully
Rochdale	0	2	AFC Bournemouth	Spotland	2,310
	Lineups		Cunningham, Chambers (p)
Torquay United	3	0	Scunthorpe United	Plainmoor	3,177
Twitchin, Lawrence, Levy	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	2	0	Halifax Town	Prenton Park	2,650
Craven, Kerr	Lineups
Walsall	2	1	Stockport County	Fellows Park	3,786
Penn, Kelly	Lineups		Henson

				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	Bradford City	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Northampton Town	A
2	0	Portsmouth	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Torquay United	H
3	0	Torquay United	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Portsmouth	A
4	0	Hereford United	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-20	Port Vale	A
5	0	AFC Bournemouth	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Walsall	H
6	0	Huddersfield Town	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Wigan Athletic	A
7	0	Tranmere Rovers	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Peterborough United	A
8	0	Doncaster Rovers	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Halifax Town	A
9	0	Newport County	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Aldershot	A
10	0	Walsall	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	AFC Bournemouth	A
11	0	Peterborough United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	W	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Tranmere Rovers	H
12	0	Darlington	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	York City	A
13	0	Wigan Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Huddersfield Town	H
14	0	Northampton Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Bradford City	H
15	0	Port Vale	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-20	Hereford United	H
16	0	Stockport County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-20	Rochdale	H
17	0	Lincoln City	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Crewe Alexandra	A
18	0	York City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Darlington	H
19	0	Aldershot	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Newport County	H
20	0	Halifax Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Doncaster Rovers	H
21	0	Rochdale	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-20	Stockport County	A
22	0	Hartlepool United	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Scunthorpe United	A
23	0	Scunthorpe United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-21	Hartlepool United	H
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	-4	0	L	#	#	#	#	1979-08-22	Lincoln City	H