1979-09-15

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	0	Middlesbrough	Highbury	30,341
Sunderland, Stapleton	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Ipswich Town	Goldstone Ground	23,608
Clark, Ryan	Lineups
Bristol City	0	0	Stoke City	Ashton Gate	16,662
	Lineups
Coventry City	3	1	Bolton Wanderers	Highfield Road	15,353
Wallace 2, Powell (p)	Lineups		Morgan
Crystal Palace	2	0	Aston Villa	Selhurst Park	28,156
Murphy 2	Lineups
Everton	2	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Goodison Park	31,807
Kidd, Ross (p)	Lineups		Daniel, Gray, Richards
Leeds United	1	1	Liverpool	Elland Road	39,779	Largest home gate 1979-80
Curtis	Lineups		McDermott
Manchester United	1	0	Derby County	Old Trafford	54,308
Grimes	Lineups
Norwich City	3	1	Nottingham Forest	Carrow Road	18,056
Reeves, Fashanu, Robson	Lineups		Woodcock
Southampton	5	2	Tottenham Hotspur	The Dell	22,573
Holmes 2, Baker, Channon, Boyer	Lineups		Jones, Hoddle
West Bromwich Albion	4	0	Manchester City	The Hawthorns	22,183
Brown A, Owen, Robson 2	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	1	Manchester United	6	3	0	0	5	1	1	2	0	4	1	7	10	W	W	W	D	W	1979-09-22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
2	-1	Nottingham Forest	6	2	1	0	5	1	2	0	1	7	4	7	9	L	D	W	W	W	1979-09-22	Bristol City	A
3	1	Norwich City	6	3	0	0	9	2	1	0	2	4	5	6	8	W	L	L	W	W	1979-09-22	Liverpool	A
4	1	Crystal Palace	6	2	1	0	6	0	0	3	0	2	2	6	8	W	D	W	D	D	1979-09-22	Stoke City	A
5	2	Southampton	6	2	1	0	9	5	1	1	1	2	2	4	8	W	W	W	L	D	1979-09-22	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
6	-3	Middlesbrough	6	2	1	0	5	1	1	0	2	4	5	3	7	L	W	L	D	W	1979-09-22	Derby County	A
7	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	1	1	0	4	1	2	0	1	4	4	3	7	W	D	L	W	W	1979-09-22	Manchester United	H
8	0	Liverpool	5	2	1	0	7	1	0	1	1	3	4	5	6	D	W	L	W	D	1979-09-22	Norwich City	H
9	5	Arsenal	6	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	7	4	3	6	W	L	D	D	L	1979-09-22	Aston Villa	A
10	0	Bristol City	6	1	2	0	4	2	1	0	2	3	4	1	6	D	L	W	W	L	1979-09-22	Nottingham Forest	H
11	0	Leeds United	6	1	2	0	4	2	0	2	1	3	4	1	6	D	D	D	L	W	1979-09-22	Bolton Wanderers	A
12	-6	Ipswich Town	6	2	0	1	4	2	1	0	2	2	5	-1	6	L	W	W	L	W	1979-09-22	Everton	H
13	3	Coventry City	6	3	0	0	8	2	0	0	3	3	11	-2	6	W	L	W	L	W	1979-09-22	Manchester City	A
14	1	Stoke City	6	2	0	1	8	6	0	1	2	1	4	-1	5	D	L	L	W	L	1979-09-22	Crystal Palace	H
15	-2	Everton	6	0	1	2	5	8	2	0	1	4	4	-3	5	L	W	D	W	L	1979-09-22	Ipswich Town	A
16	-4	Bolton Wanderers	6	1	2	0	3	2	0	1	2	2	6	-3	5	L	D	L	W	D	1979-09-22	Leeds United	H
17	4	Brighton & Hove Albion	6	2	0	1	5	5	0	0	3	4	7	-3	4	W	L	W	L	L	1979-09-22	Southampton	H
18	4	West Bromwich Albion	6	1	1	1	5	5	0	1	2	1	5	-4	4	W	D	L	L	L	1979-09-22	Tottenham Hotspur	A
19	-2	Aston Villa	6	1	0	2	2	6	0	2	1	2	4	-6	4	L	L	D	L	W	1979-09-22	Arsenal	H
20	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	6	2	0	1	5	5	0	0	3	3	12	-9	4	L	W	W	L	L	1979-09-22	West Bromwich Albion	H
21	-1	Derby County	6	1	0	2	3	4	0	1	2	0	5	-6	3	L	W	L	L	L	1979-09-22	Middlesbrough	H
22	-3	Manchester City	6	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	3	1	9	-8	3	L	L	L	W	L	1979-09-22	Coventry City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	0	Charlton Athletic	St Andrew's	16,156
Lynex	Lineups
Cambridge United	4	1	Bristol Rovers	Abbey Stadium	4,423
Streete, Smith L, Biley, Spriggs	Lineups		Williams
Fulham	3	1	Burnley	Craven Cottage	6,535
Davies 2, Lock (p)	Lineups		Noble (p)
Newcastle United	3	2	Leicester City	St James' Park	26,443
Cartwright, Shoulder 2 (2p)	Lineups		Smith 2 (1p)
Notts County	0	0	Luton Town	Meadow Lane	9,582
	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	3	2	Preston North End	Boundary Park	9,849
Heaton, Stainrod, Steel	Lineups		Thomson 2
Shrewsbury Town	3	0	Chelsea	Gay Meadow	9,271
Biggins, Mann, Keay (p)	Lineups
Swansea City	1	2	Queens Park Rangers	Vetch Field	16,931
Charles	Lineups		Burke, Stephenson OG
Watford	1	1	Cardiff City	Vicarage Road	13,741
Train	Lineups		Stevens
West Ham United	2	0	Sunderland	Upton Park	24,021
Cross, Pearson	Lineups
Wrexham	2	1	Orient	Racecourse Ground	8,195
Vinter, Hill	Lineups		Mayo

				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	Newcastle United	6	3	0	0	8	5	1	1	1	5	3	5	9	W	W	W	D	L	1979-09-22	Wrexham	H
2	-1	Luton Town	6	2	1	0	8	2	1	1	1	5	4	7	8	D	W	W	W	L	1979-09-22	Oldham Athletic	H
3	1	Notts County	6	2	1	0	5	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	8	D	L	W	W	D	1979-09-22	Swansea City	H
4	4	Wrexham	6	2	0	1	3	2	2	0	1	6	6	1	8	W	W	L	L	W	1979-09-22	Newcastle United	A
5	-2	Leicester City	6	2	0	1	4	3	1	1	1	7	5	3	7	L	W	L	W	D	1979-09-22	Fulham	H
6	8	Cambridge United	6	1	2	0	7	4	1	1	1	3	4	2	7	W	L	W	D	D	1979-09-22	Cardiff City	A
7	6	Birmingham City	6	1	1	1	5	5	2	0	1	4	4	0	7	W	W	D	W	L	1979-09-22	Orient	A
8	7	Fulham	6	2	1	0	4	1	1	0	2	5	8	0	7	W	L	W	L	D	1979-09-22	Leicester City	A
9	-4	Sunderland	6	3	0	0	6	1	0	1	2	0	5	0	7	L	W	L	W	W	1979-09-22	Burnley	A
10	-1	Cardiff City	6	2	0	1	3	2	1	1	1	3	5	-1	7	D	W	W	L	W	1979-09-22	Cambridge United	H
11	-5	Preston North End	6	1	2	0	3	2	1	0	2	5	4	2	6	L	D	L	D	W	1979-09-22	Bristol Rovers	H
12	4	Queens Park Rangers	6	2	0	1	6	4	1	0	2	2	3	1	6	W	W	L	L	L	1979-09-22	West Ham United	H
13	-1	Watford	6	1	2	0	3	1	0	2	1	3	5	0	6	D	D	W	D	D	1979-09-22	Chelsea	A
14	-7	Bristol Rovers	6	2	1	0	6	4	0	1	2	2	7	-3	6	L	D	D	W	W	1979-09-22	Preston North End	A
15	-5	Swansea City	6	2	0	1	5	3	0	2	1	1	6	-3	6	L	L	W	D	D	1979-09-22	Notts County	A
16	1	Oldham Athletic	6	2	0	1	8	5	0	1	2	3	5	1	5	W	D	W	L	L	1979-09-22	Luton Town	A
17	2	West Ham United	6	2	0	1	3	1	0	1	2	1	4	-1	5	W	D	L	W	L	1979-09-22	Queens Park Rangers	A
18	-7	Chelsea	6	1	1	1	4	3	1	0	2	2	5	-2	5	L	L	L	W	W	1979-09-22	Watford	H
19	3	Shrewsbury Town	6	1	1	1	5	3	0	0	3	1	5	-2	3	W	L	L	L	D	1979-09-22	Charlton Athletic	A
20	-2	Burnley	6	0	2	1	2	3	0	1	2	4	7	-4	3	L	D	L	L	D	1979-09-22	Sunderland	H
21	-1	Orient	6	0	2	1	4	7	0	1	2	2	4	-5	3	L	L	D	L	D	1979-09-22	Birmingham City	H
22	-1	Charlton Athletic	6	0	1	2	2	6	0	2	1	2	3	-5	3	L	L	D	D	D	1979-09-22	Shrewsbury Town	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Southend United	Ewood Park	6,603
Craig	Lineups		Cusack
Blackpool	3	2	Rotherham United	Bloomfield Road	7,807
Wilson, Kellow, McEwan	Lineups		Gwyther, Rhodes
Brentford	1	0	Grimsby Town	Griffin Park	7,121
Salman	Lineups
Bury	0	1	Hull City	Gigg Lane	3,442
	Lineups		Edwards
Colchester United	0	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Layer Road	3,473
	Lineups
Gillingham	2	2	Chester	Priestfield Stadium	7,397
Price 2	Lineups		Oakes, Rush
Mansfield Town	1	0	Oxford United	Field Mill	4,217
Austin	Lineups
Millwall	5	1	Exeter City	The Den, New Cross	5,567
Mitchell 2, Lyons, Mehmet, Tagg	Lineups		Pullar
Plymouth Argyle	3	0	Wimbledon	Home Park	5,744
Trusson, Kemp 2	Lineups
Reading	2	0	Carlisle United	Elm Park	5,166
Heale, Bowman (p)	Lineups
Sheffield United	2	0	Barnsley	Bramall Lane	20,507
Bourne, Matthews	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	1	Chesterfield	County Ground	6,391
Rowland, Kamara	Lineups		Walker

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	3	Millwall	6	3	0	0	8	2	0	3	0	3	3	6	9	W	D	W	D	W	1979-09-18	Sheffield Wednesday	H
2	-1	Rotherham United	6	3	0	0	8	1	1	0	2	5	8	4	8	L	W	W	W	W	1979-09-18	Carlisle United	A
3	3	Blackpool	6	3	0	0	8	3	1	0	2	5	8	2	8	W	W	W	L	L	1979-09-18	Sheffield United	A
4	-2	Oxford United	5	3	0	0	10	1	0	1	1	2	3	8	7	L	W	W	D	W	1979-09-18	Plymouth Argyle	A
5	-2	Grimsby Town	6	3	0	0	9	4	0	1	2	1	4	2	7	L	W	D	W	L	1979-09-18	Bury	A
6	4	Swindon Town	6	2	1	0	6	1	1	0	2	4	7	2	7	W	L	W	W	D	1979-09-18	Chester	H
7	5	Sheffield United	6	3	0	0	7	2	0	1	2	2	5	2	7	W	L	W	D	L	1979-09-18	Blackpool	H
8	-1	Chester	6	1	2	0	5	3	1	1	1	5	6	1	7	D	D	L	D	W	1979-09-18	Swindon Town	A
9	2	Brentford	5	2	0	0	4	1	1	1	1	4	6	1	7	W	W	W	L	D	1979-09-17	Exeter City	H
10	3	Hull City	6	1	1	1	5	5	1	2	0	2	1	1	7	W	W	D	D	D	1979-09-18	Chesterfield	A
11	-6	Chesterfield	6	3	0	0	8	1	0	0	3	4	8	3	6	L	W	L	W	W	1979-09-18	Hull City	H
12	-4	Gillingham	5	0	2	0	3	3	2	0	1	6	4	2	6	D	W	W	D	L	1979-09-18	Wimbledon	H
13	-4	Blackburn Rovers	6	0	3	0	2	2	1	1	1	4	2	2	6	D	L	D	W	D	1979-09-19	Barnsley	H
14	0	Sheffield Wednesday	6	0	1	2	0	5	2	1	0	6	1	0	6	D	L	W	L	D	1979-09-18	Millwall	A
15	6	Mansfield Town	6	2	1	0	5	3	0	0	3	2	5	-1	5	W	L	D	L	L	1979-09-18	Colchester United	A
16	0	Southend United	5	1	0	2	2	4	1	1	0	2	1	-1	5	D	L	L	W	W	1979-09-19	Reading	A
17	2	Colchester United	6	1	1	1	3	3	1	0	2	2	6	-4	5	D	L	L	L	W	1979-09-18	Mansfield Town	H
18	-3	Bury	6	2	0	1	5	1	0	0	3	0	4	0	4	L	L	W	L	W	1979-09-18	Grimsby Town	H
19	4	Plymouth Argyle	6	2	0	1	6	3	0	0	3	2	6	-1	4	W	L	L	L	L	1979-09-18	Oxford United	H
20	-3	Wimbledon	6	1	0	2	3	4	1	0	2	2	6	-5	4	L	W	L	L	W	1979-09-18	Gillingham	A
21	-3	Barnsley	6	2	0	1	3	3	0	0	3	0	5	-5	4	L	W	L	W	L	1979-09-19	Blackburn Rovers	A
22	2	Reading	6	1	1	1	5	5	0	1	2	0	6	-6	4	W	L	L	L	D	1979-09-19	Southend United	H
23	-3	Exeter City	6	2	0	1	3	3	0	0	3	3	12	-9	4	L	W	L	W	L	1979-09-17	Brentford	A
24	-2	Carlisle United	6	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	3	0	4	-4	3	L	L	L	W	D	1979-09-18	Rotherham United	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Darlington	0	0	Aldershot	Feethams Ground	1,456
	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	0	Hereford United	The Shay	1,500
Mountford	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	1	Doncaster Rovers	Sincil Bank	4,834
Hobson	Lineups		Nimmo
Newport County	1	2	Bradford City	Somerton Park	4,089
Vaughan	Lineups		McNiven, Staniforth
Peterborough United	3	0	Crewe Alexandra	London Road	4,525
Quow, Kellock, Robson	Lineups
Port Vale	5	0	Northampton Town	Vale Park	2,847
Chamberlain N 2, Wright 2, Sproson	Lineups
Torquay United	3	0	Rochdale	Plainmoor	2,551
Davies, Murphy, Sermanni	Lineups
Walsall	3	1	Hartlepool United	Fellows Park	4,205
Waddington, Buckley 2	Lineups		Ayre
Wigan Athletic	2	5	York City	Springfield Park	5,900
Corrigan, Urquhart	Lineups		Staniforth 3, Loggie, Lorimer

				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	Bradford City	6	2	1	0	7	1	3	0	0	7	2	11	11	W	D	W	W	W	1979-09-17	Port Vale	A
2	-1	Portsmouth	6	3	0	0	10	1	2	0	1	6	5	10	10	L	W	W	W	W	1979-09-18	AFC Bournemouth	H
3	2	Peterborough United	6	2	0	1	6	3	3	0	0	4	0	7	10	W	W	W	W	L	1979-09-19	Aldershot	H
4	2	Walsall	6	3	0	0	8	4	1	2	0	4	3	5	10	W	D	W	W	D	1979-09-18	Lincoln City	H
5	-2	Huddersfield Town	6	3	0	0	7	1	1	1	1	3	4	5	9	D	W	L	W	W	1979-09-19	Crewe Alexandra	A
6	1	Lincoln City	6	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	0	5	1	5	8	D	D	W	W	W	1979-09-18	Walsall	A
7	-3	Tranmere Rovers	6	2	0	1	6	2	2	0	1	4	4	4	8	W	W	L	L	W	1979-09-17	Doncaster Rovers	H
8	8	Torquay United	6	2	1	0	8	2	0	1	2	5	10	1	6	W	L	D	D	L	1979-09-19	Hereford United	H
9	1	AFC Bournemouth	6	1	1	1	5	5	1	1	1	4	3	1	6	D	L	L	W	D	1979-09-18	Portsmouth	A
10	-1	Newport County	6	2	0	1	5	3	1	0	2	4	5	1	6	L	L	W	L	W	1979-09-18	Northampton Town	H
11	-3	Hereford United	6	2	0	1	5	3	1	0	2	3	4	1	6	L	L	L	W	W	1979-09-19	Torquay United	A
12	3	Halifax Town	6	2	1	0	5	2	0	1	2	1	4	0	6	W	D	W	L	D	1979-09-18	Rochdale	H
13	-2	Hartlepool United	6	2	0	1	4	4	1	0	2	4	5	-1	6	L	W	W	L	W	1979-09-19	Wigan Athletic	A
14	-1	Doncaster Rovers	6	2	0	1	7	7	0	2	1	2	5	-3	6	D	W	L	L	D	1979-09-17	Tranmere Rovers	A
15	-1	Aldershot	6	2	0	1	5	2	0	1	2	0	3	0	5	D	W	L	W	L	1979-09-19	Peterborough United	A
16	-4	Wigan Athletic	6	0	0	3	4	9	2	1	0	6	4	-3	5	L	W	L	W	L	1979-09-19	Hartlepool United	H
17	5	Port Vale	6	1	0	2	5	2	1	0	2	4	5	2	4	W	W	L	L	L	1979-09-17	Bradford City	H
18	-1	Stockport County	6	0	2	1	3	4	1	0	2	2	3	-2	4	D	L	W	L	D	1979-09-17	Darlington	H
19	4	York City	6	1	0	2	3	5	1	0	2	6	7	-3	4	W	L	L	L	W	1979-09-18	Scunthorpe United	A
20	-1	Darlington	6	1	2	0	5	3	0	0	3	2	7	-3	4	D	L	W	L	L	1979-09-17	Stockport County	A
21	-3	Rochdale	6	1	1	1	2	3	0	1	2	2	7	-6	4	L	D	L	W	D	1979-09-18	Halifax Town	A
22	-2	Scunthorpe United	6	1	1	1	4	5	0	0	3	1	11	-11	3	D	L	W	L	L	1979-09-18	York City	H
23	-2	Northampton Town	6	0	1	2	2	4	0	1	2	3	9	-8	2	L	D	D	L	L	1979-09-18	Newport County	A
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	6	0	1	2	2	6	0	0	3	1	10	-13	1	L	L	L	D	L	1979-09-19	Huddersfield Town	H