1979-09-29

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Highbury	41,844
Stapleton, Hollins	Lineups		Gray 2, Hibbitt
Coventry City	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Highfield Road	20,085
Wallace	Lineups		Jones
Crystal Palace	4	1	Ipswich Town	Selhurst Park	29,885
Swindlehurst, Hinshelwood, Francis (p), Cannon	Lineups		Gates
Everton	0	0	Bristol City	Goodison Park	24,733
	Lineups
Leeds United	1	2	Manchester City	Elland Road	29,592
Hankin	Lineups		Power, Deyna
Manchester United	4	0	Stoke City	Old Trafford	52,596
McQueen 2, McIlroy, Wilkins	Lineups
Middlesbrough	0	0	Aston Villa	Ayresome Park	16,017
	Lineups
Norwich City	2	1	Bolton Wanderers	Carrow Road	16,500
Fashanu, Peters	Lineups		Whatmore
Nottingham Forest	1	0	Liverpool	City Ground	28,262
Birtles	Lineups
Southampton	4	0	Derby County	The Dell	22,583
Boyer 3, Channon	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	2	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	The Hawthorns	21,225
Robson, Brown A	Lineups		Poskett, O'Sullivan

				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	Crystal Palace	8	3	1	0	10	1	1	3	0	4	3	10	12	W	W	W	D	W	1979-10-06	Tottenham Hotspur	H
2	1	Manchester United	8	4	0	0	9	1	1	2	1	5	4	9	12	W	L	W	W	W	1979-10-06	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
3	-2	Nottingham Forest	8	3	1	0	6	1	2	1	1	8	5	8	12	W	D	L	D	W	1979-10-06	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
4	2	Southampton	8	3	1	0	13	5	1	2	1	2	2	8	11	W	D	W	W	W	1979-10-06	Aston Villa	A
5	-1	Norwich City	8	4	0	0	11	3	1	1	2	4	5	7	11	W	D	W	L	L	1979-10-06	Stoke City	H
6	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	7	2	1	0	7	2	3	0	1	7	6	6	11	W	W	W	D	L	1979-10-06	Nottingham Forest	A
7	2	Middlesbrough	8	2	2	0	5	1	1	0	3	4	6	2	8	D	L	L	W	L	1979-10-06	West Bromwich Albion	H
8	2	Bristol City	8	1	3	0	5	3	1	1	2	3	4	1	8	D	D	D	L	W	1979-10-06	Liverpool	A
9	-2	Liverpool	7	2	2	0	7	1	0	1	2	3	5	4	7	L	D	D	W	L	1979-10-06	Bristol City	H
10	-2	Arsenal	8	1	1	2	4	5	1	2	1	7	4	2	7	L	D	W	L	D	1979-10-06	Manchester City	H
11	0	Leeds United	8	1	2	1	5	4	0	3	1	4	5	0	7	L	D	D	D	D	1979-10-06	Ipswich Town	H
12	1	Everton	8	0	2	2	5	8	2	1	1	5	5	-3	7	D	D	L	W	D	1979-10-06	Coventry City	A
13	6	Manchester City	8	2	1	1	6	3	1	0	3	3	10	-4	7	W	W	L	L	L	1979-10-06	Arsenal	A
14	-2	Ipswich Town	8	2	1	1	5	3	1	0	3	3	9	-4	7	L	D	L	W	W	1979-10-06	Leeds United	A
15	0	Coventry City	8	3	1	0	9	3	0	0	4	3	14	-5	7	D	L	W	L	W	1979-10-06	Everton	H
16	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	8	2	1	1	5	5	0	1	3	6	9	-3	6	D	D	W	L	W	1979-10-06	Manchester United	A
17	1	West Bromwich Albion	8	1	2	1	7	7	0	2	2	2	6	-4	6	D	D	W	D	L	1979-10-06	Middlesbrough	A
18	-4	Bolton Wanderers	8	1	3	0	4	3	0	1	3	3	8	-4	6	L	D	L	D	L	1979-10-06	Derby County	A
19	2	Aston Villa	8	1	1	2	2	6	0	3	1	2	4	-6	6	D	D	L	L	D	1979-10-06	Southampton	H
20	2	Tottenham Hotspur	8	2	1	1	6	6	0	1	3	4	13	-9	6	D	D	L	W	W	1979-10-06	Crystal Palace	A
21	-5	Stoke City	8	2	0	2	9	8	0	1	3	1	8	-6	5	L	L	D	L	L	1979-10-06	Norwich City	A
22	-2	Derby County	8	2	0	2	4	4	0	1	3	0	9	-9	5	L	W	L	W	L	1979-10-06	Bolton Wanderers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	0	0	Newcastle United	St Andrew's	19,967
	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Cardiff City	Eastville	8,949
Penny	Lineups		Pontin
Cambridge United	0	1	Chelsea	Abbey Stadium	8,792
	Lineups		Johnson
Fulham	1	3	Luton Town	Craven Cottage	9,944
Lock (p)	Lineups		Moss (p), Hill, Hatton
Oldham Athletic	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	Boundary Park	8,974
	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	1	0	Orient	Gay Meadow	6,176
Biggins	Lineups
Sunderland	1	1	Preston North End	Roker Park	24,594
Clarke	Lineups		Elliott
Swansea City	0	2	Leicester City	Vetch Field	15,104
	Lineups		Rofe 2
Watford	2	1	Charlton Athletic	Vicarage Road	13,598
Bolton, Jenkins	Lineups		Shaw
West Ham United	2	1	Burnley	Upton Park	18,327
Stewart (p), Lansdowne	Lineups		Scott
Wrexham	1	0	Notts County	Racecourse Ground	9,173
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	Newcastle United	8	4	0	0	9	5	1	2	1	5	3	6	12	D	W	W	W	W	1979-10-06	West Ham United	A
2	0	Luton Town	8	2	2	0	8	2	2	1	1	8	5	9	11	W	D	D	W	W	1979-10-06	Cardiff City	A
3	2	Leicester City	8	2	1	1	7	6	2	1	1	9	5	5	10	W	D	L	W	L	1979-10-06	Shrewsbury Town	A
4	6	Wrexham	8	3	0	1	4	2	2	0	2	6	7	1	10	W	L	W	W	L	1979-10-06	Fulham	A
5	-1	Queens Park Rangers	8	3	0	1	9	4	1	1	2	2	3	4	9	D	W	W	W	L	1979-10-06	Watford	A
6	0	Preston North End	8	2	2	0	6	4	1	1	2	6	5	3	9	D	W	L	D	L	1979-10-06	Birmingham City	H
7	-4	Notts County	8	2	2	0	5	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	9	L	D	D	L	W	1979-10-06	Bristol Rovers	A
8	5	Chelsea	8	2	1	1	6	3	2	0	2	3	5	1	9	W	W	L	L	L	1979-10-06	Burnley	A
9	0	Birmingham City	8	1	2	1	5	5	2	1	1	6	6	0	9	D	D	W	W	D	1979-10-06	Preston North End	A
10	1	Sunderland	8	3	1	0	7	2	0	2	2	1	6	0	9	D	D	L	W	L	1979-10-06	Charlton Athletic	H
11	1	Cardiff City	8	2	1	1	3	2	1	2	1	4	6	-1	9	D	D	D	W	W	1979-10-06	Luton Town	H
12	-5	Cambridge United	8	1	2	1	7	5	1	2	1	3	4	1	8	L	D	W	L	W	1979-10-06	Swansea City	H
13	3	Watford	8	2	2	0	5	2	0	2	2	3	7	-1	8	W	L	D	D	W	1979-10-06	Queens Park Rangers	H
14	-6	Fulham	8	2	1	1	5	4	1	1	2	8	11	-2	8	L	D	W	L	W	1979-10-06	Wrexham	H
15	0	Oldham Athletic	8	2	1	1	8	5	0	2	2	3	5	1	7	D	D	W	D	W	1979-10-06	Orient	H
16	3	West Ham United	8	3	0	1	5	2	0	1	3	1	7	-3	7	W	L	W	D	L	1979-10-06	Newcastle United	H
17	0	Bristol Rovers	8	2	2	0	7	5	0	1	3	4	10	-4	7	D	L	L	D	D	1979-10-06	Notts County	H
18	-4	Swansea City	8	2	0	2	5	5	0	3	1	1	6	-5	7	L	D	L	L	W	1979-10-06	Cambridge United	A
19	3	Shrewsbury Town	8	2	1	1	6	3	0	0	4	2	7	-2	5	W	L	W	L	L	1979-10-06	Leicester City	H
20	-2	Charlton Athletic	8	1	1	2	4	7	0	2	2	3	5	-5	5	L	W	L	L	D	1979-10-06	Sunderland	A
21	-1	Burnley	8	0	3	1	3	4	0	1	3	5	9	-5	4	L	D	L	D	L	1979-10-06	Chelsea	H
22	-1	Orient	8	0	3	1	6	9	0	1	3	2	5	-6	4	L	D	L	L	D	1979-10-06	Oldham Athletic	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	0	3	Rotherham United	Ewood Park	7,435
	Lineups		Gwyther 2, Finney
Brentford	2	0	Southend United	Griffin Park	6,928
McNichol, Phillips	Lineups
Bury	1	2	Wimbledon	Gigg Lane	2,790
Beamish (p)	Lineups		Leslie, Ketteridge
Carlisle United	2	2	Chester	Brunton Park	4,324
Bonnyman, Beardsley	Lineups		Jones, Raynor (p)
Chesterfield	2	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Saltergate Recreation Ground	14,950	Largest home gate 1979-80
Walker, Crawford	Lineups		Smith (p)
Colchester United	0	0	Barnsley	Layer Road	3,376
	Lineups
Gillingham	1	0	Exeter City	Priestfield Stadium	7,538
Funnell	Lineups
Millwall	3	2	Hull City	The Den, New Cross	6,001
Chatterton 2 (1p), Lyons	Lineups		Phillips, Tait
Plymouth Argyle	2	2	Blackpool	Home Park	5,693
Binney 2	Lineups		Kellow, Jones
Reading	1	0	Mansfield Town	Elm Park	6,123
Earles	Lineups
Sheffield United	3	1	Oxford United	Bramall Lane	17,349
Bourne (p), de Goey, Matthews	Lineups		Graydon (p)
Swindon Town	3	0	Grimsby Town	County Ground	6,825
McHale (p), Carter, Mayes	Lineups

				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	Sheffield United	9	5	0	0	13	4	1	1	2	6	8	7	13	W	W	W	W	L	1979-10-03	Blackpool	A
2	2	Rotherham United	9	4	0	0	10	1	2	0	3	9	11	7	12	W	W	L	L	W	1979-10-02	Carlisle United	H
3	0	Millwall	9	4	1	0	14	7	0	3	1	4	5	6	12	W	L	D	W	D	1979-10-02	Sheffield Wednesday	A
4	3	Swindon Town	9	4	1	0	12	2	1	0	3	6	11	5	11	W	L	W	W	L	1979-10-06	Hull City	H
5	1	Gillingham	8	2	2	0	5	3	2	1	1	6	4	4	11	W	D	W	D	W	1979-10-06	Blackburn Rovers	H
6	-1	Blackpool	9	4	0	0	10	4	1	1	3	8	13	1	11	D	W	L	W	W	1979-10-03	Sheffield United	H
7	-5	Oxford United	8	4	0	0	13	2	0	2	2	4	7	8	10	L	W	D	L	W	1979-10-06	Chesterfield	A
8	5	Brentford	8	3	0	1	6	3	1	2	1	4	6	1	10	W	D	L	W	W	1979-10-03	Exeter City	A
9	1	Colchester United	9	2	2	1	5	4	2	0	2	4	7	-2	10	D	W	W	D	L	1979-10-01	Mansfield Town	A
10	5	Chesterfield	9	4	1	0	11	3	0	0	4	4	10	2	9	W	L	D	L	W	1979-10-02	Hull City	A
11	-3	Sheffield Wednesday	9	1	1	2	4	7	2	2	1	10	6	1	9	L	W	D	D	L	1979-10-02	Millwall	H
12	-3	Hull City	9	1	2	1	5	5	1	3	1	5	5	0	9	L	D	D	W	W	1979-10-02	Chesterfield	H
13	5	Reading	9	2	2	1	7	6	1	1	2	2	6	-3	9	W	W	D	W	L	1979-10-05	Colchester United	A
14	0	Barnsley	9	3	0	1	5	4	1	1	3	1	5	-3	9	D	W	W	L	W	1979-10-02	Blackburn Rovers	H
15	-4	Southend United	8	2	0	2	6	5	1	2	1	3	4	0	8	L	W	D	D	L	1979-10-06	Bury	A
16	0	Carlisle United	9	2	2	1	8	6	1	0	3	2	5	-1	8	D	W	W	L	L	1979-10-02	Rotherham United	A
17	-5	Grimsby Town	9	3	0	1	10	6	0	2	3	2	8	-2	8	L	L	D	L	W	1979-10-02	Bury	H
18	-1	Chester	9	1	2	1	5	5	1	2	2	8	11	-3	8	D	L	L	D	D	1979-10-06	Plymouth Argyle	H
19	5	Wimbledon	9	1	1	2	3	4	2	0	3	4	8	-5	7	W	D	L	L	W	1979-10-06	Carlisle United	A
20	-1	Blackburn Rovers	9	0	3	2	2	6	1	1	2	5	4	-3	6	L	L	L	D	L	1979-10-02	Barnsley	A
21	2	Plymouth Argyle	9	2	2	1	9	6	0	0	4	3	10	-4	6	D	L	D	W	L	1979-10-06	Chester	A
22	-2	Exeter City	9	2	0	2	4	5	1	0	4	5	13	-9	6	L	L	W	L	W	1979-10-03	Brentford	H
23	-2	Bury	9	2	1	2	7	4	0	0	4	1	7	-3	5	L	L	D	L	L	1979-10-02	Grimsby Town	A
24	-2	Mansfield Town	9	2	1	1	8	7	0	0	5	3	8	-4	5	L	L	L	W	L	1979-10-01	Colchester United	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Crewe Alexandra	2	1	Northampton Town	Gresty Road	1,909
Chesters, Coyne	Lineups		Waldock
Halifax Town	2	1	Hartlepool United	The Shay	2,293
Mountford, Dunleavy	Lineups		Newton
Newport County	1	1	Lincoln City	Somerton Park	4,042
Guest OG	Lineups		Harford
Peterborough United	2	0	Hereford United	London Road	4,051
Kellock (p), Chard	Lineups
Port Vale	5	1	Rochdale	Vale Park	2,835
Wright 2, Farrell 2, Owen	Lineups		Esser
Portsmouth	5	2	York City	Fratton Park	14,917
Aizlewood, Brisley, Garwood 2 (2p), Laidlaw	Lineups		Eccles, Kay
Torquay United	4	0	Darlington	Plainmoor	2,722
Cooper 3, Lawrence	Lineups
Walsall	1	1	Aldershot	Fellows Park	5,137
Buckley	Lineups		Dungworth
Wigan Athletic	4	1	Bradford City	Springfield Park	8,009
Moore, Gore, Hinnigan, Houghton	Lineups		Staniforth

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	2	Portsmouth	9	5	0	0	19	3	3	0	1	8	6	18	16	W	W	W	L	W	1979-10-02	AFC Bournemouth	A
2	-1	Huddersfield Town	9	4	0	0	14	2	3	1	1	8	6	14	15	W	W	W	D	W	1979-10-02	Crewe Alexandra	H
3	-1	Bradford City	9	3	1	0	9	1	4	0	1	10	7	11	15	L	W	W	W	D	1979-10-03	Port Vale	H
4	0	Walsall	9	4	1	0	12	5	2	2	0	7	4	10	15	D	W	W	W	D	1979-10-03	Lincoln City	A
5	2	Peterborough United	9	3	0	2	9	6	3	0	1	4	1	6	12	W	L	L	W	W	1979-10-06	Huddersfield Town	H
6	2	Halifax Town	9	4	1	0	8	3	1	1	2	2	4	3	12	W	W	W	W	D	1979-10-02	Rochdale	A
7	-2	Lincoln City	9	2	1	1	6	2	2	2	1	6	5	5	11	D	W	L	D	D	1979-10-03	Walsall	H
8	-2	Newport County	9	3	1	1	8	5	2	0	2	7	6	4	11	D	W	W	L	L	1979-10-02	Northampton Town	A
9	3	Torquay United	9	3	2	0	13	3	0	2	2	7	12	5	10	W	D	D	W	L	1979-10-03	Hereford United	A
10	0	Aldershot	9	3	0	1	8	2	1	2	2	4	5	5	10	D	W	W	D	W	1979-10-06	Bradford City	H
11	-2	Tranmere Rovers	9	3	0	2	7	7	2	0	2	4	7	-3	10	L	L	W	W	W	1979-10-02	Doncaster Rovers	A
12	3	Wigan Athletic	9	2	0	3	10	11	2	1	1	7	6	0	9	W	L	W	L	W	1979-10-06	Torquay United	H
13	-2	Hereford United	9	3	0	1	7	4	1	1	3	4	7	0	9	L	W	D	L	L	1979-10-03	Torquay United	H
14	-1	AFC Bournemouth	9	1	1	2	5	6	2	1	2	9	7	1	8	W	L	L	D	L	1979-10-02	Portsmouth	H
15	-1	Hartlepool United	9	2	1	1	6	6	1	0	4	6	9	-3	7	L	D	L	L	W	1979-10-06	AFC Bournemouth	A
16	0	Doncaster Rovers	9	2	0	2	8	10	0	3	2	2	6	-6	7	D	L	L	D	W	1979-10-02	Tranmere Rovers	H
17	4	Port Vale	9	2	0	3	11	5	1	0	3	5	12	-1	6	W	L	L	W	W	1979-10-03	Bradford City	A
18	-1	Stockport County	9	0	3	2	5	7	1	1	2	4	5	-3	6	L	D	D	D	L	1979-10-02	Darlington	A
19	-1	Scunthorpe United	9	2	2	1	10	6	0	0	4	1	13	-8	6	D	L	W	D	L	1979-10-02	York City	A
20	-1	Darlington	9	1	2	1	6	6	0	1	4	3	12	-9	5	L	L	D	D	L	1979-10-02	Stockport County	H
21	-1	York City	9	1	1	2	5	7	1	0	4	9	18	-11	5	L	D	L	W	L	1979-10-02	Scunthorpe United	H
22	0	Northampton Town	9	1	1	2	3	4	0	1	4	5	13	-9	4	L	W	L	L	D	1979-10-02	Newport County	H
23	0	Rochdale	9	1	1	2	3	5	0	1	4	3	13	-12	4	L	L	L	L	D	1979-10-02	Halifax Town	H
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	9	1	1	3	5	10	0	0	4	1	13	-17	3	W	L	L	L	L	1979-10-02	Huddersfield Town	A