1979-10-06

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	0	0	Manchester City	Highbury	34,688
	Lineups
Aston Villa	3	0	Southampton	Villa Park	24,377
Bremner, Mortimer, Evans (p)	Lineups
Coventry City	2	1	Everton	Highfield Road	17,205
Wallace 2	Lineups		King
Crystal Palace	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Selhurst Park	45,296
Walsh	Lineups		Villa
Derby County	4	0	Bolton Wanderers	Baseball Ground	16,810
Duncan 2, Emson 2	Lineups
Leeds United	2	1	Ipswich Town	Elland Road	19,342
Cherry, Hird (p)	Lineups		Mariner
Liverpool	4	0	Bristol City	Anfield Road	38,213
Johnson, Dalglish, Kennedy R, McDermott	Lineups
Manchester United	2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Old Trafford	52,641
Coppell, Macari	Lineups
Middlesbrough	2	1	West Bromwich Albion	Ayresome Park	16,312
Burns, Armstrong (p)	Lineups		Owen
Norwich City	2	2	Stoke City	Carrow Road	17,060
Bond (p), Reeves	Lineups		Irvine, Richardson (p)
Nottingham Forest	3	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	City Ground	27,569
Francis, Robertson (p), Birtles	Lineups		Daniel, Richards

				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	9	5	0	0	11	1	1	2	1	5	4	11	14	W	W	L	W	W	1979-10-10	West Bromwich Albion	A
2	1	Nottingham Forest	9	4	1	0	9	3	2	1	1	8	5	9	14	W	W	D	L	D	1979-10-10	Stoke City	A
3	-2	Crystal Palace	9	3	2	0	11	2	1	3	0	4	3	10	13	D	W	W	W	D	1979-10-09	Southampton	A
4	1	Norwich City	9	4	1	0	13	5	1	1	2	4	5	7	12	D	W	D	W	L	1979-10-10	Tottenham Hotspur	A
5	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	8	2	1	0	7	2	3	0	2	9	9	5	11	L	W	W	W	D	1979-10-09	Derby County	H
6	-2	Southampton	9	3	1	0	13	5	1	2	2	2	5	5	11	L	W	D	W	W	1979-10-09	Crystal Palace	H
7	0	Middlesbrough	9	3	2	0	7	2	1	0	3	4	6	3	10	W	D	L	L	W	1979-10-10	Manchester City	A
8	1	Liverpool	8	3	2	0	11	1	0	1	2	3	5	8	9	W	L	D	D	W	1979-10-09	Bolton Wanderers	A
9	2	Leeds United	9	2	2	1	7	5	0	3	1	4	5	1	9	W	L	D	D	D	1979-10-13	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
10	5	Coventry City	9	4	1	0	11	4	0	0	4	3	14	-4	9	W	D	L	W	L	1979-10-09	Bristol City	A
11	-1	Arsenal	9	1	2	2	4	5	1	2	1	7	4	2	8	D	L	D	W	L	1979-10-09	Ipswich Town	A
12	-4	Bristol City	9	1	3	0	5	3	1	1	3	3	8	-3	8	L	D	D	D	L	1979-10-09	Coventry City	H
13	6	Aston Villa	9	2	1	2	5	6	0	3	1	2	4	-3	8	W	D	D	L	L	1979-10-13	West Bromwich Albion	H
14	-1	Manchester City	9	2	1	1	6	3	1	1	3	3	10	-4	8	D	W	W	L	L	1979-10-10	Middlesbrough	H
15	-3	Everton	9	0	2	2	5	8	2	1	2	6	7	-4	7	L	D	D	L	W	1979-10-13	Crystal Palace	H
16	-2	Ipswich Town	9	2	1	1	5	3	1	0	4	4	11	-5	7	L	L	D	L	W	1979-10-09	Arsenal	H
17	5	Derby County	9	3	0	2	8	4	0	1	3	0	9	-5	7	W	L	W	L	W	1979-10-09	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
18	2	Tottenham Hotspur	9	2	1	1	6	6	0	2	3	5	14	-9	7	D	D	D	L	W	1979-10-10	Norwich City	H
19	-3	Brighton & Hove Albion	9	2	1	1	5	5	0	1	4	6	11	-5	6	L	D	D	W	L	1979-10-13	Leeds United	H
20	-3	West Bromwich Albion	9	1	2	1	7	7	0	2	3	3	8	-5	6	L	D	D	W	D	1979-10-10	Manchester United	H
21	0	Stoke City	9	2	0	2	9	8	0	2	3	3	10	-6	6	D	L	L	D	L	1979-10-10	Nottingham Forest	H
22	-4	Bolton Wanderers	9	1	3	0	4	3	0	1	4	3	12	-8	6	L	L	D	L	D	1979-10-09	Liverpool	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	2	3	Notts County	Eastville	5,372
Dennehy, Barrowclough	Lineups		Blockley, McCulloch, Christie
Burnley	0	1	Chelsea	Turf Moor	8,458
	Lineups		Langley
Cambridge United	0	1	Swansea City	Abbey Stadium	5,182
	Lineups		Charles
Cardiff City	2	1	Luton Town	Ninian Park	9,420
Bishop 2	Lineups		Hatton
Fulham	0	2	Wrexham	Craven Cottage	7,091
	Lineups		Jones J, Fox
Oldham Athletic	1	0	Orient	Boundary Park	6,700
Halom	Lineups
Preston North End	0	0	Birmingham City	Deepdale	10,740
	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	2	2	Leicester City	Gay Meadow	9,045
Chapman, King	Lineups		Goodwin, Byrne
Sunderland	4	0	Charlton Athletic	Roker Park	24,865
Hawley 3, Robson	Lineups
Watford	1	2	Queens Park Rangers	Vicarage Road	22,341
Mercer	Lineups		Allen, Roeder
West Ham United	1	1	Newcastle United	Upton Park	23,206
Cross	Lineups		Withe

				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	9	4	0	0	9	5	1	3	1	6	4	6	13	D	D	W	W	W	1979-10-10	Preston North End	H
2	2	Wrexham	9	3	0	1	4	2	3	0	2	8	7	3	12	W	W	L	W	W	1979-10-08	Oldham Athletic	H
3	-1	Luton Town	9	2	2	0	8	2	2	1	2	9	7	8	11	L	W	D	D	W	1979-10-09	Bristol Rovers	H
4	-1	Leicester City	9	2	1	1	7	6	2	2	1	11	7	5	11	D	W	D	L	W	1979-10-10	Cambridge United	H
5	0	Queens Park Rangers	9	3	0	1	9	4	2	1	2	4	4	5	11	W	D	W	W	W	1979-10-09	Cardiff City	H
6	4	Sunderland	9	4	1	0	11	2	0	2	2	1	6	4	11	W	D	D	L	W	1979-10-09	Birmingham City	A
7	0	Notts County	9	2	2	0	5	1	2	1	2	5	5	4	11	W	L	D	D	L	1979-10-09	Shrewsbury Town	H
8	0	Chelsea	9	2	1	1	6	3	3	0	2	4	5	2	11	W	W	W	L	L	1979-10-13	Bristol Rovers	H
9	2	Cardiff City	9	3	1	1	5	3	1	2	1	4	6	0	11	W	D	D	D	W	1979-10-09	Queens Park Rangers	A
10	-4	Preston North End	9	2	3	0	6	4	1	1	2	6	5	3	10	D	D	W	L	D	1979-10-10	Newcastle United	A
11	-2	Birmingham City	9	1	2	1	5	5	2	2	1	6	6	0	10	D	D	D	W	W	1979-10-09	Sunderland	H
12	3	Oldham Athletic	9	3	1	1	9	5	0	2	2	3	5	2	9	W	D	D	W	D	1979-10-08	Wrexham	A
13	5	Swansea City	9	2	0	2	5	5	1	3	1	2	6	-4	9	W	L	D	L	L	1979-10-09	Watford	H
14	-2	Cambridge United	9	1	2	2	7	6	1	2	1	3	4	0	8	L	L	D	W	L	1979-10-10	Leicester City	A
15	-2	Watford	9	2	2	1	6	4	0	2	2	3	7	-2	8	L	W	L	D	D	1979-10-09	Swansea City	A
16	0	West Ham United	9	3	1	1	6	3	0	1	3	1	7	-3	8	D	W	L	W	D	1979-10-13	Leicester City	A
17	-3	Fulham	9	2	1	2	5	6	1	1	2	8	11	-4	8	L	L	D	W	L	1979-10-09	Orient	A
18	-1	Bristol Rovers	9	2	2	1	9	8	0	1	3	4	10	-5	7	L	D	L	L	D	1979-10-09	Luton Town	A
19	0	Shrewsbury Town	9	2	2	1	8	5	0	0	4	2	7	-2	6	D	W	L	W	L	1979-10-09	Notts County	A
20	0	Charlton Athletic	9	1	1	2	4	7	0	2	3	3	9	-9	5	L	L	W	L	L	1979-10-09	Burnley	H
21	0	Burnley	9	0	3	2	3	5	0	1	3	5	9	-6	4	L	L	D	L	D	1979-10-09	Charlton Athletic	A
22	0	Orient	9	0	3	1	6	9	0	1	4	2	6	-7	4	L	L	D	L	L	1979-10-09	Fulham	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	3	1	Barnsley	Griffin Park	7,292
Kruse, Holmes L, Smith	Lineups		Glavin (p)
Bury	1	1	Southend United	Gigg Lane	2,495
Howard	Lineups		Pountney
Carlisle United	1	1	Wimbledon	Brunton Park	4,476
Bonnyman	Lineups		Cunningham
Chester	1	0	Plymouth Argyle	Sealand Road	2,988
Henderson	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	2	Oxford United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,914
Ridley, Moss	Lineups		Cooke, Stott
Exeter City	1	0	Blackpool	St James Park	3,769
Hatch	Lineups
Gillingham	1	2	Blackburn Rovers	Priestfield Stadium	7,851
Funnell	Lineups		Stonehouse 2
Millwall	2	0	Grimsby Town	The Den, New Cross	5,057
Mehmet, Mitchell	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	2	Sheffield United	Millmoor	20,355	Largest home gate 1979-80
Finney	Lineups		Bourne, Butlin
Sheffield Wednesday	0	0	Mansfield Town	Hillsborough	13,072
	Lineups
Swindon Town	0	0	Hull City	County Ground	7,672
	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	11	5	0	0	13	4	3	1	2	11	11	9	17	W	W	W	W	W	1979-10-09	Colchester United	H
2	0	Rotherham United	11	5	0	1	15	4	2	0	3	9	11	9	14	L	W	W	W	L	1979-10-08	Mansfield Town	A
3	1	Millwall	11	5	1	0	16	7	0	3	2	4	7	6	14	W	L	W	L	D	1979-10-09	Plymouth Argyle	A
4	5	Brentford	10	4	0	1	9	4	1	3	1	4	6	3	13	W	D	W	D	L	1979-10-10	Oxford United	A
5	-2	Colchester United	11	2	3	1	6	5	3	0	2	5	7	-1	13	D	W	D	W	W	1979-10-09	Sheffield United	A
6	-1	Swindon Town	10	4	2	0	12	2	1	0	3	6	11	5	12	D	W	L	W	W	1979-10-10	Reading	A
7	0	Sheffield Wednesday	11	2	2	2	6	7	2	2	1	10	6	3	12	D	W	L	W	D	1979-10-09	Hull City	A
8	0	Hull City	11	2	2	1	7	6	1	4	1	5	5	1	12	D	W	L	D	D	1979-10-09	Sheffield Wednesday	H
9	2	Oxford United	9	4	0	0	13	2	0	3	2	6	9	8	11	D	L	W	D	L	1979-10-10	Brentford	H
10	-4	Gillingham	9	2	2	1	6	5	2	1	1	6	4	3	11	L	W	D	W	D	1979-10-13	Barnsley	A
11	-1	Blackpool	11	4	0	1	12	7	1	1	4	8	14	-1	11	L	L	D	W	L	1979-10-10	Bury	H
12	3	Chesterfield	11	4	2	0	13	5	0	0	5	5	12	1	10	D	L	W	L	D	1979-10-09	Barnsley	A
13	4	Chester	10	2	2	1	6	5	1	2	2	8	11	-2	10	W	D	L	L	D	1979-10-09	Grimsby Town	A
14	-2	Grimsby Town	11	4	0	1	11	6	0	2	4	2	10	-3	10	L	W	L	L	D	1979-10-09	Chester	H
15	-2	Reading	10	2	2	1	7	6	1	2	2	3	7	-3	10	D	W	W	D	W	1979-10-10	Swindon Town	H
16	-2	Barnsley	11	3	1	1	6	5	1	1	4	2	8	-5	10	L	D	D	W	W	1979-10-09	Chesterfield	H
17	-1	Southend United	9	2	0	2	6	5	1	3	1	4	5	0	9	D	L	W	D	D	1979-10-12	Colchester United	H
18	1	Blackburn Rovers	11	0	3	2	2	6	2	2	2	8	6	-2	9	W	D	L	L	L	1979-10-10	Carlisle United	H
19	-1	Carlisle United	11	2	3	1	9	7	1	0	4	3	9	-4	9	D	L	D	W	W	1979-10-10	Blackburn Rovers	A
20	1	Exeter City	11	3	1	2	5	5	1	0	4	5	13	-8	9	W	D	L	L	W	1979-10-09	Wimbledon	A
21	-1	Wimbledon	10	1	1	2	3	4	2	1	3	5	9	-5	8	D	W	D	L	L	1979-10-09	Exeter City	H
22	1	Bury	11	2	2	2	8	5	0	0	5	1	8	-4	6	D	L	L	L	D	1979-10-10	Blackpool	A
23	-1	Plymouth Argyle	10	2	2	1	9	6	0	0	5	3	11	-5	6	L	D	L	D	W	1979-10-09	Millwall	H
24	0	Mansfield Town	11	2	1	2	8	8	0	1	5	3	8	-5	6	D	L	L	L	L	1979-10-08	Rotherham United	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	2	1	Hartlepool United	Dean Court	3,180
Holder, Butler	Lineups		Harding
Aldershot	3	1	Bradford City	Recreation Ground	4,339
Dungworth 3	Lineups		Watson
Crewe Alexandra	1	2	Doncaster Rovers	Gresty Road	2,448
Nelson (p)	Lineups		Dowd, Wilkinson OG
Halifax Town	2	1	Newport County	The Shay	2,540
Mountford (p), Dunleavy	Lineups		Goddard
Northampton Town	2	1	Tranmere Rovers	County Ground	2,324
Reilly, Sargent	Lineups		Craven
Peterborough United	1	3	Huddersfield Town	London Road	5,183
Kellock	Lineups		Robins 2, Fletcher
Port Vale	1	2	Lincoln City	Vale Park	3,127
Wright	Lineups		Harford, Hobson
Portsmouth	4	3	Darlington	Fratton Park	16,692
Ashworth 2, Laidlaw, Garwood (p)	Lineups		McLean, Walsh 2 (1p)
Scunthorpe United	2	2	Walsall	Old Showground	2,617
Green, O'Berg	Lineups		Penn, Caswell
Wigan Athletic	0	3	Torquay United	Springfield Park	6,541
	Lineups		Cooper, Davies, Sermanni
York City	3	2	Rochdale	Bootham Crescent	2,462
Eccles, Byrne, Wellings	Lineups		McDermott, Jones

				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	Portsmouth	11	6	0	0	23	6	4	0	1	9	6	20	20	W	W	W	W	W	1979-10-10	Torquay United	A
2	0	Huddersfield Town	11	5	0	0	17	2	4	1	1	11	7	19	19	W	W	W	W	W	1979-10-09	Wigan Athletic	H
3	0	Bradford City	11	4	1	0	11	1	4	0	2	11	10	11	17	L	W	L	W	W	1979-10-10	Northampton Town	H
4	0	Walsall	11	4	1	0	12	5	2	4	0	11	8	10	17	D	D	D	W	W	1979-10-09	AFC Bournemouth	H
5	0	Halifax Town	11	5	1	0	10	4	1	2	2	4	6	4	15	W	D	W	W	W	1979-10-09	Doncaster Rovers	A
6	1	Lincoln City	11	2	2	1	8	4	3	2	1	8	6	6	14	W	D	D	W	L	1979-10-10	Crewe Alexandra	H
7	1	Torquay United	11	3	2	0	13	3	1	3	2	10	12	8	13	W	D	W	D	D	1979-10-10	Portsmouth	H
8	3	Aldershot	10	4	0	1	11	3	1	2	2	4	5	7	12	W	D	W	W	D	1979-10-09	Newport County	A
9	-3	Peterborough United	10	3	0	3	10	9	3	0	1	4	1	4	12	L	W	L	L	W	1979-10-08	Tranmere Rovers	A
10	-1	Newport County	11	3	1	1	8	5	2	0	4	10	11	2	11	L	L	D	W	W	1979-10-09	Aldershot	H
11	-1	Tranmere Rovers	11	3	0	2	7	7	2	1	3	6	10	-4	11	L	D	L	L	W	1979-10-08	Peterborough United	H
12	2	AFC Bournemouth	11	2	1	3	7	8	2	1	2	9	7	1	10	W	L	W	L	L	1979-10-09	Walsall	A
13	-1	Hereford United	11	3	1	1	7	4	1	1	4	5	9	-1	10	L	D	L	W	D	1979-10-10	Port Vale	H
14	2	Doncaster Rovers	11	2	1	2	9	11	1	3	2	4	7	-5	10	W	D	D	L	L	1979-10-09	Halifax Town	H
15	-2	Wigan Athletic	10	2	0	4	10	14	2	1	1	7	6	-3	9	L	W	L	W	L	1979-10-09	Huddersfield Town	A
16	3	York City	11	3	1	2	10	9	1	0	4	9	18	-8	9	W	W	L	D	L	1979-10-09	Darlington	A
17	-2	Stockport County	11	1	3	2	7	8	1	1	3	4	8	-5	8	W	L	L	D	D	1979-10-09	Rochdale	A
18	3	Northampton Town	11	3	1	2	8	7	0	1	4	5	13	-7	8	W	W	L	W	L	1979-10-10	Bradford City	A
19	-2	Hartlepool United	10	2	1	1	6	6	1	0	5	7	11	-4	7	L	L	D	L	L	1979-10-09	Scunthorpe United	H
20	-2	Darlington	11	2	2	1	9	6	0	1	5	6	16	-7	7	L	W	L	L	D	1979-10-09	York City	H
21	1	Scunthorpe United	11	2	3	1	12	8	0	0	5	1	15	-10	7	D	L	D	L	W	1979-10-09	Hartlepool United	A
22	-2	Port Vale	11	2	0	4	12	7	1	0	4	5	14	-4	6	L	L	W	L	L	1979-10-10	Hereford United	A
23	0	Rochdale	11	1	2	2	5	7	0	1	5	5	16	-13	5	L	D	L	L	L	1979-10-09	Stockport County	H
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	11	1	1	4	6	12	0	0	5	1	16	-21	3	L	L	W	L	L	1979-10-10	Lincoln City	A