1979-10-13

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	0	0	West Bromwich Albion	Villa Park	36,007
	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	0	0	Arsenal	Burnden Park	17,032
	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	Leeds United	Goldstone Ground	27,002
	Lineups
Bristol City	1	1	Manchester United	Ashton Gate	28,783	Largest home gate 1979-80
Rodgers	Lineups		Macari
Everton	3	1	Crystal Palace	Goodison Park	30,645
Kidd, King, Latchford	Lineups		Flanagan
Ipswich Town	1	2	Liverpool	Portman Road	25,310
Mariner	Lineups		Hunter OG, Johnson
Manchester City	1	0	Nottingham Forest	Maine Road	41,683
Deyna	Lineups
Southampton	2	3	Coventry City	The Dell	22,986
Boyer, George	Lineups		Wallace 2, Gooding
Stoke City	0	0	Middlesbrough	Victoria Ground	18,406
	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	Derby County	White Hart Lane	33,269
Armstrong	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	Norwich City	Molineux	28,060
Carr	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	11	5	0	0	11	1	1	3	2	6	7	9	15	D	L	W	W	L	1979-10-20	Ipswich Town	H
2	-1	Nottingham Forest	11	4	1	0	9	3	2	2	2	9	7	8	15	L	D	W	W	D	1979-10-20	Bolton Wanderers	H
3	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	3	2	0	8	2	3	0	2	9	9	6	14	W	D	L	W	W	1979-10-20	Middlesbrough	A
4	-1	Southampton	11	4	1	1	19	9	1	2	2	2	5	7	13	L	W	L	W	D	1979-10-20	West Bromwich Albion	A
5	-1	Crystal Palace	11	3	2	0	11	2	1	3	2	6	10	5	13	L	L	D	W	W	1979-10-20	Bristol City	H
6	1	Liverpool	10	3	2	0	11	1	1	2	2	6	7	9	12	W	D	W	L	D	1979-10-20	Everton	H
7	-2	Norwich City	11	4	1	0	13	5	1	1	4	6	9	5	12	L	L	D	W	D	1979-10-20	Manchester City	H
8	3	Manchester City	11	4	1	1	8	3	1	1	3	3	10	-2	12	W	W	D	W	W	1979-10-20	Norwich City	A
9	-1	Arsenal	11	1	2	2	4	5	2	3	1	9	5	3	11	D	W	D	L	D	1979-10-20	Stoke City	H
10	-1	Middlesbrough	11	3	2	0	7	2	1	1	4	4	7	2	11	D	L	W	D	L	1979-10-20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
11	-1	Bristol City	11	2	4	0	7	4	1	1	3	3	8	-2	11	D	W	L	D	D	1979-10-20	Crystal Palace	A
12	1	Coventry City	11	4	1	0	11	4	1	0	5	6	17	-4	11	W	L	W	D	L	1979-10-20	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
13	1	Tottenham Hotspur	11	4	1	1	10	8	0	2	3	5	14	-7	11	W	W	D	D	D	1979-10-20	Leeds United	A
14	-2	Leeds United	10	2	2	1	7	5	0	4	1	4	5	1	10	D	W	L	D	D	1979-10-20	Tottenham Hotspur	H
15	3	Everton	10	1	2	2	8	9	2	1	2	6	7	-2	9	W	L	D	D	L	1979-10-20	Liverpool	A
16	-1	West Bromwich Albion	11	2	2	1	9	7	0	3	3	3	8	-3	9	D	W	L	D	D	1979-10-20	Southampton	H
17	-1	Aston Villa	10	2	2	2	5	6	0	3	1	2	4	-3	9	D	W	D	D	L	1979-10-20	Derby County	A
18	1	Stoke City	11	2	2	2	10	9	0	2	3	3	10	-6	8	D	D	D	L	L	1979-10-20	Arsenal	A
19	-2	Derby County	11	3	0	2	8	4	0	2	4	0	10	-6	8	L	D	W	L	W	1979-10-20	Aston Villa	H
20	1	Bolton Wanderers	11	1	5	0	5	4	0	1	4	3	12	-8	8	D	D	L	L	D	1979-10-20	Nottingham Forest	A
21	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	10	2	2	1	5	5	0	1	4	6	11	-5	7	D	L	D	D	W	1979-10-20	Coventry City	A
22	-2	Ipswich Town	11	2	1	3	7	7	1	0	4	4	11	-7	7	L	L	L	L	D	1979-10-20	Manchester United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Burnley	0	2	Cardiff City	Turf Moor	6,450
	Lineups		Bishop, Ronson
Charlton Athletic	1	1	Cambridge United	The Valley	5,814
Walker	Lineups		Gibbins
Chelsea	1	0	Bristol Rovers	Stamford Bridge	18,236
Chivers	Lineups
Leicester City	1	2	West Ham United	Filbert Street	22,472
Williams	Lineups		Cross, Martin
Luton Town	2	0	Sunderland	Kenilworth Road	13,504
Moss 2	Lineups
Newcastle United	1	0	Shrewsbury Town	St James' Park	21,603
Shoulder	Lineups
Notts County	1	1	Oldham Athletic	Meadow Lane	8,540
Masson	Lineups		Halom
Orient	1	0	Watford	Brisbane Road	7,506
Mayo	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Preston North End	Loftus Road	14,316
Goddard	Lineups		Thomson
Swansea City	4	1	Fulham	Vetch Field	12,960
Stevenson, Waddle,James R, Attley	Lineups		Beck
Wrexham	1	0	Birmingham City	Racecourse Ground	13,693
McNeil	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	11	5	1	0	10	5	1	3	1	6	4	7	16	W	D	D	D	W	1979-10-20	Watford	A
2	0	Luton Town	11	4	2	0	13	3	2	1	2	9	7	12	15	W	W	L	W	D	1979-10-20	West Ham United	A
3	3	Wrexham	11	4	1	1	6	3	3	0	2	8	7	4	15	W	D	W	W	L	1979-10-20	Shrewsbury Town	A
4	-1	Queens Park Rangers	11	4	1	1	13	5	2	1	2	4	4	8	14	D	W	W	D	W	1979-10-20	Sunderland	A
5	-1	Notts County	11	3	3	0	11	4	2	1	2	5	5	7	14	D	W	W	L	D	1979-10-20	Fulham	A
6	-1	Leicester City	11	3	1	2	10	9	2	2	1	11	7	5	13	L	W	D	W	D	1979-10-20	Oldham Athletic	A
7	3	Chelsea	10	3	1	1	7	3	3	0	2	4	5	3	13	W	W	W	W	L	1979-10-20	Cardiff City	A
8	4	Swansea City	11	4	0	2	10	6	1	3	1	2	6	0	13	W	W	W	L	D	1979-10-20	Birmingham City	A
9	2	Cardiff City	11	3	1	1	5	3	2	2	2	6	9	-1	13	W	L	W	D	D	1979-10-20	Chelsea	H
10	-2	Preston North End	11	2	3	0	6	4	1	3	2	7	6	3	12	D	D	D	D	W	1979-10-20	Burnley	H
11	-4	Birmingham City	11	2	2	1	6	5	2	2	2	6	7	0	12	L	W	D	D	D	1979-10-20	Swansea City	H
12	1	Oldham Athletic	11	3	1	1	9	5	0	4	2	5	7	2	11	D	D	W	D	D	1979-10-20	Leicester City	H
13	-4	Sunderland	11	4	1	0	11	2	0	2	4	1	9	1	11	L	L	W	D	D	1979-10-20	Queens Park Rangers	H
14	2	West Ham United	10	3	1	1	6	3	1	1	3	3	8	-2	10	W	D	W	L	W	1979-10-20	Luton Town	H
15	-1	Cambridge United	11	1	2	2	7	6	1	3	2	5	7	-1	9	D	L	L	L	D	1979-10-20	Orient	H
16	-1	Watford	11	2	2	1	6	4	0	2	4	3	9	-4	8	L	L	L	W	L	1979-10-20	Newcastle United	H
17	3	Orient	11	2	3	1	8	9	0	1	4	2	6	-5	8	W	W	L	L	D	1979-10-20	Cambridge United	A
18	-1	Fulham	11	2	1	2	5	6	1	1	4	9	16	-8	8	L	L	L	L	D	1979-10-20	Notts County	H
19	-1	Bristol Rovers	11	2	2	1	9	8	0	1	5	5	14	-8	7	L	L	L	D	L	1979-10-20	Charlton Athletic	H
20	1	Charlton Athletic	11	1	3	2	8	11	0	2	3	3	9	-9	7	D	D	L	L	W	1979-10-20	Bristol Rovers	A
21	-2	Shrewsbury Town	11	2	2	1	8	5	0	0	6	4	13	-6	6	L	L	D	W	L	1979-10-20	Wrexham	H
22	0	Burnley	11	0	3	3	3	7	0	2	3	8	12	-8	5	L	D	L	L	D	1979-10-20	Preston North End	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	0	Gillingham	Oakwell	9,132
Lester, Clarke	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	1	0	Plymouth Argyle	Ewood Park	6,026
Brotherston	Lineups
Blackpool	5	4	Brentford	Bloomfield Road	5,386
Pashley, McEwan, Kellow 2, Spence	Lineups		McNichol, Carlton, Phillips, Holmes B
Exeter City	1	0	Chester	St James Park	3,454
Bowker	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	1	Chesterfield	Blundell Park	6,812
Kilmore	Lineups		Moss
Hull City	2	0	Carlisle United	Boothferry Park	5,838
Phillips, Farley	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	0	Bury	Field Mill	4,486
Hamilton	Lineups
Oxford United	1	2	Millwall	Manor Ground	6,807
Cooke	Lineups		Mitchell, Coleman
Rotherham United	1	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Millmoor	18,500
Finney	Lineups		Mullen, Curran
Sheffield United	2	0	Reading	Bramall Lane	16,747
Speight, Butlin	Lineups
Wimbledon	2	0	Swindon Town	Plough Lane	4,206
Cork 2	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	13	6	0	1	16	6	3	1	2	11	11	10	19	W	L	W	W	W	1979-10-20	Bury	A
2	1	Millwall	13	5	1	0	16	7	1	4	2	7	9	7	17	W	D	W	L	W	1979-10-20	Mansfield Town	H
3	-1	Colchester United	13	2	3	1	6	5	5	0	2	8	8	1	17	W	W	D	W	D	1979-10-19	Blackpool	H
4	0	Brentford	12	4	0	1	9	4	2	3	2	10	11	4	15	L	W	W	D	W	1979-10-20	Blackburn Rovers	H
5	1	Sheffield Wednesday	13	2	2	2	6	7	3	3	1	13	8	4	15	W	D	D	W	L	1979-10-20	Oxford United	H
6	1	Hull City	13	3	3	1	10	7	1	4	1	5	5	3	15	W	D	D	W	L	1979-10-20	Chester	A
7	-2	Rotherham United	13	5	0	2	16	6	2	0	4	10	16	4	14	L	L	L	W	W	1979-10-20	Plymouth Argyle	A
8	1	Chesterfield	13	4	2	0	13	5	1	1	5	7	13	2	13	D	W	D	L	W	1979-10-20	Wimbledon	H
9	5	Blackpool	13	5	0	2	18	13	1	1	4	8	14	-1	13	W	L	L	L	D	1979-10-19	Colchester United	A
10	-2	Swindon Town	12	4	2	0	12	2	1	0	5	7	15	2	12	L	L	D	W	L	1979-10-20	Southend United	H
11	-1	Chester	12	2	2	1	6	5	2	2	3	10	12	-1	12	L	W	W	D	L	1979-10-20	Hull City	H
12	-1	Reading	12	3	2	1	9	7	1	2	3	3	9	-4	12	L	W	D	W	W	1979-10-20	Exeter City	H
13	4	Barnsley	13	4	1	2	8	6	1	1	4	2	8	-4	12	W	L	L	D	D	1979-10-20	Carlisle United	A
14	4	Exeter City	13	4	1	2	6	5	1	1	4	7	15	-7	12	W	D	W	D	L	1979-10-20	Reading	A
15	-3	Oxford United	11	4	0	2	14	6	0	3	2	6	9	5	11	L	L	D	L	W	1979-10-20	Sheffield Wednesday	A
16	-3	Gillingham	10	2	2	1	6	5	2	1	2	6	6	1	11	L	L	W	D	W	1979-10-20	Grimsby Town	H
17	3	Blackburn Rovers	13	1	3	3	4	8	2	2	2	8	6	-2	11	W	L	W	D	L	1979-10-20	Brentford	A
18	3	Wimbledon	12	2	2	2	7	6	2	1	3	5	9	-3	11	W	D	D	W	D	1979-10-20	Chesterfield	A
19	-4	Carlisle United	13	2	3	1	9	7	2	0	5	5	12	-5	11	L	W	D	L	D	1979-10-20	Barnsley	H
20	-4	Grimsby Town	13	4	1	2	12	9	0	2	4	2	10	-5	11	D	L	L	W	L	1979-10-20	Gillingham	A
21	1	Mansfield Town	13	4	1	2	14	9	0	1	5	3	8	0	10	W	W	D	L	L	1979-10-20	Millwall	A
22	-3	Southend United	10	2	0	3	6	6	1	3	1	4	5	-1	9	L	D	L	W	D	1979-10-20	Swindon Town	A
23	0	Bury	13	2	2	2	8	5	1	0	6	3	10	-4	8	L	W	D	L	L	1979-10-20	Sheffield United	H
24	0	Plymouth Argyle	12	2	3	1	10	7	0	0	6	3	12	-6	7	L	D	L	D	L	1979-10-20	Rotherham United	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	2	0	Northampton Town	Recreation Ground	3,799
Dungworth, McGregor	Lineups
Bradford City	6	1	Stockport County	Valley Parade	5,261
Staniforth, Cooper, Dolan (p), Wood, McNiven, Martinez	Lineups		Czuczman
Darlington	1	1	Halifax Town	Feethams Ground	1,670
Walsh (p)	Lineups		Burke
Doncaster Rovers	3	1	Wigan Athletic	Belle Vue	4,169
Snodin G, Lewis, Nimmo	Lineups		MacIvor
Hartlepool United	2	1	Port Vale	Victoria Park	2,441
Newton, Ayre	Lineups		Wright
Hereford United	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Edgar Street	3,030
McGrellis 2	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	3	Portsmouth	Leeds Road	16,540
Fletcher	Lineups		Laidlaw 2, Hemmerman
Lincoln City	4	0	Scunthorpe United	Sincil Bank	5,011	Largest home gate 1979-80
Cockerill, Oates OG, Sunley, Harford	Lineups
Newport County	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	Somerton Park	4,052
Aldridge, Lowndes	Lineups
Walsall	1	1	Torquay United	Fellows Park	4,233
Caswell	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	1	Portsmouth	13	6	0	0	23	6	5	0	2	13	9	21	22	W	L	W	W	W	1979-10-20	Bradford City	H
2	-1	Huddersfield Town	13	6	0	1	22	5	4	1	1	11	7	21	21	L	W	W	W	W	1979-10-20	AFC Bournemouth	A
3	0	Bradford City	13	6	1	0	20	3	4	0	2	11	10	18	21	W	W	L	W	L	1979-10-20	Portsmouth	A
4	0	Walsall	13	4	3	0	13	6	2	4	0	11	8	10	19	D	D	D	D	D	1979-10-20	Halifax Town	A
5	0	Lincoln City	13	4	2	1	15	4	3	2	1	8	6	13	18	W	W	W	D	D	1979-10-20	Wigan Athletic	A
6	0	Torquay United	13	4	2	0	15	4	1	4	2	11	13	9	16	D	W	W	D	W	1979-10-20	Aldershot	H
7	0	Halifax Town	13	5	1	0	10	4	1	3	3	6	9	3	16	D	L	W	D	W	1979-10-20	Walsall	H
8	0	Newport County	13	5	1	1	14	7	2	0	4	10	11	6	15	W	W	L	L	D	1979-10-20	Scunthorpe United	A
9	2	Aldershot	12	5	0	1	13	3	1	2	3	6	9	7	14	W	L	W	D	W	1979-10-20	Torquay United	A
10	3	Doncaster Rovers	13	4	1	2	14	13	1	3	2	4	7	-2	14	W	W	W	D	D	1979-10-19	Stockport County	A
11	3	Hereford United	13	4	2	1	9	4	1	1	4	5	9	1	13	W	D	L	D	L	1979-10-20	Northampton Town	A
12	-3	Peterborough United	12	3	0	3	10	9	3	1	2	4	4	1	13	D	L	L	W	L	1979-10-20	Hartlepool United	H
13	-3	Tranmere Rovers	13	4	0	2	10	7	2	1	4	6	12	-3	13	L	W	L	D	L	1979-10-19	York City	H
14	-2	AFC Bournemouth	13	2	1	3	7	8	2	3	2	10	8	1	12	D	D	W	L	W	1979-10-20	Huddersfield Town	H
15	2	Hartlepool United	12	4	1	1	11	9	1	0	5	7	11	-2	11	W	W	L	L	D	1979-10-20	Peterborough United	A
16	2	Darlington	13	3	3	1	12	8	0	1	5	6	16	-6	10	D	W	L	W	L	1979-10-20	Port Vale	A
17	-1	York City	13	3	2	2	11	10	1	0	5	10	20	-9	10	D	L	W	W	L	1979-10-19	Tranmere Rovers	A
18	-3	Stockport County	13	1	3	2	7	8	2	1	4	6	14	-9	10	L	W	W	L	L	1979-10-19	Doncaster Rovers	H
19	0	Wigan Athletic	12	2	0	4	10	14	2	1	3	8	13	-9	9	L	L	L	W	L	1979-10-20	Lincoln City	H
20	0	Northampton Town	13	3	1	2	8	7	0	1	6	6	18	-11	8	L	L	W	W	L	1979-10-20	Hereford United	H
21	0	Port Vale	13	2	0	4	12	7	1	1	5	6	16	-5	7	L	D	L	L	W	1979-10-20	Darlington	H
22	0	Scunthorpe United	13	2	3	1	12	8	0	0	7	3	22	-15	7	L	L	D	L	D	1979-10-20	Newport County	H
23	0	Rochdale	13	1	3	3	5	8	0	1	5	5	16	-14	6	D	L	L	D	L	1979-10-20	Crewe Alexandra	A
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	13	1	1	4	6	12	0	0	7	1	21	-26	3	L	L	L	L	W	1979-10-20	Rochdale	H