1979-10-20

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	0	0	Stoke City	Highbury	31,591
	Lineups
Coventry City	2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Highfield Road	17,328
McDonald, English	Lineups		Rollings
Crystal Palace	1	1	Bristol City	Selhurst Park	27,333
Cannon (p)	Lineups		Royle
Derby County	1	3	Aston Villa	Baseball Ground	20,162
Emson	Lineups		Little, Shaw, Mortimer
Leeds United	1	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Elland Road	25,203
Hankin	Lineups		Jones, Armstrong
Liverpool	2	2	Everton	Anfield Road	52,201	Largest home gate 1979-80
Lyons OG, Kennedy R	Lineups		Kidd, King
Manchester United	1	0	Ipswich Town	Old Trafford	50,826
Grimes	Lineups
Middlesbrough	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ayresome Park	18,393
Proctor	Lineups
Norwich City	2	2	Manchester City	Carrow Road	18,000
Peters, Bond (p)	Lineups		Bennett D 2
Nottingham Forest	5	2	Bolton Wanderers	City Ground	24,564
Lloyd, Woodcock, Francis, Robertson (p), Anderson	Lineups		Thompson, Morgan (p)
West Bromwich Albion	4	0	Southampton	The Hawthorns	22,671
Deehan, Owen, Robson, Brown A	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	Nottingham Forest	12	5	1	0	14	5	2	2	2	9	7	11	17	W	L	D	W	W	1979-10-27	Tottenham Hotspur	A
2	-1	Manchester United	12	6	0	0	12	1	1	3	2	6	7	10	17	W	D	L	W	W	1979-10-27	Everton	A
3	2	Crystal Palace	12	3	3	0	12	3	1	3	2	6	10	5	14	D	L	L	D	W	1979-10-27	Bolton Wanderers	A
4	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	3	2	0	8	2	3	0	3	9	10	5	14	L	W	D	L	W	1979-10-27	Aston Villa	H
5	1	Liverpool	11	3	3	0	13	3	1	2	2	6	7	9	13	D	W	D	W	L	1979-10-27	Manchester City	A
6	1	Norwich City	12	4	2	0	15	7	1	1	4	6	9	5	13	D	L	L	D	W	1979-10-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
7	-3	Southampton	12	4	1	1	19	9	1	2	3	2	9	3	13	L	L	W	L	W	1979-10-27	Leeds United	H
8	2	Middlesbrough	12	4	2	0	8	2	1	1	4	4	7	3	13	W	D	L	W	D	1979-10-27	Ipswich Town	A
9	-1	Manchester City	12	4	1	1	8	3	1	2	3	5	12	-2	13	D	W	W	D	W	1979-10-27	Liverpool	H
10	2	Coventry City	12	5	1	0	13	5	1	0	5	6	17	-3	13	W	W	L	W	D	1979-10-27	West Bromwich Albion	A
11	2	Tottenham Hotspur	12	4	1	1	10	8	1	2	3	7	15	-6	13	W	W	W	D	D	1979-10-27	Nottingham Forest	H
12	-3	Arsenal	12	1	3	2	4	5	2	3	1	9	5	3	12	D	D	W	D	L	1979-10-27	Bristol City	A
13	-2	Bristol City	12	2	4	0	7	4	1	2	3	4	9	-2	12	D	D	W	L	D	1979-10-27	Arsenal	H
14	2	West Bromwich Albion	12	3	2	1	13	7	0	3	3	3	8	1	11	W	D	W	L	D	1979-10-27	Coventry City	H
15	2	Aston Villa	11	2	2	2	5	6	1	3	1	5	5	-1	11	W	D	W	D	D	1979-10-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
16	-2	Leeds United	11	2	2	2	8	7	0	4	1	4	5	0	10	L	D	W	L	D	1979-10-27	Southampton	A
17	-2	Everton	11	1	2	2	8	9	2	2	2	8	9	-2	10	D	W	L	D	D	1979-10-27	Manchester United	H
18	0	Stoke City	12	2	2	2	10	9	0	3	3	3	10	-6	9	D	D	D	D	L	1979-10-27	Derby County	H
19	0	Derby County	12	3	0	3	9	7	0	2	4	0	10	-8	8	L	L	D	W	L	1979-10-27	Stoke City	A
20	0	Bolton Wanderers	12	1	5	0	5	4	0	1	5	5	17	-11	8	L	D	D	L	L	1979-10-27	Crystal Palace	H
21	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	11	2	2	1	5	5	0	1	5	7	13	-6	7	L	D	L	D	D	1979-10-27	Norwich City	H
22	0	Ipswich Town	12	2	1	3	7	7	1	0	5	4	12	-8	7	L	L	L	L	L	1979-10-27	Middlesbrough	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	2	0	Swansea City	St Andrew's	18,624
Lynex, Gemmill	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	3	0	Charlton Athletic	Eastville	5,472
Aitken, White, Penny	Lineups
Cambridge United	1	1	Orient	Abbey Stadium	5,151
Gibbins	Lineups		Chiedozie
Cardiff City	1	2	Chelsea	Ninian Park	15,992
Moore	Lineups		Fillery, Frost
Fulham	1	3	Notts County	Craven Cottage	6,190
Davies	Lineups		Hooks, McCulloch 2
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Leicester City	Boundary Park	10,297
Holt	Lineups		Young
Preston North End	3	2	Burnley	Deepdale	12,323
Bruce, Thomson 2	Lineups		James, Dobson
Shrewsbury Town	3	1	Wrexham	Gay Meadow	11,007
Biggins 3	Lineups		Whittle
Sunderland	3	0	Queens Park Rangers	Roker Park	25,201
Robson 2 (1p), Hawley	Lineups
Watford	2	0	Newcastle United	Vicarage Road	17,715
Mercer, Blissett	Lineups
West Ham United	1	2	Luton Town	Upton Park	25,049
Allen	Lineups		Stein, Saxby

				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	Luton Town	12	4	2	0	13	3	3	1	2	11	8	13	17	W	W	W	L	W	1979-10-27	Preston North End	H
2	3	Notts County	12	3	3	0	11	4	3	1	2	8	6	9	16	W	D	W	W	L	1979-10-27	West Ham United	H
3	-2	Newcastle United	12	5	1	0	10	5	1	3	2	6	6	5	16	L	W	D	D	D	1979-10-27	Cambridge United	H
4	3	Chelsea	11	3	1	1	7	3	4	0	2	6	6	4	15	W	W	W	W	W	1979-10-27	Fulham	H
5	-2	Wrexham	12	4	1	1	6	3	3	0	3	9	10	2	15	L	W	D	W	W	1979-10-27	Watford	H
6	0	Leicester City	12	3	1	2	10	9	2	3	1	12	8	5	14	D	L	W	D	W	1979-10-27	Sunderland	H
7	-3	Queens Park Rangers	12	4	1	1	13	5	2	1	3	4	7	5	14	L	D	W	W	D	1979-10-27	Burnley	H
8	2	Preston North End	12	3	3	0	9	6	1	3	2	7	6	4	14	W	D	D	D	D	1979-10-27	Luton Town	A
9	2	Birmingham City	12	3	2	1	8	5	2	2	2	6	7	2	14	W	L	W	D	D	1979-10-27	Shrewsbury Town	H
10	3	Sunderland	12	5	1	0	14	2	0	2	4	1	9	4	13	W	L	L	W	D	1979-10-27	Leicester City	A
11	-2	Cardiff City	12	3	1	2	6	5	2	2	2	6	9	-2	13	L	W	L	W	D	1979-10-27	Charlton Athletic	A
12	-4	Swansea City	12	4	0	2	10	6	1	3	2	2	8	-2	13	L	W	W	W	L	1979-10-27	Oldham Athletic	H
13	-1	Oldham Athletic	12	3	2	1	10	6	0	4	2	5	7	2	12	D	D	D	W	D	1979-10-27	Swansea City	A
14	1	Cambridge United	12	1	3	2	8	7	1	3	2	5	7	-1	10	D	D	L	L	L	1979-10-27	Newcastle United	A
15	1	Watford	12	3	2	1	8	4	0	2	4	3	9	-2	10	W	L	L	L	W	1979-10-27	Wrexham	A
16	-2	West Ham United	11	3	1	2	7	5	1	1	3	3	8	-3	10	L	W	D	W	L	1979-10-27	Notts County	A
17	2	Bristol Rovers	12	3	2	1	12	8	0	1	5	5	14	-5	9	W	L	L	L	D	1979-10-27	Orient	A
18	-1	Orient	12	2	3	1	8	9	0	2	4	3	7	-5	9	D	W	W	L	L	1979-10-27	Bristol Rovers	H
19	2	Shrewsbury Town	12	3	2	1	11	6	0	0	6	4	13	-4	8	W	L	L	D	W	1979-10-27	Birmingham City	A
20	-2	Fulham	12	2	1	3	6	9	1	1	4	9	16	-10	8	L	L	L	L	L	1979-10-27	Chelsea	A
21	-1	Charlton Athletic	12	1	3	2	8	11	0	2	4	3	12	-12	7	L	D	D	L	L	1979-10-27	Cardiff City	H
22	0	Burnley	12	0	3	3	3	7	0	2	4	10	15	-9	5	L	L	D	L	L	1979-10-27	Queens Park Rangers	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brentford	2	0	Blackburn Rovers	Griffin Park	7,970
McNichol, Phillips	Lineups
Bury	1	2	Sheffield United	Gigg Lane	8,347
Gregory	Lineups		Kenworthy, Constantie OG
Carlisle United	3	1	Barnsley	Brunton Park	5,156
Bonnyman, Bannon, McVitie	Lineups		Lester
Chester	2	1	Hull City	Sealand Road	3,391
Sutcliffe, Jones	Lineups		Tait
Chesterfield	0	0	Wimbledon	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,122
	Lineups
Gillingham	0	1	Grimsby Town	Priestfield Stadium	6,378
	Lineups		Kilmore
Millwall	2	2	Mansfield Town	The Den, New Cross	6,049
Seasman, Lyons	Lineups		Lathan, Austin
Plymouth Argyle	1	0	Rotherham United	Home Park	4,850
Kemp	Lineups
Reading	2	1	Exeter City	Elm Park	6,328
Hetzke, Kearney	Lineups		Pearson
Sheffield Wednesday	2	2	Oxford United	Hillsborough	13,035
Wylde 2	Lineups		Hodgson, Jeffrey
Swindon Town	1	0	Southend United	County Ground	6,207
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	14	6	0	1	16	6	4	1	2	13	12	11	21	W	W	L	W	W	1979-10-22	Brentford	A
2	0	Colchester United	14	3	3	1	9	6	5	0	2	8	8	3	19	W	W	W	D	W	1979-10-23	Wimbledon	H
3	0	Millwall	14	5	2	0	18	9	1	4	2	7	9	7	18	D	W	D	W	L	1979-10-23	Reading	H
4	0	Brentford	13	5	0	1	11	4	2	3	2	10	11	6	17	W	L	W	W	D	1979-10-22	Sheffield United	H
5	0	Sheffield Wednesday	14	2	3	2	8	9	3	3	1	13	8	4	16	D	W	D	D	W	1979-10-23	Grimsby Town	H
6	0	Hull City	14	3	3	1	10	7	1	4	2	6	7	2	15	L	W	D	D	W	1979-10-23	Rotherham United	A
7	0	Rotherham United	14	5	0	2	16	6	2	0	5	10	17	3	14	L	L	L	L	W	1979-10-23	Hull City	H
8	2	Swindon Town	13	5	2	0	13	2	1	0	5	7	15	3	14	W	L	L	D	W	1979-10-23	Plymouth Argyle	H
9	-1	Chesterfield	14	4	3	0	13	5	1	1	5	7	13	2	14	D	D	W	D	L	1979-10-23	Blackpool	H
10	1	Chester	13	3	2	1	8	6	2	2	3	10	12	0	14	W	L	W	W	D	1979-10-24	Blackburn Rovers	H
11	1	Reading	13	4	2	1	11	8	1	2	3	3	9	-3	14	W	L	W	D	W	1979-10-23	Millwall	A
12	-3	Blackpool	14	5	0	2	18	13	1	1	5	9	17	-3	13	L	W	L	L	L	1979-10-23	Chesterfield	A
13	6	Carlisle United	14	3	3	1	12	8	2	0	5	5	12	-3	13	W	L	W	D	L	1979-10-23	Mansfield Town	H
14	6	Grimsby Town	14	4	1	2	12	9	1	2	4	3	10	-4	13	W	D	L	L	W	1979-10-23	Sheffield Wednesday	A
15	0	Oxford United	12	4	0	2	14	6	0	4	2	8	11	5	12	D	L	L	D	L	1979-10-23	Gillingham	A
16	2	Wimbledon	13	2	2	2	7	6	2	2	3	5	9	-3	12	D	W	D	D	W	1979-10-23	Colchester United	A
17	-4	Barnsley	14	4	1	2	8	6	1	1	5	3	11	-6	12	L	W	L	L	D	1979-10-23	Bury	A
18	-4	Exeter City	14	4	1	2	6	5	1	1	5	8	17	-8	12	L	W	D	W	D	1979-10-24	Southend United	H
19	2	Mansfield Town	14	4	1	2	14	9	0	2	5	5	10	0	11	D	W	W	D	L	1979-10-23	Carlisle United	A
20	-4	Gillingham	11	2	2	2	6	6	2	1	2	6	6	0	11	L	L	L	W	D	1979-10-23	Oxford United	H
21	-4	Blackburn Rovers	14	1	3	3	4	8	2	2	3	8	8	-4	11	L	W	L	W	D	1979-10-24	Chester	A
22	0	Southend United	11	2	0	3	6	6	1	3	2	4	6	-2	9	L	L	D	L	W	1979-10-24	Exeter City	A
23	1	Plymouth Argyle	13	3	3	1	11	7	0	0	6	3	12	-5	9	W	L	D	L	D	1979-10-23	Swindon Town	A
24	-1	Bury	14	2	2	3	9	7	1	0	6	3	10	-5	8	L	L	W	D	L	1979-10-23	Barnsley	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	1	3	Huddersfield Town	Dean Court	4,895
Chambers	Lineups		Cowling, Fletcher, Laverick
Crewe Alexandra	2	1	Rochdale	Gresty Road	2,129
Guy, Chesters	Lineups		Wann
Halifax Town	2	1	Walsall	The Shay	3,184
Kennedy, Firth	Lineups		Penn
Northampton Town	2	0	Hereford United	County Ground	2,319
Farmer 2	Lineups
Peterborough United	2	0	Hartlepool United	London Road	3,412
Parkinson 2	Lineups
Port Vale	2	0	Darlington	Vale Park	2,618
Beech, Farrell	Lineups
Portsmouth	4	1	Bradford City	Fratton Park	23,691	Largest home & D 4 gate 1979-80
Ashworth 2, Garwood, Rogers	Lineups		Dolan
Scunthorpe United	1	3	Newport County	Old Showground	1,995
Keeley	Lineups		Aldridge 2, Lowndes
Torquay United	2	1	Aldershot	Plainmoor	4,211
Cooper, Bourne	Lineups		McGregor
Wigan Athletic	2	1	Lincoln City	Springfield Park	5,454
Houghton 2	Lineups		Wright OG

				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	14	7	0	0	27	7	5	0	2	13	9	24	24	W	W	L	W	W	1979-10-23	Newport County	H
2	0	Huddersfield Town	14	6	0	1	22	5	5	1	1	14	8	23	23	W	L	W	W	W	1979-10-23	Northampton Town	A
3	0	Bradford City	14	6	1	0	20	3	4	0	3	12	14	15	21	L	W	W	L	W	1979-10-23	Halifax Town	A
4	0	Walsall	14	4	3	0	13	6	2	4	1	12	10	9	19	L	D	D	D	D	1979-10-24	Crewe Alexandra	A
5	0	Lincoln City	14	4	2	1	15	4	3	2	2	9	8	12	18	L	W	W	W	D	1979-10-23	Aldershot	A
6	0	Torquay United	14	5	2	0	17	5	1	4	2	11	13	10	18	W	D	W	W	D	1979-10-24	Peterborough United	A
7	0	Halifax Town	14	6	1	0	12	5	1	3	3	6	9	4	18	W	D	L	W	D	1979-10-23	Bradford City	H
8	1	Newport County	14	5	1	1	14	7	3	0	4	13	12	8	17	W	W	W	L	L	1979-10-23	Portsmouth	A
9	-1	Doncaster Rovers	14	4	1	2	14	13	2	3	2	7	7	1	16	W	W	W	W	D	1979-10-23	York City	A
10	2	Peterborough United	13	4	0	3	12	9	3	1	2	4	4	3	15	W	D	L	L	W	1979-10-24	Torquay United	H
11	-1	Aldershot	13	5	0	1	13	3	1	2	4	7	11	6	14	L	W	L	W	D	1979-10-23	Lincoln City	H
12	-1	Hereford United	14	4	2	1	9	4	1	1	5	5	11	-1	13	L	W	D	L	D	1979-10-23	AFC Bournemouth	A
13	0	Tranmere Rovers	14	4	0	3	11	9	2	1	4	6	12	-4	13	L	L	W	L	D	1979-10-22	Port Vale	A
14	0	AFC Bournemouth	14	2	1	4	8	11	2	3	2	10	8	-1	12	L	D	D	W	L	1979-10-23	Hereford United	H
15	0	York City	14	3	2	2	11	10	2	0	5	12	21	-8	12	W	D	L	W	W	1979-10-23	Doncaster Rovers	H
16	0	Hartlepool United	13	4	1	1	11	9	1	0	6	7	13	-4	11	L	W	W	L	L	1979-10-22	Stockport County	A
17	2	Wigan Athletic	13	3	0	4	12	15	2	1	3	8	13	-8	11	W	L	L	L	W	1979-10-24	Rochdale	H
18	-1	Darlington	14	3	3	1	12	8	0	1	6	6	18	-8	10	L	D	W	L	W	1979-10-23	Scunthorpe United	A
19	1	Northampton Town	14	4	1	2	10	7	0	1	6	6	18	-9	10	W	L	L	W	W	1979-10-23	Huddersfield Town	H
20	-2	Stockport County	14	1	3	3	7	11	2	1	4	6	14	-12	10	L	L	W	W	L	1979-10-22	Hartlepool United	H
21	0	Port Vale	14	3	0	4	14	7	1	1	5	6	16	-3	9	W	L	D	L	L	1979-10-22	Tranmere Rovers	H
22	0	Scunthorpe United	14	2	3	2	13	11	0	0	7	3	22	-17	7	L	L	L	D	L	1979-10-23	Darlington	H
23	0	Rochdale	14	1	3	3	5	8	0	1	6	6	18	-15	6	L	D	L	L	D	1979-10-24	Wigan Athletic	A
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	14	2	1	4	8	13	0	0	7	1	21	-25	5	W	L	L	L	L	1979-10-24	Walsall	H