1979-10-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Southend United	0	0	Chesterfield	Roots Hall	3,814
	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	15	6	0	1	16	6	5	1	2	15	13	12	23	W	W	W	L	W	1979-10-27	Millwall	H
2	0	Colchester United	15	4	3	1	13	6	5	0	2	8	8	7	21	W	W	W	W	D	1979-10-27	Blackburn Rovers	A
3	0	Millwall	15	6	2	0	20	9	1	4	2	7	9	9	20	W	D	W	D	W	1979-10-27	Sheffield United	A
4	0	Sheffield Wednesday	15	3	3	2	10	9	3	3	1	13	8	6	18	W	D	W	D	D	1979-10-27	Wimbledon	A
5	0	Brentford	14	5	0	2	12	6	2	3	2	10	11	5	17	L	W	L	W	W	1979-10-27	Plymouth Argyle	A
6	0	Rotherham United	15	6	0	2	18	7	2	0	5	10	17	4	16	W	L	L	L	L	1979-10-27	Grimsby Town	A
7	0	Swindon Town	14	6	2	0	15	3	1	0	5	7	15	4	16	W	W	L	L	D	1979-10-27	Blackpool	A
8	0	Chesterfield	16	4	4	0	13	5	1	2	5	7	13	2	16	D	D	D	D	W	1979-11-03	Mansfield Town	H
9	0	Hull City	15	3	3	1	10	7	1	4	3	7	9	1	15	L	L	W	D	D	1979-10-27	Exeter City	H
10	0	Chester	14	3	3	1	8	6	2	2	3	10	12	0	15	D	W	L	W	W	1979-10-27	Barnsley	A
11	0	Blackpool	15	5	0	2	18	13	1	2	5	9	17	-3	14	D	L	W	L	L	1979-10-27	Swindon Town	H
12	0	Carlisle United	15	3	4	1	13	9	2	0	5	5	12	-3	14	D	W	L	W	D	1979-10-27	Oxford United	A
13	0	Reading	14	4	2	1	11	8	1	2	4	3	11	-5	14	L	W	L	W	D	1979-10-27	Bury	H
14	0	Exeter City	15	5	1	2	10	7	1	1	5	8	17	-6	14	W	L	W	D	W	1979-10-27	Hull City	A
15	0	Gillingham	12	3	2	2	10	6	2	1	2	6	6	4	13	W	L	L	L	W	1979-10-27	Mansfield Town	A
16	0	Grimsby Town	15	4	1	2	12	9	1	2	5	3	12	-6	13	L	W	D	L	L	1979-10-27	Rotherham United	H
17	0	Barnsley	15	4	1	2	8	6	1	2	5	5	13	-6	13	D	L	W	L	L	1979-10-27	Chester	H
18	0	Oxford United	13	4	0	2	14	6	0	4	3	8	15	1	12	L	D	L	L	D	1979-10-27	Carlisle United	H
19	0	Mansfield Town	15	4	1	2	14	9	0	3	5	6	11	0	12	D	D	W	W	D	1979-10-27	Gillingham	H
20	0	Blackburn Rovers	15	1	3	3	4	8	2	3	3	8	8	-4	12	D	L	W	L	W	1979-10-27	Colchester United	H
21	0	Wimbledon	14	2	2	2	7	6	2	2	4	5	13	-7	12	L	D	W	D	D	1979-10-27	Sheffield Wednesday	H
22	0	Southend United	13	2	1	3	6	6	1	3	3	6	10	-4	10	D	L	L	L	D	1979-10-29	Gillingham	H
23	0	Bury	15	2	3	3	11	9	1	0	6	3	10	-5	9	D	L	L	W	D	1979-10-27	Reading	A
24	0	Plymouth Argyle	14	3	3	1	11	7	0	0	7	4	14	-6	9	L	W	L	D	L	1979-10-27	Brentford	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Doncaster Rovers	2	0	Portsmouth	Belle Vue	9,801	Largest home gate 1979-80
Lister, Warboys (p)	Lineups
Rochdale	3	2	Northampton Town	Spotland	1,468
Jones 3	Lineups		Farmer, Byatt
Tranmere Rovers	1	2	Scunthorpe United	Prenton Park	1,876
O'Neil	Lineups		Green, Pilling

				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	16	7	0	1	27	9	5	0	3	13	11	20	24	L	L	W	W	L	1979-11-03	Hartlepool United	H
2	0	Huddersfield Town	15	6	0	1	22	5	5	1	2	16	12	21	23	L	W	L	W	W	1979-10-27	York City	H
3	0	Bradford City	15	6	1	0	20	3	5	0	3	13	14	16	23	W	L	W	W	L	1979-10-27	AFC Bournemouth	H
4	0	Walsall	15	4	3	0	13	6	3	4	1	14	11	10	21	W	L	D	D	D	1979-10-27	Port Vale	H
5	3	Doncaster Rovers	16	5	1	2	16	13	3	3	2	10	8	5	20	W	W	W	W	W	1979-11-03	Northampton Town	A
6	-1	Newport County	15	5	1	1	14	7	4	0	4	15	12	10	19	W	W	W	W	L	1979-10-27	Wigan Athletic	H
7	-1	Lincoln City	15	4	2	1	15	4	3	2	3	9	10	10	18	L	L	W	W	W	1979-10-27	Stockport County	H
8	-1	Torquay United	15	5	2	0	17	5	1	4	3	12	15	9	18	L	W	D	W	W	1979-10-27	Halifax Town	H
9	0	Halifax Town	15	6	1	1	12	6	1	3	3	6	9	3	18	L	W	D	L	W	1979-10-27	Torquay United	A
10	0	Peterborough United	14	5	0	3	14	10	3	1	2	4	4	4	17	W	W	D	L	L	1979-10-27	Darlington	A
11	0	Aldershot	14	6	0	1	15	3	1	2	4	7	11	8	16	W	L	W	L	W	1979-10-27	Hereford United	A
12	0	Tranmere Rovers	16	4	0	4	12	11	3	1	4	7	12	-4	15	L	W	L	L	W	1979-11-03	Halifax Town	A
13	0	Hereford United	15	4	2	1	9	4	1	2	5	7	13	-1	14	D	L	W	D	L	1979-10-27	Aldershot	H
14	0	AFC Bournemouth	15	2	2	4	10	13	2	3	2	10	8	-1	13	D	L	D	D	W	1979-10-27	Bradford City	A
15	0	Hartlepool United	14	4	1	1	11	9	1	1	6	7	13	-4	12	D	L	W	W	L	1979-10-27	Crewe Alexandra	H
16	0	Northampton Town	16	5	1	2	14	9	0	1	7	8	21	-8	12	L	W	W	L	L	1979-11-03	Doncaster Rovers	H
17	0	Wigan Athletic	14	3	1	4	13	16	2	1	3	8	13	-8	12	D	W	L	L	L	1979-10-27	Newport County	A
18	0	York City	15	3	2	3	12	13	2	0	5	12	21	-10	12	L	W	D	L	W	1979-10-27	Huddersfield Town	A
19	0	Stockport County	15	1	4	3	7	11	2	1	4	6	14	-12	11	D	L	L	W	W	1979-10-27	Lincoln City	A
20	2	Scunthorpe United	16	3	3	2	16	11	1	0	7	5	23	-13	11	W	W	L	L	L	1979-11-03	Torquay United	H
21	-1	Darlington	15	3	3	1	12	8	0	1	7	6	21	-11	10	L	L	D	W	L	1979-10-27	Peterborough United	H
22	-1	Port Vale	15	3	0	5	14	8	1	1	5	6	16	-4	9	L	W	L	D	L	1979-10-27	Walsall	A
23	0	Rochdale	16	2	3	3	8	10	0	2	6	7	19	-14	9	W	D	L	D	L	1979-11-03	AFC Bournemouth	A
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	15	2	1	5	9	15	0	0	7	1	21	-26	5	L	W	L	L	L	1979-10-27	Hartlepool United	A