1979-11-24

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round 1						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 4	Aldershot	4	1	Exeter City	D 3	Recreation Ground	4,846
	Crosby, Jopling, Brodie, Giles OG	Lineups		Neville
APL	Altrincham	3	0	Crewe Alexandra	D 4	Moss Lane	5,001
	Rogers, Whitbread, Wilson	Lineups
IsL	Barking	1	0	Oxford United	D 3	Mayesbook Park	1,292
	Brothers	Lineups
D 3	Barnsley	5	2	Hartlepool United	D 4	Oakwell	12,548
	Clarke, Glavin 2, Aylott, Lester	Lineups		Linacre, Newton
D 3	Blackpool	1	1	Wigan Athletic	D 4	Bloomfield Road	11,277
	McEwan	Lineups		Methven
NL	Blyth Spartans	0	2	Mansfield Town	D 3	Croft Park	4,433
		Lineups		McClelland, Allen
NA	Brandon United	0	3	Bradford City	D 4	Brewery Field, Spennymoor	4,200
		Lineups		Gallagher, Dolan, McNiven
NPL	Burton Albion	0	2	Bury	D 3	Eton Park	4,501
		Lineups		Madden, Hilton
D 3	Carlisle United	3	3	Hull City	D 3	Brunton Park	4,970
	Bonnyman (p), Ludlam, Bannon	Lineups		Roberts G, Tait, Haigh
D 3	Chester	5	1	Workington	NPL	Sealand Road	2,934
	Henderson 2, Sutcliffe, Jones, Rush	Lineups		Diamond
D 3	Colchester United	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	D 3	Layer Road	4,064
	Rowles	Lineups		Hodges
D 4	Darlington	1	1	Huddersfield Town	D 4	Feethams Ground	3,678
	Stalker	Lineups		Hart
IsL	Enfield	0	1	Yeovil Town	APL	Southbury Road	1,585
		Lineups		Green
SL	Fareham Town	2	3	Merthyr Tydfil	SL	Cams Alders Ground	1,500
	Atkins, Warren	Lineups		Pratt 3
D 3	Gillingham	0	0	Wimbledon	D 3	Priestfield Stadium	7,027
		Lineups
APL	Gravesend & Northfleet	0	1	Torquay United	D 4	Stonebridge Road	3,322
		Lineups		Cooper
D 3	Grimsby Town	1	1	Chesterfield	D 3	Blundell Park	8,406
	Waters	Lineups		Walker
D 4	Halifax Town	2	0	Scarborough	APL	The Shay	3,778
	Burke, Stafford	Lineups
IsL	Harlow Town	2	1	Leytonstone & Ilford	IsL	Hammarskjold Road	1,800
	Twigg, Strafford	Lineups		Powell
D 4	Hereford United	1	0	Northampton Town	D 4	Edgar Street	3,384
	Layton	Lineups
SL	Kidderminster Harriers	0	2	Blackburn Rovers	D 3	Aggborough Stadium	4,500
		Lineups		Crawford, Craig
SL	Minehead	1	2	Chesham United	IsL	Recreation Ground	820
	Brown	Lineups		Woolfrey, Dodd
NPL	Morecambe	1	1	Rotherham United	D 3	Christe Park	4,100
	McLachlan (p)	Lineups		Finney
APL	Nuneaton Borough	3	3	Northwich Victoria	APL	Manor Park	3,817
	Pugh 3	Lineups		Stromek, Smith 2 (1p)
D 4	Peterborough United	1	2	AFC Bournemouth	D 4	London Road	3,777
	Kellock	Lineups		Chard OG, Evanson
D 4	Portsmouth	1	0	Newport County	D 4	Fratton Park	19,459
	Brisley	Lineups
D 3	Reading	4	2	Kettering Town	APL	Elm Park	5,877
	Kearney 2, Heale, Kearns	Lineups		Phipps 2
D 4	Rochdale	2	1	Scunthorpe United	D 4	Spotland	1,985
	Hart, Jones	Lineups		Pilling
SL	Salisbury	1	2	Millwall	D 3	The Dell, Southampton	8,805
	Hibbs	Lineups		Mitchell, Donaldson
D 3	Sheffield United	3	0	Burscough	CCL	Bramall Lane	14,209	Venue switched
	MacPhail, Speight, Matthews	Lineups
D 3	Sheffield Wednesday	3	0	Lincoln City	D 4	Hillsborough	11,226
	Smith (p), King, McCulloch	Lineups
IsL	Slough Town	3	1	Hungerford Town	IsL	Wexham Park Stadium	900
	Turl, Feely, Russell	Lineups		Farr
APL	Stafford Rangers	3	2	Moor Green	MCb	Marston Road	2,000
	Seddon, Howell OG, Chapman	Lineups		Howell, Clamp (p)
D 3	Swindon Town	4	1	Brentford	D 3	County Ground	9,472
	Miller 2, Kamara, Carter	Lineups		Smith
D 4	Tranmere Rovers	9	0	AP Leamington	APL	Prenton Park	2,114
	Jones OG, Lumby 3, O'Neil 2 (1p), Evans 2, Beamish	Lineups
D 4	Walsall	2	0	Stockport County	D 4	Fellows Park	4,959
	Penn, Paul	Lineups
APL	Wealdstone	0	1	Southend United	D 3	Northwood Park	3,100
		Lineups		Walker
IsL	Wycombe Wanderers	0	3	Croydon	IsL	Loakes Park	1,832
		Lineups		Ward R, Constable, Ward A
D 4	York City	5	2	Mossley	NPL	Bootham Crescent	3,872
	Randall, Eccles, Lorimer, Byrne, McDonald (p)	Lineups		Smith 2

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	0	0	Liverpool	Highbury	55,561	Largest home gate 1979-80
	Lineups
Aston Villa	0	0	Leeds United	Villa Park	29,736
	Lineups
Bristol City	1	0	Manchester City	Ashton Gate	18,549
Rodgers	Lineups
Crystal Palace	0	0	Coventry City	Selhurst Park	26,209
	Lineups
Derby County	4	1	Nottingham Forest	Baseball Ground	27,729
Duncan 2, Daly, Emery	Lineups		Robertson (p)
Everton	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Goodison Park	31,079
Latchford	Lineups		Jones
Ipswich Town	3	1	Southampton	Portman Road	18,685
Gates, Wark, Brazil	Lineups		Williams S
Manchester United	5	0	Norwich City	Old Trafford	46,540
Jordan 2, Coppell, Macari, Moran	Lineups
Middlesbrough	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Ayresome Park	16,010
Burns	Lineups		Williams
Stoke City	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Victoria Ground	15,435
O'Callaghan	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	West Bromwich Albion	Molineux	32,564
	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	17	8	1	0	19	2	1	4	3	6	9	14	23	W	D	L	W	D	1979-12-01	Tottenham Hotspur	A
2	-1	Liverpool	16	5	3	0	18	4	3	3	2	14	8	20	22	D	W	W	W	W	1979-12-01	Middlesbrough	H
3	0	Crystal Palace	17	5	4	0	15	3	1	5	2	8	12	8	21	D	D	W	W	D	1979-12-01	Leeds United	A
4	1	Arsenal	17	3	4	2	9	5	3	3	2	10	6	8	19	D	W	L	W	W	1979-12-01	Nottingham Forest	A
5	-1	Nottingham Forest	17	6	1	1	16	6	2	2	5	11	16	5	19	L	L	L	W	L	1979-12-01	Arsenal	H
6	1	Middlesbrough	17	5	4	0	10	3	2	1	5	6	8	5	19	D	W	W	D	L	1979-12-01	Liverpool	A
7	1	Tottenham Hotspur	17	6	1	1	13	8	1	4	4	9	18	-4	19	D	L	W	D	W	1979-12-01	Manchester United	H
8	-2	Norwich City	17	5	3	0	17	8	2	1	6	11	18	2	18	L	W	L	D	W	1979-12-01	Aston Villa	H
9	0	Aston Villa	16	4	3	2	10	8	1	5	1	6	6	2	18	D	W	D	W	D	1979-12-01	Norwich City	A
10	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	3	4	1	9	6	4	0	4	10	13	0	18	D	L	W	L	D	1979-12-01	Manchester City	A
11	0	Coventry City	17	6	1	1	17	8	2	1	6	10	21	-2	18	D	W	W	L	L	1979-12-01	Ipswich Town	H
12	0	Manchester City	17	5	1	2	10	7	2	2	5	6	15	-6	17	L	W	W	L	L	1979-12-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
13	1	West Bromwich Albion	17	5	2	1	19	9	0	4	5	4	11	3	16	D	L	W	L	W	1979-12-01	Everton	H
14	2	Bristol City	17	3	4	2	8	7	2	2	4	7	11	-3	16	W	L	L	W	L	1979-12-01	Bolton Wanderers	A
15	-2	Southampton	17	5	1	2	24	12	1	2	6	4	15	1	15	L	L	W	L	L	1979-12-01	Stoke City	H
16	-1	Everton	17	2	4	3	14	13	2	3	3	8	11	-2	15	D	L	W	L	D	1979-12-01	West Bromwich Albion	A
17	1	Stoke City	17	4	2	3	14	12	1	3	4	7	13	-4	15	W	L	L	W	W	1979-12-01	Southampton	A
18	-1	Leeds United	17	3	2	3	10	10	1	5	3	7	14	-7	15	D	W	L	L	L	1979-12-01	Crystal Palace	H
19	0	Derby County	17	5	0	4	15	10	1	2	5	4	13	-4	14	W	L	W	W	L	1979-12-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
20	0	Ipswich Town	17	4	2	3	11	8	2	0	6	5	14	-6	14	W	W	D	L	W	1979-12-01	Coventry City	A
21	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	16	2	2	3	8	13	1	2	6	9	17	-13	10	D	W	L	L	L	1979-12-01	Derby County	H
22	0	Bolton Wanderers	17	1	6	1	6	6	0	1	8	6	23	-17	9	L	L	L	L	D	1979-12-01	Bristol City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Burnley	5	3	Cambridge United	Turf Moor	6,873
Burke, James, Dobson, Tate, Biley OG	Lineups		Gibbins, Smith L, Biley
Fulham	0	0	Watford	Craven Cottage	10,126
	Lineups
Leicester City	2	0	Wrexham	Filbert Street	15,316
Strickland, Henderson	Lineups
Luton Town	2	3	Birmingham City	Kenilworth Road	13,720
Moss (p), Stein	Lineups		Bertschin 3
Notts County	2	3	Chelsea	Meadow Lane	12,646
Hooks, O'Brien	Lineups		Britton, Walker 2
Oldham Athletic	0	2	Shrewsbury Town	Boundary Park	6,332
	Lineups		Maguire 2
Preston North End	2	2	Orient	Deepdale	7,835
Bruce, Elliott	Lineups		Penfold, Taylor
Queens Park Rangers	4	0	Charlton Athletic	Loftus Road	13,013
Allen 2 (1p), Roeder, Bowles	Lineups
Sunderland	3	2	Bristol Rovers	Roker Park	21,793
Elliott, Cummins, Robson	Lineups		Parkinson, White
Swansea City	2	3	Newcastle United	Vetch Field	15,442
Charles, James R	Lineups		Hibbitt, Rafferty, Shoulder
West Ham United	3	0	Cardiff City	Upton Park	20,292
Cross, Stewart 2 (2p)	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	1	Queens Park Rangers	17	7	1	1	26	6	3	2	3	8	9	19	23	W	W	D	W	W	1979-12-01	Cambridge United	A
2	1	Chelsea	17	5	1	2	12	7	6	0	3	17	13	9	23	W	W	W	W	L	1979-12-01	Preston North End	H
3	1	Newcastle United	17	7	1	0	13	5	2	4	3	10	10	8	23	W	D	W	L	W	1979-12-01	Fulham	H
4	-3	Luton Town	17	4	4	1	17	8	4	2	2	13	9	13	22	L	D	D	W	D	1979-12-01	Shrewsbury Town	A
5	0	Leicester City	17	5	2	2	15	11	3	4	1	16	10	10	22	W	D	D	W	W	1979-12-01	Birmingham City	A
6	0	Birmingham City	17	5	2	1	10	5	4	2	3	13	12	6	22	W	L	W	W	W	1979-12-01	Leicester City	H
7	1	West Ham United	17	6	1	2	13	5	3	1	4	7	11	4	20	W	W	L	W	W	1979-12-01	Charlton Athletic	A
8	2	Sunderland	17	8	1	0	22	6	0	2	6	3	14	5	19	W	W	L	W	L	1979-12-01	Orient	A
9	-2	Notts County	17	4	3	2	15	9	3	1	4	11	12	5	18	L	L	W	L	L	1979-12-01	Watford	A
10	1	Preston North End	17	3	6	0	13	10	1	4	3	9	9	3	18	D	D	L	D	D	1979-12-01	Chelsea	A
11	-2	Swansea City	17	6	0	3	17	10	1	4	3	4	12	-1	18	L	L	W	D	W	1979-12-01	Wrexham	A
12	0	Wrexham	17	5	1	2	10	5	3	0	6	9	15	-1	17	L	L	L	L	W	1979-12-01	Swansea City	H
13	0	Cardiff City	17	4	2	2	9	7	2	2	5	8	16	-6	16	L	D	L	W	L	1979-12-01	Oldham Athletic	H
14	1	Orient	17	3	3	2	13	17	1	4	4	7	10	-7	15	D	D	L	W	W	1979-12-01	Sunderland	H
15	-1	Oldham Athletic	17	4	2	3	11	9	0	4	4	6	11	-3	14	L	L	L	W	L	1979-12-01	Cardiff City	A
16	5	Shrewsbury Town	17	4	3	1	14	8	1	0	8	7	16	-3	13	W	L	W	D	L	1979-12-01	Luton Town	H
17	1	Watford	17	4	2	2	10	7	0	3	6	3	13	-7	13	D	W	L	L	L	1979-12-01	Notts County	H
18	1	Fulham	17	2	2	5	9	15	3	1	4	12	16	-10	13	D	W	L	L	W	1979-12-01	Newcastle United	A
19	-3	Cambridge United	17	2	3	3	11	9	1	3	5	8	15	-5	12	L	W	L	L	L	1979-12-01	Queens Park Rangers	H
20	-3	Bristol Rovers	17	3	3	2	14	12	1	1	7	10	20	-8	12	L	D	W	L	L	1979-12-01	Burnley	H
21	-1	Charlton Athletic	17	3	3	2	13	14	0	3	6	5	20	-16	12	L	L	W	D	W	1979-12-01	West Ham United	H
22	0	Burnley	17	1	4	4	9	12	0	3	5	11	23	-15	9	W	D	D	L	L	1979-12-01	Bristol Rovers	A