1979-12-01

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	1	1	Bristol City	Burnden Park	12,074
Greaves	Lineups		Rodgers
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Derby County	Goldstone Ground	22,980
Ward, Clarke	Lineups
Coventry City	4	1	Ipswich Town	Highfield Road	16,439
Ferguson 4	Lineups		Wark (p)
Leeds United	1	0	Crystal Palace	Elland Road	21,330
Hird	Lineups
Liverpool	4	0	Middlesbrough	Anfield Road	39,885
McDermott, Hansen, Johnson, Kennedy R	Lineups
Manchester City	2	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Maine Road	33,984
Palmer, Deyna	Lineups		Daniel, Gray, Hibbitt
Norwich City	1	1	Aston Villa	Carrow Road	15,885
Bond (p)	Lineups		Evans
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Arsenal	City Ground	27,925
Birtles	Lineups		Stapleton
Southampton	3	1	Stoke City	The Dell	20,095
Boyer 2, Channon	Lineups		Irvine
Tottenham Hotspur	1	2	Manchester United	White Hart Lane	51,389	Largest home gate 1979-80
Hoddle	Lineups		Coppell, Macari
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Everton	The Hawthorns	21,237
Regis	Lineups		King

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Manchester United	18	8	1	0	19	2	2	4	3	8	10	15	25	W	W	D	L	W	1979-12-08	Leeds United	H
2	0	Liverpool	17	6	3	0	22	4	3	3	2	14	8	24	24	W	D	W	W	W	1979-12-08	Aston Villa	A
3	0	Crystal Palace	18	5	4	0	15	3	1	5	3	8	13	7	21	L	D	D	W	W	1979-12-08	Nottingham Forest	H
4	0	Arsenal	18	3	4	2	9	5	3	4	2	11	7	8	20	D	D	W	L	W	1979-12-08	Coventry City	H
5	0	Nottingham Forest	18	6	2	1	17	7	2	2	5	11	16	5	20	D	L	L	L	W	1979-12-08	Crystal Palace	A
6	5	Coventry City	18	7	1	1	21	9	2	1	6	10	21	1	20	W	D	W	W	L	1979-12-08	Arsenal	A
7	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	3	4	1	9	6	5	0	4	13	15	1	20	W	D	L	W	L	1979-12-08	Bolton Wanderers	H
8	0	Norwich City	18	5	4	0	18	9	2	1	6	11	18	2	19	D	L	W	L	D	1979-12-08	Derby County	A
9	0	Aston Villa	17	4	3	2	10	8	1	6	1	7	7	2	19	D	D	W	D	W	1979-12-08	Liverpool	H
10	-4	Middlesbrough	18	5	4	0	10	3	2	1	6	6	12	1	19	L	D	W	W	D	1979-12-08	Southampton	H
11	-4	Tottenham Hotspur	18	6	1	2	14	10	1	4	4	9	18	-5	19	L	D	L	W	D	1979-12-08	Bristol City	A
12	3	Southampton	18	6	1	2	27	13	1	2	6	4	15	3	17	W	L	L	W	L	1979-12-08	Middlesbrough	A
13	0	West Bromwich Albion	18	5	3	1	20	10	0	4	5	4	11	3	17	D	D	L	W	L	1979-12-08	Stoke City	A
14	0	Bristol City	18	3	4	2	8	7	2	3	4	8	12	-3	17	D	W	L	L	W	1979-12-08	Tottenham Hotspur	H
15	3	Leeds United	18	4	2	3	11	10	1	5	3	7	14	-6	17	W	D	W	L	L	1979-12-08	Manchester United	A
16	-4	Manchester City	18	5	1	3	12	10	2	2	5	6	15	-7	17	L	L	W	W	L	1979-12-08	Ipswich Town	A
17	-1	Everton	18	2	4	3	14	13	2	4	3	9	12	-2	16	D	D	L	W	L	1979-12-08	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
18	-1	Stoke City	18	4	2	3	14	12	1	3	5	8	16	-6	15	L	W	L	L	W	1979-12-08	West Bromwich Albion	H
19	0	Derby County	18	5	0	4	15	10	1	2	6	4	15	-6	14	L	W	L	W	W	1979-12-08	Norwich City	H
20	0	Ipswich Town	18	4	2	3	11	8	2	0	7	6	18	-9	14	L	W	W	D	L	1979-12-08	Manchester City	H
21	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	17	3	2	3	10	13	1	2	6	9	17	-11	12	W	D	W	L	L	1979-12-08	Everton	A
22	0	Bolton Wanderers	18	1	7	1	7	7	0	1	8	6	23	-17	10	D	L	L	L	L	1979-12-08	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	1	2	Leicester City	St Andrew's	25,748
Gallagher	Lineups		Smith, Henderson
Bristol Rovers	0	0	Burnley	Eastville	5,273
	Lineups
Cambridge United	2	1	Queens Park Rangers	Abbey Stadium	8,083
Spriggs, Murray	Lineups		Bowles
Cardiff City	1	0	Oldham Athletic	Ninian Park	7,048
Bishop	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	0	West Ham United	The Valley	19,021	Largest home gate 1979-80
Gritt	Lineups
Chelsea	2	0	Preston North End	Stamford Bridge	21,192
Droy, Britton	Lineups
Newcastle United	2	0	Fulham	St James' Park	23,485
Rafferty, Withe	Lineups
Orient	2	1	Sunderland	Brisbane Road	6,582
Jennings, Taylor	Lineups		Robson
Shrewsbury Town	1	2	Luton Town	Gay Meadow	8,565
Keay	Lineups		Stein, Hatton
Watford	2	1	Notts County	Vicarage Road	12,170
Blissett, Bolton (p)	Lineups		O'Brien
Wrexham	1	0	Swansea City	Racecourse Ground	10,651
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	1	Chelsea	18	6	1	2	14	7	6	0	3	17	13	11	25	W	W	W	W	W	1979-12-08	Oldham Athletic	A
2	1	Newcastle United	18	8	1	0	15	5	2	4	3	10	10	10	25	W	W	D	W	L	1979-12-08	Luton Town	A
3	1	Luton Town	18	4	4	1	17	8	5	2	2	15	10	14	24	W	L	D	D	W	1979-12-08	Newcastle United	H
4	1	Leicester City	18	5	2	2	15	11	4	4	1	18	11	11	24	W	W	D	D	W	1979-12-08	Orient	H
5	-4	Queens Park Rangers	18	7	1	1	26	6	3	2	4	9	11	18	23	L	W	W	D	W	1979-12-08	Wrexham	H
6	0	Birmingham City	18	5	2	2	11	7	4	2	3	13	12	5	22	L	W	L	W	W	1979-12-08	Notts County	A
7	0	West Ham United	18	6	1	2	13	5	3	1	5	7	12	3	20	L	W	W	L	W	1979-12-08	Bristol Rovers	H
8	0	Sunderland	18	8	1	0	22	6	0	2	7	4	16	4	19	L	W	W	L	W	1979-12-08	Cardiff City	H
9	3	Wrexham	18	6	1	2	11	5	3	0	6	9	15	0	19	W	L	L	L	L	1979-12-08	Queens Park Rangers	A
10	-1	Notts County	18	4	3	2	15	9	3	1	5	12	14	4	18	L	L	L	W	L	1979-12-08	Birmingham City	H
11	-1	Preston North End	18	3	6	0	13	10	1	4	4	9	11	1	18	L	D	D	L	D	1979-12-08	Cambridge United	H
12	-1	Swansea City	18	6	0	3	17	10	1	4	4	4	13	-2	18	L	L	L	W	D	1979-12-08	Charlton Athletic	H
13	0	Cardiff City	18	5	2	2	10	7	2	2	5	8	16	-5	18	W	L	D	L	W	1979-12-08	Sunderland	A
14	0	Orient	18	4	3	2	15	18	1	4	4	7	10	-6	17	W	D	D	L	W	1979-12-08	Leicester City	A
15	2	Watford	18	5	2	2	12	8	0	3	6	3	13	-6	15	W	D	W	L	L	1979-12-08	Burnley	A
16	3	Cambridge United	18	3	3	3	13	10	1	3	5	8	15	-4	14	W	L	W	L	L	1979-12-08	Preston North End	A
17	-2	Oldham Athletic	18	4	2	3	11	9	0	4	5	6	12	-4	14	L	L	L	L	W	1979-12-08	Chelsea	H
18	3	Charlton Athletic	18	4	3	2	14	14	0	3	6	5	20	-15	14	W	L	L	W	D	1979-12-08	Swansea City	A
19	-3	Shrewsbury Town	18	4	3	2	15	10	1	0	8	7	16	-4	13	L	W	L	W	D	1979-12-08	Fulham	A
20	0	Bristol Rovers	18	3	4	2	14	12	1	1	7	10	20	-8	13	D	L	D	W	L	1979-12-08	West Ham United	A
21	-3	Fulham	18	2	2	5	9	15	3	1	5	12	18	-12	13	L	D	W	L	L	1979-12-08	Shrewsbury Town	H
22	0	Burnley	18	1	4	4	9	12	0	4	5	11	23	-15	10	D	W	D	D	L	1979-12-08	Watford	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	1	2	Southend United	Oakwell	11,602
Clarke	Lineups		Franklin, Parker
Bury	2	0	Chesterfield	Gigg Lane	3,369
Johnson, Madden	Lineups
Carlisle United	3	1	Brentford	Brunton Park	4,275
Bannon, Staniforth 2	Lineups		Holmes L
Chester	2	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Sealand Road	6,241
Rush, Phillips R	Lineups		Wylde, Curran
Exeter City	1	1	Rotherham United	St James Park	3,354
Hatch	Lineups		Giles OG
Gillingham	0	0	Swindon Town	Priestfield Stadium	8,029
	Lineups
Hull City	1	1	Wimbledon	Boothferry Park	3,750
Hawker	Lineups		Cork
Mansfield Town	1	1	Blackpool	Field Mill	4,324
Austin	Lineups		Hockaday
Millwall	1	2	Colchester United	The Den, New Cross	7,563	Largest home gate 1979-80
Mehmet	Lineups		Lee, Foley
Oxford United	0	1	Grimsby Town	Manor Ground	3,361
	Lineups		Kilmore
Reading	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Elm Park	6,010
Kearns	Lineups		Crawford
Sheffield United	3	2	Plymouth Argyle	Bramall Lane	14,101
Speight, Sabella, Bourne (p)	Lineups		Randell, Hodges

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Sheffield United	21	8	0	3	23	11	5	1	4	17	17	12	27	W	L	W	L	L	1979-12-08	Wimbledon	A
2	1	Colchester United	21	5	4	1	19	9	6	1	4	13	16	7	27	W	W	L	D	D	1979-12-07	Carlisle United	H
3	-2	Millwall	21	8	2	1	24	11	2	4	4	8	14	7	26	L	W	L	L	W	1979-12-08	Chesterfield	A
4	1	Swindon Town	20	8	2	0	20	5	2	2	6	9	18	6	24	D	W	D	L	W	1979-12-08	Bury	H
5	1	Sheffield Wednesday	21	4	3	3	12	11	4	5	2	21	17	5	24	D	W	D	L	L	1979-12-08	Exeter City	H
6	-2	Brentford	20	6	1	2	15	8	4	3	4	16	18	5	24	L	L	W	W	D	1979-12-08	Hull City	H
7	0	Chester	20	5	4	1	14	9	3	3	4	12	15	2	23	D	W	W	L	W	1979-12-07	Southend United	A
8	3	Grimsby Town	21	7	1	2	18	10	3	2	6	6	14	0	23	W	W	L	W	W	1979-12-08	Mansfield Town	H
9	0	Rotherham United	21	7	0	3	22	11	3	2	6	13	21	3	22	D	W	W	D	L	1979-12-08	Gillingham	H
10	0	Gillingham	20	5	4	2	14	8	3	2	4	10	13	3	22	D	W	W	L	D	1979-12-08	Rotherham United	A
11	2	Reading	20	7	3	1	20	10	1	3	5	6	20	-4	22	D	L	W	W	D	1979-12-08	Blackpool	A
12	-4	Chesterfield	21	6	4	0	22	6	1	3	7	9	18	7	21	L	W	L	D	W	1979-12-08	Millwall	H
13	-1	Barnsley	21	5	3	3	14	12	3	2	5	9	13	-2	21	L	W	D	W	W	1979-12-08	Plymouth Argyle	A
14	2	Carlisle United	21	6	4	1	21	10	2	0	8	8	19	0	20	W	W	L	L	W	1979-12-07	Colchester United	A
15	-1	Oxford United	20	5	2	4	17	10	1	5	3	10	15	2	19	L	D	L	D	W	1979-12-08	Blackburn Rovers	A
16	-1	Blackburn Rovers	21	4	3	3	10	8	2	4	5	9	12	-1	19	D	L	W	W	L	1979-12-08	Oxford United	H
17	0	Hull City	21	3	6	2	14	13	1	5	4	8	13	-4	19	D	L	L	D	D	1979-12-08	Brentford	A
18	0	Mansfield Town	21	6	3	2	20	12	0	3	7	6	14	0	18	D	L	D	W	L	1979-12-08	Grimsby Town	A
19	0	Blackpool	21	5	2	3	21	17	1	4	6	11	21	-6	18	D	L	D	D	D	1979-12-08	Reading	H
20	0	Exeter City	21	5	3	3	12	10	1	3	6	12	25	-11	18	D	D	D	L	L	1979-12-08	Sheffield Wednesday	A
21	1	Southend United	20	4	1	4	11	9	2	3	6	8	18	-8	16	W	L	L	W	W	1979-12-07	Chester	H
22	1	Bury	21	5	3	3	18	10	1	0	9	6	17	-3	15	W	L	W	L	W	1979-12-08	Swindon Town	A
23	-2	Plymouth Argyle	21	5	3	2	17	10	0	1	10	10	25	-8	14	L	L	W	W	L	1979-12-08	Barnsley	H
24	0	Wimbledon	20	2	3	4	13	14	2	3	6	7	18	-12	14	D	L	L	D	L	1979-12-08	Sheffield United	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	0	0	Peterborough United	Dean Court	3,234
	Lineups
Bradford City	0	1	Walsall	Valley Parade	5,824
	Lineups		Paul
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Aldershot	Belle Vue	6,210
Nimmo	Lineups		Needham
Huddersfield Town	0	1	Hereford United	Leeds Road	5,582
	Lineups		White
Newport County	4	0	Darlington	Somerton Park	4,127
Lowndes 2, Oakes, Relish	Lineups
Portsmouth	3	1	Halifax Town	Fratton Park	14,087
Brisley, Garwood, Laidlaw	Lineups		Firth
Wigan Athletic	0	0	Northampton Town	Springfield Park	6,158
	Lineups
York City	5	1	Port Vale	Bootham Crescent	2,402
Lorimer 2, Clements, Randall, McDonald	Lineups		Chamberlain N

				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	21	10	0	1	36	11	5	1	4	17	16	26	31	W	W	D	L	W	1979-12-08	Peterborough United	A
2	-1	Huddersfield Town	21	7	2	2	30	9	6	2	2	18	12	27	30	L	D	D	W	W	1979-12-08	Torquay United	A
3	1	Walsall	21	6	4	0	17	8	5	4	2	18	13	14	30	W	W	D	W	L	1979-12-08	Wigan Athletic	H
4	1	Newport County	21	8	2	1	26	13	5	0	5	20	14	19	28	W	W	D	W	L	1979-12-08	Hartlepool United	A
5	-2	Bradford City	21	7	3	1	24	6	5	1	4	15	18	15	28	L	D	D	W	L	1979-12-08	Hereford United	A
6	0	Torquay United	21	8	2	0	26	8	1	6	4	14	19	13	26	L	D	W	W	D	1979-12-08	Huddersfield Town	H
7	0	Doncaster Rovers	21	7	2	2	21	15	3	4	3	10	9	7	26	D	D	W	W	L	1979-12-21	Darlington	H
8	0	Aldershot	19	8	0	2	20	6	2	3	4	9	12	11	23	D	W	L	W	W	1979-12-04	Rochdale	A
9	0	Lincoln City	20	5	4	1	20	8	3	2	5	10	17	5	22	D	L	D	L	W	1979-12-08	Halifax Town	A
10	0	Peterborough United	21	6	0	4	18	14	3	3	5	6	11	-1	21	D	L	L	L	W	1979-12-08	Portsmouth	H
11	0	Tranmere Rovers	20	5	1	4	15	12	3	3	4	8	13	-2	20	W	D	D	D	L	1979-12-08	Darlington	A
12	0	Halifax Town	21	6	3	1	12	6	1	3	7	8	20	-6	20	L	L	D	L	D	1979-12-08	Lincoln City	H
13	0	AFC Bournemouth	21	3	4	4	14	13	2	5	3	14	13	2	19	D	D	D	L	W	1979-12-07	Crewe Alexandra	A
14	0	Wigan Athletic	19	5	2	4	21	18	3	1	4	12	16	-1	19	D	W	W	W	L	1979-12-08	Walsall	A
15	2	Hereford United	21	5	3	2	12	7	2	2	7	9	19	-5	19	W	D	L	W	L	1979-12-08	Bradford City	H
16	3	York City	21	5	3	3	22	17	2	1	7	17	29	-7	18	W	D	L	L	W	1979-12-08	Aldershot	A
17	1	Northampton Town	21	7	1	2	17	10	0	3	8	8	26	-11	18	D	W	D	L	W	1979-12-08	Scunthorpe United	H
18	-3	Stockport County	21	3	4	4	10	17	3	2	5	9	17	-15	18	W	L	D	W	W	1979-12-07	Port Vale	A
19	-3	Hartlepool United	20	6	1	2	18	12	1	2	8	12	20	-2	17	D	L	W	L	L	1979-12-08	Newport County	H
20	1	Scunthorpe United	21	4	5	2	20	13	1	0	9	7	30	-16	15	W	L	D	L	D	1979-12-08	Northampton Town	A
21	-1	Darlington	21	4	5	1	16	10	0	2	9	7	29	-16	15	L	D	D	W	L	1979-12-08	Tranmere Rovers	H
22	0	Port Vale	21	4	1	5	17	9	1	3	7	9	24	-7	14	L	D	D	D	W	1979-12-07	Stockport County	H
23	0	Rochdale	20	2	3	4	8	12	0	3	8	8	26	-22	10	L	D	L	L	W	1979-12-04	Aldershot	H
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	21	3	2	5	11	15	0	1	10	4	28	-28	9	L	D	D	L	W	1979-12-07	AFC Bournemouth	H