1979-12-08

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	3	1	Coventry City	Highbury	27,563
Stapleton, Sunderland, O'Leary	Lineups		Gooding
Aston Villa	1	3	Liverpool	Villa Park	41,160	Largest home gate 1979-80
Little	Lineups		Kennedy R, Hansen, McDermott
Bristol City	1	3	Tottenham Hotspur	Ashton Gate	25,093
Ritchie (p)	Lineups		Miller, Hoddle 2 (1p)
Crystal Palace	1	0	Nottingham Forest	Selhurst Park	34,782
Walsh	Lineups
Derby County	0	0	Norwich City	Baseball Ground	15,381
	Lineups
Everton	2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Goodison Park	23,534
Kidd, King	Lineups
Ipswich Town	4	0	Manchester City	Portman Road	18,221
Mills, Gates 3	Lineups
Manchester United	1	1	Leeds United	Old Trafford	58,348	Largest home, D 1 & league gate 1979-80
Thomas	Lineups		Connor
Middlesbrough	0	1	Southampton	Ayresome Park	15,469
	Lineups		Williams S
Stoke City	3	2	West Bromwich Albion	Victoria Ground	19,865
Crooks 3	Lineups		Regis, Barnes (p)
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	1	Bolton Wanderers	Molineux	20,169
Gray 2, Walsh OG	Lineups		Whatmore

				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	Liverpool	18	6	3	0	22	4	4	3	2	17	9	26	26	W	W	D	W	W	1979-12-15	Crystal Palace	H
2	-1	Manchester United	19	8	2	0	20	3	2	4	3	8	10	15	26	D	W	W	D	L	1979-12-15	Coventry City	A
3	0	Crystal Palace	19	6	4	0	16	3	1	5	3	8	13	8	23	W	L	D	D	W	1979-12-15	Liverpool	A
4	0	Arsenal	19	4	4	2	12	6	3	4	2	11	7	10	22	W	D	D	W	L	1979-12-15	West Bromwich Albion	A
5	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	4	4	1	12	7	5	0	4	13	15	3	22	W	W	D	L	W	1979-12-15	Leeds United	A
6	5	Tottenham Hotspur	19	6	1	2	14	10	2	4	4	12	19	-3	21	W	L	D	L	W	1979-12-15	Aston Villa	H
7	-2	Nottingham Forest	19	6	2	1	17	7	2	2	6	11	17	4	20	L	D	L	L	L	1979-12-22	Manchester United	A
8	0	Norwich City	19	5	4	0	18	9	2	2	6	11	18	2	20	D	D	L	W	L	1979-12-15	Bristol City	H
9	-3	Coventry City	19	7	1	1	21	9	2	1	7	11	24	-1	20	L	W	D	W	W	1979-12-15	Manchester United	H
10	2	Southampton	19	6	1	2	27	13	2	2	6	5	15	4	19	W	W	L	L	W	1979-12-15	Everton	H
11	-2	Aston Villa	18	4	3	3	11	11	1	6	1	7	7	0	19	L	D	D	W	D	1979-12-15	Tottenham Hotspur	A
12	-2	Middlesbrough	19	5	4	1	10	4	2	1	6	6	12	0	19	L	L	D	W	W	1979-12-21	Bolton Wanderers	H
13	4	Everton	19	3	4	3	16	13	2	4	3	9	12	0	18	W	D	D	L	W	1979-12-15	Southampton	A
14	1	Leeds United	19	4	2	3	11	10	1	6	3	8	15	-6	18	D	W	D	W	L	1979-12-15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
15	-2	West Bromwich Albion	19	5	3	1	20	10	0	4	6	6	14	2	17	L	D	D	L	W	1979-12-15	Arsenal	H
16	2	Stoke City	19	5	2	3	17	14	1	3	5	8	16	-5	17	W	L	W	L	L	1979-12-15	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
17	-3	Bristol City	19	3	4	3	9	10	2	3	4	8	12	-5	17	L	D	W	L	L	1979-12-15	Norwich City	A
18	-2	Manchester City	19	5	1	3	12	10	2	2	6	6	19	-11	17	L	L	L	W	W	1979-12-15	Derby County	H
19	1	Ipswich Town	19	5	2	3	15	8	2	0	7	6	18	-5	16	W	L	W	W	D	1979-12-15	Bolton Wanderers	A
20	-1	Derby County	19	5	1	4	15	10	1	2	6	4	15	-6	15	D	L	W	L	W	1979-12-15	Manchester City	A
21	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	18	3	2	3	10	13	1	2	7	9	19	-13	12	L	W	D	W	L	1979-12-15	Stoke City	H
22	0	Bolton Wanderers	19	1	7	1	7	7	0	1	9	7	26	-19	10	L	D	L	L	L	1979-12-15	Ipswich Town	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Burnley	1	0	Watford	Turf Moor	8,608
Burke	Lineups
Fulham	2	1	Shrewsbury Town	Craven Cottage	5,337
Guthrie, Gale	Lineups		Keay (p)
Leicester City	2	2	Orient	Filbert Street	16,303
Henderson, Goodwin	Lineups		Mayo, Margerrison
Luton Town	1	1	Newcastle United	Kenilworth Road	14,845
Moss	Lineups		Rafferty
Notts County	1	1	Birmingham City	Meadow Lane	11,383
O'Brien (p)	Lineups		Lynex
Oldham Athletic	1	0	Chelsea	Boundary Park	10,201
Stainrod	Lineups
Preston North End	2	2	Cambridge United	Deepdale	7,585
Bruce, Elliott	Lineups		Biley 2
Queens Park Rangers	2	2	Wrexham	Loftus Road	11,652
Goddard 2	Lineups		Vinter, Edwards
Sunderland	2	1	Cardiff City	Roker Park	25,370
Davies OG, Robson	Lineups		Bishop
Swansea City	1	0	Charlton Athletic	Vetch Field	11,861
Callaghan	Lineups
West Ham United	2	1	Bristol Rovers	Upton Park	17,763
Cross 2	Lineups		Barrowclough

				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	Newcastle United	19	8	1	0	15	5	2	5	3	11	11	10	26	D	W	W	D	W	1979-12-15	Queens Park Rangers	H
2	1	Luton Town	19	4	5	1	18	9	5	2	2	15	10	14	25	D	W	L	D	D	1979-12-15	Wrexham	A
3	1	Leicester City	19	5	3	2	17	13	4	4	1	18	11	11	25	D	W	W	D	D	1979-12-15	Charlton Athletic	A
4	-3	Chelsea	19	6	1	2	14	7	6	0	4	17	14	10	25	L	W	W	W	W	1979-12-15	Swansea City	H
5	0	Queens Park Rangers	19	7	2	1	28	8	3	2	4	9	11	18	24	D	L	W	W	D	1979-12-15	Newcastle United	A
6	0	Birmingham City	19	5	2	2	11	7	4	3	3	14	13	5	23	D	L	W	L	W	1979-12-15	Burnley	H
7	0	West Ham United	19	7	1	2	15	6	3	1	5	7	12	4	22	W	L	W	W	L	1979-12-15	Shrewsbury Town	A
8	0	Sunderland	19	9	1	0	24	7	0	2	7	4	16	5	21	W	L	W	W	L	1979-12-15	Watford	A
9	0	Wrexham	19	6	1	2	11	5	3	1	6	11	17	0	20	D	W	L	L	L	1979-12-15	Luton Town	H
10	2	Swansea City	19	7	0	3	18	10	1	4	4	4	13	-1	20	W	L	L	L	W	1979-12-15	Chelsea	A
11	-1	Notts County	19	4	4	2	16	10	3	1	5	12	14	4	19	D	L	L	L	W	1979-12-15	Orient	A
12	-1	Preston North End	19	3	7	0	15	12	1	4	4	9	11	1	19	D	L	D	D	L	1979-12-15	Cardiff City	A
13	1	Orient	19	4	3	2	15	18	1	5	4	9	12	-6	18	D	W	D	D	L	1979-12-15	Notts County	H
14	-1	Cardiff City	19	5	2	2	10	7	2	2	6	9	18	-6	18	L	W	L	D	L	1979-12-15	Preston North End	H
15	2	Oldham Athletic	19	5	2	3	12	9	0	4	5	6	12	-3	16	W	L	L	L	L	1979-12-15	Bristol Rovers	A
16	0	Cambridge United	19	3	3	3	13	10	1	4	5	10	17	-4	15	D	W	L	W	L	1979-12-15	Fulham	H
17	-2	Watford	19	5	2	2	12	8	0	3	7	3	14	-7	15	L	W	D	W	L	1979-12-15	Sunderland	H
18	3	Fulham	19	3	2	5	11	16	3	1	5	12	18	-11	15	W	L	D	W	L	1979-12-15	Cambridge United	A
19	-1	Charlton Athletic	19	4	3	2	14	14	0	3	7	5	21	-16	14	L	W	L	L	W	1979-12-15	Leicester City	H
20	-1	Shrewsbury Town	19	4	3	2	15	10	1	0	9	8	18	-5	13	L	L	W	L	W	1979-12-15	West Ham United	H
21	-1	Bristol Rovers	19	3	4	2	14	12	1	1	8	11	22	-9	13	L	D	L	D	W	1979-12-15	Oldham Athletic	H
22	0	Burnley	19	2	4	4	10	12	0	4	5	11	23	-14	12	W	D	W	D	D	1979-12-15	Birmingham City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	2	1	Oxford United	Ewood Park	6,714
McKenzie, Brotherston	Lineups		Graydon
Blackpool	5	2	Reading	Bloomfield Road	3,834
Kellow 2, Harrison 2, Spence	Lineups		Bowman, Kearney
Brentford	7	2	Hull City	Griffin Park	6,793
Kruse, Phillips 2, Fear, Booker 3	Lineups		Bannister, Farley
Chesterfield	3	2	Millwall	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,812
Birch (p), Kowalski, Moss	Lineups		Mitchell 2
Grimsby Town	2	1	Mansfield Town	Blundell Park	7,663
Ford, Waters (p)	Lineups		Austin
Plymouth Argyle	2	1	Barnsley	Home Park	5,311
Hodges, Sims	Lineups		Graham
Rotherham United	2	1	Gillingham	Millmoor	4,648
Dawson, Stancliffe	Lineups		Price
Sheffield Wednesday	0	1	Exeter City	Hillsborough	11,530
	Lineups		Rogers P
Swindon Town	8	0	Bury	County Ground	7,685
McHale 2 (1p), Kamara, Mayes 2, Rowland 2, Tucker	Lineups
Wimbledon	1	1	Sheffield United	Plough Lane	4,785
Cork	Lineups		Butlin

				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	22	8	0	3	23	11	5	2	4	18	18	12	28	D	W	L	W	L	1979-12-21	Southend United	H
2	-1	Colchester United	22	5	5	1	20	10	6	1	4	13	16	7	28	D	W	W	L	D	1979-12-21	Exeter City	A
3	1	Swindon Town	21	9	2	0	28	5	2	2	6	9	18	14	26	W	D	W	D	L	1979-12-26	Exeter City	H
4	2	Brentford	21	7	1	2	22	10	4	3	4	16	18	10	26	W	L	L	W	W	1979-12-15	Oxford United	H
5	-2	Millwall	22	8	2	1	24	11	2	4	5	10	17	6	26	L	L	W	L	L	1979-12-29	Gillingham	H
6	1	Grimsby Town	22	8	1	2	20	11	3	2	6	6	14	1	25	W	W	W	L	W	1979-12-21	Carlisle United	A
7	2	Rotherham United	22	8	0	3	24	12	3	2	6	13	21	4	24	W	D	W	W	D	1979-12-21	Chester	A
8	-3	Sheffield Wednesday	22	4	3	4	12	12	4	5	2	21	17	4	24	L	D	W	D	L	1979-12-21	Reading	A
9	3	Chesterfield	22	7	4	0	25	8	1	3	7	9	18	8	23	W	L	W	L	D	1979-12-26	Carlisle United	H
10	-2	Chester	21	5	4	1	14	9	3	3	5	13	19	-1	23	L	D	W	W	L	1979-12-21	Rotherham United	H
11	-1	Gillingham	21	5	4	2	14	8	3	2	5	11	15	2	22	L	D	W	W	L	1979-12-26	Colchester United	A
12	-1	Reading	21	7	3	1	20	10	1	3	6	8	25	-7	22	L	D	L	W	W	1979-12-21	Sheffield Wednesday	H
13	0	Carlisle United	22	6	4	1	21	10	2	1	8	9	20	0	21	D	W	W	L	L	1979-12-21	Grimsby Town	H
14	2	Blackburn Rovers	22	5	3	3	12	9	2	4	5	9	12	0	21	W	D	L	W	W	1979-12-21	Hull City	A
15	-1	Barnsley	22	5	3	3	14	12	3	2	6	10	15	-3	21	L	L	W	D	W	1979-12-21	Blackpool	H
16	4	Blackpool	22	6	2	3	26	19	1	4	6	11	21	-3	20	W	D	L	D	D	1979-12-21	Barnsley	A
17	4	Exeter City	22	5	3	3	12	10	2	3	6	13	25	-10	20	W	D	D	D	L	1979-12-21	Colchester United	H
18	-3	Oxford United	21	5	2	4	17	10	1	5	4	11	17	1	19	L	L	D	L	D	1979-12-15	Brentford	A
19	-2	Hull City	22	3	6	2	14	13	1	5	5	10	20	-9	19	L	D	L	L	D	1979-12-21	Blackburn Rovers	H
20	-2	Mansfield Town	22	6	3	2	20	12	0	3	8	7	16	-1	18	L	D	L	D	W	1979-12-21	Plymouth Argyle	H
21	-2	Southend United	21	5	1	4	15	10	2	3	6	8	18	-5	18	W	W	L	L	W	1979-12-21	Sheffield United	A
22	1	Plymouth Argyle	22	6	3	2	19	11	0	1	10	10	25	-7	16	W	L	L	W	W	1979-12-21	Mansfield Town	A
23	-1	Bury	22	5	3	3	18	10	1	0	10	6	25	-11	15	L	W	L	W	L	1979-12-21	Brentford	H
24	0	Wimbledon	21	2	4	4	14	15	2	3	6	7	18	-12	15	D	D	L	L	D	1979-12-29	Southend United	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	2	2	York City	Recreation Ground	3,610
McGregor, James OG	Lineups		Randall, Wellings
Darlington	3	1	Tranmere Rovers	Feethams Ground	1,403
Nattress, Stalker, Walsh	Lineups		Beamish
Halifax Town	1	0	Lincoln City	The Shay	1,991
Hendrie	Lineups
Hartlepool United	0	0	Newport County	Victoria Park	2,565
	Lineups
Hereford United	0	2	Bradford City	Edgar Street	3,337
	Lineups		Staniforth, Wood
Northampton Town	0	0	Scunthorpe United	County Ground	2,120
	Lineups
Peterborough United	0	0	Portsmouth	London Road	5,371
	Lineups
Torquay United	3	1	Huddersfield Town	Plainmoor	4,178
Sermanni, Cooper 2	Lineups		Holmes
Walsall	1	1	Wigan Athletic	Fellows Park	5,261
Penn	Lineups		Quinn A

				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	22	10	0	1	36	11	5	2	4	17	16	26	32	D	W	W	D	L	1979-12-21	Port Vale	H
2	1	Walsall	22	6	5	0	18	9	5	4	2	18	13	14	31	D	W	W	D	W	1979-12-21	York City	A
3	-1	Huddersfield Town	22	7	2	2	30	9	6	2	3	19	15	25	30	L	L	D	D	W	1979-12-21	Rochdale	H
4	1	Bradford City	22	7	3	1	24	6	6	1	4	17	18	17	30	W	L	D	D	W	1979-12-21	Hartlepool United	H
5	-1	Newport County	22	8	2	1	26	13	5	1	5	20	14	19	29	D	W	W	D	W	1979-12-15	Scunthorpe United	H
6	0	Torquay United	22	9	2	0	29	9	1	6	4	14	19	15	28	W	L	D	W	W	1979-12-21	Stockport County	A
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	21	8	1	2	22	8	2	3	5	10	14	10	24	D	L	D	W	L	1979-12-21	Tranmere Rovers	A
9	0	Lincoln City	21	5	4	1	20	8	3	2	6	10	18	4	22	L	D	L	D	L	1979-12-29	York City	H
10	0	Peterborough United	22	6	1	4	18	14	3	3	5	6	11	-1	22	D	D	L	L	L	1979-12-21	Newport County	A
11	2	Halifax Town	22	7	3	1	13	6	1	3	7	8	20	-5	22	W	L	L	D	L	1979-12-21	Scunthorpe United	A
12	-1	AFC Bournemouth	22	3	4	4	14	13	2	6	3	14	13	2	20	D	D	D	D	L	1979-12-21	Northampton Town	H
13	2	Wigan Athletic	20	5	2	4	21	18	3	2	4	13	17	-1	20	D	D	W	W	W	1979-12-21	Crewe Alexandra	H
14	-2	Tranmere Rovers	21	5	1	4	15	12	3	3	5	9	16	-4	20	L	W	D	D	D	1979-12-21	Aldershot	H
15	-1	Stockport County	22	3	4	4	10	17	4	2	5	11	18	-14	20	W	W	L	D	W	1979-12-21	Torquay United	H
16	1	York City	22	5	3	3	22	17	2	2	7	19	31	-7	19	D	W	D	L	L	1979-12-21	Walsall	H
17	-1	Hereford United	22	5	3	3	12	9	2	2	7	9	19	-7	19	L	W	D	L	W	1979-12-26	Portsmouth	H
18	0	Northampton Town	22	7	2	2	17	10	0	3	8	8	26	-11	19	D	D	W	D	L	1979-12-21	AFC Bournemouth	A
19	0	Hartlepool United	21	6	2	2	18	12	1	2	8	12	20	-2	18	D	D	L	W	L	1979-12-21	Bradford City	A
20	1	Darlington	22	5	5	1	19	11	0	2	9	7	29	-14	17	W	L	D	D	W	1979-12-21	Doncaster Rovers	A
21	-1	Scunthorpe United	22	4	5	2	20	13	1	1	9	7	30	-16	16	D	W	L	D	L	1979-12-15	Newport County	A
22	0	Port Vale	22	4	1	6	18	11	1	3	7	9	24	-8	14	L	L	D	D	D	1979-12-21	Portsmouth	A
23	0	Rochdale	21	3	3	4	10	13	0	3	8	8	26	-21	12	W	L	D	L	L	1979-12-21	Huddersfield Town	A
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	22	3	3	5	11	15	0	1	10	4	28	-28	10	D	L	D	D	L	1979-12-21	Wigan Athletic	A