1979-12-15

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round 2						Venue	Gate
D 3	Bury	0	0	York City	D 4	Gigg Lane	4,195
		Lineups
D 3	Carlisle United	3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	D 3	Brunton Park	7,823
	Staniforth, Beardsley, Ludlam	Lineups
D 3	Colchester United	1	0	AFC Bournemouth	D 4	Layer Road	3,693
	Rowles	Lineups
IsL	Croydon	1	1	Millwall	D 3	Selhurst Park, London	9,809
	Ward R	Lineups		Chatterton
D 4	Darlington	0	1	Bradford City	D 4	Feethams Ground	4,543
		Lineups		Baines
D 4	Doncaster Rovers	1	2	Mansfield Town	D 3	Belle Vue	7,952
	Nimmo	Lineups		Curtis, Austin
D 3	Grimsby Town	2	0	Sheffield United	D 3	Blundell Park	14,849
	Crombie, Waters	Lineups
D 4	Hereford United	1	2	Aldershot	D 4	Edgar Street	4,051
	McGrellis	Lineups		Marshall OG, Needham
D 3	Reading	3	1	Barking	IsL	Elm Park	5,451
	Bowman (p), Sanchez, Heale	Lineups		Dingwall
D 3	Rotherham United	0	2	Altrincham	APL	Millmoor	6,083
		Lineups		Bailey, Howard
D 3	Southend United	1	1	Harlow Town	IsL	Roots Hall	5,011
	Parker	Lineups		Prosser
D 4	Tranmere Rovers	2	2	Rochdale	D 4	Prenton Park	2,529
	Evans, Peplow	Lineups		Hilditch 2
D 4	Walsall	1	1	Halifax Town	D 4	Fellows Park	4,651
	Buckley (p)	Lineups		Kennedy
APL	Yeovil Town	1	0	Slough Town	IsL	Huish Ground	4,362
	Williams	Lineups

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	0	1	Ipswich Town	Burnden Park	10,929
	Lineups		Brazil
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	Stoke City	Goldstone Ground	18,392
	Lineups
Coventry City	1	2	Manchester United	Highfield Road	25,563
Ferguson	Lineups		Macari, McQueen
Leeds United	3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Elland Road	21,227
Connor, Graham, Hamson	Lineups
Liverpool	3	0	Crystal Palace	Anfield Road	42,898
Case, Dalglish, McDermott	Lineups
Manchester City	3	0	Derby County	Maine Road	27,664
Henry, Robinson, Webb OG	Lineups
Norwich City	2	0	Bristol City	Carrow Road	12,473
Taylor, Robson	Lineups
Southampton	1	0	Everton	The Dell	19,850
Boyer	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	2	Aston Villa	White Hart Lane	30,555
Ardiles	Lineups		Geddis, Cowans (p)
West Bromwich Albion	2	2	Arsenal	The Hawthorns	18,081
Robson, Trewick	Lineups		Nelson, Stapleton

				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	Liverpool	19	7	3	0	25	4	4	3	2	17	9	29	28	W	W	W	D	W	1979-12-22	Derby County	A
2	0	Manchester United	20	8	2	0	20	3	3	4	3	10	11	16	28	W	D	W	W	D	1979-12-22	Nottingham Forest	H
3	1	Arsenal	20	4	4	2	12	6	3	5	2	13	9	10	23	D	W	D	D	W	1979-12-21	Norwich City	H
4	-1	Crystal Palace	20	6	4	0	16	3	1	5	4	8	16	5	23	L	W	L	D	D	1979-12-26	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
5	3	Norwich City	20	6	4	0	20	9	2	2	6	11	18	4	22	W	D	D	L	W	1979-12-21	Arsenal	A
6	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	4	4	1	12	7	5	0	5	13	18	0	22	L	W	W	D	L	1979-12-21	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
7	3	Southampton	20	7	1	2	28	13	2	2	6	5	15	5	21	W	W	W	L	L	1979-12-21	Bristol City	A
8	3	Aston Villa	19	4	3	3	11	11	2	6	1	9	8	1	21	W	L	D	D	W	1979-12-19	Coventry City	H
9	-3	Tottenham Hotspur	20	6	1	3	15	12	2	4	4	12	19	-4	21	L	W	L	D	L	1979-12-21	Ipswich Town	A
10	-3	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
11	-2	Coventry City	20	7	1	2	22	11	2	1	7	11	24	-2	20	L	L	W	D	W	1979-12-19	Aston Villa	A
12	2	Leeds United	20	5	2	3	14	10	1	6	3	8	15	-3	20	W	D	W	D	W	1979-12-21	Stoke City	A
13	-1	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
14	4	Manchester City	20	6	1	3	15	10	2	2	6	6	19	-8	19	W	L	L	L	W	1979-12-22	Everton	A
15	0	West Bromwich Albion	20	5	4	1	22	12	0	4	6	6	14	2	18	D	L	D	D	L	1979-12-26	Bristol City	H
16	-3	Everton	20	3	4	3	16	13	2	4	4	9	13	-1	18	L	W	D	D	L	1979-12-22	Manchester City	H
17	2	Ipswich Town	20	5	2	3	15	8	3	0	7	7	18	-4	18	W	W	L	W	W	1979-12-21	Tottenham Hotspur	H
18	-2	Stoke City	20	5	2	3	17	14	1	4	5	8	16	-5	18	D	W	L	W	L	1979-12-21	Leeds United	H
19	-2	Bristol City	20	3	4	3	9	10	2	3	5	8	14	-7	17	L	L	D	W	L	1979-12-21	Southampton	H
20	0	Derby County	20	5	1	4	15	10	1	2	7	4	18	-9	15	L	D	L	W	L	1979-12-22	Liverpool	H
21	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	19	3	3	3	10	13	1	2	7	9	19	-13	13	D	L	W	D	W	1979-12-21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
22	0	Bolton Wanderers	20	1	7	2	7	8	0	1	9	7	26	-20	10	L	L	D	L	L	1979-12-21	Middlesbrough	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	2	0	Burnley	St Andrew's	13,997
Worthington 2	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	2	0	Oldham Athletic	Eastville	4,596
Barrowclough 2 (1p)	Lineups
Cambridge United	4	0	Fulham	Abbey Stadium	4,778
Biley 3 (2p), Reilly	Lineups
Cardiff City	0	2	Preston North End	Ninian Park	6,711
	Lineups		Bruce 2
Charlton Athletic	2	0	Leicester City	The Valley	6,717
Hales, Berry	Lineups
Chelsea	3	0	Swansea City	Stamford Bridge	18,065
Langley, Johnson, Bumstead	Lineups
Newcastle United	4	2	Queens Park Rangers	St James' Park	25,027
Withe 2, Shoulder, Cassidy	Lineups		Goddard, Roeder
Orient	1	0	Notts County	Brisbane Road	4,115
Jennings	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	3	0	West Ham United	Gay Meadow	8,513
Maguire, Chapman, Atkins	Lineups
Watford	1	1	Sunderland	Vicarage Road	13,965
Booth	Lineups		Dunn
Wrexham	3	1	Luton Town	Racecourse Ground	9,145
Fox, Edwards, McNeil	Lineups		Hatton

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Newcastle United	20	9	1	0	19	7	2	5	3	11	11	12	28	W	D	W	W	D	1979-12-22	Notts County	A
2	2	Chelsea	20	7	1	2	17	7	6	0	4	17	14	13	27	W	L	W	W	W	1979-12-18	Queens Park Rangers	A
3	-1	Luton Town	20	4	5	1	18	9	5	2	3	16	13	12	25	L	D	W	L	D	1979-12-21	Charlton Athletic	H
4	-1	Leicester City	20	5	3	2	17	13	4	4	2	18	13	9	25	L	D	W	W	D	1979-12-21	Cardiff City	H
5	1	Birmingham City	20	6	2	2	13	7	4	3	3	14	13	7	25	W	D	L	W	L	1979-12-21	Oldham Athletic	A
6	-1	Queens Park Rangers	20	7	2	1	28	8	3	2	5	11	15	16	24	L	D	L	W	W	1979-12-18	Chelsea	H
7	1	Sunderland	20	9	1	0	24	7	0	3	7	5	17	5	22	D	W	L	W	W	1979-12-21	Shrewsbury Town	H
8	1	Wrexham	20	7	1	2	14	6	3	1	6	11	17	2	22	W	D	W	L	L	1979-12-21	Burnley	A
9	-2	West Ham United	20	7	1	2	15	6	3	1	6	7	15	1	22	L	W	L	W	W	1979-12-21	Cambridge United	H
10	2	Preston North End	20	3	7	0	15	12	2	4	4	11	11	3	21	W	D	L	D	D	1979-12-21	Watford	H
11	-1	Swansea City	20	7	0	3	18	10	1	4	5	4	16	-4	20	L	W	L	L	L	1979-12-21	Orient	H
12	1	Orient	20	5	3	2	16	18	1	5	4	9	12	-5	20	W	D	W	D	D	1979-12-21	Swansea City	A
13	-2	Notts County	20	4	4	2	16	10	3	1	6	12	15	3	19	L	D	L	L	L	1979-12-22	Newcastle United	H
14	0	Cardiff City	20	5	2	3	10	9	2	2	6	9	18	-8	18	L	L	W	L	D	1979-12-21	Leicester City	A
15	1	Cambridge United	20	4	3	3	17	10	1	4	5	10	17	0	17	W	D	W	L	W	1979-12-21	West Ham United	A
16	-1	Oldham Athletic	20	5	2	3	12	9	0	4	6	6	14	-5	16	L	W	L	L	L	1979-12-21	Birmingham City	H
17	0	Watford	20	5	3	2	13	9	0	3	7	3	14	-7	16	D	L	W	D	W	1979-12-21	Preston North End	A
18	1	Charlton Athletic	20	5	3	2	16	14	0	3	7	5	21	-14	16	W	L	W	L	L	1979-12-21	Luton Town	A
19	1	Shrewsbury Town	20	5	3	2	18	10	1	0	9	8	18	-2	15	W	L	L	W	L	1979-12-21	Sunderland	A
20	1	Bristol Rovers	20	4	4	2	16	12	1	1	8	11	22	-7	15	W	L	D	L	D	1979-12-26	Swansea City	H
21	-3	Fulham	20	3	2	5	11	16	3	1	6	12	22	-15	15	L	W	L	D	W	1979-12-26	Cardiff City	A
22	0	Burnley	20	2	4	4	10	12	0	4	6	11	25	-16	12	L	W	D	W	D	1979-12-21	Wrexham	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	1	1	Oxford United	Griffin Park	7,592
Salman	Lineups		Foley

				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	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	0	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	Brentford	22	7	2	2	23	11	4	3	4	16	18	10	27	D	W	L	L	W	1979-12-21	Bury	A
4	-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
5	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	2	Oxford United	22	5	2	4	17	10	1	6	4	12	18	1	20	D	L	L	D	L	1979-12-26	Southend United	A
17	-1	Blackpool	22	6	2	3	26	19	1	4	6	11	21	-3	20	W	D	L	D	D	1979-12-21	Barnsley	A
18	-1	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
19	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	Notes
Newport County	2	1	Scunthorpe United	Somerton Park	4,158
Walden, Bruton D	Lineups		Stewart

				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	3	Newport County	23	9	2	1	28	14	5	1	5	20	14	20	31	W	D	W	W	D	1979-12-21	Peterborough United	H
3	-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
4	-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
5	-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
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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	Scunthorpe United	23	4	5	2	20	13	1	1	10	8	32	-17	16	L	D	W	L	D	1979-12-21	Halifax Town	H
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