1979-12-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Highbury	44,560
Sunderland	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	1	1	Everton	Burnden Park	18,220
Carter	Lineups		McBride
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	0	Crystal Palace	Goldstone Ground	28,358
Horton (p), Ward, Ryan	Lineups
Derby County	1	2	Coventry City	Baseball Ground	15,531
Clark	Lineups		McDonald, English
Liverpool	2	0	Manchester United	Anfield Road	51,073
Hansen, Johnson	Lineups
Manchester City	1	1	Stoke City	Maine Road	36,286
Power	Lineups		Dodd
Middlesbrough	3	1	Leeds United	Ayresome Park	26,655
Jankovic 2, Armstrong	Lineups		Entwistle
Norwich City	3	3	Ipswich Town	Carrow Road	24,335
Taylor, Mendham, Robson	Lineups		Gates, Muhren, Wark
Nottingham Forest	2	1	Aston Villa	City Ground	32,072
Robertson (p), Bowles	Lineups		Shaw
West Bromwich Albion	3	0	Bristol City	The Hawthorns	19,490
Owen, Barnes 2	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	Southampton	Molineux	22,808
	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	0	Liverpool	21	8	3	0	27	4	5	3	2	20	10	33	32	W	W	W	W	W	1979-12-29	West Bromwich Albion	A
2	0	Manchester United	22	9	2	0	23	3	3	4	4	10	13	17	30	L	W	W	D	W	1979-12-29	Arsenal	H
3	0	Arsenal	22	5	5	2	14	7	3	5	2	13	9	11	26	W	D	D	W	D	1979-12-29	Manchester United	A
4	0	Southampton	22	7	1	2	28	13	3	3	6	6	15	6	24	D	W	W	W	W	1979-12-29	Bolton Wanderers	H
5	1	Norwich City	22	6	5	0	23	12	2	3	6	12	19	4	24	D	D	W	D	D	1979-12-29	Leeds United	A
6	4	Middlesbrough	21	7	4	1	16	6	2	1	6	6	12	4	23	W	W	L	L	D	1979-12-29	Crystal Palace	A
7	0	Aston Villa	21	5	3	3	14	11	2	6	2	10	10	3	23	L	W	W	L	D	1979-12-29	Bristol City	A
8	-3	Crystal Palace	21	6	4	0	16	3	1	5	5	8	19	2	23	L	L	W	L	D	1979-12-29	Middlesbrough	H
9	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	4	5	2	13	10	5	0	5	13	18	-2	23	D	L	L	W	W	1979-12-29	Ipswich Town	A
10	3	Nottingham Forest	21	7	2	1	19	8	2	2	7	11	20	2	22	W	L	L	D	L	1979-12-29	Coventry City	A
11	-3	Leeds United	22	5	2	3	14	10	2	6	4	11	18	-3	22	L	W	W	D	W	1979-12-29	Norwich City	H
12	3	Coventry City	22	7	1	2	22	11	3	1	8	13	28	-4	22	W	L	L	L	W	1979-12-29	Nottingham Forest	H
13	-1	Manchester City	22	6	2	3	16	11	3	2	6	8	20	-7	22	D	W	W	L	L	1979-12-29	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
14	0	Ipswich Town	22	6	2	3	18	9	3	1	7	10	21	-2	21	D	W	W	W	L	1979-12-29	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
15	-4	Tottenham Hotspur	22	6	1	3	15	12	2	4	6	13	23	-7	21	L	L	L	W	L	1979-12-29	Stoke City	H
16	0	West Bromwich Albion	21	6	4	1	25	12	0	4	6	6	14	5	20	W	D	L	D	D	1979-12-29	Liverpool	H
17	0	Everton	22	3	4	4	17	15	2	5	4	10	14	-2	19	D	L	L	W	D	1979-12-29	Derby County	H
18	0	Stoke City	22	5	2	4	17	16	1	5	5	9	17	-7	19	D	L	D	W	L	1979-12-29	Tottenham Hotspur	A
19	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	21	4	3	3	13	13	2	2	7	12	20	-8	17	W	W	D	L	W	1979-12-29	Manchester City	H
20	-1	Bristol City	22	3	4	4	9	11	2	3	6	8	17	-11	17	L	L	L	L	D	1979-12-29	Aston Villa	H
21	0	Derby County	22	5	1	6	17	15	1	2	7	4	18	-12	15	L	L	L	D	L	1979-12-29	Everton	A
22	0	Bolton Wanderers	22	1	8	2	8	9	0	1	10	8	29	-22	11	D	L	L	L	D	1979-12-29	Southampton	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bristol Rovers	4	1	Swansea City	Eastville	9,352
Waddle OG, Dennehy 3	Lineups		Waddle
Burnley	3	2	Newcastle United	Turf Moor	16,634	Largest home gate 1979-80
Dobson (p), Hamilton, Smith	Lineups		Shoulder, Barton
Cambridge United	3	3	Oldham Athletic	Abbey Stadium	5,298
Biley, Reilly 2	Lineups		Steel, Halom, Stainrod
Cardiff City	1	0	Fulham	Ninian Park	8,105
Pontin	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	0	0	Notts County	The Valley	6,894
	Lineups
Chelsea	1	0	Leicester City	Stamford Bridge	25,320
Fillery	Lineups
Preston North End	3	0	Shrewsbury Town	Deepdale	8,875
Elliott, Bruce, Bell	Lineups
Sunderland	1	1	Wrexham	Roker Park	29,567
Arnott	Lineups		Vinter
Watford	0	1	Luton Town	Vicarage Road	20,227
	Lineups		Stephens

				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	22	8	1	2	18	7	6	1	4	19	16	14	30	W	D	W	L	W	1979-12-29	Wrexham	A
2	1	Luton Town	22	5	5	1	21	9	6	2	3	17	13	16	29	W	W	L	D	W	1979-12-29	Orient	A
3	-2	Newcastle United	22	9	1	0	19	7	2	6	4	15	16	11	29	L	D	W	D	W	1979-12-29	Charlton Athletic	H
4	0	Leicester City	22	5	4	2	17	13	4	4	3	18	14	8	26	L	D	L	D	W	1979-12-29	Queens Park Rangers	H
5	0	Queens Park Rangers	21	7	3	1	30	10	3	2	5	11	15	16	25	D	L	D	L	W	1979-12-29	Leicester City	A
6	1	Sunderland	22	10	2	0	27	9	0	3	7	5	17	6	25	D	W	D	W	L	1979-12-29	Fulham	A
7	-1	Birmingham City	21	6	2	2	13	7	4	3	4	14	14	6	25	L	W	D	L	W	1979-12-29	Cardiff City	H
8	0	West Ham United	21	8	1	2	18	7	3	1	6	7	15	3	24	W	L	W	L	W	1980-01-01	Orient	A
9	2	Preston North End	22	4	7	1	19	14	2	4	4	11	11	5	23	W	L	W	D	L	1979-12-29	Swansea City	A
10	-1	Wrexham	22	7	1	2	14	6	3	2	7	12	19	1	23	D	L	W	D	W	1979-12-29	Chelsea	H
11	-1	Orient	21	5	3	2	16	18	2	5	4	10	12	-4	22	W	W	D	W	D	1979-12-29	Luton Town	H
12	0	Notts County	22	4	5	2	18	12	3	2	6	12	15	3	21	D	D	L	D	L	1979-12-29	Burnley	H
13	1	Cardiff City	22	6	2	3	11	9	2	3	6	9	18	-7	21	W	D	L	L	W	1979-12-29	Birmingham City	A
14	-1	Swansea City	22	7	0	4	18	11	1	4	6	5	20	-8	20	L	L	L	W	L	1979-12-29	Preston North End	H
15	0	Oldham Athletic	22	6	2	3	13	9	0	5	6	9	17	-4	19	D	W	L	W	L	1980-01-12	Sunderland	A
16	1	Cambridge United	22	4	4	3	20	13	1	4	6	11	20	-2	18	D	L	W	D	W	1979-12-29	Watford	A
17	-1	Watford	22	5	3	3	13	10	1	3	7	5	15	-7	18	L	W	D	L	W	1979-12-29	Cambridge United	H
18	2	Bristol Rovers	21	5	4	2	20	13	1	1	8	11	22	-4	17	W	W	L	D	L	1979-12-29	Shrewsbury Town	A
19	-1	Charlton Athletic	22	5	4	2	16	14	0	3	8	5	24	-17	17	D	L	W	L	W	1979-12-29	Newcastle United	A
20	2	Burnley	22	4	4	4	14	14	0	4	6	11	25	-14	16	W	W	L	W	D	1979-12-29	Notts County	A
21	-2	Shrewsbury Town	22	5	3	2	18	10	1	0	11	9	23	-6	15	L	L	W	L	L	1979-12-29	Bristol Rovers	H
22	-1	Fulham	21	3	2	5	11	16	3	1	7	12	23	-16	15	L	L	W	L	D	1979-12-29	Sunderland	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	0	0	Mansfield Town	Ewood Park	8,491
	Lineups
Blackpool	2	2	Hull City	Bloomfield Road	4,535
Weston, Kellow	Lineups		Edwards 2
Brentford	2	2	Chester	Griffin Park	10,139
McNichol, Fear	Lineups		Sutcliffe, Jones
Chesterfield	3	2	Carlisle United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,155
Walker, Birch, Crawford	Lineups		MacDonald, Bonnyman
Colchester United	2	2	Gillingham	Layer Road	5,145
Packer, Allinson	Lineups		Overton, Westwood
Grimsby Town	3	0	Barnsley	Blundell Park	14,417
Kilmore 2, Cumming	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	2	0	Reading	Home Park	6,484
Randell, Kearney OG	Lineups
Rotherham United	0	2	Bury	Millmoor	4,892
	Lineups		Mullen, Whitehead
Sheffield Wednesday	4	0	Sheffield United	Hillsborough	49,309	Largest home & D 3 gate 1979-80
Mellor, Curran, King, Smith (p)	Lineups
Southend United	1	1	Oxford United	Roots Hall	4,213
Hadley	Lineups		Foley
Swindon Town	2	3	Exeter City	County Ground	11,606
Williams, Tucker	Lineups		Bowker 2, Pullar

				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	24	9	0	3	25	11	5	2	5	18	22	10	30	L	W	D	W	L	1979-12-29	Grimsby Town	H
2	2	Grimsby Town	24	9	1	2	23	11	4	2	6	8	14	6	29	W	W	W	W	W	1979-12-29	Sheffield United	A
3	-1	Colchester United	24	5	6	1	22	12	6	1	5	14	19	5	29	D	L	D	W	W	1979-12-29	Rotherham United	H
4	2	Sheffield Wednesday	24	5	3	4	16	12	5	5	2	23	17	10	28	W	W	L	D	W	1980-01-12	Plymouth Argyle	H
5	-2	Brentford	24	7	3	2	25	13	4	3	5	18	22	8	28	D	L	D	W	L	1979-12-29	Swindon Town	H
6	-1	Swindon Town	22	9	2	1	30	8	2	2	6	9	18	13	26	L	W	D	W	D	1979-12-29	Brentford	A
7	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
8	0	Chester	23	6	4	1	17	10	3	4	5	15	21	1	26	D	W	L	D	W	1979-12-29	Blackpool	H
9	1	Chesterfield	23	8	4	0	28	10	1	3	7	9	18	9	25	W	W	L	W	L	1979-12-29	Plymouth Argyle	A
10	1	Blackburn Rovers	24	5	4	3	12	9	3	4	5	10	12	1	24	D	W	W	D	L	1980-01-01	Sheffield United	A
11	-2	Rotherham United	24	8	0	4	24	14	3	2	7	14	24	0	24	L	L	W	D	W	1979-12-29	Colchester United	A
12	2	Exeter City	24	6	3	3	15	11	3	3	6	16	27	-7	24	W	W	W	D	D	1979-12-29	Mansfield Town	A
13	0	Gillingham	22	5	4	2	14	8	3	3	5	13	17	2	23	D	L	D	W	W	1979-12-29	Millwall	A
14	-2	Barnsley	24	6	3	3	16	13	3	2	7	10	18	-5	23	L	W	L	L	W	1979-12-29	Reading	A
15	0	Reading	23	7	3	2	20	12	1	3	7	8	27	-11	22	L	L	L	D	L	1979-12-29	Barnsley	H
16	1	Oxford United	23	5	2	4	17	10	1	7	4	13	19	1	21	D	D	L	L	D	1979-12-29	Hull City	H
17	-1	Carlisle United	24	6	4	2	21	12	2	1	9	11	23	-3	21	L	L	D	W	W	1980-01-12	Millwall	H
18	0	Blackpool	24	6	3	3	28	21	1	4	7	12	23	-4	21	D	L	W	D	L	1979-12-29	Chester	A
19	0	Mansfield Town	24	6	4	2	20	12	0	4	8	7	16	-1	20	D	D	L	D	L	1979-12-29	Exeter City	H
20	0	Hull City	24	3	6	3	14	14	1	6	5	12	22	-10	20	D	L	L	D	L	1979-12-29	Oxford United	A
21	1	Plymouth Argyle	24	7	3	2	21	11	0	2	10	10	25	-5	19	W	D	W	L	L	1979-12-29	Chesterfield	H
22	1	Bury	24	6	3	3	22	12	2	0	10	8	25	-7	19	W	W	L	W	L	1980-01-12	Chester	A
23	-2	Southend United	23	5	2	4	16	11	2	3	7	8	20	-7	19	D	L	W	W	L	1979-12-29	Wimbledon	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
Aldershot	0	1	AFC Bournemouth	Recreation Ground	5,217
	Lineups		Butler
Crewe Alexandra	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Gresty Road	2,597
	Lineups
Halifax Town	2	1	Huddersfield Town	The Shay	10,061	Largest home gate 1979-80
Kennedy, Burke	Lineups		Dunleavy OG
Hartlepool United	3	1	York City	Victoria Park	2,947
Ayre, Houchen, Hampton	Lineups		Loggie
Hereford United	0	0	Portsmouth	Edgar Street	4,514
	Lineups
Northampton Town	2	0	Stockport County	County Ground	3,054
Bowen 2	Lineups
Peterborough United	1	2	Wigan Athletic	London Road	3,312
Quow	Lineups		Gore (p), Quinn A
Port Vale	1	0	Scunthorpe United	Vale Park	3,433
Wright	Lineups
Torquay United	2	0	Newport County	Plainmoor	5,470
Coffill, Sermanni	Lineups
Walsall	3	1	Doncaster Rovers	Fellows Park	5,449
McDonough, Penn, Waddington	Lineups		Nimmo

				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	Walsall	24	7	5	0	21	10	6	4	2	19	13	17	35	W	W	D	W	W	1979-12-29	Newport County	A
2	-1	Portsmouth	24	10	1	1	38	13	5	3	4	17	16	26	34	D	D	D	W	W	1979-12-29	Northampton Town	H
3	0	Huddersfield Town	24	8	2	2	35	10	6	2	4	20	17	28	32	L	W	L	L	D	1979-12-29	Doncaster Rovers	A
4	1	Bradford City	23	8	3	1	26	6	6	1	4	17	18	19	32	W	W	L	D	D	1979-12-28	Tranmere Rovers	A
5	-1	Newport County	25	9	3	1	29	15	5	1	6	20	16	18	32	L	D	W	D	W	1979-12-29	Walsall	H
6	0	Torquay United	24	10	2	0	31	9	1	6	5	14	23	13	30	W	L	W	L	D	1979-12-29	Crewe Alexandra	H
7	0	Aldershot	23	8	1	3	22	9	3	3	5	12	15	10	26	L	W	D	L	D	1979-12-29	Port Vale	A
8	0	Doncaster Rovers	23	7	2	3	21	16	3	4	4	11	12	4	26	L	L	D	D	W	1979-12-29	Huddersfield Town	H
9	2	Wigan Athletic	22	6	2	4	23	18	4	2	4	15	18	2	24	W	W	D	D	W	1979-12-29	Stockport County	H
10	2	Halifax Town	24	8	3	1	15	7	1	3	8	8	21	-5	24	W	L	W	L	L	1979-12-29	Peterborough United	H
11	3	AFC Bournemouth	24	3	5	4	16	15	3	6	3	15	13	3	23	W	D	D	D	D	1979-12-29	Darlington	H
12	-3	Peterborough United	24	6	1	5	19	16	3	4	5	7	12	-2	23	L	D	D	D	L	1979-12-29	Halifax Town	A
13	-3	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
14	2	Northampton Town	24	8	2	2	19	10	0	4	8	10	28	-9	22	W	D	D	D	W	1979-12-29	Portsmouth	A
15	-2	Stockport County	24	4	4	4	14	17	4	2	6	11	20	-12	22	L	W	W	W	L	1979-12-29	Wigan Athletic	A
16	-1	Tranmere Rovers	23	5	1	5	16	14	3	4	5	9	16	-5	21	D	L	L	W	D	1979-12-28	Bradford City	H
17	3	Hartlepool United	23	7	2	2	21	13	1	2	9	12	22	-2	20	W	L	D	D	L	1979-12-29	Rochdale	H
18	-1	Hereford United	23	5	4	3	12	9	2	2	7	9	19	-7	20	D	L	W	D	L	1979-12-29	Scunthorpe United	A
19	-1	York City	24	5	3	4	22	18	2	2	8	20	34	-10	19	L	L	D	W	D	1979-12-29	Lincoln City	A
20	-1	Darlington	23	5	5	1	19	11	1	2	9	8	29	-13	19	W	W	L	D	D	1979-12-29	AFC Bournemouth	A
21	0	Scunthorpe United	25	5	5	2	21	13	1	1	11	8	33	-17	18	L	W	L	D	W	1979-12-29	Hereford United	H
22	0	Port Vale	24	5	1	6	19	11	1	4	7	11	26	-7	17	W	D	L	L	D	1979-12-29	Aldershot	H
23	0	Rochdale	22	3	3	4	10	13	0	3	9	9	31	-25	12	L	W	L	D	L	1979-12-29	Hartlepool United	A
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	24	3	4	5	11	15	0	1	11	4	30	-30	11	D	L	D	L	D	1979-12-29	Torquay United	A