1979-12-29

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	4	1	Manchester City	Goldstone Ground	28,040
Clarke 2, Ward, Ryan	Lineups		Lee
Bristol City	1	3	Aston Villa	Ashton Gate	18,221
Gow (p)	Lineups		Shaw 3
Coventry City	0	3	Nottingham Forest	Highfield Road	24,722
	Lineups		Robertson 2 (1p), Bowles
Crystal Palace	1	2	Middlesbrough	Selhurst Park	25,272
Francis (p)	Lineups		Hedley, Hodgson
Everton	1	1	Derby County	Goodison Park	22,559
King	Lineups		Davies
Ipswich Town	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Portman Road	22,333
Butcher	Lineups
Leeds United	2	2	Norwich City	Elland Road	23,493
Hird, Hankin	Lineups		Mendham, Taylor
Manchester United	3	0	Arsenal	Old Trafford	54,295
Jordan, McIlroy, McQueen	Lineups
Southampton	2	0	Bolton Wanderers	The Dell	21,407
Boyer, Peach	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	Stoke City	White Hart Lane	28,810
Pratt	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	0	2	Liverpool	The Hawthorns	34,993	Largest home gate 1979-80
	Lineups		Johnson 2

				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	22	8	3	0	27	4	6	3	2	22	10	35	34	W	W	W	W	W	1980-01-12	Southampton	H
2	0	Manchester United	23	10	2	0	26	3	3	4	4	10	13	20	32	W	L	W	W	D	1980-01-12	Middlesbrough	A
3	1	Southampton	23	8	1	2	30	13	3	3	6	6	15	8	26	W	D	W	W	W	1980-01-01	Arsenal	H
4	-1	Arsenal	23	5	5	2	14	7	3	5	3	13	12	8	26	L	W	D	D	W	1980-01-01	Southampton	A
5	2	Aston Villa	22	5	3	3	14	11	3	6	2	13	11	5	25	W	L	W	W	L	1980-01-12	Everton	H
6	0	Middlesbrough	22	7	4	1	16	6	3	1	6	8	13	5	25	W	W	W	L	L	1980-01-01	Coventry City	A
7	-2	Norwich City	23	6	5	0	23	12	2	4	6	14	21	4	25	D	D	D	W	D	1980-01-01	Crystal Palace	A
8	2	Nottingham Forest	22	7	2	1	19	8	3	2	7	14	20	5	24	W	W	L	L	D	1980-01-01	Everton	A
9	-1	Crystal Palace	22	6	4	1	17	5	1	5	5	8	19	1	23	L	L	L	W	L	1980-01-01	Norwich City	H
10	4	Ipswich Town	23	7	2	3	19	9	3	1	7	10	21	-1	23	W	D	W	W	W	1980-01-01	West Bromwich Albion	H
11	0	Leeds United	23	5	3	3	16	12	2	6	4	11	18	-3	23	D	L	W	W	D	1980-01-01	Derby County	H
12	-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	4	5	2	13	10	5	0	6	13	19	-3	23	L	D	L	L	W	1980-01-12	Bristol City	H
13	2	Tottenham Hotspur	23	7	1	3	16	12	2	4	6	13	23	-6	23	W	L	L	L	W	1980-01-12	Manchester City	A
14	-2	Coventry City	23	7	1	3	22	14	3	1	8	13	28	-7	22	L	W	L	L	L	1980-01-01	Middlesbrough	H
15	-2	Manchester City	23	6	2	3	16	11	3	2	7	9	24	-10	22	L	D	W	W	L	1980-01-12	Tottenham Hotspur	H
16	0	West Bromwich Albion	22	6	4	2	25	14	0	4	6	6	14	3	20	L	W	D	L	D	1980-01-01	Ipswich Town	A
17	0	Everton	23	3	5	4	18	16	2	5	4	10	14	-2	20	D	D	L	L	W	1980-01-01	Nottingham Forest	H
18	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	5	3	3	17	14	2	2	7	12	20	-5	19	W	W	W	D	L	1980-01-01	Bristol City	A
19	-1	Stoke City	23	5	2	4	17	16	1	5	6	9	18	-8	19	L	D	L	D	W	1980-01-12	Ipswich Town	H
20	0	Bristol City	23	3	4	5	10	14	2	3	6	8	17	-13	17	L	L	L	L	L	1980-01-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
21	0	Derby County	23	5	1	6	17	15	1	3	7	5	19	-12	16	D	L	L	L	D	1980-01-01	Leeds United	A
22	0	Bolton Wanderers	23	1	8	2	8	9	0	1	11	8	31	-24	11	L	D	L	L	L	1980-01-12	Brighton & Hove Albion	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	2	1	Cardiff City	St Andrew's	16,682
Worthington, Bertschin	Lineups		Bishop
Fulham	0	1	Sunderland	Craven Cottage	9,591
	Lineups		Marangoni
Leicester City	2	0	Queens Park Rangers	Filbert Street	20,743
Rofe, Henderson	Lineups
Newcastle United	2	0	Charlton Athletic	St James' Park	26,225
Shoulder, Cassidy	Lineups
Notts County	2	3	Burnley	Meadow Lane	7,596
Hunt, Christie	Lineups		Hamilton, Cavener 2
Orient	2	2	Luton Town	Brisbane Road	9,292
Jennings, Godfrey	Lineups		Moss 2 (1p)
Shrewsbury Town	3	1	Bristol Rovers	Gay Meadow	7,097
Biggins, King, Aitken OG	Lineups		Penny
Swansea City	1	0	Preston North End	Vetch Field	11,401
Waddle	Lineups
Watford	0	0	Cambridge United	Vicarage Road	13,481
	Lineups
Wrexham	2	0	Chelsea	Racecourse Ground	15,641	Largest home gate 1979-80
Vinter, 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	2	Newcastle United	23	10	1	0	21	7	2	6	4	15	16	13	31	W	L	D	W	D	1980-01-01	Sunderland	H
2	0	Luton Town	23	5	5	1	21	9	6	3	3	19	15	16	30	D	W	W	L	D	1980-01-01	Chelsea	H
3	-2	Chelsea	23	8	1	2	18	7	6	1	5	19	18	12	30	L	W	D	W	L	1980-01-01	Luton Town	A
4	0	Leicester City	23	6	4	2	19	13	4	4	3	18	14	10	28	W	L	D	L	D	1980-01-01	Bristol Rovers	H
5	1	Sunderland	23	10	2	0	27	9	1	3	7	6	17	7	27	W	D	W	D	W	1980-01-01	Newcastle United	A
6	1	Birmingham City	22	7	2	2	15	8	4	3	4	14	14	7	27	W	L	W	D	L	1980-01-01	Queens Park Rangers	H
7	-2	Queens Park Rangers	22	7	3	1	30	10	3	2	6	11	17	14	25	L	D	L	D	L	1980-01-01	Birmingham City	A
8	2	Wrexham	23	8	1	2	16	6	3	2	7	12	19	3	25	W	D	L	W	D	1980-01-01	Preston North End	H
9	-1	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
10	-1	Preston North End	23	4	7	1	19	14	2	4	5	11	12	4	23	L	W	L	W	D	1980-01-01	Wrexham	A
11	0	Orient	22	5	4	2	18	20	2	5	4	10	12	-4	23	D	W	W	D	W	1980-01-01	West Ham United	H
12	2	Swansea City	23	8	0	4	19	11	1	4	6	5	20	-7	22	W	L	L	L	W	1980-01-01	Cardiff City	H
13	-1	Notts County	23	4	5	3	20	15	3	2	6	12	15	2	21	L	D	D	L	D	1980-01-01	Cambridge United	H
14	-1	Cardiff City	23	6	2	3	11	9	2	3	7	10	20	-8	21	L	W	D	L	L	1980-01-01	Swansea City	A
15	1	Cambridge United	23	4	4	3	20	13	1	5	6	11	20	-2	19	D	D	L	W	D	1980-01-01	Notts County	A
16	-1	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
17	0	Watford	23	5	4	3	13	10	1	3	7	5	15	-7	19	D	L	W	D	L	1980-01-12	West Ham United	A
18	2	Burnley	23	4	4	4	14	14	1	4	6	14	27	-13	18	W	W	W	L	W	1980-01-01	Shrewsbury Town	A
19	2	Shrewsbury Town	23	6	3	2	21	11	1	0	11	9	23	-4	17	W	L	L	W	L	1980-01-01	Burnley	H
20	-2	Bristol Rovers	22	5	4	2	20	13	1	1	9	12	25	-6	17	L	W	W	L	D	1980-01-01	Leicester City	A
21	-2	Charlton Athletic	23	5	4	2	16	14	0	3	9	5	26	-19	17	L	D	L	W	L	1980-01-12	Orient	H
22	0	Fulham	22	3	2	6	11	17	3	1	7	12	23	-17	15	L	L	L	W	L	1980-01-12	Preston North End	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brentford	1	3	Swindon Town	Griffin Park	12,122
Fraser	Lineups		Kamara, Rowland, Mayes
Chester	1	0	Blackpool	Sealand Road	4,212
Sutcliffe	Lineups
Colchester United	1	1	Rotherham United	Layer Road	3,375
Lee	Lineups		Gooding
Mansfield Town	0	1	Exeter City	Field Mill	3,711
	Lineups		Neville
Millwall	2	0	Gillingham	The Den, New Cross	6,913
Lyons, Towner	Lineups
Oxford United	3	0	Hull City	Manor Ground	3,888
Berry 2, Foley	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	1	0	Chesterfield	Home Park	6,425
Ridley OG	Lineups
Reading	7	0	Barnsley	Elm Park	5,728
Heale 2, Earles 2, Bowman (p), Kearns, Kearney	Lineups
Sheffield United	1	1	Grimsby Town	Bramall Lane	21,684
Bourne (p)	Lineups		Cumming
Southend United	1	3	Wimbledon	Roots Hall	3,952
Polycarpou	Lineups		Denny 2, Cork

				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	25	9	1	3	26	12	5	2	5	18	22	10	31	D	L	W	D	W	1980-01-01	Blackburn Rovers	H
2	0	Grimsby Town	25	9	1	2	23	11	4	3	6	9	15	6	30	D	W	W	W	W	1980-01-12	Blackburn Rovers	H
3	0	Colchester United	25	5	7	1	23	13	6	1	5	14	19	5	30	D	D	L	D	W	1980-01-08	Chester	H
4	2	Swindon Town	23	9	2	1	30	8	3	2	6	12	19	15	28	W	L	W	D	W	1980-01-12	Barnsley	A
5	-1	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
6	1	Millwall	23	9	2	1	26	11	2	4	5	10	17	8	28	W	L	L	W	L	1980-01-12	Carlisle United	A
7	-2	Brentford	25	7	3	3	26	16	4	3	5	18	22	6	28	L	D	L	D	W	1980-01-05	Gillingham	H
8	0	Chester	24	7	4	1	18	10	3	4	5	15	21	2	28	W	D	W	L	D	1980-01-08	Colchester United	A
9	3	Exeter City	25	6	3	3	15	11	4	3	6	17	27	-6	26	W	W	W	W	D	1980-01-01	Plymouth Argyle	H
10	-1	Chesterfield	24	8	4	0	28	10	1	3	8	9	19	8	25	L	W	W	L	W	1980-01-05	Sheffield United	H
11	0	Rotherham United	25	8	0	4	24	14	3	3	7	15	25	0	25	D	L	L	W	D	1980-01-12	Southend United	H
12	-2	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
13	2	Reading	24	8	3	2	27	12	1	3	7	8	27	-4	24	W	L	L	L	D	1980-01-12	Gillingham	A
14	2	Oxford United	24	6	2	4	20	10	1	7	4	13	19	4	23	W	D	D	L	L	1980-01-05	Blackpool	A
15	-2	Gillingham	23	5	4	2	14	8	3	3	6	13	19	0	23	L	D	L	D	W	1980-01-05	Brentford	A
16	-2	Barnsley	25	6	3	3	16	13	3	2	8	10	25	-12	23	L	L	W	L	L	1980-01-12	Swindon Town	H
17	0	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	3	Plymouth Argyle	25	8	3	2	22	11	0	2	10	10	25	-4	21	W	W	D	W	L	1980-01-01	Exeter City	A
19	-1	Blackpool	25	6	3	3	28	21	1	4	8	12	24	-5	21	L	D	L	W	D	1980-01-05	Oxford United	H
20	-1	Mansfield Town	25	6	4	3	20	13	0	4	8	7	16	-2	20	L	D	D	L	D	1980-01-12	Hull City	A
21	-1	Hull City	25	3	6	3	14	14	1	6	6	12	25	-13	20	L	D	L	L	D	1980-01-05	Plymouth Argyle	A
22	0	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	0	Southend United	24	5	2	5	17	14	2	3	7	8	20	-9	19	L	D	L	W	W	1980-01-12	Rotherham United	A
24	0	Wimbledon	22	2	4	4	14	15	3	3	6	10	19	-10	17	W	D	D	L	L	1980-01-12	Blackpool	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	1	0	Darlington	Dean Court	3,260
Butler	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	1	2	Huddersfield Town	Belle Vue	7,337
Little	Lineups		Stanton, Kindon
Halifax Town	0	0	Peterborough United	The Shay	3,639
	Lineups
Hartlepool United	1	1	Rochdale	Victoria Park	3,151
Houchen	Lineups		Seal
Lincoln City	1	1	York City	Sincil Bank	3,577
Bell	Lineups		Clements
Newport County	0	1	Walsall	Somerton Park	7,452
	Lineups		Paul
Port Vale	0	2	Aldershot	Vale Park	2,559
	Lineups		Crosby, Needham
Portsmouth	6	1	Northampton Town	Fratton Park	15,579
Rogers, Hemmerman 2, Aizlewood, Gregory, Laidlaw	Lineups		Bowen
Scunthorpe United	1	0	Hereford United	Old Showground	1,880
Green	Lineups
Torquay United	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Plainmoor	3,944
Murphy (p)	Lineups
Wigan Athletic	3	1	Stockport County	Springfield Park	6,847
Wright 2, Quinn A	Lineups		Prudham

				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	Walsall	25	7	5	0	21	10	7	4	2	20	13	18	37	W	W	W	D	W	1980-01-05	Huddersfield Town	H
2	0	Portsmouth	25	11	1	1	44	14	5	3	4	17	16	31	36	W	D	D	D	W	1980-01-01	Aldershot	H
3	0	Huddersfield Town	25	8	2	2	35	10	7	2	4	22	18	29	34	W	L	W	L	L	1980-01-01	Darlington	H
4	0	Newport County	26	9	3	2	29	16	5	1	6	20	16	17	32	L	L	D	W	D	1980-01-01	Hereford United	H
5	0	Bradford City	24	8	3	1	26	6	6	1	5	17	22	15	32	L	W	W	L	D	1980-01-01	Rochdale	H
6	0	Torquay United	25	11	2	0	32	9	1	6	5	14	23	14	32	W	W	L	W	L	1980-01-01	AFC Bournemouth	A
7	0	Aldershot	24	8	1	3	22	9	4	3	5	14	15	12	28	W	L	W	D	L	1980-01-01	Portsmouth	A
8	1	Wigan Athletic	23	7	2	4	26	19	4	2	4	15	18	4	26	W	W	W	D	D	1980-01-12	Portsmouth	A
9	-1	Doncaster Rovers	24	7	2	4	22	18	3	4	4	11	12	3	26	L	L	L	D	D	1980-01-05	Hereford United	A
10	1	AFC Bournemouth	25	4	5	4	17	15	3	6	3	15	13	4	25	W	W	D	D	D	1980-01-01	Torquay United	H
11	-1	Halifax Town	25	8	4	1	15	7	1	3	8	8	21	-5	25	D	W	L	W	L	1980-01-12	Crewe Alexandra	A
12	1	Peterborough United	25	6	1	5	19	16	3	5	5	7	12	-2	24	D	L	D	D	D	1980-01-05	Scunthorpe United	H
13	1	Lincoln City	22	5	5	1	21	9	3	2	6	10	18	4	23	D	L	D	L	D	1980-01-12	Huddersfield Town	A
14	-2	Tranmere Rovers	24	6	1	5	20	14	3	4	5	9	16	-1	23	W	D	L	L	W	1980-01-05	Hartlepool United	A
15	0	Northampton Town	25	8	2	2	19	10	0	4	9	11	34	-14	22	L	W	D	D	D	1980-01-05	York City	H
16	0	Stockport County	25	4	4	4	14	17	4	2	7	12	23	-14	22	L	L	W	W	W	1980-01-11	Tranmere Rovers	H
17	0	Hartlepool United	24	7	3	2	22	14	1	2	9	12	22	-2	21	D	W	L	D	D	1980-01-05	Tranmere Rovers	H
18	0	Hereford United	24	5	4	3	12	9	2	2	8	9	20	-8	20	L	D	L	W	D	1980-01-01	Newport County	A
19	0	York City	25	5	3	4	22	18	2	3	8	21	35	-10	20	D	L	L	D	W	1980-01-05	Northampton Town	A
20	1	Scunthorpe United	26	6	5	2	22	13	1	1	11	8	33	-16	20	W	L	W	L	D	1980-01-05	Peterborough United	A
21	-1	Darlington	24	5	5	1	19	11	1	2	10	8	30	-14	19	L	W	W	L	D	1980-01-01	Huddersfield Town	A
22	0	Port Vale	25	5	1	7	19	13	1	4	7	11	26	-9	17	L	W	D	L	L	1980-01-05	AFC Bournemouth	H
23	0	Rochdale	23	3	3	4	10	13	0	4	9	10	32	-25	13	D	L	W	L	D	1980-01-01	Bradford City	A
24	0	Crewe Alexandra	25	3	4	5	11	15	0	1	12	4	31	-31	11	L	D	L	D	L	1980-01-12	Halifax Town	H