1980-02-23

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	0	Bolton Wanderers	Highbury	24,383
Young, Stapleton	Lineups
Coventry City	3	0	Southampton	Highfield Road	18,034
Thompson 2, English	Lineups
Crystal Palace	1	1	Everton	Selhurst Park	22,857
Walsh	Lineups		Eastoe
Derby County	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Baseball Ground	21,183
McCaffery, Biley	Lineups		Galvin
Leeds United	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Elland Road	17,216
Flynn	Lineups		Ward
Liverpool	1	1	Ipswich Town	Anfield Road	47,566
Fairclough	Lineups		Gates
Manchester United	4	0	Bristol City	Old Trafford	43,329
Jordan 2, McIlroy, Merrick OG	Lineups
Middlesbrough	1	3	Stoke City	Ayresome Park	15,953
Burns	Lineups		Cook, Crooks 2
Norwich City	0	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Carrow Road	16,763
	Lineups		Hibbitt 2, Eves, Richards
Nottingham Forest	4	0	Manchester City	City Ground	27,255
Francis 3, Burns	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	1	2	Aston Villa	The Hawthorns	33,618
Robson	Lineups		McNaught, Little

				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	27	9	5	0	31	6	7	3	3	27	14	38	40	D	W	W	L	D	1980-02-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
2	0	Manchester United	28	11	2	1	30	4	4	6	4	15	16	25	38	W	D	L	W	D	1980-02-27	Bolton Wanderers	H
3	0	Ipswich Town	30	9	3	3	27	10	6	2	7	19	22	14	35	D	W	W	D	W	1980-03-01	Manchester United	H
4	1	Arsenal	28	8	5	3	21	9	4	5	3	14	12	14	34	W	W	W	L	W	1980-03-01	Stoke City	A
5	-1	Southampton	30	10	1	3	39	16	3	6	7	9	21	11	33	L	D	W	D	W	1980-03-01	West Bromwich Albion	H
6	0	Nottingham Forest	29	9	4	1	28	11	4	2	9	16	24	9	32	W	L	D	D	W	1980-03-01	Bolton Wanderers	A
7	0	Aston Villa	26	7	3	3	18	12	4	6	3	16	15	7	31	W	L	W	W	W	1980-02-27	Manchester City	H
8	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	5	6	2	16	10	7	0	7	18	20	4	30	W	W	D	L	W	1980-02-26	Liverpool	H
9	0	Leeds United	29	6	5	4	21	17	3	7	4	13	19	-2	30	D	D	D	L	W	1980-03-01	Tottenham Hotspur	A
10	0	Crystal Palace	30	7	7	2	21	9	2	5	7	10	25	-3	30	D	L	L	L	D	1980-03-01	Bristol City	A
11	-3	Middlesbrough	27	8	5	2	21	10	3	2	7	10	17	4	29	L	D	W	D	L	1980-02-27	Norwich City	A
12	1	Coventry City	28	10	2	3	28	14	3	1	9	13	29	-2	29	W	D	W	L	W	1980-02-27	Tottenham Hotspur	A
13	-2	Norwich City	27	7	5	2	27	21	2	5	6	14	21	-1	28	L	L	W	D	D	1980-02-27	Middlesbrough	H
14	0	Tottenham Hotspur	28	7	2	3	16	12	3	5	8	18	28	-6	27	L	L	D	W	D	1980-02-27	Coventry City	H
15	0	West Bromwich Albion	29	7	4	3	28	17	1	6	8	12	24	-1	26	L	D	W	W	D	1980-03-01	Southampton	A
16	1	Stoke City	28	6	3	5	19	18	3	5	6	13	19	-5	26	W	D	W	W	L	1980-03-01	Arsenal	H
17	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	29	5	4	4	17	16	3	5	8	19	29	-9	25	D	D	L	D	L	1980-03-01	Coventry City	H
18	-2	Manchester City	29	6	4	4	19	16	3	3	9	10	32	-19	25	L	D	D	L	L	1980-02-27	Aston Villa	A
19	0	Everton	29	4	5	5	19	20	2	7	6	13	19	-7	24	D	L	L	D	L	1980-03-01	Liverpool	H
20	0	Bristol City	30	4	5	6	14	20	2	4	9	8	25	-23	21	L	W	D	L	L	1980-03-01	Crystal Palace	H
21	0	Derby County	30	6	2	8	23	23	1	3	10	5	25	-20	19	W	D	L	L	L	1980-03-01	Aston Villa	A
22	0	Bolton Wanderers	26	1	8	3	8	11	0	2	12	10	35	-28	12	L	D	L	L	D	1980-02-27	Manchester United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	2	0	Wrexham	St Andrew's	19,306
Dillon, Evans	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	3	0	Chelsea	Eastville	14,176	Largest home gate 1979-80
Penny 2, Pulis	Lineups
Cambridge United	1	0	Charlton Athletic	Abbey Stadium	5,120
Finney	Lineups
Cardiff City	2	1	Burnley	Ninian Park	6,342
Pontin, Stevens	Lineups		Hamilton
Fulham	1	2	Swansea City	Craven Cottage	6,145
Lock (p)	Lineups		Toshack, Craig (p)
Oldham Athletic	1	0	Notts County	Boundary Park	7,241
Halom	Lineups
Preston North End	0	3	Queens Park Rangers	Deepdale	10,351
	Lineups		Allen, Roeder, Goddard
Shrewsbury Town	3	1	Newcastle United	Gay Meadow	10,833
Maguire, King, Biggins	Lineups		Shoulder (p)
Sunderland	1	0	Luton Town	Roker Park	25,387
Cooke	Lineups
Watford	0	3	Orient	Vicarage Road	15,144
	Lineups		Jennings, Chiedozie, Coates
West Ham United	3	1	Leicester City	Upton Park	27,762
Cross, Holland, Pike	Lineups		Young

				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	Leicester City	30	8	5	2	24	14	5	6	4	20	17	13	37	L	D	D	W	W	1980-03-01	Oldham Athletic	H
2	0	Luton Town	29	7	7	1	30	13	6	3	5	20	18	19	36	L	W	L	W	D	1980-03-01	West Ham United	H
3	0	Chelsea	29	9	2	3	25	12	7	2	6	25	26	12	36	L	D	W	L	W	1980-03-01	Cardiff City	H
4	1	Birmingham City	28	10	2	2	22	10	5	4	5	15	15	12	36	W	D	W	W	L	1980-02-29	Swansea City	A
5	-1	Newcastle United	30	12	2	0	26	8	2	6	8	16	25	9	36	L	D	L	L	W	1980-03-01	Watford	H
6	0	West Ham United	27	11	2	2	26	10	5	1	6	12	15	13	35	W	W	W	W	D	1980-03-01	Luton Town	A
7	0	Queens Park Rangers	30	9	4	2	38	18	5	2	8	18	21	17	34	W	W	D	L	W	1980-03-01	Sunderland	H
8	0	Sunderland	29	13	2	0	37	11	1	4	9	11	25	12	34	W	L	W	D	W	1980-03-01	Queens Park Rangers	A
9	0	Wrexham	29	11	1	2	22	8	3	2	10	12	26	0	31	L	W	L	W	L	1980-02-26	Notts County	A
10	0	Orient	30	6	4	4	22	25	4	6	6	15	17	-5	30	W	L	D	L	W	1980-03-01	Cambridge United	H
11	0	Cambridge United	30	7	5	3	28	16	1	8	6	12	21	3	29	W	D	W	D	D	1980-03-01	Orient	A
12	1	Cardiff City	30	9	2	4	15	11	3	3	9	13	25	-8	29	W	L	L	W	W	1980-03-01	Chelsea	A
13	2	Swansea City	29	9	0	5	21	13	2	6	7	10	25	-7	28	W	D	L	L	D	1980-02-29	Birmingham City	H
14	2	Shrewsbury Town	30	9	3	3	30	15	3	0	12	14	27	2	27	W	W	W	W	L	1980-03-01	Wrexham	A
15	-3	Preston North End	29	6	7	3	24	21	2	4	7	11	16	-2	27	L	W	L	L	W	1980-03-01	Burnley	A
16	-2	Notts County	29	4	6	4	20	16	5	2	8	17	19	2	26	L	W	L	L	W	1980-02-26	Wrexham	H
17	0	Oldham Athletic	28	8	3	3	17	11	1	5	8	15	25	-4	26	W	D	L	W	W	1980-03-01	Leicester City	A
18	0	Bristol Rovers	28	7	5	2	24	13	2	2	10	13	28	-4	25	W	W	D	D	W	1980-02-26	Fulham	A
19	0	Watford	29	5	5	5	15	16	1	5	8	7	18	-12	22	L	D	L	L	D	1980-02-26	Charlton Athletic	A
20	0	Burnley	29	5	5	5	16	16	1	4	9	15	36	-21	21	L	L	L	W	D	1980-03-01	Preston North End	H
21	0	Charlton Athletic	28	5	4	4	16	16	0	3	12	8	33	-25	17	L	L	L	L	L	1980-02-26	Watford	H
22	0	Fulham	28	3	3	8	12	21	3	1	10	15	32	-26	16	L	L	D	L	L	1980-02-26	Bristol Rovers	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brentford	2	1	Blackpool	Griffin Park	6,403
Salman, Booker	Lineups		Pashley
Bury	0	2	Mansfield Town	Gigg Lane	3,606
	Lineups		Pollard, Austin
Carlisle United	3	2	Hull City	Brunton Park	4,263
Hamilton, Ludlam, Bonnyman	Lineups		Edwards, Roberts G
Chesterfield	2	3	Grimsby Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	13,727
Crawford, Birch (p)	Lineups		Drinkell, Cumming, Kilmore
Gillingham	1	1	Barnsley	Priestfield Stadium	5,800
Walker	Lineups		Glavin
Millwall	3	0	Oxford United	The Den, New Cross	4,713
Towner 2, Sitton	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	0	1	Blackburn Rovers	Home Park	6,918
	Lineups		Garner
Reading	2	1	Sheffield United	Elm Park	8,799
Earles, Sanchez	Lineups		Charles
Sheffield Wednesday	5	0	Rotherham United	Hillsborough	20,557
McCulloch 3, Curran, King	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	1	Wimbledon	County Ground	10,743
Stroud, McHale	Lineups		Denny

				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	Grimsby Town	33	12	1	3	33	15	6	4	7	17	20	15	41	W	W	L	W	W	1980-03-01	Gillingham	H
2	-1	Colchester United	33	7	8	2	28	17	9	1	6	19	23	7	41	W	W	W	L	W	1980-02-29	Blackpool	A
3	1	Sheffield Wednesday	31	8	4	5	32	17	6	6	2	27	20	22	38	W	D	W	W	W	1980-02-26	Carlisle United	A
4	-1	Sheffield United	32	11	2	3	30	14	5	3	8	22	30	8	37	L	D	W	D	L	1980-02-26	Chester	H
5	0	Chesterfield	31	11	4	1	36	14	3	4	8	15	23	14	36	L	D	W	W	W	1980-02-26	Gillingham	A
6	0	Blackburn Rovers	31	7	4	3	17	9	7	4	6	18	16	10	36	W	W	W	W	W	1980-02-27	Exeter City	H
7	2	Swindon Town	28	10	2	2	33	11	4	3	7	16	24	14	33	W	L	L	D	W	1980-02-29	Southend United	A
8	3	Millwall	30	11	3	2	35	16	2	4	8	11	24	6	33	W	L	L	D	L	1980-03-01	Mansfield Town	A
9	-2	Chester	29	9	4	1	20	10	3	5	7	18	27	1	33	W	L	L	W	D	1980-02-26	Sheffield United	A
10	-2	Exeter City	32	9	4	4	26	18	4	3	8	18	34	-8	33	W	L	W	L	L	1980-02-27	Blackburn Rovers	A
11	-1	Oxford United	32	7	4	5	26	16	3	7	6	17	26	1	31	L	D	W	D	W	1980-03-01	Sheffield Wednesday	H
12	1	Brentford	32	8	4	5	30	22	4	3	8	21	31	-2	31	W	L	L	L	D	1980-03-01	Blackburn Rovers	A
13	1	Reading	30	10	4	2	32	15	1	5	8	12	32	-3	31	W	D	D	W	L	1980-02-25	Southend United	A
14	-2	Plymouth Argyle	33	9	5	3	30	16	2	3	11	17	31	0	30	L	L	W	D	D	1980-03-01	Rotherham United	A
15	0	Gillingham	30	5	7	2	17	11	4	4	8	18	25	-1	29	D	L	L	D	D	1980-02-26	Chesterfield	H
16	1	Carlisle United	29	9	4	2	32	15	2	2	10	12	25	4	28	W	L	W	D	W	1980-02-26	Sheffield Wednesday	H
17	-1	Rotherham United	30	9	0	5	27	18	3	4	9	16	34	-9	28	L	D	L	L	W	1980-03-01	Plymouth Argyle	H
18	0	Barnsley	30	7	3	5	20	17	3	4	8	13	28	-12	27	D	L	D	W	L	1980-03-01	Carlisle United	H
19	0	Southend United	31	7	2	6	23	17	3	3	10	12	26	-8	25	L	W	W	L	W	1980-02-25	Reading	H
20	0	Blackpool	32	7	3	6	31	29	2	4	10	15	29	-12	25	L	L	L	L	W	1980-02-29	Colchester United	H
21	0	Hull City	31	5	6	3	18	15	1	7	9	16	37	-18	25	L	W	L	D	W	1980-03-01	Chester	H
22	1	Mansfield Town	31	6	6	3	23	16	1	4	11	11	23	-5	24	W	D	L	L	D	1980-03-01	Millwall	H
23	-1	Wimbledon	29	4	4	5	19	18	4	4	8	13	25	-11	24	L	W	W	W	D	1980-02-26	Bury	H
24	0	Bury	30	7	3	6	26	17	2	0	12	9	31	-13	21	L	L	L	L	W	1980-02-26	Wimbledon	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	0	0	York City	Dean Court	3,001
	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	0	Hereford United	Gresty Road	2,528
Palios	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	1	Darlington	The Shay	2,129
Evans (p)	Lineups		Hamilton
Northampton Town	2	1	Aldershot	County Ground	2,592
Farrington, Denyer	Lineups		Needham
Peterborough United	2	0	Rochdale	London Road	3,796
Kellock, Phillips	Lineups
Port Vale	1	1	Hartlepool United	Vale Park	3,702
Chamberlain N	Lineups		Newton
Portsmouth	4	1	Huddersfield Town	Fratton Park	19,203
Brisley, Gregory 2, Cowling OG	Lineups		Kindon (p)
Scunthorpe United	1	0	Lincoln City	Old Showground	3,838
Pilling	Lineups
Torquay United	0	1	Walsall	Plainmoor	4,583
	Lineups		Penn

				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	33	9	7	0	30	13	9	6	2	25	16	26	49	W	W	D	D	D	1980-03-01	Halifax Town	H
2	0	Huddersfield Town	33	11	2	2	45	13	7	6	5	28	27	33	44	L	W	D	D	D	1980-03-01	AFC Bournemouth	H
3	0	Portsmouth	33	13	3	2	54	20	5	4	6	18	19	33	43	W	L	D	W	D	1980-03-01	Bradford City	A
4	0	Bradford City	31	10	4	2	33	11	6	3	6	22	28	16	39	D	W	D	L	W	1980-02-26	Darlington	A
5	0	Newport County	32	10	5	2	32	18	6	1	8	24	20	18	38	W	L	D	D	L	1980-02-26	Doncaster Rovers	H
6	2	Peterborough United	33	9	2	5	27	17	5	6	6	13	15	8	36	W	W	D	W	W	1980-03-01	Hartlepool United	A
7	-1	Torquay United	30	11	3	1	34	12	2	6	7	16	28	10	35	L	L	L	D	W	1980-03-01	Aldershot	A
8	-1	Aldershot	31	9	3	4	26	13	5	3	7	18	19	12	34	L	D	L	D	W	1980-03-01	Torquay United	H
9	0	Lincoln City	31	9	6	1	28	10	3	3	9	13	24	7	33	L	W	D	L	W	1980-02-29	Wigan Athletic	H
10	0	Wigan Athletic	28	8	3	4	29	21	5	3	5	19	22	5	32	L	D	W	W	D	1980-02-29	Lincoln City	A
11	1	AFC Bournemouth	33	6	6	5	22	18	3	8	5	17	18	3	32	D	W	L	L	W	1980-03-01	Huddersfield Town	A
12	2	Northampton Town	32	12	2	2	27	12	0	6	10	12	39	-12	32	W	W	D	D	W	1980-03-01	Hereford United	A
13	-2	Doncaster Rovers	31	8	3	5	30	22	3	6	6	18	22	4	31	W	L	D	L	D	1980-02-26	Newport County	A
14	-1	Halifax Town	31	9	5	1	18	8	2	4	10	13	28	-5	31	D	W	D	W	L	1980-03-01	Walsall	A
15	0	Hartlepool United	31	8	5	3	28	20	3	3	9	16	23	1	30	D	L	D	D	W	1980-03-01	Peterborough United	H
16	0	Tranmere Rovers	31	8	1	6	26	17	3	6	7	14	23	0	29	L	L	W	D	W	1980-03-01	York City	A
17	0	Stockport County	32	6	6	4	20	21	4	2	10	12	32	-21	28	D	L	W	L	L	1980-03-01	Doncaster Rovers	A
18	0	York City	33	7	5	5	30	25	2	4	10	21	38	-12	27	D	W	D	L	L	1980-03-01	Tranmere Rovers	H
19	0	Port Vale	33	6	4	7	24	16	3	4	9	17	34	-9	26	D	W	W	D	L	1980-03-01	Darlington	A
20	1	Darlington	32	6	6	2	22	13	1	6	11	14	37	-14	26	D	W	D	D	D	1980-02-26	Bradford City	H
21	-1	Hereford United	33	6	5	5	16	13	2	4	11	11	26	-12	25	L	L	D	L	W	1980-03-01	Northampton Town	H
22	0	Scunthorpe United	31	8	6	2	27	16	1	1	13	9	41	-21	25	W	L	D	W	L	1980-03-04	Crewe Alexandra	H
23	1	Crewe Alexandra	33	6	5	6	17	21	0	2	14	6	36	-34	19	W	L	L	D	W	1980-03-01	Rochdale	A
24	-1	Rochdale	31	4	4	5	15	19	1	4	13	13	45	-36	18	L	L	L	W	L	1980-03-01	Crewe Alexandra	H