1980-04-12

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Semi Final						Venue	Gate
D 1	Arsenal	0	0	Liverpool	D 1	Hillsborough, Sheffield	50,174
		Lineups
D 1	Everton	1	1	West Ham United	D 2	Villa Park, Birmingham	47,685
	Kidd	Lineups		Pearson

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Bristol City	2	1	Bolton Wanderers	Ashton Gate	13,584
Mann, Ritchie (p)	Lineups		Allardyce
Crystal Palace	1	0	Leeds United	Selhurst Park	25,318
Hilaire	Lineups
Derby County	3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Baseball Ground	17,257
Biley 2 (1p), Osgood	Lineups
Ipswich Town	3	0	Coventry City	Portman Road	20,502
Butcher, Mariner, Brazil	Lineups
Manchester United	4	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Old Trafford	53,151
Ritchie 3, Wilkins	Lineups		Ardiles
Stoke City	1	2	Southampton	Victoria Ground	15,030
O'Callaghan	Lineups		Golac, Boyer
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	2	Manchester City	Molineux	23,850
Futcher OG	Lineups		Tueart, Reeves
Footnotes
Bolton Wanderers relegated

				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	37	14	5	0	41	6	9	3	6	33	21	47	54	W	L	W	L	W	1980-04-19	Arsenal	H
2	0	Manchester United	38	15	3	1	39	6	6	7	6	20	25	28	52	W	W	W	L	W	1980-04-19	Norwich City	A
3	0	Ipswich Town	39	13	4	3	42	13	7	5	7	23	24	28	49	W	D	W	W	D	1980-04-19	Southampton	A
4	0	Arsenal	36	8	8	3	23	11	8	5	4	24	17	19	45	W	D	L	W	D	1980-04-19	Liverpool	A
5	2	Southampton	38	12	2	4	44	20	4	7	9	12	27	9	41	W	L	D	W	L	1980-04-19	Ipswich Town	H
6	-1	Aston Villa	37	10	5	5	28	22	4	8	5	18	21	3	41	D	W	L	W	D	1980-04-19	Leeds United	A
7	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	7	6	5	22	16	10	0	8	27	25	8	40	L	L	W	L	W	1980-04-19	West Bromwich Albion	A
8	0	Middlesbrough	36	9	6	3	25	14	5	5	8	16	21	6	39	D	L	L	W	W	1980-04-19	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
9	3	Crystal Palace	39	9	8	3	26	13	3	7	9	14	31	-4	39	W	L	D	L	L	1980-04-19	Coventry City	A
10	-1	Nottingham Forest	35	12	4	1	36	11	4	2	12	18	29	14	38	L	W	L	W	W	1980-04-19	Derby County	H
11	-1	West Bromwich Albion	38	9	7	3	37	22	2	9	8	16	26	5	38	D	D	W	W	D	1980-04-19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
12	-1	Leeds United	39	9	6	4	28	17	3	7	10	15	30	-4	37	L	W	L	W	L	1980-04-19	Aston Villa	H
13	1	Norwich City	38	9	8	2	34	26	2	6	11	17	32	-7	36	W	L	W	L	L	1980-04-19	Manchester United	H
14	-1	Coventry City	37	11	2	5	31	20	4	4	11	20	39	-8	36	L	W	W	L	D	1980-04-15	Bolton Wanderers	A
15	0	Tottenham Hotspur	38	10	3	5	25	20	4	5	11	22	39	-12	36	L	L	W	L	W	1980-04-19	Everton	H
16	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	39	7	7	5	23	19	3	7	10	22	36	-10	34	L	W	L	D	W	1980-04-19	Middlesbrough	H
17	2	Manchester City	39	6	8	5	23	23	4	5	11	14	38	-24	33	W	D	D	D	D	1980-04-19	Bristol City	H
18	-1	Stoke City	38	8	4	7	26	24	3	6	10	15	30	-13	32	L	L	D	L	W	1980-04-19	Bolton Wanderers	A
19	-1	Everton	37	6	6	7	26	25	2	9	7	15	22	-6	31	W	D	L	L	W	1980-04-19	Tottenham Hotspur	A
20	0	Derby County	39	8	4	8	33	28	2	4	13	9	33	-19	28	W	L	L	W	D	1980-04-19	Nottingham Forest	A
21	0	Bristol City	37	5	6	8	17	26	3	6	9	12	28	-25	28	W	W	D	D	L	1980-04-19	Manchester City	A
22	0	Bolton Wanderers	38	4	9	5	16	19	0	4	16	19	51	-35	21	L	D	L	L	D	1980-04-15	Coventry City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Burnley	1	1	Bristol Rovers	Turf Moor	5,353
Hamilton	Lineups		Jones V (p)
Fulham	1	0	Newcastle United	Craven Cottage	7,152
Davies	Lineups
Leicester City	2	1	Birmingham City	Filbert Street	26,075	Largest home gate 1979-80
Wilson, Young	Lineups		Gemmill (p)
Luton Town	0	0	Shrewsbury Town	Kenilworth Road	10,793
	Lineups
Notts County	1	2	Watford	Meadow Lane	7,279
Hooks	Lineups		Poskett, Blissett
Oldham Athletic	0	3	Cardiff City	Boundary Park	6,339
	Lineups		Buchanan, Stevens, Micallef
Preston North End	1	1	Chelsea	Deepdale	13,069	Largest home gate 1979-80
Baxter	Lineups		Fillery
Queens Park Rangers	2	2	Cambridge United	Loftus Road	11,643
Allen, Busby	Lineups		Christie, Reilly
Sunderland	1	1	Orient	Roker Park	33,279
Arnott	Lineups		Coates
Swansea City	1	0	Wrexham	Vetch Field	11,825
Waddle	Lineups
Footnotes
Burnley relegated
Charlton Athletic relegated

				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	Sunderland	38	14	5	0	40	13	5	5	9	19	26	20	48	D	W	W	W	W	1980-04-19	Bristol Rovers	A
2	2	Leicester City	38	11	5	4	30	18	7	7	4	23	18	17	48	W	W	W	L	W	1980-04-19	Wrexham	A
3	0	Chelsea	39	12	3	4	30	16	9	3	8	31	35	10	48	D	D	L	L	W	1980-04-19	Notts County	H
4	-2	Birmingham City	38	13	4	2	33	13	6	5	8	19	21	18	47	L	D	D	W	W	1980-04-19	Luton Town	H
5	0	Luton Town	39	8	10	2	34	17	7	6	6	28	25	20	46	D	D	W	W	D	1980-04-19	Birmingham City	A
6	0	Queens Park Rangers	39	9	9	2	44	24	7	3	9	24	25	19	44	D	D	D	W	L	1980-04-19	Charlton Athletic	A
7	0	Newcastle United	39	13	5	1	32	14	2	8	10	17	28	7	43	L	D	L	D	W	1980-04-19	Swansea City	H
8	0	West Ham United	35	12	2	4	31	15	5	4	8	14	20	10	40	D	W	L	L	L	1980-04-19	Cardiff City	A
9	0	Preston North End	39	7	10	3	28	23	4	8	7	22	24	3	40	D	D	D	W	W	1980-04-19	Orient	A
10	4	Cardiff City	38	11	3	5	20	14	5	4	10	19	28	-3	39	W	L	W	D	D	1980-04-15	Fulham	A
11	1	Cambridge United	39	9	6	4	34	20	2	10	8	19	29	4	38	D	L	D	W	L	1980-04-19	Burnley	H
12	-2	Oldham Athletic	38	11	4	4	28	20	3	6	10	18	29	-3	38	L	L	D	L	W	1980-04-19	Shrewsbury Town	A
13	-2	Wrexham	39	13	2	4	25	11	3	4	13	14	32	-4	38	L	L	D	W	W	1980-04-19	Leicester City	H
14	-1	Orient	38	7	7	4	27	28	5	7	8	18	22	-5	38	D	D	L	D	L	1980-04-19	Preston North End	H
15	0	Shrewsbury Town	39	11	3	5	36	20	5	2	13	16	29	3	37	D	L	D	L	W	1980-04-19	Oldham Athletic	H
16	1	Swansea City	38	13	0	7	30	19	2	7	9	12	31	-8	37	W	L	W	W	D	1980-04-19	Newcastle United	A
17	-1	Notts County	39	4	10	6	23	21	7	3	9	24	26	0	35	L	W	D	D	L	1980-04-19	Chelsea	A
18	1	Watford	39	7	6	6	19	18	3	7	10	12	23	-10	33	W	D	W	L	L	1980-04-19	Fulham	H
19	-1	Bristol Rovers	38	9	6	3	30	18	2	5	13	16	39	-11	33	D	L	W	L	W	1980-04-19	Sunderland	H
20	0	Burnley	39	5	8	7	19	23	1	6	12	19	43	-28	26	D	D	D	L	D	1980-04-19	Cambridge United	A
21	0	Fulham	37	4	4	10	15	25	5	3	11	21	37	-26	25	W	W	L	L	W	1980-04-15	Cardiff City	H
22	0	Charlton Athletic	37	6	5	8	22	27	0	4	14	12	40	-33	21	L	D	L	L	L	1980-04-19	Queens Park Rangers	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bury	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Gigg Lane	11,620
Madden	Lineups
Carlisle United	2	1	Swindon Town	Brunton Park	3,472
Beardsley 2	Lineups		Tucker
Chester	2	1	Colchester United	Sealand Road	2,282
Rush 2	Lineups		Foley
Exeter City	2	0	Blackburn Rovers	St James Park	5,407
Forbes, Neville	Lineups
Gillingham	0	1	Brentford	Priestfield Stadium	5,889
	Lineups		Booker
Hull City	1	0	Plymouth Argyle	Boothferry Park	5,369
Norrie	Lineups
Mansfield Town	3	1	Southend United	Field Mill	3,314
Austin 2, McClelland	Lineups		Nelson
Millwall	0	0	Rotherham United	The Den, New Cross	3,996
	Lineups
Oxford United	0	2	Blackpool	Manor Ground	3,582
	Lineups		Fletcher, Harrison
Reading	1	1	Grimsby Town	Elm Park	9,549
Kearns	Lineups		Waters

				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	Grimsby Town	43	16	2	3	40	16	8	7	7	27	26	25	57	D	D	W	W	W	1980-04-19	Oxford United	H
2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	42	11	5	5	41	20	8	10	3	35	25	31	53	L	W	D	D	D	1980-04-19	Chester	H
3	0	Blackburn Rovers	41	12	5	3	28	11	10	4	7	21	18	20	53	L	W	W	W	W	1980-04-19	Reading	H
4	0	Chesterfield	41	14	5	2	41	16	6	6	8	23	27	21	51	W	W	D	D	W	1980-04-19	Bury	H
5	0	Colchester United	42	9	9	3	36	20	9	2	10	22	32	6	47	L	W	D	D	L	1980-04-19	Millwall	H
6	0	Reading	42	14	6	2	43	18	2	8	10	17	38	4	46	D	D	W	D	D	1980-04-15	Carlisle United	A
7	1	Exeter City	43	13	5	4	37	22	5	5	11	22	41	-4	46	W	L	W	D	L	1980-04-19	Rotherham United	A
8	-1	Sheffield United	42	12	5	4	33	18	5	5	11	24	37	2	44	L	D	L	L	D	1980-04-19	Plymouth Argyle	A
9	1	Carlisle United	42	12	5	4	40	23	4	5	12	18	30	5	42	W	L	L	L	W	1980-04-15	Reading	H
10	3	Chester	41	12	6	2	26	15	3	6	12	20	36	-5	42	W	L	D	L	L	1980-04-19	Sheffield Wednesday	A
11	-2	Millwall	41	13	6	3	47	23	2	5	12	14	32	6	41	D	L	D	D	L	1980-04-19	Colchester United	A
12	0	Rotherham United	41	12	3	5	35	21	4	6	11	17	36	-5	41	D	D	L	W	W	1980-04-15	Swindon Town	A
13	-2	Gillingham	42	8	9	4	26	16	5	5	11	21	30	1	40	L	L	D	D	W	1980-04-19	Swindon Town	A
14	0	Swindon Town	40	12	4	2	38	14	4	3	15	21	43	2	39	L	D	L	L	L	1980-04-15	Rotherham United	H
15	0	Oxford United	42	10	4	8	34	23	3	9	8	20	32	-1	39	L	D	W	W	L	1980-04-15	Wimbledon	A
16	0	Barnsley	41	9	6	6	26	19	4	7	9	18	33	-8	39	W	D	L	D	D	1980-04-14	Mansfield Town	A
17	1	Brentford	43	9	6	6	32	23	5	5	12	25	45	-11	39	W	D	W	D	L	1980-04-19	Carlisle United	H
18	-1	Plymouth Argyle	42	12	6	3	35	16	2	4	15	19	38	0	38	L	W	L	D	W	1980-04-19	Sheffield United	H
19	1	Hull City	41	9	7	4	26	19	1	9	11	19	42	-16	36	W	D	W	L	D	1980-04-19	Wimbledon	A
20	-1	Southend United	42	10	6	6	31	22	3	3	14	13	32	-10	35	L	W	L	W	D	1980-04-19	Barnsley	H
21	0	Blackpool	42	10	5	6	38	33	3	4	14	20	40	-15	35	W	W	L	D	D	1980-04-19	Mansfield Town	H
22	0	Mansfield Town	42	9	8	4	30	20	1	6	14	13	30	-7	34	W	L	L	D	W	1980-04-14	Barnsley	H
23	0	Bury	41	10	3	8	29	21	4	3	13	12	33	-13	34	W	D	L	W	L	1980-04-19	Chesterfield	A
24	0	Wimbledon	41	4	7	8	25	29	4	6	12	17	41	-28	29	L	D	D	L	D	1980-04-15	Oxford United	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	3	1	Port Vale	Dean Court	2,863
Townsend, Butler, Evanson	Lineups		Owen
Bradford City	1	1	Torquay United	Valley Parade	5,564
Larmour OG	Lineups		Twitchin
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Walsall	Leeds Road	17,233	Largest home gate 1979-80
Sutton	Lineups		Penn
Lincoln City	2	1	Darlington	Sincil Bank	2,994
Cunningham, Ramsay	Lineups		Stalker
Newport County	1	0	Rochdale	Somerton Park	8,127
Moore	Lineups
Portsmouth	1	1	Crewe Alexandra	Fratton Park	13,680
Rogers	Lineups		McLaughlin OG
Scunthorpe United	1	0	Peterborough United	Old Showground	2,046
Stewart	Lineups
Wigan Athletic	3	1	Halifax Town	Springfield Park	5,076
Quinn M, Davids, Houghton	Lineups		Smith
York City	1	2	Northampton Town	Bootham Crescent	2,161
Faulkner	Lineups		Ingram, Sandercock

				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	43	12	8	1	40	18	11	9	2	32	21	33	63	D	W	D	W	L	1980-04-19	Bradford City	H
2	0	Huddersfield Town	42	13	5	2	53	14	10	7	5	37	29	47	58	D	W	W	W	D	1980-04-15	Scunthorpe United	H
3	0	Newport County	41	15	5	2	46	22	10	1	8	31	20	35	56	W	W	W	W	W	1980-04-19	Darlington	A
4	0	Bradford City	42	12	6	3	40	14	10	5	6	32	34	24	55	D	W	W	W	L	1980-04-19	Walsall	A
5	0	Portsmouth	43	14	5	3	58	23	7	7	7	25	25	35	54	D	W	D	W	L	1980-04-19	Halifax Town	A
6	1	Lincoln City	43	13	8	1	39	12	3	8	10	16	28	15	48	W	D	D	D	W	1980-04-19	Hartlepool United	A
7	-1	Peterborough United	43	12	3	6	36	22	7	7	8	19	21	12	48	L	L	D	L	W	1980-04-19	AFC Bournemouth	H
8	0	Wigan Athletic	41	12	4	5	39	26	7	6	7	29	33	9	48	W	D	W	L	W	1980-04-15	Hartlepool United	A
9	1	Northampton Town	43	14	4	3	32	13	2	7	13	18	47	-10	43	W	L	D	L	L	1980-04-19	Wigan Athletic	H
10	2	AFC Bournemouth	43	8	9	5	32	24	4	9	8	19	24	3	42	W	W	D	W	L	1980-04-19	Peterborough United	A
11	-2	Aldershot	41	10	5	5	34	19	6	4	11	25	28	12	41	W	L	L	L	W	1980-04-19	Doncaster Rovers	H
12	-1	Torquay United	40	11	7	2	39	18	2	8	10	18	37	2	41	D	D	L	D	D	1980-04-15	Rochdale	A
13	0	Tranmere Rovers	42	10	4	8	31	22	4	8	8	17	27	-1	40	W	L	W	D	D	1980-04-19	Torquay United	A
14	0	Doncaster Rovers	41	10	5	6	34	26	4	6	10	24	32	0	39	W	W	D	L	W	1980-04-19	Aldershot	A
15	0	Halifax Town	41	11	8	1	24	12	2	4	15	16	44	-16	38	L	D	D	L	W	1980-04-19	Portsmouth	H
16	3	Scunthorpe United	41	10	8	3	33	22	2	5	13	18	49	-20	37	W	D	D	W	L	1980-04-15	Huddersfield Town	A
17	-1	Hartlepool United	41	10	5	6	35	27	4	3	13	21	30	-1	36	L	L	L	L	W	1980-04-15	Wigan Athletic	H
18	-1	York City	43	9	5	8	34	33	4	5	12	28	45	-16	36	L	D	W	L	W	1980-04-19	Port Vale	A
19	-1	Stockport County	42	8	7	6	26	29	4	5	12	15	39	-27	36	L	D	W	D	L	1980-04-19	Crewe Alexandra	A
20	0	Hereford United	42	8	6	7	20	17	2	7	12	14	30	-13	33	L	L	D	D	D	1980-04-19	Huddersfield Town	H
21	0	Port Vale	43	7	6	8	30	22	3	6	13	21	46	-17	32	L	D	L	L	D	1980-04-19	York City	H
22	0	Darlington	43	7	10	4	32	24	1	6	15	15	47	-24	32	L	L	L	W	D	1980-04-19	Newport County	H
23	0	Crewe Alexandra	42	8	6	7	22	27	0	6	15	8	40	-37	28	D	D	L	W	D	1980-04-19	Stockport County	H
24	0	Rochdale	40	4	6	8	16	25	1	6	15	13	49	-45	22	L	L	D	L	L	1980-04-15	Torquay United	H