1980-04-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	1	West Bromwich Albion	Highbury	30,203
Stapleton	Lineups		Barnes
Aston Villa	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Villa Park	29,549
Cowans	Lineups
Bristol City	2	3	Norwich City	Ashton Gate	16,123
Ritchie, Rodgers	Lineups		Robson 2, Peters
Crystal Palace	0	0	Liverpool	Selhurst Park	45,583	Largest home gate 1979-80
	Lineups
Derby County	3	1	Manchester City	Baseball Ground	22,572
Swindlehurst, Biley (p), Reid OG	Lineups		Tueart
Everton	2	0	Southampton	Goodison Park	23,552
Gidman (p), Stanley	Lineups
Ipswich Town	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Portman Road	21,447
Gates	Lineups
Manchester United	2	1	Coventry City	Old Trafford	52,154
McIlroy 2	Lineups		Thompson
Middlesbrough	0	0	Nottingham Forest	Ayresome Park	17,021
	Lineups
Stoke City	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Victoria Ground	14,442
Heath	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	1	Leeds United	Molineux	22,746
Eves, Hibbitt, Richards	Lineups		Flynn
Footnotes
Derby County 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	40	14	6	0	42	7	10	4	6	35	21	49	58	D	W	D	W	L	1980-05-03	Aston Villa	H
2	0	Manchester United	41	17	3	1	43	8	7	7	6	22	25	32	58	W	W	W	W	W	1980-05-03	Leeds United	A
3	0	Ipswich Town	41	14	4	3	43	13	8	5	7	24	24	30	53	W	W	W	D	W	1980-05-03	Manchester City	A
4	0	Arsenal	38	8	9	3	24	12	8	6	4	25	18	19	47	D	D	W	D	L	1980-05-03	Coventry City	A
5	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	8	6	5	25	17	10	2	8	29	27	10	44	W	D	D	L	L	1980-05-03	Bolton Wanderers	A
6	0	Aston Villa	40	11	5	5	29	22	4	9	6	19	23	3	44	W	L	D	D	W	1980-04-29	Coventry City	A
7	1	Nottingham Forest	37	13	4	1	37	11	4	3	12	18	29	15	41	D	W	L	W	L	1980-04-30	Norwich City	H
8	-1	Southampton	40	12	2	5	44	21	4	7	10	12	29	6	41	L	L	W	L	D	1980-04-29	Bristol City	H
9	0	West Bromwich Albion	40	9	8	3	37	22	2	10	8	17	27	5	40	D	D	D	D	W	1980-04-28	Everton	A
10	0	Middlesbrough	39	9	7	3	25	14	5	5	10	18	26	3	40	D	L	L	D	L	1980-05-03	Southampton	A
11	0	Crystal Palace	41	9	9	3	26	13	3	7	10	15	33	-5	40	D	L	W	L	D	1980-05-03	Nottingham Forest	A
12	0	Coventry City	40	12	2	5	33	21	4	5	12	22	42	-8	39	L	W	D	L	W	1980-04-29	Aston Villa	H
13	0	Tottenham Hotspur	41	11	4	5	30	22	4	5	12	22	40	-10	39	L	D	W	L	L	1980-05-03	Bristol City	H
14	0	Leeds United	41	9	7	4	28	17	3	7	11	16	33	-6	38	L	D	L	W	L	1980-05-03	Manchester United	H
15	0	Norwich City	40	9	8	3	34	28	3	6	11	20	34	-8	38	W	L	W	L	W	1980-04-30	Nottingham Forest	A
16	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	41	8	7	5	25	20	3	7	11	22	37	-10	36	L	W	L	W	L	1980-05-03	Everton	H
17	0	Manchester City	41	7	8	5	26	24	4	5	12	15	41	-24	35	L	W	W	D	D	1980-05-03	Ipswich Town	H
18	0	Stoke City	41	9	4	8	27	26	3	6	11	16	32	-15	34	W	L	L	L	L	1980-05-03	West Bromwich Albion	A
19	0	Everton	39	7	6	7	28	25	2	9	8	15	25	-7	33	W	L	W	D	L	1980-04-28	West Bromwich Albion	H
20	1	Derby County	41	9	4	8	36	29	2	4	14	9	34	-18	30	W	L	W	L	L	1980-05-03	Norwich City	A
21	-1	Bristol City	40	6	6	9	22	30	3	6	10	13	31	-26	30	L	W	L	W	W	1980-04-29	Southampton	A
22	0	Bolton Wanderers	41	5	10	5	19	21	0	4	17	19	52	-35	24	L	W	D	L	D	1980-05-03	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Burnley	0	0	Birmingham City	Turf Moor	10,388
	Lineups
Fulham	1	2	Cambridge United	Craven Cottage	4,999
Mahoney	Lineups		Finney, Reilly
Leicester City	2	1	Charlton Athletic	Filbert Street	23,875
Young, Smith	Lineups		Gritt
Luton Town	2	0	Wrexham	Kenilworth Road	9,049
Moss, Stein	Lineups
Notts County	1	1	Orient	Meadow Lane	5,505
O'Brien (p)	Lineups		Chiedozie
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Bristol Rovers	Boundary Park	5,202
Atkinson, Stainrod	Lineups		Penny
Preston North End	2	0	Cardiff City	Deepdale	7,493
McGee, Coleman	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	2	1	Newcastle United	Loftus Road	11,245
Roeder, McCreery	Lineups		Ferguson
Sunderland	5	0	Watford	Roker Park	32,195
Robson 2, Buckley, Elliott 2	Lineups
Swansea City	1	1	Chelsea	Vetch Field	18,016
Charles	Lineups		Langley
West Ham United	1	3	Shrewsbury Town	Upton Park	19,765
Brooking	Lineups		Maguire, Keay (p), Biggins

				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	Leicester City	41	12	5	4	32	19	8	8	4	25	19	19	53	W	D	W	W	W	1980-05-03	Orient	A
2	-1	Birmingham City	41	14	4	2	34	13	7	6	8	21	22	20	52	D	W	W	L	D	1980-05-03	Notts County	H
3	1	Sunderland	40	15	5	0	45	13	5	6	9	21	28	25	51	W	D	D	W	W	1980-05-03	Cardiff City	A
4	-1	Chelsea	41	13	3	4	31	16	9	4	8	32	36	11	51	D	W	D	D	L	1980-05-03	Oldham Athletic	H
5	0	Luton Town	41	9	10	2	36	17	7	6	7	28	26	21	48	W	L	D	D	W	1980-05-03	Newcastle United	A
6	0	Queens Park Rangers	41	10	9	2	46	25	7	4	9	26	27	20	47	W	D	D	D	D	1980-05-03	Wrexham	A
7	2	Preston North End	41	8	10	3	30	23	4	9	7	24	26	5	43	W	D	D	D	D	1980-05-03	Cambridge United	A
8	-1	Newcastle United	41	13	5	2	33	17	2	8	11	18	30	4	43	L	L	L	D	L	1980-05-03	Luton Town	H
9	-1	West Ham United	38	12	2	6	33	20	6	4	8	15	20	8	42	L	L	W	D	W	1980-04-29	Oldham Athletic	A
10	0	Cambridge United	41	10	6	4	37	21	3	10	8	21	30	7	42	W	W	D	L	D	1980-05-03	Preston North End	H
11	0	Oldham Athletic	40	12	4	4	30	21	4	6	10	19	29	-1	42	W	W	L	L	D	1980-04-29	West Ham United	H
12	0	Orient	40	7	8	4	29	30	5	8	8	19	23	-5	40	D	D	D	D	L	1980-04-30	Swansea City	H
13	1	Swansea City	40	13	1	7	31	20	3	7	9	15	32	-6	40	D	W	W	L	W	1980-04-30	Orient	A
14	2	Shrewsbury Town	41	11	3	6	36	21	6	2	13	19	30	4	39	W	L	D	L	D	1980-05-03	Fulham	H
15	-2	Cardiff City	41	11	3	6	20	15	5	4	12	20	32	-7	39	L	L	L	W	L	1980-05-03	Sunderland	H
16	-1	Wrexham	41	13	2	5	25	12	3	4	14	14	34	-7	38	L	L	L	L	D	1980-05-03	Queens Park Rangers	H
17	0	Notts County	41	4	11	6	24	22	7	3	10	24	27	-1	36	D	L	L	W	D	1980-05-03	Birmingham City	A
18	0	Watford	41	8	6	6	23	18	3	7	11	12	28	-11	35	L	W	W	D	W	1980-05-03	Burnley	H
19	0	Bristol Rovers	41	9	8	3	33	21	2	5	14	17	41	-12	35	L	D	D	D	L	1980-05-03	West Ham United	H
20	0	Fulham	41	6	4	11	19	28	5	3	12	21	41	-29	29	L	W	L	W	W	1980-05-03	Shrewsbury Town	A
21	0	Burnley	41	5	9	7	19	23	1	6	13	20	46	-30	27	D	L	D	D	D	1980-05-03	Watford	A
22	0	Charlton Athletic	40	6	6	8	24	29	0	4	16	13	43	-35	22	L	L	D	L	D	1980-05-03	Swansea City	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	0	0	Plymouth Argyle	Oakwell	10,231
	Lineups
Bury	0	0	Swindon Town	Gigg Lane	3,164
	Lineups
Carlisle United	2	0	Colchester United	Brunton Park	3,702
Bannon 2	Lineups
Chester	2	1	Southend United	Sealand Road	2,461
Fear, Sutcliffe	Lineups		Spence
Exeter City	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	St James Park	10,461
Kellow	Lineups
Gillingham	0	1	Rotherham United	Priestfield Stadium	3,479
	Lineups		McEwan
Hull City	2	1	Brentford	Boothferry Park	5,382
Edwards, Haigh	Lineups		Holmes L
Mansfield Town	0	0	Grimsby Town	Field Mill	10,100
	Lineups
Millwall	2	0	Chesterfield	The Den, New Cross	4,090
Lyons, Towner (p)	Lineups
Oxford United	0	1	Blackburn Rovers	Manor Ground	5,476
	Lineups		Garner
Reading	0	1	Blackpool	Elm Park	6,108
	Lineups		McEwan (p)
Sheffield United	2	1	Wimbledon	Bramall Lane	8,621
Flood, Verde	Lineups		Downes (p)
Footnotes
Grimsby Town promoted
Wimbledon relegated

				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	45	17	2	3	42	16	8	8	7	27	26	27	60	D	W	D	D	W	1980-05-03	Sheffield United	H
2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	45	12	5	5	44	20	9	10	4	37	27	34	57	L	W	W	L	W	1980-05-03	Carlisle United	H
3	0	Blackburn Rovers	44	13	5	4	33	15	11	4	7	22	18	22	57	W	L	W	L	W	1980-04-29	Bury	A
4	0	Chesterfield	44	15	5	2	43	16	6	6	10	23	30	20	53	L	L	W	W	W	1980-04-29	Sheffield United	A
5	0	Colchester United	45	9	10	3	36	20	10	2	11	25	36	5	50	L	W	D	L	W	1980-05-02	Oxford United	H
6	1	Exeter City	45	14	5	4	38	22	5	5	12	22	43	-5	48	W	L	W	L	W	1980-05-03	Chesterfield	A
7	1	Carlisle United	45	13	6	4	45	26	5	5	12	21	30	10	47	W	W	D	W	L	1980-05-03	Sheffield Wednesday	A
8	-2	Reading	45	14	6	3	43	19	2	9	11	22	45	1	47	L	L	D	D	D	1980-05-03	Rotherham United	A
9	0	Sheffield United	44	13	5	4	35	19	5	5	12	25	41	0	46	W	L	L	D	L	1980-04-29	Chesterfield	H
10	0	Chester	44	14	6	2	29	16	3	6	13	20	39	-6	46	W	W	L	W	L	1980-04-30	Gillingham	H
11	1	Millwall	44	14	6	3	49	23	2	7	12	16	34	8	45	W	D	D	D	L	1980-04-29	Swindon Town	A
12	2	Rotherham United	44	13	3	5	37	21	5	6	12	20	42	-6	45	W	W	L	D	D	1980-05-03	Reading	H
13	-2	Swindon Town	44	14	4	3	49	19	4	4	15	21	43	8	44	D	L	W	W	L	1980-04-29	Millwall	H
14	-1	Barnsley	45	10	7	6	29	20	5	7	10	23	36	-4	44	D	W	L	W	W	1980-05-03	Swindon Town	A
15	0	Plymouth Argyle	45	13	7	3	39	17	2	5	15	19	38	3	42	D	D	W	L	W	1980-05-03	Gillingham	A
16	0	Oxford United	45	10	4	9	34	24	4	9	9	23	35	-2	41	L	L	W	L	D	1980-05-02	Colchester United	A
17	0	Gillingham	44	8	9	5	26	17	5	5	12	21	33	-3	40	L	L	L	L	D	1980-04-30	Chester	A
18	0	Brentford	45	9	6	7	32	26	5	5	13	26	47	-15	39	L	L	W	D	W	1980-05-03	Millwall	H
19	0	Southend United	45	11	6	6	33	23	3	4	15	14	34	-10	38	L	D	W	L	W	1980-05-03	Hull City	A
20	0	Blackpool	44	10	6	6	39	34	4	4	14	21	40	-14	38	W	D	W	W	L	1980-05-03	Chester	H
21	0	Hull City	44	10	7	4	28	20	1	9	13	22	48	-18	38	W	L	L	W	D	1980-05-03	Southend United	H
22	0	Mansfield Town	45	9	9	5	31	24	1	7	14	14	31	-10	36	D	D	L	W	L	1980-05-03	Wimbledon	A
23	0	Bury	43	10	4	8	29	21	4	3	14	12	35	-15	35	D	L	W	D	L	1980-04-29	Blackburn Rovers	H
24	0	Wimbledon	45	5	8	9	31	36	4	6	13	18	43	-30	32	L	D	W	L	L	1980-05-03	Mansfield Town	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	0	1	Crewe Alexandra	Dean Court	2,645
	Lineups		Palios
Bradford City	1	0	Hereford United	Valley Parade	7,387
Wood	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	2	0	Rochdale	Belle Vue	2,493
Nimmo, Bannon OG	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	4	2	Torquay United	Leeds Road	11,067
Fletcher, Sutton 2, Robins	Lineups		Larmour (p), Cooper
Newport County	1	0	Hartlepool United	Somerton Park	8,373	Largest home gate 1979-80
Aldridge	Lineups
Portsmouth	4	0	Peterborough United	Fratton Park	15,095
Hemmerman, Glyn OG, Rogers, Collins OG	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	1	2	Darlington	Prenton Park	1,244
Peplow	Lineups		Stalker 2
Wigan Athletic	3	0	Walsall	Springfield Park	7,720
Urquhart, Houghton 2	Lineups
York City	1	1	Aldershot	Bootham Crescent	2,051
McDonald (p)	Lineups		Edwards

				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	Huddersfield Town	45	15	5	2	59	17	11	7	5	40	30	52	64	W	W	W	D	W	1980-05-03	Hartlepool United	H
2	-1	Walsall	45	12	9	1	41	19	11	9	3	32	24	30	64	L	D	D	W	D	1980-05-03	Newport County	H
3	0	Bradford City	45	14	6	3	44	14	10	6	6	33	35	28	60	W	W	D	D	W	1980-05-03	Peterborough United	A
4	0	Newport County	44	16	5	2	47	22	10	2	9	32	24	33	59	W	L	D	W	W	1980-04-29	Rochdale	A
5	0	Portsmouth	45	15	5	3	62	23	8	7	7	27	26	40	58	W	W	D	W	D	1980-05-03	Northampton Town	A
6	2	Wigan Athletic	44	13	4	5	42	26	7	8	7	31	35	12	52	W	D	D	W	D	1980-04-30	Doncaster Rovers	H
7	-1	Lincoln City	45	14	8	1	43	12	3	9	10	16	28	19	51	W	D	W	D	D	1980-05-03	Torquay United	A
8	-1	Peterborough United	45	13	3	6	38	22	7	7	9	19	25	10	50	L	W	L	L	D	1980-05-03	Bradford City	H
9	0	Torquay United	44	13	7	2	45	20	2	9	11	20	41	4	46	L	W	W	D	D	1980-04-29	Halifax Town	A
10	1	Aldershot	44	10	6	5	35	20	6	6	11	27	30	12	44	D	D	D	W	L	1980-05-03	Wigan Athletic	H
11	-1	Northampton Town	45	14	5	3	33	14	2	7	14	18	50	-13	44	L	D	W	L	D	1980-05-03	Portsmouth	H
12	2	Doncaster Rovers	44	11	6	6	37	27	4	7	10	25	33	2	43	W	D	D	W	W	1980-04-30	Wigan Athletic	A
13	-1	AFC Bournemouth	45	8	9	6	32	25	4	9	9	19	26	0	42	L	L	W	W	D	1980-05-03	Darlington	A
14	-1	Scunthorpe United	45	11	9	3	37	23	3	5	14	20	51	-17	42	W	D	W	L	W	1980-05-03	Hereford United	A
15	0	Tranmere Rovers	44	10	4	9	32	24	4	8	9	18	30	-4	40	L	L	W	L	W	1980-05-02	Rochdale	A
16	1	York City	45	9	6	8	35	34	5	5	12	30	46	-15	39	D	W	L	D	W	1980-05-03	Crewe Alexandra	A
17	-1	Hartlepool United	45	10	7	6	36	28	4	3	15	22	34	-4	38	L	L	D	D	L	1980-05-03	Huddersfield Town	A
18	0	Halifax Town	44	11	8	3	26	17	2	4	16	16	48	-23	38	L	L	L	L	D	1980-04-29	Torquay United	H
19	0	Stockport County	45	8	7	7	26	30	5	5	13	18	41	-27	38	L	W	L	L	D	1980-05-02	Halifax Town	H
20	2	Darlington	45	7	11	4	33	25	2	6	15	17	48	-23	35	W	D	L	L	L	1980-05-03	AFC Bournemouth	H
21	-1	Port Vale	45	7	6	9	31	24	4	6	13	22	46	-17	34	W	L	L	D	L	1980-05-03	Doncaster Rovers	H
22	-1	Hereford United	44	8	6	8	21	20	2	7	13	14	31	-16	33	L	L	L	L	D	1980-05-03	Scunthorpe United	H
23	0	Crewe Alexandra	45	9	6	7	23	27	1	7	15	10	41	-35	33	W	D	W	D	D	1980-05-03	York City	H
24	0	Rochdale	43	4	7	9	16	26	1	6	16	13	51	-48	23	L	L	D	L	L	1980-04-29	Newport County	H