1979–80 Football League

The Football League
Season 1979–80
Champions Liverpool

The 19791980 season was the 81st completed season of The Football League.

Bob Paisley's Liverpool retained their league championship trophy after fighting off a determined challenge by Dave Sexton's Manchester United. Nottingham Forest failed to make a serious title challenge but compensated for this by retaining the European Cup.

Bristol City and Bolton Wanderers were relegated after brief, uneventful spells in the First Division notable only because Bristol City’s relegation ends the last time South West England had a team in the top tier until Swindon Town's promotion to the Premier League in 1993. On the other hand, Derby County's relegation came just five years after they had been league champions.

Kevin Keegan ended his three-year spell with Hamburger SV in Germany and returned to England in a shock £400,000 move to Southampton. Lawrie McMenemy's new signing was the transfer surprise of the season. Keegan was the current European Footballer of the Year and rated as one of the best strikers in the world, while Southampton were still struggling to establish themselves as a First Division side. But this move showed that Southampton had ambition and were determined to compete with the best.

Leicester City, Sunderland and Birmingham City ended their relatively short spells in the Second Division and occupied the division's three promotion places. Going down were Fulham, Burnley and Charlton Athletic.

Grimsby Town, Blackburn Rovers and Sheffield Wednesday all achieved some long-awaited success by gaining promotion from the Third Division. Bury, Southend United, Mansfield Town and Wimbledon occupied the Third Division's relegation places.

Fallen giants Huddersfield Town and Portsmouth finally achieved some success by gaining promotion from the Fourth Division. Newport County achieved their first promotion since 1939 and Walsall were also promoted. Re-election results are given at the end of this article.

Final league tables and results

The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[1] with home and away statistics separated.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South. Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the re-election process has concerned the bottom four clubs in that division.[2]

First Division

Liverpool won the First Division title for the third time in five seasons, finishing two points above Manchester United, who had their best league campaign for more than a decade. Ipswich Town, Arsenal and Nottingham Forest completed the top five, with Forest also retaining the European Cup, although Arsenal were on the losing side in the finals of both the FA Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup. Wolves, who finished sixth, won the League Cup.

Bolton Wanderers, Derby County and Bristol City were relegated to the Second Division.

Football League, First Division
Season 1979–80
Champions Liverpool (12th English title)
Relegated Bolton Wanderers
Bristol City
Derby County
European Cup 1980–81 Liverpool
Nottingham Forest (defending champions)
FA Cup winners
European Cup Winners' Cup 1980–81
West Ham United (2nd Div) (3rd FA Cup title)
UEFA Cup 1980–81 Ipswich Town
Manchester United
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1159 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer Phil Boyer (Southampton), 23 [3]
Biggest home win IpswichManchester United 6–0 (1 Mar 1980)
Biggest away win West Bromwich AlbionNottingham Forest 1–5 (1 Sep 1979)
Brighton & HoveArsenal 0–4 (18 Aug 1979)
EvertonIpswich 0–4 (9 Feb 1980)
Manchester CityLiverpool 0–4 (27 Oct 1979)
NorwichWolverhampton 0–4 (23 Feb 1980)
Highest scoring NorwichLiverpool 3–5 (9 Feb 1980)
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts Notes
1 Liverpool 421560468104735228130+5160 European Cup 1980–81 First round
2 Manchester United 42173143877722276535+3058 UEFA Cup 1980–81 First round
3 Ipswich Town 421443431385825266839+2953 UEFA Cup 1980–81 First round
4 Arsenal 4281032412106528245236+1652
5 Nottingham Forest 4216414411441319326343+2048 European Cup 1980–81 First round [notes 1]
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 429662920103829275847+1147 UEFA Cup 1980–81 First round [notes 2]
7 Aston Villa 421155292259722285150+146
8 Southampton 4214255324471012296553+1245
9 Middlesbrough 4211733114551119305044+644
10 West Bromwich Albion 429843723211817275450+441
11 Leeds United 4210743017371116334650–440
12 Norwich City 4210833830361220365866–840
13 Crystal Palace 429932613371115374150–940
14 Tottenham Hotspur 4211553022451222405262–1040
15 Coventry City 4212273424451222425666–1039
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 428852520371122374757–1037
17 Manchester City 428852825451215414366–2337
18 Stoke City 429482726461117324458–1436
19 Everton 427772825210915264351–835
20 Bristol City 426692230371115363766–2931
21 Derby County 429483629241511384767–2030
22 Bolton Wanderers 4251151921041719523873–3525

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

  1. Nottingham Forest won the European Cup for the second year running, and thus qualified for the following season's
    competition as defending champions.
  2. Wolverhampton Wanderers were this season's League Cup winners.
Key
League Champions, qualified for European Cup
Qualified for European Cup
Qualified for UEFA Cup
League Cup, winners qualified for UEFA Cup
Relegated

First Division results

Home ╲ Away ARS AST BOLBHABRICOVCRYDEREVEIPSLEELIVMCIMUNMIDNORNOTSOUSTKTOTWBAWOL
Arsenal 31 20 30 00 31 11 20 20 02 01 00 00 00 20 11 00 11 00 10 11 23
Aston Villa 00 31 21 02 30 20 10 21 11 00 13 22 03 02 20 32 30 21 10 00 13
Bolton Wanderers 00 11 02 11 11 11 12 11 01 11 11 01 13 22 10 10 21 21 21 00 00
Brighton & Hove Albion 04 11 31 01 11 30 20 00 20 00 14 41 00 21 24 10 00 00 02 00 30
Bristol City 01 13 21 22 10 02 02 21 03 22 13 10 11 31 23 11 01 00 13 00 20
Coventry City 01 12 31 21 31 21 21 21 41 30 10 00 12 20 20 03 30 13 11 02 13
Crystal Palace 10 20 31 11 11 00 40 11 41 10 00 20 02 12 00 10 00 01 11 22 10
Derby County 32 13 40 30 33 12 12 01 01 20 13 31 13 10 00 41 22 22 21 21 01
Everton 01 11 31 20 00 11 31 11 04 51 12 12 00 02 24 10 20 20 11 00 23
Ipswich Town 12 00 10 11 10 30 30 11 11 10 12 40 60 10 42 01 31 31 31 40 10
Leeds United 11 00 22 11 13 00 10 10 20 21 11 12 20 20 22 12 20 30 12 10 30
Liverpool 11 41 00 10 40 40 30 30 22 11 30 20 20 40 00 20 11 10 21 31 30
Manchester City 03 11 22 32 31 30 00 30 11 21 11 04 20 10 00 10 01 11 11 13 23
Manchester United 30 21 20 20 40 21 11 10 00 10 11 21 10 21 50 30 10 40 41 20 01
Middlesbrough 50 00 31 11 10 12 11 30 21 11 31 10 30 11 10 00 01 13 00 21 10
Norwich City 21 11 21 22 20 10 21 42 00 33 21 35 22 02 00 31 21 22 40 11 04
Nottingham Forest 11 21 52 01 00 41 40 10 10 20 00 10 40 20 22 20 20 10 40 31 32
Southampton 01 20 20 51 52 23 41 40 10 01 12 32 41 11 41 20 41 31 52 11 03
Stoke City 23 20 10 10 10 32 12 32 23 01 02 02 00 11 00 21 11 12 31 32 01
Tottenham Hotspur 12 12 20 21 00 43 00 10 30 02 21 20 21 12 13 32 10 00 10 11 22
West Bromwich Albion 22 12 44 22 30 41 30 00 11 00 21 02 40 20 00 21 15 40 01 21 00
Wolverhampton Wanderers 12 11 31 13 30 03 11 00 00 30 31 10 12 31 02 10 31 00 30 12 00

Source: Soccerbase
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division maps

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1979–1980

Second Division

Leicester City won the Second Division title for a record sixth time to reclaim their First Division status after a two-year exile. Birmingham City achieved an instant return to the elite in second place, while the final promotion place went to Sunderland.

Chelsea missed out on promotion on goal difference, while QPR weren't far behind. West Ham United's failure to win promotion at the second attempt was compensated for by victory in the FA Cup.

Charlton Athletic, Burnley and Fulham went down to the Third Division.

Football League, Second Division
Season 1979–80
Champions Leicester City (6th title)
Promoted Birmingham City,
Sunderland
Relegated Burnley,
Charlton Athletic,
Fulham
FA Cup winners
European Cup Winners' Cup 1980–81
West Ham United (3rd FA Cup title)
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1162 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer Clive Allen (Queens Park Rangers), 28 [3]
Biggest home win QPRBurnley 7–0 (27 Oct 1979)
Biggest away win CharltonSunderland 0–4 (15 Mar 1980)
LeytonWest Ham 0–4 (1 Jan 1980)
Highest scoring LeytonChelsea 3–7 (10 Nov 1979)
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts Notes
1 Leicester City 421254321998426195838+2055
2 Sunderland 421650471357922296942+2754
3 Birmingham City 421452371676821225838+2053
4 Chelsea 421434341694832366652+1453
5 Queens Park Rangers 421092462584929287553+2249
6 Luton Town 429102361777730286645+2149
7 West Ham United 421326372175917225443+1147 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1980–81
First round
8 Cambridge United 4211644023310821306153+844
9 Newcastle United 4213623519281118305349+444
10 Preston North End 428103302349826295652+443
11 Oldham Athletic 4212543021461119324953–443
12 Swansea City 421317312048917334853–543
13 Shrewsbury Town 4212364123621319306053+741
14 Orient 42795293158819234854–641
15 Cardiff City 4211462116541220324148–740
16 Wrexham 4213262615341414344049–938
17 Notts County 4241162422741027305152–137
18 Watford 429662718371112283946–737
19 Bristol Rovers 429843323251417415064–1435
20 Fulham 4264111928531323464274–3229
21 Burnley 425971923161420503973–3427
22 Charlton Athletic 426692531041714473978–3922

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
Division Champions, promoted
Promoted
FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
Relegated

Second Division results

Home ╲ Away BIR BRO BURCAMCARCHACHEFULLEILUTNEWNTCOLDORIPNEQPRSHRSUNSWAWATWHUWRE
Birmingham City 11 20 10 21 10 51 34 12 10 00 33 20 31 00 21 10 20 10 20 00 20
Bristol Rovers 10 00 00 11 30 30 10 11 32 11 23 20 12 33 13 21 41 22 11 02 10
Burnley 00 11 53 02 11 01 21 12 00 32 01 11 12 11 03 00 00 11 10 01 10
Cambridge United 21 41 31 20 10 01 40 11 12 00 23 33 11 32 21 20 01 33 22 20 20
Cardiff City 12 01 21 00 31 12 10 01 21 11 32 10 00 02 10 10 10 11 10 01 10
Charlton Athletic 01 40 33 11 32 12 01 20 14 11 00 21 01 03 22 21 04 12 00 10 12
Chelsea 12 10 12 11 10 31 02 10 11 40 10 30 10 20 02 24 30 00 20 21 31
Fulham 34 11 31 12 21 10 12 00 13 10 13 01 00 10 02 21 12 01 00 12 02
Leicester City 12 30 11 21 00 21 10 33 13 10 10 01 22 12 20 20 11 21 20 12 20
Luton Town 23 31 11 11 12 30 33 40 00 11 21 00 21 11 11 00 50 20 10 11 20
Newcastle United 00 31 11 20 10 20 21 20 32 22 22 32 20 00 42 10 13 31 02 11 20
Notts County 11 00 23 00 41 00 23 11 01 00 22 11 11 21 10 52 00 01 12 01 20
Oldham Athletic 10 21 21 11 03 43 10 01 11 21 10 10 10 32 00 02 41 30 11 00 23
Orient 22 21 22 20 11 11 37 10 01 22 14 10 11 22 11 01 00 21 10 04 40
Preston North End 00 32 32 22 20 11 11 32 11 11 10 20 01 22 03 30 11 21 12 11 00
Queens Park Rangers 11 20 70 22 30 40 22 30 14 22 21 13 43 00 11 21 32 00 11 30 22
Shrewsbury Town 10 31 20 12 12 31 30 52 22 12 31 11 01 10 13 30 22 12 10 30 31
Sunderland 20 32 50 20 21 40 21 21 00 10 10 31 42 11 11 30 21 11 50 20 11
Swansea City 01 20 21 24 21 10 11 41 02 20 23 01 20 01 10 12 20 31 10 21 10
Watford 10 00 40 00 11 21 23 40 13 01 20 21 10 03 00 12 01 11 00 20 31
West Ham United 12 21 21 31 30 41 01 23 31 12 11 12 10 20 20 21 13 21 20 11 10
Wrexham 10 12 10 10 01 32 20 11 01 31 10 10 11 21 20 13 01 01 10 30 10

Source: Soccerbase
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division maps

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1979–1980

Third Division

Football League, Third Division
Season 1979–80
Champions Grimsby Town (1st title)
Promoted Blackburn Rovers,
Sheffield Wednesday
Relegated Bury,
Mansfield Town,
Southend United,
Wimbledon
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1422 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer Terry Curran (Sheffield Wednesday), 22 [3]
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts
1 Grimsby Town 461823461688727267342+3162
2 Blackburn Rovers 4613553417124724195836+2259
3 Sheffield Wednesday 4612654420910437278147+3458
4 Chesterfield 4616524616761025307146+2557
5 Colchester United 461010339201021125366456+852
6 Carlisle United 4613644526561221306656+1048
7 Reading 46146343192101123466665+148
8 Exeter City 4614543822551322466068–848
9 Chester 4614632918371320394957–847
10 Swindon Town 4615445020441521437163+846
11 Barnsley 4610762920671024365356–346
12 Sheffield United 4613553421551325455966–746
13 Rotherham United 4613463824561220425866–846
14 Millwall 4614634923271416366559+645
15 Plymouth Argyle 4613733917351520385955+444
16 Gillingham 468962618651223334951–242
17 Oxford United 4610493424491023385762–541
18 Blackpool 4610763934541423406274–1241
19 Brentford 4610673326551326475973–1441
20 Hull City 4611752921191322485169–1840
21 Bury 4610493023631415364559–1439
22 Southend United 4611663323341614344757–1038
23 Mansfield Town 469953124171516344758–1136
24 Wimbledon 466893438461318435281–2934

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
Division Champions, promoted
Promoted
Relegated

Third Division results

Home ╲ Away BAR BLB BLPBREBRYCRLCHECHFCOLEXEGILGRIHULMANMILOXFPLYREAROTSHUSHWSTDSWIWDN
Barnsley 11 21 10 21 11 11 01 12 22 20 01 31 10 21 20 00 20 00 00 03 12 12 40
Blackburn Rovers 01 20 30 12 12 20 10 30 11 31 00 10 00 11 21 10 42 03 10 12 11 20 30
Blackpool 11 21 54 12 21 00 22 10 10 21 03 22 11 22 12 13 52 32 23 11 10 01 30
Brentford 31 20 21 00 03 22 31 10 02 02 10 72 20 10 11 00 22 01 12 22 14 13 01
Bury 22 12 30 42 02 20 20 01 30 02 11 01 02 30 12 21 10 10 12 10 11 00 12
Carlisle United 31 11 20 31 10 22 02 20 41 12 02 32 11 40 22 21 33 31 10 02 40 21 11
Chester 11 00 10 11 10 10 10 21 13 02 31 21 10 20 10 10 02 31 11 22 21 10 31
Chesterfield 20 01 00 10 20 32 20 30 30 00 23 11 20 32 22 31 71 30 21 21 10 21 00
Colchester United 00 01 31 61 21 11 11 01 00 22 21 11 21 00 30 52 11 11 10 00 21 23 40
Exeter City 21 20 10 00 10 12 10 12 31 31 12 22 21 21 00 21 10 11 31 10 42 41 02
Gillingham 11 12 11 01 21 11 22 01 22 10 01 10 20 11 40 01 11 01 30 11 10 00 10
Grimsby Town 30 12 43 51 10 20 02 11 12 41 10 11 21 20 20 10 21 20 40 31 10 20 10
Hull City 02 01 31 21 01 20 10 21 02 22 00 22 31 10 22 10 01 11 31 11 10 10 11
Mansfield Town 14 01 11 00 10 21 21 32 01 01 20 00 11 10 10 00 22 51 34 11 31 11 11
Millwall 22 10 20 31 01 10 31 20 12 51 20 20 32 22 30 21 20 00 11 33 12 62 22
Oxford United 10 01 02 02 31 10 01 12 02 20 11 01 30 31 12 11 40 51 11 02 10 22 41
Plymouth Argyle 21 01 22 01 20 42 10 10 20 20 22 11 51 00 11 11 20 10 41 13 00 20 00
Reading 70 10 01 22 31 20 21 22 20 21 13 11 30 10 20 20 10 11 21 02 11 21 30
Rotherham United 11 13 20 42 02 41 20 20 30 20 21 00 21 21 21 02 31 11 12 12 21 30 00
Sheffield United 20 21 31 02 00 02 11 02 12 31 40 11 11 10 01 31 32 20 10 11 20 21 21
Sheffield Wednesday 02 03 41 02 51 00 30 33 30 01 10 20 00 00 20 22 01 11 50 40 20 42 31
Southend 21 01 01 32 00 10 41 00 01 40 03 10 30 11 10 11 41 22 02 21 11 10 13
Swindon Town 01 20 21 40 80 00 31 21 23 23 30 30 00 21 10 11 21 00 62 32 12 10 21
Wimbledon 12 10 12 00 01 00 23 11 33 22 10 36 32 32 22 13 31 11 01 11 34 01 20

Source: Soccerbase
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third Division maps

Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1979–1980

Fourth Division

Football League, Fourth Division
Season 1979–80
Champions Huddersfield Town (1st title)
Promoted Newport County,
Portsmouth,
Walsall
Failed re-election None
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1460 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer Colin Garwood (Portsmouth / Aldershot), 27 [3]
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts Notes
1 Huddersfield Town 46165261181175403010148+5366
2 Walsall 4612924323119332247547+2864
3 Newport County 46165247221121036288350+3361 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1980–81
First round
4 Portsmouth 461553622397729269149+4260
5 Bradford City 4614634414106733367750+2760
6 Wigan Athletic 461355422688734357661+1555
7 Lincoln City 4614814312491021306442+2253
8 Peterborough United 461436392277919255847+1152
9 Torquay United 46137347252101123447069+147
10 Aldershot 4610763523661127306253+945
11 Bournemouth 46896322559920265251+144
12 Doncaster Rovers 4611663727481125366263–144
13 Northampton Town 4614543316271418505166–1544
14 Scunthorpe United 4611933723361421525875–1743
15 Tranmere Rovers 4610493224491018325056–641
16 Stockport County 469773031551318414872–2440
17 York City 469683534551330486582–1739
18 Halifax Town 4611932920241717524672–2639
19 Hartlepool United 4610763628431623365964–538
20 Port Vale 468693424461322465670–1436
21 Hereford United 468782221371316313852–1436
22 Darlington 4671153326261517485074–2435
23 Crewe Alexandra 4610672527171510413568–3335
24 Rochdale 4667102028161613513379–4627

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
Division Champions, promoted
Promoted
Welsh Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup, promoted
New club in the league (none)
Re-elected
Failed re-election (none)

Fourth Division results

Home ╲ Away ALD BOU BRACREDARDONHALHARHERHUDLINNPCNORPETPORPTVROCSCUSTPTORTRAWALWIGYOR
Aldershot 01 31 30 11 11 31 02 33 02 20 01 20 20 12 31 30 20 20 11 00 11 03 22
AFC Bournemouth 31 11 01 10 00 01 21 22 13 00 32 22 00 01 31 40 33 20 12 21 11 12 00
Bradford City 20 22 40 30 31 20 20 10 00 11 30 31 11 00 20 12 20 61 11 20 01 21 12
Crewe Alexandra 10 00 20 00 12 21 21 10 13 02 03 21 14 11 02 21 11 10 22 00 12 21 20
Darlington 00 01 34 00 21 11 01 11 23 11 11 00 11 11 11 31 31 30 20 31 13 22 21
Doncaster Rovers 11 10 03 11 01 21 02 10 12 11 13 21 21 20 23 20 50 11 53 11 11 31 20
Halifax Town 10 20 01 31 11 11 21 10 21 10 21 21 00 12 00 10 22 13 33 00 20 00 11
Hartlepool United 10 31 01 31 31 12 12 30 11 00 00 21 12 03 21 11 32 12 22 21 22 11 31
Hereford United 01 21 02 20 10 22 20 21 13 00 02 01 01 00 00 11 11 20 00 12 01 21 31
Huddersfield Town 20 20 00 30 21 30 50 21 01 32 21 50 00 13 71 51 21 50 42 11 11 40 22
Lincoln City 11 11 10 30 21 11 40 33 20 20 21 00 01 10 30 00 40 10 20 30 22 40 11
Newport County 42 00 12 11 40 21 52 10 10 22 11 21 11 43 21 10 21 31 30 20 01 32 20
Northampton Town 21 01 12 10 20 10 00 21 20 42 00 32 10 02 31 00 00 20 30 21 12 11 20
Peterborough United 13 20 10 30 30 32 21 20 20 13 31 01 00 00 30 20 31 11 21 12 13 12 21
Portsmouth 13 40 41 11 43 20 31 21 00 41 40 02 61 40 22 30 61 10 30 11 12 11 52
Port Vale 02 11 12 20 20 30 10 11 01 11 12 20 50 01 23 51 10 12 11 01 22 11 12
Rochdale 21 02 01 00 22 32 22 10 02 02 11 20 32 00 12 02 01 01 00 20 11 02 02
Scunthorpe United 11 21 33 11 30 00 10 13 10 11 10 13 30 10 10 10 20 11 11 22 22 13 61
Stockport County 04 11 22 21 11 03 41 00 21 12 21 05 20 10 11 01 11 12 40 22 10 12 10
Torquay United 21 00 23 10 40 22 30 31 11 31 25 20 22 20 21 11 30 30 00 31 01 22 43
Tranmere 12 05 40 20 12 10 20 10 00 00 10 02 11 30 41 11 51 12 01 20 01 13 12
Walsall 11 00 11 10 11 31 20 31 32 11 30 24 51 23 11 21 20 11 21 11 20 11 31
Wigan Athletic 21 21 41 20 41 00 31 21 11 12 21 01 00 21 12 31 11 41 31 03 00 30 25
York City 11 11 22 22 31 13 22 21 04 31 02 21 12 02 10 51 32 20 22 10 01 01 12

Source: Soccerbase
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fourth Division maps

Election/Re-election to the Football League

Winners of the Alliance Premier League, Altrincham, won the right to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom teams in the 1979–80 Football League Division Four. The vote went as follows:

Club Final Position Votes
Darlington 22nd (Division Four) 49
Crewe Alexandra 23rd (Division Four) 48
Hereford United 21st (Division Four) 48
Rochdale 24th (Division Four) 26
Altrincham 1st (Alliance Premier League) 25

As a result of this, all four Football League teams were re-elected, and Altrincham were denied membership of the League.

See also

References

  1. "England 1979–80". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  2. Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
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