1979–80 Football League

The Football League
Season	1979–80
Champions	Liverpool
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–1980 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	Ipswich – Manchester United 6–0 (1 Mar 1980)
Biggest away win	West Bromwich Albion – Nottingham Forest 1–5 (1 Sep 1979) Brighton & Hove – Arsenal 0–4 (18 Aug 1979) Everton – Ipswich 0–4 (9 Feb 1980) Manchester City – Liverpool 0–4 (27 Oct 1979) Norwich – Wolverhampton 0–4 (23 Feb 1980)
Highest scoring	Norwich –Liverpool 3–5 (9 Feb 1980)
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Liverpool	42	15	6	0	46	8	10	4	7	35	22	81	30	+51	60	European Cup 1980–81 First round
2	Manchester United	42	17	3	1	43	8	7	7	7	22	27	65	35	+30	58	UEFA Cup 1980–81 First round
3	Ipswich Town	42	14	4	3	43	13	8	5	8	25	26	68	39	+29	53	UEFA Cup 1980–81 First round
4	Arsenal	42	8	10	3	24	12	10	6	5	28	24	52	36	+16	52
5	Nottingham Forest	42	16	4	1	44	11	4	4	13	19	32	63	43	+20	48	European Cup 1980–81 First round ^{[notes 1]}
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	9	6	6	29	20	10	3	8	29	27	58	47	+11	47	UEFA Cup 1980–81 First round ^{[notes 2]}
7	Aston Villa	42	11	5	5	29	22	5	9	7	22	28	51	50	+1	46
8	Southampton	42	14	2	5	53	24	4	7	10	12	29	65	53	+12	45
9	Middlesbrough	42	11	7	3	31	14	5	5	11	19	30	50	44	+6	44
10	West Bromwich Albion	42	9	8	4	37	23	2	11	8	17	27	54	50	+4	41
11	Leeds United	42	10	7	4	30	17	3	7	11	16	33	46	50	–4	40
12	Norwich City	42	10	8	3	38	30	3	6	12	20	36	58	66	–8	40
13	Crystal Palace	42	9	9	3	26	13	3	7	11	15	37	41	50	–9	40
14	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	5	5	30	22	4	5	12	22	40	52	62	–10	40
15	Coventry City	42	12	2	7	34	24	4	5	12	22	42	56	66	–10	39
16	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	8	8	5	25	20	3	7	11	22	37	47	57	–10	37
17	Manchester City	42	8	8	5	28	25	4	5	12	15	41	43	66	–23	37
18	Stoke City	42	9	4	8	27	26	4	6	11	17	32	44	58	–14	36
19	Everton	42	7	7	7	28	25	2	10	9	15	26	43	51	–8	35
20	Bristol City	42	6	6	9	22	30	3	7	11	15	36	37	66	–29	31
21	Derby County	42	9	4	8	36	29	2	4	15	11	38	47	67	–20	30
22	Bolton Wanderers	42	5	11	5	19	21	0	4	17	19	52	38	73	–35	25

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

↑ Nottingham Forest won the European Cup for the second year running, and thus qualified for the following season's
competition as defending champions.
↑ 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	Arsenal !ARS	Aston Villa !AST	Bolton Wanderers !BOL	Brighton & Hove Albion !BHA	Bristol City !BRI	Coventry City !COV	Crystal Palace !CRY	Derby County !DER	Everton !EVE	Ipswich Town !IPS	Leeds United !LEE	Liverpool !LIV	Manchester City !MCI	Manchester United !MUN	Middlesbrough !MID	Norwich City !NOR	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Southampton !SOU	Stoke City !STK	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Arsenal !Arsenal		3–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–3
Aston Villa !Aston Villa	0–0		3–1	2–1	0–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	2–2	0–3	0–2	2–0	3–2	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–3
Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	0–0	1–1		0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0
Brighton & Hove Albion !Brighton & Hove Albion	0–4	1–1	3–1		0–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–4	4–1	0–0	2–1	2–4	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	3–0
Bristol City !Bristol City	0–1	1–3	2–1	2–2		1–0	0–2	0–2	2–1	0–3	2–2	1–3	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–3	0–0	2–0
Coventry City !Coventry City	0–1	1–2	3–1	2–1	3–1		2–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	0–3	3–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–3
Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–0		4–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–0
Derby County !Derby County	3–2	1–3	4–0	3–0	3–3	1–2	1–2		0–1	0–1	2–0	1–3	3–1	1–3	1–0	0–0	4–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–1
Everton !Everton	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1		0–4	5–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–2	2–4	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–3
Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–1		1–0	1–2	4–0	6–0	1–0	4–2	0–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	4–0	1–0
Leeds United !Leeds United	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1		1–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	3–0
Liverpool !Liverpool	1–1	4–1	0–0	1–0	4–0	4–0	3–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	3–0		2–0	2–0	4–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	3–0
Manchester City !Manchester City	0–3	1–1	2–2	3–2	3–1	3–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–4		2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–3
Manchester United !Manchester United	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0		2–1	5–0	3–0	1–0	4–0	4–1	2–0	0–1
Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough	5–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	1–1		1–0	0–0	0–1	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–0
Norwich City !Norwich City	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	4–2	0–0	3–3	2–1	3–5	2–2	0–2	0–0		3–1	2–1	2–2	4–0	1–1	0–4
Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	1–1	2–1	5–2	0–1	0–0	4–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	2–2	2–0		2–0	1–0	4–0	3–1	3–2
Southampton !Southampton	0–1	2–0	2–0	5–1	5–2	2–3	4–1	4–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	3–2	4–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	4–1		3–1	5–2	1–1	0–3
Stoke City !Stoke City	2–3	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–2	3–2	2–3	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–2		3–1	3–2	0–1
Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	4–3	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–3	3–2	1–0	0–0	1–0		1–1	2–2
West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	2–2	1–2	4–4	2–2	3–0	4–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–5	4–0	0–1	2–1		0–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–3	3–0	0–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1979–1980 teams

Arsenal

Crystal Palace

Tottenham

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	QPR –Burnley 7–0 (27 Oct 1979)
Biggest away win	Charlton –Sunderland 0–4 (15 Mar 1980) Leyton –West Ham 0–4 (1 Jan 1980)
Highest scoring	Leyton –Chelsea 3–7 (10 Nov 1979)
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Leicester City	42	12	5	4	32	19	9	8	4	26	19	58	38	+20	55
2	Sunderland	42	16	5	0	47	13	5	7	9	22	29	69	42	+27	54
3	Birmingham City	42	14	5	2	37	16	7	6	8	21	22	58	38	+20	53
4	Chelsea	42	14	3	4	34	16	9	4	8	32	36	66	52	+14	53
5	Queens Park Rangers	42	10	9	2	46	25	8	4	9	29	28	75	53	+22	49
6	Luton Town	42	9	10	2	36	17	7	7	7	30	28	66	45	+21	49
7	West Ham United	42	13	2	6	37	21	7	5	9	17	22	54	43	+11	47	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1980–81 First round
8	Cambridge United	42	11	6	4	40	23	3	10	8	21	30	61	53	+8	44
9	Newcastle United	42	13	6	2	35	19	2	8	11	18	30	53	49	+4	44
10	Preston North End	42	8	10	3	30	23	4	9	8	26	29	56	52	+4	43
11	Oldham Athletic	42	12	5	4	30	21	4	6	11	19	32	49	53	–4	43
12	Swansea City	42	13	1	7	31	20	4	8	9	17	33	48	53	–5	43
13	Shrewsbury Town	42	12	3	6	41	23	6	2	13	19	30	60	53	+7	41
14	Orient	42	7	9	5	29	31	5	8	8	19	23	48	54	–6	41
15	Cardiff City	42	11	4	6	21	16	5	4	12	20	32	41	48	–7	40
16	Wrexham	42	13	2	6	26	15	3	4	14	14	34	40	49	–9	38
17	Notts County	42	4	11	6	24	22	7	4	10	27	30	51	52	–1	37
18	Watford	42	9	6	6	27	18	3	7	11	12	28	39	46	–7	37
19	Bristol Rovers	42	9	8	4	33	23	2	5	14	17	41	50	64	–14	35
20	Fulham	42	6	4	11	19	28	5	3	13	23	46	42	74	–32	29
21	Burnley	42	5	9	7	19	23	1	6	14	20	50	39	73	–34	27
22	Charlton Athletic	42	6	6	9	25	31	0	4	17	14	47	39	78	–39	22

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	Birmingham City !BIR	Bristol Rovers !BRO	Burnley !BUR	Cambridge United !CAM	Cardiff City !CAR	Charlton Athletic !CHA	Chelsea !CHE	Fulham !FUL	Leicester City !LEI	Luton Town !LUT	Newcastle United !NEW	Notts County !NTC	Oldham Athletic !OLD	Orient !ORI	Preston North End !PNE	Queens Park Rangers !QPR	Shrewsbury Town !SHR	Sunderland !SUN	Swansea City !SWA	Watford !WAT	West Ham United !WHU	Wrexham !WRE
Birmingham City !Birmingham City		1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	5–1	3–4	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–3	2–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0
Bristol Rovers !Bristol Rovers	1–0		0–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–2	3–3	1–3	2–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–0
Burnley !Burnley	0–0	1–1		5–3	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–2	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0
Cambridge United !Cambridge United	2–1	4–1	3–1		2–0	1–0	0–1	4–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–3	3–3	1–1	3–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	3–3	2–2	2–0	2–0
Cardiff City !Cardiff City	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–0		3–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0
Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic	0–1	4–0	3–3	1–1	3–2		1–2	0–1	2–0	1–4	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–3	2–2	2–1	0–4	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–2
Chelsea !Chelsea	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–1		0–2	1–0	1–1	4–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–4	3–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–1
Fulham !Fulham	3–4	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–2		0–0	1–3	1–0	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–2
Leicester City !Leicester City	1–2	3–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–3		1–3	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	2–0
Luton Town !Luton Town	2–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–0	3–3	4–0	0–0		1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	5–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0
Newcastle United !Newcastle United	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–2	2–2		2–2	3–2	2–0	0–0	4–2	1–0	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–0
Notts County !Notts County	1–1	0–0	2–3	0–0	4–1	0–0	2–3	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–2		1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	5–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–0
Oldham Athletic !Oldham Athletic	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–3	4–3	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0		1–0	3–2	0–0	0–2	4–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–3
Orient !Orient	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–7	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–4	1–0	1–1		2–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–4	4–0
Preston North End !Preston North End	0–0	3–2	3–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–2		0–3	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–0
Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers	1–1	2–0	7–0	2–2	3–0	4–0	2–2	3–0	1–4	2–2	2–1	1–3	4–3	0–0	1–1		2–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–2
Shrewsbury Town !Shrewsbury Town	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	3–1	3–0	5–2	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–3	3–0		2–2	1–2	1–0	3–0	3–1
Sunderland !Sunderland	2–0	3–2	5–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–1		1–1	5–0	2–0	1–1
Swansea City !Swansea City	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–4	2–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	0–2	2–0	2–3	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	3–1		1–0	2–1	1–0
Watford !Watford	1–0	0–0	4–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–3	4–0	1–3	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–3	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–0		2–0	3–1
West Ham United !West Ham United	1–2	2–1	2–1	3–1	3–0	4–1	0–1	2–3	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	1–1		1–0
Wrexham !Wrexham	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–3	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–0

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 1979–1980 teams

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]
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Grimsby Town	46	18	2	3	46	16	8	8	7	27	26	73	42	+31	62
2	Blackburn Rovers	46	13	5	5	34	17	12	4	7	24	19	58	36	+22	59
3	Sheffield Wednesday	46	12	6	5	44	20	9	10	4	37	27	81	47	+34	58
4	Chesterfield	46	16	5	2	46	16	7	6	10	25	30	71	46	+25	57
5	Colchester United	46	10	10	3	39	20	10	2	11	25	36	64	56	+8	52
6	Carlisle United	46	13	6	4	45	26	5	6	12	21	30	66	56	+10	48
7	Reading	46	14	6	3	43	19	2	10	11	23	46	66	65	+1	48
8	Exeter City	46	14	5	4	38	22	5	5	13	22	46	60	68	–8	48
9	Chester	46	14	6	3	29	18	3	7	13	20	39	49	57	–8	47
10	Swindon Town	46	15	4	4	50	20	4	4	15	21	43	71	63	+8	46
11	Barnsley	46	10	7	6	29	20	6	7	10	24	36	53	56	–3	46
12	Sheffield United	46	13	5	5	34	21	5	5	13	25	45	59	66	–7	46
13	Rotherham United	46	13	4	6	38	24	5	6	12	20	42	58	66	–8	46
14	Millwall	46	14	6	3	49	23	2	7	14	16	36	65	59	+6	45
15	Plymouth Argyle	46	13	7	3	39	17	3	5	15	20	38	59	55	+4	44
16	Gillingham	46	8	9	6	26	18	6	5	12	23	33	49	51	–2	42
17	Oxford United	46	10	4	9	34	24	4	9	10	23	38	57	62	–5	41
18	Blackpool	46	10	7	6	39	34	5	4	14	23	40	62	74	–12	41
19	Brentford	46	10	6	7	33	26	5	5	13	26	47	59	73	–14	41
20	Hull City	46	11	7	5	29	21	1	9	13	22	48	51	69	–18	40
21	Bury	46	10	4	9	30	23	6	3	14	15	36	45	59	–14	39
22	Southend United	46	11	6	6	33	23	3	4	16	14	34	47	57	–10	38
23	Mansfield Town	46	9	9	5	31	24	1	7	15	16	34	47	58	–11	36
24	Wimbledon	46	6	8	9	34	38	4	6	13	18	43	52	81	–29	34

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	Barnsley !BAR	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Blackpool !BLP	Brentford !BRE	Bury !BRY	Carlisle United !CRL	Chester City !CHE	Chesterfield !CHF	Colchester United !COL	Exeter City !EXE	Gillingham !GIL	Grimsby Town !GRI	Hull City !HUL	Mansfield Town !MAN	Millwall !MIL	Oxford United !OXF	Plymouth Argyle !PLY	Reading !REA	Rotherham United !ROT	Sheffield United !SHU	Sheffield Wednesday !SHW	Southend !STD	Swindon Town !SWI	Wimbledon !WDN
Barnsley !Barnsley		1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	1–2	4–0
Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	0–1		2–0	3–0	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	4–2	0–3	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	3–0
Blackpool !Blackpool	1–1	2–1		5–4	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–3	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–3	5–2	3–2	2–3	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–0
Brentford !Brentford	3–1	2–0	2–1		0–0	0–3	2–2	3–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–0	7–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–2	2–2	1–4	1–3	0–1
Bury !Bury	2–2	1–2	3–0	4–2		0–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	3–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–2
Carlisle United !Carlisle United	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–0		2–2	0–2	2–0	4–1	1–2	0–2	3–2	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–1	3–3	3–1	1–0	0–2	4–0	2–1	1–1
Chester !Chester	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0		1–0	2–1	1–3	0–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	3–1
Chesterfield !Chesterfield	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–2	2–0		3–0	3–0	0–0	2–3	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–2	3–1	7–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–0
Colchester United !Colchester United	0–0	0–1	3–1	6–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1		0–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	5–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–3	4–0
Exeter City !Exeter City	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	3–1		3–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	4–2	4–1	0–2
Gillingham !Gillingham	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–2	1–0		0–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0
Grimsby Town !Grimsby Town	3–0	1–2	4–3	5–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	4–1	1–0		1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–0
Hull City !Hull City	0–2	0–1	3–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	2–2	0–0	2–2		3–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1
Mansfield Town !Mansfield Town	1–4	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1		1–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	5–1	3–4	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1
Millwall !Millwall	2–2	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	5–1	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–2		3–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–3	1–2	6–2	2–2
Oxford United !Oxford United	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	3–1	1–2		1–1	4–0	5–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–2	4–1
Plymouth Argyle !Plymouth Argyle	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–0	4–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	5–1	0–0	1–1	1–1		2–0	1–0	4–1	1–3	0–0	2–0	0–0
Reading !Reading	7–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–3	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0		1–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	3–0
Rotherham United !Rotherham United	1–1	1–3	2–0	4–2	0–2	4–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	3–1	1–1		1–2	1–2	2–1	3–0	0–0
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	2–0	2–1	3–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	3–2	2–0	1–0		1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1
Sheffield Wednesday !Sheffield Wednesday	0–2	0–3	4–1	0–2	5–1	0–0	3–0	3–3	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	5–0	4–0		2–0	4–2	3–1
Southend !Southend	2–1	0–1	0–1	3–2	0–0	1–0	4–1	0–0	0–1	4–0	0–3	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–2	0–2	2–1	1–1		1–0	1–3
Swindon Town !Swindon Town	0–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	8–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–3	2–3	3–0	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	6–2	3–2	1–2	1–0		2–1
Wimbledon !Wimbledon	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–3	1–1	3–3	2–2	1–0	3–6	3–2	3–2	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–4	0–1	2–0

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 teams 1979–1980

Brentford

Millwall

Wimbledon

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]
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Huddersfield Town	46	16	5	2	61	18	11	7	5	40	30	101	48	+53	66
2	Walsall	46	12	9	2	43	23	11	9	3	32	24	75	47	+28	64
3	Newport County	46	16	5	2	47	22	11	2	10	36	28	83	50	+33	61	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1980–81 First round
4	Portsmouth	46	15	5	3	62	23	9	7	7	29	26	91	49	+42	60
5	Bradford City	46	14	6	3	44	14	10	6	7	33	36	77	50	+27	60
6	Wigan Athletic	46	13	5	5	42	26	8	8	7	34	35	76	61	+15	55
7	Lincoln City	46	14	8	1	43	12	4	9	10	21	30	64	42	+22	53
8	Peterborough United	46	14	3	6	39	22	7	7	9	19	25	58	47	+11	52
9	Torquay United	46	13	7	3	47	25	2	10	11	23	44	70	69	+1	47
10	Aldershot	46	10	7	6	35	23	6	6	11	27	30	62	53	+9	45
11	Bournemouth	46	8	9	6	32	25	5	9	9	20	26	52	51	+1	44
12	Doncaster Rovers	46	11	6	6	37	27	4	8	11	25	36	62	63	–1	44
13	Northampton Town	46	14	5	4	33	16	2	7	14	18	50	51	66	–15	44
14	Scunthorpe United	46	11	9	3	37	23	3	6	14	21	52	58	75	–17	43
15	Tranmere Rovers	46	10	4	9	32	24	4	9	10	18	32	50	56	–6	41
16	Stockport County	46	9	7	7	30	31	5	5	13	18	41	48	72	–24	40
17	York City	46	9	6	8	35	34	5	5	13	30	48	65	82	–17	39
18	Halifax Town	46	11	9	3	29	20	2	4	17	17	52	46	72	–26	39
19	Hartlepool United	46	10	7	6	36	28	4	3	16	23	36	59	64	–5	38
20	Port Vale	46	8	6	9	34	24	4	6	13	22	46	56	70	–14	36
21	Hereford United	46	8	7	8	22	21	3	7	13	16	31	38	52	–14	36
22	Darlington	46	7	11	5	33	26	2	6	15	17	48	50	74	–24	35
23	Crewe Alexandra	46	10	6	7	25	27	1	7	15	10	41	35	68	–33	35
24	Rochdale	46	6	7	10	20	28	1	6	16	13	51	33	79	–46	27

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	Aldershot !ALD	AFC Bournemouth !BOU	Bradford City !BRA	Crewe Alexandra !CRE	Darlington !DAR	Doncaster Rovers !DON	Halifax Town !HAL	Hartlepool United !HAR	Hereford United !HER	Huddersfield Town !HUD	Lincoln City !LIN	Newport County !NPC	Northampton Town !NOR	Peterborough United !PET	Portsmouth !POR	Port Vale !PTV	Rochdale !ROC	Scunthorpe United !SCU	Stockport County !STP	Torquay United !TOR	Tranmere !TRA	Walsall !WAL	Wigan Athletic !WIG	York City !YOR
Aldershot !Aldershot		0–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	3–3	0–2	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–3	2–2
AFC Bournemouth !AFC Bournemouth	3–1		1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–3	0–0	3–2	2–2	0–0	0–1	3–1	4–0	3–3	2–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–0
Bradford City !Bradford City	2–0	2–2		4–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	6–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–2
Crewe Alexandra !Crewe Alexandra	1–0	0–0	2–0		0–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–3	0–2	0–3	2–1	1–4	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–0
Darlington !Darlington	0–0	0–1	3–4	0–0		2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–2	2–1
Doncaster Rovers !Doncaster Rovers	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	0–1		2–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–3	2–0	5–0	1–1	5–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0
Halifax Town !Halifax Town	1–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–1		2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–3	3–3	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1
Hartlepool United !Hartlepool United	1–0	3–1	0–1	3–1	3–1	1–2	1–2		3–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	3–1
Hereford United !Hereford United	0–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–1		1–3	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	3–1
Huddersfield Town !Huddersfield Town	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	5–0	2–1	0–1		3–2	2–1	5–0	0–0	1–3	7–1	5–1	2–1	5–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–2
Lincoln City !Lincoln City	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	3–3	2–0	2–0		2–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	4–0	1–1
Newport County !Newport County	4–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	4–0	2–1	5–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–1		2–1	1–1	4–3	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	0–1	3–2	2–0
Northampton Town !Northampton Town	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	4–2	0–0	3–2		1–0	0–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–0
Peterborough United !Peterborough United	1–3	2–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	0–1	0–0		0–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–3	1–2	2–1
Portsmouth !Portsmouth	1–3	4–0	4–1	1–1	4–3	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	4–1	4–0	0–2	6–1	4–0		2–2	3–0	6–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	5–2
Port Vale !Port Vale	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	5–0	0–1	2–3		5–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–2
Rochdale !Rochdale	2–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–2	3–2	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–2	0–0	1–2	0–2		0–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2
Scunthorpe United !Scunthorpe United	1–1	2–1	3–3	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0		1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	6–1
Stockport County !Stockport County	0–4	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–3	4–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–5	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2		4–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–0
Torquay United !Torquay United	2–1	0–0	2–3	1–0	4–0	2–2	3–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–5	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	0–0		3–1	0–1	2–2	4–3
Tranmere !Tranmere	1–2	0–5	4–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	3–0	4–1	1–1	5–1	1–2	0–1	2–0		0–1	1–3	1–2
Walsall !Walsall	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	3–2	1–1	3–0	2–4	5–1	2–3	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0		1–1	3–1
Wigan Athletic !Wigan Athletic	2–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	4–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	4–1	3–1	0–3	0–0	3–0		2–5
York City !York City	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	2–2	2–1	0–4	3–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–2	1–0	5–1	3–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–2

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

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1979–1980

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.

References

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

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

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1979–80 in English football

« 1978–79

1980–81 »

FA competitions

Football League

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European competitions

Related to national team

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Bolton Wanderers Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Norwich City Nottingham Forest Southampton Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Birmingham City Bristol Rovers Burnley Cambridge United Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Chelsea Fulham Leicester City Leyton Orient Luton Town Newcastle United Notts County Oldham Athletic Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Shrewsbury Town Sunderland Swansea City Watford West Ham United Wrexham

Third Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Brentford Bury Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Hull City Mansfield Town Millwall Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Reading Rotherham United Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southend United Swindon Town Wimbledon

Fourth Division	Aldershot Bournemouth Bradford City Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Huddersfield Town Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Peterborough United Port Vale Portsmouth Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walsall York City

1979–80 in European football (UEFA)

« 1978–79 1980–81 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '79 '80 England Estonia '79 '80 Faroe Islands '79 '80 Finland '79 '80 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '79 '80 Israel Italy Latvia '79 '80 Lithuania '79 '80 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '79 '80 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '79 '80 Spain Sweden '79 '80 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '79 '80 Finland '79 '80 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '79 '80 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '79 '80 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Switzerland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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1979–80 Football League

Final league tables and results

First Division

First Division results

First Division maps

Second Division

Second Division results

Second Division maps

Third Division

Third Division results

Third Division maps

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Fourth Division results

Fourth Division maps

Election/Re-election to the Football League

See also

References