Football League Second Division 1978/79

Football League Second Division 1978/79
master	Crystal Palace
European Cup Winners' Cup	AFC Wrexham (as Welsh Cup finalist)
Climbers	Crystal Palace, Brighton & Hove Albion , Stoke City
Relegated	Sheffield United , Millwall FC , Blackburn Rovers
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,174  (ø 2.54 per game)
Top scorer	Pop Robson ( West Ham United )
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The Football League Second Division 1978/79 was the 76th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 19, 1978 and ended on May 22, 1979.

Crystal Palace became second division champions and the second and third placed Brighton & Hove Albion and Stoke City also rose to the Football League First Division . For the three promoted teams in the following second division season 1979/80, the three first division clubs Queens Park Rangers , Birmingham City and Chelsea FC ranked in the table below took the places. Sheffield United , Millwall FC and Blackburn Rovers had to relegate from the Second Division to the Football League Third Division . Instead of the three clubs, the third division winners Shrewsbury Town and the FC Watford and Swansea City ranked behind them took the vacant positions in the following season 1979/80 .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Crystal Palace	42	19th	19th	4th	051:240	+27	57:27
2.	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	23	10	9	072:390	+33	56:28
3.	Stoke City	42	20th	16	6th	058:310	+27	56:28
4th	Sunderland AFC	42	22nd	11	9	070:440	+26	55:29
5.	West Ham United (A)	42	18th	14th	10	070:390	+31	50:34
6th	Notts County	42	14th	16	12	048:600	−12	44:40
7th	Preston North End (N)	42	12	18th	12	059:570	+2	42:42
8th.	Newcastle United (A)	42	17th	8th	17th	051:550	−4	42:42
9.	Cardiff City	42	16	10	16	056:700	−14	42:42
10.	Fulham FC	42	13	15th	14th	050:470	+3	41:43
11.	FC Orient	42	15th	10	17th	051:510	± 0	40:44
12.	Cambridge United (N)	42	12	16	14th	044:520	−8	40:44
13.	Burnley FC	42	14th	12	16	051:620	−11	40:44
14th	Oldham Athletic	42	13	13	16	052:610	−9	39:45
15th	AFC Wrexham (N)	42	12	14th	16	045:420	+3	38:46
16.	Bristol Rovers	42	14th	10	18th	048:600	−12	38:46
17th	Leicester City (A)	42	10	17th	15th	043:520	−9	37:47
18th	Luton Town	42	13	10	19th	060:570	+3	36:48
19th	Charlton Athletic	42	11	13	18th	060:690	−9	35:49
20th	Sheffield United	42	11	12	19th	052:690	−17	34:50
21st	Millwall FC	42	11	10	21st	042:610	−19	32:52
22nd	Blackburn Rovers	42	10	10	22nd	041:720	−31	30:54

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1979/80

Promoted to the Football League First Division 1979/80

Relegation from the Football League Second Division

(A)	Relegated from the Football League First Division 1977/78
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1977/78

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

1978/79	BLA	BHA	BRR	BUR	CAM	CAR	CHA	CRY	FUL	LEI	LUT	Mil	NEW	NOC	OLD	ORI	PNE	SHU	STO	SUN	WHU	WRE
Blackburn Rovers		1: 1	0: 2	1: 2	1-0	1: 4	1: 2	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 3	3: 4	0: 2	3-0	0: 1	2-0	2: 2	1: 1	1-0	1: 1
Brighton & Hove Albion	2: 1		3-0	2: 1	0: 2	5-0	2-0	0-0	3-0	3: 1	3: 1	3-0	2-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	5: 1	2-0	1: 1	2-0	1: 2	2: 1
Bristol Rovers	4: 1	1: 2		2-0	2-0	4: 2	5: 5	0: 1	3: 1	1: 1	2-0	0: 3	2-0	2: 2	0-0	2: 1	0: 1	2: 1	0-0	0-0	0: 1	2: 1
Burnley FC	2: 1	3-0	2-0		1: 1	0-0	2: 1	2: 1	5: 3	2: 2	2: 1	0: 1	1-0	2: 1	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0: 3	1: 2	3: 2	0-0
Cambridge United	0: 1	0-0	1: 1	2: 2		5-0	1: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 1	0-0	2: 1	0-0	0: 1	3: 3	3: 1	1-0	1-0	0: 1	0: 2	0-0	1-0
Cardiff City	2-0	3: 1	2-0	1: 1	1-0		1: 4	2: 2	2-0	1-0	2: 1	2: 1	2: 1	2: 3	1: 3	1-0	2: 2	4-0	1: 3	1: 1	0-0	1-0
Charlton Athletic	2-0	0: 3	3-0	1: 1	2: 3	1: 1		1: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 2	2: 4	4: 1	1: 1	2-0	0: 2	1: 1	3: 1	1: 4	1: 2	0-0	1: 1
Crystal Palace	3-0	3: 1	0: 1	2-0	1: 1	2-0	1-0		0: 1	3: 1	3: 1	0-0	1-0	2-0	1-0	1: 1	0-0	3: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1-0
Fulham FC	1: 2	0: 1	3-0	0-0	5: 1	2: 2	3: 1	0-0		3-0	1-0	1-0	1: 3	1: 1	1-0	2: 2	5: 3	2-0	2-0	2: 2	0-0	0: 1
Leicester City	1: 1	4: 1	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	1: 2	0: 3	1: 1	1-0		3-0	0-0	2: 1	0: 1	2-0	5: 3	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	1: 2	1: 2	1: 1
Luton Town	2: 1	1: 1	3: 2	4: 1	1: 1	7: 1	3-0	0: 1	2-0	0: 1		2: 2	2-0	6-0	6: 1	2: 1	1: 2	1: 1	0-0	0: 3	1: 4	2: 1
Millwall FC	1: 1	1: 4	0: 3	0: 2	2-0	2-0	0: 2	0: 3	0-0	2-0	0: 2		2: 1	0: 1	2: 3	2-0	0: 2	1: 1	3-0	0: 1	2: 1	2: 2
Newcastle United	3: 1	1: 3	3-0	3: 1	1-0	3-0	5: 3	1-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	1-0		1: 2	1: 1	0-0	4: 3	1: 3	2-0	1: 4	0: 3	2-0
Notts County	2: 1	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	0: 1	3: 1	1: 1	1: 2		0-0	1-0	0-0	4: 1	0: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 1
Oldham Athletic	5-0	1: 3	3: 1	2-0	4: 1	2: 1	0: 3	0-0	0: 2	2: 1	2-0	4: 1	1: 3	3: 3		0-0	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	2: 2	1-0
FC Orient	2-0	3: 3	1: 1	2: 1	3-0	2: 2	2: 1	0: 1	1-0	0: 1	3: 2	2: 1	2-0	3-0	0-0		2-0	1: 1	0: 1	3-0	0: 2	0: 1
Preston North End	4: 1	1-0	1: 1	2: 2	0: 2	2: 1	6: 1	2: 3	2: 2	4-0	2: 2	0-0	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1		2: 2	0: 1	3: 1	0-0	2: 1
Sheffield United	0: 1	0: 1	1-0	4-0	3: 3	2: 1	2: 1	0: 2	1: 1	2: 2	1: 1	0: 2	1-0	5: 1	4: 2	1: 2	0: 1		0-0	3: 2	3-0	1: 1
Stoke City	1: 2	2: 2	2-0	3: 1	1: 3	2-0	2: 2	1: 1	2-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	0-0	2-0	4-0	3: 1	1: 1	2: 1		0: 1	2-0	3-0
Sunderland AFC	0: 1	2: 1	5-0	3: 1	0: 2	1: 2	1-0	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	3: 2	1: 1	3-0	3-0	1-0	3: 1	6: 2	0: 1		2: 1	1-0
West Ham United	4-0	0-0	2-0	3: 1	5-0	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	1-0	3-0	5-0	5: 2	3-0	0: 2	3: 1	2-0	1: 1	3: 3		1: 1
Wrexham AFC	2: 1	0-0	0: 1	0: 1	2-0	1: 2	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	0-0	2-0	3-0	0-0	3: 1	2-0	3: 1	2: 1	4-0	0: 1	1: 2	4: 3

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Pop Robson	West Ham United	24

Web links

• England 1978-79 (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
2. ↑ 1978/79 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 10, 2018 .