Football League Second Division 1979/80

Football League Second Division 1979/80
master	Leicester City
Cup winners	West Ham United
European Cup Winners' Cup	West Ham United
Climbers	Leicester City, Sunderland AFC , Birmingham City
Relegated	Fulham FC , Burnley FC , Charlton Athletic
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,162  (ø 2.52 per game)
Top scorer	Clive Allen ( Queens Park Rangers )
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The Football League Second Division 1979/80 was the 77th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 18, 1979 and ended on May 12, 1980.

Second division champions were Leicester City and the second and third placed AFC Sunderland and Birmingham City also rose to the Football League First Division . For the three promoted teams in the following second division season 1980/81, the three first division clubs Bristol City , Derby County and Bolton Wanderers ranked in the table below took the places. FC Fulham , FC Burnley and Charlton Athletic had to relegate from the Second Division to the Football League Third Division . Instead of the three clubs, the third division winners Grimsby Town and the Blackburn Rovers and Sheffield Wednesday ranked behind them took the vacant positions in the following season 1980/81 .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Leicester City	42	21st	13	8th	058:380	+20	55:29
2.	Sunderland AFC	42	21st	12	9	069:420	+27	54:30
3.	Birmingham City (A)	42	21st	11	10	058:380	+20	53:31
4th	Chelsea FC (A)	42	23	7th	12	066:520	+14	53:31
5.	Queens Park Rangers (A)	42	18th	13	11	066:520	+14	49:35
6th	Luton Town	42	16	17th	9	066:450	+21	49:35
7th	West Ham United	42	20th	7th	15th	054:430	+11	47:37
8th.	Cambridge United	42	14th	16	12	061:530	+8	44:40
9.	Newcastle United	42	15th	14th	13	053:490	+4	44:40
10.	Preston North End	42	12	19th	11	056:520	+4	43:41
11.	Oldham Athletic	42	16	11	15th	049:530	−4	43:41
12.	Swansea City (N)	42	17th	9	16	048:530	−5	43:41
13.	Shrewsbury Town (N)	42	18th	5	19th	060:530	+7	41:43
14th	FC Orient	42	12	17th	13	048:540	−6	41:43
15th	Cardiff City	42	16	8th	18th	041:480	−7	40:44
15th	Wrexham AFC	42	16	6th	20th	040:490	−9	38:46
16.	Notts County	42	11	15th	16	051:520	−1	37:47
17th	Watford FC (N)	42	12	13	17th	039:460	−7	37:47
18th	Bristol Rovers	42	11	13	18th	050:640	−14	35:49
20th	Fulham FC	42	11	7th	24	042:740	−32	29:55
21st	Burnley FC	42	6th	15th	21st	039:730	−34	27:57
22nd	Charlton Athletic	42	6th	10	26th	039:780	−39	22:62

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

Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1980/81

Promoted to the Football League First Division 1980/81

Participation in the 1980/81 European Cup Winners' Cup as an English cup winner

Relegation from the Football League Second Division

(A)	Relegated from the Football League First Division 1978/79
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1978/79

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

1979/80	BIR	BRR	BUR	CAM	CAR	CHA	CHE	FUL	LEI	LUT	NEW	NOC	OLD	ORI	PNE	QPR	SHR	SUN	SWA	WAT	WHU	WRE
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	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 FC	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	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	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	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 FC	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 FC	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	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	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	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	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	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
FC 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	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	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	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 AFC	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	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 FC	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	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 AFC	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

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Clive Allen	Queens Park Rangers	28

Web links

• England 1979-80 (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
2. ↑ 1979/80 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 10, 2018 .