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 ) |
← Football League Second Division 1978/79 | |
^ Football League First Division 1979/80 |
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 | 58:38 | +20 | 55:29 |
2. | Sunderland AFC | 42 | 21st | 12 | 9 | 69:42 | +27 | 54:30 |
3. | Birmingham City (A) | 42 | 21st | 11 | 10 | 58:38 | +20 | 53:31 |
4th | Chelsea FC (A) | 42 | 23 | 7th | 12 | 66:52 | +14 | 53:31 |
5. | Queens Park Rangers (A) | 42 | 18th | 13 | 11 | 66:52 | +14 | 49:35 |
6th | Luton Town | 42 | 16 | 17th | 9 | 66:45 | +21 | 49:35 |
7th | West Ham United | 42 | 20th | 7th | 15th | 54:43 | +11 | 47:37 |
8th. | Cambridge United | 42 | 14th | 16 | 12 | 61:53 | +8 | 44:40 |
9. | Newcastle United | 42 | 15th | 14th | 13 | 53:49 | +4 | 44:40 |
10. | Preston North End | 42 | 12 | 19th | 11 | 56:52 | +4 | 43:41 |
11. | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15th | 49:53 | −4 | 43:41 |
12. | Swansea City (N) | 42 | 17th | 9 | 16 | 48:53 | −5 | 43:41 |
13. | Shrewsbury Town (N) | 42 | 18th | 5 | 19th | 60:53 | +7 | 41:43 |
14th | FC Orient | 42 | 12 | 17th | 13 | 48:54 | −6 | 41:43 |
15th | Cardiff City | 42 | 16 | 8th | 18th | 41:48 | −7 | 40:44 |
15th | Wrexham AFC | 42 | 16 | 6th | 20th | 40:49 | −9 | 38:46 |
16. | Notts County | 42 | 11 | 15th | 16 | 51:52 | −1 | 37:47 |
17th | Watford FC (N) | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17th | 39:46 | −7 | 37:47 |
18th | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18th | 50:64 | −14 | 35:49 |
20th | Fulham FC | 42 | 11 | 7th | 24 | 42:74 | −32 | 29:55 |
21st | Burnley FC | 42 | 6th | 15th | 21st | 39:73 | −34 | 27:57 |
22nd | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 6th | 10 | 26th | 39:78 | −39 | 22:62 |
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored
(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
- ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
- ↑ 1979/80 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 10, 2018 .