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England 1978-79

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First Division
P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1. Liverpool 42 30 8 4 85 16 +69 68
2. Nottingham Forest 42 21 18 3 61 26 +35 60
3. West Bromwich Albion 42 24 11 7 72 35 +37 59
4. Everton 42 17 17 8 52 40 +12 51
5. Leeds United 42 18 14 10 70 52 +18 50
6. Ipswich Town 42 20 9 13 63 49 +14 49
7. Arsenal 42 17 14 11 61 48 +13 48
8. Aston Villa 42 15 16 11 59 49 +10 46
9. Manchester United 42 15 15 12 60 63 -3 45
10. Coventry City 42 14 16 12 58 68 -10 44
11. Tottenham Hotspur 42 13 15 14 48 61 -13 41
12. Middlesbrough 42 15 10 17 57 50 +7 40
13. Bristol City 42 15 10 17 47 51 -4 40
14. Southampton 42 12 16 14 47 53 -6 40
15. Manchester City 42 13 13 16 58 56 +2 39
16. Norwich City 42 7 23 12 51 57 -6 37
17. Bolton Wanderers 42 12 11 19 54 75 -21 35
18. Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 13 8 21 44 68 -24 34
19. Derby County 42 10 11 21 44 71 -27 31
20. Queens Park Rangers 42 6 13 23 45 73 -28 25
21. Birmingham City 42 6 10 26 37 64 -27 22
22. Chelsea 42 5 10 27 44 92 -48 20

Second Division
P W D L GF GA GD Pts
4. Sunderland 42 22 11 9 70 44 +26 55
5. West Ham United 42 18 14 10 70 39 +31 50
6. Notts County 42 14 16 12 48 60 -12 44
7. Preston North End 42 12 18 12 59 57 +2 42
8. Newcastle United 42 17 8 17 51 55 -4 42
9. Cardiff City 42 16 10 16 56 70 -14 42
10. Fulham 42 13 15 14 50 47 +3 41
11. Leyton Orient 42 15 10 17 51 51 0 40
12. Cambridge United 42 12 16 14 44 52 -8 40
13. Burnley 42 14 12 16 51 62 -11 40
14. Oldham Athletic 42 13 13 16 52 61 -9 39
15. Wrexham 42 12 14 16 45 42 +3 38
16. Bristol Rovers 42 14 10 18 48 60 -12 38
17. Leicester City 42 10 17 15 43 52 -9 37
18. Luton Town 42 13 10 19 60 57 +3 36
19. Charlton Athletic 42 11 13 18 60 69 -9 35
20. Sheffield United 42 11 12 19 52 69 -17 34
21. Millwall 42 11 10 21 42 61 -19 32
22. Blackburn Rovers 42 10 10 22 41 72 -31 30

Third Division
P W D L GF GA GD Pts
4. Gillingham 46 21 17 8 65 42 +23 59
5. Swindon Town 46 25 7 14 74 52 +22 57
6. Carlisle United 46 15 22 9 53 42 +11 52
7. Colchester United 46 17 17 12 60 55 +5 51
8. Hull City 46 19 11 16 66 61 +5 49
9. Exeter City 46 17 15 14 61 56 +5 49
10. Brentford 46 19 9 18 53 49 +4 47
11. Oxford United 46 14 18 14 44 50 -6 46
12. Blackpool 46 18 9 19 61 59 +2 45
13. Southend United 46 15 15 16 51 49 +2 45
14. Sheffield Wednesday 46 13 19 14 53 53 0 45
15. Plymouth Argyle 46 15 14 17 67 68 -1 44
16. Chester 46 14 16 16 57 61 -4 44
17. Rotherham United 46 17 10 19 49 55 -6 44
18. Mansfield Town 46 12 19 15 51 52 -1 43
19. Bury 46 11 20 15 59 65 -6 42
20. Chesterfield 46 13 14 19 51 65 -14 40
21. Peterborough United 46 11 14 21 44 63 -19 36
22. Walsall 46 10 12 24 56 71 -15 32
23. Tranmere Rovers 46 6 16 24 45 78 -33 28
24. Lincoln City 46 7 11 28 41 88 -47 25

Fourth Division
P W D L GF GA GD Pts
5. Aldershot 46 20 17 9 63 47 +16 57
6. Wigan Athletic 46 21 13 12 63 48 +15 55
7. Portsmouth 46 20 12 14 62 48 +14 52
8. Newport County 46 21 10 15 66 55 +11 52
9. Huddersfield Town 46 18 11 17 57 53 +4 47
10. York City 46 18 11 17 51 55 -4 47
11. Torquay United 46 19 8 19 58 65 -7 46
12. Scunthorpe United 46 17 11 18 54 60 -6 45
13. Hartlepool United 46 13 18 15 57 66 -9 44
14. Hereford United 46 15 13 18 53 53 0 43
15. Bradford City 46 17 9 20 62 68 -6 43
16. Port Vale 46 14 14 18 57 70 -13 42
17. Stockport County 46 14 12 20 58 60 -2 40
18. Bournemouth 46 14 11 21 47 48 -1 39
19. Northampton Town 46 15 9 22 64 76 -12 39
20. Rochdale 46 15 9 22 47 64 -17 39
21. Darlington 46 11 15 20 49 66 -17 37
22. Doncaster Rovers 46 13 11 22 50 73 -23 37
23. Halifax Town A.F.C. 46 9 8 29 39 72 -33 26
24. Crewe Alexandra 46 6 14 26 43 90 -47 26
Darlington, Doncaster Rovers, Halifax Town & Crewe Alexandra re-elected into the Football League.

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