Division 21979/1980

Season

Tier : 2

Type of clubs : A

Country : England

Games played : 462

Goals scored : 1162 (2.52 goals per match )

Red cards : 2

49%
Home victories

28%
Draws

23%
Away victories

Players age average : 23.55 years

Number of players participating : 22

Relegated to lower tier : Blackburn, Millwall, Sheffield United

Promoted to higher tier : Crystal Palace, Stoke City, Brighton & Hove

Relegated from higher tier : Chelsea, Birmingham City, Queens Park Rangers

Division 2 1979/1980's fixtures and results

General rankingLast updated on 12/05/1980

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Leicester	55	42	21	13	8	58	38	+20
2	Sunderland	54	42	21	12	9	69	42	+27
3	Birmingham City	53	42	21	11	10	58	38	+20
4	Chelsea	53	42	23	7	12	66	52	+14
5	QPR	49	42	18	13	11	75	53	+22
6	Luton Town	49	42	16	17	9	66	45	+21
7	West Ham	47	42	20	7	15	54	43	+11
8	Cambridge United	44	42	14	16	12	61	53	+8
9	Newcastle United	44	42	15	14	13	53	49	+4
10	Preston NE	43	42	12	19	11	56	52	+4
11	Oldham Athletic	43	42	16	11	15	49	53	-4
12	Swansea	43	42	17	9	16	48	53	-5
13	Shrewsbury Town	41	42	18	5	19	60	53	+7
14	Leyton Orient	41	42	12	17	13	48	54	-6
15	Cardiff City	40	42	16	8	18	41	48	-7
16	Wrexham	38	42	16	6	20	40	49	-9
17	Notts County	37	42	11	15	16	51	52	-1
18	Watford	37	42	12	13	17	39	46	-7
19	Bristol Rovers	35	42	11	13	18	50	64	-14
20	Fulham	29	42	11	7	24	42	74	-32
21	Burnley	27	42	6	15	21	39	73	-34
22	Charlton	22	42	6	10	26	39	78	-39

Latest transfers

March 15, 1980
Colin Viljoen ( Man City)		Chelsea

March 01, 1980
Stuart Beavon ( Tottenham)		Notts

January 01, 1980
Malcolm Poskett ( Brighton)		Watford
John Hawley ( Leeds)		Sunderland
Teddy Maybank ( Brighton)		Fulham
Geoff Scott ( Stoke City)		Leicester
Howard Gayle ( Liverpool U-23)		Fulham
Martyn Busby ( QPR)		Burnley
Eric Steele ( Brighton)		Watford
David Giles ( Wrexham)		Swansea

All transfers

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	Leicester	VCardiff City 0-1 08/04/1980	V 2-1 Birmingham City12/04/1980	VWrexham 0-1 19/04/1980	DBristol Rovers 1-1 23/04/1980	V 2-1 Charlton26/04/1980	VLeyton Orient 0-1 03/05/1980
2	Watford	V 1-0 Oldham Athletic07/04/1980	D 0-0 Preston NE09/04/1980	VNotts County 1-2 12/04/1980	V 4-0 Fulham19/04/1980	LSunderland 5-0 26/04/1980	V 4-0 Burnley03/05/1980
3	Sunderland	VShrewsbury Town 1-2 08/04/1980	D 1-1 Leyton Orient12/04/1980	DBristol Rovers 2-2 19/04/1980	V 5-0 Watford26/04/1980	DCardiff City 1-1 03/05/1980	V 2-0 West Ham12/05/1980
4	Cambridge United	DOldham Athletic 1-1 05/04/1980	L 2-3 Notts County08/04/1980	DQPR 2-2 12/04/1980	V 3-1 Burnley19/04/1980	VFulham 1-2 26/04/1980	V 3-2 Preston NE03/05/1980
5	Swansea	LCardiff City 1-0 07/04/1980	V 1-0 Wrexham12/04/1980	VNewcastle United 1-3 19/04/1980	D 1-1 Chelsea26/04/1980	DLeyton Orient 0-0 30/04/1980	VCharlton 1-2 03/05/1980
6	QPR	D 1-1 Birmingham City05/04/1980	DLeyton Orient 1-1 08/04/1980	D 2-2 Cambridge United12/04/1980	DCharlton 2-2 19/04/1980	V 2-1 Newcastle United26/04/1980	VWrexham 1-3 03/05/1980
7	Chelsea	LLeicester 1-0 05/04/1980	D 1-1 Luton Town07/04/1980	DPreston NE 1-1 12/04/1980	V 1-0 Notts County19/04/1980	DSwansea 1-1 26/04/1980	V 3-0 Oldham Athletic03/05/1980
8	Luton Town	V 1-0 Watford05/04/1980	DChelsea 1-1 07/04/1980	D 0-0 Shrewsbury Town12/04/1980	LBirmingham City 1-0 19/04/1980	V 2-0 Wrexham26/04/1980	DNewcastle United 2-2 03/05/1980
9	Birmingham City	D 0-0 West Ham07/04/1980	LLeicester 2-1 12/04/1980	V 1-0 Luton Town19/04/1980	VWest Ham 1-2 22/04/1980	DBurnley 0-0 26/04/1980	D 3-3 Notts County03/05/1980
10	Fulham	V 1-0 Newcastle United12/04/1980	V 2-1 Cardiff City15/04/1980	LWatford 4-0 19/04/1980	V 1-0 Charlton22/04/1980	L 1-2 Cambridge United26/04/1980	LShrewsbury Town 5-2 03/05/1980
11	Shrewsbury Town	DBurnley 0-0 05/04/1980	L 1-2 Sunderland08/04/1980	DLuton Town 0-0 12/04/1980	L 0-1 Oldham Athletic19/04/1980	VWest Ham 1-3 26/04/1980	V 5-2 Fulham03/05/1980
12	West Ham	L 1-2 Birmingham City22/04/1980	L 1-3 Shrewsbury Town26/04/1980	DOldham Athletic 0-0 29/04/1980	VBristol Rovers 0-2 03/05/1980	V 4-1 Charlton05/05/1980	LSunderland 2-0 12/05/1980
13	Preston NE	D 0-0 Wrexham05/04/1980	DWatford 0-0 09/04/1980	D 1-1 Chelsea12/04/1980	DLeyton Orient 2-2 19/04/1980	V 2-0 Cardiff City26/04/1980	LCambridge United 3-2 03/05/1980
14	Oldham Athletic	LWatford 1-0 07/04/1980	L 0-3 Cardiff City12/04/1980	VShrewsbury Town 0-1 19/04/1980	V 2-1 Bristol Rovers26/04/1980	D 0-0 West Ham29/04/1980	LChelsea 3-0 03/05/1980
15	Notts County	D 0-0 Charlton05/04/1980	VCambridge United 2-3 08/04/1980	L 1-2 Watford12/04/1980	LChelsea 1-0 19/04/1980	D 1-1 Leyton Orient26/04/1980	DBirmingham City 3-3 03/05/1980
16	Leyton Orient	D 1-1 QPR08/04/1980	DSunderland 1-1 12/04/1980	D 2-2 Preston NE19/04/1980	DNotts County 1-1 26/04/1980	D 0-0 Swansea30/04/1980	L 0-1 Leicester03/05/1980
17	Cardiff City	L 0-1 Leicester08/04/1980	VOldham Athletic 0-3 12/04/1980	LFulham 2-1 15/04/1980	L 0-1 West Ham19/04/1980	LPreston NE 2-0 26/04/1980	D 1-1 Sunderland03/05/1980
18	Burnley	D 0-0 Shrewsbury Town05/04/1980	DNewcastle United 1-1 07/04/1980	D 1-1 Bristol Rovers12/04/1980	LCambridge United 3-1 19/04/1980	D 0-0 Birmingham City26/04/1980	LWatford 4-0 03/05/1980
19	Bristol Rovers	LSwansea 2-0 05/04/1980	DBurnley 1-1 12/04/1980	D 2-2 Sunderland19/04/1980	D 1-1 Leicester23/04/1980	LOldham Athletic 2-1 26/04/1980	L 0-2 West Ham03/05/1980
20	Newcastle United	LSunderland 1-0 05/04/1980	D 1-1 Burnley07/04/1980	LFulham 1-0 12/04/1980	L 1-3 Swansea19/04/1980	LQPR 2-1 26/04/1980	D 2-2 Luton Town03/05/1980
21	Charlton	L 0-1 Fulham08/04/1980	D 2-2 QPR19/04/1980	LFulham 1-0 22/04/1980	LLeicester 2-1 26/04/1980	L 1-2 Swansea03/05/1980	LWest Ham 4-1 05/05/1980
22	Wrexham	DPreston NE 0-0 05/04/1980	L 0-1 Sunderland07/04/1980	LSwansea 1-0 12/04/1980	L 0-1 Leicester19/04/1980	LLuton Town 2-0 26/04/1980	L 1-3 QPR03/05/1980

Longest streaksLast updated on 25/02/2025 at 11:17

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

	Series	Running
Shrewsbury Town	6	2
Chelsea	5
Leicester	4	2
Newcastle United	4
Sunderland	4
Birmingham City	4
West Ham	4
Oldham Athletic	4
Fulham	3
QPR	3	2
Preston NE	3
Swansea	3
Cardiff City	3
Luton Town	3
Cambridge United	3	3
Leyton Orient	3
Burnley	3
Wrexham	2
Notts County	2
Bristol Rovers	2
Watford	2
Charlton	1

Ranking matchday by matchdayLast updated on 25/02/2025 at 11:17

Team \ Rd	68	42
Leicester	1	1
Sunderland	2	2
Birmingham City	3	3
Chelsea	4	4
QPR	5	5
Luton Town	6	6
West Ham	7	7
Cambridge United	8	8
Newcastle United	9	9
Preston NE	10	10
Oldham Athletic	11	11
Swansea	12	12
Shrewsbury Town	13	13
Leyton Orient	14	14
Cardiff City	15	15
Wrexham	16	16
Notts County	17	17
Watford	18	18
Bristol Rovers	19	19
Fulham	20	20
Burnley	21	21
Charlton	22	22

Goals per quarterLast updated on 25/02/2025 at 11:17

Minutes	Goals
0 - 15	56
Best scorer : Alan Young - 14 Goals
16 - 30	0
31 - 45+	0
46 - 60	2
Best scorer : Mark Goodwin - 2 Goals
61 - 75	0
76 - 90+	0

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 25/02/2025 at 11:17

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	41 times
1 - 0	96 times
1 - 1	61 times
2 - 0	53 times
2 - 1	73 times
2 - 2	20 times
3 - 0	22 times
3 - 1	29 times
3 - 2	23 times
3 - 3	7 times

Score	Frequence
4 - 0	11 times
4 - 1	9 times
4 - 2	5 times
4 - 3	3 times
5 - 0	3 times
5 - 1	1 times
5 - 2	2 times
5 - 3	1 times
7 - 0	1 times
7 - 3	1 times

Goals scored per matchdayLast updated on 25/02/2025 at 11:17

General statistics by teamLast updated on 21/02/2025 at 16:41

Team		Participants	Different First XI	Different Scorers	Best scorer
	Leicester	22	25	14	Alan Young (14 goals)

Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 05/02/2025 at 09:59

Team		Average age	Oldest player	Youngest player
	Leicester	22.5	Dennis Rofe (28 years)	David Buchanan (16 years)

Countries statisticsLast updated on 21/02/2025 at 16:41

	Number of games played	Number of players	Number of goals scored
England	256	12	21
Scotland	185	8	36
Northern Ireland	33	1	0
Republic of Ireland	23	1	1

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