Division 21978/1979

Season

Tier : 2

Type of clubs : A

Country : England

Games played : 462

Goals scored : 1174 (2.54 goals per match )

Red cards : 2

47%
Home victories

31%
Draws

22%
Away victories

Players age average : 23.15 years

Number of players participating : 23

Relegated to lower tier : Blackpool, Mansfield Town, Hull City

Promoted to higher tier : Bolton Wanderers, Tottenham, Southampton

Relegated from higher tier : Newcastle United, West Ham, Leicester

Division 2 1978/1979's fixtures and results

Round 24

January 13, 1979

January 16, 1979

February 06, 1979

March 06, 1979

March 14, 1979

April 02, 1979

April 24, 1979

April 25, 1979

May 22, 1979

General rankingLast updated on 22/05/1979

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Crystal Palace	57	42	19	19	4	51	24	+27
2	Brighton & Hove	56	42	23	10	9	72	39	+33
3	Stoke City	56	42	20	16	6	58	31	+27
4	Sunderland	55	42	22	11	9	70	44	+26
5	West Ham	50	42	18	14	10	70	39	+31
6	Notts County	44	42	14	16	12	48	60	-12
7	Preston NE	42	42	12	18	12	59	57	+2
8	Newcastle United	42	42	17	8	17	51	55	-4
9	Cardiff City	42	42	16	10	16	56	70	-14
10	Fulham	41	42	13	15	14	50	47	+3
11	Leyton Orient	40	42	15	10	17	51	51	0
12	Cambridge United	40	42	12	16	14	44	52	-8
13	Burnley	40	42	14	12	16	51	62	-11
14	Oldham Athletic	39	42	13	13	16	52	61	-9
15	Wrexham	38	42	12	14	16	45	42	+3
16	Bristol Rovers	38	42	14	10	18	48	60	-12
17	Leicester	37	42	10	17	15	43	52	-9
18	Luton Town	36	42	13	10	19	60	57	+3
19	Charlton	35	42	11	13	18	60	69	-9
20	Sheffield United	34	42	11	12	19	52	69	-17
21	Millwall	32	42	11	10	21	42	61	-19
22	Blackburn	30	42	10	10	22	41	72	-31

Latest transfers

March 01, 1979
Alan Birchenall ( Blackburn)		Luton
Duncan McKenzie ( Chelsea)		Blackburn
Simon Stainrod ( Sheffield U)		Oldham
Stephen Whitworth ( Leicester)		Sunderland
Martin Chivers ( Norwich)		Brighton

February 01, 1979
Phil Parkes ( QPR)		West Ham
Jim Platt ( Hartlepool)		Cardiff

January 05, 1979
Lee Chapman ( Plymouth)		Stoke City

January 01, 1979
Alan Lee ( Fury)		Leicester
Ged Keegan ( Man City)		Oldham
Gary Emmanuel ( Birmingham)		Bristol Rovers

All transfers

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	Crystal Palace	VBristol Rovers 0-1 14/04/1979	V 1-0 Charlton17/04/1979	DLeicester 1-1 20/04/1979	V 2-0 Notts County28/04/1979	VLeyton Orient 0-1 05/05/1979	V 2-0 Burnley11/05/1979
2	Stoke City	VCharlton 1-4 14/04/1979	D 0-0 Luton Town16/04/1979	V 2-0 Bristol Rovers17/04/1979	VWrexham 0-1 21/04/1979	D 0-0 Newcastle United28/04/1979	VNotts County 0-1 05/05/1979
3	Cardiff City	V 2-1 Luton Town25/04/1979	VSunderland 1-2 28/04/1979	D 1-1 Burnley05/05/1979	V 2-0 Bristol Rovers07/05/1979	D 0-0 West Ham11/05/1979	V 1-0 Wrexham14/05/1979
4	Brighton & Hove	V 2-0 Charlton13/04/1979	LCardiff City 3-1 14/04/1979	V 3-0 Bristol Rovers16/04/1979	DLuton Town 1-1 21/04/1979	V 2-1 Blackburn28/04/1979	VNewcastle United 1-3 05/05/1979
5	Oldham Athletic	DLeyton Orient 0-0 21/04/1979	V 1-0 Wrexham24/04/1979	V 4-1 Cambridge United28/04/1979	LCharlton 2-0 05/05/1979	V 4-1 Millwall11/05/1979	V 2-0 Burnley14/05/1979
6	Sunderland	VLeicester 1-2 14/04/1979	L 0-1 Blackburn16/04/1979	VCambridge United 0-2 21/04/1979	V 6-2 Sheffield United25/04/1979	L 1-2 Cardiff City28/04/1979	VWrexham 1-2 05/05/1979
7	Preston NE	V 4-0 Leicester17/04/1979	DNotts County 0-0 21/04/1979	L 0-2 Cambridge United24/04/1979	D 2-2 Luton Town28/04/1979	VBristol Rovers 0-1 05/05/1979	VMillwall 0-2 22/05/1979
8	Newcastle United	D 0-0 Fulham21/04/1979	VBlackburn 1-3 25/04/1979	DStoke City 0-0 28/04/1979	V 3-0 Bristol Rovers02/05/1979	L 1-3 Brighton & Hove05/05/1979	V 2-0 Wrexham08/05/1979
9	Blackburn	D 1-1 Millwall21/04/1979	L 1-3 Newcastle United25/04/1979	LBrighton & Hove 2-1 28/04/1979	VSheffield United 0-1 02/05/1979	V 1-0 West Ham05/05/1979	V 2-1 Fulham09/05/1979
10	Cambridge United	V 1-0 Fulham14/04/1979	LMillwall 2-0 17/04/1979	L 0-2 Sunderland21/04/1979	VPreston NE 0-2 24/04/1979	LOldham Athletic 4-1 28/04/1979	V 1-0 Sheffield United05/05/1979
11	Bristol Rovers	V 2-0 Burnley21/04/1979	VMillwall 0-3 28/04/1979	LNewcastle United 3-0 02/05/1979	L 0-1 Preston NE05/05/1979	LCardiff City 2-0 07/05/1979	VWrexham 0-1 10/05/1979
12	Millwall	DLeicester 0-0 05/05/1979	VBurnley 0-1 08/05/1979	LOldham Athletic 4-1 11/05/1979	V 2-1 West Ham14/05/1979	D 2-2 Wrexham17/05/1979	L 0-2 Preston NE22/05/1979
13	Leicester	LPreston NE 4-0 17/04/1979	D 1-1 Crystal Palace20/04/1979	VNotts County 0-1 24/04/1979	LFulham 3-0 28/04/1979	D 0-0 Millwall05/05/1979	DSheffield United 2-2 08/05/1979
14	Luton Town	DStoke City 0-0 16/04/1979	D 1-1 Brighton & Hove21/04/1979	LCardiff City 2-1 25/04/1979	DPreston NE 2-2 28/04/1979	V 2-0 Fulham05/05/1979	LWrexham 2-0 07/05/1979
15	West Ham	DCharlton 0-0 21/04/1979	V 3-1 Burnley24/04/1979	D 1-1 Wrexham28/04/1979	LBlackburn 1-0 05/05/1979	DCardiff City 0-0 11/05/1979	LMillwall 2-1 14/05/1979
16	Fulham	D 2-2 Leyton Orient16/04/1979	DNewcastle United 0-0 21/04/1979	DMillwall 0-0 24/04/1979	V 3-0 Leicester28/04/1979	LLuton Town 2-0 05/05/1979	LBlackburn 2-1 09/05/1979
17	Leyton Orient	LMillwall 2-0 10/04/1979	L 0-2 West Ham14/04/1979	DFulham 2-2 16/04/1979	D 0-0 Oldham Athletic21/04/1979	VBurnley 0-1 28/04/1979	L 0-1 Crystal Palace05/05/1979
18	Notts County	VNewcastle United 1-2 18/04/1979	D 0-0 Preston NE21/04/1979	L 0-1 Leicester24/04/1979	LCrystal Palace 2-0 28/04/1979	D 1-1 Wrexham01/05/1979	L 0-1 Stoke City05/05/1979
19	Charlton	LBrighton & Hove 2-0 13/04/1979	L 1-4 Stoke City14/04/1979	LCrystal Palace 1-0 17/04/1979	D 0-0 West Ham21/04/1979	LSheffield United 2-1 28/04/1979	V 2-0 Oldham Athletic05/05/1979
20	Sheffield United	LCardiff City 4-0 21/04/1979	LSunderland 6-2 25/04/1979	V 2-1 Charlton28/04/1979	L 0-1 Blackburn02/05/1979	LCambridge United 1-0 05/05/1979	D 2-2 Leicester08/05/1979
21	Wrexham	L 1-2 Sunderland05/05/1979	V 2-0 Luton Town07/05/1979	LNewcastle United 2-0 08/05/1979	L 0-1 Bristol Rovers10/05/1979	LCardiff City 1-0 14/05/1979	DMillwall 2-2 17/05/1979
22	Burnley	LWest Ham 3-1 24/04/1979	L 0-1 Leyton Orient28/04/1979	DCardiff City 1-1 05/05/1979	L 0-1 Millwall08/05/1979	LCrystal Palace 2-0 11/05/1979	LOldham Athletic 2-0 14/05/1979

Longest streaksLast updated on 12/12/2024 at 14:59

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

	Series	Running
Notts County	5
Sunderland	4
Brighton & Hove	4	2
Charlton	4
Cardiff City	4
Stoke City	3
Crystal Palace	3	3
Preston NE	3	2
Oldham Athletic	3	2
Newcastle United	3
Fulham	3
Burnley	3
Blackburn	3	3
West Ham	2
Millwall	2
Bristol Rovers	2
Leyton Orient	2
Luton Town	2
Cambridge United	2
Wrexham	2
Sheffield United	2
Leicester	2

Ranking matchday by matchdayLast updated on 12/12/2024 at 14:59

Team \ Rd	68	31	42
Crystal Palace	1	1	1
Brighton & Hove	2	2	2
Stoke City	3	3	3
Sunderland	4	4	4
West Ham	5	5	5
Notts County	6	6	6
Preston NE	7	7	7
Newcastle United	8	8	8
Cardiff City	9	9	9
Fulham	10	10	10
Leyton Orient	11	11	11
Cambridge United	12	12	12
Burnley	13	13	13
Oldham Athletic	14	14	14
Wrexham	15	15	15
Bristol Rovers	16	16	16
Leicester	17	17	17
Luton Town	18	18	18
Charlton	19	19	19
Sheffield United	20	20	20
Millwall	21	21	21
Blackburn	22	22	22

Goals per quarterLast updated on 12/12/2024 at 14:59

Minutes	Goals
0 - 15	25
Best scorer : Bobby Smith - 6 Goals
16 - 30	0
31 - 45+	0
46 - 60	0
61 - 75	0
76 - 90+	0

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 12/12/2024 at 14:59

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	46 times
1 - 0	77 times
1 - 1	70 times
2 - 0	64 times
2 - 1	59 times
2 - 2	20 times
3 - 0	33 times
3 - 1	33 times
3 - 2	9 times
3 - 3	5 times
4 - 0	6 times
4 - 1	14 times

Score	Frequence
4 - 2	3 times
4 - 3	3 times
5 - 0	6 times
5 - 1	3 times
5 - 2	1 times
5 - 3	4 times
5 - 5	1 times
6 - 0	1 times
6 - 1	2 times
6 - 2	1 times
7 - 1	1 times

Goals scored per matchdayLast updated on 12/12/2024 at 14:59

General statistics by teamLast updated on 09/12/2024 at 10:35

Team		Participants	Different First XI	Different Scorers	Best scorer
	Leicester	23	14	11	Bobby Smith (6 goals)

Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 05/12/2024 at 20:37

Team		Average age	Oldest player	Youngest player
	Leicester	22.1	Keith Weller (31 years)	David Buchanan (15 years)

Countries statisticsLast updated on 10/12/2024 at 18:48

	Number of games played	Number of players	Number of goals scored
England	179	17	17
Scotland	52	5	8
Northern Ireland	19	1	0

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