# Engels voetbalkampioenschap 1978/79

1978/79 was het 81ste seizoen in de Engelse voetbalcompetitie. Liverpool werd landskampioen.

## Prijzen

| Competitie | Winnaar | Runner-up |
| First Division | Liverpool | Nottingham Forest |
| Second Division | Crystal Palace | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Third Division | Shrewsbury Town | Watford |
| Fourth Division | Reading | Grimsby Town |
| FA Cup | Arsenal | Manchester United |
| League Cup | Nottingham Forest | Southampton |
| Charity Shield | Nottingham Forest | Ipswich Town |
| Home Championship | Engeland | Wales |

## First Division

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 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 |

### Uitslagen

| Thuis (beneden) / Uit (rechts) | ARS | AST | BIR | BOL | BRI | CHE | COV | DER | EVE | IPS | LEE | LIV | MNC | MNU | MID | NOR | NOT | QPR | SOT | TOT | WBA | WOL |
| Arsenal | | 1 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 5 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 4 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 5 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 1 |
| Aston Villa | 5 - 1 | | 1 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 |
| Birmingham City | 0 - 0 | 0 - 1 | | 3 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 3 | 1 - 2 | 5 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 4 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 2 | | 1 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 4 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 1 |
| Bristol City | 1 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 4 - 1 | | 3 - 1 | 5 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 1 |
| Chelsea | 1 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 4 - 3 | 0 - 0 | | 1 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 4 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 3 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 2 |
| Coventry City | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 2 | 3 - 2 | | 4 - 2 | 3 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 3 | 4 - 3 | 2 - 1 | 4 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 3 | 3 - 0 |
| Derby County | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 2 | | 0 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 0 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 2 | 4 - 1 |
| Everton | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 4 - 1 | 3 - 2 | 3 - 3 | 2 - 1 | | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 0 |
| Ipswich Town | 2 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 5 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 1 | | 2 - 3 | 0 - 3 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 1 |
| Leeds United | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 5 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | | 0 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 4 - 3 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 3 | 3 - 0 |
| Liverpool | 3 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 5 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 1 | | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 6 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 7 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 0 |
| Manchester City | 1 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 3 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 4 | | 0 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 1 |
| Manchester United | 0 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 4 - 1 | 0 - 3 | 1 - 0 | | 3 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 5 | 3 - 2 |
| Middlesbrough | 2 - 3 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 7 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 2 | | 2 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 |
| Norwich City | 0 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 4 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 4 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 0 | | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 |
| Nottingham Forest | 2 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 6 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 1 | | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 1 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 1 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 5 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 4 | 1 - 4 | 1 - 3 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | | 0 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 3 |
| Southampton | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | | 3 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 2 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 0 - 5 | 1 - 4 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 4 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 7 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 1 | | 1 - 1 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 - 0 | 0 - 4 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 4 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 0 - 3 | |

## Second Division

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 51 | 24 | +27 | 57 |
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 72 | 39 | +33 | 56 |
| 3 | Stoke City | 42 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 58 | 31 | +27 | 56 |
| 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

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 61 | 41 | +20 | 61 |
| 2 | Watford | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 83 | 52 | +31 | 60 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 83 | 61 | +22 | 60 |
| 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 City | 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

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Reading | 46 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 76 | 35 | +41 | 65 |
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 82 | 49 | +33 | 61 |
| 3 | Wimbledon | 46 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 78 | 46 | +32 | 61 |
| 4 | Barnsley | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 73 | 42 | +31 | 61 |
| 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 | 46 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 39 | 72 | -33 | 26 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 43 | 90 | -47 | 26 |