Season 1979-1980

Division III


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League Table


                                  P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
1. Grimsby Town 46 18 2 3 46 16 8 8 7 27 26 62 2. Blackburn Rovers 46 13 5 5 34 17 12 4 7 24 19 59 3. Sheffield Wednesday 46 12 6 5 44 20 9 10 4 37 27 58 4. Chesterfield 46 16 5 2 46 16 7 6 10 25 30 57 5. Colchester United 46 10 10 3 39 20 10 2 11 25 36 52 6. Carlisle United 46 13 6 4 45 26 5 6 12 21 30 48 7. Reading 46 14 6 3 43 19 2 10 11 23 46 48 8. Exeter City 46 14 5 4 38 22 5 5 13 22 46 48 9. Chester City 46 14 6 3 29 18 3 7 13 20 39 47 10. Swindon Town 46 15 4 4 50 20 4 4 15 21 43 46 11. Barnsley 46 10 7 6 29 20 6 7 10 24 36 46 12. Sheffield United 46 13 5 5 34 21 5 5 13 25 45 46 13. Rotherham United 46 13 4 6 38 24 5 6 12 20 42 46 14. Millwall 46 14 6 3 49 23 2 7 14 16 36 45 15. Plymouth Argyle 46 13 7 3 39 17 3 5 15 20 38 44 16. Gillingham 46 8 9 6 26 18 6 5 12 23 33 42 17. Oxford United 46 10 4 9 34 24 4 9 10 23 38 41 18. Blackpool 46 10 7 6 39 34 5 4 14 23 40 41 19. Brentford 46 10 6 7 33 26 5 5 13 26 47 41 20. Hull City 46 11 7 5 29 21 1 9 13 22 48 40 21. Bury 46 10 4 9 30 23 6 3 14 15 36 39 22. Southend United 46 11 6 6 33 23 3 4 16 14 34 38 23. Mansfield Town 46 9 9 5 31 24 1 7 15 16 34 36 24. Wimbledon 46 6 8 9 34 38 4 6 13 18 43 34

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League Results

       Date      Opponents             Result  Posn  Attendance  Scorers

 1. Sat 18 Aug  Barnsley................ 3-0     3     22,360   Terry Curran, Andy McCulloch
                                                                Ian Mellor
 2. Tue 21 Aug  HULL CITY............... 0-0     2     14,376   
 3. Sat 25 Aug  BLACKBURN ROVERS........ 0-3    11     14,328   

 4. Sat  1 Sep  Plymouth Argyle......... 3-1     7      6,208   Terry Curran, Andy McCulloch
                                                                Ian Porterfield
 5. Sat  8 Sep  BRENTFORD............... 0-2    13     11,642   
 6. Sat 15 Sep  Colchester United....... 0-0    14      3,473   
 7. Tue 18 Sep  Millwall................ 3-3    11      7,500   Brian Hornsby, Gordon Owen
                                                                Mark Smith
 8. Sat 22 Sep  SWINDON TOWN............ 4-2     7     11,636   Rodger Wylde 2, Andy McCulloch
                                                                Mark Smith
 9. Sat 29 Sep  Chesterfield............ 1-2    11     14,950   Mark Smith

10. Tue  2 Oct  MILLWALL................ 2-0     7     12,232   Terry Curran, Rodger Wylde
11. Sat  6 Oct  MANSFIELD TOWN.......... 0-0     7     13,072   
12. Tue  9 Oct  Hull City............... 1-1     6     10,306   Rodger Wylde
13. Sat 13 Oct  Rotherham United........ 2-1     5     18,500   Terry Curran, Jimmy Mullen
14. Sat 20 Oct  OXFORD UNITED........... 2-2     5     13,035   Rodger Wylde 2
15. Tue 23 Oct  GRIMSBY TOWN............ 2-0     4     13,855   Terry Curran, Jimmy Mullen
16. Sat 27 Oct  Wimbledon............... 4-3     4      6,009   Terry Curran 2, John Lowey
                                                                Mark Smith

17. Sat  3 Nov  BARNSLEY................ 0-2     6     23,230   
18. Tue  6 Nov  Grimsby Town............ 1-3     6     14,900   Ian Mellor
19. Sat 10 Nov  Blackpool............... 1-1     6      8,355   Ian Mellor
20. Sat 17 Nov  SOUTHEND UNITED......... 2-0     6     10,563   Jeff King, Ian Mellor

21. Sat  1 Dec  Chester City............ 2-2     5      6,241   Terry Curran, Rodger Wylde
22. Sat  8 Dec  EXETER CITY............. 0-1     7     11,530   
23. Fri 21 Dec  Reading................. 2-0     6      5,349   Terry Curran, Ian Mellor
24. Wed 26 Dec  SHEFFIELD UNITED........ 4-0     4     49,309   Terry Curran, Jeff King
                                                                Ian Mellor, Mark Smith

25. Sat 12 Jan  PLYMOUTH ARGYLE......... 0-1     8     13,287   
26. Sat 19 Jan  Brentford............... 2-2     8      8,390   Brian Hornsby, Ian Mellor

27. Sat  2 Feb  COLCHESTER UNITED....... 3-0     5     11,958   Mark Smith 2, Terry Curran
28. Tue  5 Feb  BURY.................... 5-1     4     12,425   Terry Curran 2, David Grant
                                                                Mark Smith, Kevin Taylor
29. Sat  9 Feb  Swindon Town............ 2-1     4     16,415   Jeff Johnson, Kevin Taylor
30. Sat 16 Feb  CHESTERFIELD............ 3-3     4     23,433   Ian Mellor 2, Rodger Wylde
31. Sat 23 Feb  ROTHERHAM UNITED........ 5-0     3     20,557   Andy McCulloch 3, Terry Curran
                                                                Jeff King
32. Tue 26 Feb  Carlisle United......... 2-0     3      6,223   Andy McCulloch, Kevin Taylor

33. Sat  1 Mar  Oxford United........... 2-0     2      9,353   Terry Curran, Brian Hornsby
34. Sat  8 Mar  WIMBLEDON............... 3-1     1     20,803   Terry Curran 2, Andy McCulloch
35. Sat 15 Mar  Mansfield Town.......... 1-1     2     16,109   Andy McCulloch
36. Tue 18 Mar  Gillingham.............. 1-1     1      6,717   Andy McCulloch
37. Sat 22 Mar  BLACKPOOL............... 4-1     1     19,552   Terry Curran 2, Andy McCulloch
                                                                Kevin Taylor
38. Sat 29 Mar  Southend United......... 1-1     2      7,455   Ian Mellor

39. Tue  1 Apr  READING................. 1-1     2     20,678   Terry Curran
40. Sat  5 Apr  Sheffield United........ 1-1     2     45,156   Terry Curran
41. Mon  7 Apr  GILLINGHAM.............. 1-0     2     22,717   Mark Smith
42. Sat 12 Apr  Bury.................... 0-1     2     11,622   
43. Sat 19 Apr  CHESTER CITY............ 3-0     2     19,130   Terry Curran, Andy McCulloch
                                                                Kevin Taylor
44. Tue 22 Apr  Blackburn Rovers........ 2-1     2     26,130   Ian Mellor, Kevin Taylor
45. Sat 26 Apr  Exeter City............. 0-1     2     10,461   

46. Sat  3 May  CARLISLE UNITED......... 0-0     3     32,734   

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FA Cup Results


Rnd     Date      Opponents             Result  Attendance  Scorers

 1   Sat 24 Nov  LINCOLN CITY............ 3-0     11,226   Jeff King, Andy McCulloch
                                                           Mark Smith

 2   Sat 15 Dec  Carlisle United......... 0-3      7,823   

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League Cup Results


Rnd     Date      Opponents             Result  Attendance  Scorers

 1L1 Wed  1 Aug  HULL CITY............... 1-1      9,152   Terry Curran
 1L2 Tue 14 Aug  Hull City............... 2-1      7,059   Terry Curran, Ian Fleming
     Wednesday won 3-2 on aggregate            

 2L1 Tue 28 Aug  MANCHESTER CITY......... 1-1     15,000   Jeff King
 2L2 Tue  4 Sep  Manchester City......... 1-2     24,074   Mark Smith
     Man City won 3-2 on aggregate             

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Appearances

                            LEAGUE        FA CUP      LEAGUE CUP       TOTAL      
 Player                   Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals
Mark Smith                 44      9      2      1      4      1     50     11
David Grant                43      1      2      0      3      0     48      1
Terry Curran               41     22      1      0      4      2     46     24
Ray Blackhall              35      0      2      0      4      0     41      0
Brian Hornsby              33      3      1      0      4      0     38      3
Jeff King                  32/3    3      2      1      4      1     38/3    5
Ian Mellor                 32/5   11      2      0      3      0     37/5   11
Mike Pickering             32      0      2      0      2      0     36      0
Bob Bolder                 31      0      2      0      2      0     35      0
Andy McCulloch             30     12      1      1      4      0     35     13
Jeff Johnson               32/3    1      1      0      0      0     33/3    1
Ian Porterfield            20/2    1      1      0      2/1    0     23/3    1
Kevin Taylor               21      6      0      0      0      0     21      6
Brian Cox                  15      0      0      0      2      0     17      0
Jimmy Mullen               14/1    2      1      0      2      0     17/1    2
Rodger Wylde               15      8      2      0      0      0     17      8
Ian Fleming                 7      0      0      0      4      1     11      1
John Lowey                 11/2    1      0      0      0      0     11/2    1
Dennis Leman                6/4    0      0      0      0      0      6/4    0
Gordon Owen                 4      1      0      0      0      0      4      1
Peter Shirtliff             3      0      0      0      0      0      3      0
Charlie Williamson          3      0      0      0      0      0      3      0
Brian Strutt                2      0      0      0      0      0      2      0
Mel Sterland                0/2    0      0/1    0      0      0      0/3    0

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