Season

1979-80

Manchester UnitedDave Sexton

2ndleague finish

of 22 in the First Division

+0.6
goal difference
1.5 scored · 0.9 conceded
47
Played
53%
Win rate

Season in brief

2nd of 22 in the First Division, up from 9th the year before. Home form carried the season — 78% of home matches won against 29% away. Joe Jordan led the scoring with 13 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 71 United scored).

The First Division table

Final standings · 22 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Liverpool42P · 25W 10D 7L · GD +5160
  2. 2Manchester United42P · 24W 10D 8L · GD +3058
  3. 3Ipswich Town42P · 22W 9D 11L · GD +2953
  4. 4Arsenal42P · 18W 16D 8L · GD +1652
  6. 21Derby County42P · 11W 8D 23L · GD -2030
  7. 22Bolton Wanderers42P · 5W 15D 22L · GD -3525

Slice: the final First Division table for 1979-80, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint foot marks the lower reaches — exact relegation places varied by era.

The season, match by match

47 matches
18 Aug 1979 @ Southampton: 1–122 Aug 1979 v West Bromwich Albion: 2–025 Aug 1979 @ Arsenal: 0–029 Aug 1979 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 1–21 Sep 1979 v Middlesbrough: 2–15 Sep 1979 v Tottenham Hotspur: 3–18 Sep 1979 @ Aston Villa: 3–015 Sep 1979 v Derby County: 1–022 Sep 1979 @ Wolverhampton Wanderers: 1–326 Sep 1979 @ Norwich City: 1–429 Sep 1979 v Stoke City: 4–06 Oct 1979 v Brighton & Hove Albion: 2–010 Oct 1979 @ West Bromwich Albion: 0–213 Oct 1979 @ Bristol City: 1–120 Oct 1979 v Ipswich Town: 1–027 Oct 1979 @ Everton: 0–03 Nov 1979 v Southampton: 1–010 Nov 1979 @ Manchester City: 0–217 Nov 1979 v Crystal Palace: 1–124 Nov 1979 v Norwich City: 5–01 Dec 1979 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 2–18 Dec 1979 v Leeds United: 1–115 Dec 1979 @ Coventry City: 2–122 Dec 1979 v Nottingham Forest: 3–026 Dec 1979 @ Liverpool: 0–229 Dec 1979 v Arsenal: 3–05 Jan 1980 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 1–19 Jan 1980 v Tottenham Hotspur: 0–112 Jan 1980 @ Middlesbrough: 1–12 Feb 1980 @ Derby County: 3–19 Feb 1980 v Wolverhampton Wanderers: 0–116 Feb 1980 @ Stoke City: 1–123 Feb 1980 v Bristol City: 4–027 Feb 1980 v Bolton Wanderers: 2–01 Mar 1980 @ Ipswich Town: 0–612 Mar 1980 v Everton: 0–015 Mar 1980 @ Brighton & Hove Albion: 0–022 Mar 1980 v Manchester City: 1–029 Mar 1980 @ Crystal Palace: 2–02 Apr 1980 @ Nottingham Forest: 0–25 Apr 1980 v Liverpool: 2–17 Apr 1980 @ Bolton Wanderers: 3–112 Apr 1980 v Tottenham Hotspur: 4–119 Apr 1980 @ Norwich City: 2–023 Apr 1980 v Aston Villa: 2–126 Apr 1980 v Coventry City: 2–13 May 1980 @ Leeds United: 0–2
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.