1979-80 season
Aug 18 h Millwall.......D 1-1 craig 8,232
21 a Carlise U......D 1-1 mckenzie 5,726
25 a Sheffield W....W 3-0 craig,fazackerley,mckenzie 14,405
Sep 1 h Grimsby T......D 0-0 8,877
8 a Wimbledon......L 0-1 3,786
15 h Southend U.....D 1-1 craig 6,603
19 h Barnsley.......L 0-1 7,582
22 a Blackpool......L 1-2 kendall 10,193
29 h Rotherham U....L 0-3 7,435
Oct 2 a Barnsley.......D 1-1 parker 12,460
6 a Gillingham.....W 2-1 stonehouse 2 7,851
10 h Carlise U......L 1-2 crawford 7,114
13 h Plymouth Arg...W 1-0 brotherston 6,026
20 a Brentford......L 0-2 7,970
24 a Chester C......D 0-0 4,211
27 h Colchester U...W 3-0 crawford,keeley,brotherston 6,436
Nov 3 a Millwall.......L 0-1 6,386
7 h Chester C......W 2-0 crawford,keeley 5,757
14 h Chesterfield...W 1-0 crawford 5,955
17 a Swindon T......L 0-2 7,307
Dec 1 a Reading........D 1-1 crawford 6,010
8 h Oxford U.......W 2-1 mcenzie,brotherston 6,714
21 a Hull C.........W 1-0 keeley 3,720
26 h Mansfield T....D 0-0 8,491
Jan 1 a Sheffield U....L 1-2 mckenzie 20,620
12 a Grimsby T......W 2-1 mckenzie 10,965
19 h Wimbledon......W 3-0 crawford,mckenzie,rathbone 7,954
Feb 2 a Southend U.....W 1-0 crawford 4,518
5 a Rotherham U....W 3-1 branagan,garner 2 4,663
9 h Blackpool......W 2-0 brotherston,kendall 14,446
23 a Plymouth Arg...W 1-0 garner 6,918
27 h Exeter C.......D 1-1 brotherston 10,601
Mar 1 h Brentford......W 3-0 mckenzie,crawford,brotherston 10,227
8 a Colchester U...W 1-0 crawford 4,957
14 h Gillingham.....W 3-1 crawford,mckenzie 2 11,636
22 a Chesterfield...W 1-0 garner 14,480
29 h Swindon T......W 2-0 crawford 2 11,571
Apr 4 h Hull C.........W 1-0 mckenzie 14,571
5 a Mansfield T....W 1-0 mckenzie 7,385
7 h Sheffield U....W 1-0 crawford 18,140
12 a Exeter C.......L 0-2 5,407
19 h Reading........W 4-2 crawford 3,parkes 10,916
22 h Sheffield W....L 1-2 brotherston 26,130
26 a Oxford U.......W 1-0 garner 5,476
29 a Bury...........W 2-1 crawford 2 13,369
May 3 h Bury...........L 1-2 garner 15,741
Final League Position: 2nd in Division Three
Manager: Howard Kendall
FA Cup: 5th round
League Cup: 2nd round
League Records;
Andy Crawford - 18 goals
Derek Fazackerley - 46 apps
Average Gate; 10,311