1979–80 Leicester City F.C. season

In the 1979–80 season, Leicester were promoted as champions of the Second Division for the sixth time in the club's history. From start of the season, the Foxes scored in every game until their 2-0 defeat at Charlton Athletic in mid-December. The only negative part of Leicester's season was a shock FA Cup exit against non-league Harlow Town. It was the first time the Foxes lost to a non-league team in a cup competition since the 1914-15 season. Despite that, after a 2-1 win at Filbert Street against Charlton, Leicester were all but assured of promotion and on the final day of the season, the Foxes beat Leyton Orient at Brisbane Road and with Sunderland only picking up a point, Leicester were crowned champions.

Final league table

Main article: 1979–80 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Leicester City	42	12	5	4	32	19	9	8	4	26	19	58	38	+20	55
2	Sunderland	42	16	5	0	47	13	5	7	9	22	29	69	42	+27	54
3	Birmingham City	42	14	5	2	37	16	7	6	8	21	22	58	38	+20	53
4	Chelsea	42	14	3	4	34	16	9	4	8	32	36	66	52	+14	53
5	Queens Park Rangers	42	10	9	2	46	25	8	4	9	29	28	75	53	+22	49
6	Luton Town	42	9	10	2	36	17	7	7	7	30	28	66	45	+21	49
7	West Ham United	42	13	2	6	37	21	7	5	9	17	22	54	43	+11	47
8	Cambridge United	42	11	6	4	40	23	3	10	8	21	30	61	53	+8	44
9	Newcastle United	42	13	6	2	35	19	2	8	11	18	30	53	49	+4	44
10	Preston North End	42	8	10	3	30	23	4	9	8	26	29	56	52	+4	43
11	Oldham Athletic	42	12	5	4	30	21	4	6	11	19	32	49	53	–4	43
12	Swansea City	42	13	1	7	31	20	4	8	9	17	33	48	53	–5	43
13	Shrewsbury Town	42	12	3	6	41	23	6	2	13	19	30	60	53	+7	41
14	Orient	42	7	9	5	29	31	5	8	8	19	23	48	54	–6	41
15	Cardiff City	42	11	4	6	21	16	5	4	12	20	32	41	48	–7	40
16	Wrexham	42	13	2	6	26	15	3	4	14	14	34	40	49	–9	38
17	Notts County	42	4	11	6	24	22	7	4	10	27	30	51	52	–1	37
18	Watford	42	9	6	6	27	18	3	7	11	12	28	39	46	–7	37
19	Bristol Rovers	42	9	8	4	33	23	2	5	14	17	41	50	64	–14	35
20	Fulham	42	6	4	11	19	28	5	3	13	23	46	42	74	–32	29
21	Burnley	42	5	9	7	19	23	1	6	14	20	50	39	73	–34	27
22	Charlton Athletic	42	6	6	9	25	31	0	4	17	14	47	39	78	–39	22

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Relegated

Results

Leicester City's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 August 1979	Watford	H	2–0	15,772	Young (2)
21 August 1979	Cambridge United	A	1–1	6,042	Young
25 August 1979	Queens Park Rangers	A	4–1	13,091	Peake (2), May, Goodwin
1 September 1979	Luton Town	H	1–3	16,241	May
8 September 1979	Notts County	H	1–0	16,595	Young
15 September 1979	Newcastle United	A	2–3	26,443	Smith (2, 1 pen)
22 September 1979	Fulham	H	3–3	21,447	Young (2), Smith
29 September 1979	Swansea City	A	2–0	15,104	Rofe (2)
6 October 1979	Shrewsbury Town	A	2–2	9,045	Goodwin, Byrne
10 October 1979	Cambridge United	H	2–1	15,960	Young, Wilson
13 October 1979	West Ham United	H	1–2	22,472	Williams
20 October 1979	Oldham Athletic	A	1–1	10,297	Young
27 October 1979	Sunderland	H	2–1	19,365	Lineker (2)
3 November 1979	Watford	A	3–1	14,743	Smith (2, 1 pen), Peake
10 November 1979	Burnley	H	1–1	17,191	Young
17 November 1979	Preston North End	A	1–1	10,038	Lineker
24 November 1979	Wrexham	H	2–0	15,316	Strickland, Henderson
1 December 1979	Birmingham City	A	2–1	25,748	Smith, Henderson
8 December 1979	Leyton Orient	H	2–2	16,303	Henderson, Goodwin
15 December 1979	Charlton Athletic	A	0–2	6,717
21 December 1979	Cardiff City	H	0–0	12,877
26 December 1979	Chelsea	A	0–1	25,320
29 December 1979	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–0	20,743	Rofe, Henderson
1 January 1980	Bristol Rovers	H	3–0	21,579	Smith (2), Goodwin
12 January 1980	Luton Town	A	0–0	14,141
19 January 1980	Notts County	A	1–0	14,859	Strickland
2 February 1980	Newcastle United	H	1–0	22,549	Smith (pen)
9 February 1980	Fulham	A	0–0	8,691
20 February 1980	Swansea City	H	1–1	17,597	Henderson
23 February 1980	West Ham United	A	1–3	27,762	Young
1 March 1980	Oldham Athletic	H	0–1	16,991
8 March 1980	Sunderland	A	0–0	29,487
15 March 1980	Shrewsbury Town	H	2–0	15,391	Young, Edmunds
22 March 1980	Burnley	A	2–1	7,173	Edmunds, Young
29 March 1980	Preston North End	H	1–2	15,293	Kelly
5 April 1980	Chelsea	H	1–0	25,826	May
8 April 1980	Cardiff City	A	1–0	10,291	Smith
12 April 1980	Birmingham City	H	2–1	26,075	Wilson, Young
19 April 1980	Wrexham	A	1–0	10,023	Kelly
23 April 1980	Bristol Rovers	A	1–1	8,205	Smith
26 April 1980	Charlton Athletic	H	2–1	23,875	Young, Smith
3 May 1980	Leyton Orient	A	1–0	13,828	May

FA Cup

Main article: 1979-80 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 1980	Harlow Town	H	1–1	21,302	Henderson
R3R	8 January 1980	Harlow Town	A	0–1	9,723

League Cup

Main article: 1979–80 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st leg	11 August 1979	Rotherham United	H	1–2	11,210	Young
R1 2nd leg	14 August 1979	Rotherham United	A	0–3 (lost 1-5 on agg)	5,179

Squad

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Mark Wallington
-	GK	Alexander Edmond
-	DF	Tommy Williams
-	DF	Gregor Stevens
-	DF	Larry May
-	DF	Ian Wilson
-	MF	Pat Byrne
-	MF	Eddie Kelly
-	FW	Alan Young
-	FW	Martin Henderson
-	DF	Bobby Smith
-	DF	Dennis Rofe
-	MF	Andy Peake

No.	Position	Player
-	MF	Mark Goodwin
-	MF	Alan Lee
-	DF	John O'Neill
-	FW	Derek Strickland
-	DF	Peter Welsh
-	FW	Gary Lineker
-	MF	Mick Duffy
-	FW	Dave Buchanan
-	DF	Geoff Scott
-	MF	Paul Edmunds
-	DF	Everton Carr

References

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