Football League Second Division  1979/80

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

 

End of Season Notes
 ▼Bristol City were Relegated from the First Division
 ▼Derby County were Relegated from the First Division
 ▼Bolton Wanderers were Relegated from the First Division
 ▲Leicester City were Promoted to the First Division
 ▲Sunderland were Promoted to the First Division
 ▲Birmingham City were Promoted to the First Division
 ▼Fulham were Relegated to the Third Division
 ▼Burnley were Relegated to the Third Division
 ▼Charlton Athletic were Relegated to the Third Division
 ▲Grimsby Town were Promoted from the Third Division
 ▲Blackburn Rovers were Promoted from the Third Division
 ▲Sheffield Wednesday were Promoted from the Third Division