Chelsea 1979-80


Division Two Fixtures

Date         Ven  Opponents          Att   Res    Scorers
----         ---  ---------          ---   ---    -------
18-Aug-1979   H   Sunderland        23500  D 0-0
20-Aug-1979   A   West Ham Utd      31627  W 1-0  Johnson
25-Aug-1979   H   Wrexham           18732  W 3-1  Harris, Britton, Bumstead

01-Sep-1979   A   Newcastle Utd     25230  L 1-2  Fillery
08-Sep-1979   H   Birmingham City   17182  L 1-2  Walker
15-Sep-1979   A   Shrewsbury Town    9271  L 0-3
22-Sep-1979   H   Watford           21480  W 2-0  Johnson (2)
29-Sep-1979   A   Cambridge Utd      8792  W 1-0  Johnson

06-Oct-1979   A   Burnley            8341  W 1-0  Langley
13-Oct-1979   H   Bristol Rovers    18236  W 1-0  Chivers
20-Oct-1979   A   Cardiff City      16328  W 2-1  Frost, Fillery
27-Oct-1979   H   Fulham            30567  L 0-2

03-Nov-1979   A   Sunderland        24988  L 1-2  Johnson
10-Nov-1979   A   Orient            13005  W 7-3  Britton, Frost (3), Fillery, Walker (2)
14-Nov-1979   H   West Ham Utd      30859  W 2-1  Frost, Fillery
17-Nov-1979   H   Charlton          23035  W 3-1  Fillery, Britton (2 pens)
24-Nov-1979   A   Notts County      12646  W 3-2  Britton, Walker (2)

01-Dec-1979   H   Preston           21192  W 2-0  Droy, Britton
08-Dec-1979   A   Oldham Athletic   10201  L 0-1
15-Dec-1979   H   Swansea City      18065  W 3-0  Bumstead, Langley, Johnson
18-Dec-1979   A   QPR               26598  D 2-2  Langley, Bumstead
26-Dec-1979   H   Leicester City    25320  W 1-0  Fillery
29-Dec-1979   A   Wrexham           15641  L 0-2

01-Jan-1980   A   Luton Town        19717  D 3-3  Fillery, Britton, Walker
12-Jan-1980   H   Newcastle Utd     32281  W 4-0  Fillery, Barton (og), Langley, Walker

02-Feb-1980   H   Shrewsbury Town   18120  L 2-4  Langley (2)
09-Feb-1980   A   Watford           24716  W 3-2  Britton, Johnson, Walker
16-Feb-1980   H   Cambridge Utd     17112  D 1-1  Fillery
23-Feb-1980   A   Bristol Rovers    14176  L 0-3

01-Mar-1980   H   Cardiff City      18449  W 1-0  Walker
08-Mar-1980   A   Fulham            22348  W 2-1  Walker (2)
11-Mar-1980   A   Birmingham City   27297  L 1-5  Langley
15-Mar-1980   H   Burnley           16189  W 2-1  Harris, Langley
22-Mar-1980   H   Orient            19706  W 1-0  Britton
29-Mar-1980   A   Charlton          16425  W 2-1  Britton, Langley

02-Apr-1980   H   QPR               31035  L 0-2
05-Apr-1980   A   Leicester City    25826  L 0-1
07-Apr-1980   H   Luton Town        28078  D 1-1  Lee
12-Apr-1980   A   Preston           13069  D 1-1  Fillery
19-Apr-1980   H   Notts County      24002  W 1-0  Chivers
26-Apr-1980   A   Swansea City      16000  D 1-1  Langley

03-May-1980   H   Oldham Athletic   28253  W 3-0  Fillery, Walker (2)


League Appearances

I Britton       41
P Borota        41
M Fillery       40 (1 as substitute)
R Harris        38 (1)
T Langley       35 (1)
G Locke         32
C Walker        29 (7)
G Chivers       27 (2)
J Bumstead      27 (1)
M Droy          26 (2)
M Nutton        19
G Wilkins       18
C Pates         16
D Rofe          14
G Johnson       12 (3)
J Sparrow       11
L Frost          8 (2)
E Bannon         6
K Hales          5 (2)
C Lee            4 (1)
C Viljoen        4
T Aylott         3
D Stride         3
P Rhoades-Brown  1 (3)
R Iles           1
P Osgood         1
J Sitton         0 (1)


Division Two Final Table

                   P    W   D   L    F   A  Pts
Leicester City    42   21  13   8   58  38   55
Sunderland        42   21  12   9   69  42   54
Birmingham City   42   21  11  10   58  38   53
Chelsea           42   23   7  12   66  52   53
QPR               42   18  13  11   75  53   49
Luton Town        42   16  17   9   66  45   49
West Ham Utd      42   20   7  15   54  43   47
Cambridge Utd     42   14  16  12   61  53   44
Newcastle Utd     42   15  14  13   53  49   44
Preston           42   12  19  11   56  52   43
Oldham Athletic   42   16  11  15   49  53   43
Swansea City      42   17   9  16   48  53   43
Shrewsbury Town   42   18   5  19   60  53   41
Orient            42   12  17  13   48  54   41
Cardiff City      42   16   8  18   41  48   40
Wrexham           42   16   6  20   40  49   38
Notts County      42   11  15  16   51  52   37
Watford           42   12  13  17   39  46   37
Bristol Rovers    42   11  13  18   50  64   35
Fulham            42   11   7  24   42  74   29
Burnley           42    6  15  21   39  73   27
Charlton          42    6  10  26   39  78   22


F A Cup

3rd Round  v Wigan Athletic

Date:       14th January 1980
Venue:      Home
Result:     Lost 0-1
Attendance: 22300


League Cup

2nd Round  v Plymouth Argyle

1st Leg:    28th August 1979
Venue:      Away
Result:     Drawn 2-2
Attendance: 10802
Scorer:     Fillery (2)

2nd Leg:    4th September 1979
Venue:      Home
Result:     Lost 1-2
Attendance: 14112
Scorer:     Droy

Aggregate:  Plymouth Argyle won 4-3


Goal Scorers

             Lge  FAC  LgC  Total
C Walker     15    -    -    15
M Fillery    11    -    2    13
I Britton    11    -    -    11
T Langley    10    -    -    10
G Johnson     7    -    -     7
L Frost       5    -    -     5
J Bumstead    3    -    -     3
G Chivers     2    -    -     2
R Harris      2    -    -     2
M Droy        1    -    1     2
C Lee         1    -    -     1


Mike Church, mike@mikechurch.demon.co.uk
Revised: 26th February 1997