Football : Season Details : 1979

Final English Top Division Football (soccer) Table and Cup Final(s)

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Position	Club	Points	History	Notes
1	Liverpool	68	4-17
2	Nottingham Forest	60	5-2	EC-W; LC-W
3	West Bromwich Albion	59	6-3
4	Everton	51	3-25
5	Leeds United	50	5-15
6	Ipswich Town	49	2-11
7	Arsenal	48	2-53	FAC-W
8	Aston Villa	46	4-4
9	Manchester United	45	6-4	FAC-F
10	Coventry City	44	1-12
11	Tottenham Hotspur	41	5-1
12	Middlesbrough	40	4-5
13	Bristol City	40	2-3
14	Southampton	40	2-1	LC-F
15	Manchester City	39	7-13
16	Norwich City	37	2-4
17	Bolton Wanderers	35	7-1
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	34	4-2
19	Derby County	31	5-10
20	Queens Park Rangers	25	2-6
21	Birmingham City	22	7-7
22	Chelsea	20	5-2

Legend and Abbreviations
Points: 2 for a win : 1 for a draw. Clubs: Blue Qualified for Europe Red Relegated
History is in the form A-B: A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division. B is the current number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division.
Notes: FAC FA Cup; LC League Cup; EC European Cup; W Winners - F Finalists

League Cup Final	Nottingham Forest 3 Southampton 2
FA Cup Final	Arsenal 3 Manchester United 2

European Cup Final	Nottingham Forest 1 Malmö 0
UEFA Cup Final First Leg	Red Star Belgrade 1 Borussia Moenchengladbach 1
UEFA Cup Final Second Leg	Borussia Moenchengladbach 1 Red Star Belgrade 0 (agg 2 - 1)
Cup Winners Cup Final	Barcelona 4 Fortuna Düsseldorf 3 aet

aet After Extra Time : agg Aggregate Score

History

Liverpool won the Championship for the 11th time after leading all season. Their 68 points was a new record, beating the 67 gained by Leeds United in 1969. Liverpool broke the record by winning 3 - 0 at Leeds United. They conceded 16 goals, another record for the 22 club league.

Norwich City drew a record 23 league matches.

Nottingham Forest won the European Cup and the League Cup. The city of Nottingham becomes the smallest city in Europe to have won the European Cup. This was the first time that a club had won the League Cup in successive seasons.

Nottingham Forest also completed a record sequence of 42 consecutive unbeaten league matches, covering two seasons (1978 and 1979). This record would not be bettered until season 2005.

In the FA Cup final, Arsenal were winning 2 - 0 with 5 minutes to go. Manchester United scored twice only for Arsenal to score the winner.

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