1979-80 - (Part two) - Leeds/York/Derby/Chesterfield

Posted by Tony Hutton

SATURDAY 1ST DECEMBER, 1979

LEAGUE DIVISION ONE AT ELLAND ROAD, LEEDS

LEEDS UNITED 1 (Hird) CRYSTAL PALACE 0

Lukic; Cherry, Stevenson; Hamson, Hart, Greenhoff;
Gray (E), Hird, Connor, Curtis, Graham; sub Harris.

Burridge; Hinshelwood, Sansom; Nicholas, Cannon, Gilbert;
Murphy, Francis, Walsh, Swindlehurst, Hilaire; sub Kember.

Referee:- C.N. Seel, Carlisle.

Terry Venables' young side, promoted from the Second Division last season, have taken the First Division by storm and now are in third place behind Manchester United and Liverpool. Many of the players have come through the very successful Palace youth side, but the signing of former England skipper Gerry Francis from Q.P.R. has added much needed experience.

United on the other hand were having a very poor season and had slumped to eighteenth place in the table. There proved to be very little between the two teams on the day and the experiment of playing full back Kevin Hird in midfield paid off for United when he scored the deciding goal.

FRIDAY 21ST DECEMBER, 1979                          Attendance 1,990

LEAGUE DIVISION FOUR AT BOOTHAM CRESCENT, YORK

YORK CITY 0 WALSALL 1 (Williams)

TUESDAY 1ST JANUARY 1980                  Attendance 24,271

LEAGUE DIVISION ONE AT ELLAND ROAD, LEEDS

LEEDS UNITED 1 (Hird) DERBY COUNTY 0

Lukic; Cherry, Stevenson; Hamson, Hart, Madeley;
Gray (E), Hird, Connor, Hankin, Harris; sub Curtis.

McKellar; Langan, Buckley; Daly, Webb, Osgood;
Clark, Powell *B), Greenwood, Davies, Emson; sub Powell (S).

Referee:- K. McNally (South Wirral)

SATURDAY 16TH FEBRUARY , 1980                       Attendance 16,534

LEAGUE DIVISION ONE AT THE BASEBALL GROUND, DERBY

DERBY COUNTY 2 (Davies, Powell (B)) SOUTHAMPTON 2 (Watson, Baker)

Cherry; Langan, Buckley; Powell (S), McCaffrey, Webb;
Emery, Powell (B), Biley, Davies, Emson; sub Clark.

Wells; Golac, Waldron; Nicholl, Watson, Holmes;
Baker, Ball, Boyer, Channon, George;


SATURDAY 23RD FEBRUARY, 1980

LEAGUE DIVISION FOUR AT SALTERGATE, CHESTERFIELD

CHESTERFIELD (Crawford, Birch pen.) GRIMSBY TOWN 3 (Kilmore, Drinkell,Cumming)

Tingay; Tartt, O'Neill; Ridley, Green, Kowalski;
B irch, Moss, Walker, Salmons, Crawford; sub Pollard.

Batch; Stone, Moore; Waters, Wiggington, Crombie;
Brolly, Kilmore, Drinkell, Mitchell, Cumming; sub Ford.

WEDNESDAY 5TH MARCH, 1980                              Attendance 11,220

TESTIMONIAL MATCH FOR DAVID HARVEY AT ELLAND ROAD, LEEDS

LEEDS UNITED 2 (Graham, Parkinson) VANCOUVER WHITECAPS 1 (Ingram)

Smith; Reynard, Hawkins; Bremner, Parkinson, Hunter;
Chandler, Thomas, Hankin, Clarke, Graham; sub Balcombe.

Harvey; Bolitho, Lenarduzzi; Lewington, Kenyon, O'Leary;
Valentine, Gray, Whymark, Robb, Johnston; subs Nelson, Parsons, Ingram, Dunlop.

Referee:- T. Morris, Leeds

SATURDAY 8TH MARCH, 1980

LEAGUE DIVISION TWO AT TURF MOOR, BURNLEY

BURNLEY 0 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 3 (Gillard, Allen, Shanks)