2nd Division 1978-79

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2nd Division 1978-79

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	Pos	Table as at 22 May 1979	Pl	WH	DH	LH	FH	AH	WA	DA	LA	FA	AA	Pts
P	1	Crystal Palace	42	12	7	2	30	11	7	12	2	21	13	57
P	2	Brighton and Hove Albion	42	16	3	2	44	11	7	7	7	28	28	56
P	3	Stoke City	42	11	7	3	35	15	9	9	3	23	16	56
	4	Sunderland	42	13	3	5	39	19	9	8	4	31	25	55
	5	West Ham United	42	12	7	2	46	15	6	7	8	24	24	50
	6	Notts County	42	8	10	3	23	15	6	6	9	25	45	44
	7	Preston North End	42	7	11	3	36	23	5	7	9	23	34	42
	8	Newcastle United	42	13	3	5	35	24	4	5	12	16	31	42
	9	Cardiff City	42	12	5	4	34	23	4	5	12	22	47	42
	10	Fulham	42	10	7	4	35	19	3	8	10	15	28	41
	11	Leyton Orient	42	11	5	5	32	18	4	5	12	19	33	40
	12	Cambridge United	42	7	10	4	22	15	5	6	10	22	37	40
	13	Burnley	42	11	6	4	31	22	3	6	12	20	40	40
	14	Oldham Athletic	42	10	7	4	36	23	3	6	12	16	38	39
	15	Wrexham	42	10	6	5	31	16	2	8	11	14	26	38
	16	Bristol Rovers	42	10	6	5	34	23	4	4	13	14	37	38
	17	Leicester City	42	7	8	6	28	23	3	9	9	15	29	37
	18	Luton Town	42	11	5	5	46	24	2	5	14	14	33	36
	19	Charlton Athletic	42	6	8	7	28	28	5	5	11	32	41	35
R	20	Sheffield United	42	9	6	6	34	24	2	6	13	18	45	34
R	21	Millwall	42	7	4	10	22	29	4	6	11	20	32	32
R	22	Blackburn Rovers	42	5	8	8	24	29	5	2	14	17	43	30

P->promoted R->relegated

Chart showing league position and points accumulation on West Ham match days or days when their position was altered by other results

The chart shows league position and points accumulation on West Ham match days or days when their position was altered by other results

Player	D2	FA	LC	Total
Bonds, Billy	39 (0) - 4	1 (0) - 0	1 (0) - 0	41 (0) - 4
Brignull, Phil	0 (1) - 0	0 (0) - 0	0 (0) - 0	0 (1) - 0
Brooking, Trevor	21 (0) - 2	1 (0) - 0	0 (0) - 0	22 (0) - 2
Brush, Paul	42 (0) - 0	1 (0) - 0	1 (0) - 0	44 (0) - 0
Cross, David	40 (0) - 18	1 (0) - 0	1 (0) - 0	42 (0) - 18
Curbishley, Alan	26 (1) - 1	0 (0) - 0	1 (0) - 0	27 (1) - 1
Day, Mervyn	13 (0) - 0	1 (0) - 0	0 (0) - 0	14 (0) - 0
Devonshire, Alan	41 (0) - 5	1 (0) - 0	1 (0) - 0	43 (0) - 5
Ferguson, Bobby	11 (0) - 0	0 (0) - 0	1 (0) - 0	12 (0) - 0
Holland, Pat	39 (0) - 3	0 (0) - 0	1 (0) - 0	40 (0) - 3
Jennings, Billy	2 (2) - 0	0 (0) - 0	0 (0) - 0	2 (2) - 0
Lampard, Frank	28 (1) - 3	1 (0) - 0	1 (0) - 0	30 (1) - 3
Lansdowne, Billy Jnr	0 (1) - 0	0 (0) - 0	0 (0) - 0	0 (1) - 0
Martin, Alvin	22 (0) - 1	1 (0) - 0	0 (0) - 0	23 (0) - 1
McDowell, John	26 (2) - 2	1 (0) - 0	0 (0) - 0	27 (2) - 2
Morgan, Nicky	2 (0) - 0	0 (0) - 0	0 (0) - 0	2 (0) - 0
OWN GOAL,	0 (0) - 3	0 (0) - 0	0 (0) - 0	0 (0) - 3
Parkes, Phil	18 (0) - 0	0 (0) - 0	0 (0) - 0	18 (0) - 0
Pike, Geoff	10 (4) - 1	0 (0) - 0	0 (1) - 0	10 (5) - 1
Robson, Bryan	40 (0) - 24	1 (0) - 1	1 (0) - 1	42 (0) - 26
Taylor, Alan	10 (3) - 3	1 (0) - 0	1 (0) - 0	12 (3) - 3
Taylor, Tommy	32 (0) - 0	0 (0) - 0	1 (0) - 0	33 (0) - 0
Total	462 (15) - 70	11 (0) - 1	11 (1) - 1	484 (16) - 72

appearences excluding substitutions (substitute appearences) - goals scored
D2-> 2nd Division FA-> FA Cup LC-> League Cup
Sub->substitute appearence Off->replaced by substitute Goals shows penalties in brackets

Date	Comp	Posn	Opposition		F-A	Att
19 Aug 1978	D2	2	Notts County	H	5-2	25,387
23 Aug 1978	D2	1	Newcastle United	A	3-0	27,167
26 Aug 1978	D2	2	Crystal Palace	A	1-1	32,814
30 Aug 1978	LC 2		Swindon Town	H	1-2	19,672
02 Sep 1978	D2	4	Fulham	H	0-1	25,869
09 Sep 1978	D2	7	Burnley	A	2-3	12,392
16 Sep 1978	D2	4	Bristol Rovers	H	2-0	22,189
23 Sep 1978	D2	3	Sheffield United	H	2-0	24,361
30 Sep 1978	D2	6	Sunderland	A	1-2	23,676
07 Oct 1978	D2	4	Millwall	H	3-0	22,210
14 Oct 1978	D2	3	Oldham Athletic	A	2-2	9,191
21 Oct 1978	D2	5	Stoke City	H	1-1	27,855
28 Oct 1978	D2	4	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	2-1	33,028
04 Nov 1978	D2	2	Preston North End	H	3-1	23,572
11 Nov 1978	D2	4	Notts County	A	0-1	11,002
18 Nov 1978	D2	3	Crystal Palace	H	1-1	31,245
21 Nov 1978	D2	3	Fulham	A	0-0	26,556
25 Nov 1978	D2	3	Leicester City	A	2-1	16,149
02 Dec 1978	D2	3	Cambridge United	H	5-0	21,379
09 Dec 1978	D2	3	Wrexham	A	3-4	15,587
16 Dec 1978	D2	3	Charlton Athletic	H	2-0	23,833
26 Dec 1978	D2	4	Orient	H	0-2	29,220
30 Dec 1978	D2	4	Blackburn Rovers	H	4-0	21,269
09 Jan 1979	FA 3		Newport County	A	1-2	14,124
20 Jan 1979	D2	4	Bristol Rovers	A	1-0	12,418
10 Feb 1979	D2	4	Sunderland	H	3-3	24,998
24 Feb 1979	D2	4	Oldham Athletic	H	3-0	26,052
26 Feb 1979	D2	3	Luton Town	A	4-1	14,205
03 Mar 1979	D2	4	Stoke City	A	0-2	24,912
10 Mar 1979	D2	5	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	0-0	35,802
17 Mar 1979	D2	5	Preston North End	A	0-0	15,380
24 Mar 1979	D2	5	Newcastle United	H	5-0	24,650
31 Mar 1979	D2	5	Leicester City	H	1-1	23,992
02 Apr 1979	D2	5	Sheffield United	A	0-3	17,720
07 Apr 1979	D2	5	Cambridge United	A	0-0	11,406
09 Apr 1979	D2	5	Luton Town	H	1-0	25,398
14 Apr 1979	D2	5	Orient	A	2-0	17,517
16 Apr 1979	D2	5	Cardiff City	H	1-1	29,058
21 Apr 1979	D2	5	Charlton Athletic	A	0-0	22,816
24 Apr 1979	D2	5	Burnley	H	3-1	24,139
28 Apr 1979	D2	5	Wrexham	H	1-1	28,865
05 May 1979	D2	5	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-1	7,585
11 May 1979	D2	5	Cardiff City	A	0-0	13,124
14 May 1979	D2	5	Millwall	A	1-2	11,968

much respect to John Northcutt, Roy Shoesmith, Jack Helliar, John Helliar, Tony Hogg, Tony Brown, Fred Loveday, Andrew Loveday, Steve Bacon, Steve Marsh and all past/current West Ham players and supporters