1979–80 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea
1979–80 season
Chairman	Brian Mears
Manager	Geoff Hurst
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
Second Division	4th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Clive Walker (13); All: Clive Walker and; Mike Fillery (13)
Highest home attendance	32,281 vs Newcastle United; (12 January 1980)
Lowest home attendance	14,112 vs Plymouth Argyle; (4 September 1979)
Average home league attendance	22,923
Biggest win	4–0 v Newcastle United; (12 January 1980)
Biggest defeat	1–5 v Birmingham City; (11 March 1980)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 season was Chelsea Football Club's sixty-sixth competitive season.

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Leicester City (C, P)	42	21	13	8	58	38	+20	55	Promotion to the First Division
2	Sunderland (P)	42	21	12	9	69	42	+27	54
3	Birmingham City (P)	42	21	11	10	58	38	+20	53
4	Chelsea	42	23	7	12	66	52	+14	53
5	Queens Park Rangers	42	18	13	11	75	53	+22	49
6	Luton Town	42	16	17	9	66	45	+21	49
7	West Ham United	42	20	7	15	54	43	+11	47	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
8	Cambridge United	42	14	16	12	61	53	+8	44
9	Newcastle United	42	15	14	13	53	49	+4	44
10	Preston North End	42	12	19	11	56	52	+4	43
11	Oldham Athletic	42	16	11	15	49	53	−4	43
12	Swansea City	42	17	9	16	48	53	−5	43
13	Shrewsbury Town	42	18	5	19	60	53	+7	41
14	Orient	42	12	17	13	48	54	−6	41
15	Cardiff City	42	16	8	18	41	48	−7	40
16	Wrexham	42	16	6	20	40	49	−9	38
17	Notts County	42	11	15	16	51	52	−1	37
18	Watford	42	12	13	17	39	46	−7	37
19	Bristol Rovers	42	11	13	18	50	64	−14	35
20	Fulham (R)	42	11	7	24	42	74	−32	29	Relegation to the Third Division
21	Burnley (R)	42	6	15	21	39	73	−34	27
22	Charlton Athletic (R)	42	6	10	26	39	78	−39	22

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ West Ham United qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1979–80 FA Cup winners.

References

Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd.
ISBN 0-7553-1466-2
.

Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of The Blues – A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006.

External links

1979–80 season at stamford-bridge.com

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[table_note_res_CWC1R0.21880695606526-1] West Ham United qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1979–80 FA Cup winners.

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