1979-03-17 Sat Hibernian 1 Hearts 1

<- Team <- Date <- Comp -> Comp -> Date -> Team

Hearts Team Opponents Scoring Seq Penalties Table Streaks Discipline Statistics Games played

Sat 17 Mar 1979 15:00
Hibernian 1 Hearts 1
Premier 22 of 36
Easter Road Edinburgh Scotland
13297
Ref: T Muirhead Stenhousemuir

Scorers Willie Gibson pen 26

Opp Scorers [Colin Campbell 17]

Manager Cumulative to date

Manager Type G W D L F A PenW PenL

William Esplin Ormond LA 31 14 7 10 56 52 0 0

William Esplin Ormond COMPA 42 18 8 16 72 70 0 0

William Esplin Ormond L 61 30 16 15 106 84 0 0

William Esplin Ormond COMP 79 37 19 23 131 108 0 0

MR NR Season Team Venue FT HT Agg Comp Round Crowd TV

1978-79 Hibernian
Easter Road Edinburgh Scotland

1-1
1-1
Premier
22 of 36 13297

Notes

Hearts Line Up - NB Average ages only shown where there are 8 or more 'known' ages

Number of Team Changes (Competitive Games Only) = 2
Team Changes Compared to Last League Team (League Games Only) = 1

No Sq
No Player Cap Nat Tot App Age Gls Pens Tot
Gls OGs Pen
Save Pen
Miss Discipline Sub
Mrk Substitued by Sub
Time Goals
vs
Opp Prev Next

1 Thomson Allan 2 32y 05m 12d / 1979-02-24 sat 1979-03-28 wed

2 Walter Kidd 53 21y 00m 07d / 1979-03-10 sat 1979-03-28 wed

3 Ian George Black 4 19y 01m 13d / 1979-03-10 sat 1979-03-28 wed

4 Frank Liddell 26 25y 08m 07d / 1979-03-10 sat 1979-03-28 wed

5 Jim Jefferies (C) 248 28y 03m 23d / 1979-03-10 sat 1979-03-28 wed

6 John Craig 14 Not Known / 1979-03-10 sat 1979-03-28 wed

7 Willie Gibson 215 25y 11m 14d 1 1 87 3 / 4 1979-03-10 sat 1979-03-28 wed

8 Cammy Fraser 134 21y 07m 23d / 1979-03-05 mon 1979-03-28 wed

9 Derek O'Connor 17 24y 02m 09d / 3 1979-03-10 sat 1979-03-28 wed

10 Drew Busby 248 31y 03m 09d / 1 1979-03-10 sat 1979-03-28 wed

11 Malcolm Robertson 72 27y 08m 10d Prentice Bobby 79 / 1979-03-10 sat 1979-03-28 wed

Total Starting App->> 1033 25.73 <<-Average Starting Age

–––––– Substitutes ––––––

S11 Bobby Prentice 207 25y 05m 18d Robertson Malcolm 79 / 1 1978-12-09 sat 1979-04-14 sat

U2 Graham Shaw 27y 05m 09d / 1979-03-10 sat 1979-03-31 sat

25.71 <<-Average Age of Players who played

Opponents
Manager Edward Hunter Turnbull
Team Managed 20 of 21
Total Managed 34 of 35

No Player Nat Age Gls Pens OGs Pen
Save Pen
Miss Discipline Team
Apps Total
Apps Sub
Mrk Substitued by Sub
Time

1 Jim McArthur SCO 27y 00m 18d 08 of 09 09 of 10

2 Benny Brazil SCO 20y 03m 07d 02 of 12 02 of 14

3 Arthur Duncan SCO 31y 03m 12d 21 of 25 27 of 31

4 Des Bremner SCO 26y 06m 10d 16 of 17 16 of 17

5 George Stewart SCO 31y 06m 17d 06 of 07 24 of 25

6 Jackie McNamara SCO 26y 05m 26d 05 of 10 08 of 13

7 Gordon Rae SCO 20y 10m 14d 03 of 23 03 of 23

8 Ally MacLeod SCO 28y 02m 16d 08 of 09 08 of 09

9 Colin Campbell SCO 22y 03m 16d 1 01 of 02 01 of 04

10 Ralph Callachan SCO 23y 10m 17d 04 of 12 04 of 12

11 Tony Higgins SCO 24y 09m 14d 05 of 06 05 of 09

25.74 <<-Average Starting Age

–––––– Substitutes ––––––

U1 Bobby Hutchinson SCO 25y 08m 26d of 02 of 10

U2 Willie Murray SCO 24y 06m 17d of 03 of 03

25.74 <<-Average Age of players who played

Scoring Sequence
No Score Scorer Scores For Time

1
0-1
Colin Campbell Hibernian 17

2
1-1
Willie Gibson(pen) Heart of Midlothian 26

Penalties
Taker Team Outcome Given Away By Won By Time Score if Missed

Willie Gibson Heart of Midlothian Scored Arthur M Duncan Walter Kidd 26

Discipline

Referee T Muirhead Hearts Redcards

Linesman 1 Opponents Redcards

Linesman 2 Hearts Yellowcards

Fourth Official Opponents Yellowcards

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Discipline Events
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League Tables
Before - Wednesday 14 Mar 1979 After - Saturday 17 Mar 1979

Pos Team G W D L F A Diff Avg Pts Note

1 Dundee United 24 11 7 6 36 22 14 1.6364 29

2 St Mirren 23 11 5 7 30 21 9 1.4286 27

3 Rangers 22 9 8 5 28 21 7 1.3333 26

4 Aberdeen 23 7 10 6 35 24 11 1.4583 24

5 Morton 24 8 8 8 34 35 -1 .9714 24

6 Partick Thistle 22 8 7 7 23 22 1 1.0455 23

7 Hibernian 23 6 10 7 25 26 -1 .9615 22

8 Celtic 19 8 5 6 27 21 6 1.2857 21

9 Heart Of Midlothian 21 6 5 10 28 41 -13 .6829 17

10 Motherwell 25 4 5 16 21 54 -33 .3889 13

Pos Diff Team G W D L F A Diff Avg Pts Note

1 0 Dundee United 25 12 7 6 38 22 16 1.7273 31

2 0 St Mirren 24 12 5 7 33 22 11 1.5000 29

3 0 Rangers 23 10 8 5 30 21 9 1.4286 28

4 0 Aberdeen 24 7 10 7 35 26 9 1.3462 24

5 0 Morton 25 8 8 9 35 38 -3 .9211 24

6 2 Celtic 20 9 5 6 29 22 7 1.3182 23

7 0 Hibernian 24 6 11 7 26 27 -1 .9630 23

8 -2 Partick Thistle 23 8 7 8 23 24 -1 .9583 23

9 0 Heart Of Midlothian 22 6 6 10 29 42 -13 .6905 18

10 0 Motherwell 26 4 5 17 22 56 -34 .3929 13

League Games Played

Home F Away A Crowd

Dundee United 2 Partick Thistle 1 6201

Greenock Morton 6 Motherwell 0 3982

Rangers 1 Hibernian 0 17401

League Games Played

Home F Away A Crowd

Aberdeen 0 Dundee United 2 11181

Celtic 2 Motherwell 1 14866

Hibernian 1 Heart of Midlothian 1 13297

Partick Thistle 0 Rangers 2 18682

St Mirren 3 Greenock Morton 1 9118

Type Streaks by Date Last 10 Cumulative by Date

W D L Unb NoW G W D L F A

Competitive

1

1

2

D

L

W

D

W

L

W

L

D

L

3552

1702

741

1109

7253

5270

L only

1

2

1

2847

1340

608

899

5702

4287

Type Streaks by Team Cumulative by Team

W D L Unb NoW G W D L F A

Competitive

1

1

2

204

88

49

67

367

307

L only

1

4

1

167

72

41

54

298

249

Match Statistics

Hearts What Opponents

0 Goal Attempts 0

0 On Target 0

0 Off Target 0

0 Woodwork 0

0 Corners 0

0 Fouls 0

0 Offside 0

Games played during this week
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SortDate Date Comp Rd Home F Away A Crowd

19790312 Mon 12 Mar 1979 E Div 3 28 of 46 Mansfield Town 5 Plymouth Argyle 0

19790312 Mon 12 Mar 1979 E Div 3 32 of 46 Southend United 1 Carlisle United 1

19790312 Mon 12 Mar 1979 FA Cup R5 Southampton 2 West Bromwich Albion 1

19790313 Tue 13 Mar 1979 L1 22 of 39 Dumbarton 0 Kilmarnock 3 1345

19790313 Tue 13 Mar 1979 L1 27 of 39 Stirling Albion 2 Clydebank[4] 3 959

19790313 Tue 13 Mar 1979 L2 24 of 39 Albion Rovers 1 Cowdenbeath 1 289

19790313 Tue 13 Mar 1979 L2 25 of 39 Dunfermline Athletic 1 Stenhousemuir 0 1954

19790313 Tue 13 Mar 1979 E Div 1 28 of 42 Liverpool 1 Everton 1

19790313 Tue 13 Mar 1979 E Div 1 29 of 42 Ipswich Town 1 Coventry City 1

19790313 Tue 13 Mar 1979 E Div 1 29 of 42 Middlesbrough 3 Derby County 1

19790313 Tue 13 Mar 1979 E Div 2 28 of 42 Burnley 2 Luton Town 1

19790313 Tue 13 Mar 1979 E Div 2 29 of 42 Notts County 4 Sheffield United 1

19790313 Tue 13 Mar 1979 E Div 3 29 of 46 Hull City 1 Colchester United 0

19790313 Tue 13 Mar 1979 E Div 3 29 of 46 Sheffield Wednesday 1 Brentford 0

19790313 Tue 13 Mar 1979 E Div 3 32 of 46 Walsall 4 Lincoln City 1

19790313 Tue 13 Mar 1979 E Div4 27 of 46 Rochdale 2 Grimsby Town 5

19790313 Tue 13 Mar 1979 E Div4 28 of 46 York City 2 Halifax Town 0

19790313 Tue 13 Mar 1979 E Div4 29 of 46 Barnsley 4 Scunthorpe United 1

19790313 Tue 13 Mar 1979 E Div4 29 of 46 Northampton Town 1 Port Vale 0

19790313 Tue 13 Mar 1979 E Div4 30 of 46 Bradford City 2 Reading 3

19790313 Tue 13 Mar 1979 E Div4 30 of 46 Hartlepool United 1 Stockport County 3

19790313 Tue 13 Mar 1979 E Div4 30 of 46 Huddersfield Town 2 Bournemouth 1

19790313 Tue 13 Mar 1979 E Div4 32 of 46 Crewe Alexandra 0 Newport County 1

19790313 Tue 13 Mar 1979 FA Cup QF Shrewsbury Town 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3

19790314 Wed 14 Mar 1979 P 22 of 36 Rangers 1 Hibernian 0 17401

19790314 Wed 14 Mar 1979 P 24 of 36 Dundee United 2 Partick Thistle 1 6201

19790314 Wed 14 Mar 1979 P 24 of 36 Greenock Morton 6 Motherwell 0 3982

19790314 Wed 14 Mar 1979 L1 26 of 39 Airdrieonians 2 Hamilton Academical 1 1372

19790314 Wed 14 Mar 1979 L1 26 of 39 St Johnstone 0 Clyde 1 1757

19790314 Wed 14 Mar 1979 L1 27 of 39 Raith Rovers 2 Ayr United 0 1147

19790314 Wed 14 Mar 1979 L1 28 of 39 Montrose 0 Dundee 2 1803

19790314 Wed 14 Mar 1979 L2 24 of 39 Falkirk 1 Queens Park 0 1370

19790314 Wed 14 Mar 1979 L2 27 of 39 Forfar Athletic 2 Stranraer 0 859

19790314 Wed 14 Mar 1979 Scottish Cup R5 Celtic 1 Aberdeen 2 37000

19790314 Wed 14 Mar 1979 E Div 1 26 of 42 Nottingham Forest 2 Norwich City 1

19790314 Wed 14 Mar 1979 E Div 1 26 of 42 West Bromwich Albion 1 Chelsea 0

19790314 Wed 14 Mar 1979 E Div 2 28 of 42 Blackburn Rovers 0 Oldham Athletic 2

19790314 Wed 14 Mar 1979 E Div 2 31 of 42 Stoke City 3 Leyton Orient 1

19790314 Wed 14 Mar 1979 E Div 2 31 of 42 Sunderland 1 Crystal Palace 2

19790314 Wed 14 Mar 1979 E Div 3 30 of 46 Chesterfield 1 Blackpool 3

19790314 Wed 14 Mar 1979 E Div 3 33 of 46 Chester City 0 Rotherham United 1

19790314 Wed 14 Mar 1979 E Div4 31 of 46 Wigan Athletic 3 Torquay United 1

19790314 Wed 14 Mar 1979 FA Cup QF Manchester United 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0

19790316 Fri 16 Mar 1979 E Div 3 32 of 46 Swansea City 3 Gillingham 1

19790316 Fri 16 Mar 1979 E Div 3 32 of 46 Tranmere Rovers 2 Exeter City 2

19790316 Fri 16 Mar 1979 E Div 3 33 of 46 Southend United 5 Swindon Town 3

19790316 Fri 16 Mar 1979 E Div4 33 of 46 Newport County 2 Northampton Town 1

19790316 Fri 16 Mar 1979 E Div4 33 of 46 Reading 0 Scunthorpe United 1

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 P 20 of 36 Celtic 2 Motherwell 1 14866

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 P 23 of 36 Partick Thistle 0 Rangers 2 18682

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 P 24 of 36 Aberdeen 0 Dundee United 2 11181

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 P 24 of 36 Hibernian 1 Heart of Midlothian 1 13297

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 P 24 of 36 St Mirren 3 Greenock Morton 1 9118

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 L1 23 of 39 Dumbarton 3 Clyde 0 896

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 L1 28 of 39 Stirling Albion 0 Clydebank[4] 0 809

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 L1 30 of 39 Ayr United 2 Hamilton Academical 1 2422

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 L1 30 of 39 Kilmarnock 3 St Johnstone 1 2315

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 L1 30 of 39 Queen of the South 2 Arbroath 2 905

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 L2 27 of 39 Berwick Rangers 3 Alloa Athletic 2 750

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 L2 27 of 39 Queens Park 1 Falkirk 2 575

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 L2 30 of 39 Stranraer 1 Livingston (Meadowbank Thistle) 0 600

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 E Div 1 29 of 42 Tottenham Hotspur 0 Norwich City 0

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 E Div 1 30 of 42 Chelsea 1 Queens Park Rangers 3

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 E Div 1 30 of 42 Ipswich Town 2 Arsenal 0

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 E Div 1 31 of 42 Coventry City 2 Bolton Wanderers 2

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 E Div 1 32 of 42 Bristol City 1 Middlesbrough 1

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 E Div 2 29 of 42 Preston North End 0 West Ham United 0

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 E Div 2 30 of 42 Charlton Athletic 1 Cardiff City 1

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 E Div 2 31 of 42 Leyton Orient 3 Cambridge United 0

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 E Div 2 32 of 42 Brighton and Hove Albion 2 Sheffield United 0

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 E Div 3 33 of 46 Carlisle United 1 Shrewsbury Town 1

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 E Div 3 34 of 46 Plymouth Argyle 1 Colchester United 1

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 E Div4 32 of 46 Grimsby Town 0 Aldershot 0

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 E Div4 32 of 46 Torquay United 0 Bournemouth 1

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 E Div4 32 of 46 Wigan Athletic 2 Stockport County 0

19790317 Sat 17 Mar 1979 E LCup F Nottingham Forest 3 Southampton 2 100000

19790318 Sun 18 Mar 1979 EC G7 Turkey 2 Malta 1

Manager	Type	G	W	D	L	F	A
William Esplin Ormond	LA	31	14	7	10	56	52
William Esplin Ormond	COMPA	42	18	8	16	72	70
William Esplin Ormond	L	61	30	16	15	106	84
William Esplin Ormond	COMP	79	37	19	23	131	108

Hearts Line Up - NB Average ages only shown where there are 8 or more 'known' ages
Number of Team Changes (Competitive Games Only) = 2 Team Changes Compared to Last League Team (League Games Only) = 1
No	Sq No	Player	Cap	Nat	Tot App	Age	Gls	Pens	Tot Gls	OGs	Pen Save	Pen Miss	Discipline	Sub Mrk	Substitued by	Sub Time	Goals vs Opp	Prev	Next
1		Thomson Allan			2	32y 05m 12d											/	1979-02-24 sat	1979-03-28 wed
2		Walter Kidd			53	21y 00m 07d											/	1979-03-10 sat	1979-03-28 wed
3		Ian George Black			4	19y 01m 13d											/	1979-03-10 sat	1979-03-28 wed
4		Frank Liddell			26	25y 08m 07d											/	1979-03-10 sat	1979-03-28 wed
5		Jim Jefferies	(C)		248	28y 03m 23d											/	1979-03-10 sat	1979-03-28 wed
6		John Craig			14	Not Known											/	1979-03-10 sat	1979-03-28 wed
7		Willie Gibson			215	25y 11m 14d	1	1	87								3 / 4	1979-03-10 sat	1979-03-28 wed
8		Cammy Fraser			134	21y 07m 23d											/	1979-03-05 mon	1979-03-28 wed
9		Derek O'Connor			17	24y 02m 09d											/ 3	1979-03-10 sat	1979-03-28 wed
10		Drew Busby			248	31y 03m 09d											/ 1	1979-03-10 sat	1979-03-28 wed
11		Malcolm Robertson			72	27y 08m 10d									Prentice Bobby	79	/	1979-03-10 sat	1979-03-28 wed
Total Starting App->>					1033	25.73	<<-Average Starting Age
–––––– Substitutes ––––––
S11		Bobby Prentice			207	25y 05m 18d									Robertson Malcolm	79	/ 1	1978-12-09 sat	1979-04-14 sat
U2		Graham Shaw				27y 05m 09d											/	1979-03-10 sat	1979-03-31 sat
						25.71	<<-Average Age of Players who played

No	Score	Scorer	Scores For	Time
1	0-1	Colin Campbell	Hibernian	17
2	1-1	Willie Gibson(pen)	Heart of Midlothian	26

Referee	T Muirhead	Hearts Redcards
Linesman 1		Opponents Redcards
Linesman 2		Hearts Yellowcards
Fourth Official		Opponents Yellowcards

Type	Streaks by Date					Last 10										Cumulative by Date
Type	W	D	L	Unb	NoW	Last 10										G	W	D	L	F	A
Competitive		1		1	2	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	3552	1702	741	1109	7253	5270
L only		1		2	1											2847	1340	608	899	5702	4287

Hearts	What	Opponents
0	Goal Attempts	0
0	On Target	0
0	Off Target	0
0	Woodwork	0
0	Corners	0
0	Fouls	0
0	Offside	0

SortDate	Date	Comp	Rd	Home	F	Away	A	Crowd
19790312	Mon 12 Mar 1979	E Div 3	28 of 46	Mansfield Town	5	Plymouth Argyle	0
19790312	Mon 12 Mar 1979	E Div 3	32 of 46	Southend United	1	Carlisle United	1
19790312	Mon 12 Mar 1979	FA Cup	R5	Southampton	2	West Bromwich Albion	1
19790313	Tue 13 Mar 1979	L1	22 of 39	Dumbarton	0	Kilmarnock	3	1345
19790313	Tue 13 Mar 1979	L1	27 of 39	Stirling Albion	2	Clydebank[4]	3	959
19790313	Tue 13 Mar 1979	L2	24 of 39	Albion Rovers	1	Cowdenbeath	1	289
19790313	Tue 13 Mar 1979	L2	25 of 39	Dunfermline Athletic	1	Stenhousemuir	0	1954
19790313	Tue 13 Mar 1979	E Div 1	28 of 42	Liverpool	1	Everton	1
19790313	Tue 13 Mar 1979	E Div 1	29 of 42	Ipswich Town	1	Coventry City	1
19790313	Tue 13 Mar 1979	E Div 1	29 of 42	Middlesbrough	3	Derby County	1
19790313	Tue 13 Mar 1979	E Div 2	28 of 42	Burnley	2	Luton Town	1
19790313	Tue 13 Mar 1979	E Div 2	29 of 42	Notts County	4	Sheffield United	1
19790313	Tue 13 Mar 1979	E Div 3	29 of 46	Hull City	1	Colchester United	0
19790313	Tue 13 Mar 1979	E Div 3	29 of 46	Sheffield Wednesday	1	Brentford	0
19790313	Tue 13 Mar 1979	E Div 3	32 of 46	Walsall	4	Lincoln City	1
19790313	Tue 13 Mar 1979	E Div4	27 of 46	Rochdale	2	Grimsby Town	5
19790313	Tue 13 Mar 1979	E Div4	28 of 46	York City	2	Halifax Town	0
19790313	Tue 13 Mar 1979	E Div4	29 of 46	Barnsley	4	Scunthorpe United	1
19790313	Tue 13 Mar 1979	E Div4	29 of 46	Northampton Town	1	Port Vale	0
19790313	Tue 13 Mar 1979	E Div4	30 of 46	Bradford City	2	Reading	3
19790313	Tue 13 Mar 1979	E Div4	30 of 46	Hartlepool United	1	Stockport County	3
19790313	Tue 13 Mar 1979	E Div4	30 of 46	Huddersfield Town	2	Bournemouth	1
19790313	Tue 13 Mar 1979	E Div4	32 of 46	Crewe Alexandra	0	Newport County	1
19790313	Tue 13 Mar 1979	FA Cup	QF	Shrewsbury Town	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3
19790314	Wed 14 Mar 1979	P	22 of 36	Rangers	1	Hibernian	0	17401
19790314	Wed 14 Mar 1979	P	24 of 36	Dundee United	2	Partick Thistle	1	6201
19790314	Wed 14 Mar 1979	P	24 of 36	Greenock Morton	6	Motherwell	0	3982
19790314	Wed 14 Mar 1979	L1	26 of 39	Airdrieonians	2	Hamilton Academical	1	1372
19790314	Wed 14 Mar 1979	L1	26 of 39	St Johnstone	0	Clyde	1	1757
19790314	Wed 14 Mar 1979	L1	27 of 39	Raith Rovers	2	Ayr United	0	1147
19790314	Wed 14 Mar 1979	L1	28 of 39	Montrose	0	Dundee	2	1803
19790314	Wed 14 Mar 1979	L2	24 of 39	Falkirk	1	Queens Park	0	1370
19790314	Wed 14 Mar 1979	L2	27 of 39	Forfar Athletic	2	Stranraer	0	859
19790314	Wed 14 Mar 1979	Scottish Cup	R5	Celtic	1	Aberdeen	2	37000
19790314	Wed 14 Mar 1979	E Div 1	26 of 42	Nottingham Forest	2	Norwich City	1
19790314	Wed 14 Mar 1979	E Div 1	26 of 42	West Bromwich Albion	1	Chelsea	0
19790314	Wed 14 Mar 1979	E Div 2	28 of 42	Blackburn Rovers	0	Oldham Athletic	2
19790314	Wed 14 Mar 1979	E Div 2	31 of 42	Stoke City	3	Leyton Orient	1
19790314	Wed 14 Mar 1979	E Div 2	31 of 42	Sunderland	1	Crystal Palace	2
19790314	Wed 14 Mar 1979	E Div 3	30 of 46	Chesterfield	1	Blackpool	3
19790314	Wed 14 Mar 1979	E Div 3	33 of 46	Chester City	0	Rotherham United	1
19790314	Wed 14 Mar 1979	E Div4	31 of 46	Wigan Athletic	3	Torquay United	1
19790314	Wed 14 Mar 1979	FA Cup	QF	Manchester United	2	Tottenham Hotspur	0
19790316	Fri 16 Mar 1979	E Div 3	32 of 46	Swansea City	3	Gillingham	1
19790316	Fri 16 Mar 1979	E Div 3	32 of 46	Tranmere Rovers	2	Exeter City	2
19790316	Fri 16 Mar 1979	E Div 3	33 of 46	Southend United	5	Swindon Town	3
19790316	Fri 16 Mar 1979	E Div4	33 of 46	Newport County	2	Northampton Town	1
19790316	Fri 16 Mar 1979	E Div4	33 of 46	Reading	0	Scunthorpe United	1
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	P	20 of 36	Celtic	2	Motherwell	1	14866
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	P	23 of 36	Partick Thistle	0	Rangers	2	18682
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	P	24 of 36	Aberdeen	0	Dundee United	2	11181
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	P	24 of 36	Hibernian	1	Heart of Midlothian	1	13297
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	P	24 of 36	St Mirren	3	Greenock Morton	1	9118
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	L1	23 of 39	Dumbarton	3	Clyde	0	896
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	L1	28 of 39	Stirling Albion	0	Clydebank[4]	0	809
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	L1	30 of 39	Ayr United	2	Hamilton Academical	1	2422
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	L1	30 of 39	Kilmarnock	3	St Johnstone	1	2315
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	L1	30 of 39	Queen of the South	2	Arbroath	2	905
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	L2	27 of 39	Berwick Rangers	3	Alloa Athletic	2	750
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	L2	27 of 39	Queens Park	1	Falkirk	2	575
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	L2	30 of 39	Stranraer	1	Livingston (Meadowbank Thistle)	0	600
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	E Div 1	29 of 42	Tottenham Hotspur	0	Norwich City	0
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	E Div 1	30 of 42	Chelsea	1	Queens Park Rangers	3
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	E Div 1	30 of 42	Ipswich Town	2	Arsenal	0
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	E Div 1	31 of 42	Coventry City	2	Bolton Wanderers	2
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	E Div 1	32 of 42	Bristol City	1	Middlesbrough	1
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	E Div 2	29 of 42	Preston North End	0	West Ham United	0
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	E Div 2	30 of 42	Charlton Athletic	1	Cardiff City	1
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	E Div 2	31 of 42	Leyton Orient	3	Cambridge United	0
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	E Div 2	32 of 42	Brighton and Hove Albion	2	Sheffield United	0
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	E Div 3	33 of 46	Carlisle United	1	Shrewsbury Town	1
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	E Div 3	34 of 46	Plymouth Argyle	1	Colchester United	1
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	E Div4	32 of 46	Grimsby Town	0	Aldershot	0
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	E Div4	32 of 46	Torquay United	0	Bournemouth	1
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	E Div4	32 of 46	Wigan Athletic	2	Stockport County	0
19790317	Sat 17 Mar 1979	E LCup	F	Nottingham Forest	3	Southampton	2	100000
19790318	Sun 18 Mar 1979	EC	G7	Turkey	2	Malta	1