1979/80 
Division Two                                                         
Sat 18 Aug  CARDIFF CITY           W  4-1   7 157    -   McCulloch,Mair,Richards,Masson 
Tue 21      shrewsbury town        D  1-1   7 369    3   Christie 
Sat 25      burnley                W  1-0   7 005    2   Mair 
Sat  1 Sep  QUEENS PARK RANGERS    W  1-0   8 745    1   Masson 
Sat  8      leicester city         L  0-1  16 595    4
Sat 15      LUTON TOWN             D  0-0   9 582    3
Sat 22      SWANSEA CITY           D  0-0   8 319    3
Sat 29      wrexham                L  0-1   9 173    7
Sat  6 Oct  bristol rovers         W  3-2   5 422    7   Blockley,McCulloch,Christie 
Tue  9      SHREWSBURY TOWN        W  5-2   7 361    4   Mair,O'Brien 2(2pens),McCulloch,Benjamin 
Sat 13      OLDHAM ATHLETIC        D  1-1   8 540    5   Masson 
Sat 20      fulham                 W  3-1   6 280    2   Hooks,McCulloch 2
Sat 27      WEST HAM UNITED        L  0-1  12 256    5
Sat  3 Nov  cardiff city           L  2-3   8 316    7   Blockley,Hunt
Sat 10      PRESTON NORTH END      W  2-1   8 602    6   Mair,Christie
Sat 17      sunderland             L  1-3  21 896    7   Masson 
Sat 24      CHELSEA                L  2-3  12 646    9   Hooks,O'Brien 
Sat  1 Dec  watford                L  1-2  12 170   10   O'Brien 
Sat  8      BIRMINGHAM CITY        D  1-1  11 383   11   O'Brien(pen) 
Sat 15      orient                 L  0-1   4 115   13
Sat 22      NEWCASTLE UNITED       D  2-2  11 224   12   O'Brien 2(2pens)
Wed 26      charlton athletic      D  0-0   6 894   12
Sat 29      BURNLEY                L  2-3   7 596   13   Hunt,Christie
Tue  1 Jan  CAMBRIDGE UNITED       D  0-0   7 722   13
Sat 12      queens park rangers    W  3-1   9 613   13   Christie,Hooks,Hunt 
Sat 19      LEICESTER CITY         L  0-1  14 849   14
Sat  2 Feb  luton town             L  1-2   9 007   14   Donaghy(og)
Sat  9      swansea city           W  1-0  13 213   12   Hooks 
Sat 23      oldham athletic        L  0-1   7 241   16
Tue 26      WREXHAM                D  1-1   6 684   15   O'Brien(pen) 
Sat  1 Mar  FULHAM                 D  1-1   6 968   14   Hunt
Tue 11      west ham united        W  2-1  24 894   14   Christie,Stubbs
Sat 15      BRISTOL ROVERS         D  0-0   5 693   14
Sat 22      preston north end      L  0-2   7 407   16
Sat 29      SUNDERLAND             L  0-1  10 817   17
Wed  2 Apr  newcastle united       D  2-2  22 005   17   Christie,Benjamin 
Sat  5      CHARLTON ATHLETIC      D  0-0   6 254   17
Tue  8      cambridge united       W  3-2   5 546   16   McCulloch,Christie,O'Brien 
Sat 12      WATFORD                L  1-2   7 279   17   Hooks 
Sat 19      chelsea                L  0-1  24 002   17
Sat 26      ORIENT                 D  1-1   5 505   17   O'Brien(pen)
Sat  3 May  birmingham city        D  3-3  33 863   17   Mair,Christie,Kilcline
F.A CUP 
Sat  5 Jan  WOLVERHAMPTON W. (R3)  L  1-3  15 668        Hunt
LEAGUE CUP 
Tue 28 Aug  TORQUAY UNITED (R2/L1) D  0-0   5 865
Wed  5 Sep  torquay united (R2/L2) W  1-0   4 531        Hooks
Tue 25      grimsby town (R3)      L  1-3  11 881        O'Brien(pen) 
Anglo Scottish Cup 
Sat  4 Aug  mansfield town (Prelim)W  1-0   3 587        Christie 
Tue  7      SHEFFIELD UNITED (Pre) L  0-1   4 340 
Sat 11      CAMBRIDGE UNITED (Pre) L  1-3   2 553        Hooks
Final League Table           W   D   L   GD Pts       
 1. Leicester City          21  13   8  +20  55 
 2. Sunderland              21  12   9  +27  54 
 3. Birmingham City         21  11  10  +20  53 
 4. Chelsea                 23   7  12  +14  53
 5. Queens Park Rangers     18  13  11  +22  49 
 6. Luton Town              16  17   9  +21  49 
 7. West Ham United         20   7  15  +11  47 
 8. Cambridge United        14  16  12  +8   44 
 9. Newcastle United        15  14  13  +4   44 
10. Preston North End       12  19  11  +4   43 
11. Oldham Athletic         16  11  15  -4   43 
12. Swansea City            17   9  16  -5   43 
13. Shrewsbury Town         18   5  19  +7   41 
14. Orient                  12  17  13  -6   41 
15. Cardiff City            16   8  18  -7   40 
16. Wrexham                 16   6  20  -9   38 
17. Notts County            11  15  16  -1   37 
18. Watford                 12  13  17  -7   37 
19. Bristol Rovers          11  13  18  -14  35 
20. Fulham                  11   7  24  -32  29 
21. Burnley                  6  15  21  -34  27 
22. Charlton Athletic        6  10  26  -39  22
Managers
Jimmy Sirrel
Goalkeepers           Age  League Apps.     
Raddy Avramovic        30      33      Joined from NK Rijeka(Yugoslavia) pre-season
Mick Leonard           20      9       Joined from Halifax Town
Defenders
Ray O�Brien            28      41
Brian Stubbs           29      39      Eventually left for Grantham Town sometime after this season
Pedro Richards         23      32
Tristan Benjamin       22      31 (3)
Jeff Blockley          30      30      Left for Enderby Town after end of season
Brian Kilcline         17      14 (2)
Gary Wood              24      0  (1)
Midfield
Gordon Mair            21      42
Don Masson             33      40
David Hunt             20      38
Paul Hooks             20      25 (9)
Gary Shelton (loan)    20      8       Loaned from Aston Villa March/April
Paul Manns             18      2  (1)  Joined from Cardiff City
Forwards
Iain McCulloch         25      38
Trevor Christie        20      30 (11) Joined from Leicester City pre-season
Stuart Beavon(loan)    20      6       Loaned from Tottenham Hotspur Dec/Jan
Jim Doherty            22      4  (1)  Joined from Cumnock Juniors
players ages correct as of  31st December 1979.


Notts County FC 1979/80
Back row; Wheeler(Trainer), Hunt, Christie, Blockley, Leonard, Avramovic, McCulloch, Benjamin, Stubbs, Kilcline, Sirrel(Manager)
Front; Mair, Manns, Hooks, Richards, Wood, Doherty, Masson, O'Brien

Home colours
A new set of Adidas shirts came into use that re-introduced the collar flaps.
The only difference between this shirt and that of two years previous was the
manufacturers logo which was now placed on a white stripe (so the logo was now
black) and the Adidas lettering was now added below it.
Change colours
Notts retained the same yellow away shirts as the previous year but the shorts were
now yellow instead of blue (so it was an all yellow kit with blue trimmings).
This may also have been the season in which Notts introduced a 3rd choice all blue
strip with white trim. The original set of blue shirts had collar flaps.
 
 
 

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