1978–79 Carlisle United F.C. season

Carlisle United F.C. 1978–79 football season

Results & fixtures

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Gillingham	46	21	17	8	65	42	+23	59
5	Swindon Town	46	25	7	14	74	52	+22	57
6	Carlisle United	46	15	22	9	53	42	+11	52
7	Colchester United	46	17	17	12	60	55	+5	51
8	Hull City	46	19	11	16	66	61	+5	49

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score
1	19 August	Hull City	A	1–1
2	22 August	Chesterfield	H	1–1
3	26 August	Walsall	H	1–0
4	2 September	Blackpool	A	1–3
5	8 September	Colchester United	H	4–0
6	12 September	Peterborough United	A	0–0
7	16 September	Lincoln City	A	1–1
8	23 September	Southend United	H	0–0
9	25 September	Swansea City	H	2–0
10	30 September	Mansfield Town	A	0–1
11	7 October	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–1
12	14 October	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–0
13	17 October	Watford	A	1–2
14	21 October	Rotherham United	H	1–1
15	28 October	Swindon Town	H	2–0
16	4 November	Oxford United	A	0–0
17	11 November	Blackpool	H	1–1
18	18 November	Walsall	A	2–1
19	2 December	Gillingham	A	0–0
20	9 December	Exeter City	H	1–1
21	26 December	Chester	A	2–1
22	30 December	Brentford	A	0–0
23	20 January	Lincoln City	H	2–0
24	2 February	Swansea City	A	0–0
25	10 February	Mansfield Town	H	1–0
26	13 February	Bury	H	1–2
27	17 February	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–2
28	24 February	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–0
29	3 March	Rotherham United	A	3–1
30	6 March	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–0
31	10 March	Swindon Town	A	0–0
32	12 March	Southend United	A	1–1
33	17 March	Shrewsbury Town	H	1–1
34	20 March	Peterborough United	H	4–1
35	24 March	Chesterfield	A	3–2
36	27 March	Hull City	H	2–2
37	31 March	Oxford United	A	1–5
38	2 April	Colchester United	A	1–2
39	7 April	Gillingham	H	1–0
40	13 April	Bury	A	2–2
41	14 April	Chester	H	1–1
42	16 April	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–1
43	21 April	Brentford	H	1–0
44	24 April	Watford	H	1–0
45	28 April	Exeter City	A	2–3
46	5 May	Oxford United	H	0–1

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	12 August	Blackpool	H	2–2
R1 L2	16 August	Blackpool	A	1–2

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score
R1	25 November	Halifax Town	H	1–0
R2	16 December	Hull City	H	3–0
R3	10 January	Ipswich Town	A	2–3

National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Levels 5–6	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (level 5 only) Southern League (Premier, One North, One South)
Levels 7–9	Isthmian League (Two) Athenian League (level 7 only) Cheshire County League (One, Two) Town & Country League (level 7 only) Essex Senior League (level 7 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Home Counties League (level 7 only) Kent League (level 7 only) Lancashire Combination (level 7 only) London Spartan League (Premier, Senior) Midland Football Combination (level 7 only) Midland League (Premier, One) Northern League (level 7 only) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One, Two)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final)

European competitions

Other

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Norwich City Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Blackburn Rovers Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Burnley Cambridge United Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Fulham Leicester City Luton Town Millwall Newcastle United Notts County Oldham Athletic Orient Preston North End Sheffield United Stoke City Sunderland West Ham United Wrexham
Third Division	Blackpool Brentford Bury Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Exeter City Gillingham Hull City Lincoln City Mansfield Town Oxford United Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swansea City Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Watford
Fourth Division	Aldershot Barnsley Bournemouth Bradford City Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Huddersfield Town Newport County Northampton Town Port Vale Portsmouth Reading Rochdale Scunthorpe United Stockport County Torquay United Wigan Athletic Wimbledon York City

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