Football League Fourth Division  1978/79

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Reading 46 26 13 7 76 35 +41 65 ▲Champions
2nd  Grimsby Town 46 26 9 11 82 49 +33 61 ▲Runners Up
3rd   Wimbledon 46 25 11 10 78 46 +32 61 ▲Promoted
4th  Barnsley 46 24 13 9 73 42 +31 61 ▲Promoted
5th  Aldershot 46 20 17 9 63 47 +16 57 -
6th  Wigan Athletic 46 21 13 12 63 48 +15 55 -
7th  Portsmouth 46 20 12 14 62 48 +14 52 -
8th  Newport County 46 21 10 15 66 55 +11 52 -
9th  Huddersfield Town 46 18 11 17 57 53 +4 47 -
10th  York City 46 18 11 17 51 55 -4 47 -
11th  Torquay United 46 19 8 19 58 65 -7 46 -
12th  Scunthorpe United 46 17 11 18 54 60 -6 45 -
13th  Hartlepool United 46 13 18 15 57 66 -9 44

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14th  Hereford United 46 15 13 18 53 53 0 43

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15th  Bradford City 46 17 9 20 62 68 -6 43

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16th  Port Vale 46 14 14 18 57 70 -13 42

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17th  Stockport County 46 14 12 20 58 60 -2 40

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18th  Bournemouth 46 14 11 21 47 48 -1 39 -
19th  Northampton Town 46 15 9 22 64 76 -12 39 -
20th  Rochdale 46 15 9 22 47 64 -17 39 -
21st  Darlington 46 11 15 20 49 66 -17 37 ♦Re Elected
22nd  Doncaster Rovers 46 13 11 22 50 73 -23 37 ♦Re Elected
23rd  Halifax Town 46 9 8 29 39 72 -33 26 ♦Re Elected
24th  Crewe Alexandra 46 6 14 26 43 90 -47 26 ♦Re Elected

 

Election for League Membership
Non-Leaguers Altrincham & Kettering Town challenged the four league sides facing re-election in the vote for league membership.
Votes Club End Result
50 Doncaster Rovers Re Elected to the League
49 Crewe Alexandra Re Elected to the League
43 Darlington Re Elected to the League
37 Halifax Town Re Elected to the League
13 Altrincham Not Elected to the League
12 Kettering Town Not Elected to the League

 

End of Season Notes
 ▼Peterborough United were Relegated from the Football League Third Division
 ▼Walsall were Relegated from the Football League Third Division
 ▼Lincoln City were Relegated from the Football League Third Division
 ▼Tranmere Rovers were Relegated from the Football League Third Division
 ▲Reading were Promoted to the Football League Third Division
 ▲Grimsby Town were Promoted to the Football League Third Division
 ▲Wimbledon were Promoted to the Football League Third Division
 ▲Barnsley were Promoted to the Football League Third Division
  ♦ Darlington were Re-Elected to the League
  ♦ Doncaster Rovers were Re-Elected to the League
  ♦ Halifax Town were Re-Elected to the League
  ♦ Crewe Alexandra were Re-Elected to the League