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Manchester City
1979–80 season
Manager	Malcolm Allison
Stadium	Maine Road
First Division	17th
FA Cup	Third Round
Football League Cup	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: Mick Robinson (8); All: Mick Robinson (9)
Highest home attendance	50,067 vs Manchester United; 10 November 1979
Lowest home attendance	29,384 vs Middlesbrough; 10 October 1979
Average home league attendance	35,729 (3rd highest in league)
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 season was Manchester City's 78th season of competitive football and 60th season in the top division of English football.^[1] In addition to the First Division, the club competed in the FA Cup and Football League Cup.

First Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	Coventry City	42	16	7	19	56	66	−10	39
16	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	11	15	16	47	57	−10	37
17	Manchester City	42	12	13	17	43	66	−23	37
18	Stoke City	42	13	10	19	44	58	−14	36
19	Everton	42	9	17	16	43	51	−8	35

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	12	13	17	43	66	−23	37	8	8	5	28	25	+3	4	5	12	15	41	−26

Source: [1]

Results

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
18 August 1979	Crystal Palace	H	Maine Road	0 – 0		40,681
21 August 1979	Middlesbrough	A	Ayresome Park	0 - 3		24,002
25 August 1979	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	Maine Road	3 – 2	Power, Channon, Robinson (pen)	34,557
1 September 1979	Tottenham Hotspur	A	White Hart Lane	1 – 2	MacKenzie	30,901
8 September 1979	Southampton	H	Maine Road	0 - 1		30,901
15 September 1979	West Bromwich Albion	A	The Hawthorns	0 – 4		22,236
22 September 1979	Coventry City	H	Maine Road	3 - 0	Robinson 2, MacKenzie	30,869
29 September 1979	Leeds United	A	Elland Road	2 – 1	Power, Deyna	29,592
6 October 1979	Arsenal	A	Highbury	0 – 0		34,688
10 October 1979	Middlesbrough	H	Maine Road	1 – 0	Deyna	29,384
13 October 1979	Nottingham Forest	H	Maine Road	1 – 0	Deyna	41,683
20 October 1979	Norwich City	A	Carrow Road	2 – 2	Bennett (2)	18,000
27 October 1979	Liverpool	H	Maine Road	0 – 4		48,128
3 November 1979	Crystal Palace	A	Selhurst Park	0 – 2		29,442
10 November 1979	Manchester United	H	Maine Road	2 - 0	Henry, Robinson	50,067
17 November 1979	Bolton Wanderers	A	Burnden Park	1 – 0	Deyna	25,515
24 November 1979	Bristol City	A	Ashton Gate	0 – 1		18,296
1 December 1979	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	Maine Road	2 – 3	Palmer, Deyna	33,894
8 December 1979	Ipswich Town	A	Portman Road	0 – 4		18,221
15 December 1979	Derby County	H	Maine Road	3 – 0	Robinson, Henry, Webb (og)	27,667
22 December 1979	Everton	A	Goodison Park	2 – 1	Daley, Henry	26,308
26 December 1979	Stoke City	H	Maine Road	1 – 1	Power	36,286
29 December 1979	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	Goldstone Ground	0 – 4		28,093
12 January 1980	Tottenham Hotspur	H	Maine Road	1 – 1	Robinson	34,337
19 January 1980	Southampton	A	Southampton	1 – 4	Power	21,422
2 February 1980	West Bromwich Albion	H	Maine Road	1 - 3	Lee	32,904
9 February 1980	Coventry City	A	Highfield Road	0 – 0		17,114
16 February 1980	Leeds United	H	Maine Road	1 – 1	Power	34,392
23 February 1980	Nottingham Forest	A	City Ground	0 – 4		27,255
27 February 1980	Aston Villa	A	Villa Park	2 – 2	Robinson, Power	29,139
1 March 1980	Norwich City	H	Maine Road	0 – 0		32,248
11 March 1980	Liverpool	A	Anfield	0 – 2		40,443
15 March 1980	Arsenal	H	Maine Road	0 – 3		33,792
22 March 1980	Manchester United	A	Old Trafford	0 – 1		56,384
29 March 1980	Bolton Wanderers	H	Maine Road	2 – 2	Tueart (2)	33,500
2 April 1980	Everton	H	Maine Road	1 – 1	Deyna	33,5000
5 April 1980	Stoke City	A	Victoria Ground	0 – 0		20,451
7 April 1980	Aston Villa	H	Maine Road	1 – 1	Power	34,923
12 April 1980	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	Molineux Stadium	2 – 1	Reeves, Tueart	23,850
19 April 1980	Bristol City	H	Maine Road	3 – 1	Robinson, Deyna, Tueart	32,745
26 April 1980	Derby County	A	Baseball Ground	1 – 3	Tueart	22,572
3 May 1980	Ipswich Town	H	Maine Road	2 – 1	Reeves, Henry	31,648

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
5 January 1980	3rd Round	Halifax Town	A	The Shay	0 – 1		12,599

League Cup

Results

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
28 August 1979	2nd Round 1st Leg	Sheffield Wednesday	A	Hillsborough Stadium	1 – 1	Viljoen	24,095
4 September 1979	2nd Round 2nd Leg	Sheffield Wednesday	H	Maine Road	2 – 1	Henry (2)	24,074
26 September 1979	3rd Round	Sunderland	H	Maine Road	1 – 1	Robinson	26,181
3 October 1979	3rd Round Replay	Sunderland	A	Roker Park	0 – 1		33,559