Port Vale Historical Standings 1st May 1979

English League Two 1978/1979
Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Grimsby Town 44 87   15 5 2 48 19   11 4 7 30 24
2 Reading 44 85   18 3 1 48 8   6 10 6 24 27
3 Wimbledon 40 78   16 2 2 45 18   7 7 6 28 23
4 Barnsley 42 78   14 5 3 45 22   8 7 5 24 17
5 Wigan Athletic 44 75   14 5 4 40 24   7 7 7 21 21
6 Aldershot 44 73   15 5 2 37 14   4 11 7 24 32
7 Newport County 45 70   12 5 6 39 28   8 5 9 25 26
8 Portsmouth 42 68   13 6 2 34 10   6 5 10 26 34
9 44 62   13 4 5 37 24   5 4 13 20 40
10 Huddersfield Town 43 59   12 8 2 31 15   4 3 14 22 35
11 41 59   9 6 5 27 21   7 5 9 17 28
12 Bradford City 43 58   11 4 6 36 23   6 3 13 23 41
13 43 57   12 7 2 35 17   3 5 14 18 34
14 44 54   11 5 7 33 21   3 7 11 25 37
15 Northampton Town 43 53   12 4 7 40 30   3 4 13 23 40
16 Port Vale 43 53   8 10 4 29 25   5 4 12 26 37
17 Scunthorpe United 43 53   11 3 8 31 30   3 8 10 16 28
18 AFC Bournemouth 45 50   10 6 6 32 18   3 5 15 13 29
19 45 47   8 8 7 25 22   4 3 15 21 48
20 42 45   9 4 8 20 25   3 5 13 19 35
21 41 43   7 6 6 22 19   3 7 12 24 43
22 Hartlepool United 40 42   5 12 3 30 26   3 6 11 15 35
23 Crewe Alexandra 44 32   3 7 11 23 37   3 7 13 19 49
24 Halifax Town 41 29   5 5 8 16 22   2 3 18 15 40