1979–80 Northern Rugby Football League season

none 1979–80 Rugby Football League season Northern Rugby Football League First Division: 16 Second Division: 14 First Division Bradford Northern (1st title) Champions Widnes Premiership ENG George Fairbairn Man of Steel Award ENG Steve Quinn (375) ENG Keith Fielding ENG Steve Hubbard (30) Featherstone Rovers Halifax Oldham Barrow Second Division Wigan Hunslet York Blackpool Borough Second Division Second Division Featherstone Rovers Winners Halifax 1978–79 Northern Rugby Football League season 1978–79 1980–81 Rugby Football League season 1980–81 The 1979–80 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 85th season of rugby league football. Sixteen English clubs competed for the Northern Rugby Football League's First Division, with Bradford Northern claiming the title by for the first time. Season summary Bradford Northern won their first ever Championship this season. Wigan, Hunslet (having dropped the prefix of 'New' from New Hunslet), York and Blackpool Borough were relegated. Second Division Champions were Featherstone Rovers, Halifax, Oldham and Barrow were also promoted.http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=400 1979-80 Season summary 2009-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20090827102751/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=400 2009-08-27 live Second place Widnes beat league champions Bradford Northern in the Premiership final. First Division main WDL BRA WID HUL SAL LEE LEI HKR STH WAR WAK CAS WOR WIG HUN YOR BLA PO PO PO PO PO PO PO PO R R R R 23 0 7 448 272 22 1 7 546 293 18 3 9 454 326 19 1 10 495 374 19 0 11 590 390 16 1 13 451 354 16 1 13 539 445 15 2 13 505 410 15 2 13 362 357 14 2 14 435 466 13 2 15 466 475 12 2 16 348 483 9 3 18 366 523 7 1 22 346 528 6 1 23 375 647 5 0 25 230 613 C R R R R Bradford Northern Widnes Hull Salford Leeds Leigh Hull Kingston Rovers St. Helens Warrington Wakefield Trinity Castleford Workington Town Wigan Hunslet York Blackpool Borough 1) Points; 2) Points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded) yes points complete https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seasons/first-division-1979-80/summary.html First Division 1979/80 Rugby League Project 19 March 2026 2 1 0 QR yellow2 Qualification for Premiership first round red2 Relegated to Second Dibision Second Division main WDL FEA HAL OLD BAR WHI DEW ROC SWI BAT BRA KEI HUD HUY DON P P P P 21 2 3 724 280 19 3 4 463 213 19 3 4 513 276 18 1 7 582 280 15 1 10 397 276 13 2 11 408 343 9 5 12 315 373 11 1 14 331 436 10 2 14 232 370 10 1 15 330 451 10 0 16 342 396 10 0 16 363 423 5 0 21 209 555 1 1 24 196 733 CP P P P Featherstone Rovers Halifax Oldham Barrow Whitehaven Dewsbury Rochdale Hornets Swinton Batley Bramley Keighley Huddersfield Huyton Doncaster 1) Points; 2) Points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded) yes points complete https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/seasons/second-division-1979-80/summary.html Second Division 1979/80 Rugby League Project 19 March 2026 2 1 0 P green2 Promoted to First Division Premiership 1979–80 Rugby League Premiership 17 May 1980 Widnes (2) 19-5 Bradford Northern (1) T-Wright, Aspey, Bentley, Elwell, Gorley G-Burke; DG-Eckersley, Elwell T-Redfearn DG-Mumby Station Road, Swinton 10,215 Statistics The following are the top points scorers in the 1979–80 season.Fletcher Raymond Howes David Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997 27 March 1997 Headline London 978-0-7472-7764-4 163–7 Most tries Player Team Tries Keith Fielding Salford 30 Steve Hubbard Hull Kingston Rovers 30 Geoff Munro Oldham 29 Ian Ball Barrow 27 Keith Bentley Widnes 27 Peter Glynn St. Helens 27 Roy Mathias St. Helens 27 John Bevan Warrington 26 David Redfearn Bradford Northern 26 David Smith Leeds 24 Most goals (including drop goals) Player Team Goals Steve Quinn Featherstone Rovers 163 Steve Hubbard Hull Kingston Rovers 138 Steve Rule Salford 134 Steve Hesford Warrington 128 Mick Burke Widnes 127 Ian Ball Barrow 119 Steve Diamond Wakefield Trinity 116 Eric Fitzsimons Oldham 108 Mick Parrish Hunslet 98 Jimmy Birts Halifax 97 References Sources 1979-80 Rugby Football League season at wigan.rlfans.com https://web.archive.org/web/20090827102751/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=400 2009-08-27 The Challenge Cup at The Rugby Football League website Category:1979 in English rugby league Category:1980 in English rugby league Category:Northern Rugby Football League seasons