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Home Grounds used:
Thorneyholme Road, Accrington

Away Grounds visited:
Dill Hall Lane, Enfield; Centre Vale, Todmorden; Turf Moor, Burnley; Seedhill, Nelson; Blackburn Road, Oswaldtwistle; Alexandra Meadows, Blackburn; The Horsfield, Colne; The Worswick Memorial Ground, Rawtenstall; Lanehead, Bacup; Blackburn Road, Rishton; Bentgate, Haslingden; Acre Bottom, Ramsbottom; Liverpool Road, Lowerhouse

First XI playing record:
P 28     W 8     D 0     L 16     NR 4

Click on this link for the season's First XI scorecards and results

17 players appeared in First XI matches for Accrington in 1979:
M Aspin; G Beech; IH Birtwistle; M Galpin; PS Graham; T Hatch; R Haworth; G Hayhurst; J Heyburn; N Jones; A Kennedy; Mohsin Khan; A Richardson; J Swanney; M Taylor; PJ West; N Westwell.