1979–80 in English football and FWA Footballer of the Year. PFA Young Player of the Year was Tottenham Hotspur's midfielder Glenn Hoddle. 18 August 1979: Tommy Caton, 16-year-old defender, makes his debut for First Division side Manchester City on the opening day of the season in a goalless home draw with newly promoted Crystal Palace, just weeks after leaving school. 7 April 1980: Paul Davis, 18-year-old midfielder, makes his First Division debut for Arsenal in a 2–1 win over local rivals Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane. 1979–80 in English football The 1979–80 season was the 100th season of competitive football in England. 11
Marlow Rugby Union Football Club still had to be borrowed in the town somewhere. Home Meadow at Borlase school, a pitch along Dedmere Road, Alder Meadow in Pound Lane were just some of the places were the 'A's had to play their rugby. No wonder the Club formed a Nomads XV later on in its history! Eventually a pitch was acquired in Gossmore Lane. The players still had to change in Pound Lane, but unlike the pitch at the Sports Club, the players did not have to use a shovel to clear to relics of the cattle that farmer White had put out to graze