Middlesbrough 0 Southampton 1
Outcome: Lost
Date: 12/8/1979
Manager: John Neal
Attendance: 15469
Competition: Division One
Goals:
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Jim Platt | |||
| Irving Nattrass | |||
| Jeff Peters | |||
| John Craggs | |||
| Tony McAndrew | |||
| David Armstrong | |||
| Mark Procter | |||
| Billy Ashcroft | |||
| Bosco Jankovic | |||
| David Hodgson | |||
| Terry Cochrane |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Graeme Hedley |