Football League Division Three
Saturday, September 30, 1978

Swindon Town Sheffield Wednesday
C.Bates (36'), A.Rowland (64'), P.Gilchrist (67')
 HT: 1-0
Attendance:  5,857    


1
OGDEN
2
TROLLOPE
3
FORD
4
MCHALE
5
LEWIS
6
STROUD
7
GILCHRIST
8
CARTER
9
ROWLAND
10
BATES
11
KAMARA
1
BOLDER
2
BLACKHALL
3
GRANT
4
RUSHBURY
5
DOWD
6
SMITH
7
MULLEN
8
PORTERFIELD
9
WYLDE
10
JOHNSON
11
HORNSBY

Lineups
1
Chris OGDEN
                 
Bob BOLDER
1
2
John TROLLOPE
                ~68'
Ray BLACKHALL
2
3
Andy FORD
                 
David GRANT
3
4
Ray MCHALE
                 
David RUSHBURY
4
5
Russell LEWIS
                 
  Hugh DOWD
5
6
Ken STROUD
                 
Mark SMITH
6

7
Paul GILCHRIST
               
Jimmy MULLEN
7

8
Roy CARTER
                 
Ian PORTERFIELD
8
9
Andy ROWLAND
               
Rodger WYLDE
9
10
Chic BATES
 ~68'
             
Jeff JOHNSON
10
11
Chris KAMARA
                 
Brian HORNSBY
11
Substitutes
12
David CUNNINGHAM

~68' 		            
~68' 
Gordon OWEN
12















Results on Saturday, September 30, 1978: League Table
 
  Bury 1 - 1 Chester  
  Colchester United 3 - 1 Blackpool  
  Gillingham 2 - 1 Chesterfield  
  Hull City 0 - 1 Oxford United  
  Mansfield Town 1 - 0 Carlisle United  
  Peterborough United 1 - 1 Exeter City  
  Plymouth Argyle 2 - 0 Rotherham United  
  Swansea City 2 - 1 Brentford  
  Swindon Town 3 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday  
  Watford 4 - 0 Tranmere Rovers  

Table as at Saturday, September 30, 1978:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Shrewsbury Town 10 7 2 1 10 2 8 16 
2 Watford 10 7 0 3 29 14 15 14 
3 Swansea City 10 6 2 2 21 14 7 14 
4 Plymouth Argyle 9 6 0 3 17 13 4 12 
5 Chester 10 5 2 3 13 9 4 12 
6 Carlisle United 10 3 5 2 11 7 4 11 
7 Rotherham United 10 4 3 3 13 12 1 11 
8 Peterborough United 9 4 3 2 12 11 1 11 
9 Gillingham 10 3 5 2 11 10 1 11 
10 Blackpool 10 5 1 4 12 14 -2 11 
11 Hull City 10 4 2 4 15 10 5 10 
12 Chesterfield 10 3 4 3 14 12 2 10 
13 Swindon Town 10 4 2 4 10 11 -1 10 
14 Colchester United 10 3 4 3 11 13 -2 10 
15 Southend United 10 3 3 4 14 14 0 9 
16 Exeter City 9 3 3 3 11 12 -1 9 
17 Mansfield Town 9 2 4 3 10 10 0 8 
18 Sheffield Wednesday 9 2 4 3 8 12 -4 8 
19 Oxford United 10 3 2 5 10 15 -5 8 
20 Walsall 10 2 3 5 17 19 -2 7 
21 Brentford 10 3 1 6 8 16 -8 7 
22 Bury 10 0 6 4 9 14 -5 6 
23 Tranmere Rovers 9 1 3 5 9 17 -8 5 
24 Lincoln City 10 1 2 7 7 21 -14 4 

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