Football League Division Three
Tuesday, December 26, 1978

Swansea City Swindon Town
J.Toshack (??')
HT: 0-1 C.Bates (44'), P.Gilchrist (51')
Attendance:  16,770    



Lineups
1
Geoff CRUDGINGTON
                 
Chris OGDEN
1
2
Wyndham EVANS
                 
John MCLAUGHLIN
2
3
Tommy SMITH  
                 
Andy FORD
3
4
Leighton PHILLIPS  
                 
Ray MCHALE
4
5
Nigel STEVENSON  
                 
Steve AIZLEWOOD
5
6
Jeremy CHARLES  
                 
Ken STROUD
6

7
John TOSHACK  
               
Ian MILLER
7

8
Robbie JAMES  
                 
Roy CARTER
8
9
Alan CURTIS  
               
Paul GILCHRIST
9
10
Alan WADDLE
               
Chic BATES
10
11
Ian CALLAGHAN  
                 
Chris KAMARA
11
Substitutes
12
Danny BARTLEY
               
Brian WILLIAMS
12













Results on Tuesday, December 26, 1978: League Table

 
  Brentford 2 - 1 Plymouth Argyle  
  Bury 3 - 2 Rotherham United  
  Chester 1 - 2 Carlisle United  
  Chesterfield 3 - 3 Sheffield Wednesday  
  Exeter City 3 - 1 Walsall  
  Gillingham 1 - 0 Southend United  
  Hull City 3 - 0 Mansfield Town  
  Oxford United 2 - 0 Colchester United  
  Peterborough United 0 - 1 Lincoln City  
  Swansea City 1 - 2 Swindon Town  
  Tranmere Rovers 0 - 2 Blackpool  
  Watford 2 - 2 Shrewsbury Town  

Table as at Tuesday, December 26, 1978:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Watford 22 14 3 5 44 25 19 31 
2 Shrewsbury Town 22 10 10 2 29 16 13 30 
3 Swansea City 22 12 4 6 41 31 10 28 
4 Swindon Town 20 12 2 6 27 19 8 26 
5 Gillingham 21 7 11 3 26 19 7 25 
6 Carlisle United 21 6 12 3 22 15 7 24 
7 Rotherham United 22 10 4 8 26 24 2 24 
8 Chesterfield 22 7 9 6 29 27 2 23 
9 Chester 21 9 5 7 25 26 -1 23 
10 Plymouth Argyle 21 7 8 6 31 29 2 22 
11 Blackpool 21 9 4 8 23 25 -2 22 
12 Southend United 22 6 9 7 28 23 5 21 
13 Exeter City 21 7 7 7 24 20 4 21 
14 Colchester United 21 6 8 7 20 24 -4 20 
15 Oxford United 21 5 10 6 20 25 -5 20 
16 Sheffield Wednesday 21 5 10 6 20 26 -6 20 
17 Hull City 20 7 5 8 29 24 5 19 
18 Walsall 21 6 6 9 31 31 0 18 
19 Mansfield Town 22 4 10 8 22 29 -7 18 
20 Brentford 22 7 4 11 19 27 -8 18 
21 Bury 20 3 11 6 24 27 -3 17 
22 Peterborough United 22 4 9 9 22 32 -10 17 
23 Tranmere Rovers 21 3 7 11 22 36 -14 13 
24 Lincoln City 21 2 6 13 15 39 -24 10 

Key: Promotion Relegation