Football League Division Three
Saturday, March 3, 1979

Swindon Town Lincoln City
A.Rowland (2', 33'), A.Mayes (17'), R.McHale (31'), C.Bates (76'), I.Miller (86')
 HT: 4-0
Attendance:  6,649    



Lineups
1
Jimmy ALLAN
                 
Peter GROTIER
1
2
Bryan HAMILTON  
                 
Phil HUBBARD
2
3
Andy FORD
                 
Dennis LEIGH
3
4
Ray MCHALE
               
Alan HARDING
4
5
Steve AIZLEWOOD
                 
Tony LOXLEY
5
6
Ken STROUD
                 
Mick SMITH
6

7
Ian MILLER
               
Brendan GUEST
7

8
Roy CARTER
                 
John WARD
8
9
Andy ROWLAND
               
  Mick HARFORD
9
10
Alan MAYES
               
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10
11
Chris KAMARA
                 
Gordon HOBSON
11
Substitutes
12
Chic BATES
             
Alan JONES
12













Results on Saturday, March 3, 1979: League Table
 
  Bury 4 - 2 Exeter City  
  Chester 4 - 1 Oxford United  
  Gillingham 1 - 0 Peterborough United  
  Mansfield Town 1 - 1 Blackpool  
  Plymouth Argyle 1 - 0 Walsall  
  Rotherham United 1 - 3 Carlisle United  
  Sheffield Wednesday 0 - 0 Shrewsbury Town  
  Swindon Town 6 - 0 Lincoln City  
  Tranmere Rovers 0 - 1 Brentford  
  Watford 2 - 0 Chesterfield  

Table as at Saturday, March 3, 1979:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Watford 30 17 8 5 60 35 25 42 
2 Shrewsbury Town 28 14 12 2 37 17 20 40 
3 Gillingham 28 12 13 3 36 22 14 37 
4 Swindon Town 27 16 3 8 44 27 17 35 
5 Swansea City 29 14 7 8 51 40 11 35 
6 Carlisle United 29 9 15 5 29 20 9 33 
7 Plymouth Argyle 31 12 9 10 45 40 5 33 
8 Exeter City 29 12 8 9 41 34 7 32 
9 Southend United 29 10 10 9 37 30 7 30 
10 Chester 30 10 10 10 37 39 -2 30 
11 Rotherham United 27 12 5 10 33 33 0 29 
12 Colchester United 28 8 11 9 30 33 -3 27 
13 Blackpool 28 11 5 12 31 35 -4 27 
14 Oxford United 29 8 11 10 26 36 -10 27 
15 Bury 27 6 14 7 36 36 0 26 
16 Chesterfield 27 8 10 9 33 36 -3 26 
17 Brentford 28 9 8 11 24 30 -6 26 
18 Walsall 30 8 8 14 41 45 -4 24 
19 Sheffield Wednesday 26 5 13 8 22 31 -9 23 
20 Hull City 26 8 6 12 36 36 0 22 
21 Peterborough United 29 6 10 13 26 39 -13 22 
22 Mansfield Town 26 4 13 9 24 32 -8 21 
23 Tranmere Rovers 29 4 11 14 30 46 -16 19 
24 Lincoln City 26 2 6 18 17 54 -37 10 

Key: Promotion Relegation