Football League Division Three
Friday, March 16, 1979

Southend United Swindon Town
M.Stead (??'), A.Polycarpou (??', ??'), C.Morris (??' pen), M.Laverick (??')
 HT: 3-0 R.McHale (47'), A.Mayes (59'), M.Cawston (74' o.g.)
Attendance:  4,303    



Lineups
1
Mervyn CAWSTON
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
Alan MOODY
                 
  Bryan HAMILTON
2
3
Steve YATES
                 
Andy FORD
3
4
Micky STEAD
             
Ray MCHALE
4
5
Tony HADLEY
                 
Steve AIZLEWOOD
5
6
Dave CUSACK
                 
Ken STROUD
6

7
Colin MORRIS
               
Ian MILLER
7

8
Andy POLYCARPOU
               
Roy CARTER
8
9
Derrick PARKER
                 
Andy ROWLAND
9
10
Phil DUDLEY
               
Alan MAYES
10
11
Micky LAVERICK
               
Chris KAMARA
11
Substitutes
12
John WALKER
               
Brian WILLIAMS
12













Results on Friday, March 16, 1979: League Table
 
  Southend United 5 - 3 Swindon Town  
  Swansea City 3 - 1 Gillingham  
  Tranmere Rovers 2 - 2 Exeter City  

Table as at Friday, March 16, 1979:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Watford 31 17 9 5 60 35 25 43 
2 Shrewsbury Town 29 14 12 3 38 19 19 40 
3 Swansea City 32 16 7 9 55 43 12 39 
4 Gillingham 31 13 13 5 40 28 12 39 
5 Carlisle United 32 10 17 5 32 21 11 37 
6 Swindon Town 29 16 4 9 47 32 15 36 
7 Southend United 33 11 13 9 44 35 9 35 
8 Exeter City 31 12 10 9 43 36 7 34 
9 Plymouth Argyle 33 12 10 11 45 45 0 34 
10 Blackpool 31 13 6 12 37 37 0 32 
11 Chester 33 11 10 12 42 47 -5 32 
12 Rotherham United 29 13 5 11 34 34 0 31 
13 Chesterfield 30 10 10 10 41 42 -1 30 
14 Colchester United 30 9 11 10 31 34 -3 29 
15 Sheffield Wednesday 29 8 13 8 27 32 -5 29 
16 Hull City 29 11 6 12 42 37 5 28 
17 Brentford 31 10 8 13 30 32 -2 28 
18 Oxford United 31 8 12 11 27 38 -11 28 
19 Walsall 32 9 8 15 45 48 -3 26 
20 Bury 29 6 14 9 38 43 -5 26 
21 Peterborough United 30 7 10 13 28 39 -11 24 
22 Mansfield Town 28 5 13 10 29 33 -4 23 
23 Tranmere Rovers 32 4 12 16 34 55 -21 20 
24 Lincoln City 29 2 7 20 20 64 -44 11 

Key: Promotion Relegation