Football League Division Three
Saturday, April 14, 1979

Swindon Town Swansea City

HT: 0-1 R.James (??')
Attendance:  16,971    



Lineups
1
Jimmy ALLAN
                 
Geoff CRUDGINGTON
1
2
John TROLLOPE
                 
  Leighton PHILLIPS
2
3
Andy FORD
                 
Danny BARTLEY
3
4
Ray MCHALE
                 
  Tommy SMITH
4
5
Steve AIZLEWOOD
                 
  Nigel STEVENSON
5
6
Ken STROUD
                 
Phil BOERSMA
6

7
Ian MILLER
                 
Brian ATTLEY
7

8
Roy CARTER
               
  Robbie JAMES
8
9
Andy ROWLAND
                 
  Alan CURTIS
9
10
Alan MAYES
                 
Alan WADDLE
10
11
Bryan HAMILTON  
                 
  Ian CALLAGHAN
11
Substitutes
12
Chic BATES
               
  Jeremy CHARLES
12













Results on Saturday, April 14, 1979: League Table

 
  Blackpool 2 - 0 Tranmere Rovers  
  Carlisle United 1 - 1 Chester  
  Colchester United 1 - 1 Oxford United  
  Lincoln City 0 - 1 Peterborough United  
  Mansfield Town 0 - 2 Hull City  
  Plymouth Argyle 2 - 1 Brentford  
  Rotherham United 2 - 1 Bury  
  Sheffield Wednesday 4 - 0 Chesterfield  
  Shrewsbury Town 1 - 1 Watford  
  Southend United 0 - 1 Gillingham  
  Swindon Town 0 - 1 Swansea City  
  Walsall 2 - 2 Exeter City  

Table as at Saturday, April 14, 1979:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Watford 39 20 11 8 71 45 26 51 
2 Swansea City 40 21 9 10 69 51 18 51 
3 Gillingham 38 16 16 6 48 33 15 48 
4 Shrewsbury Town 37 16 16 5 46 32 14 48 
5 Carlisle United 41 13 21 7 48 37 11 47 
6 Swindon Town 37 20 6 11 59 40 19 46 
7 Exeter City 38 14 14 10 53 44 9 42 
8 Southend United 40 14 14 12 48 41 7 42 
9 Colchester United 39 14 14 11 45 44 1 42 
10 Hull City 36 15 9 12 54 44 10 39 
11 Plymouth Argyle 40 14 11 15 58 58 0 39 
12 Chester 40 13 13 14 52 54 -2 39 
13 Oxford United 39 11 16 12 38 44 -6 38 
14 Blackpool 38 15 7 16 50 48 2 37 
15 Brentford 39 14 9 16 44 43 1 37 
16 Sheffield Wednesday 36 10 16 10 38 38 0 36 
17 Rotherham United 35 14 7 14 37 42 -5 35 
18 Bury 37 8 17 12 47 53 -6 33 
19 Chesterfield 36 10 11 15 44 55 -11 31 
20 Walsall 39 10 10 19 53 61 -8 30 
21 Mansfield Town 34 6 16 12 33 41 -8 28 
22 Peterborough United 36 9 10 17 33 51 -18 28 
23 Tranmere Rovers 38 4 13 21 37 66 -29 21 
24 Lincoln City 36 5 10 21 26 66 -40 20 

Key: Promotion Relegation