Football League Division Three
Wednesday, October 10, 1979

Reading Swindon Town
R.Bowman (26'), O.Kearns (58')
 HT: 1-1 A.Rowland (5')
Attendance:  9,884    



Lineups
1
Steve DEATH
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
Steve HETZKE
                 
John TEMPLEMAN
2
3
Mark WHITE
                 
Russell LEWIS
3
4
Richie BOWMAN
               
Ray MCHALE
4
5
Mike KEARNEY
                 
Billy TUCKER
5
6
Dave MORELINE
                 
Ken STROUD
6

7
Pat EARLES
                 
Ian MILLER
7

8
Ollie KEARNS
               
Roy CARTER
8
9
Gary HEALE
               
Andy ROWLAND
9
10
Lawrie SANCHEZ view STFC profile 
                 
Alan MAYES
10
11
Wayne WANKLYN
                 
Brian WILLIAMS
11
Substitutes
12
Sub not used
                 
Chris KAMARA
12













Results on Wednesday, October 10, 1979: League Table
 
  Blackburn Rovers 1 - 2 Carlisle United  
  Blackpool 1 - 2 Bury  
  Oxford United 0 - 2 Brentford  
  Reading 2 - 1 Swindon Town  

Table as at Wednesday, October 10, 1979:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Sheffield United 12 8 1 3 25 17 8 17 
2 Millwall 12 5 5 2 21 15 6 15 
3 Brentford 11 6 3 2 15 10 5 15 
4 Colchester United 12 6 3 3 13 13 0 15 
5 Rotherham United 12 7 0 5 25 20 5 14 
6 Sheffield Wednesday 12 4 5 3 17 14 3 13 
7 Hull City 12 3 7 2 13 12 1 13 
8 Swindon Town 11 5 2 4 19 15 4 12 
9 Chesterfield 12 5 2 5 19 17 2 12 
10 Chester 11 4 4 3 16 16 0 12 
11 Reading 11 4 4 3 12 14 -2 12 
12 Oxford United 10 4 3 3 19 13 6 11 
13 Gillingham 9 4 3 2 12 9 3 11 
14 Blackpool 12 5 1 6 21 23 -2 11 
15 Carlisle United 12 4 3 5 14 17 -3 11 
16 Grimsby Town 12 4 2 6 13 18 -5 10 
17 Barnsley 12 4 2 6 8 14 -6 10 
18 Exeter City 12 4 2 6 12 20 -8 10 
19 Southend United 9 3 3 3 10 10 0 9 
20 Blackburn Rovers 12 2 5 5 11 14 -3 9 
21 Wimbledon 11 3 3 5 10 15 -5 9 
22 Mansfield Town 12 3 2 7 16 17 -1 8 
23 Bury 12 3 2 7 11 14 -3 8 
24 Plymouth Argyle 11 2 3 6 13 18 -5 7 

Key: Promotion Relegation