Football League Division Three
Saturday, December 29, 1979

Brentford Swindon Town
J.Fraser (16')
HT: 1-2 C.Kamara (35'), A.Rowland (45'), A.Mayes (85')
Attendance:  12,120   Referee:  G. Napthine



Lineups
1
Len BOND
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
Paul SHRUBB
                 
Russell LEWIS
2
3
Danis SALMAN
                 
Ken STROUD
3
4
Iori JENKINS
                 
Ray MCHALE
4
5
Pat KRUSE
                 
Billy TUCKER
5
6
John FRASER
               
Roy CARTER
6

7
David CARLTON
                 
Ian MILLER
7

8
Jackie GRAHAM
               
Chris KAMARA
8
9
Bob BOOKER
               
Andy ROWLAND
9
10
Keith FEAR
               
Alan MAYES
10
11
Steve PHILLIPS
                 
Brian WILLIAMS
11
Substitutes
12
Lee HOLMES
                
  Bryan HAMILTON
12













Results on Saturday, December 29, 1979: League Table

 
  Brentford 1 - 3 Swindon Town  
  Chester 1 - 0 Blackpool  
  Colchester United 1 - 1 Rotherham United  
  Mansfield Town 0 - 1 Exeter City  
  Millwall 2 - 0 Gillingham  
  Oxford United 3 - 0 Hull City  
  Plymouth Argyle 1 - 0 Chesterfield  
  Reading 7 - 0 Barnsley  
  Sheffield United 1 - 1 Grimsby Town  
  Southend United 1 - 3 Wimbledon  

Table as at Saturday, December 29, 1979:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Sheffield United 25 14 3 8 44 34 10 31 
2 Grimsby Town 25 13 4 8 32 26 6 30 
3 Colchester United 25 11 8 6 37 32 5 30 
4 Swindon Town 23 12 4 7 42 27 15 28 
5 Sheffield Wednesday 24 10 8 6 39 29 10 28 
6 Millwall 23 11 6 6 36 28 8 28 
7 Brentford 25 11 6 8 44 38 6 28 
8 Chester 24 10 8 6 33 31 2 28 
9 Exeter City 25 10 6 9 32 38 -6 26 
10 Chesterfield 24 9 7 8 37 29 8 25 
11 Rotherham United 25 11 3 11 39 39 0 25 
12 Blackburn Rovers 24 8 8 8 22 21 1 24 
13 Reading 24 9 6 9 35 39 -4 24 
14 Oxford United 24 7 9 8 33 29 4 23 
15 Gillingham 23 8 7 8 27 27 0 23 
16 Barnsley 25 9 5 11 26 38 -12 23 
17 Carlisle United 24 8 5 11 32 35 -3 21 
18 Plymouth Argyle 25 8 5 12 32 36 -4 21 
19 Blackpool 25 7 7 11 40 45 -5 21 
20 Mansfield Town 25 6 8 11 27 29 -2 20 
21 Hull City 25 4 12 9 26 39 -13 20 
22 Bury 24 8 3 13 30 37 -7 19 
23 Southend United 24 7 5 12 25 34 -9 19 
24 Wimbledon 22 5 7 10 24 34 -10 17 

Key: Promotion Relegation