Football League Division Three
Friday, February 29, 1980

Southend United Swindon Town
D.Spence (16')
 HT: 1-0
Attendance:  5,282   Referee:  R. Lewis



Lineups
1
Mervyn CAWSTON
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
Alan MOODY
                 
Russell LEWIS
2
3
Steve YATES
                 
Andy FORD
3
4
Micky STEAD
                 
Ray MCHALE
4
5
Tony HADLEY
                 
Billy TUCKER
5
6
Dave CUSACK
                 
Ken STROUD
6

7
Terry GRAY
                69'
Ian MILLER
7

8
Ron POUNTNEY
                 
Chris KAMARA
8
9
Derek SPENCE  
               
Andy ROWLAND
9
10
Keith MERCER
                 
Alan MAYES
10
11
Anton OTULAKOWSKI
                 
Brian WILLIAMS
11
Substitutes
12
John WALKER
              
69' 
Chic BATES
12













Results on Friday, February 29, 1980: League Table
 
  Blackpool 1 - 0 Colchester United  
  Southend United 1 - 0 Swindon Town  

Table as at Friday, February 29, 1980:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Grimsby Town 33 18 5 10 50 35 15 41 
2 Colchester United 34 16 9 9 47 41 6 41 
3 Sheffield Wednesday 32 15 10 7 61 37 24 40 
4 Chesterfield 32 15 8 9 52 37 15 38 
5 Sheffield United 33 16 6 11 53 45 8 38 
6 Blackburn Rovers 32 14 9 9 36 26 10 37 
7 Chester 30 12 10 8 39 38 1 34 
8 Exeter City 33 13 8 12 45 53 -8 34 
9 Swindon Town 29 14 5 10 49 36 13 33 
10 Millwall 30 13 7 10 46 40 6 33 
11 Reading 31 11 10 10 46 49 -3 32 
12 Oxford United 32 10 11 11 43 42 1 31 
13 Brentford 32 12 7 13 51 53 -2 31 
14 Plymouth Argyle 33 11 8 14 47 47 0 30 
15 Gillingham 31 9 11 11 35 37 -2 29 
16 Carlisle United 30 11 6 13 44 42 2 28 
17 Southend United 33 11 6 16 38 45 -7 28 
18 Rotherham United 30 12 4 14 43 52 -9 28 
19 Blackpool 33 10 7 16 47 58 -11 27 
20 Barnsley 30 10 7 13 33 45 -12 27 
21 Hull City 31 6 13 12 34 52 -18 25 
22 Mansfield Town 31 7 10 14 34 39 -5 24 
23 Wimbledon 30 8 8 14 32 44 -12 24 
24 Bury 31 10 3 18 36 48 -12 23 

Key: Promotion Relegation