Football League Division Three
Saturday, August 30, 1980

Reading Swindon Town
P.Earles (41'), N.Webb (59'), R.Bowman (72'), K.Dixon (85')
 HT: 1-0 A.Mayes (89')
Attendance:  6,665   Referee:  T. Bune



Lineups
1
Steve DEATH
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
Roger JOSLYN
                 
Russell LEWIS
2
3
Stewart HENDERSON
                 
David PEACH
3
4
Richie BOWMAN
               
Chris KAMARA
4
5
Steve HETZKE
                 
Andy ROLLINGS
5
6
Dave SHIPPERLEY
 68'
               
Roy WALSH
6

7
Pat EARLES
               
Ian MILLER
7

8
Neil WEBB view STFC profile 
              67'
Brian HUGHES
8
9
Kerry DIXON  
               
Roy GREENWOOD
9
10
Lawrie SANCHEZ view STFC profile 
               
Alan MAYES
10
11
Stuart BEAVON
                 
Roy CARTER
11
Substitutes
12
Jerry WILLIAMS

68' 		            
67' 
Charlie HENRY
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Results on Saturday, August 30, 1980: League Table
 
  Barnsley 2 - 1 Sheffield United  
  Blackpool 0 - 2 Portsmouth  
  Carlisle United 1 - 4 Newport County  
  Charlton Athletic 2 - 0 Burnley  
  Chesterfield 2 - 0 Gillingham  
  Exeter City 4 - 0 Colchester United  
  Millwall 1 - 0 Chester  
  Oxford United 0 - 0 Plymouth Argyle  
  Reading 4 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Rotherham United 0 - 0 Huddersfield Town  
  Walsall 2 - 3 Brentford  

Table as at Saturday, August 30, 1980:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Portsmouth 4 4 0 0 8 2 6 8 
2 Exeter City 4 3 1 0 11 5 6 7 
3 Charlton Athletic 4 3 1 0 8 3 5 7 
4 Sheffield United 4 3 0 1 7 2 5 6 
5 Reading 4 3 0 1 8 4 4 6 
6 Fulham 4 2 2 0 7 5 2 6 
7 Newport County 4 2 1 1 8 5 3 5 
8 Plymouth Argyle 4 1 3 0 5 3 2 5 
9 Barnsley 4 2 1 1 6 5 1 5 
10 Chesterfield 4 2 0 2 4 4 0 4 
11 Brentford 4 2 0 2 6 7 -1 4 
12 Blackpool 4 1 2 1 3 4 -1 4 
13 Walsall 4 1 1 2 6 7 -1 3 
14 Hull City 4 0 3 1 5 6 -1 3 
15 Gillingham 4 1 1 2 4 5 -1 3 
16 Millwall 4 1 1 2 3 4 -1 3 
17 Huddersfield Town 4 0 3 1 3 4 -1 3 
18 Oxford United 4 1 1 2 2 3 -1 3 
19 Rotherham United 4 0 3 1 3 5 -2 3 
20 Burnley 4 1 1 2 3 6 -3 3 
21 Chester 4 1 0 3 1 4 -3 2 
22 Colchester United 4 0 2 2 3 8 -5 2 
23 Carlisle United 4 0 1 3 2 9 -7 1 
24 Swindon Town 4 0 0 4 5 11 -6 0 

Key: Promotion Relegation