Football League Division Three
Saturday, November 8, 1980

Colchester United Swindon Town
B.Hodge (76' pen)
HT: 0-0
Attendance:  2,153   Referee:  B. Martin



Lineups
1
Mike WALKER
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
Micky COOK
                 
John TROLLOPE
2
3
Eddie ROWLES
                 
David PEACH
3
4
Steve LESLIE
                 
Chris KAMARA
4
5
Steve WIGNALL
                 
Russell LEWIS
5
6
Mike PACKER
                 
Ken STROUD
6

7
Bobby HODGE
               
Ian MILLER
7

8
Bobby GOUGH
 73'
              
Roy CARTER
8
9
Kevin BREMNER
                 
Andy ROWLAND
9
10
Trevor LEE
                 
Alan MAYES
10
11
Ian ALLINSON
                 
Brian WILLIAMS
11
Substitutes
12
Dennis LONGHORN

73' 
              
Charlie HENRY
12













Results on Saturday, November 8, 1980: League Table

 
  Burnley 1 - 2 Reading  
  Carlisle United 2 - 2 Fulham  
  Charlton Athletic 2 - 0 Rotherham United  
  Chester 3 - 2 Sheffield United  
  Chesterfield 2 - 1 Brentford  
  Colchester United 1 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Exeter City 0 - 1 Barnsley  
  Gillingham 0 - 1 Portsmouth  
  Millwall 2 - 1 Huddersfield Town  
  Newport County 4 - 0 Hull City  
  Oxford United 0 - 2 Blackpool  
  Plymouth Argyle 2 - 0 Walsall  

Table as at Saturday, November 8, 1980:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Charlton Athletic 19 12 3 4 33 17 16 27 
2 Chesterfield 19 11 4 4 35 18 17 26 
3 Barnsley 19 9 6 4 28 19 9 24 
4 Rotherham United 20 8 8 4 24 16 8 24 
5 Portsmouth 18 12 0 6 25 19 6 24 
6 Huddersfield Town 20 9 5 6 26 14 12 23 
7 Burnley 19 8 7 4 25 15 10 23 
8 Plymouth Argyle 20 8 7 5 28 20 8 23 
9 Sheffield United 20 9 3 8 34 22 12 21 
10 Reading 18 9 2 7 28 26 2 20 
11 Brentford 20 8 4 8 26 24 2 20 
12 Exeter City 19 8 3 8 28 28 0 19 
13 Walsall 20 7 5 8 28 32 -4 19 
14 Newport County 17 8 2 7 28 23 5 18 
15 Chester 18 7 4 7 14 15 -1 18 
16 Blackpool 19 6 6 7 25 29 -4 18 
17 Gillingham 20 4 9 7 20 28 -8 17 
18 Colchester United 20 5 7 8 18 26 -8 17 
19 Fulham 20 5 6 9 20 27 -7 16 
20 Millwall 19 6 3 10 18 31 -13 15 
21 Oxford United 20 4 6 10 14 24 -10 14 
22 Carlisle United 19 4 5 10 23 40 -17 13 
23 Swindon Town 19 4 4 11 16 33 -17 12 
24 Hull City 20 2 7 11 13 31 -18 11 

Key: Promotion Relegation