Football League Division Three
Saturday, May 8, 1982

Swindon Town Newport County
R.Carter (12' pen)
 HT: 1-1 J.Aldridge (16')
Attendance:  5,676   Referee:  D. Civil



Lineups
1
Jimmy ALLAN
                 
Mark KENDALL
1
2
Charlie HENRY
                 
Terry LEES
2
3
Kevin BADDELEY
                 
John RELISH
3
4
Gary EMMANUEL
                 
Grant DAVIES
4
5
Russell LEWIS
                 
Keith OAKES
5
6
Ken STROUD
 53'
               
Jeff JOHNSON
6

7
Gary WILLIAMS
                 
  Nigel VAUGHAN
7

8
Roy CARTER
               
  Steve LOWNDES
8
9
Paul RIDEOUT
                 
Tommy TYNAN
9
10
Andy ROWLAND
               
  John ALDRIDGE
10
11
Mike GRAHAM
                 
Karl ELSEY
11
Substitutes
12
Howard PRITCHARD  

53' 		               
Ray BISHOP
12













Results on Saturday, May 8, 1982: League Table
 
  Bristol Rovers 2 - 3 Plymouth Argyle  
  Burnley 2 - 1 Walsall  
  Chester 1 - 2 Lincoln City  
  Doncaster Rovers 2 - 1 Fulham  
  Exeter City 1 - 1 Southend United  
  Gillingham 2 - 1 Oxford United  
  Huddersfield Town 1 - 1 Brentford  
  Millwall 1 - 0 Portsmouth  
  Preston North End 2 - 0 Chesterfield  
  Reading 2 - 2 Carlisle United  
  Swindon Town 1 - 1 Newport County  
  Wimbledon 0 - 0 Bristol City  

Table as at Saturday, May 8, 1982:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Carlisle United 43 22 11 10 62 45 17 77 
2 Lincoln City 44 20 13 11 63 39 24 73 
3 Fulham 43 20 13 10 73 50 23 73 
4 Burnley 43 19 16 8 59 43 16 73 
5 Oxford United 44 19 14 11 63 45 18 71 
6 Southend United 44 18 15 11 60 44 16 69 
7 Brentford 45 19 11 15 55 45 10 68 
8 Millwall 43 18 12 13 58 54 4 66 
9 Gillingham 43 18 10 15 59 54 5 64 
10 Chesterfield 44 18 9 17 55 54 1 63 
11 Plymouth Argyle 45 17 11 17 62 55 7 62 
12 Preston North End 44 16 13 15 50 51 -1 61 
13 Reading 44 16 11 17 64 72 -8 59 
14 Huddersfield Town 44 15 12 17 64 57 7 57 
15 Portsmouth 43 13 18 12 49 46 3 57 
16 Bristol Rovers 44 16 9 19 55 64 -9 55 
17 Exeter City 44 15 9 20 70 82 -12 54 
18 Doncaster Rovers 44 13 15 16 53 66 -13 54 
19 Walsall 45 13 13 19 51 55 -4 52 
20 Swindon Town 44 13 13 18 55 67 -12 52 
21 Newport County 43 11 16 16 49 52 -3 49 
22 Wimbledon 43 11 11 21 52 72 -20 44 
23 Bristol City 43 9 12 22 33 62 -29 39 
24 Chester 44 7 11 26 36 76 -40 32 

* Bristol Rovers deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player on Friday, January 1, 1982.

Key: Promotion Relegation