Football League Division Three
Saturday, February 9, 1980

Swindon Town Sheffield Wednesday
R.McHale (55' pen)
HT: 0-1 J.Johnson (15'), K.Taylor (85')
Attendance:  16,415    



 
Though Ray McHale equalises for the Town from a highly debatable penalty award, Kevin Taylor earns the Owls the points with a late goal in this game shown on Match Of The Day.




Lineups
1
Jimmy ALLAN
                 
Bob BOLDER
1
2
Russell LEWIS
                 
Ray BLACKHALL
2
3
Ken STROUD
                 
David GRANT
3
4
Ray MCHALE
               
Mark SMITH
4
5
Billy TUCKER
                 
Mike PICKERING
5
6
Roy CARTER
                 
Brian HORNSBY
6

7
Ian MILLER
               
Kevin TAYLOR
7

8
Chris KAMARA
               
Jeff JOHNSON
8
9
Andy ROWLAND
                 
Ian MELLOR
9
10
Alan MAYES
                 
Andy MCCULLOCH
10
11
Brian WILLIAMS
                 
Terry CURRAN
11
Substitutes
12
Chic BATES
                
John LOWEY
12













Results on Saturday, February 9, 1980: League Table

 
  Blackburn Rovers 2 - 0 Blackpool  
  Brentford 0 - 1 Wimbledon  
  Bury 1 - 2 Oxford United  
  Carlisle United 4 - 1 Exeter City  
  Chesterfield 3 - 0 Rotherham United  
  Millwall 2 - 2 Barnsley  
  Reading 2 - 1 Chester  
  Sheffield United 1 - 0 Mansfield Town  
  Swindon Town 1 - 2 Sheffield Wednesday  

Table as at Saturday, February 9, 1980:

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

Key: Promotion Relegation