Football League Division Three
Tuesday, March 7, 1978

Swindon Town Preston North End

HT: 0-1 M.Baxter (??'), A.Bruce (??')
Attendance:  10,211    



Lineups
1
Jimmy ALLAN
                 
Roy TUNKS
1
2
John MCLAUGHLIN
                 
John MCMAHON
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
Danny CAMERON
3
4
Ken STROUD
                 
  Francis BURNS
4
5
Steve AIZLEWOOD
               
Mick BAXTER
5
6
Colin PROPHETT
                 
Graham CROSS
6

7
David MOSS
                 
Gordon COLEMAN
7

8
Chris KAMARA
                 
Sean HASLEGRAVE
8
9
Chris GUTHRIE
                 
Ricky THOMSON
9
10
Ray MCHALE
                 
Mike ELWISS
10
11
Chic BATES
               
Alex BRUCE
11
Substitutes
12
Roy CARTER
                
Sub not used
12













Results on Tuesday, March 7, 1978: League Table
 
  Cambridge United 2 - 0 Shrewsbury Town  
  Carlisle United 0 - 0 Peterborough United  
  Colchester United 4 - 0 Portsmouth  
  Gillingham 1 - 4 Bury  
  Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 1 Chester  
  Swindon Town 0 - 2 Preston North End  
  Walsall 1 - 0 Plymouth Argyle  

Table as at Tuesday, March 7, 1978:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Wrexham 31 17 9 5 54 32 22 43 
2 Preston North End 33 16 11 6 49 28 21 43 
3 Cambridge United 34 17 9 8 59 41 18 43 
4 Gillingham 34 13 14 7 56 45 11 40 
5 Tranmere Rovers 33 14 10 9 45 33 12 38 
6 Walsall 32 12 13 7 41 33 8 37 
7 Bury 32 12 12 8 48 38 10 36 
8 Peterborough United 31 12 11 8 25 23 2 35 
9 Swindon Town 30 12 10 8 49 40 9 34 
10 Colchester United 33 11 12 10 44 35 9 34 
11 Chester 33 8 18 7 38 44 -6 34 
12 Shrewsbury Town 34 11 11 12 47 44 3 33 
13 Carlisle United 33 9 15 9 42 41 1 33 
14 Chesterfield 30 12 8 10 36 29 7 32 
15 Oxford United 33 10 10 13 46 49 -3 30 
16 Lincoln City 33 9 11 13 33 41 -8 29 
17 Exeter City 32 10 9 13 35 45 -10 29 
18 Sheffield Wednesday 33 8 12 13 34 41 -7 28 
19 Port Vale 32 6 13 13 35 50 -15 25 
20 Rotherham United 28 8 8 12 34 43 -9 24 
21 Plymouth Argyle 32 6 12 14 37 49 -12 24 
22 Bradford City 31 8 7 16 38 55 -17 23 
23 Hereford United 31 6 11 14 22 41 -19 23 
24 Portsmouth 34 4 14 16 31 58 -27 22 

Key: Promotion Relegation