Football League Division Three
Saturday, December 1, 1979

Gillingham Swindon Town

HT: 0-0
Attendance:  8,029   Referee:  P. Reeves



Lineups
1
Ron HILLYARD
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
Dean WHITE
                 
Russell LEWIS
2
3
Mickey BARKER
                 
Andy FORD
3
4
John OVERTON
                 
Ray MCHALE
4
5
Mark WEATHERLY
                 
Roy CARTER
5
6
John CRABBE
                 
Ken STROUD
6

7
Billy HUGHES
                 
Ian MILLER
7

8
Steve BRUCE
                 
Chris KAMARA
8
9
Ken PRICE
                 
Andy ROWLAND
9
10
Danny WESTWOOD
 69'
              
Alan MAYES
10
11
Tony FUNNELL
                 
Brian WILLIAMS
11
Substitutes
12
Damien RICHARDSON  

69' 
              
John TEMPLEMAN
12













Results on Saturday, December 1, 1979: League Table

 
  Barnsley 1 - 2 Southend United  
  Bury 2 - 0 Chesterfield  
  Carlisle United 3 - 1 Brentford  
  Chester 2 - 2 Sheffield Wednesday  
  Exeter City 1 - 1 Rotherham United  
  Gillingham 0 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Hull City 1 - 1 Wimbledon  
  Mansfield Town 1 - 1 Blackpool  
  Millwall 1 - 2 Colchester United  
  Oxford United 0 - 1 Grimsby Town  
  Reading 1 - 1 Blackburn Rovers  
  Sheffield United 3 - 2 Plymouth Argyle  

Table as at Saturday, December 1, 1979:

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

Key: Promotion Relegation