Football League Division Three
Tuesday, April 24, 1979

Peterborough United Swindon Town
I.Ross (??' pen), J.Cooke (??')
 HT: 1-0 B.Hamilton (57')
Attendance:  4,121    



Lineups
1
Keith WAUGH
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
Peter HINDLEY
                 
John TROLLOPE
2
3
Jack CARMICHAEL
                 
Andy FORD
3
4
Bobby DOYLE
                 
Ray MCHALE
4
5
Tony SMITH
                 
Roy CARTER
5
6
Ian ROSS
               
Ken STROUD
6

7
Barry BUTLIN
                 
Ian MILLER
7

8
Billy MCEWAN
               
  Bryan HAMILTON
8
9
Micky GYNN
                 
Andy ROWLAND
9
10
Joe COOKE
               
Alan MAYES
10
11
Tony CLISS
                 
Chic BATES
11
Substitutes
12
Phil CHARD
               
Peter DORNAN
12













Results on Tuesday, April 24, 1979: League Table
 
  Blackpool 1 - 1 Exeter City  
  Carlisle United 1 - 0 Watford  
  Colchester United 0 - 0 Chesterfield  
  Hull City 2 - 0 Southend United  
  Peterborough United 2 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Plymouth Argyle 2 - 2 Chester  
  Shrewsbury Town 2 - 1 Tranmere Rovers  
  Walsall 0 - 1 Bury  

Table as at Tuesday, April 24, 1979:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Swansea City 43 22 11 10 76 56 20 55 
2 Watford 42 21 11 10 73 48 25 53 
3 Shrewsbury Town 40 17 18 5 49 34 15 52 
4 Carlisle United 44 15 22 7 51 38 13 52 
5 Swindon Town 40 22 6 12 63 42 21 50 
6 Gillingham 40 17 16 7 52 35 17 50 
7 Exeter City 41 16 15 10 56 45 11 47 
8 Colchester United 42 15 15 12 47 48 -1 45 
9 Southend United 43 14 15 14 48 45 3 43 
10 Chester 43 14 15 14 55 56 -1 43 
11 Hull City 39 16 10 13 57 46 11 42 
12 Plymouth Argyle 43 15 12 16 62 62 0 42 
13 Brentford 42 16 9 17 47 45 2 41 
14 Oxford United 41 12 16 13 39 45 -6 40 
15 Blackpool 41 15 9 17 52 52 0 39 
16 Rotherham United 39 14 9 16 39 46 -7 37 
17 Sheffield Wednesday 38 10 16 12 40 42 -2 36 
18 Bury 40 9 18 13 50 58 -8 36 
19 Chesterfield 40 11 13 16 47 59 -12 35 
20 Mansfield Town 38 8 17 13 40 45 -5 33 
21 Peterborough United 40 10 12 18 37 55 -18 32 
22 Walsall 42 10 11 21 55 65 -10 31 
23 Tranmere Rovers 42 5 15 22 42 71 -29 25 
24 Lincoln City 39 6 11 22 31 70 -39 23 

Key: Promotion Relegation