Football League Division Three
Friday, December 19, 1980

Swindon Town Walsall
R.Carter (45'), A.Mayes (68'), R.Greenwood (80')
HT: 1-0 A.Buckley (85')
Attendance:  4,523   Referee:  D. Letts



Lineups
1
Jimmy ALLAN
                 
Ron GREEN
1
2
Charlie HENRY
                 
  Tony MACKEN
2
3
David PEACH
                 
Ken MOWER
3
4
Chris KAMARA
                 
Colin HARRISON
4
5
Russell LEWIS
                 
Dave SERELLA
5
6
Ken STROUD
                 
Richard O'KELLY
6

7
Ian MILLER
                 
Don PENN
7

8
Roy CARTER
               
Steve WADDINGTON
8
9
Roy GREENWOOD
              68'
Steve SMITH
9
10
Alan MAYES
             
Alan BUCKLEY
10
11
Brian WILLIAMS
                 
Brian CASWELL
11
Substitutes
12
Paul RIDEOUT
              
68' 
Mark REES
12













Results on Friday, December 19, 1980: League Table

 
  Swindon Town 3 - 1 Walsall  

Table as at Friday, December 19, 1980:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Charlton Athletic 23 16 3 4 39 17 22 35 
2 Barnsley 24 12 8 4 37 21 16 32 
3 Chesterfield 23 13 4 6 39 21 18 30 
4 Burnley 24 11 8 5 32 19 13 30 
5 Huddersfield Town 24 11 7 6 34 17 17 29 
6 Rotherham United 24 10 9 5 31 20 11 29 
7 Portsmouth 22 14 0 8 29 21 8 28 
8 Plymouth Argyle 24 9 9 6 33 24 9 27 
9 Sheffield United 24 10 5 9 41 29 12 25 
10 Exeter City 23 10 5 8 36 30 6 25 
11 Chester 24 9 6 9 18 20 -2 24 
12 Reading 22 10 3 9 33 31 2 23 
13 Brentford 24 8 6 10 29 31 -2 22 
14 Walsall 25 7 8 10 35 42 -7 22 
15 Colchester United 24 7 8 9 25 33 -8 22 
16 Newport County 23 8 5 10 31 31 0 21 
17 Blackpool 23 6 8 9 26 37 -11 20 
18 Fulham 24 5 9 10 27 35 -8 19 
19 Gillingham 24 5 9 10 24 37 -13 19 
20 Swindon Town 24 6 6 12 24 39 -15 18 
21 Oxford United 24 5 7 12 16 30 -14 17 
22 Carlisle United 23 5 7 11 30 45 -15 17 
23 Millwall 23 6 5 12 22 40 -18 17 
24 Hull City 24 4 7 13 19 40 -21 15 

Key: Promotion Relegation