Football League Division Three
Saturday, March 8, 1980

Swindon Town Blackpool
R.McHale (63'), R.Lewis (78')
HT: 0-0 C.Morris (50')
Attendance:  9,517   Referee:  B. Bombroff



Lineups
1
Jimmy ALLAN
                 
Iain HESFORD
1
2
Russell LEWIS
               
Paul GARDNER
2
3
David PEACH
           10'     
Terry PASHLEY
3
4
Ray MCHALE
               
Bobby DOYLE
4
5
Billy TUCKER
                 
Jackie ASHURST
5
6
Ken STROUD
                21'
Max THOMPSON
6

7
Ian MILLER
               
Colin MORRIS
7

8
Chris KAMARA
                 
Tony KELLOW
8
9
Andy ROWLAND
                 
Paul FLETCHER
9
10
Alan MAYES
                 
Wayne HARRISON
10
11
Brian WILLIAMS
                 
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11
Substitutes
12
Glenn COCKERILL
              
21' 
Stan MCEWAN
12













Results on Saturday, March 8, 1980: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, March 8, 1980:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Sheffield Wednesday 34 17 10 7 66 38 28 44 
2 Grimsby Town 35 19 6 10 51 35 16 44 
3 Chesterfield 34 16 9 9 54 38 16 41 
4 Blackburn Rovers 34 16 9 9 40 26 14 41 
5 Colchester United 35 16 9 10 47 42 5 41 
6 Sheffield United 35 16 8 11 54 46 8 40 
7 Exeter City 35 14 9 12 48 55 -7 37 
8 Millwall 33 14 8 11 53 44 9 36 
9 Swindon Town 31 15 5 11 53 43 10 35 
10 Chester 32 12 11 9 39 39 0 35 
11 Reading 34 12 10 12 49 51 -2 34 
12 Gillingham 34 11 11 12 38 38 0 33 
13 Carlisle United 33 12 8 13 49 45 4 32 
14 Oxford United 34 10 12 12 45 46 -1 32 
15 Brentford 34 12 8 14 51 56 -5 32 
16 Rotherham United 33 13 6 14 46 53 -7 32 
17 Plymouth Argyle 35 11 9 15 48 50 -2 31 
18 Barnsley 33 10 10 13 34 46 -12 30 
19 Southend United 34 11 6 17 38 46 -8 28 
20 Hull City 34 7 14 13 37 55 -18 28 
21 Blackpool 34 10 7 17 48 60 -12 27 
22 Mansfield Town 33 8 10 15 35 41 -6 26 
23 Bury 34 11 4 19 37 50 -13 26 
24 Wimbledon 33 8 9 16 34 51 -17 25 

Key: Promotion Relegation