Football League Division Three
Tuesday, April 27, 1982

Swindon Town Chester
P.Rideout (43', 70', 88')
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  3,848   Referee:  J. Moules



Lineups
1
Jimmy ALLAN
                 
Gren MILLINGTON
1
2
Mike GRAHAM
                 
Paul RAYNOR
2
3
Kevin BADDELEY
                 
David BURNS
3
4
Gary EMMANUEL
                 
Trevor STORTON
4
5
Charlie HENRY
                 
John COTTAM
5
6
Ken STROUD
                 
Paul BLACKWELL
6

7
Howard PRITCHARD  
                62'
Peter SUTCLIFFE
7

8
Roy CARTER
                 
Bryn JONES
8
9
Paul RIDEOUT
               
John ALLEN
9
10
Andy ROWLAND
                 
Steve LUDLAM
10
11
Brian HUGHES
                 
Peter HENDERSON
11
Substitutes
12
Gary WILLIAMS
              
62' 
Gary SIMPSON
12













Results on Tuesday, April 27, 1982: League Table

 
  Chesterfield 0 - 1 Millwall  
  Preston North End 1 - 0 Walsall  
  Swindon Town 3 - 0 Chester  

Table as at Tuesday, April 27, 1982:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Carlisle United 40 21 10 9 58 41 17 73 
2 Fulham 40 19 12 9 68 46 22 69 
3 Lincoln City 41 18 13 10 60 37 23 67 
4 Oxford United 40 18 13 9 59 40 19 67 
5 Burnley 40 17 15 8 56 42 14 66 
6 Southend United 41 17 13 11 54 42 12 64 
7 Brentford 42 18 9 15 50 41 9 63 
8 Chesterfield 41 17 9 15 51 48 3 60 
9 Plymouth Argyle 42 16 11 15 59 49 10 59 
10 Millwall 40 16 11 13 54 52 2 59 
11 Gillingham 40 16 10 14 55 51 4 58 
12 Reading 42 16 9 17 60 68 -8 57 
13 Bristol Rovers 41 16 9 16 52 58 -6 55 
14 Huddersfield Town 41 14 11 16 58 52 6 53 
15 Portsmouth 40 12 17 11 44 42 2 53 
16 Preston North End 41 13 13 15 43 50 -7 52 
17 Exeter City 41 15 7 19 65 76 -11 52 
18 Walsall 42 12 13 17 48 50 -2 49 
19 Doncaster Rovers 41 12 13 16 48 62 -14 49 
20 Swindon Town 41 12 12 17 50 62 -12 48 
21 Newport County 40 11 14 15 47 49 -2 47 
22 Wimbledon 40 10 10 20 49 70 -21 40 
23 Bristol City 40 8 11 21 31 56 -25 35 
24 Chester 41 7 11 23 35 70 -35 32 

* Bristol Rovers deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player on Friday, January 1, 1982.

Key: Promotion Relegation