Match Centre

Saturday January 14th, 1978

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

2 - 2

2

R. McHale (20' pen, 54' pen)

Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday

2

D. Rushbury (50' pen), J. Mullen (51')
R. McHale (20' pen, 54' pen)
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 7,609

D. Rushbury (50' pen), J. Mullen (51')
J. Bray

Lineups


1
ALLAN
2
McLAUGHLIN
3
TROLLOPE
4
FORD
5
CARTER
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
STROUD
9
KAMARA
10
McHALE
11
CUNNINGHAM
1
BOLDER
2
WALDEN
3
GRANT
4
RUSHBURY
5
CUSACK
6
MULLEN
7
WYLDE
8
PORTERFIELD
9
TYNAN
10
JOHNSON
11
LEMAN

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Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday January 14th, 1978:

Cambridge United Cambridge United 4-1 Bradford City Bradford
Carlisle United Carlisle United 2-2 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Chesterfield Chesterfield 2-0 Port Vale Port Vale
Exeter City Exeter City 1-1 Walsall Walsall
Hereford United Hereford United 2-2 Chester Chester
Lincoln City Lincoln City 0-0 Bury Bury
Portsmouth Portsmouth 2-2 Peterborough United Peterborough United
Preston North End Preston North End 5-2 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Rotherham United Rotherham United 2-0 Oxford United Oxford United
Swindon Town Swindon 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday
Wrexham Wrexham 0-0 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday January 14th, 1978:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts
1 Wrexham Wrexham 25 9 5 0 28 13 4 3 4 14 14 13 8 4 42 27 15 34
2 Cambridge United Cambridge United 27 11 1 1 33 8 3 5 6 17 28 14 6 7 50 36 14 34
3 Gillingham Gillingham 27 7 5 1 25 12 4 7 3 23 22 11 12 4 48 34 14 34
4 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 27 10 2 2 28 11 3 5 5 14 14 13 7 7 42 25 17 33
5 Preston North End Preston North End 26 10 2 1 29 12 1 7 5 5 11 11 9 6 34 23 11 31
6 Peterborough United Peterborough United 25 6 6 0 13 6 4 4 5 8 12 10 10 5 21 18 3 30
7 Colchester United Colchester United 26 6 6 1 22 9 4 3 6 14 16 10 9 7 36 25 11 29
8 Bury Bury 26 5 7 1 19 13 4 4 5 14 19 9 11 6 33 32 1 29
9 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 26 7 3 3 27 13 3 5 5 14 19 10 8 8 41 32 9 28
10 Swindon Town Swindon 25 9 4 1 31 12 0 5 6 12 23 9 9 7 43 35 8 27
11 Chesterfield Chesterfield 25 8 3 2 18 6 3 1 8 11 19 11 4 10 29 25 4 26
12 Exeter City Exeter City 25 6 3 4 18 14 3 4 5 12 16 9 7 9 30 30 0 25
13 Walsall Walsall 25 5 4 3 17 11 2 7 4 12 18 7 11 7 29 29 0 25
14 Chester Chester 25 6 5 0 18 10 0 8 6 10 25 6 13 6 28 35 -7 25
15 Carlisle United Carlisle United 25 5 6 2 20 15 2 4 6 13 18 7 10 8 33 33 0 24
16 Rotherham United Rotherham United 25 5 4 4 14 12 2 4 6 17 26 7 8 10 31 38 -7 22
17 Oxford United Oxford United 27 6 4 2 18 12 1 4 10 17 31 7 8 12 35 43 -8 22
18 Port Vale Port Vale 26 4 7 2 17 13 1 5 7 10 24 5 12 9 27 37 -10 22
19 Lincoln City Lincoln City 25 3 6 4 15 17 2 4 6 11 19 5 10 10 26 36 -10 20
20 Hereford United Hereford United 26 5 6 2 16 12 0 4 9 3 21 5 10 11 19 33 -14 20
21 Portsmouth Portsmouth 26 3 8 2 21 19 1 4 8 7 25 4 12 10 28 44 -16 20
22 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 25 3 4 5 15 15 2 5 6 15 24 5 9 11 30 39 -9 19
23 Bradford City Bradford 26 5 4 4 22 19 1 3 9 7 26 6 7 13 29 45 -16 19
24 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 25 5 4 3 11 7 0 4 9 11 25 5 8 12 22 32 -10 18

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