Match Centre

Saturday February 25th, 1978

Football League Division Three

Shrewsbury Town

2 - 3

2

J. Nixon (52'), P. Maguire (90')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

3

K. Stroud (36'), C. Kamara (81'), J. Keay (82' o.g.)
J. Nixon (52'), P. Maguire (90')
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: 3,112

K. Stroud (36'), C. Kamara (81'), J. Keay (82' o.g.)
A. Challinor
Gay Meadow, Shrewsbury

Lineups


1
MULHEARN
2
KING
3
LEONARD
4
TURNER
5
HAYES
6
KEAY
7
IRVINE
8
HORNSBY
9
LOUGHNANE
10
ATKINS
11
NIXON
1
ALLAN
2
McLAUGHLIN
3
TROLLOPE
4
STROUD
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
BATES
9
GUTHRIE
10
McHALE
11
CARTER
Shrewsbury Town
1Ken MULHEARN
2Jake KING
3Carleton LEONARD
4Graham TURNER
5Steve HAYES
6Jack KEAY
7Sammy IRVINE
8Brian HORNSBY
9Peter LOUGHNANE
10Ian ATKINS63'
11Jon NIXON
Substitutes
12Paul MAGUIRE63'
Swindon Town
1Jimmy ALLAN1
2John McLAUGHLIN2
3John TROLLOPE3
4Ken STROUD4
62' 5Steve AIZLEWOOD5 62'
6Colin PROPHETT6
7David MOSS7
70' 8Chic BATES8 70'
9Chris GUTHRIE9
10Ray McHALE10
61' 11Roy CARTER11 61'
Substitutes
61' 12Chris KAMARA12 61'

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday February 25th, 1978:

Bradford City Bradford 3-0 Rotherham United Rotherham United
Bury Bury 3-0 Port Vale Port Vale
Cambridge United Cambridge United 1-1 Preston North End Preston North End
Chester Chester 0-0 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Colchester United Colchester United 2-2 Carlisle United Carlisle United
Gillingham Gillingham 1-1 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Oxford United Oxford United 3-0 Hereford United Hereford United
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Portsmouth Portsmouth
Walsall Walsall 1-0 Peterborough United Peterborough United

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday February 25th, 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 Gillingham Gillingham 31 9 6 1 30 14 4 8 3 24 23 13 14 4 54 37 17 40
2 Cambridge United Cambridge United 32 12 3 1 37 9 4 5 7 19 31 16 8 8 56 40 16 40
3 Wrexham Wrexham 28 9 6 0 29 14 6 3 4 16 14 15 9 4 45 28 17 39
4 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 32 11 2 3 30 13 3 8 5 14 14 14 10 8 44 27 17 38
5 Preston North End Preston North End 30 12 2 1 34 15 1 9 5 6 12 13 11 6 40 27 13 37
6 Bury Bury 29 7 7 1 27 13 4 4 6 16 22 11 11 7 43 35 8 33
7 Colchester United Colchester United 30 6 8 1 24 11 4 4 7 16 19 10 12 8 40 30 10 32
8 Walsall Walsall 29 8 5 3 24 12 2 7 4 12 18 10 12 7 36 30 6 32
9 Peterborough United Peterborough United 29 7 6 1 15 8 4 4 7 8 14 11 10 8 23 22 1 32
10 Swindon Town Swindon 27 9 4 1 31 12 2 5 6 17 26 11 9 7 48 38 10 31
11 Chester Chester 30 8 6 0 23 13 0 9 7 10 26 8 15 7 33 39 -6 31
12 Chesterfield Chesterfield 28 9 3 2 21 6 3 3 8 13 21 12 6 10 34 27 7 30
13 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 31 7 4 5 30 18 3 6 6 15 23 10 10 11 45 41 4 30
14 Carlisle United Carlisle United 30 6 6 2 22 16 3 6 7 17 22 9 12 9 39 38 1 30
15 Oxford United Oxford United 32 8 6 2 25 14 1 4 11 19 34 9 10 13 44 48 -4 28
16 Lincoln City Lincoln City 31 5 6 5 19 18 4 4 7 14 22 9 10 12 33 40 -7 28
17 Exeter City Exeter City 30 7 4 4 20 15 3 4 8 13 27 10 8 12 33 42 -9 28
18 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 30 8 5 3 19 11 0 4 10 12 27 8 9 13 31 38 -7 25
19 Port Vale Port Vale 30 5 7 2 21 13 1 5 10 11 33 6 12 12 32 46 -14 24
20 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 30 3 5 6 16 17 3 6 7 19 29 6 11 13 35 46 -11 23
21 Rotherham United Rotherham United 27 5 4 4 14 12 2 4 8 18 31 7 8 12 32 43 -11 22
22 Bradford City Bradford 29 6 4 4 25 19 1 3 11 10 32 7 7 15 35 51 -16 21
23 Hereford United Hereford United 30 5 7 3 17 15 0 4 11 4 26 5 11 14 21 41 -20 21
24 Portsmouth Portsmouth 31 3 8 4 22 22 1 5 10 7 29 4 13 14 29 51 -22 21