Match Centre

Saturday March 11th, 1978

Football League Division Three

Port Vale

1 - 0

1

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 3,723

M. Peck

Lineups


1
CONNAUGHTON
2
LUMSDEN
3
GRIFFITHS
4
RIDLEY
5
HARRIS
6
HAWKINS
7
CHAMBERLAIN
8
LAMB
9
MOORE
10
BEAMISH
11
BAILEY
1
ALLAN
2
McLAUGHLIN
3
FORD
4
CARTER
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
KAMARA
9
GUTHRIE
10
McHALE
11
BATES

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Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday March 11th, 1978:

Bradford City Bradford 2-2 Carlisle United Carlisle United
Bury Bury 0-0 Portsmouth Portsmouth
Cambridge United Cambridge United 2-0 Hereford United Hereford United
Chester Chester 2-1 Rotherham United Rotherham United
Exeter City Exeter City 3-0 Lincoln City Lincoln City
Gillingham Gillingham 2-1 Preston North End Preston North End
Oxford United Oxford United 3-0 Colchester United Colchester United
Port Vale Port Vale 1-0 Swindon Town Swindon
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Peterborough United Peterborough United
Walsall Walsall 2-2 Chesterfield Chesterfield

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday March 11th, 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 Cambridge United Cambridge United 35 14 3 1 41 9 4 6 7 20 32 18 9 8 61 41 20 45
2 Wrexham Wrexham 31 11 6 0 37 16 6 3 5 17 16 17 9 5 54 32 22 43
3 Preston North End Preston North End 34 14 2 1 41 16 2 9 6 9 14 16 11 7 50 30 20 43
4 Gillingham Gillingham 35 10 6 2 33 19 4 8 5 25 27 14 14 7 58 46 12 42
5 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 34 11 3 3 31 14 3 8 6 15 20 14 11 9 46 34 12 39
6 Walsall Walsall 33 9 6 3 27 14 3 8 4 16 21 12 14 7 43 35 8 38
7 Bury Bury 33 7 9 1 27 13 5 4 7 21 25 12 13 8 48 38 10 37
8 Peterborough United Peterborough United 32 8 6 1 17 9 4 6 7 8 14 12 12 8 25 23 2 36
9 Chester Chester 34 9 7 0 27 16 0 11 7 13 29 9 18 7 40 45 -5 36
10 Swindon Town Swindon 31 10 4 2 32 14 2 6 7 17 27 12 10 9 49 41 8 34
11 Colchester United Colchester United 34 7 8 1 28 11 4 4 10 16 27 11 12 11 44 38 6 34
12 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 35 7 6 5 30 18 4 6 7 17 26 11 12 12 47 44 3 34
13 Carlisle United Carlisle United 34 6 8 2 23 17 3 8 7 21 26 9 16 9 44 43 1 34
14 Chesterfield Chesterfield 32 9 5 2 23 8 3 4 9 16 25 12 9 11 39 33 6 33
15 Exeter City Exeter City 34 9 4 4 24 15 3 5 9 15 30 12 9 13 39 45 -6 33
16 Oxford United Oxford United 35 10 6 2 30 15 1 4 12 19 35 11 10 14 49 50 -1 32
17 Lincoln City Lincoln City 35 6 6 5 20 18 4 5 9 14 26 10 11 14 34 44 -10 31
18 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 33 8 6 3 20 12 0 6 10 14 29 8 12 13 34 41 -7 28
19 Port Vale Port Vale 34 6 8 3 25 17 1 6 10 12 34 7 14 13 37 51 -14 28
20 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 33 3 6 6 18 19 3 7 8 20 31 6 13 14 38 50 -12 25
21 Bradford City Bradford 33 7 6 4 30 23 1 3 12 11 35 8 9 16 41 58 -17 25
22 Hereford United Hereford United 33 7 7 3 20 16 0 4 12 4 28 7 11 15 24 44 -20 25
23 Rotherham United Rotherham United 30 6 4 4 16 12 2 4 10 19 34 8 8 14 35 46 -11 24
24 Portsmouth Portsmouth 35 3 9 5 24 25 1 6 11 7 33 4 15 16 31 58 -27 23

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