Match Centre

Saturday April 22nd, 1978

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

1 - 0

1

D. Cunningham (52')

Hereford United

Hereford United

0

D. Cunningham (52')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 4,270

S. Bates
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
ALLAN
2
McLAUGHLIN
3
FORD
4
STROUD
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
CARTER
9
GUTHRIE
10
McHALE
11
CUNNINGHAM
1
HUGHES
2
EMERY
3
BURROWS
4
MARSHALL
5
LAYTON
6
BARTON
7
PHILLIPS
8
SHEEDY
9
CROMPTON
10
SPIRING
11
HOLMES
Swindon Town
1Jimmy ALLAN
2John McLAUGHLIN
3Andy FORD
4Ken STROUD
5Steve AIZLEWOOD
6Colin PROPHETT
7David MOSS
8Roy CARTER
9Chris GUTHRIE
10Ray McHALE
11Dave CUNNINGHAM
Substitutes
12Chic BATES
Manager/Head Coach
Danny WILLIAMS
Hereford United
1Tommy HUGHES1
2Steve EMERY2
3Phil BURROWS3
4Julian MARSHALL4
5John LAYTON5
6Frank BARTON6
7Stewart PHILLIPS7
8Kevin SHEEDY8
9Steve CROMPTON9
72' 10Peter SPIRING10 72'
11Kyle HOLMES11
Substitutes
72' 12Bryan BOUSTON12 72'
Manager/Head Coach
Tony FORD

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday April 22nd, 1978:

Bury Bury 1-1 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Chesterfield Chesterfield 1-2 Chester Chester
Exeter City Exeter City 0-0 Colchester United Colchester United
Lincoln City Lincoln City 3-2 Bradford City Bradford
Peterborough United Peterborough United 1-0 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Port Vale Port Vale 0-1 Carlisle United Carlisle United
Portsmouth Portsmouth 0-2 Preston North End Preston North End
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Cambridge United Cambridge United
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Oxford United Oxford United
Swindon Town Swindon 1-0 Hereford United Hereford United
Walsall Walsall 2-1 Gillingham Gillingham
Wrexham Wrexham 7-1 Rotherham United Rotherham United

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday April 22nd, 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 42 14 7 1 48 19 9 6 5 28 22 23 13 6 76 41 35 59
2 Preston North End Preston North End 44 16 4 2 46 17 4 11 7 14 17 20 15 9 60 34 26 55
3 Cambridge United Cambridge United 44 17 3 1 46 10 4 9 10 23 40 21 12 11 69 50 19 54
4 Peterborough United Peterborough United 43 15 7 1 32 11 5 7 8 9 15 20 14 9 41 26 15 54
5 Chester Chester 44 12 8 1 35 21 2 14 7 18 32 14 22 8 53 53 0 50
6 Gillingham Gillingham 44 11 9 2 36 21 4 10 8 29 34 15 19 10 65 55 10 49
7 Walsall Walsall 43 11 7 3 31 15 5 9 8 23 31 16 16 11 54 46 8 48
8 Swindon Town Swindon 43 12 7 4 40 22 4 8 8 23 31 16 15 12 63 53 10 47
9 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 44 13 6 3 38 18 3 8 11 16 29 16 14 14 54 47 7 46
10 Carlisle United Carlisle United 44 10 8 4 30 24 4 10 8 26 31 14 18 12 56 55 1 46
11 Colchester United Colchester United 43 10 9 2 35 15 4 7 11 16 28 14 16 13 51 43 8 44
12 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 44 10 7 5 39 22 5 7 10 19 32 15 14 15 58 54 4 44
13 Bury Bury 44 7 12 3 33 21 6 5 11 28 34 13 17 14 61 55 6 43
14 Chesterfield Chesterfield 43 12 6 3 32 13 3 7 12 17 32 15 13 15 49 45 4 43
15 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 43 12 7 3 26 13 2 7 12 20 36 14 14 15 46 49 -3 42
16 Lincoln City Lincoln City 44 9 8 5 33 25 5 6 11 18 35 14 14 16 51 60 -9 42
17 Exeter City Exeter City 44 10 8 4 26 16 4 6 12 18 39 14 14 16 44 55 -11 42
18 Oxford United Oxford United 44 11 8 2 35 18 2 4 17 26 46 13 12 19 61 64 -3 38
19 Rotherham United Rotherham United 42 10 5 6 24 17 2 7 12 24 46 12 12 18 48 63 -15 36
20 Port Vale Port Vale 44 7 11 4 28 20 1 9 12 16 41 8 20 16 44 61 -17 36
21 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 43 5 8 8 24 26 4 9 9 27 37 9 17 17 51 63 -12 35
22 Bradford City Bradford 43 10 6 5 36 25 1 4 17 16 51 11 10 22 52 76 -24 32
23 Hereford United Hereford United 44 9 8 5 27 21 0 4 18 5 37 9 12 23 32 58 -26 30
24 Portsmouth Portsmouth 44 4 11 8 31 38 2 6 13 9 35 6 17 21 40 73 -33 29

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