Match Centre

Friday March 16th, 1979

Football League Division Three

Southend United

5 - 3

5

M. Stead (??'), A. Polycarpou (??', ??'), C. Morris (??' pen), M. Laverick (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

3

R. McHale (47'), A. Mayes (59'), M. Cawston (74' o.g.)
M. Stead (??'), A. Polycarpou (??', ??'), C. Morris (??' pen), M. Laverick (??')
(HT: 3-0)

Attendance: 4,303

R. McHale (47'), A. Mayes (59'), M. Cawston (74' o.g.)
A.D. Cox
Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea

Results


Football League Division Three results on Friday March 16th, 1979:

Southend United Southend United 5-3 Swindon Town Swindon
Swansea City Swansea City 3-1 Gillingham Gillingham
Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 2-2 Exeter City Exeter City

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Friday March 16th, 1979:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts
1 Watford Watford 31 10 4 2 34 16 7 5 3 26 19 17 9 5 60 35 25 43
2 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 29 9 6 0 22 6 5 6 3 16 13 14 12 3 38 19 19 40
3 Swansea City Swansea City 32 11 4 1 40 22 5 3 8 15 21 16 7 9 55 43 12 39
4 Gillingham Gillingham 31 11 5 1 27 12 2 8 4 13 16 13 13 5 40 28 12 39
5 Carlisle United Carlisle United 32 7 7 1 20 7 3 10 4 12 14 10 17 5 32 21 11 37
6 Swindon Town Swindon 29 12 1 2 30 8 4 3 7 17 24 16 4 9 47 32 15 36
7 Southend United Southend United 33 9 4 3 28 14 2 9 6 16 21 11 13 9 44 35 9 35
8 Exeter City Exeter City 31 11 5 2 29 12 1 5 7 14 24 12 10 9 43 36 7 34
9 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 33 8 6 2 25 16 4 4 9 20 29 12 10 11 45 45 0 34
10 Blackpool Blackpool 31 9 3 3 22 9 4 3 9 15 28 13 6 12 37 37 0 32
11 Chester Chester 33 9 6 2 32 15 2 4 10 10 32 11 10 12 42 47 -5 32
12 Rotherham United Rotherham United 29 10 0 6 20 17 3 5 5 14 17 13 5 11 34 34 0 31
13 Chesterfield Chesterfield 30 8 4 4 29 24 2 6 6 12 18 10 10 10 41 42 -1 30
14 Colchester United Colchester United 30 9 5 1 22 11 0 6 9 9 23 9 11 10 31 34 -3 29
15 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 29 4 7 2 11 10 4 6 6 16 22 8 13 8 27 32 -5 29
16 Hull City Hull City 29 8 5 2 28 11 3 1 10 14 26 11 6 12 42 37 5 28
17 Brentford Brentford 31 9 4 3 22 11 1 4 10 8 21 10 8 13 30 32 -2 28
18 Oxford United Oxford United 31 6 7 3 15 13 2 5 8 12 25 8 12 11 27 38 -11 28
19 Walsall Walsall 32 6 5 5 28 22 3 3 10 17 26 9 8 15 45 48 -3 26
20 Bury Bury 29 4 6 4 22 21 2 8 5 16 22 6 14 9 38 43 -5 26
21 Peterborough United Peterborough United 30 5 5 5 15 15 2 5 8 13 24 7 10 13 28 39 -11 24
22 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 28 3 7 2 15 11 2 6 8 14 22 5 13 10 29 33 -4 23
23 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 32 4 8 3 20 18 0 4 13 14 37 4 12 16 34 55 -21 20
24 Lincoln City Lincoln City 29 1 6 5 11 21 1 1 15 9 43 2 7 20 20 64 -44 11

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