Match Centre

Saturday March 24th, 1979

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

4 - 1

4

A. Rowland (5', 50'), A. Mayes (45'), R. McHale (77')

Tranmere Rovers

Tranmere Rovers

1

J. Kerr (??')
A. Rowland (5', 50'), A. Mayes (45'), R. McHale (77')
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 5,678

J. Kerr (??')
A. Gunn
County Ground, Swindon

Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday March 24th, 1979:

Blackpool Blackpool 1-1 Watford Watford
Chesterfield Chesterfield 2-3 Carlisle United Carlisle United
Colchester United Colchester United 1-1 Brentford Brentford
Exeter City Exeter City 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday
Gillingham Gillingham 0-0 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town
Hull City Hull City 1-0 Rotherham United Rotherham United
Lincoln City Lincoln City 2-1 Swansea City Swansea City
Peterborough United Peterborough United 2-1 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Oxford United Oxford United
Southend United Southend United 0-0 Bury Bury
Swindon Town Swindon 4-1 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Walsall Walsall 2-1 Chester Chester

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday March 24th, 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 33 10 4 2 34 16 7 6 4 29 23 17 10 6 63 39 24 44
2 Carlisle United Carlisle United 35 8 8 1 25 9 4 10 4 15 16 12 18 5 40 25 15 42
3 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 32 9 7 0 22 6 5 7 4 17 19 14 14 4 39 25 14 42
4 Gillingham Gillingham 33 11 6 1 27 12 3 8 4 14 16 14 14 5 41 28 13 42
5 Swansea City Swansea City 34 12 4 1 43 24 5 3 9 16 23 17 7 10 59 47 12 41
6 Swindon Town Swindon 31 13 1 3 35 11 4 3 7 17 24 17 4 10 52 35 17 38
7 Southend United Southend United 35 9 5 3 28 14 3 9 6 17 21 12 14 9 45 35 10 38
8 Exeter City Exeter City 32 11 6 2 31 14 1 5 7 14 24 12 11 9 45 38 7 35
9 Blackpool Blackpool 33 10 4 3 28 10 4 3 9 15 28 14 7 12 43 38 5 35
10 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 35 8 7 2 26 17 4 4 10 21 31 12 11 12 47 48 -1 35
11 Colchester United Colchester United 33 9 6 1 23 12 1 7 9 12 25 10 13 10 35 37 -2 33
12 Chester Chester 35 9 6 3 32 16 2 4 11 11 34 11 10 14 43 50 -7 32
13 Rotherham United Rotherham United 30 10 0 6 20 17 3 5 6 14 18 13 5 12 34 35 -1 31
14 Hull City Hull City 30 9 5 2 29 11 3 1 10 14 26 12 6 12 43 37 6 30
15 Chesterfield Chesterfield 31 8 4 5 31 27 2 6 6 12 18 10 10 11 43 45 -2 30
16 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 30 4 7 2 11 10 4 7 6 18 24 8 14 8 29 34 -5 30
17 Oxford United Oxford United 33 6 7 3 15 13 2 7 8 13 26 8 14 11 28 39 -11 30
18 Brentford Brentford 33 9 4 3 22 11 1 5 11 9 23 10 9 14 31 34 -3 29
19 Walsall Walsall 34 7 5 6 30 24 3 3 10 17 26 10 8 16 47 50 -3 28
20 Bury Bury 31 4 7 4 23 22 2 9 5 16 22 6 16 9 39 44 -5 28
21 Peterborough United Peterborough United 32 6 5 5 17 16 2 5 9 14 28 8 10 14 31 44 -13 26
22 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 29 3 7 2 15 11 2 7 8 14 22 5 14 10 29 33 -4 24
23 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 33 4 8 3 20 18 0 4 14 15 41 4 12 17 35 59 -24 20
24 Lincoln City Lincoln City 31 3 6 5 14 22 1 1 15 9 43 4 7 20 23 65 -42 15

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