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Saturday May 5th, 1979

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

3 - 1

3

A. Rowland (48'), A. Mayes (51', 64')

Gillingham

Gillingham

1

T. Funnell (??')
A. Rowland (48'), A. Mayes (51', 64')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 15,117

T. Funnell (??')
L.C. Shapter
County Ground, Swindon

Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday May 5th, 1979:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday May 5th, 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 45 14 5 3 43 22 9 7 7 36 30 23 12 10 79 52 27 58
2 Swansea City Swansea City 45 15 6 1 55 31 8 6 9 26 29 23 12 10 81 60 21 58
3 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 43 12 9 0 29 9 7 9 6 23 28 19 18 6 52 37 15 56
4 Swindon Town Swindon 43 17 2 4 44 14 7 5 8 25 30 24 7 12 69 44 25 55
5 Gillingham Gillingham 43 14 7 1 37 15 5 9 7 22 25 19 16 8 59 40 19 54
6 Carlisle United Carlisle United 46 11 10 2 31 13 4 12 7 22 29 15 22 9 53 42 11 52
7 Exeter City Exeter City 43 14 6 3 38 18 3 9 8 22 31 17 15 11 60 49 11 49
8 Colchester United Colchester United 44 13 8 1 33 17 3 8 11 20 35 16 16 12 53 52 1 48
9 Hull City Hull City 42 11 9 2 35 14 6 2 12 27 38 17 11 14 62 52 10 45
10 Brentford Brentford 44 14 4 4 34 17 4 5 13 15 28 18 9 17 49 45 4 45
11 Southend United Southend United 46 11 6 6 30 17 4 9 10 21 32 15 15 16 51 49 2 45
12 Oxford United Oxford United 45 10 8 5 27 20 4 9 9 16 29 14 17 14 43 49 -6 45
13 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 46 11 9 3 40 27 4 5 14 27 41 15 14 17 67 68 -1 44
14 Chester Chester 46 11 9 3 42 21 3 7 13 15 40 14 16 16 57 61 -4 44
15 Blackpool Blackpool 43 11 5 6 33 17 5 4 12 21 37 16 9 18 54 54 0 41
16 Rotherham United Rotherham United 42 12 3 7 26 22 3 7 10 16 27 15 10 17 42 49 -7 40
17 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 42 6 8 5 22 17 4 11 8 23 31 10 19 13 45 48 -3 39
18 Chesterfield Chesterfield 42 10 5 7 35 32 3 8 9 14 27 13 13 16 49 59 -10 39
19 Bury Bury 43 5 11 5 32 29 4 9 9 20 32 9 20 14 52 61 -9 38
20 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 41 5 9 4 23 19 5 8 10 21 28 10 17 14 44 47 -3 37
21 Peterborough United Peterborough United 43 7 6 8 23 24 3 7 12 18 38 10 13 20 41 62 -21 33
22 Walsall Walsall 45 7 6 10 34 32 3 6 13 21 35 10 12 23 55 67 -12 32
23 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 45 4 12 6 25 26 2 4 17 19 47 6 16 23 44 73 -29 28
24 Lincoln City Lincoln City 43 5 7 9 24 32 2 4 16 15 48 7 11 25 39 80 -41 25

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