Match Centre

Saturday March 4th, 1978

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

1 - 0

1

C. Bates (49')

Lincoln City

Lincoln City

0

C. Bates (49')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 6,945

A. Gunn
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
ALLAN
2
McLAUGHLIN
3
TROLLOPE
4
STROUD
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
KAMARA
9
GUTHRIE
10
McHALE
11
BATES
1
GROTIER
2
GUEST
3
LEIGH
4
NEALE
5
WIGGINTON
6
COOPER
7
JONES
8
HUBBARD
9
GRAHAM
10
HARFORD
11
HARDING
Swindon Town
1Jimmy ALLAN
2John McLAUGHLIN
3John TROLLOPE
4Ken STROUD
5Steve AIZLEWOOD
6Colin PROPHETT
7David MOSS
8Chris KAMARA
9Chris GUTHRIE
10Ray McHALE
11Chic BATES
Substitutes
12Roy CARTER
Manager/Head Coach
Danny WILLIAMS
Lincoln City
1Peter GROTIER1
2Brendan GUEST2
3Dennis LEIGH3
4Phil NEALE4
5Clive WIGGINTON5
6Terry COOPER6
7Alan JONES7
8Phil HUBBARD8
9Peter GRAHAM9
65' 10Mick HARFORD10 65'
11Alan HARDING11
Substitutes
12Dave SMITH12
Manager/Head Coach
Willie BELL

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday March 4th, 1978:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday March 4th, 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 Preston North End Preston North End 32 14 2 1 41 16 1 9 5 6 12 15 11 6 47 28 19 41
2 Wrexham Wrexham 30 10 6 0 31 15 6 3 5 17 16 16 9 5 48 31 17 41
3 Cambridge United Cambridge United 33 12 3 1 37 9 4 6 7 20 32 16 9 8 57 41 16 41
4 Gillingham Gillingham 33 9 6 1 30 14 4 8 5 25 27 13 14 6 55 41 14 40
5 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 32 11 2 3 30 13 3 8 5 14 14 14 10 8 44 27 17 38
6 Walsall Walsall 31 8 5 3 24 12 3 8 4 16 21 11 13 7 40 33 7 35
7 Swindon Town Swindon 29 10 4 1 32 12 2 6 6 17 26 12 10 7 49 38 11 34
8 Bury Bury 31 7 8 1 27 13 4 4 7 17 24 11 12 8 44 37 7 34
9 Peterborough United Peterborough United 30 8 6 1 17 9 4 4 7 8 14 12 10 8 25 23 2 34
10 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 33 7 5 5 30 18 4 6 6 17 24 11 11 11 47 42 5 33
11 Chester Chester 32 8 7 0 25 15 0 10 7 12 28 8 17 7 37 43 -6 33
12 Chesterfield Chesterfield 30 9 5 2 23 8 3 3 8 13 21 12 8 10 36 29 7 32
13 Colchester United Colchester United 32 6 8 1 24 11 4 4 9 16 24 10 12 10 40 35 5 32
14 Carlisle United Carlisle United 32 6 7 2 23 17 3 7 7 19 24 9 14 9 42 41 1 32
15 Oxford United Oxford United 33 9 6 2 27 15 1 4 11 19 34 10 10 13 46 49 -3 30
16 Lincoln City Lincoln City 33 5 6 5 19 18 4 5 8 14 23 9 11 13 33 41 -8 29
17 Exeter City Exeter City 32 7 4 4 20 15 3 5 9 15 30 10 9 13 35 45 -10 29
18 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 32 8 5 3 19 11 0 6 10 14 29 8 11 13 33 40 -7 27
19 Port Vale Port Vale 32 5 8 3 24 17 1 5 10 11 33 6 13 13 35 50 -15 25
20 Rotherham United Rotherham United 28 6 4 4 16 12 2 4 8 18 31 8 8 12 34 43 -9 24
21 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 31 3 6 6 18 19 3 6 7 19 29 6 12 13 37 48 -11 24
22 Bradford City Bradford 31 7 4 4 27 20 1 3 12 11 35 8 7 16 38 55 -17 23
23 Hereford United Hereford United 31 6 7 3 18 15 0 4 11 4 26 6 11 14 22 41 -19 23
24 Portsmouth Portsmouth 33 3 9 5 24 25 1 5 10 7 29 4 14 15 31 54 -23 22

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