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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

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

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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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