Match Centre

Saturday March 11th, 1978

Football League Division Three

Port Vale

1 - 0

1

N. Chamberlain (90'+1)

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

N. Chamberlain (90'+1)
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 3,723

M. Peck
Vale Park, Stoke-on-Trent

Lineups


1
CONNAUGHTON
2
LUMSDEN
3
GRIFFITHS
4
RIDLEY
5
HARRIS
6
HAWKINS
7
CHAMBERLAIN
8
LAMB
9
MOORE
10
BEAMISH
11
BAILEY
1
ALLAN
2
McLAUGHLIN
3
FORD
4
CARTER
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
KAMARA
9
GUTHRIE
10
McHALE
11
BATES
Port Vale
1John CONNAUGHTON
2John LUMSDEN
3Neil GRIFFITHS
4John RIDLEY
5Dave HARRIS
6Graham HAWKINS
7Neville CHAMBERLAIN
8Alan LAMB
9Micky MOORE
10Ken BEAMISH
11Terry BAILEY
Substitutes
12Ken BEECH
Manager/Head Coach
Bobby SMITH
Swindon Town
1Jimmy ALLAN1
2John McLAUGHLIN2
3Andy FORD3
4Roy CARTER4
5Steve AIZLEWOOD5
6Colin PROPHETT6
7David MOSS7
8Chris KAMARA8
9Chris GUTHRIE9
10Ray McHALE10
11Chic BATES11
Substitutes
12Dave CUNNINGHAM12
Manager/Head Coach
Danny WILLIAMS

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday March 11th, 1978:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday March 11th, 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 Cambridge United Cambridge United 35 14 3 1 41 9 4 6 7 20 32 18 9 8 61 41 20 45
2 Wrexham Wrexham 31 11 6 0 37 16 6 3 5 17 16 17 9 5 54 32 22 43
3 Preston North End Preston North End 34 14 2 1 41 16 2 9 6 9 14 16 11 7 50 30 20 43
4 Gillingham Gillingham 35 10 6 2 33 19 4 8 5 25 27 14 14 7 58 46 12 42
5 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 34 11 3 3 31 14 3 8 6 15 20 14 11 9 46 34 12 39
6 Walsall Walsall 33 9 6 3 27 14 3 8 4 16 21 12 14 7 43 35 8 38
7 Bury Bury 33 7 9 1 27 13 5 4 7 21 25 12 13 8 48 38 10 37
8 Peterborough United Peterborough United 32 8 6 1 17 9 4 6 7 8 14 12 12 8 25 23 2 36
9 Chester Chester 34 9 7 0 27 16 0 11 7 13 29 9 18 7 40 45 -5 36
10 Swindon Town Swindon 31 10 4 2 32 14 2 6 7 17 27 12 10 9 49 41 8 34
11 Colchester United Colchester United 34 7 8 1 28 11 4 4 10 16 27 11 12 11 44 38 6 34
12 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 35 7 6 5 30 18 4 6 7 17 26 11 12 12 47 44 3 34
13 Carlisle United Carlisle United 34 6 8 2 23 17 3 8 7 21 26 9 16 9 44 43 1 34
14 Chesterfield Chesterfield 32 9 5 2 23 8 3 4 9 16 25 12 9 11 39 33 6 33
15 Exeter City Exeter City 34 9 4 4 24 15 3 5 9 15 30 12 9 13 39 45 -6 33
16 Oxford United Oxford United 35 10 6 2 30 15 1 4 12 19 35 11 10 14 49 50 -1 32
17 Lincoln City Lincoln City 35 6 6 5 20 18 4 5 9 14 26 10 11 14 34 44 -10 31
18 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 33 8 6 3 20 12 0 6 10 14 29 8 12 13 34 41 -7 28
19 Port Vale Port Vale 34 6 8 3 25 17 1 6 10 12 34 7 14 13 37 51 -14 28
20 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 33 3 6 6 18 19 3 7 8 20 31 6 13 14 38 50 -12 25
21 Bradford City Bradford 33 7 6 4 30 23 1 3 12 11 35 8 9 16 41 58 -17 25
22 Hereford United Hereford United 33 7 7 3 20 16 0 4 12 4 28 7 11 15 24 44 -20 25
23 Rotherham United Rotherham United 30 6 4 4 16 12 2 4 10 19 34 8 8 14 35 46 -11 24
24 Portsmouth Portsmouth 35 3 9 5 24 25 1 6 11 7 33 4 15 16 31 58 -27 23

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