Match Centre

Saturday April 8th, 1978

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

0 - 0

0

Colchester United

Colchester United

0

(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 4,596

C. White

Lineups


1
ALLAN
2
McLAUGHLIN
3
FORD
4
TROLLOPE
5
CARTER
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
KAMARA
9
BATES
10
McHALE
11
CUNNINGHAM
1
WALKER
2
COOK
3
WILLIAMS
4
LESLIE
5
PACKER
6
DOWMAN
7
FOLEY
8
GOUGH
9
DYER
10
ALLINSON
11
WRIGHT

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Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday April 8th, 1978:

Bury Bury 2-2 Bradford City Bradford
Chesterfield Chesterfield 4-1 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Exeter City Exeter City 2-1 Gillingham Gillingham
Lincoln City Lincoln City 4-1 Cambridge United Cambridge United
Peterborough United Peterborough United 1-0 Rotherham United Rotherham United
Port Vale Port Vale 0-0 Chester Chester
Portsmouth Portsmouth 3-3 Carlisle United Carlisle United
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Oxford United Oxford United
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 3-1 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers
Swindon Town Swindon 0-0 Colchester United Colchester United
Walsall Walsall 2-0 Hereford United Hereford United
Wrexham Wrexham 0-0 Preston North End Preston North End

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday April 8th, 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 Wrexham Wrexham 39 13 7 1 41 18 9 4 5 26 20 22 11 6 67 38 29 55
2 Preston North End Preston North End 41 15 4 2 42 17 3 11 6 12 16 18 15 8 54 33 21 51
3 Cambridge United Cambridge United 42 16 3 1 44 10 4 8 10 23 40 20 11 11 67 50 17 51
4 Peterborough United Peterborough United 39 12 7 1 27 11 5 7 7 9 14 17 14 8 36 25 11 48
5 Gillingham Gillingham 41 10 9 2 34 20 4 9 7 27 31 14 18 9 61 51 10 46
6 Walsall Walsall 40 10 7 3 29 14 4 9 7 19 26 14 16 10 48 40 8 44
7 Chester Chester 41 10 8 1 31 20 1 14 7 16 31 11 22 8 47 51 -4 44
8 Swindon Town Swindon 39 11 7 3 37 19 3 8 7 20 28 14 15 10 57 47 10 43
9 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 41 12 5 3 35 16 3 8 10 16 28 15 13 13 51 44 7 43
10 Bury Bury 41 7 11 3 32 20 6 5 9 25 28 13 16 12 57 48 9 42
11 Chesterfield Chesterfield 39 12 6 2 31 11 3 6 10 17 28 15 12 12 48 39 9 42
12 Colchester United Colchester United 41 10 8 2 34 14 4 6 11 16 28 14 14 13 50 42 8 42
13 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 41 8 7 5 33 19 5 7 9 19 31 13 14 14 52 50 2 40
14 Carlisle United Carlisle United 41 8 8 4 27 24 3 10 8 25 31 11 18 12 52 55 -3 40
15 Lincoln City Lincoln City 42 8 8 5 30 23 5 6 10 18 31 13 14 15 48 54 -6 40
16 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 40 11 6 3 25 13 2 7 11 19 34 13 13 14 44 47 -3 39
17 Exeter City Exeter City 41 10 6 4 26 16 3 6 12 16 38 13 12 16 42 54 -12 38
18 Oxford United Oxford United 41 10 8 2 32 17 2 4 15 25 42 12 12 17 57 59 -2 36
19 Port Vale Port Vale 41 7 10 3 27 18 1 9 11 15 39 8 19 14 42 57 -15 35
20 Rotherham United Rotherham United 38 9 5 5 22 14 2 6 11 22 38 11 11 16 44 52 -8 33
21 Bradford City Bradford 41 10 6 4 35 23 1 4 16 14 48 11 10 20 49 71 -22 32
22 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 40 4 7 8 22 25 4 8 9 26 36 8 15 17 48 61 -13 31
23 Hereford United Hereford United 40 9 8 4 27 19 0 4 15 5 33 9 12 19 32 52 -20 30
24 Portsmouth Portsmouth 42 4 11 7 31 36 1 6 13 7 35 5 17 20 38 71 -33 27

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