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Saturday April 15th, 1978

Football League Division Three

Rotherham United

1 - 3

1

D. Gwyther (88')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

3

C. Guthrie (56'), D. Moss (75'), D. Cunningham (86')
D. Gwyther (88')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 3,824

C. Guthrie (56'), D. Moss (75'), D. Cunningham (86')
P. Reeves

Lineups


1
McALISTER
2
FORREST
3
BRECKIN
4
RHODES
5
STANCLIFFE
6
GREEN
7
FINNEY
8
PHILLIPS
9
GWYTHER
10
GOODFELLOW
11
NIX
1
ALLAN
2
McLAUGHLIN
3
FORD
4
TROLLOPE
5
STROUD
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
CARTER
9
GUTHRIE
10
McHALE
11
CUNNINGHAM

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Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday April 15th, 1978:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday April 15th, 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 41 13 7 1 41 18 9 6 5 28 22 22 13 6 69 40 29 57
2 Preston North End Preston North End 42 16 4 2 46 17 3 11 6 12 16 19 15 8 58 33 25 53
3 Cambridge United Cambridge United 43 17 3 1 46 10 4 8 10 23 40 21 11 11 69 50 19 53
4 Peterborough United Peterborough United 41 13 7 1 29 11 5 7 8 9 15 18 14 9 38 26 12 50
5 Gillingham Gillingham 43 11 9 2 36 21 4 10 7 28 32 15 19 9 64 53 11 49
6 Chester Chester 43 12 8 1 35 21 1 14 7 16 31 13 22 8 51 52 -1 48
7 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 43 13 6 3 38 18 3 8 10 16 28 16 14 13 54 46 8 46
8 Walsall Walsall 42 10 7 3 29 14 5 9 8 23 31 15 16 11 52 45 7 46
9 Swindon Town Swindon 41 11 7 4 39 22 4 8 7 23 29 15 15 11 62 51 11 45
10 Carlisle United Carlisle United 43 10 8 4 30 24 3 10 8 25 31 13 18 12 55 55 0 44
11 Colchester United Colchester United 42 10 9 2 35 15 4 6 11 16 28 14 15 13 51 43 8 43
12 Bury Bury 42 7 11 3 32 20 6 5 10 25 29 13 16 13 57 49 8 42
13 Chesterfield Chesterfield 41 12 6 2 31 11 3 6 12 17 32 15 12 14 48 43 5 42
14 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 42 8 7 5 33 19 5 7 10 19 32 13 14 15 52 51 1 40
15 Lincoln City Lincoln City 43 8 8 5 30 23 5 6 11 18 35 13 14 16 48 58 -10 40
16 Exeter City Exeter City 42 10 6 4 26 16 4 6 12 18 39 14 12 16 44 55 -11 40
17 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 41 11 6 3 25 13 2 7 12 20 36 13 13 15 45 49 -4 39
18 Oxford United Oxford United 43 11 8 2 35 18 2 4 16 26 45 13 12 18 61 63 -2 38
19 Port Vale Port Vale 43 7 11 3 28 19 1 9 12 16 41 8 20 15 44 60 -16 36
20 Rotherham United Rotherham United 40 9 5 6 23 17 2 7 11 23 39 11 12 17 46 56 -10 34
21 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 42 5 8 8 24 26 4 8 9 26 36 9 16 17 50 62 -12 34
22 Bradford City Bradford 42 10 6 5 36 25 1 4 16 14 48 11 10 21 50 73 -23 32
23 Hereford United Hereford United 42 9 8 5 27 21 0 4 16 5 35 9 12 21 32 56 -24 30
24 Portsmouth Portsmouth 43 4 11 7 31 36 2 6 13 9 35 6 17 20 40 71 -31 29

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