Match Centre

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
Millmoor, Rotherham

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
Rotherham United
1Tom McALISTER
2Gerry FORREST
3John BRECKIN
4Mark RHODES
5Paul STANCLIFFE
6John GREEN
7Richard FINNEY
8Trevor PHILLIPS
9Dave GWYTHER
10Jimmy GOODFELLOW
11Peter NIX
Substitutes
12David PUGH
Manager/Head Coach
Jimmy McGUIGAN
Swindon Town
1Jimmy ALLAN1
2John McLAUGHLIN2
3Andy FORD3
4John TROLLOPE4
5Ken STROUD5
6Colin PROPHETT6
7David MOSS7
8Roy CARTER8
9Chris GUTHRIE9
10Ray McHALE10
11Dave CUNNINGHAM11
Substitutes
12Chris KAMARA12
Manager/Head Coach
Danny WILLIAMS

Newspaper Reports


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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