Match Centre

Saturday September 9th, 1978

Football League Division Three

Walsall

4 - 1

4

A. Birch (11', 30' pen), T. Austin (60'), J. King (67')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

1

B. Williams (81')
A. Birch (11', 30' pen), T. Austin (60'), J. King (67')
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 5,024

B. Williams (81')
D. Owen
Fellows Park, Walsall

Lineups


1
KEARNS
2
MACKEN
3
CASWELL
4
HARRISON
5
SERELLA
6
KING
7
BIRCH
8
WADDINGTON
9
AUSTIN
10
McDONOUGH
11
KELLY
1
OGDEN
2
McLAUGHLIN
3
FORD
4
McHALE
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
STROUD
7
MILLER
8
CARTER
9
GUTHRIE
10
BATES
11
WILLIAMS
Walsall
1Mick KEARNS
2Tony MACKEN
3Brian CASWELL
4Colin HARRISON
5Dave SERELLA
6Jeff KING
7Alan BIRCH
8Steve WADDINGTON
9Terry AUSTIN
10Roy McDONOUGH
11Jimmy KELLY
Substitutes
12Don PENN
Manager/Head Coach
Allan ASHMAN
Swindon Town
1Chris OGDEN1
2John McLAUGHLIN2
3Andy FORD3
4Ray McHALE4
46' 5Steve AIZLEWOOD5 46'
6Ken STROUD6
7Ian MILLER7
8Roy CARTER8
9Chris GUTHRIE9
10Chic BATES10
11Brian WILLIAMS11
Substitutes
46' 12Chris KAMARA12 46'
Manager/Head Coach
Bobby SMITH

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday September 9th, 1978:

Brentford Brentford 1-0 Hull City Hull City
Chesterfield Chesterfield 0-1 Exeter City Exeter City
Oxford United Oxford United 0-0 Bury Bury
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 1-4 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town
Rotherham United Rotherham United 2-0 Lincoln City Lincoln City
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 3-2 Southend United Southend United
Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 2-0 Blackpool Blackpool
Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 1-1 Gillingham Gillingham
Walsall Walsall 4-1 Swindon Town Swindon
Watford Watford 0-2 Swansea City Swansea City

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday September 9th, 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 Swansea City Swansea City 5 2 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 6 2 4 1 0 11 2 9 9
2 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 5 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 2 0 5 1 4 8
3 Hull City Hull City 5 1 1 0 4 1 2 0 1 5 2 3 1 1 9 3 6 7
4 Peterborough United Peterborough United 4 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 3 2 3 1 0 6 2 4 7
5 Chester Chester 5 2 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 1 3 3 1 1 7 5 2 7
6 Watford Watford 5 1 0 2 6 5 2 0 0 7 4 3 0 2 13 9 4 6
7 Carlisle United Carlisle United 5 2 1 0 6 1 0 1 1 2 4 2 2 1 8 5 3 6
8 Rotherham United Rotherham United 5 2 0 1 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 3 1 6
9 Swindon Town Swindon 5 2 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 2 5 2 2 1 5 6 -1 6
10 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 5 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 4 2 1 3 1 6 4 2 5
11 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 4 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 5 5 0 5
12 Brentford Brentford 5 2 0 1 2 3 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 4 6 -2 5
13 Chesterfield Chesterfield 5 0 1 2 2 5 1 1 0 4 1 1 2 2 6 6 0 4
14 Southend United Southend United 5 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 1 6 7 1 2 2 8 9 -1 4
15 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 4 1 0 1 3 5 1 0 1 4 3 2 0 2 7 8 -1 4
16 Gillingham Gillingham 5 0 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 4 1 6 7 -1 4
17 Exeter City Exeter City 4 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 2 1 3 5 -2 4
18 Blackpool Blackpool 5 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 3 2 9 2 0 3 6 10 -4 4
19 Walsall Walsall 5 1 1 1 7 6 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 3 8 9 -1 3
20 Bury Bury 5 0 2 0 5 5 0 1 2 1 4 0 3 2 6 9 -3 3
21 Colchester United Colchester United 5 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 5 0 3 2 2 7 -5 3
22 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 5 0 2 1 3 5 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 3 4 8 -4 2
23 Oxford United Oxford United 5 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 3 1 5 -4 2
24 Lincoln City Lincoln City 5 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 3 1 7 1 0 4 4 10 -6 2

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