Football League Division Three
(HT: 2-0)
Attendance: 5,024
Attendance: 5,024
B. Williams (81')
Lineups
1
KEARNS
KEARNS
2
MACKEN
MACKEN
3
CASWELL
CASWELL
4
HARRISON
HARRISON
5
SERELLA
SERELLA
6
KING
KING
7
BIRCH
BIRCH
8
WADDINGTON
WADDINGTON
9
AUSTIN
AUSTIN
10
McDONOUGH
McDONOUGH
11
KELLY
KELLY
1
OGDEN
OGDEN
2
McLAUGHLIN
McLAUGHLIN
3
FORD
FORD
4
McHALE
McHALE
5
AIZLEWOOD
AIZLEWOOD
6
STROUD
STROUD
7
MILLER
MILLER
8
CARTER
CARTER
9
GUTHRIE
GUTHRIE
10
BATES
BATES
11
WILLIAMS
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 | |
| 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' |
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 |
Match Programme
