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Friday October 6th, 1978

Football League Division Three

Colchester United

3 - 2

3

E. Rowles (53'), T. Evans (77'), B. Gough (89')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

P. Gilchrist (14'), C. Bates (43')
E. Rowles (53'), T. Evans (77'), B. Gough (89')
(HT: 0-2)

Attendance: 3,324

P. Gilchrist (14'), C. Bates (43')
C. Maskell
Layer Road, Colchester

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Results


Football League Division Three results on Friday October 6th, 1978:

Colchester United Colchester United 3-2 Swindon Town Swindon

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Friday October 6th, 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 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 10 4 1 0 6 0 3 1 1 4 2 7 2 1 10 2 8 16
2 Watford Watford 10 3 0 2 14 7 4 0 1 15 7 7 0 3 29 14 15 14
3 Swansea City Swansea City 10 4 1 0 15 8 2 1 2 6 6 6 2 2 21 14 7 14
4 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 9 3 0 1 7 5 3 0 2 10 8 6 0 3 17 13 4 12
5 Chester Chester 10 4 1 0 10 2 1 1 3 3 7 5 2 3 13 9 4 12
6 Colchester United Colchester United 11 4 2 0 11 6 0 2 3 3 9 4 4 3 14 15 -1 12
7 Carlisle United Carlisle United 10 3 2 0 8 1 0 3 2 3 6 3 5 2 11 7 4 11
8 Rotherham United Rotherham United 10 4 0 1 8 4 0 3 2 5 8 4 3 3 13 12 1 11
9 Peterborough United Peterborough United 9 3 2 0 7 2 1 1 2 5 9 4 3 2 12 11 1 11
10 Gillingham Gillingham 10 2 2 1 5 4 1 3 1 6 6 3 5 2 11 10 1 11
11 Blackpool Blackpool 10 4 1 0 8 2 1 0 4 4 12 5 1 4 12 14 -2 11
12 Hull City Hull City 10 2 2 1 9 4 2 0 3 6 6 4 2 4 15 10 5 10
13 Chesterfield Chesterfield 10 2 1 2 8 8 1 3 1 6 4 3 4 3 14 12 2 10
14 Swindon Town Swindon 11 4 0 1 8 2 0 2 4 4 12 4 2 5 12 14 -2 10
15 Southend United Southend United 10 3 0 2 6 4 0 3 2 8 10 3 3 4 14 14 0 9
16 Exeter City Exeter City 9 2 2 1 7 5 1 1 2 4 7 3 3 3 11 12 -1 9
17 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 9 1 3 0 4 3 1 1 3 6 7 2 4 3 10 10 0 8
18 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 9 1 2 1 5 5 1 2 2 3 7 2 4 3 8 12 -4 8
19 Oxford United Oxford United 10 2 1 2 6 7 1 1 3 4 8 3 2 5 10 15 -5 8
20 Walsall Walsall 10 2 2 1 13 9 0 1 4 4 10 2 3 5 17 19 -2 7
21 Brentford Brentford 10 3 0 2 4 6 0 1 4 4 10 3 1 6 8 16 -8 7
22 Bury Bury 10 0 3 2 8 10 0 3 2 1 4 0 6 4 9 14 -5 6
23 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 9 1 3 1 5 6 0 0 4 4 11 1 3 5 9 17 -8 5
24 Lincoln City Lincoln City 10 1 2 2 5 10 0 0 5 2 11 1 2 7 7 21 -14 4

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