Match Centre

Saturday October 14th, 1978

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

1 - 0

1

C. Bates (54')

Rotherham United

Rotherham United

0

C. Bates (54')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 4,476

A. Seville
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
OGDEN
2
McLAUGHLIN
3
FORD
4
McHALE
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
STROUD
7
MILLER
8
CARTER
9
ROWLAND
10
BATES
11
KAMARA
1
McALISTER
2
FORREST
3
BRECKIN
4
STANCLIFFE
5
GREEN
6
FLYNN
7
FINNEY
8
PHILLIPS
9
GWYTHER
10
CRAWFORD
11
DAWSON
Swindon Town
1Chris OGDEN
2John McLAUGHLIN
3Andy FORD
4Ray McHALE
5Steve AIZLEWOOD
6Ken STROUD
7Ian MILLER
8Roy CARTER
9Andy ROWLAND15'
10Chic BATES
11Chris KAMARA
Substitutes
12Paul GILCHRIST15'
Manager/Head Coach
Bobby SMITH
Rotherham United
1Tom McALISTER1
2Gerry FORREST2
46' 3John BRECKIN3 46'
4Paul STANCLIFFE4
5John GREEN5
6John FLYNN6
7Richard FINNEY7
8Trevor PHILLIPS8
9Dave GWYTHER9
10Alan CRAWFORD10
11Richard DAWSON11
Substitutes
46' 12Dave SMITH12 46'
Manager/Head Coach
Jimmy McGUIGAN

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday October 14th, 1978:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday October 14th, 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 12 4 2 0 8 2 3 2 1 5 3 7 4 1 13 5 8 18
2 Watford Watford 12 4 0 2 16 7 4 0 2 16 9 8 0 4 32 16 16 16
3 Swansea City Swansea City 12 5 1 0 16 8 2 1 3 7 8 7 2 3 23 16 7 16
4 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 11 3 1 1 8 6 3 1 2 11 9 6 2 3 19 15 4 14
5 Gillingham Gillingham 12 3 2 1 7 4 1 4 1 6 6 4 6 2 13 10 3 14
6 Chester Chester 12 5 1 0 12 3 1 1 4 5 13 6 2 4 17 16 1 14
7 Carlisle United Carlisle United 12 3 3 0 9 2 0 4 2 3 6 3 7 2 12 8 4 13
8 Peterborough United Peterborough United 11 3 3 0 8 3 1 2 2 6 10 4 5 2 14 13 1 13
9 Colchester United Colchester United 12 4 2 0 11 6 0 3 3 3 9 4 5 3 14 15 -1 13
10 Blackpool Blackpool 12 5 1 0 10 2 1 0 5 4 16 6 1 5 14 18 -4 13
11 Southend United Southend United 12 4 0 2 10 4 0 4 2 9 11 4 4 4 19 15 4 12
12 Chesterfield Chesterfield 12 3 1 2 10 9 1 3 2 7 7 4 4 4 17 16 1 12
13 Swindon Town Swindon 12 5 0 1 9 2 0 2 4 4 12 5 2 5 13 14 -1 12
14 Hull City Hull City 12 2 3 1 10 5 2 0 4 6 8 4 3 5 16 13 3 11
15 Rotherham United Rotherham United 12 4 0 2 8 5 0 3 3 5 9 4 3 5 13 14 -1 11
16 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 11 1 3 1 5 5 2 2 2 4 7 3 5 3 9 12 -3 11
17 Walsall Walsall 12 2 3 1 14 10 1 1 4 7 11 3 4 5 21 21 0 10
18 Bury Bury 12 1 3 2 11 11 1 3 2 2 4 2 6 4 13 15 -2 10
19 Exeter City Exeter City 11 2 3 1 7 5 1 1 3 4 8 3 4 4 11 13 -2 10
20 Oxford United Oxford United 12 2 2 2 6 7 1 2 3 5 9 3 4 5 11 16 -5 10
21 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 11 1 3 1 5 6 1 2 3 8 9 2 5 4 13 15 -2 9
22 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 11 2 3 1 11 8 0 1 4 4 11 2 4 5 15 19 -4 8
23 Brentford Brentford 12 3 0 3 4 7 0 1 5 4 12 3 1 8 8 19 -11 7
24 Lincoln City Lincoln City 12 1 3 2 5 10 0 0 6 2 13 1 3 8 7 23 -16 5

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