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Saturday April 21st, 1979

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

2 - 0

2

R. Jenkins (35' o.g.), A. Rowland (79')

Watford

Watford

0

R. Jenkins (35' o.g.), A. Rowland (79')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 16,414

D.W. Civil
County Ground, Swindon

Videos


An own goal from Ross Jenkins, and a strike from Andy Rowland moves the Town into the Third Division promotion places.

Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday April 21st, 1979:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday April 21st, 1979:

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 42 14 6 1 52 29 8 4 9 22 25 22 10 10 74 54 20 54
2 Watford Watford 41 13 4 3 40 20 8 7 6 33 27 21 11 9 73 47 26 53
3 Swindon Town Swindon 39 15 2 4 39 13 7 4 7 23 27 22 6 11 62 40 22 50
4 Gillingham Gillingham 40 13 7 1 35 15 4 9 6 17 20 17 16 7 52 35 17 50
5 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 39 10 9 0 26 8 6 9 5 21 25 16 18 5 47 33 14 50
6 Carlisle United Carlisle United 43 10 10 1 30 12 4 12 6 20 26 14 22 7 50 38 12 50
7 Exeter City Exeter City 40 13 6 3 35 16 3 8 7 20 28 16 14 10 55 44 11 46
8 Colchester United Colchester United 41 12 7 1 29 15 3 7 11 18 33 15 14 12 47 48 -1 44
9 Southend United Southend United 42 10 6 5 29 16 4 9 8 19 27 14 15 13 48 43 5 43
10 Chester Chester 42 11 8 3 40 19 3 6 11 13 35 14 14 14 53 54 -1 42
11 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 42 11 7 3 36 23 4 4 13 24 37 15 11 16 60 60 0 41
12 Hull City Hull City 38 9 8 2 30 12 6 2 11 25 34 15 10 13 55 46 9 40
13 Oxford United Oxford United 41 9 7 5 24 18 3 9 8 15 27 12 16 13 39 45 -6 40
14 Brentford Brentford 41 12 4 4 32 17 3 5 13 14 28 15 9 17 46 45 1 39
15 Blackpool Blackpool 40 11 4 5 32 15 4 4 12 19 36 15 8 17 51 51 0 38
16 Rotherham United Rotherham United 38 11 2 7 23 20 3 7 8 16 25 14 9 15 39 45 -6 37
17 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 38 6 8 4 20 14 4 8 8 20 28 10 16 12 40 42 -2 36
18 Bury Bury 39 5 9 5 30 27 3 9 8 19 31 8 18 13 49 58 -9 34
19 Chesterfield Chesterfield 39 9 5 7 34 32 2 7 9 13 27 11 12 16 47 59 -12 34
20 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 37 4 8 4 19 17 4 8 9 19 26 8 16 13 38 43 -5 32
21 Walsall Walsall 41 7 6 8 34 30 3 5 12 21 34 10 11 20 55 64 -9 31
22 Peterborough United Peterborough United 39 6 6 7 20 21 3 6 11 15 33 9 12 18 35 54 -19 30
23 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 41 4 11 5 24 24 1 4 16 17 45 5 15 21 41 69 -28 25
24 Lincoln City Lincoln City 39 4 7 7 17 24 2 4 15 14 46 6 11 22 31 70 -39 23

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