Match Centre

Tuesday May 15th, 1979

Football League Division Three

Blackpool

5 - 2

5

J. Chandler (??'), D. Malone (??'), S. McEwan (??' pen), D. Spence (??'), D. Hockaday (??')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

S. Aizlewood (35'), R. Carter (89')
J. Chandler (??'), D. Malone (??'), S. McEwan (??' pen), D. Spence (??'), D. Hockaday (??')
(HT: 2-1)

Attendance: 4,191

S. Aizlewood (35'), R. Carter (89')
D.T. Richardson
Bloomfield Road, Blackpool

Results


Football League Division Three results on Tuesday May 15th, 1979:

Blackpool Blackpool 5-2 Swindon Town Swindon
Bury Bury 2-3 Brentford Brentford

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Tuesday May 15th, 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 Watford Watford 46 15 5 3 47 22 9 7 7 36 30 24 12 10 83 52 31 60
2 Swansea City Swansea City 46 16 6 1 57 32 8 6 9 26 29 24 12 10 83 61 22 60
3 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 45 13 9 0 32 10 7 10 6 25 30 20 19 6 57 40 17 59
4 Swindon Town Swindon 46 17 2 4 44 14 8 5 10 30 38 25 7 14 74 52 22 57
5 Gillingham Gillingham 45 15 7 1 39 15 5 10 7 24 27 20 17 8 63 42 21 57
6 Carlisle United Carlisle United 46 11 10 2 31 13 4 12 7 22 29 15 22 9 53 42 11 52
7 Colchester United Colchester United 46 13 9 1 35 19 4 8 11 25 36 17 17 12 60 55 5 51
8 Exeter City Exeter City 45 14 6 3 38 18 3 9 10 22 34 17 15 13 60 52 8 49
9 Hull City Hull City 45 12 9 2 36 14 6 2 14 27 45 18 11 16 63 59 4 47
10 Brentford Brentford 46 14 4 5 35 19 5 5 13 18 30 19 9 18 53 49 4 47
11 Oxford United Oxford United 46 10 8 5 27 20 4 10 9 17 30 14 18 14 44 50 -6 46
12 Blackpool Blackpool 45 12 5 6 38 19 6 4 12 23 38 18 9 18 61 57 4 45
13 Southend United Southend United 46 11 6 6 30 17 4 9 10 21 32 15 15 16 51 49 2 45
14 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 46 11 9 3 40 27 4 5 14 27 41 15 14 17 67 68 -1 44
15 Chester Chester 46 11 9 3 42 21 3 7 13 15 40 14 16 16 57 61 -4 44
16 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 44 8 8 5 26 19 4 11 8 23 31 12 19 13 49 50 -1 43
17 Rotherham United Rotherham United 45 13 3 7 30 23 3 7 12 18 32 16 10 19 48 55 -7 42
18 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 44 6 11 4 28 22 5 8 10 21 28 11 19 14 49 50 -1 41
19 Bury Bury 45 5 11 6 34 32 5 9 9 24 33 10 20 15 58 65 -7 40
20 Chesterfield Chesterfield 44 10 5 7 35 32 3 9 10 15 29 13 14 17 50 61 -11 40
21 Peterborough United Peterborough United 45 8 7 8 26 24 3 7 12 18 38 11 14 20 44 62 -18 36
22 Walsall Walsall 46 7 6 10 34 32 3 6 14 22 39 10 12 24 56 71 -15 32
23 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 46 4 12 7 26 31 2 4 17 19 47 6 16 24 45 78 -33 28
24 Lincoln City Lincoln City 46 5 7 11 26 38 2 4 17 15 50 7 11 28 41 88 -47 25