Match Centre

Saturday December 8th, 1979

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

8 - 0

8

R. McHale (10', 69' pen), C. Kamara (23'), A. Mayes (35', 85'), A. Rowland (43', 55'), B. Tucker (49')

Bury

Bury

0

R. McHale (10', 69' pen), C. Kamara (23'), A. Mayes (35', 85'), A. Rowland (43', 55'), B. Tucker (49')
(HT: 4-0)

Attendance: 7,685

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The Town's biggest league victory since beating Luton 9-1 in 1920 - Swindon sticking eight past the sorry Shakers.
The Town's biggest league victory since beating Luton 9-1 in 1920 - Swindon sticking eight past the sorry Shakers.

Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday December 8th, 1979:

Blackburn Rovers Blackburn 2-1 Oxford United Oxford United
Blackpool Blackpool 5-2 Reading Reading
Brentford Brentford 7-2 Hull City Hull City
Chesterfield Chesterfield 3-2 Millwall Millwall
Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 2-1 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Barnsley Barnsley
Rotherham United Rotherham United 2-1 Gillingham Gillingham
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Exeter City Exeter City
Swindon Town Swindon 8-0 Bury Bury
Wimbledon Wimbledon 1-1 Sheffield United Sheffield United

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday December 8th, 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 Sheffield United Sheffield United 22 8 0 3 23 11 5 2 4 18 18 13 2 7 41 29 12 28
2 Colchester United Colchester United 22 5 5 1 20 10 6 1 4 13 16 11 6 5 33 26 7 28
3 Swindon Town Swindon 21 9 2 0 28 5 2 2 6 9 18 11 4 6 37 23 14 26
4 Brentford Brentford 21 7 1 2 22 10 4 3 4 16 18 11 4 6 38 28 10 26
5 Millwall Millwall 22 8 2 1 24 11 2 4 5 10 17 10 6 6 34 28 6 26
6 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 22 8 1 2 20 11 3 2 6 6 14 11 3 8 26 25 1 25
7 Rotherham United Rotherham United 22 8 0 3 24 12 3 2 6 13 21 11 2 9 37 33 4 24
8 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 22 4 3 4 12 12 4 5 2 21 17 8 8 6 33 29 4 24
9 Chesterfield Chesterfield 22 7 4 0 25 8 1 3 7 9 18 8 7 7 34 26 8 23
10 Chester Chester 21 5 4 1 14 9 3 3 5 13 19 8 7 6 27 28 -1 23
11 Gillingham Gillingham 21 5 4 2 14 8 3 2 5 11 15 8 6 7 25 23 2 22
12 Reading Reading 21 7 3 1 20 10 1 3 6 8 25 8 6 7 28 35 -7 22
13 Carlisle United Carlisle United 22 6 4 1 21 10 2 1 8 9 20 8 5 9 30 30 0 21
14 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn 22 5 3 3 12 9 2 4 5 9 12 7 7 8 21 21 0 21
15 Barnsley Barnsley 22 5 3 3 14 12 3 2 6 10 15 8 5 9 24 27 -3 21
16 Blackpool Blackpool 22 6 2 3 26 19 1 4 6 11 21 7 6 9 37 40 -3 20
17 Exeter City Exeter City 22 5 3 3 12 10 2 3 6 13 25 7 6 9 25 35 -10 20
18 Oxford United Oxford United 21 5 2 4 17 10 1 5 4 11 17 6 7 8 28 27 1 19
19 Hull City Hull City 22 3 6 2 14 13 1 5 5 10 20 4 11 7 24 33 -9 19
20 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 22 6 3 2 20 12 0 3 8 7 16 6 6 10 27 28 -1 18
21 Southend United Southend United 21 5 1 4 15 10 2 3 6 8 18 7 4 10 23 28 -5 18
22 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 22 6 3 2 19 11 0 1 10 10 25 6 4 12 29 36 -7 16
23 Bury Bury 22 5 3 3 18 10 1 0 10 6 25 6 3 13 24 35 -11 15
24 Wimbledon Wimbledon 21 2 4 4 14 15 2 3 6 7 18 4 7 10 21 33 -12 15

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