Match Centre

Saturday February 9th, 1980

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

1 - 2

1

R. McHale (55' pen)

Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday

2

J. Johnson (15'), K. Taylor (85')
R. McHale (55' pen)
(HT: 0-1)

Attendance: 16,415

J. Johnson (15'), K. Taylor (85')
M.J. Bidmead
County Ground, Swindon

Videos


Though Ray McHale equalises for the Town from a highly debatable penalty award, Kevin Taylor earns the Owls the points with a late goal in this game shown on Match Of The Day.

Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday February 9th, 1980:

Blackburn Rovers Blackburn 2-0 Blackpool Blackpool
Brentford Brentford 0-1 Wimbledon Wimbledon
Bury Bury 1-2 Oxford United Oxford United
Carlisle United Carlisle United 4-1 Exeter City Exeter City
Chesterfield Chesterfield 3-0 Rotherham United Rotherham United
Millwall Millwall 2-2 Barnsley Barnsley
Reading Reading 2-1 Chester Chester
Sheffield United Sheffield United 1-0 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town
Swindon Town Swindon 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday February 9th, 1980:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts
1 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 31 11 1 3 31 15 5 4 7 14 18 16 5 10 45 33 12 37
2 Colchester United Colchester United 31 6 8 2 26 16 8 1 6 17 22 14 9 8 43 38 5 37
3 Sheffield United Sheffield United 30 11 2 3 30 14 5 2 7 20 27 16 4 10 50 41 9 36
4 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 29 7 3 5 24 14 6 6 2 27 20 13 9 7 51 34 17 35
5 Chesterfield Chesterfield 29 11 4 0 34 11 3 3 8 12 20 14 7 8 46 31 15 35
6 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn 30 7 4 3 17 9 6 4 6 17 16 13 8 9 34 25 9 34
7 Swindon Town Swindon 26 9 2 2 31 10 4 3 6 16 22 13 5 8 47 32 15 31
8 Millwall Millwall 27 10 3 1 31 14 2 4 7 11 23 12 7 8 42 37 5 31
9 Chester Chester 28 8 4 1 19 10 3 5 7 18 27 11 9 8 37 37 0 31
10 Exeter City Exeter City 31 8 4 4 23 17 4 3 8 18 34 12 7 12 41 51 -10 31
11 Oxford United Oxford United 30 7 3 5 25 15 3 7 5 17 23 10 10 10 42 38 4 30
12 Brentford Brentford 30 7 4 5 28 21 4 3 7 19 28 11 7 12 47 49 -2 29
13 Gillingham Gillingham 27 5 6 2 16 10 4 4 6 17 21 9 10 8 33 31 2 28
14 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 30 9 5 2 30 15 1 3 10 13 27 10 8 12 43 42 1 28
15 Rotherham United Rotherham United 28 9 0 5 27 18 3 3 8 15 28 12 3 13 42 46 -4 27
16 Reading Reading 27 9 3 2 29 13 1 4 8 10 30 10 7 10 39 43 -4 27
17 Carlisle United Carlisle United 27 8 4 2 29 13 2 2 9 12 24 10 6 11 41 37 4 26
18 Barnsley Barnsley 28 7 3 4 19 15 3 3 8 12 27 10 6 12 31 42 -11 26
19 Blackpool Blackpool 30 7 3 5 30 26 2 4 9 14 27 9 7 14 44 53 -9 25
20 Hull City Hull City 29 4 6 3 17 15 1 7 8 14 34 5 13 11 31 49 -18 23
21 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 29 6 5 3 21 14 0 4 11 9 23 6 9 14 30 37 -7 21
22 Southend United Southend United 28 6 2 6 20 15 2 3 9 9 23 8 5 15 29 38 -9 21
23 Bury Bury 29 7 3 5 26 15 2 0 12 9 31 9 3 17 35 46 -11 21
24 Wimbledon Wimbledon 26 2 4 5 15 17 4 4 7 12 23 6 8 12 27 40 -13 20

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