Match Centre

Saturday October 17th, 1981

Football League Division Three

Bristol Rovers

1 - 4

1

A. Stephens (55')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

4

A. Rowland (19', 38'), C. Henry (53'), P. Rideout (57')
A. Stephens (55')
(HT: 0-2)

Attendance: 8,779

A. Rowland (19', 38'), C. Henry (53'), P. Rideout (57')
D. Lloyd
Eastville, Bristol

Videos


Swindon go top of Division Three - two Andy Rowland goals helping the Town to a convincing 4-1 win over Rovers at Eastville.

Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday October 17th, 1981:

Brentford Brentford 3-1 Lincoln City Lincoln City
Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 1-4 Swindon Town Swindon
Burnley Burnley 3-3 Exeter City Exeter City
Carlisle United Carlisle United 3-1 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
Chesterfield Chesterfield 1-2 Southend United Southend United
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 1-0 Millwall Millwall
Fulham Fulham 3-1 Newport County Newport County
Gillingham Gillingham 3-2 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town
Oxford United Oxford United 1-0 Bristol City Bristol City
Preston North End Preston North End 0-0 Reading Reading
Walsall Walsall 3-1 Portsmouth Portsmouth
Wimbledon Wimbledon 1-0 Chester Chester

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday October 17th, 1981:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts
1 Swindon Town Swindon 10 3 0 2 11 6 3 2 0 8 2 6 2 2 19 8 11 20
2 Chesterfield Chesterfield 10 3 1 1 9 4 3 1 1 7 3 6 2 2 16 7 9 20
3 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 9 4 0 1 6 1 2 1 1 4 3 6 1 2 10 4 6 19
4 Walsall Walsall 10 3 1 1 7 4 2 2 1 2 2 5 3 2 9 6 3 18
5 Gillingham Gillingham 10 2 1 2 9 8 3 1 1 8 5 5 2 3 17 13 4 17
6 Carlisle United Carlisle United 10 4 1 0 11 6 1 1 3 4 6 5 2 3 15 12 3 17
7 Reading Reading 10 2 0 3 6 10 3 2 0 5 1 5 2 3 11 11 0 17
8 Millwall Millwall 10 3 0 2 9 7 2 1 2 8 7 5 1 4 17 14 3 16
9 Fulham Fulham 10 4 0 1 10 5 1 1 3 4 8 5 1 4 14 13 1 16
10 Southend United Southend United 10 3 1 1 6 4 2 0 3 8 9 5 1 4 14 13 1 16
11 Oxford United Oxford United 10 3 0 2 4 3 2 1 2 8 8 5 1 4 12 11 1 16
12 Newport County Newport County 10 3 1 1 6 4 1 1 3 9 9 4 2 4 15 13 2 14
13 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 10 1 2 2 7 11 3 0 2 7 4 4 2 4 14 15 -1 14
14 Exeter City Exeter City 10 3 0 2 12 11 1 2 2 7 11 4 2 4 19 22 -3 14
15 Lincoln City Lincoln City 10 1 3 1 8 5 2 1 2 7 6 3 4 3 15 11 4 13
16 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 10 2 2 1 7 6 1 2 2 5 6 3 4 3 12 12 0 13
17 Portsmouth Portsmouth 10 2 2 1 8 5 1 1 3 5 8 3 3 4 13 13 0 12
18 Brentford Brentford 10 1 2 2 4 4 2 1 2 6 7 3 3 4 10 11 -1 12
19 Chester Chester 9 0 4 0 2 2 2 1 2 5 6 2 5 2 7 8 -1 11
20 Bristol City Bristol City 10 2 2 1 7 6 0 2 3 4 8 2 4 4 11 14 -3 10
21 Burnley Burnley 10 1 2 2 4 6 1 0 4 7 11 2 2 6 11 17 -6 8
22 Preston North End Preston North End 10 1 3 1 3 3 0 2 3 2 8 1 5 4 5 11 -6 8
23 Wimbledon Wimbledon 10 1 0 4 3 9 0 2 3 5 13 1 2 7 8 22 -14 5
24 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 10 0 1 4 2 8 0 1 4 3 10 0 2 8 5 18 -13 2

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