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Saturday December 5th, 1981

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

0 - 0

0

Bristol City

Bristol City

0

(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 6,949

J. Martin
County Ground, Swindon

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Hooligans clash on the terraces - causing the match to be held up for eighteen minutes - on the pitch, the relegation threatened local rivals play out a goalless draw.

Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday December 5th, 1981:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday December 5th, 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 Chesterfield Chesterfield 18 5 2 2 14 8 5 2 2 13 5 10 4 4 27 13 14 34
2 Walsall Walsall 18 6 1 2 17 7 3 4 2 8 6 9 5 4 25 13 12 32
3 Carlisle United Carlisle United 18 7 1 1 18 9 3 1 5 9 12 10 2 6 27 21 6 32
4 Southend United Southend United 18 5 1 3 11 7 4 1 4 12 11 9 2 7 23 18 5 29
5 Fulham Fulham 18 5 3 1 16 8 3 2 4 11 15 8 5 5 27 23 4 29
6 Gillingham Gillingham 18 5 1 3 18 14 4 1 4 10 13 9 2 7 28 27 1 29
7 Brentford Brentford 18 2 3 4 5 6 6 1 2 16 9 8 4 6 21 15 6 28
8 Millwall Millwall 18 4 1 4 13 11 4 3 2 13 10 8 4 6 26 21 5 28
9 Oxford United Oxford United 18 4 2 3 10 7 4 2 3 14 13 8 4 6 24 20 4 28
10 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 18 6 1 2 15 6 2 3 4 9 15 8 4 6 24 21 3 28
11 Reading Reading 18 4 2 3 12 14 4 2 3 11 11 8 4 6 23 25 -2 28
12 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 18 4 2 3 15 15 3 2 4 11 11 7 4 7 26 26 0 25
13 Exeter City Exeter City 18 5 0 4 21 22 2 4 3 12 17 7 4 7 33 39 -6 25
14 Lincoln City Lincoln City 18 3 3 3 14 10 3 2 4 13 14 6 5 7 27 24 3 23
15 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 18 4 3 2 13 9 2 2 5 10 13 6 5 7 23 22 1 23
16 Newport County Newport County 18 4 3 2 10 7 2 2 5 13 16 6 5 7 23 23 0 23
17 Portsmouth Portsmouth 18 4 3 2 12 8 1 4 4 8 13 5 7 6 20 21 -1 22
18 Burnley Burnley 18 3 4 2 11 11 2 3 4 12 15 5 7 6 23 26 -3 22
19 Swindon Town Swindon 18 3 2 4 14 13 3 2 4 8 13 6 4 8 22 26 -4 22
20 Bristol City Bristol City 18 3 3 3 11 11 2 3 4 7 11 5 6 7 18 22 -4 21
21 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 18 3 2 4 14 12 2 2 5 6 12 5 4 9 20 24 -4 19
22 Chester Chester 18 0 6 3 6 11 3 1 5 7 13 3 7 8 13 24 -11 16
23 Preston North End Preston North End 18 2 4 3 6 8 1 2 6 9 19 3 6 9 15 27 -12 15
24 Wimbledon Wimbledon 18 3 1 5 11 16 0 3 6 8 20 3 4 11 19 36 -17 13

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