Match Centre

Tuesday May 4th, 1982

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

3 - 2

3

P. Rideout (46', 87'), R. Carter (61')

Oxford United

Oxford United

2

B. Jeffrey (84'), D. Fogg (88' pen)
P. Rideout (46', 87'), R. Carter (61')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 7,880

B. Jeffrey (84'), D. Fogg (88' pen)
E. Read
County Ground, Swindon

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The Town give themselves a chance of avoiding relegation with a 3-2 win over local rivals Oxford - the headlines are made on the terraces though, as crowd trouble mars the game.

Results


Football League Division Three results on Tuesday May 4th, 1982:

Burnley Burnley 1-0 Carlisle United Carlisle United
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 1-1 Southend United Southend United
Gillingham Gillingham 1-0 Lincoln City Lincoln City
Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 5-0 Bristol City Bristol City
Millwall Millwall 3-2 Chesterfield Chesterfield
Preston North End Preston North End 2-1 Newport County Newport County
Swindon Town Swindon 3-2 Oxford United Oxford United
Wimbledon Wimbledon 2-0 Walsall Walsall

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Tuesday May 4th, 1982:

Pos. Team P Home Away TOTAL
W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts
1 Carlisle United Carlisle United 42 17 4 1 43 19 5 6 9 17 24 22 10 10 60 43 17 76
2 Oxford United Oxford United 43 10 8 4 28 15 9 6 6 34 28 19 14 10 62 43 19 71
3 Lincoln City Lincoln City 43 12 7 3 38 16 7 6 8 23 22 19 13 11 61 38 23 70
4 Fulham Fulham 41 11 7 2 40 21 8 6 7 30 27 19 13 9 70 48 22 70
5 Burnley Burnley 42 11 6 3 32 18 7 10 5 25 24 18 16 8 57 42 15 70
6 Southend United Southend United 43 11 7 4 34 19 7 7 7 25 24 18 14 11 59 43 16 68
7 Brentford Brentford 44 8 6 8 27 20 11 4 7 27 24 19 10 15 54 44 10 67
8 Millwall Millwall 42 11 4 7 35 28 6 8 6 22 26 17 12 13 57 54 3 63
9 Chesterfield Chesterfield 43 12 4 6 32 24 6 5 10 23 28 18 9 16 55 52 3 63
10 Gillingham Gillingham 42 12 5 4 40 24 5 5 11 17 29 17 10 15 57 53 4 61
11 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 44 11 5 6 35 23 5 6 11 24 30 16 11 17 59 53 6 59
12 Preston North End Preston North End 43 9 7 6 23 22 6 6 9 25 29 15 13 15 48 51 -3 58
13 Reading Reading 43 11 5 6 41 33 5 5 11 21 37 16 10 17 62 70 -8 58
14 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 43 10 4 8 37 24 5 7 9 26 32 15 11 17 63 56 7 56
15 Portsmouth Portsmouth 41 10 9 2 28 12 3 8 9 18 30 13 17 11 46 42 4 56
16 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 43 11 4 6 32 25 5 5 12 21 36 16 9 18 53 61 -8 55
17 Walsall Walsall 44 10 6 6 32 23 3 7 12 18 30 13 13 18 50 53 -3 52
18 Exeter City Exeter City 42 13 2 5 41 29 2 5 15 25 49 15 7 20 66 78 -12 52
19 Swindon Town Swindon 43 9 4 9 36 35 4 8 9 18 31 13 12 18 54 66 -12 51
20 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 43 8 8 5 27 21 4 7 11 24 44 12 15 16 51 65 -14 51
21 Newport County Newport County 42 6 10 4 23 19 5 5 12 25 32 11 15 16 48 51 -3 48
22 Wimbledon Wimbledon 42 8 5 7 27 24 3 5 14 25 48 11 10 21 52 72 -20 43
23 Bristol City Bristol City 42 5 6 10 19 28 4 5 12 14 34 9 11 22 33 62 -29 38
24 Chester Chester 42 2 10 8 15 25 5 1 16 20 47 7 11 24 35 72 -37 32

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