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Tuesday May 18th, 1982

Football League Division Three

Newport County

1 - 0

1

T. Tynan (81' pen)

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

0

T. Tynan (81' pen)
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 5,906

J. Hunting
Somerton Park, Newport

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Needing a victory to stay in Division Three, the Town travel to Newport, where a 1-0 defeat sends them down to the fourth tier for the first time.
With the Town relegated to the bottom tier for the first time, the club make cutbacks on playing staff, and John Trollope considers his position as manager.

Results


Football League Division Three results on Tuesday May 18th, 1982:

Burnley Burnley 1-1 Chesterfield Chesterfield
Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 2-2 Bristol City Bristol City
Fulham Fulham 1-1 Lincoln City Lincoln City
Gillingham Gillingham 2-1 Reading Reading
Newport County Newport County 1-0 Swindon Town Swindon
Wimbledon Wimbledon 3-2 Portsmouth Portsmouth

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Tuesday May 18th, 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 Burnley Burnley 46 13 7 3 37 20 8 10 5 29 25 21 17 8 66 45 21 80
2 Fulham Fulham 46 12 9 2 44 22 9 6 8 33 29 21 15 10 77 51 26 78
3 Lincoln City Lincoln City 46 13 7 3 40 16 8 7 8 26 24 21 14 11 66 40 26 77
4 Carlisle United Carlisle United 45 17 4 2 44 21 5 7 10 20 29 22 11 12 64 50 14 77
5 Oxford United Oxford United 46 10 8 5 28 18 9 6 8 35 31 19 14 13 63 49 14 71
6 Gillingham Gillingham 46 14 5 4 44 26 6 6 11 20 30 20 11 15 64 56 8 71
7 Southend United Southend United 46 11 7 5 35 23 7 8 8 28 28 18 15 13 63 51 12 69
8 Brentford Brentford 46 8 6 9 28 22 11 5 7 28 25 19 11 16 56 47 9 68
9 Millwall Millwall 45 12 4 7 36 28 6 8 8 24 32 18 12 15 60 60 0 66
10 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 46 12 5 6 37 24 6 6 11 27 32 18 11 17 64 56 8 65
11 Chesterfield Chesterfield 46 12 4 7 33 27 6 6 11 24 31 18 10 18 57 58 -1 64
12 Reading Reading 46 11 6 6 43 35 6 5 12 24 40 17 11 18 67 75 -8 62
13 Preston North End Preston North End 46 10 7 6 25 22 6 6 11 25 34 16 13 17 50 56 -6 61
14 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 46 12 4 7 35 28 6 5 12 23 37 18 9 19 58 65 -7 61
15 Portsmouth Portsmouth 45 11 9 2 31 12 3 9 11 23 37 14 18 13 54 49 5 60
16 Newport County Newport County 46 9 10 4 28 21 5 6 12 26 33 14 16 16 54 54 0 58
17 Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town 46 10 5 8 38 25 5 7 11 26 34 15 12 19 64 59 5 57
18 Exeter City Exeter City 46 14 4 5 46 33 2 5 16 25 51 16 9 21 71 84 -13 57
19 Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers 46 9 9 5 31 24 4 8 11 24 44 13 17 16 55 68 -13 56
20 Walsall Walsall 46 10 7 6 32 23 3 7 13 19 32 13 14 19 51 55 -4 53
21 Wimbledon Wimbledon 46 10 6 7 33 27 4 5 14 28 48 14 11 21 61 75 -14 53
22 Swindon Town Swindon 46 9 5 9 37 36 4 8 11 18 35 13 13 20 55 71 -16 52
23 Bristol City Bristol City 46 7 6 10 24 29 4 7 12 16 36 11 13 22 40 65 -25 46
24 Chester Chester 45 2 10 10 16 29 5 1 17 20 48 7 11 27 36 77 -41 32

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