Football League Division Three
Saturday, January 14, 1978

Swindon Town Sheffield Wednesday
R.McHale (20' pen, 54' pen)
HT: 1-0 D.Rushbury (50' pen), J.Mullen (51')
Attendance:  7,609    


1
ALLAN
2
MCLAUGHLIN
3
TROLLOPE
4
FORD
5
CARTER
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
STROUD
9
KAMARA
10
MCHALE
11
CUNNINGHAM
1
BOLDER
2
WALDEN
3
GRANT
4
RUSHBURY
5
CUSACK
6
MULLEN
7
WYLDE
8
PORTERFIELD
9
TYNAN
10
JOHNSON
11
LEMAN

Lineups
1
Jimmy ALLAN
                 
Bob BOLDER
1
2
John MCLAUGHLIN
                 
Richard WALDEN
2
3
John TROLLOPE
                 
David GRANT
3
4
Andy FORD
               
David RUSHBURY
4
5
Roy CARTER
                 
Dave CUSACK
5
6
Colin PROPHETT
               
Jimmy MULLEN
6

7
David MOSS
                 
Rodger WYLDE
7

8
Ken STROUD
                 
Ian PORTERFIELD
8
9
Chris KAMARA
                 
Tommy TYNAN
9
10
Ray MCHALE
               
Jeff JOHNSON
10
11
David CUNNINGHAM
 73'
              
Dennis LEMAN
11
Substitutes
12
Gus GILLIGAN

73' 
              
Paul BRADSHAW
12















Results on Saturday, January 14, 1978: League Table

 
  Cambridge United 4 - 1 Bradford City  
  Carlisle United 2 - 2 Tranmere Rovers  
  Chesterfield 2 - 0 Port Vale  
  Exeter City 1 - 1 Walsall  
  Hereford United 2 - 2 Chester  
  Lincoln City 0 - 0 Bury  
  Portsmouth 2 - 2 Peterborough United  
  Preston North End 5 - 2 Plymouth Argyle  
  Rotherham United 2 - 0 Oxford United  
  Swindon Town 2 - 2 Sheffield Wednesday  
  Wrexham 0 - 0 Shrewsbury Town  

Table as at Saturday, January 14, 1978:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Wrexham 25 13 8 4 42 27 15 34 
2 Cambridge United 27 14 6 7 50 36 14 34 
3 Gillingham 27 11 12 4 48 34 14 34 
4 Tranmere Rovers 27 13 7 7 42 25 17 33 
5 Preston North End 26 11 9 6 34 23 11 31 
6 Peterborough United 25 10 10 5 21 18 3 30 
7 Colchester United 26 10 9 7 36 25 11 29 
8 Bury 26 9 11 6 33 32 1 29 
9 Shrewsbury Town 26 10 8 8 41 32 9 28 
10 Swindon Town 25 9 9 7 43 35 8 27 
11 Chesterfield 25 11 4 10 29 25 4 26 
12 Exeter City 25 9 7 9 30 30 0 25 
13 Walsall 25 7 11 7 29 29 0 25 
14 Chester 25 6 13 6 28 35 -7 25 
15 Carlisle United 25 7 10 8 33 33 0 24 
16 Rotherham United 25 7 8 10 31 38 -7 22 
17 Oxford United 27 7 8 12 35 43 -8 22 
18 Port Vale 26 5 12 9 27 37 -10 22 
19 Lincoln City 25 5 10 10 26 36 -10 20 
20 Hereford United 26 5 10 11 19 33 -14 20 
21 Portsmouth 26 4 12 10 28 44 -16 20 
22 Plymouth Argyle 25 5 9 11 30 39 -9 19 
23 Bradford City 26 6 7 13 29 45 -16 19 
24 Sheffield Wednesday 25 5 8 12 22 32 -10 18 

Key: Promotion Relegation