Football League Division Three
Friday, March 31, 1978

Tranmere Rovers Swindon Town
R.Allen
 C.Guthrie
Attendance:  2,812    



Lineups
1
Dickie JOHNSON
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
Ray MATHIAS
                 
John MCLAUGHLIN
2
3
Eddie FLOOD
                 
Andy FORD
3
4
Les PARRY
                 
John TROLLOPE
4
5
Dave PHILPOTTS
                 
Roy CARTER
5
6
Clive EVANS
                 
Colin PROPHETT
6

7
Eddie CLIFF
                 
David MOSS
7

8
Mark PALIOS
                 
Chris KAMARA
8
9
Ronnie MOORE
               
Chris GUTHRIE
9
10
Bobby TYNAN
                 
Ray MCHALE
10
11
Russell ALLEN
               
David CUNNINGHAM
11
Substitutes
12
John BRAMHALL
                
Sub not used













Results on Friday, March 31, 1978: League Table
 
  Tranmere Rovers 1 - 1 Swindon Town  

Table as at Friday, March 31, 1978:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Wrexham 36 22 9 5 66 36 30 53 
2 Preston North End 38 17 14 7 53 32 21 48 
3 Cambridge United 39 19 10 10 64 45 19 48 
4 Gillingham 38 14 16 8 59 48 11 44 
5 Tranmere Rovers 39 15 12 12 50 41 9 42 
6 Walsall 37 13 16 8 45 37 8 42 
7 Peterborough United 36 14 14 8 29 25 4 42 
8 Swindon Town 37 14 13 10 57 47 10 41 
9 Chesterfield 36 14 11 11 43 35 8 39 
10 Colchester United 38 13 13 12 47 40 7 39 
11 Chester City 38 9 21 8 43 49 -6 39 
12 Bury 38 12 14 12 52 46 6 38 
13 Carlisle United 38 10 17 11 47 49 -2 37 
14 Lincoln City 40 12 13 15 43 52 -9 37 
15 Exeter City 38 12 12 14 39 49 -10 36 
16 Shrewsbury Town 38 11 13 14 47 48 -1 35 
17 Sheffield Wednesday 37 11 12 14 40 45 -5 34 
18 Oxford United 38 11 11 16 53 56 -3 33 
19 Port Vale 38 8 17 13 41 54 -13 33 
20 Rotherham United 35 10 10 15 42 51 -9 30 
21 Plymouth Argyle 38 8 14 16 46 56 -10 30 
22 Hereford United 37 9 11 17 31 48 -17 29 
23 Bradford City 38 10 9 19 46 64 -18 29 
24 Portsmouth 39 5 16 18 35 65 -30 26 

Key: Promotion places Relegation