Football League Division Three
Saturday, April 8, 1978

Swindon Town Colchester United

HT: 0-0
Attendance:  4,596    


1
ALLAN
2
MCLAUGHLIN
3
FORD
4
TROLLOPE
5
CARTER
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
KAMARA
9
BATES
10
MCHALE
11
CUNNINGHAM
1
WALKER
2
COOK
3
WILLIAMS
4
LESLIE
5
PACKER
6
DOWMAN
7
FOLEY
8
GOUGH
9
DYER
10
ALLINSON
11
WRIGHT

Lineups
1
Jimmy ALLAN
                 
Mike WALKER
1
2
John MCLAUGHLIN
                 
Micky COOK
2
3
Andy FORD
                 
Johnny WILLIAMS
3
4
John TROLLOPE
                 
Steve LESLIE
4
5
Roy CARTER
                 
Mike PACKER
5
6
Colin PROPHETT
                 
Steve DOWMAN
6

7
David MOSS
                 
Steve FOLEY
7

8
Chris KAMARA
                 
Bobby GOUGH
8
9
Chic BATES
                 
Paul DYER
9
10
Ray MCHALE
 77'
               
Ian ALLINSON
10
11
David CUNNINGHAM
                 
Steve WRIGHT
11
Substitutes
12
Ken STROUD

77' 		               
Russell COTTON
12















Results on Saturday, April 8, 1978: League Table
 
  Bury 2 - 2 Bradford City  
  Chesterfield 4 - 1 Plymouth Argyle  
  Exeter City 2 - 1 Gillingham  
  Lincoln City 4 - 1 Cambridge United  
  Peterborough United 1 - 0 Rotherham United  
  Port Vale 0 - 0 Chester  
  Portsmouth 3 - 3 Carlisle United  
  Sheffield Wednesday 2 - 1 Oxford United  
  Shrewsbury Town 3 - 1 Tranmere Rovers  
  Swindon Town 0 - 0 Colchester United  
  Walsall 2 - 0 Hereford United  
  Wrexham 0 - 0 Preston North End  

Table as at Saturday, April 8, 1978:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Wrexham 39 22 11 6 67 38 29 55 
2 Preston North End 41 18 15 8 54 33 21 51 
3 Cambridge United 42 20 11 11 67 50 17 51 
4 Peterborough United 39 17 14 8 36 25 11 48 
5 Gillingham 41 14 18 9 61 51 10 46 
6 Walsall 40 14 16 10 48 40 8 44 
7 Chester 41 11 22 8 47 51 -4 44 
8 Swindon Town 39 14 15 10 57 47 10 43 
9 Tranmere Rovers 41 15 13 13 51 44 7 43 
10 Bury 41 13 16 12 57 48 9 42 
11 Chesterfield 39 15 12 12 48 39 9 42 
12 Colchester United 41 14 14 13 50 42 8 42 
13 Shrewsbury Town 41 13 14 14 52 50 2 40 
14 Carlisle United 41 11 18 12 52 55 -3 40 
15 Lincoln City 42 13 14 15 48 54 -6 40 
16 Sheffield Wednesday 40 13 13 14 44 47 -3 39 
17 Exeter City 41 13 12 16 42 54 -12 38 
18 Oxford United 41 12 12 17 57 59 -2 36 
19 Port Vale 41 8 19 14 42 57 -15 35 
20 Rotherham United 38 11 11 16 44 52 -8 33 
21 Bradford City 41 11 10 20 49 71 -22 32 
22 Plymouth Argyle 40 8 15 17 48 61 -13 31 
23 Hereford United 40 9 12 19 32 52 -20 30 
24 Portsmouth 42 5 17 20 38 71 -33 27 

Key: Promotion Relegation