Football League Division Three
Wednesday, May 3, 1978

Chesterfield Swindon Town
J.Cottam (??'), R.Fern (??'), R.Green (??')
 HT: 1-1 C.Prophett (28')
Attendance:  3,428    



Lineups
1
Phil TINGAY
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
Colin TARTT
                 
John MCLAUGHLIN
2
3
Ken BURTON
                 
John TROLLOPE
3
4
Gary POLLARD
                 
Chris KAMARA
4
5
John COTTAM
               
Steve AIZLEWOOD
5
6
Sean O'NEILL
               
Colin PROPHETT
6

7
Steve CAMMACK
                 
David MOSS
7

8
Rodney FERN
               
Roy CARTER
8
9
Rick GREEN
               
Chris GUTHRIE
9
10
Andy KOWALSKI
                 
Ray MCHALE
10
11
Billy DEARDEN
                 
Chic BATES
11
Substitutes
12
Sub not used
                
David CUNNINGHAM
12













Results on Wednesday, May 3, 1978: League Table
 
  Chesterfield 3 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Colchester United 0 - 0 Rotherham United  
  Sheffield Wednesday 2 - 1 Wrexham  

Final table:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Wrexham 46 23 15 8 78 45 33 61 
2 Cambridge United 46 23 12 11 72 51 21 58 
3 Preston North End 46 20 16 10 63 38 25 56 
4 Peterborough United 46 20 16 10 47 33 14 56 
5 Chester 46 16 22 8 59 56 3 54 
6 Walsall 46 18 17 11 61 50 11 53 
7 Gillingham 46 15 20 11 67 60 7 50 
8 Colchester United 46 15 18 13 55 44 11 48 
9 Chesterfield 46 17 14 15 58 49 9 48 
10 Swindon Town 46 16 16 14 67 60 7 48 
11 Shrewsbury Town 46 16 15 15 63 57 6 47 
12 Tranmere Rovers 46 16 15 15 57 52 5 47 
13 Carlisle United 46 14 19 13 59 59 0 47 
14 Sheffield Wednesday 46 15 16 15 50 52 -2 46 
15 Bury 46 13 19 14 62 56 6 45 
16 Lincoln City 46 15 15 16 53 61 -8 45 
17 Exeter City 46 15 14 17 49 59 -10 44 
18 Oxford United 46 13 14 19 64 67 -3 40 
19 Plymouth Argyle 46 11 17 18 61 68 -7 39 
20 Rotherham United 46 13 13 20 51 68 -17 39 
21 Port Vale 46 8 20 18 46 67 -21 36 
22 Bradford City 46 12 10 24 56 86 -30 34 
23 Hereford United 46 9 14 23 34 60 -26 32 
24 Portsmouth 46 7 17 22 41 75 -34 31 

Key: Promoted Relegated