Football League Division Three
Saturday, March 24, 1979

Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers
A.Rowland (5', 50'), A.Mayes (45'), R.McHale (77')
 HT: 2-1 J.Kerr (??')
Attendance:  5,678    



Lineups
1
Jimmy ALLAN
                 
Dickie JOHNSON
1
2
Bryan HAMILTON  
                 
Eddie CLIFF
2
3
Andy FORD
                 
Ray MATHIAS
3
4
Ray MCHALE
               
Les PARRY
4
5
Steve AIZLEWOOD
                 
John WILLIAMS
5
6
Ken STROUD
                 
Clive EVANS
6

7
Ian MILLER
                 
Tommy O'NEIL
7

8
Roy CARTER
                 
John BRAMHALL
8
9
Andy ROWLAND
             
John KERR
9
10
Alan MAYES
               
Steve CRAVEN
10
11
Brian WILLIAMS
                 
Hugh MCAULEY
11
Substitutes
12
Chic BATES
                
Sub not used
12













Results on Saturday, March 24, 1979: League Table
 
  Blackpool 1 - 1 Watford  
  Chesterfield 2 - 3 Carlisle United  
  Colchester United 1 - 1 Brentford  
  Exeter City 2 - 2 Sheffield Wednesday  
  Gillingham 0 - 0 Mansfield Town  
  Hull City 1 - 0 Rotherham United  
  Lincoln City 2 - 1 Swansea City  
  Peterborough United 2 - 1 Plymouth Argyle  
  Shrewsbury Town 0 - 0 Oxford United  
  Southend United 0 - 0 Bury  
  Swindon Town 4 - 1 Tranmere Rovers  
  Walsall 2 - 1 Chester  

Table as at Saturday, March 24, 1979:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Watford 33 17 10 6 63 39 24 44 
2 Carlisle United 35 12 18 5 40 25 15 42 
3 Shrewsbury Town 32 14 14 4 39 25 14 42 
4 Gillingham 33 14 14 5 41 28 13 42 
5 Swansea City 34 17 7 10 59 47 12 41 
6 Swindon Town 31 17 4 10 52 35 17 38 
7 Southend United 35 12 14 9 45 35 10 38 
8 Exeter City 32 12 11 9 45 38 7 35 
9 Blackpool 33 14 7 12 43 38 5 35 
10 Plymouth Argyle 35 12 11 12 47 48 -1 35 
11 Colchester United 33 10 13 10 35 37 -2 33 
12 Chester 35 11 10 14 43 50 -7 32 
13 Rotherham United 30 13 5 12 34 35 -1 31 
14 Hull City 30 12 6 12 43 37 6 30 
15 Chesterfield 31 10 10 11 43 45 -2 30 
16 Sheffield Wednesday 30 8 14 8 29 34 -5 30 
17 Oxford United 33 8 14 11 28 39 -11 30 
18 Brentford 33 10 9 14 31 34 -3 29 
19 Walsall 34 10 8 16 47 50 -3 28 
20 Bury 31 6 16 9 39 44 -5 28 
21 Peterborough United 32 8 10 14 31 44 -13 26 
22 Mansfield Town 29 5 14 10 29 33 -4 24 
23 Tranmere Rovers 33 4 12 17 35 59 -24 20 
24 Lincoln City 31 4 7 20 23 65 -42 15 

Key: Promotion Relegation