Football League Division Three
Saturday, April 21, 1979

Swindon Town Watford
R.Jenkins (35' o.g.), A.Rowland (79')
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  16,414    



 
An own goal from Ross Jenkins, and a strike from Andy Rowland moves the Town into the Third Division promotion places.




Lineups
1
Jimmy ALLAN
                 
Andy RANKIN
1
2
John TROLLOPE
                 
John STIRK
2
3
Andy FORD
                 
Keith PRITCHETT
3
4
Ray MCHALE
                 
Dennis BOOTH
4
5
Roy CARTER
                 
Ian BOLTON
5
6
Ken STROUD
                 
Alan GARNER
6

7
Ian MILLER
                 
Brian POLLARD
7

8
Bryan HAMILTON  
                 
  Luther BLISSETT
8
9
Andy ROWLAND
               
Ross JENKINS
9
10
Alan MAYES
                 
Roger JOSLYN
10
11
Chic BATES
                 
Bobby DOWNES
11
Substitutes
12
Paul GILCHRIST
                
Steve SIMS
12













Results on Saturday, April 21, 1979: League Table

 
  Blackpool 1 - 3 Swansea City  
  Carlisle United 1 - 0 Brentford  
  Colchester United 2 - 1 Hull City  
  Lincoln City 0 - 1 Exeter City  
  Mansfield Town 3 - 0 Bury  
  Plymouth Argyle 2 - 1 Gillingham  
  Rotherham United 0 - 1 Chester  
  Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 2 Tranmere Rovers  
  Shrewsbury Town 1 - 1 Chesterfield  
  Southend United 0 - 0 Peterborough United  
  Swindon Town 2 - 0 Watford  
  Walsall 0 - 1 Oxford United  

Table as at Saturday, April 21, 1979:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Swansea City 42 22 10 10 74 54 20 54 
2 Watford 41 21 11 9 73 47 26 53 
3 Swindon Town 39 22 6 11 62 40 22 50 
4 Gillingham 40 17 16 7 52 35 17 50 
5 Shrewsbury Town 39 16 18 5 47 33 14 50 
6 Carlisle United 43 14 22 7 50 38 12 50 
7 Exeter City 40 16 14 10 55 44 11 46 
8 Colchester United 41 15 14 12 47 48 -1 44 
9 Southend United 42 14 15 13 48 43 5 43 
10 Chester 42 14 14 14 53 54 -1 42 
11 Plymouth Argyle 42 15 11 16 60 60 0 41 
12 Hull City 38 15 10 13 55 46 9 40 
13 Oxford United 41 12 16 13 39 45 -6 40 
14 Brentford 41 15 9 17 46 45 1 39 
15 Blackpool 40 15 8 17 51 51 0 38 
16 Rotherham United 38 14 9 15 39 45 -6 37 
17 Sheffield Wednesday 38 10 16 12 40 42 -2 36 
18 Bury 39 8 18 13 49 58 -9 34 
19 Chesterfield 39 11 12 16 47 59 -12 34 
20 Mansfield Town 37 8 16 13 38 43 -5 32 
21 Walsall 41 10 11 20 55 64 -9 31 
22 Peterborough United 39 9 12 18 35 54 -19 30 
23 Tranmere Rovers 41 5 15 21 41 69 -28 25 
24 Lincoln City 39 6 11 22 31 70 -39 23 

Key: Promotion Relegation