Football League Division Three
Wednesday, May 2, 1979

Swindon Town Oxford United
C.Bates (24'), R.Carter (66')
 HT: 1-0
Attendance:  8,975    



Lineups
1
Jimmy ALLAN
                 
John MILKINS
1
2
John TROLLOPE
                 
Les TAYLOR
2
3
Andy FORD
                 
David FOGG
3
4
Ray MCHALE
                 
Malcolm MCINTOSH
4
5
Steve AIZLEWOOD
                 
Andy BODEL
5
6
Ken STROUD
                 
Colin DUNCAN
6

7
Ian MILLER
                 
Ray GRAYDON
7

8
Roy CARTER
               
Billy JEFFREY
8
9
Andy ROWLAND
                 
Peter FOLEY
9
10
Alan MAYES
                 
Jason SEACOLE
10
11
Chic BATES
               
Gordon HODGSON
11
Substitutes
12
Brian WILLIAMS
                
Sub not used
12













Results on Wednesday, May 2, 1979: League Table
 
  Lincoln City 1 - 2 Shrewsbury Town  
  Swindon Town 2 - 0 Oxford United  
  Watford 1 - 0 Chester  

Table as at Wednesday, May 2, 1979:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Swansea City 44 23 11 10 79 58 21 57 
2 Watford 44 22 12 10 76 50 26 56 
3 Gillingham 42 19 16 7 58 37 21 54 
4 Shrewsbury Town 42 18 18 6 51 37 14 54 
5 Swindon Town 42 23 7 12 66 43 23 53 
6 Carlisle United 45 15 22 8 53 41 12 52 
7 Exeter City 42 17 15 10 59 47 12 49 
8 Colchester United 43 15 16 12 49 50 -1 46 
9 Hull City 41 17 11 13 60 48 12 45 
10 Southend United 45 15 15 15 51 48 3 45 
11 Chester 45 14 16 15 57 59 -2 44 
12 Brentford 43 17 9 17 48 45 3 43 
13 Plymouth Argyle 45 15 13 17 65 66 -1 43 
14 Oxford United 44 13 17 14 42 49 -7 43 
15 Blackpool 42 16 9 17 54 53 1 41 
16 Sheffield Wednesday 41 10 19 12 43 45 -2 39 
17 Bury 42 9 20 13 52 60 -8 38 
18 Rotherham United 41 14 10 17 40 48 -8 38 
19 Chesterfield 41 12 13 16 48 59 -11 37 
20 Mansfield Town 40 9 17 14 42 47 -5 35 
21 Peterborough United 42 10 13 19 39 58 -19 33 
22 Walsall 44 10 12 22 55 66 -11 32 
23 Tranmere Rovers 44 5 16 23 43 73 -30 26 
24 Lincoln City 42 6 11 25 35 78 -43 23 

Key: Promotion Relegation