Football League Division Three
Saturday, November 3, 1979

Swindon Town Sheffield United
A.Rowland (20', 67'), B.Tucker (27')
HT: 2-0 J.MacPhail (79'), M.Speight (88')
Attendance:  11,835    



Lineups
1
Jimmy ALLAN
                 
Steve CONROY
1
2
John TEMPLEMAN
                 
Tony MOORE
2
3
Russell LEWIS
                 
Les TIBBOTT
3
4
Ray MCHALE
                 
Tony KENWORTHY
4
5
Billy TUCKER
             
John MACPHAIL
5
6
Ken STROUD
               
Mick SPEIGHT
6

7
Ian MILLER
                 
Len DE GOEY
7

8
Roy CARTER
                 
Jeff BOURNE
8
9
Andy ROWLAND
               
Barry BUTLIN
9
10
Alan MAYES
                 
Phil JONES
10
11
Brian WILLIAMS
                 
Paul GARNER
11
Substitutes
12
Chic BATES
                
Sub not used
12













Results on Saturday, November 3, 1979: League Table

 
  Brentford 2 - 2 Reading  
  Bury 2 - 1 Plymouth Argyle  
  Carlisle United 4 - 0 Southend United  
  Chester 3 - 1 Wimbledon  
  Chesterfield 2 - 0 Mansfield Town  
  Exeter City 1 - 2 Grimsby Town  
  Gillingham 1 - 1 Blackpool  
  Millwall 1 - 0 Blackburn Rovers  
  Rotherham United 0 - 2 Oxford United  
  Sheffield Wednesday 0 - 2 Barnsley  
  Swindon Town 3 - 2 Sheffield United  

Table as at Saturday, November 3, 1979:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Millwall 17 9 6 2 29 18 11 24 
2 Sheffield United 17 11 1 5 33 23 10 23 
3 Colchester United 17 9 4 4 22 18 4 22 
4 Swindon Town 16 9 2 5 26 20 6 20 
5 Brentford 16 8 4 4 25 19 6 20 
6 Sheffield Wednesday 17 7 6 4 27 22 5 20 
7 Chesterfield 17 6 6 5 22 18 4 18 
8 Chester 16 6 6 4 22 20 2 18 
9 Oxford United 16 6 5 5 26 22 4 17 
10 Hull City 17 4 9 4 20 19 1 17 
11 Grimsby Town 17 7 3 7 19 22 -3 17 
12 Reading 16 6 5 5 19 22 -3 17 
13 Gillingham 15 6 4 5 20 15 5 16 
14 Rotherham United 17 8 0 9 28 28 0 16 
15 Carlisle United 17 6 4 7 22 22 0 16 
16 Barnsley 17 6 4 7 16 20 -4 16 
17 Blackpool 17 6 3 8 28 32 -4 15 
18 Exeter City 17 6 3 8 21 28 -7 15 
19 Mansfield Town 17 5 4 8 22 22 0 14 
20 Blackburn Rovers 17 4 6 7 15 17 -2 14 
21 Wimbledon 16 4 4 8 16 26 -10 12 
22 Bury 17 4 3 10 17 23 -6 11 
23 Plymouth Argyle 17 3 4 10 17 25 -8 10 
24 Southend United 15 3 4 8 12 23 -11 10 

Key: Promotion Relegation