Football League Division Three
Saturday, December 8, 1979

Swindon Town Bury
R.McHale (10', 69' pen), C.Kamara (23'), A.Mayes (35', 85'), A.Rowland (43', 55'), B.Tucker (49')
HT: 4-0
Attendance:  7,685   Referee:  M. Warner



 
The Town's biggest league victory since beating Luton 9-1 in 1920 - Swindon sticking eight past the sorry Shakers.



 
The Town's biggest league victory since beating Luton 9-1 in 1920 - Swindon sticking eight past the sorry Shakers.




Lineups
1
Jimmy ALLAN
                 
John FORREST
1
2
Russell LEWIS
                 
John RITSON
2
3
Andy FORD
                 
Carl HALFORD
3
4
Ray MCHALE
               
Alan WHITEHEAD
4
5
Billy TUCKER
               
Pat HOWARD
5
6
Ken STROUD
                70'
Alan WALDRON
6

7
Ian MILLER
                 
Craig MADDEN
7

8
Chris KAMARA
               
  view STFC profileDanny WILSON
8
9
Andy ROWLAND
               
Steve JOHNSON
9
10
Alan MAYES
               
Paul HILTON
10
11
Brian WILLIAMS
                 
Steve MULLEN
11
Substitutes
12
Roy CARTER
               
Ray LUGG
12













Results on Saturday, December 8, 1979: League Table

 
  Blackburn Rovers 2 - 1 Oxford United  
  Blackpool 5 - 2 Reading  
  Brentford 7 - 2 Hull City  
  Chesterfield 3 - 2 Millwall  
  Grimsby Town 2 - 1 Mansfield Town  
  Plymouth Argyle 2 - 1 Barnsley  
  Rotherham United 2 - 1 Gillingham  
  Sheffield Wednesday 0 - 1 Exeter City  
  Swindon Town 8 - 0 Bury  
  Wimbledon 1 - 1 Sheffield United  

Table as at Saturday, December 8, 1979:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Sheffield United 22 13 2 7 41 29 12 28 
2 Colchester United 22 11 6 5 33 26 7 28 
3 Swindon Town 21 11 4 6 37 23 14 26 
4 Brentford 21 11 4 6 38 28 10 26 
5 Millwall 22 10 6 6 34 28 6 26 
6 Grimsby Town 22 11 3 8 26 25 1 25 
7 Rotherham United 22 11 2 9 37 33 4 24 
8 Sheffield Wednesday 22 8 8 6 33 29 4 24 
9 Chesterfield 22 8 7 7 34 26 8 23 
10 Chester 21 8 7 6 27 28 -1 23 
11 Gillingham 21 8 6 7 25 23 2 22 
12 Reading 21 8 6 7 28 35 -7 22 
13 Carlisle United 22 8 5 9 30 30 0 21 
14 Blackburn Rovers 22 7 7 8 21 21 0 21 
15 Barnsley 22 8 5 9 24 27 -3 21 
16 Blackpool 22 7 6 9 37 40 -3 20 
17 Exeter City 22 7 6 9 25 35 -10 20 
18 Oxford United 21 6 7 8 28 27 1 19 
19 Hull City 22 4 11 7 24 33 -9 19 
20 Mansfield Town 22 6 6 10 27 28 -1 18 
21 Southend United 21 7 4 10 23 28 -5 18 
22 Plymouth Argyle 22 6 4 12 29 36 -7 16 
23 Bury 22 6 3 13 24 35 -11 15 
24 Wimbledon 21 4 7 10 21 33 -12 15 

Key: Promotion Relegation