Football League Division Three
Wednesday, December 26, 1979

Swindon Town Exeter City
B.Williams (13'), B.Tucker (17')
HT: 2-1 K.Bowker (2', 85'), D.Pullar (56')
Attendance:  11,606   Referee:  K. Baker



Lineups
1
Jimmy ALLAN
                 
Ian MAIN
1
2
Russell LEWIS
                 
Tony MITCHELL
2
3
Andy FORD
                 
Peter HATCH
3
4
Ray MCHALE
                 
John HORE
4
5
Billy TUCKER
               
  Phil ROBERTS
5
6
Ken STROUD
                 
Lee ROBERTS
6

7
Ian MILLER
                 
Steve NEVILLE
7

8
Chris KAMARA
                 
Peter ROGERS
8
9
Andy ROWLAND
               
Keith BOWKER
9
10
Alan MAYES
                 
John DELVE
10
11
Brian WILLIAMS
             
Dave PULLAR
11
Substitutes
12
Roy CARTER
                 
Sub not used
12













Results on Wednesday, December 26, 1979: League Table

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

Table as at Wednesday, December 26, 1979:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Sheffield United 24 14 2 8 43 33 10 30 
2 Grimsby Town 24 13 3 8 31 25 6 29 
3 Colchester United 24 11 7 6 36 31 5 29 
4 Sheffield Wednesday 24 10 8 6 39 29 10 28 
5 Brentford 24 11 6 7 43 35 8 28 
6 Swindon Town 22 11 4 7 39 26 13 26 
7 Millwall 22 10 6 6 34 28 6 26 
8 Chester 23 9 8 6 32 31 1 26 
9 Chesterfield 23 9 7 7 37 28 9 25 
10 Blackburn Rovers 24 8 8 8 22 21 1 24 
11 Rotherham United 24 11 2 11 38 38 0 24 
12 Exeter City 24 9 6 9 31 38 -7 24 
13 Gillingham 22 8 7 7 27 25 2 23 
14 Barnsley 24 9 5 10 26 31 -5 23 
15 Reading 23 8 6 9 28 39 -11 22 
16 Oxford United 23 6 9 8 30 29 1 21 
17 Carlisle United 24 8 5 11 32 35 -3 21 
18 Blackpool 24 7 7 10 40 44 -4 21 
19 Mansfield Town 24 6 8 10 27 28 -1 20 
20 Hull City 24 4 12 8 26 36 -10 20 
21 Plymouth Argyle 24 7 5 12 31 36 -5 19 
22 Bury 24 8 3 13 30 37 -7 19 
23 Southend United 23 7 5 11 24 31 -7 19 
24 Wimbledon 21 4 7 10 21 33 -12 15 

Key: Promotion Relegation