Football League Division Three
Saturday, March 11, 1978

Port Vale Swindon Town
N.Chamberlain (90')
HT: 0-0
Attendance:  3,723    


1
CONNAUGHTON
2
LUMSDEN
3
GRIFFITHS
4
RIDLEY
5
HARRIS
6
HAWKINS
7
CHAMBERLAIN
8
LAMB
9
MOORE
10
BEAMISH
11
BAILEY
1
ALLAN
2
MCLAUGHLIN
3
FORD
4
CARTER
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
KAMARA
9
GUTHRIE
10
MCHALE
11
BATES

Lineups
1
John CONNAUGHTON
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
John LUMSDEN
                 
John MCLAUGHLIN
2
3
Neil GRIFFITHS
                 
Andy FORD
3
4
John RIDLEY
                 
Roy CARTER
4
5
Dave HARRIS
                 
Steve AIZLEWOOD
5
6
Graham HAWKINS
                 
Colin PROPHETT
6

7
Neville CHAMBERLAIN
               
David MOSS
7

8
Alan LAMB
                 
Chris KAMARA
8
9
Micky MOORE
                 
Chris GUTHRIE
9
10
Ken BEAMISH view STFC profile
                 
Ray MCHALE
10
11
Terry BAILEY
                 
Chic BATES
11
Substitutes
12
Ken BEECH
                 
David CUNNINGHAM
12















Results on Saturday, March 11, 1978: League Table

 
  Bradford City 2 - 2 Carlisle United  
  Bury 0 - 0 Portsmouth  
  Cambridge United 2 - 0 Hereford United  
  Chester 2 - 1 Rotherham United  
  Exeter City 3 - 0 Lincoln City  
  Gillingham 2 - 1 Preston North End  
  Oxford United 3 - 0 Colchester United  
  Port Vale 1 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Shrewsbury Town 0 - 0 Peterborough United  
  Walsall 2 - 2 Chesterfield  

Table as at Saturday, March 11, 1978:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Cambridge United 35 18 9 8 61 41 20 45 
2 Wrexham 31 17 9 5 54 32 22 43 
3 Preston North End 34 16 11 7 50 30 20 43 
4 Gillingham 35 14 14 7 58 46 12 42 
5 Tranmere Rovers 34 14 11 9 46 34 12 39 
6 Walsall 33 12 14 7 43 35 8 38 
7 Bury 33 12 13 8 48 38 10 37 
8 Peterborough United 32 12 12 8 25 23 2 36 
9 Chester 34 9 18 7 40 45 -5 36 
10 Swindon Town 31 12 10 9 49 41 8 34 
11 Colchester United 34 11 12 11 44 38 6 34 
12 Shrewsbury Town 35 11 12 12 47 44 3 34 
13 Carlisle United 34 9 16 9 44 43 1 34 
14 Chesterfield 32 12 9 11 39 33 6 33 
15 Exeter City 34 12 9 13 39 45 -6 33 
16 Oxford United 35 11 10 14 49 50 -1 32 
17 Lincoln City 35 10 11 14 34 44 -10 31 
18 Sheffield Wednesday 33 8 12 13 34 41 -7 28 
19 Port Vale 34 7 14 13 37 51 -14 28 
20 Plymouth Argyle 33 6 13 14 38 50 -12 25 
21 Bradford City 33 8 9 16 41 58 -17 25 
22 Hereford United 33 7 11 15 24 44 -20 25 
23 Rotherham United 30 8 8 14 35 46 -11 24 
24 Portsmouth 35 4 15 16 31 58 -27 23 

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