Football League Division Three
Saturday, April 15, 1978

Rotherham United Swindon Town
D.Gwyther (88')
HT: 0-0 C.Guthrie (56'), D.Moss (75'), D.Cunningham (86')
Attendance:  3,824    


1
MCALISTER
2
FORREST
3
BRECKIN
4
RHODES
5
STANCLIFFE
6
GREEN
7
FINNEY
8
PHILLIPS
9
GWYTHER
10
GOODFELLOW
11
NIX
1
ALLAN
2
MCLAUGHLIN
3
FORD
4
TROLLOPE
5
STROUD
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
CARTER
9
GUTHRIE
10
MCHALE
11
CUNNINGHAM

Lineups
1
Tom MCALISTER view STFC profile
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
Gerry FORREST
                 
John MCLAUGHLIN
2
3
John BRECKIN
                 
Andy FORD
3
4
Mark RHODES
                 
John TROLLOPE
4
5
Paul STANCLIFFE
                 
Ken STROUD
5
6
John GREEN
                 
Colin PROPHETT
6

7
Richard FINNEY
               
David MOSS
7

8
Trevor PHILLIPS
                 
Roy CARTER
8
9
Dave GWYTHER
             
Chris GUTHRIE
9
10
Jimmy GOODFELLOW
                 
Ray MCHALE
10
11
Peter NIX
               
David CUNNINGHAM
11
Substitutes
12
David PUGH
                 
Chris KAMARA
12















Results on Saturday, April 15, 1978: League Table

 
  Bradford City 1 - 2 Exeter City  
  Cambridge United 2 - 0 Chesterfield  
  Carlisle United 1 - 0 Shrewsbury Town  
  Chester 1 - 0 Bury  
  Colchester United 1 - 1 Wrexham  
  Gillingham 2 - 1 Sheffield Wednesday  
  Hereford United 0 - 2 Portsmouth  
  Oxford United 3 - 1 Walsall  
  Plymouth Argyle 1 - 0 Peterborough United  
  Preston North End 4 - 0 Lincoln City  
  Rotherham United 1 - 3 Swindon Town  

Table as at Saturday, April 15, 1978:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Wrexham 41 22 13 6 69 40 29 57 
2 Preston North End 42 19 15 8 58 33 25 53 
3 Cambridge United 43 21 11 11 69 50 19 53 
4 Peterborough United 41 18 14 9 38 26 12 50 
5 Gillingham 43 15 19 9 64 53 11 49 
6 Chester 43 13 22 8 51 52 -1 48 
7 Tranmere Rovers 43 16 14 13 54 46 8 46 
8 Walsall 42 15 16 11 52 45 7 46 
9 Swindon Town 41 15 15 11 62 51 11 45 
10 Carlisle United 43 13 18 12 55 55 0 44 
11 Colchester United 42 14 15 13 51 43 8 43 
12 Bury 42 13 16 13 57 49 8 42 
13 Chesterfield 41 15 12 14 48 43 5 42 
14 Shrewsbury Town 42 13 14 15 52 51 1 40 
15 Lincoln City 43 13 14 16 48 58 -10 40 
16 Exeter City 42 14 12 16 44 55 -11 40 
17 Sheffield Wednesday 41 13 13 15 45 49 -4 39 
18 Oxford United 43 13 12 18 61 63 -2 38 
19 Port Vale 43 8 20 15 44 60 -16 36 
20 Rotherham United 40 11 12 17 46 56 -10 34 
21 Plymouth Argyle 42 9 16 17 50 62 -12 34 
22 Bradford City 42 11 10 21 50 73 -23 32 
23 Hereford United 42 9 12 21 32 56 -24 30 
24 Portsmouth 43 6 17 20 40 71 -31 29 

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