Football League Division Three
Saturday, September 16, 1978

Plymouth Argyle Swindon Town
B.Bason (40'), F.Binney (82')
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  6,099    


1
HODGE
2
BASON
3
ROGERS
4
TRUSSON
5
FOSTER
6
PERRIN
7
TAYLOR
8
MEGSON
9
BINNEY
10
BRENNAN
11
JOHNSON
1
OGDEN
2
MCLAUGHLIN
3
FORD
4
MCHALE
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
STROUD
7
MILLER
8
CARTER
9
GUTHRIE
10
BATES
11
KAMARA

Lineups
1
Martin HODGE
                 
Chris OGDEN
1
2
Brian BASON
               
John MCLAUGHLIN
2
3
Alan ROGERS
                 
Andy FORD
3
4
Mike TRUSSON
                 
Ray MCHALE
4
5
George FOSTER
                 
Steve AIZLEWOOD
5
6
Steve PERRIN
                 
Ken STROUD
6

7
Brian TAYLOR
                74'
Ian MILLER
7

8
Gary MEGSON
                 
Roy CARTER
8
9
Fred BINNEY
               
Chris GUTHRIE
9
10
Steve BRENNAN
                 
Chic BATES
10
11
Brian JOHNSON
                 
Chris KAMARA
11
Substitutes
12
Keith FEAR
             
74' 
Paul GILCHRIST
12















Results on Saturday, September 16, 1978: League Table

 
  Blackpool 2 - 1 Walsall  
  Bury 1 - 2 Watford  
  Gillingham 1 - 0 Chester  
  Hull City 1 - 1 Chesterfield  
  Lincoln City 1 - 1 Carlisle United  
  Mansfield Town 1 - 1 Sheffield Wednesday  
  Oxford United 3 - 2 Exeter City  
  Peterborough United 3 - 1 Brentford  
  Plymouth Argyle 2 - 0 Swindon Town  
  Swansea City 4 - 3 Tranmere Rovers  

Table as at Saturday, September 16, 1978:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Swansea City 7 5 2 0 19 9 10 12 
2 Watford 7 5 0 2 20 10 10 10 
3 Hull City 7 4 2 1 14 5 9 10 
4 Peterborough United 6 4 2 0 9 3 6 10 
5 Shrewsbury Town 7 4 2 1 6 2 4 10 
6 Carlisle United 7 2 4 1 9 6 3
7 Southend United 7 3 2 2 12 10 2
8 Plymouth Argyle 6 4 0 2 11 9 2
9 Swindon Town 7 3 2 2 7 8 -1
10 Rotherham United 7 2 3 2 9 9 0
11 Chester 7 3 1 3 8 8 0
12 Gillingham 7 1 5 1 7 7 0
13 Sheffield Wednesday 6 2 3 1 6 6 0
14 Blackpool 7 3 1 3 8 11 -3
15 Colchester United 7 2 3 2 5 8 -3
16 Mansfield Town 6 1 4 1 7 5 2
17 Chesterfield 7 1 4 2 7 7 0
18 Brentford 7 2 1 4 5 11 -6
19 Exeter City 6 1 2 3 5 9 -4
20 Oxford United 7 1 2 4 4 9 -5
21 Walsall 7 1 1 5 10 15 -5
22 Bury 7 0 3 4 8 13 -5
23 Lincoln City 7 1 1 5 5 16 -11
24 Tranmere Rovers 6 0 2 4 7 12 -5

Key: Promotion Relegation