Football League Division Three
Saturday, February 24, 1979

Rotherham United Swindon Town
T.Phillips (56')
 HT: 0-1 A.Mayes (45', 64', 66')
Attendance:  5,128    



Lineups
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Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
Gerry FORREST
                 
  Bryan HAMILTON
2
3
John FLYNN
                 
Andy FORD
3
4
John GREEN
                 
Ray MCHALE
4
5
John BRECKIN
                 
Steve AIZLEWOOD
5
6
Paul STANCLIFFE
                 
Ken STROUD
6

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Dave SMITH
                 
Ian MILLER
7

8
Richard FINNEY
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Roy CARTER
8
9
Trevor PHILLIPS
               
Andy ROWLAND
9
10
Dave GWYTHER
               
Alan MAYES
10
11
Alan CRAWFORD
                12'
Brian WILLIAMS
11
Substitutes
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Richard DAWSON

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Chic BATES
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Results on Saturday, February 24, 1979: League Table
 
  Blackpool 1 - 2 Southend United  
  Brentford 3 - 3 Watford  
  Carlisle United 0 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday  
  Chester 1 - 1 Tranmere Rovers  
  Chesterfield 2 - 1 Bury  
  Exeter City 2 - 1 Swansea City  
  Hull City 0 - 1 Gillingham  
  Oxford United 0 - 2 Peterborough United  
  Rotherham United 1 - 3 Swindon Town  
  Shrewsbury Town 2 - 0 Plymouth Argyle  
  Walsall 1 - 1 Mansfield Town  

Table as at Saturday, February 24, 1979:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Watford 29 16 8 5 58 35 23 40 
2 Shrewsbury Town 27 14 11 2 37 17 20 39 
3 Gillingham 27 11 13 3 35 22 13 35 
4 Swindon Town 25 15 2 8 37 26 11 32 
5 Exeter City 27 12 8 7 37 26 11 32 
6 Swansea City 27 13 6 8 44 35 9 32 
7 Carlisle United 28 8 15 5 26 19 7 31 
8 Southend United 28 10 9 9 36 29 7 29 
9 Plymouth Argyle 29 10 9 10 40 38 2 29 
10 Rotherham United 26 12 5 9 32 30 2 29 
11 Chester 28 9 9 10 31 36 -5 27 
12 Oxford United 28 8 11 9 25 32 -7 27 
13 Blackpool 27 11 4 12 30 34 -4 26 
14 Chesterfield 25 8 9 8 32 33 -1 25 
15 Walsall 28 8 8 12 41 42 -1 24 
16 Colchester United 26 7 10 9 27 32 -5 24 
17 Brentford 27 8 8 11 23 30 -7 24 
18 Hull City 25 8 6 11 33 31 2 22 
19 Bury 25 4 14 7 31 34 -3 22 
20 Sheffield Wednesday 25 5 12 8 22 31 -9 22 
21 Peterborough United 28 6 10 12 26 38 -12 22 
22 Mansfield Town 25 4 12 9 23 31 -8 20 
23 Tranmere Rovers 27 4 11 12 30 44 -14 19 
24 Lincoln City 25 2 6 17 17 48 -31 10 

Key: Promotion Relegation