Football League Division Three
Saturday, February 3, 1979

Swindon Town Chester
R.McHale (19'), R.Carter (82')
HT: 1-0
Attendance:  6,036    



Lineups
1
Jimmy ALLAN
                 
  Brian LLOYD
1
2
Bryan HAMILTON  
                 
Mark NICKEAS
2
3
Andy FORD
                 
Paul RAYNOR
3
4
Ray MCHALE
               
Trevor STORTON
4
5
Steve AIZLEWOOD
                 
Derek JEFFRIES
5
6
Ken STROUD
                 
Ron PHILLIPS
6

7
Ian MILLER
                 
Bryn JONES
7

8
Roy CARTER
               
Doug LIVERMORE
8
9
Andy ROWLAND
                 
  Ian EDWARDS
9
10
Chic BATES
                 
Gary FELIX
10
11
Brian WILLIAMS
                 
Peter HENDERSON
11
Substitutes
12
Paul GILCHRIST
                 
Sub not used
12













Results on Saturday, February 3, 1979: League Table

 
  Gillingham 2 - 0 Blackpool  
  Hull City 1 - 1 Shrewsbury Town  
  Peterborough United 0 - 3 Walsall  
  Plymouth Argyle 2 - 2 Tranmere Rovers  
  Swindon Town 2 - 0 Chester  
  Watford 2 - 2 Rotherham United  

Table as at Saturday, February 3, 1979:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Watford 27 16 6 5 54 31 23 38 
2 Shrewsbury Town 25 12 11 2 33 17 16 35 
3 Gillingham 25 10 12 3 33 21 12 32 
4 Swansea City 24 13 5 6 42 31 11 31 
5 Swindon Town 24 14 2 8 34 25 9 30 
6 Exeter City 25 10 8 7 34 25 9 28 
7 Carlisle United 24 7 14 3 24 15 9 28 
8 Plymouth Argyle 25 9 9 7 38 34 4 27 
9 Southend United 24 8 9 7 31 23 8 25 
10 Rotherham United 23 10 5 8 28 26 2 25 
11 Colchester United 25 7 10 8 26 30 -4 24 
12 Chester 25 9 6 10 28 33 -5 24 
13 Chesterfield 24 7 9 8 30 32 -2 23 
14 Oxford United 24 6 11 7 23 29 -6 23 
15 Hull City 22 8 6 8 32 26 6 22 
16 Blackpool 23 9 4 10 23 28 -5 22 
17 Brentford 25 7 7 11 19 27 -8 21 
18 Walsall 25 7 6 12 37 39 -2 20 
19 Sheffield Wednesday 22 5 10 7 20 28 -8 20 
20 Peterborough United 26 5 10 11 24 37 -13 20 
21 Bury 22 3 13 6 27 30 -3 19 
22 Mansfield Town 23 4 11 8 22 29 -7 19 
23 Tranmere Rovers 23 3 8 12 26 41 -15 14 
24 Lincoln City 25 2 6 17 17 48 -31 10 

Key: Promotion Relegation