Football League Division Three
Saturday, March 31, 1979

Gillingham Swindon Town
D.White (??'), D.Westwood (??')
 HT: 2-2 A.Mayes (27'), R.Carter (35')
Attendance:  9,460    



Lineups
1
Ron HILLYARD
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
Charlie YOUNG
                 
  Bryan HAMILTON
2
3
Mickey BARKER
                 
Andy FORD
3
4
John OVERTON
                 
Ray MCHALE
4
5
Mark WEATHERLY
                 
Steve AIZLEWOOD
5
6
Billy HUGHES
                 
Ken STROUD
6

7
Terry NICHOLL
                 
Ian MILLER
7

8
Dean WHITE
             
Roy CARTER
8
9
Ken PRICE
                 
Andy ROWLAND
9
10
Danny WESTWOOD
     42'       
Alan MAYES
10
11
Tony FUNNELL
                 
Chris KAMARA
11
Substitutes
12
Sub not used
                
John TROLLOPE
12













Results on Saturday, March 31, 1979: League Table
 
  Brentford 3 - 2 Blackpool  
  Bury 3 - 0 Shrewsbury Town  
  Chester 1 - 1 Mansfield Town  
  Chesterfield 0 - 0 Walsall  
  Exeter City 2 - 0 Rotherham United  
  Gillingham 2 - 2 Swindon Town  
  Hull City 0 - 0 Lincoln City  
  Oxford United 5 - 1 Carlisle United  
  Peterborough United 1 - 2 Colchester United  
  Swansea City 2 - 1 Plymouth Argyle  
  Watford 1 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday  

Table as at Saturday, March 31, 1979:
  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Watford 35 19 10 6 67 40 27 48 
2 Swansea City 36 19 7 10 65 49 16 45 
3 Gillingham 35 14 16 5 44 31 13 44 
4 Shrewsbury Town 34 15 14 5 42 30 12 44 
5 Carlisle United 37 12 19 6 43 32 11 43 
6 Swindon Town 33 18 5 10 55 37 18 41 
7 Southend United 36 13 14 9 47 36 11 40 
8 Exeter City 34 13 12 9 48 39 9 38 
9 Blackpool 35 14 7 14 45 42 3 35 
10 Plymouth Argyle 36 12 11 13 48 50 -2 35 
11 Chester 37 12 11 14 47 51 -4 35 
12 Colchester United 35 11 13 11 38 42 -4 35 
13 Oxford United 35 10 14 11 34 40 -6 34 
14 Hull City 32 12 8 12 45 39 6 32 
15 Rotherham United 32 13 6 13 35 38 -3 32 
16 Sheffield Wednesday 32 9 14 9 32 35 -3 32 
17 Brentford 35 11 9 15 36 39 -3 31 
18 Chesterfield 33 10 11 12 43 48 -5 31 
19 Bury 33 7 16 10 42 45 -3 30 
20 Walsall 36 10 9 17 48 53 -5 29 
21 Mansfield Town 31 5 16 10 31 35 -4 26 
22 Peterborough United 34 8 10 16 32 49 -17 26 
23 Tranmere Rovers 35 4 13 18 36 61 -25 21 
24 Lincoln City 33 4 9 20 23 65 -42 17 

Key: Promotion Relegation