Football League Division Three
Saturday, May 5, 1979

Swindon Town Gillingham
A.Rowland (48'), A.Mayes (51', 64')
HT: 0-0 T.Funnell (??')
Attendance:  15,117    



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

7
Ian MILLER
                 
Terry NICHOLL
7

8
Roy CARTER
                 
Dean WHITE
8
9
Andy ROWLAND
               
Ken PRICE
9
10
Alan MAYES
               
  Damien RICHARDSON
10
11
Chic BATES
               
Tony FUNNELL
11
Substitutes
12
Bryan HAMILTON  
               
Gary ARMSTRONG
12













Results on Saturday, May 5, 1979: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, May 5, 1979:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Watford 45 23 12 10 79 52 27 58 
2 Swansea City 45 23 12 10 81 60 21 58 
3 Shrewsbury Town 43 19 18 6 52 37 15 56 
4 Swindon Town 43 24 7 12 69 44 25 55 
5 Gillingham 43 19 16 8 59 40 19 54 
6 Carlisle United 46 15 22 9 53 42 11 52 
7 Exeter City 43 17 15 11 60 49 11 49 
8 Colchester United 44 16 16 12 53 52 1 48 
9 Hull City 42 17 11 14 62 52 10 45 
10 Brentford 44 18 9 17 49 45 4 45 
11 Southend United 46 15 15 16 51 49 2 45 
12 Oxford United 45 14 17 14 43 49 -6 45 
13 Plymouth Argyle 46 15 14 17 67 68 -1 44 
14 Chester 46 14 16 16 57 61 -4 44 
15 Blackpool 43 16 9 18 54 54 0 41 
16 Rotherham United 42 15 10 17 42 49 -7 40 
17 Sheffield Wednesday 42 10 19 13 45 48 -3 39 
18 Chesterfield 42 13 13 16 49 59 -10 39 
19 Bury 43 9 20 14 52 61 -9 38 
20 Mansfield Town 41 10 17 14 44 47 -3 37 
21 Peterborough United 43 10 13 20 41 62 -21 33 
22 Walsall 45 10 12 23 55 67 -12 32 
23 Tranmere Rovers 45 6 16 23 44 73 -29 28 
24 Lincoln City 43 7 11 25 39 80 -41 25 

Key: Promotion Relegation