Football League Division Three
Saturday, December 27, 1980

Swindon Town Plymouth Argyle
R.Carter (59'), R.Greenwood (68'), A.Rowland (76')
HT: 0-0
Attendance:  9,710   Referee:  T. Ward



Lineups
1
Tom MCALISTER
                 
Geoff CRUDGINGTON
1
2
Charlie HENRY
                 
Chris HARRISON
2
3
David PEACH
                 
Tyrone JAMES
3
4
Chris KAMARA
                 
Kevin HODGES
4
5
Russell LEWIS
                 
George FOSTER
5
6
Ken STROUD
                 
Forbes PHILLIPSON-MASTERS
6

7
Ian MILLER
                 
Donal MURPHY
7

8
Roy CARTER
               
David KEMP
8
9
Andy ROWLAND
               
John SIMS
9
10
Roy GREENWOOD
               
Brian BASON
10
11
Brian HUGHES
 72'
              
Colin RANDELL
11
Substitutes
12
Paul RIDEOUT

72' 
             
Brian JOHNSON
12













Results on Saturday, December 27, 1980: League Table

 
  Barnsley 3 - 0 Walsall  
  Burnley 4 - 1 Blackpool  
  Charlton Athletic 1 - 1 Fulham  
  Chester 2 - 1 Chesterfield  
  Colchester United 2 - 1 Gillingham  
  Exeter City 2 - 2 Newport County  
  Huddersfield Town 5 - 0 Hull City  
  Millwall 0 - 0 Portsmouth  
  Reading 0 - 1 Oxford United  
  Rotherham United 3 - 0 Carlisle United  
  Sheffield United 0 - 0 Brentford  
  Swindon Town 3 - 0 Plymouth Argyle  

Table as at Saturday, December 27, 1980:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Charlton Athletic 26 17 4 5 42 20 22 38 
2 Barnsley 27 14 9 4 42 21 21 37 
3 Rotherham United 27 13 9 5 40 22 18 35 
4 Burnley 27 13 8 6 40 24 16 34 
5 Huddersfield Town 27 12 9 6 41 19 22 33 
6 Chesterfield 26 13 6 7 42 25 17 32 
7 Portsmouth 25 14 3 8 29 21 8 31 
8 Exeter City 26 11 7 8 42 34 8 29 
9 Sheffield United 27 11 6 10 45 32 13 28 
10 Chester 27 11 6 10 24 25 -1 28 
11 Plymouth Argyle 27 9 9 9 34 31 3 27 
12 Colchester United 27 9 8 10 29 36 -7 26 
13 Reading 25 10 5 10 33 32 1 25 
14 Brentford 27 9 7 11 32 36 -4 25 
15 Fulham 27 6 11 10 30 37 -7 23 
16 Walsall 27 7 9 11 37 47 -10 23 
17 Newport County 26 8 6 12 33 36 -3 22 
18 Swindon Town 26 8 6 12 29 39 -10 22 
19 Millwall 26 8 6 12 26 42 -16 22 
20 Oxford United 27 7 7 13 19 32 -13 21 
21 Gillingham 27 6 9 12 28 42 -14 21 
22 Blackpool 26 6 8 12 29 46 -17 20 
23 Carlisle United 26 6 7 13 34 52 -18 19 
24 Hull City 27 4 7 16 21 50 -29 15 

Key: Promotion Relegation