Football League Division Three
Saturday, April 25, 1981

Walsall Swindon Town
D.Penn (59'), M.Rees (85')
HT: 0-0 I.Miller (79')
Attendance:  3,429   Referee:  R. Chadwick



Lineups
1
Ron GREEN
                 
Jimmy ALLAN
1
2
Tony MACKEN  
                 
Roy CARTER
2
3
Ken MOWER
                 
David PEACH
3
4
John HORNE
                 
Chris KAMARA
4
5
Steve BAINES
                 
Russell LEWIS
5
6
Peter HART
                 
Ken STROUD
6

7
Mark REES
             
Ian MILLER
7

8
Steve WADDINGTON
                 
Brian HUGHES
8
9
Don PENN
               
Andy ROWLAND
9
10
Alan BUCKLEY
                 
Paul RIDEOUT
10
11
Brian CASWELL
                 
Brian WILLIAMS
11
Substitutes
12
Richard O'KELLY
                 
Roy GREENWOOD
12













Results on Saturday, April 25, 1981: League Table

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

Table as at Saturday, April 25, 1981:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Rotherham United 44 23 13 8 60 30 30 59 
2 Charlton Athletic 45 24 9 12 61 43 18 57 
3 Barnsley 44 19 17 8 67 44 23 55 
4 Huddersfield Town 45 20 14 11 67 38 29 54 
5 Plymouth Argyle 45 19 14 12 55 42 13 52 
6 Portsmouth 45 21 9 15 54 47 7 51 
7 Chesterfield 43 20 10 13 66 46 20 50 
8 Burnley 45 18 13 14 59 47 12 49 
9 Brentford 45 14 18 13 52 49 3 46 
10 Reading 44 17 10 17 58 59 -1 44 
11 Exeter City 43 16 11 16 60 63 -3 43 
12 Fulham 45 15 13 17 55 60 -5 43 
13 Gillingham 45 12 18 15 47 56 -9 42 
14 Millwall 44 14 14 16 43 57 -14 42 
15 Newport County 43 14 13 16 58 54 4 41 
16 Carlisle United 44 14 13 17 56 65 -9 41 
17 Sheffield United 45 14 12 19 65 62 3 40 
18 Swindon Town 45 13 14 18 51 56 -5 40 
19 Oxford United 44 12 16 16 37 46 -9 40 
20 Chester 44 15 10 19 36 45 -9 40 
21 Walsall 45 12 15 18 58 74 -16 39 
22 Colchester United 45 13 11 21 44 65 -21 37 
23 Blackpool 45 9 13 23 45 75 -30 31 
24 Hull City 44 7 16 21 37 68 -31 30 

Key: Promotion Relegation