Season 1978-1979

Division III


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League Table


                                  P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
1. Shrewsbury Town 46 14 9 0 36 11 7 10 6 25 30 61 2. Watford 46 15 5 3 47 22 9 7 7 36 30 60 3. Swansea City 46 16 6 1 57 32 8 6 9 26 29 60 4. Gillingham 46 15 7 1 39 15 6 10 7 26 27 59 5. Swindon Town 46 17 2 4 44 14 8 5 10 30 38 57 6. Carlisle United 46 11 10 2 31 13 4 12 7 22 29 52 7. Colchester United 46 13 9 1 35 19 4 8 11 25 36 51 8. Exeter City 46 14 6 3 38 18 3 9 11 23 38 49 9. Hull City 46 12 9 2 36 14 7 2 14 30 47 49 10. Brentford 46 14 4 5 35 19 5 5 13 18 30 47 11. Oxford United 46 10 8 5 27 20 4 10 9 17 30 46 12. Southend United 46 11 6 6 30 17 4 9 10 21 32 45 13. Blackpool 46 12 5 6 38 19 6 4 13 23 40 45 14. Sheffield Wednesday 46 9 8 6 30 22 4 11 8 23 31 45 15. Plymouth Argyle 46 11 9 3 40 27 4 5 14 27 41 44 16. Chester City 46 11 9 3 42 21 3 7 13 15 40 44 17. Rotherham United 46 13 3 7 30 23 4 7 12 19 32 44 18. Mansfield Town 46 7 11 5 30 24 5 8 10 21 28 43 19. Bury 46 6 11 6 35 32 5 9 9 24 33 42 20. Chesterfield 46 10 5 8 35 34 3 9 11 16 31 40 21. Peterborough United 46 8 7 8 26 24 3 7 13 18 39 36 22. Walsall 46 7 6 10 34 32 3 6 14 22 39 32 23. Tranmere Rovers 46 4 12 7 26 31 2 4 17 19 47 28 24. Lincoln City 46 5 7 11 26 38 2 4 17 15 50 25

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League Results

       Date      Opponents             Result  Posn  Attendance  Scorers

 1. Sat 19 Aug  Peterborough United..... 0-2    24      7,468   
 2. Sat 26 Aug  COLCHESTER UNITED....... 0-0    20     10,685   

 3. Sat  2 Sep  Lincoln City............ 2-1    16      7,005   Brian Hornsby, Tommy Tynan
 4. Sat  9 Sep  SOUTHEND UNITED......... 3-2    11     11,309   Brian Hornsby 2, David Grant
 5. Tue 12 Sep  Gillingham.............. 0-0    11      5,835   
 6. Sat 16 Sep  Mansfield Town.......... 1-1    12     11,366   Brian Hornsby
 7. Sat 23 Sep  PLYMOUTH ARGYLE......... 2-3    16     12,088   Ian Nimmo, Rodger Wylde
 8. Tue 26 Sep  BURY.................... 0-0    14      9,000   
 9. Sat 30 Sep  Swindon Town............ 0-3    18      5,857   

10. Sat  7 Oct  Rotherham United........ 1-0    17     13,746   Rodger Wylde
11. Sat 14 Oct  CARLISLE UNITED......... 0-0    16     10,980   
12. Tue 17 Oct  OXFORD UNITED........... 1-1    15      9,431   Rodger Wylde
13. Sat 21 Oct  Shrewsbury Town......... 2-2    17      6,294   Brian Hornsby, Rodger Wylde
14. Tue 24 Oct  EXETER CITY............. 2-1     9     11,139   Brian Hornsby, John Lowey
15. Sat 28 Oct  WALSALL................. 0-2    14     12,019   

16. Sat  4 Nov  Blackpool............... 1-0    11      9,403   Brian Hornsby
17. Sat 11 Nov  LINCOLN CITY............ 0-0    11     12,590   
18. Sat 18 Nov  Colchester United....... 0-1    13      4,346   

19. Sat  2 Dec  Swansea City............ 2-4    14     10,000   Brian Hornsby, Rodger Wylde
20. Sat  9 Dec  CHESTER CITY............ 0-0    14      8,872   
21. Tue 26 Dec  Chesterfield............ 3-3    16     13,322   Jeff Johnson, Ian Porterfield
                                                                Rodger Wylde

22. Sat 27 Jan  Plymouth Argyle......... 0-2    18      8,596   

23. Tue 13 Feb  Southend United......... 1-2    20      4,559   Rodger Wylde
24. Mon 19 Feb  Tranmere Rovers......... 1-1    20      2,445   Rodger Wylde
25. Sat 24 Feb  Carlisle United......... 0-0    20      5,675   

26. Sat  3 Mar  SHREWSBURY TOWN......... 0-0    19     11,284   
27. Tue  6 Mar  GILLINGHAM.............. 2-1    18      8,205   Gordon Owen, Rodger Wylde
28. Sat 10 Mar  Walsall................. 2-0    17      5,120   Brian Hornsby, John Lowey
29. Tue 13 Mar  BRENTFORD............... 1-0    15     10,229   Rodger Wylde
30. Sat 24 Mar  Exeter City............. 2-2    16      4,521   Brian Hornsby, Rodger Wylde
31. Tue 27 Mar  PETERBOROUGH UNITED..... 3-0    13      9,868   Brian Hornsby, Jeff Johnson
                                                                Rodger Wylde
32. Sat 31 Mar  Watford................. 0-1    15     15,394   

33. Tue  3 Apr  MANSFIELD TOWN.......... 1-2    16     11,065   Ian Nimmo
34. Sat  7 Apr  SWANSEA CITY............ 0-0    16     12,101   
35. Fri 13 Apr  Hull City............... 1-1    16     10,936   Terry Curran
36. Sat 14 Apr  CHESTERFIELD............ 4-0    16     12,960   Rodger Wylde 2, Jeff Johnson
                                                                David Rushbury
37. Tue 17 Apr  Brentford............... 1-2    16      9,050   Ian Nimmo
38. Sat 21 Apr  TRANMERE ROVERS......... 1-2    17      9,815   Brian Hornsby
39. Wed 25 Apr  Oxford United........... 1-1    16      3,243   Brian Hornsby
40. Sat 28 Apr  Chester City............ 2-2    16      4,200   John Lowey, Gordon Owen

41. Tue  1 May  Bury.................... 0-0    16      3,424   
42. Sat  5 May  WATFORD................. 2-3    17     13,746   Brian Hornsby, Peter Shirtliff
43. Mon  7 May  ROTHERHAM UNITED........ 2-1    16     12,094   Ian Fleming, Jimmy Mullen
44. Fri 11 May  SWINDON TOWN............ 2-1    16      9,057   Brian Hornsby, Ian Nimmo
45. Thu 17 May  BLACKPOOL............... 2-0    14      7,310   Gordon Owen, Ian Porterfield
46. Sat 19 May  HULL CITY............... 2-3    14      8,950   Brian Hornsby, Mel Sterland

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FA Cup Results


Rnd     Date      Opponents             Result  Attendance  Scorers

 1   Sat 25 Nov  Scunthorpe United....... 1-1      8,697   Ian Nimmo
 1R  Tue 28 Nov  SCUNTHORPE UNITED....... 1-0      9,760   Ian Nimmo

 2   Sat 16 Dec  Tranmere Rovers......... 1-1      4,250   Dennis Leman
 2R  Tue 19 Dec  TRANMERE ROVERS......... 4-0      7,316   Rodger Wylde 2, Brian Hornsby
                                                           John Lowey

 3   Sat  6 Jan  ARSENAL................. 1-1     33,635   Jeff Johnson
 3R  Tue  9 Jan  Arsenal................. 1-1     37,987   Rodger Wylde
                                          aet              
 3R2 Mon 15 Jan  Arsenal................. 2-2     25,011   Brian Hornsby 2
                 at Filbert Street        aet              
 3R3 Wed 17 Jan  Arsenal................. 3-3     17,008   Brian Hornsby, John Lowey
                 at Filbert Street        aet              David Rushbury
 3R4 Mon 22 Jan  Arsenal................. 0-2     30,275   
                 at Filbert Street                         

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League Cup Results


Rnd     Date      Opponents             Result  Attendance  Scorers

 1L1 Sat 12 Aug  Doncaster Rovers........ 1-0      7,232   Own Goal
 1L2 Tue 15 Aug  DONCASTER ROVERS........ 0-1      8,055   
 1R  Tue 22 Aug  Doncaster Rovers........ 1-0      8,472   Brian Hornsby

 2   Wed 30 Aug  Aston Villa............. 0-1     31,152   

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Appearances

                         LEAGUE        FA CUP      LEAGUE CUP       TOTAL      
 Player                Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals
Ian Porterfield         45/1    2      9      0      4      0     58/1    2
Brian Hornsby           44/1   16      9      4      4      1     57/1   21
Jeff Johnson            37/1    3      9      1      4      0     50/1    4
David Rushbury          36/1    1      9      1      3      0     48/1    2
Rodger Wylde            36/2   14      9      3      2      0     47/2   17
Mike Pickering          35      0      7      0      0      0     42      0
Jimmy Mullen            35      1      2      0      4      0     41      1
Ray Blackhall           21      0      9      0      2      0     32      0
Chris Turner            23      0      9      0      0      0     32      0
John Lowey              24/5    3      7      2      0      0     31/5    5
Mark Smith              20/1    0      9      0      2      0     31/1    0
David Grant             26/1    1      0/1    0      4      0     30/2    1
Peter Shirtliff         26      1      0      0      2      0     28      1
Dennis Leman            16/1    0      8      1      0      0     24/1    1
Bob Bolder              19      0      0      0      4      0     23      0
Gordon Owen             14/8    3      1      0      0/4    0     15/12   3
Tommy Tynan              8      1      0      0      4      0     12      1
Terry Curran            11/1    1      0      0      0      0     11/1    1
Hugh Dowd                7      0      0      0      4      0     11      0
Ian Nimmo                8/7    4      2      2      0      0     10/7    6
Ian Fleming              6      1      0      0      0      0      6      1
Brian Cox                4      0      0      0      0      0      4      0
Kevin Taylor             4/1    0      0      0      0      0      4/1    0
Dave Cusack              0      0      0      0      1      0      1      0
Mel Sterland             1/1    1      0      0      0      0      1/1    1

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