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1978/79

League Tier
3
League Pos
23
Win Rate
13.7%
Avg Attendance
2,354

League Table

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
46 21 19 6 61 41 +20 82
2
Watford
Watford
46 24 12 10 83 52 +31 84
3
Swansea City
Swansea City
46 24 12 10 83 61 +22 84
4
Gillingham
Gillingham
46 21 17 8 65 42 +23 80
5
Swindon Town
Swindon Town
46 25 7 14 74 52 +22 82
6
Carlisle United
Carlisle United
46 15 22 9 53 42 +11 67
7
Colchester United
Colchester United
46 17 17 12 60 55 +5 68
8
Hull City
Hull City
46 19 11 16 66 61 +5 68
9
Exeter City
Exeter City
46 17 15 14 61 56 +5 66
10
Brentford
Brentford
46 19 9 18 53 49 +4 66
11
Oxford United
Oxford United
46 14 18 14 44 50 -6 60
12
Blackpool
Blackpool
46 18 9 19 61 59 +2 63
13
Southend United
Southend United
46 15 15 16 51 49 +2 60
14
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday
46 13 19 14 53 53 0 58
15
Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth Argyle
46 15 14 17 67 68 -1 59
16
Chester
Chester
46 14 16 16 57 61 -4 58
17
Rotherham United
Rotherham United
46 17 10 19 49 55 -6 61
18
Mansfield Town
Mansfield Town
46 12 19 15 51 52 -1 55
19
Bury
Bury
46 11 20 15 59 65 -6 53
20
Chesterfield
Chesterfield
46 13 14 19 51 65 -14 53
21
Peterborough United
Peterborough United
46 11 14 21 44 63 -19 47
22
Walsall
Walsall
46 10 12 24 56 71 -15 42
23
Tranmere Rovers
Tranmere Rovers
46 6 16 24 45 78 -33 34
24
Lincoln City
Lincoln City
46 7 11 28 41 88 -47 32
Blue line: automatic promotionOrange line: relegation zone