League Third Division

1978/79

League table

Game Week 39Sat, 19 May 1979

Drag to see the table as it stood after an earlier game week.

Pos	Team	PLD	PLD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts
1	Shrewsbu..Shrewsbury Town	46	46	21	19	6	61	41	+20	61	61
2	WatfordWatford	46	46	24	12	10	83	52	+31	60	60
3	Swansea ..Swansea City	46	46	24	12	10	83	61	+22	60	60
4	GillinghamGillingham	46	46	21	17	8	65	42	+23	59	59
5	Swindon ..Swindon Town	46	46	25	7	14	74	52	+22	57	57
6	Carlisle..Carlisle United	46	46	15	22	9	53	42	+11	52	52
7	Colchest..Colchester United	46	46	17	17	12	60	55	+5	51	51
8	Hull CityHull City	46	46	19	11	16	66	61	+5	49	49
9	Exeter C..Exeter City	46	46	17	15	14	61	56	+5	49	49
10	BrentfordBrentford	46	46	19	9	18	53	49	+4	47	47
11	Oxford U..Oxford United	46	46	14	18	14	44	50	-6	46	46
12	BlackpoolBlackpool	46	46	18	9	19	61	59	+2	45	45
13	Southend..Southend United	46	46	15	15	16	51	49	+2	45	45
14	Sheffiel..Sheffield Wednesday	46	46	13	19	14	53	53	0	45	45
15	Plymouth..Plymouth Argyle	46	46	15	14	17	67	68	-1	44	44
16	ChesterChester	46	46	14	16	16	57	61	-4	44	44
17	Rotherha..Rotherham United	46	46	17	10	19	49	55	-6	44	44
18	Mansfiel..Mansfield Town	46	46	12	19	15	51	52	-1	43	43
19	BuryBury	46	46	11	20	15	59	65	-6	42	42
20	Chesterf..Chesterfield	46	46	13	14	19	51	65	-14	40	40
21	Peterbor..Peterborough United	46	46	11	14	21	44	63	-19	36	36
22	WalsallWalsall	46	46	10	12	24	56	71	-15	32	32
23	Tranmere..Tranmere Rovers	46	46	6	16	24	45	78	-33	28	28
24	Lincoln ..Lincoln City	46	46	7	11	28	41	88	-47	25	25

Qualification

Relegation

Sort rule: Goal difference only — Points, then goal difference, then goals scored, then team name.