Third Division 1978-1979

La Third Division 1978-1979 è stato il 52º campionato inglese di calcio di terza divisione.

Third Division 1978-1979
Competizione	Third Division
Sport	Calcio
Edizione	52ª
Organizzatore	Football League
Date	dal 19 agosto 1978 al 21 maggio 1979
Luogo	Inghilterra  Galles
Partecipanti	24
Formula	girone all'italiana A/R
Risultati
Vincitore	Shrewsbury Town (1º titolo)
Altre promozioni	Swansea City Watford
Retrocessioni	Lincoln City Peterborough Utd Tranmere Rovers Walsall
Statistiche
Miglior marcatore	Ross Jenkins (29)
Incontri disputati	552
Gol segnati	1 388 (2,51 per incontro)
Cronologia della competizione
1977-1978 1979-1980

Squadre partecipanti

Squadra	Città	Stadio	Stagione precedente
Blackpool	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road	20º posto in Second Division, retrocesso
Brentford	Londra (Hounslow)	Griffin Park	4º posto in Fourth Division, promosso
Bury	Bury	Gigg Lane	15º posto in Third Division
Carlisle United	Carlisle	Brunton Park	13º posto in Third Division
Chester	Chester	Sealand Road	5º posto in Third Division
Chesterfield	Chesterfield	Saltergate	9º posto in Third Division
Colchester United	Colchester	Layer Road	8º posto in Third Division
Exeter City	Exeter	St James Park	17º posto in Third Division
Gillingham	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium	7º posto in Third Division
Hull City	Kingston upon Hull	Boothferry Park	22º posto in Second Division, retrocesso
Lincoln City	Lincoln	Sincil Bank	16º posto in Third Division
Mansfield Town	Mansfield	Field Mill	21º posto in Second Division, retrocesso
Oxford United	Oxford	Manor Ground	18º posto in Third Division
Peterborough United	Peterborough	London Road	4º posto in Third Division
Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth	Home Park	19º posto in Third Division
Rotherham United	Rotherham	Millmoor	20º posto in Third Division
Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield	Hillsborough	14º posto in Third Division
Shrewsbury Town	Shrewsbury	Gay Meadow	11º posto in Third Division
Southend United	Southend on Sea	Roots Hall	2º posto in Fourth Division, promosso
Swansea City	Swansea	Vetch Field	3º posto in Fourth Division, promosso
Swindon Town	Swindon	County Ground	10º posto in Third Division
Tranmere Rovers	Birkenhead	Prenton Park	12º posto in Third Division
Walsall	Walsall	Fellows Park	6º posto in Third Division
Watford	Watford	Vicarage Road	1º posto in Fourth Division, promosso

Classifica finale

	Pos.	Squadra	Pt	G	V	N	P	GF	GS	DR
	1	Shrewsbury Town	61	46	21	19	6	61	41	+20
	2	Watford	60	46	24	12	10	83	52	+31
	3	Swansea City	60	46	24	12	10	83	61	+22
	4	Gillingham	59	46	21	17	8	65	42	+23
	5	Swindon Town	57	46	25	7	14	74	52	+22
	6	Carlisle Utd	52	46	15	22	9	53	42	+11
	7	Colchester Utd	51	46	17	17	12	60	55	+5
	8	Hull City	49	46	19	11	16	66	61	+5
	9	Exeter City	49	46	17	15	14	61	56	+5
	10	Brentford	47	46	19	9	18	53	49	+4
	11	Oxford Utd	46	46	14	18	14	44	50	-6
	12	Blackpool	45	46	18	9	19	61	59	+2
	13	Southend Utd	45	46	15	15	16	51	49	+2
	14	Sheffield Weds	45	46	13	19	14	53	53	+0
	15	Plymouth	44	46	15	14	17	67	68	-1
	16	Chester	44	46	14	16	16	57	61	-4
	17	Rotherham Utd	44	46	17	10	19	49	55	-6
	18	Mansfield Town	43	46	12	19	15	51	52	-1
	19	Bury	42	46	11	20	15	59	65	-6
	20	Chesterfield	40	46	13	14	19	51	65	-14
	21	Peterborough Utd	36	46	11	14	21	44	63	-19
	22	Walsall	32	46	10	12	24	56	71	-15
	23	Tranmere	28	46	6	16	24	45	78	-33
	24	Lincoln City	25	46	7	11	28	41	88	-47

Legenda:

      Promosso in Second Division 1979-1980.

      Retrocesso in Fourth Division 1979-1980.

Regolamento:

Due punti a vittoria, uno a pareggio, zero a sconfitta.

A parità di punti le squadre venivano classificate secondo la differenza reti.

Risultati

Tabellone

	BLP	BRE	BUY	CLS	CHE	CHF	COL	EXE	GIL	HUL	LIN	MFT	OXF	PET	PLY	ROT	SHW	SHR	SEU	SWA	SWI	TRA	WAL	WAT
Blackpool		0-1	1-2	3-1	3-0	0-0	2-1	1-1	2-0	3-1	2-0	2-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	1-2	0-1	5-0	1-2	1-3	5-2	2-0	2-1	1-1
Brentford	3-2		0-1	0-0	6-0	0-3	1-0	0-0	0-2	1-0	2-1	1-0	3-0	0-0	2-1	1-0	2-1	2-3	3-0	1-0	1-2	2-0	1-0	3-3
Bury	1-3	2-3		2-2	1-1	3-1	2-2	4-2	2-2	1-1	2-2	0-0	1-1	1-0	1-2	3-2	0-0	3-0	3-3	0-1	0-1	1-0	1-1	1-2
Carlisle United	1-1	1-0	1-2		1-1	1-1	4-0	1-1	1-0	2-2	2-0	1-0	0-1	4-1	1-1	1-1	0-0	1-1	0-0	2-0	2-0	2-0	1-0	1-0
Chester	4-2	3-1	1-1	1-2		3-0	2-2	3-0	1-1	2-1	5-1	1-1	4-1	1-1	0-0	0-1	2-2	0-0	0-1	2-0	2-0	1-1	2-1	2-1
Chesterfield	1-3	0-0	2-1	2-3	3-1		2:1	0:1	0:2	1:2	1:3	1:0	1:1	3:1	1:3	1:0	3:3	2:1	3:2	2:1	1:1	5:2	0:0	0:2
Colchester United	3-1	1:1	0:0	2:1	2:1	0:0		2-2	2-2	2-1	2-0	1-0	1-1	4-2	2-1	0-0	1-0	1-0	1-1	2-2	3-2	1-0	2-0	0-1
Exeter City	3-0	2-2	2-1	3-2	0-1	3-1	2-1		0-0	3-1	3-2	0-0	2-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	2-2	0-1	0-0	2-1	1-2	3-0	3-1	0-0
Gillingham	2-0	0-0	3-3	0-0	1-0	2-1	3-0	2-0		2-0	4-2	0-0	2-1	1-0	2-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	1-0	2-0	2-2	3-2	3-1	2-3
Hull City	0-0	1-0	4-1	1-1	3-0	1-1	1-0	1-0	0-1		0-0	3-0	0-1	1-1	2-1	1-0	1-1	1-1	2-0	2-2	1-1	2-1	4-1	4-0
Lincoln City	1-2	1-0	1-4	1-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-1	2-4	4-2		0-1	2-2	0-1	3-3	3-0	1-2	1-2	1-1	2-1	0-3	2-1	1-1	0-5
Mansfield Town	1-1	2-1	3-0	1-0	2-0	2-1	1-1	1-1	1-1	0-2	2-0		1-1	1-1	5-0	0-1	1-1	2-2	1-1	2-2	0-1	0-0	1-3	0-3
Oxford United	1-0	0-1	0-0	5-1	0-0	1-1	2-0	3-2	1-1	1-0	2-1	3-2		0-2	3-2	1-0	1-1	0-1	0-0	0-2	0-1	0-0	2-1	1-1
Peterborough United	1-2	3-1	2-2	0-0	2-1	0-0	1-2	1-1	1-1	3-0	0-1	1-2	1-1		2-1	1-1	2-0	0-2	0-1	2-0	2-1	1-0	0-3	0-1
Plymouth Argyle	0-0	2-1	3-0	2-0	2-2	1-1	1-1	4-2	2-1	3-4	2-1	1-4	0-1	3-2		2-0	2-0	1-1	1-1	2-2	2-0	2-2	1-0	1-1
Rotherham United	2-1	1-0	2-1	1-3	0-1	1-0	1-0	2-1	1-1	0-2	2-0	2-0	0-0	1-1	1-0		0-1	1-2	2-1	0-1	1-3	3-2	4-1	2-1
Sheffield Wednesday	2-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	4-0	0-0	2-1	2-1	2-3	0-0	1-2	1-1	3-0	2-3	2-1		0-0	3-2	0-0	2-1	1-2	0-2	2-3
Shrewsbury Town	2-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	2-0	4-1	1-1	1-0	2-0	2-2	0-0	2-0	2-0	3-1	2-2		2-0	3-0	0-0	2-1	1-1	1-1
Southend United	4-0	1-1	0-0	1-1	0-1	2-0	1-1	0-1	0-1	3-0	2-0	1-1	2-0	0-0	2-1	2-1	2-1	0-1		0-2	5-3	0-1	1-0	1-0
Swansea City	1-0	2-1	2-0	0-0	2-2	2-1	4-1	1:0	3-1	5-3	3-0	3-2	1-1	4-1	2-1	4-4	4-2	1-1	3-2		1-2	4-3	2-2	3-2
Swindon Town	0-1	2-0	2-1	0-0	2-0	1-0	1-2	1-1	3-1	2-0	6-0	1-0	2-0	3-1	1-3	1-0	3-0	2-1	1-0	0-1		4-1	4-1	2-0
Tranmere Rovers	0-2	0-1	0-0	1-1	6-2	1-1	1-5	2-2	1-1	1-3	0-0	1-2	1-0	1-0	2-1	1-1	1-1	2-2	1-2	1-2	1-1		0-0	1-1
Walsall	2-1	2-3	0-1	1-2	2-1	0-1	2-2	2-2	0-1	1-2	4-1	1-1	0-1	4-1	2-1	0-1	0-2	1-1	1-1	1-1	4-1	2-0		2-4
Watford	5-1	2-0	3-3	2-1	1-0	2-0	0-3	1-0	1-0	4-0	2-0	1-1	4-2	1-2	2-2	2-2	1-0	2-2	2-0	0-2	2-0	4-0	3-1

Voci correlate

• First Division 1978-1979
• Second Division 1978-1979
• Fourth Division 1978-1979
• FA Cup 1978-1979
• Football League Cup 1978-1979
• Charity Shield 1979

Collegamenti esterni

• (EN) Season 1978–79, su englishfootballleaguetables.co.uk, English Football League Tables.
• (EN) Football League 1978-1979 su rsssf.com., su rsssf.com.
• (EN) English League Leading Goalscorers su RSSSF, su rsssf.com.