Third Division Table 1978/79

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Shrewsbury Town	46	21	19	6	61	41	+20	61
2	Watford	46	24	12	10	83	52	+31	60
3	Swansea City	46	24	12	10	83	61	+22	60
4	Gillingham	46	21	17	8	65	42	+23	59
5	Swindon Town	46	25	7	14	74	52	+22	57
6	Carlisle United	46	15	22	9	53	42	+11	52
7	Colchester United	46	17	17	12	60	55	+5	51
8	Hull City	46	19	11	16	66	61	+5	49
9	Exeter City	46	17	15	14	61	56	+5	49
10	Brentford	46	19	9	18	53	49	+4	47
11	Oxford United	46	14	18	14	44	50	-6	46
12	Blackpool	46	18	9	19	61	59	+2	45
13	Southend United	46	15	15	16	51	49	+2	45
14	Sheffield Wednesday	46	13	19	14	53	53	0	45
15	Plymouth Argyle	46	15	14	17	67	68	-1	44
16	Chester City	46	14	16	16	57	61	-4	44
17	Rotherham United	46	17	10	19	49	55	-6	44
18	Mansfield Town	46	12	19	15	51	52	-1	43
19	Bury	46	11	20	15	59	65	-6	42
20	Chesterfield	46	13	14	19	51	65	-14	40
21	Peterborough United	46	11	14	21	44	63	-19	36
22	Walsall	46	10	12	24	56	71	-15	32
23	Tranmere Rovers	46	6	16	24	45	78	-33	28
24	Lincoln City	46	7	11	28	41	88	-47	25