Colchester United Historical Standings 31st Mar 1979

English League One 1978/1979
Pos Team Pld Pts GD Home   Away
  W D L F A   W D L F A
1 Watford 35 67   12 4 2 38 17   7 6 4 29 23
2 Swansea City 36 64   14 4 1 49 26   5 3 9 16 23
3 33 59   13 1 3 35 11   5 4 7 20 26
4 Shrewsbury Town 34 59   9 7 0 22 6   6 7 5 20 24
5 35 58   11 7 1 29 14   3 9 4 15 17
6 Carlisle United 37 55   8 9 1 27 11   4 10 5 16 21
7 Southend United 36 53   9 5 3 28 14   4 9 6 19 22
8 Exeter City 34 51   12 6 2 33 14   1 6 7 15 25
9 Blackpool 35 49   10 4 3 28 10   4 3 11 17 32
10 Plymouth Argyle 36 47   8 7 2 26 17   4 4 11 22 33
11 37 47   10 7 3 36 17   2 4 11 11 34
12 Colchester United 35 46   9 6 1 23 12   2 7 10 15 30
13 Rotherham United 32 45   10 1 6 21 18   3 5 7 14 20
14 Hull City 32 44   9 6 2 29 11   3 2 10 16 28
15 Oxford United 35 44   8 7 3 21 14   2 7 8 13 26
16 Brentford 35 42   10 4 4 27 16   1 5 11 9 23
17 Sheffield Wednesday 32 41   5 7 2 14 10   4 7 7 18 25
18 33 41   8 5 5 31 27   2 6 7 12 21
19 Walsall 36 39   7 5 6 30 24   3 4 11 18 29
20 33 37   5 7 5 26 23   2 9 5 16 22
21 Peterborough United 34 34   6 5 6 18 18   2 5 10 14 31
22 Mansfield Town 31 31   3 8 2 16 12   2 8 8 15 23
23 Tranmere Rovers 35 25   4 9 4 21 20   0 4 14 15 41
24 Lincoln City 33 21   3 6 5 14 22   1 3 15 9 43