Football League Division Three
Lineups
1
HARDWICK
HARDWICK
2
BADGER
BADGER
3
O'NEILL
O'NEILL
4
McEWAN
McEWAN
5
HUNTER
HUNTER
6
COTTAM
COTTAM
7
DARLING
DARLING
8
KOWALSKI
KOWALSKI
9
FERN
FERN
10
CHARLTON
CHARLTON
11
BENTLEY
BENTLEY
1
ALLAN
ALLAN
2
McLAUGHLIN
McLAUGHLIN
3
TAYLOR
TAYLOR
4
STROUD
STROUD
5
BURROWS
BURROWS
6
PROPHETT
PROPHETT
7
ROGERS
ROGERS
8
DIXON
DIXON
9
SYRETT
SYRETT
10
GODDARD
GODDARD
11
ANDERSON
ANDERSON
| Chesterfield | |
|---|---|
| 1Steve HARDWICK | |
| 2Len BADGER | |
| 3Sean O'NEILL | |
| 4Billy McEWAN | |
| 5Les HUNTER | |
| 6John COTTAM | |
| 7Malcolm DARLING | |
| 8Andy KOWALSKI | |
| 9Rodney FERN | |
| 10Harry CHARLTON | |
| 11David BENTLEY | |
| Substitutes | |
| 12David HERBERT | |
| Swindon Town | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1Jimmy ALLAN1 | ||
| 2John McLAUGHLIN2 | ||
| 3Tony TAYLOR3 | ||
| 4Ken STROUD4 | ||
| 5Frank BURROWS5 | ||
| 6Colin PROPHETT6 | ||
| 7Don ROGERS7 | ||
| 8Will DIXON8 | ||
| 9Dave SYRETT9 | ||
| 10Howard GODDARD10 | ||
| 11Trevor ANDERSON11 | ||
| Substitutes | ||
| 12John GILLIGAN12 | ||
Newspaper Reports
Results
Football League Division Three results on Saturday September 4th, 1976:
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
3-1 | 
Rotherham United
Rotherham United
|
Bury
Bury
|
2-1 | 
Tranmere Rovers
Tranmere Rovers
|
Chesterfield
Chesterfield
|
0-1 | 
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
1-2 | 
Chester
Chester
|
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
1-1 | 
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
Lincoln City
Lincoln City
|
2-0 | 
Port Vale
Port Vale
|
Mansfield Town
Mansfield Town
|
3-0 | 
Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town
|
Oxford United
Oxford United
|
2-2 | 
Preston North End
Preston North End
|
Peterborough United
Peterborough United
|
3-0 | 
York City
York City
|
Reading
Reading
|
2-1 | 
Walsall
Walsall
|
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday
|
1-1 | 
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
|
Wrexham
Wrexham
|
1-0 | 
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
Table
Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday September 4th, 1976:
| Pos. | Team | P | Home | Away | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |||
| 1 |
Brighton and Hove Albion
Brighton
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 |
Rotherham United
Rotherham United
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 |
Swindon Town
Swindon
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 |
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 |
Bury
Bury
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 |
Mansfield Town
Mansfield Town
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 |
Wrexham
Wrexham
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 |
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 |
Northampton Town
Northampton Town
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 |
Chesterfield
Chesterfield
|
4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 |
Gillingham
Gillingham
|
4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 |
Chester
Chester
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 |
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday
|
4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 14 |
Oxford United
Oxford United
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 |
Peterborough United
Peterborough United
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 |
Lincoln City
Lincoln City
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 |
Reading
Reading
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 18 |
Port Vale
Port Vale
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 19 |
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 20 |
Tranmere Rovers
Tranmere Rovers
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 21 |
Preston North End
Preston North End
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 2 |
| 22 |
Walsall
Walsall
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 23 |
York City
York City
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 |
| 24 |
Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town
|
4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 1 |
Match Programme
