Match Centre

Saturday October 9th, 1976

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

1 - 0

1

C. Prophett (90')

Shrewsbury Town

Shrewsbury Town

0

C. Prophett (90')
(HT: 0-0)

Attendance: 9,017

A.R. Lees
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
ALLAN
2
McLAUGHLIN
3
TAYLOR
4
STROUD
5
BURROWS
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
O'BRIEN
9
SYRETT
10
McHALE
11
GODDARD
1
MULHEARN
2
KING
3
LEONARD
4
TURNER
5
GRIFFIN
6
ATKINS
7
IRVINE
8
HORNSBY
9
KEARNEY
10
BATES
11
MAGUIRE
Swindon Town
1Jimmy ALLAN
2John McLAUGHLIN
3Tony TAYLOR
4Ken STROUD
5Frank BURROWS
6Colin PROPHETT
7David MOSS
8Gerry O'BRIEN
9Dave SYRETT
10Ray McHALE
11Howard GODDARD
Substitutes
12Will DIXON
Manager/Head Coach
Danny WILLIAMS
Shrewsbury Town
1Ken MULHEARN1
2Jake KING2
3Carleton LEONARD3
4Graham TURNER4
5Colin GRIFFIN5
74' 6Ian ATKINS6 74'
7Sammy IRVINE7
8Brian HORNSBY8
9Mike KEARNEY9
10Chic BATES10
89' 11Paul MAGUIRE11 89'
Substitutes
89' 12Ray HAYWOOD12 89'
Manager/Head Coach
Alan DURBAN

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday October 9th, 1976:

Bury Bury 3-0 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Chesterfield Chesterfield 4-0 Reading Reading
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 2-2 Oxford United Oxford United
Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 0-0 Chester Chester
Peterborough United Peterborough United 2-1 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town
Portsmouth Portsmouth 1-1 Walsall Walsall
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Gillingham Gillingham
Swindon Town Swindon 1-0 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Wrexham Wrexham 3-0 Lincoln City Lincoln City
York City York City 1-1 Rotherham United Rotherham United

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday October 9th, 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 10 4 1 0 21 6 2 1 2 5 7 6 2 2 26 13 13 14
2 Wrexham Wrexham 9 4 1 0 9 2 2 0 2 10 5 6 1 2 19 7 12 13
3 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 9 4 0 0 13 3 1 2 2 6 7 5 2 2 19 10 9 12
4 Rotherham United Rotherham United 9 3 2 0 11 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 4 1 15 8 7 12
5 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 10 4 2 0 12 3 0 2 2 5 10 4 4 2 17 13 4 12
6 Reading Reading 10 3 1 0 9 3 2 1 3 7 11 5 2 3 16 14 2 12
7 Swindon Town Swindon 10 4 1 0 12 6 1 1 3 3 7 5 2 3 15 13 2 12
8 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 9 3 1 0 12 2 2 0 3 5 7 5 1 3 17 9 8 11
9 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 9 3 1 1 8 5 1 2 1 2 2 4 3 2 10 7 3 11
10 Bury Bury 9 5 0 0 13 2 0 1 3 3 12 5 1 3 16 14 2 11
11 Gillingham Gillingham 9 2 2 0 7 5 2 1 2 8 10 4 3 2 15 15 0 11
12 Lincoln City Lincoln City 9 1 3 0 4 2 2 1 2 8 7 3 4 2 12 9 3 10
13 Peterborough United Peterborough United 11 4 1 2 8 7 0 1 3 4 10 4 2 5 12 17 -5 10
14 Preston North End Preston North End 9 2 2 0 9 3 0 3 2 3 6 2 5 2 12 9 3 9
15 Chester Chester 10 1 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 4 7 3 3 4 7 12 -5 9
16 Oxford United Oxford United 9 1 2 1 8 8 1 2 2 9 9 2 4 3 17 17 0 8
17 Chesterfield Chesterfield 10 1 1 3 5 11 2 1 2 7 7 3 2 5 12 18 -6 8
18 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 9 2 1 2 4 4 0 2 2 3 5 2 3 4 7 9 -2 7
19 Walsall Walsall 10 1 1 2 8 9 1 2 3 3 11 2 3 5 11 20 -9 7
20 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 9 2 2 1 5 3 0 0 4 4 13 2 2 5 9 16 -7 6
21 Port Vale Port Vale 10 2 1 2 7 6 0 1 4 2 11 2 2 6 9 17 -8 6
22 York City York City 9 2 2 1 6 5 0 0 4 4 15 2 2 5 10 20 -10 6
23 Portsmouth Portsmouth 9 1 2 2 4 6 0 1 3 3 9 1 3 5 7 15 -8 5
24 Northampton Town Northampton Town 9 1 0 3 2 5 0 2 3 3 8 1 2 6 5 13 -8 4

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