Match Centre

Saturday October 23rd, 1976

Football League Division Three

Swindon Town

5 - 1

5

T. Anderson (21' pen, 87' pen), D. Moss (43'), J. McLaughlin (79'), D. Syrett (89')

Northampton Town

Northampton Town

1

A. McGowan (70')
T. Anderson (21' pen, 87' pen), D. Moss (43'), J. McLaughlin (79'), D. Syrett (89')
(HT: 2-0)

Attendance: 7,285

A. McGowan (70')
C. Thomas
County Ground, Swindon

Lineups


1
ALLAN
2
DIXON
3
TROLLOPE
4
STROUD
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
McLAUGHLIN
9
SYRETT
10
McHALE
11
ANDERSON
1
STARLING
2
GREGORY
3
TUCKER
4
BEST
5
ROBERTSON
6
PHILLIPS
7
FARRINGTON
8
McGOWAN
9
REILLY
10
HALL
11
CHRISTIE
Swindon Town
1Jimmy ALLAN
2Will DIXON
3John TROLLOPE
4Ken STROUD82'
5Steve AIZLEWOOD
6Colin PROPHETT
7David MOSS
8John McLAUGHLIN
9Dave SYRETT
10Ray McHALE
11Trevor ANDERSON
Substitutes
12Gerry O'BRIEN
Manager/Head Coach
Danny WILLIAMS
Northampton Town
1Alan STARLING1
2John GREGORY2
85' 3Barry TUCKER3 85'
4Billy BEST4
5Stuart ROBERTSON5
6Steve PHILLIPS6
7John FARRINGTON7
8Andy McGOWAN8
9George REILLY9
81' 10Jim HALL10 81'
11Derrick CHRISTIE11
Substitutes
81' 12Paul STRATFORD12 81'
Manager/Head Coach
Pat CRERAND

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday October 23rd, 1976:

Bury Bury 3-2 Preston North End Preston North End
Chesterfield Chesterfield 1-0 Walsall Walsall
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 2-1 Rotherham United Rotherham United
Lincoln City Lincoln City 3-1 Reading Reading
Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 1-1 Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton
Peterborough United Peterborough United 2-0 Oxford United Oxford United
Portsmouth Portsmouth 1-1 Port Vale Port Vale
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town
Swindon Town Swindon 5-1 Northampton Town Northampton Town
Wrexham Wrexham 2-1 Gillingham Gillingham
York City York City 0-2 Chester Chester

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday October 23rd, 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 12 5 1 0 22 6 2 2 2 6 8 7 3 2 28 14 14 17
2 Wrexham Wrexham 11 5 1 0 11 3 3 0 2 13 7 8 1 2 24 10 14 17
3 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 11 5 0 0 16 3 2 2 2 7 7 7 2 2 23 10 13 16
4 Lincoln City Lincoln City 11 2 3 0 7 3 3 1 2 9 7 5 4 2 16 10 6 14
5 Swindon Town Swindon 12 5 1 0 17 7 1 1 4 3 9 6 2 4 20 16 4 14
6 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 12 4 2 1 12 4 1 2 2 6 10 5 4 3 18 14 4 14
7 Bury Bury 11 6 0 0 16 4 0 2 3 5 14 6 2 3 21 18 3 14
8 Preston North End Preston North End 12 4 2 0 17 6 0 3 3 5 9 4 5 3 22 15 7 13
9 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 11 4 1 1 10 6 1 2 2 3 4 5 3 3 13 10 3 13
10 Chester Chester 12 2 1 2 4 5 3 2 2 6 7 5 3 4 10 12 -2 13
11 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 11 3 2 0 13 3 2 0 4 5 8 5 2 4 18 11 7 12
12 Rotherham United Rotherham United 11 3 2 1 12 6 1 2 2 5 6 4 4 3 17 12 5 12
13 Reading Reading 12 3 1 1 9 4 2 1 4 8 14 5 2 5 17 18 -1 12
14 Peterborough United Peterborough United 14 5 1 2 10 7 0 1 5 6 17 5 2 7 16 24 -8 12
15 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 11 3 1 2 6 4 1 2 2 5 6 4 3 4 11 10 1 11
16 Gillingham Gillingham 11 2 2 1 7 6 2 1 3 9 12 4 3 4 16 18 -2 11
17 Chesterfield Chesterfield 12 2 1 3 6 11 2 1 3 7 10 4 2 6 13 21 -8 10
18 Oxford United Oxford United 11 1 3 1 10 10 1 2 3 9 11 2 5 4 19 21 -2 9
19 Walsall Walsall 12 2 1 2 10 9 1 2 4 3 12 3 3 6 13 21 -8 9
20 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 11 3 2 1 6 3 0 0 5 4 15 3 2 6 10 18 -8 8
21 Port Vale Port Vale 12 2 1 3 9 9 0 2 4 3 12 2 3 7 12 21 -9 7
22 Northampton Town Northampton Town 11 2 0 3 5 6 0 2 4 4 13 2 2 7 9 19 -10 6
23 Portsmouth Portsmouth 11 1 3 2 5 7 0 1 4 4 12 1 4 6 9 19 -10 6
24 York City York City 11 2 2 2 6 7 0 0 5 4 16 2 2 7 10 23 -13 6

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