Match Centre

Saturday March 5th, 1977

Football League Division Three

Gillingham

2 - 2

2

D. Westwood (21'), B. Hughes (53')

Swindon Town

Swindon Town

2

D. Moss (65'), R. McHale (83')
D. Westwood (21'), B. Hughes (53')
(HT: 1-0)

Attendance: 4,994

D. Moss (65'), R. McHale (83')
B. James
Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham

Lineups


1
HILLYARD
2
KNIGHT
3
ARMSTRONG
4
GALVIN
5
SHIPPERLEY
6
HUGHES
7
NICHOLL
8
CRABBE
9
PRICE
10
WESTWOOD
11
RICHARDSON
1
ALLAN
2
McLAUGHLIN
3
TROLLOPE
4
O'BRIEN
5
AIZLEWOOD
6
PROPHETT
7
MOSS
8
DIXON
9
SYRETT
10
McHALE
11
ANDERSON
Gillingham
1Ron HILLYARD
2Graham KNIGHT
3Gary ARMSTRONG
4David GALVIN
5Dave SHIPPERLEY
6Billy HUGHES
7Terry NICHOLL
8John CRABBE
9Ken PRICE
10Danny WESTWOOD84'
11Damien RICHARDSON
Substitutes
12Joe DURRELL84'
Manager/Head Coach
Gerry SUMMERS
Swindon Town
1Jimmy ALLAN1
2John McLAUGHLIN2
3John TROLLOPE3
14' 4Gerry O'BRIEN4 14'
5Steve AIZLEWOOD5
6Colin PROPHETT6
7David MOSS7
8Will DIXON8
9Dave SYRETT9
10Ray McHALE10
57'59' 11Trevor ANDERSON11 57'59'
Substitutes
59' 12Mickey FRENCH12 59'
Manager/Head Coach
Danny WILLIAMS

Newspaper Reports


Results


Football League Division Three results on Saturday March 5th, 1977:

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

Table


Football League Division Three table after matches on Saturday March 5th, 1977:

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 31 13 2 1 45 10 5 5 5 14 15 18 7 6 59 25 34 43
2 Mansfield Town Mansfield Town 30 13 3 0 40 8 6 2 6 16 17 19 5 6 56 25 31 43
3 Rotherham United Rotherham United 30 8 6 1 22 9 7 5 3 27 19 15 11 4 49 28 21 41
4 Wrexham Wrexham 29 9 5 0 27 11 7 1 7 24 22 16 6 7 51 33 18 38
5 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 32 10 3 4 28 16 5 4 6 19 23 15 7 10 47 39 8 37
6 Preston North End Preston North End 30 10 2 2 35 15 3 8 5 11 15 13 10 7 46 30 16 36
7 Crystal Palace Crystal Palace 31 10 5 1 24 11 3 5 7 12 14 13 10 8 36 25 11 36
8 Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town 32 10 4 2 29 13 4 3 9 21 26 14 7 11 50 39 11 35
9 Bury Bury 31 9 2 5 27 18 5 4 6 15 28 14 6 11 42 46 -4 34
10 Lincoln City Lincoln City 27 8 5 1 33 21 4 3 6 17 24 12 8 7 50 45 5 32
11 Oxford United Oxford United 33 8 5 4 29 23 2 6 8 17 25 10 11 12 46 48 -2 31
12 Chester Chester 29 10 1 4 19 14 4 2 8 13 24 14 3 12 32 38 -6 31
13 Swindon Town Swindon 28 7 4 1 27 15 3 5 8 14 27 10 9 9 41 42 -1 29
14 Gillingham Gillingham 31 5 7 3 20 19 5 2 9 20 30 10 9 12 40 49 -9 29
15 Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers 29 5 5 4 16 14 2 8 5 16 20 7 13 9 32 34 -2 27
16 Peterborough United Peterborough United 30 8 3 5 20 15 0 6 8 10 25 8 9 13 30 40 -10 25
17 York City York City 31 6 4 6 19 26 3 3 9 21 36 9 7 15 40 62 -22 25
18 Portsmouth Portsmouth 30 4 8 4 15 18 3 2 9 19 28 7 10 13 34 46 -12 24
19 Chesterfield Chesterfield 31 6 3 6 20 16 3 2 11 17 30 9 5 17 37 46 -9 23
20 Port Vale Port Vale 29 4 4 5 16 16 2 7 7 14 24 6 11 12 30 40 -10 23
21 Walsall Walsall 31 5 4 6 28 23 3 3 10 8 26 8 7 16 36 49 -13 23
22 Northampton Town Northampton Town 31 5 1 9 20 27 4 4 8 23 30 9 5 17 43 57 -14 23
23 Reading Reading 33 6 4 6 21 19 2 2 13 14 38 8 6 19 35 57 -22 22
24 Grimsby Town Grimsby Town 31 7 3 6 19 15 1 1 13 10 33 8 4 19 29 48 -19 20

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